Abstract
International students are vulnerable to many threats and harassment is among one of them. Malaysia as a Muslim country is currently centre of attraction for the students of other Muslim countries who want to pursue their higher education abroad. This study is conducted to examine the perceptions of international students from Pakistan getting higher education in Malaysia. Using theoretical frameworks of Strauss & Corbin’s (1998) grounded theory and Blumer’s (1969) symbolic interactionism; the study represents the views and experiences of harassment faced by Pakistani female doctoral students. The data was collected through semi structure interviews of thirty doctoral students, who were studying in four different public-sector universities of Malaysia. The data shows that harassment is one of the critical issues in Malaysia and in Malaysian universities too. It was also found in the study that beside local Malaysians, foreigners were also involved in harassment cases.
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