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Learn about the early years of the Nation of Islam, focusing on its beginnings in Detroit and its foundational role in shaping the identity and activism of Muslim communities across the United States.

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Join us to view The Day I Lost My Shadow, engage in an in-person discussion with Soudade Kaadan, and enjoy delicious desserts catered by our friends at local Syrian restaurant Ali Baba. This event will be moderated by ASAR fellow Reem Al-Ghazzi.

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The Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, in partnership with the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, the African Studies Program, and Georgetown University Qatar, hosted a conversation with University of California Los Angeles Assistant Professor in the Department of Asian American Studies Dr. Nour Joudah on September 16 on the Georgetown University campus. In this talk, Dr. Joudah opens for conversation these eliminatory models to come as Palestinians in Gaza continue to live through a genocide.

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Sonia Nimr is an award-winning Palestinian writer, storyteller, translator, and oral historian who has published more than two dozen books for children and young adults. She is an assistant professor of Philosophy and Cultural Studies at Birzeit University.

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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.

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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)

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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.

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