Hi l_e,

Yes, I agree. I got my master from USA. Europe is different.

I am happy for your girl friend. I will try to go back to USA.


All thd best

Shaimaa

Hi Pjui,

One million thanks for your valuable advice.
I will definitly do it. I did not know that there is available online counseling. This is new to me.

I also want to highlight that I digged the internet for answers. In the begining, I found nothing, then I get the term Islamophobia and acadmic bullying.

I only found articles about such a horrible thing happening to students in schools and undergraduates in 2016 and 2017. No info for/about graduate students. Besides, my story started and ended by 2015.

Sometimes, I question myself -since I applied in graduate programs in 2015 and 2016- what if this happens again?

But now, I feel really empowered, it is there, it is not only me. I tell myself, I have a unique experience, I survived the Arab spring, I swam against it and I swam aganist hatred too.

I do apprciate your time and caring attitude

Thank you

Hi l_e

It was from prof and students. I will not go back to the program or uni or country. I do not trust them or their system.

I cannot say more. I choose to let go of this fellowship to save myself, mind and career.

My country was struggling at that time. The prof knew I wouldnot leave to go back.. he never doubt that I am that brave/ different or whatever the word that should describe my behavior.

Some people in my home country blame me or tell me that I should had stayed. They do not know how does it feel.

Wish me luck.

Hello Pjlu,

Yes, I do not have resources on this topic. I took few online courses, read books about courage and fear...

This was Islamophobia!
Yes, someone must say it. I searched the internet desperately to read about it. I guess we are so scared to say it loudly.

In my country, people, social workers, physicolgists do not get it. Because it is not there .... they do not understand.....

So please share any useful reading about this topic.
What online counceling sites are there for my case?

I do apprciate your positive encouragement.

Thank you

Hi,

Did anyone experience being the target of bullying/hate because of their religion?
I was a PhD student and I let it go of it because of that.

I need to restart again, but I can not due to the negtaive impact of this hate/bully thing and the years I spent in the program.

What should I do to overcome that?

Any academic advice is highly apprciated.
If you have any useful resources on how to overcome the negative concecounces of hate/bullying
Please do share.

I belong to a culture that doesnot understand what I am trying to do or what happened to me. So I am completely alone in that. Please help.

Thanks