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Join the Ridgway Center for an important lecture by Abdul-Hye Miah, formerly of the London Metropolitan Police and now Senior Lecturer at the University of Northampton. Drawing on several decades of experience in counterterrorism at “Scotland Yard,” Abdul will discuss the recent race riots in the United Kingdom.

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Join us as Sami Hermez and Sireen Sawahla present this must read text. My Brother, My Land: A Story from Palestine is a riveting and unapologetic account of Palestinian resistance, the story of one family's care for their land, and a reflection on love and heartache while living under military occupation.

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Basel Al-Araj’s “Live Like a Porcupine, Fight Like a Flea” will guide a workshop on what we might learn from the long history of the encampment and its liberatory struggle through practices of self-determined study. The seminar will consider how to apply these traditions to classrooms.

To register and get a pre-reading, email Sabina Vaught at svaught@pitt.edu.

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Drawing on June Jordan’s experience of isolation and attack from within feminist circles for her pro-Palestinian stance and work, the seminar will consider how to build meaningful pedagogical solidarities in similar contemporary contexts.

To register and get a pre-reading, email Sabina Vaught at svaught@pitt.edu.

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Join us for an important discussion with Nathan Thrall, 2024 Nonfiction Pulitzer Prize Winner, on how decades of failed U.S. policies and Israel’s system of domination have shaped this moment in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Situating Gaza in the context of Israel’s apartheid, Thrall will delve into what he describes as full U.S. complicity for ongoing war crimes and the paradigmatic shift needed among those who claim to support a peaceful and just resolution of the conflict.

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Hear from keynote speaker Besa Kabashi-Ramaj (GSPIA '10) for this year's lecture titled Building a Resilient Country: Kosovo's Path to Security, Sovereignty and a "Dream of its Own."

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Recently, Institute for Social Policy and Understanding published the full results of Winning Muslim Votes: A Policy Priority Analysis in Swing States. This study examines the policy priorities and candidate preferences of Muslim voters in Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Michigan, highlighting how the war in Gaza influences their electoral choices.

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The National Interest Foundation invites you to attend a panel discussion event regarding the upcoming October elections in Tunisia.

Speakers:
H.E. Ambassador (ret.) Gordon Gray : Former U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia
Sharan Grewal : Brookings Institution
Radwan Masmoudi : Center for the Study of Islam & Democracy
Patricia Karam : Arab Center Washington D.C.
Moderator : Khaled Saffuri : National Interest Foundation

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Join the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies for a book talk with Wendy Pearlman, author of The Home I Worked to Make: Voices from the New Syrian Diaspora.

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