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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Islam
From Resource

Author: John Emerick
Using the "Idiot's Guide's" formula of questions and answers, sidebars, and small, easy-to-digest essays, Emerick makes Islam accessible to anyone.
Approaching the Qur'an: The Early Revelations
From Resource

This was our Faculty Reader's Forum selection for facilitated discussion on September 14, 2006. Despite the rapid growth of Islam in this country, its precepts and scripture remain inaccessible to many readers. It is difficult, too, that many of its believers assert that the Qur'an cannot be translated.
500 Most Influential Muslims in the World
From Resource

The Muslim 500 has become the world’s premiere source for a listing of the World’s most influential Muslims. And with each edition the annual publication increases its scope and depth. created by the Royal IslamicStrategic Studies Centre The Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center
for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
Islam: Empire of Faith
From Resource

Running Time: 160 min
A survey of 1000 years of Islamic history starting at the birth of the Prophet Muhammad. Includes Muslim contributions in art and science.
Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet
From Resource

This web site - a companion to the PBS program of the same name - offers profiles of both the prophet Muhammad and several contemporary American Muslims who describe the meaning of their faith. The web site contains additional historical and biographical information as well as background information on Islam.

Running Time: 120 min
A innovative biography of prophet Muhammad told by 21st Century American Muslims who live his example.
Inside Islam (History Channel)
From Resource

Running Time: 100 min
This balanced, objective introduction to the great faith traces its roots back to Abraham and explains the main tenets of Islam, the Five Pillars that all Muslims must adhere to. What the Qur'an has to say about war, violence and suicide is explained by leading Muslim scholars
Islam: A Closer Look
From Resource

Documentary featuring a basic, but thought provoking explanation of Islamic beliefs and practices.
The Hajj (ABC Nightline)
From Resource

Running Time: 23 min
An ABC Nightline special report covering one American's journey to Mecca for his pilgrimage.
Idea of France: Interdisciplinary Conference
From Event

As part of the "Idea of France" international and interdisciplinary conference being held November 10-12 on Pitt's campus, two global studies colloquia will be held. The first will be a discussion with John Bowen (Anthropology, Wash U) of his 2010 book Can Islam be French?, to be held Friday November 11, 8:30-10:00 a.m. at the Holiday Inn in Oakland (Schenley Room III/IV), 100 Lytton Street. The suggested reading is chaps. 1-3, and 9. A second colloquium will be held on Susan Suleiman and Christie McDonald’s edited volume French Global (2010) on Saturday November 12, 9:00-10:30 a.m.
Reel Voices from the Middle East: Heena Maysara
From Event

Poverty, cruelty and political corruption in Egypt. When Nahed (Sumaya Al Khasheb) escapes the advances of her stepfather, she runs right into the hands of rapists. Life takes a drastsic turn for the worse, and Nahed ends up a dancer whose child must live on the streets.

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