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What does it mean to do interactive art? What are the politics of her work? What are the experiences of an Arab feminist artist exhibiting and performing around the world?

This conversation is part of a joint Middle East Institute at Columbia University (MEI) and Center for Middle East Studies at Brown University (CMES) series on gender, art, and body politics in the Middle East and its diasporas

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What went wrong with the "Arab Spring", and how to fix it?

By Mohamed Moncef Marzouki
Former President of Tunisia (2012-2014)

Mohamed Moncef Marzouki is the first democratically-elected President of Tunisia (2011 to 2014), January 14th Revolution in 2011, and is currently a Senior Fellow with the Democracy in Hard Places Initiative at the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass.

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Join us for an interactive conversation with bestselling author and religious scholar Reza Aslan!

Reza will speak on his recent book, An American Martyr in Persia: The Epic Life and Tragic Death of Howard Baskerville, in conversation with Saleem Ghubril, Council Board Chair and Executive Director of The Pittsburgh Promise. There will also be an opportunity before and after the program to get your copy signed!

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How powerful is food, really? Can it bring people together in times of joy and strife? What’s the role of food in diasporic communities? What stories can be told through food?

Franco-Palestinian chef Fadi Kattan ponders these topics and more in what’s sure to be an engrossing evening of contemplation, exploration, and celebration.

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IRIS NRC International Film Club, 2nd in our 3 part series on the Soccer World Cup

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Film Screening
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"Afrooz has given her life to football. Now, she is about to captain Iran's national futsal team as they head to the final of the Asian Nations Cup in Malaysia. Upon hearing this her estranged husband Yasser exercises his legal right and refuses her permission to leave the country."

Watch the trailer

Presenter: Parvaneh Hosseini, Persian instructor and PhD student at Near Eastern Studies, University of Arizona

Director: Soheil Beiraghi

Language: Persian

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