AP1

Title: AP1
Type: Interview
Date: February 12th, 2021
Description: This transcript is focused on how this participant has adjusted his life during the COVID-19 pandemic. He has begun working from home, spending more time with his family, and has been able to rely on his religion to help him through this time. He has been able to communicate with friends and family through apps focused on video and/or audio communication. He has also been able to connect with his faith through having more time to read and watch videos connecting him and his family closer to the scripture. He also touched on how social justice issues should be a focus within the Muslim community and how his generation should contribute to this focus – that it’s his generation’s duty to get on boards of mosques so that they can play a role in educating the members about social justice. He sees a generational gap in awareness of social justice issues and actions that should be taken to promote social justice. He also presented a thoughtful and perceptive analysis of the generational differences regarding social justice.
Language: English
Subject: COVID-19, family, communication, virtually connecting, his family has been financially secure during Covid, social justice, generational gap regarding social justice awareness. Benefit of Covid: more time to bond with wife and children.