Iraq in Crisis: Understanding the Challenges Confronting
the Nation
with
Raed Jarrar
Policy Impact Coordinator,
American Friends Service Committee
Adil Shamoo
Associate Fellow,
Institute for Policy Studies
&
Sami Albanna
Iraq Analyst & Commentator
Wednesday, 3 September 2014
1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
The Palestine Center
In this new piece, Casablanca-based choreographer and dancer Hind Benali explores her personal past and African roots while addressing the culture, history, and gender politics of Morocco. Rich in images and movement, Benali’s new work reflects the complexities of Moroccan life.
Casablanca-based choreographer and dancer Hind Benali explores her personal past and African roots while addressing the culture, history, and gender politics of Morocco. Rich in images and movement, Benali’s new work reflects the complexities of Moroccan life.
Turkish Nationality Room Committee, University of Pittsburgh
The Turkish Nationality Room Committee invites you to a concert featuring the group Neotolia on Saturday, September 13, 2014 at 6 p.m. at the Frick Fine Arts Auditorium on the University of Pittsburgh campus. The event will feature a “meet and greet” reception with refreshments at 6 p.m., followed by the concert at 6:30 p.m. The proceeds of the concert will help fund the Turkish Room Summer Study Abroad Scholarship. Tickets are $25 per person, $10 for students. Additional donations to the scholarship fund will be gratefully accepted and are tax deductible.
Islamic Center of Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh Area Jewish Committee (PAJC
'Open Doors: Coexistence in Medieval Spain': The second and final part of this series on the Co-Existence of Muslims, Jews, and Christians in Medieval Spain will be held at Rodef Shalom on April 27, 2013 at 6pm. The event is co-hosted by the ICP and the Pittsburgh Area Jewish Committee (PAJC). View the flier here (http://icp-pgh.us7.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=9334c6d884f2044c3c7fb9...) .
Robert J. Donia is a leading historian of Bosnia & Herzegovina (Islam under the Double Eagle: The Muslims of Bosnia-Herzegovina 18781914 [1981]; Bosnia & Hercegovina: A Tradition Betrayed [with John Fine, 1994], Sarajevo: A Biography [2006]) and was a frequent expert witness for the Office of the Prosecutor in the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY).
Pittsburgh Area Jewish Committee and the Islamic Center of Pittsburgh
The Islamic Center of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Area Jewish Committee invite you to join us for "Opening Doors: Coexistence in Medieval Spain." The presentation, titled "Vignettes of Coexistence in Sepharad" will be given by guest speaker, Michal Rose Friedman, Adjunct Professor, Department of History at Carnegie Mellon University.
Pittsburgh Area Jewish Committee and the Islamic Center of Pittsburgh
The Islamic Center of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Area Jewish Committee invite you to join us for "Opening Doors: Coexistence in Medieval Spain." This presentation, titled "Vignettes of Coexistence in Al-Andalus" will be given by guest speaker, Maria Del Mar Rosa Rodriguez, Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies at Carnegie Mellon University.
A series of workshops for educators. M. Safa Saraçoğlu, associate professor of history, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania will present the first of five workshops. You may participate in person or online. There is a $10.00 fee for those participating in person to cover the cost of parking, dinner and handouts. Registration required. Other sessions on the citizenship and nation state in the Middle East, Palestine, Syrian and it's neighbors, and the Middle East through literature to follow.
