Announcements

Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival: Four short: A Calling: From the Desert to the Sea (Jordan), Beneath her Lipstick (Morocco), Qaragh (Wake Up) (Azerbaijan), The Key (Palestine)
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What is Halaloween? Halaloween screens horror films from across the globe that were made by, for, or about Muslims, to understand: “What scares Muslim audiences? Are horror movies halal?”. This year’s 2024 film festival will be in-person and online, screening one film a week for the first half of October and culminating in one in-person event with the Palestine Fiction Council (more info coming soon) and two in-person screenings at the State Theatre, on Thursday, October 24th and 31st at 7:30 PM.
Indonesian Children’s Literature in the Struggle to Support Literacy and Multicultural Education
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Department of Languages, Arts and Culture - Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta “Indonesian Children's Literature in the Struggle to Support Literacy and Multicultural Education” Thursday, October 10, 7:30 pm online only (registration required)
The Home I Worked to Make: New Voices from the Syrian Diaspora
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In 2011, Syrians took to the streets demanding freedom. Brutal government repression transformed peaceful protests into one of the most devastating conflicts of our times, killing hundreds of thousands and displacing millions. In this Crown Seminar, Wendy Pearlman, in conversation with Basileus Zeno, will explore how this violence not only drove Syrians from their homes but also forced them to rethink the meaning of home itself.

The Israel-Hamas War: One Year In
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A History of the Tajiks: Iranians of the East
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Gaza Apocalypse: Causes and Consequences
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Cairo: Culture between World Wars
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Speakers:
Raph Cormack (Assistant Professor of Arabic at Durham University); Mohamed Elshahed (Author of Cairo Since 1900: An Architectural Guide (AUC Press, 2020); Ziad Fahmy (Professor of Modern Middle East History at Cornell U.); Moderated by Pascale Ghazaleh (Associate Professor of History at the American U. in Cairo)

Female Religiosity in Central Asia: Sufi Leaders in the Persianate World
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A Historical Overview of the Israeli Palestinian Conflict
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*Note this is in Pacific Time*
This event will be the first in the Diverse Perspectives series on the Israel-Palestine Conflict, and will provide a historical overview of the topic. Charles D. Smith is Professor Emeritus at the University of Arizona, and his book Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict: A History with Documents is now in its 10th edition.

African Literature Book Group Discussion: Hisham Matarr's My Friends
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The K-16 Education Outreach Program at the African Studies Center hosts an annual series of book group meetings wherein participants of all ages and backgrounds are invited to read and discuss engaging novels by African authors. Join this discussion of award-winning author Hisham Matarr's My Friends to learn more about Libyan history and diasporic politics.

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