Mr Ejaz: An Ordinary Man Who Lives His Life In An Extraordinary Way

Every person is an ordinary human being, but there are some people who influence others because they live an ordinary life in an extraordinary way. These people are and will be remembered beyond the course of their lives. Mr. Ejaz, an ordinary man by the societies’ standards, has influenced his community through his ideas and dreams. Many people in a conservative Muslim community would not have enough courage to work for women empowerment through education as he did and is still doing to this day. In a community where birth of a female child is a source of grief, where women are considered inferior, where women face barriers in the name of the religion, where early marriages are acceptable and where education of a male child is more preferable and appreciated; Mr. Ejaz stepped forward and worked on educating women. Throughout the psychoanalysis of the personality of Mr. Ejaz, several psychological theories will be used for the explanation of significant life events. The approach of exploring an individual personal life with the help of psychological theories is known as psychobiography. John McLeod (1994) described psychobiography as a narrative qualitative study of individuals, which is concerned with understanding the stories people tell about their life experiences (Chéze, 2010).Another psychologist, Bromley (1986) described a psychobiography as a biographical study where psychological concepts, methods and findings play a major role (Chéze, 2010). This psychobiography aims to explore and interpret the development of Mr. Ejaz’s personality through his key life events and traits using psychological and sociological theories. The key life events will include his personal life experiences, which will be analyzed using psychologica...

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