writing a thesis

grad school

Two weeks ago, I finished writing my thesis (link here) on Shi’a rituals. While it wasn’t really what I expected it to be, there were more than a few twists and turns along the way.

It started as a hashd thing

Then moved into a ritual thing after seeing the first latmiya

Then I bounced around karbala and witnessed tons of rituals, learned about the seven great mowkebs

Also tatbir

50 degree weather multiple times

Tons of fieldwork, plenty of times in the cafe, ali boss, things blowing up in medina sayyid al-awsiya, this type of stuff

Cemetaries?