2024 ESJ Fellow
December 13, 2024
In "The Right to Bury Their Dead," Minahil Mahmud (SFS'25) examines the challenges faced by the Muslim community in Sri Lanka when the government of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa mandated in April 2020 that all victims of COVID-19 would be cremated, irrespective of their religious beliefs.
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Minahil Mahmud (SFS'25) is a Pakistani student majoring in international politics at Georgetown University in Qatar. She leads the Georgetown Debating Union and has been an active member of the debating community in Qatar and Pakistan. She was ranked as the best speaker at national university tournaments in Qatar. Minahil is also a peer tutor at the GU-Q Writing Center and started the Women’s Swim Club. In the fall of her sophomore year, Minahil traveled to South Africa to study post-apartheid peace and reconciliation as part of the Zones of Conflict, Zones of Peace program. Moving forward, she plan to complement her studies with social science research. She enjoys long drives, hiking, trying new cuisines, and visiting independent bookstores. She is a 2024 Education and Social Justice Fellow.
