Global Cultural Studies Program, Point Park University
Global Cultural Studies Program at Point Park University as we screen the 1966 Gillo Pontecorvo classic, The Battle of Algiers. This film illustrates in excruciating detail the horrors of French colonialism in Algeria and the resistance movement that eventually succeeded in overthrowing it. Although it is a dramatization of these historic events, the film nonetheless brings to life the violence, hope, and struggles inherent to any decolonization process. The film is in Arabic and French with English subtitles. The Battle of Algiers continues our Fight Back!
University of Pittsburgh Muslim Student Assocation
Pitt's Muslim Student Association, co-hosting with Pitt's FORGE this year, is holding their 4th Annual Fast-A-Thon and the theme is HUMANITY. Come for the fasting experience, to learn about what's happening in different countries around the world, and to MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
Sign up to fast with us for a day to promote awareness around campus and bring in clothes to help refugees in Syria.
Come to the O' Hara Student Center ballroom on Friday, February 7th for a FREE, delicious meal to break our fast.
Approved by the Knesset in June of 2013, The Prawer-Begin Plan, if implemented, will see the destruction of over 40 unrecognized Palestinian Bedouin villages in the Naqab (Negev) desert. The Plan is the second step taken by the Israeli government to confiscate Palestinian land in the Naqab, after the "Negev 2015" plan in 2005 and the appointment of the Goldberg committee in 2007.
SPEAK IT. READ IT. WRITE IT.
Arabic, Farsi or Turkish in just 8 weeks for 8 credits at Pitt’s Summer Language Institute.
WHAT TO EXPECT:
• Native speakers with extensive collegiate-level teaching experience
• Emphasis on practical pro ciency
• Interactive instruction using state-of-the-art recording studio
• Dorm and o -campus housing options
Islam 101 is a free weekly class that provides basic information on the tenets of Islam, and delves into deeper meanings of the beliefs
and religious practices. The class is open to people of all faiths and backgrounds and has proven to be a great resource for anyone interested
in researching other faiths and cultures. Taught by Taha Selim Ustun: Taha is an experienced interfaith lecturer who
has been promoting the understanding of Islam and Muslims for a number of years in countries such as Malaysia, Turkey and Australia. He recently
The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations' Washington, DC Summer Internship Program offers undergraduate and graduate students a ten-week professional, academic, and career opportunity internship in the Nation's Capital. The program features an energizing and demanding mix of professional involvement, intellectual challenge, career exploration, and cultural encounter designed to provide interns with a rich and varied experience during their time in Washington.
Ebru classes will be taught by Ilknur Budar at TCCP starting January 20th, 2014. Sessions will be 3 hours long and will be held every Monday for 2 months. Ebru is a traditional art form practiced in Turkey.
