Dr. Amir Aziz investigates the decades-long history of FBI informant programs in the U.S. that attempt to recruit Arab, Palestinian, Muslim, and South-West Asian and North African (SWANA) migrants to serve as counter-terrorism intelligence informants and spy on their communities. FBI agents ply migrants, all with vulnerable immigration status, with false promises of immigration relief and employ deportation threats to coax them into becoming ‘compliant’ informants.
Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures, Department of Gender & Women’s Studies, Department of Anthropology, Center for Race and Gender, Department of Ethnic Studies
Announced by the University of Pittsburgh
*Note this is in Pacific Standard Time*
Dr. Amir Aziz investigates the decades-long history of FBI informant programs in the U.S. that attempt to recruit Arab, Palestinian, Muslim, and South-West Asian and North African (SWANA) migrants to serve as counter-terrorism intelligence informants and spy on their communities. FBI agents ply migrants, all with vulnerable immigration status, with false promises of immigration relief and employ deportation threats to coax them into becoming ‘compliant’ informants.
he George Washington University Institute for Middle East Studies
Announced by the University of Pittsburgh
In this discussion, scholars who focus on the US relationship to Israel and Palestine will discuss the changing views of Israel in the US and globally. The conversation will explore both historical examples and contemporary politics, drawing in part of the contributions of Amy Kaplan‘s crucial study, Our American Israel: The Story of An Entangled Alliance (2018), now released in paperback. Kaplan (1953-2020) was an award-winning scholar of US imperialism and a human rights activist.
Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS), Georgetown University Qatar, and the African Studies Program, Georgetown University
The Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding is hosting Dr. Nadia Oweidat, Assistant Professor at Kansas State University, for a Book Talk on Reform and Its Perils in Contemporary Islam: The Case of Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd on March 13th at Noon in the ACMCU Boardroom (ICC 270).
The Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, the African Studies Program, the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, and Georgetown University Qatar
Announced by the University of Pittsburgh
The Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, in partnership with the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, the African Studies Program, the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, and Georgetown University Qatar, is hosting Dr. Jehad Abusalim, Executive Director of the Institute for Palestine Studies-USA, for a talk titled “Population Transfer from Gaza: A Short History from 1948 to 2025” on Tuesday, March 18th at Noon.
