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Publication Restricted Disconnected Farewells: Grief, Rituals and the Fragmented Mourning of Muslims in the Diaspora(2025) Naveed, Azura; Reiss, Henrik; Graphic Design and Visual Communication (BA); Berlin International University of Applied SciencesGrief is universal, yet the ways we hold it are shaped by faith, culture, and ritual. In Islam, funeral rites are more than obligations; they are gestures of love, closure, and communal solidarity. But when migration scatters families across borders, these sacred acts often slip beyond reach. For Muslims in the diaspora, mourning becomes fragmented: screens replace presence, silence replaces community, and grief lingers in a liminal space between here and home. This thesis, Disconnected Farewells, explores that fracture. Through psychological and anthropological lenses, and with stories gathered from Pakistan, Egypt, and Türkiye, it uncovers how rituals ground mourning and what is lost when it is absent. It also listens to how diasporic communities adapt—through hybrid mourning practices like livestreamed funerals, digital prayer groups, and small acts of remembrance that echo tradition. As a response, the design project Garden of Farewell offers a tender ritual for those who cannot return. Through seed paper postcards, incense, dried roses, and a virtual garden of dedications, it creates a multi-sensory space where memory can still take root and grief can be gently transformed. The work suggests that rituals need not vanish with distance; they can be reimagined, carrying forward the essence of faith, memory, and healing across borders.