A docudrama film about Muslim-Christian Peacemaking Narrated by Academy Award winner Jeremy Irons

Join us for a good old-fashioned Teach-In to explore the various issues surrounding America First Immigration and Trade Policy this Saturday from 1-5 p.m. in the Cathedral of Learning.

Formerly known as the "Arab Courier," Pittsburgh's arguably most well-known diorama is being re-named "Lion Attacking a Dromedary" and moved from the second floor of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History to the museum entry. This move represents a re-interpretation of the work-no longer considered "natural" and biological history, the diorama is now understood to reflect racialist stereotypes of the Arab world. Museums have long been institutions that categorize people, objects, and history.

The Syrian refugee crisis is provoking timely discussions on human rights, immigration, and national security. How do we broach these issues in the classroom, make them accessible to our students, and offer impactful, yet sensitive, lessons? In this workshop, Mina Hogsett, a third-year doctoral student in Social and Comparative Analysis in Education at the University of Pittsburgh, and Ashley Davis, MEd and Manager of Educational Services at Snapology, will present original research from their time in Germany, on a Nationality Rooms Scholarship.

Weekly screenings of films from countries represented in the 2016 Russian, East European and Near Eastern Summer Language Institute (SLI).

Su'ad Abdul Khabeer holds a PhD from Princeton University. She is currently the Anthropology and African America Studies programs at Purdue University. She is a scholar-artist-activist who uses anthropology and performance to explore the intersections of race and popular culture.

This talk examines the creative sartorial practices of American Muslim Men, and particularly Black Muslim men, who are increasingly using the aesthetic of Black Dandyism to signify on white supremacy as well as the ethno-religious hegemonies within US Muslim communities.

Lameeci Issaq is the founding director of the Noor Theater, which is dedicated to supporting, developing and producing the work theatre artists of Middle Eastern Descent. Ms. Issaq will be reading from the play Nahda: Five Visions of an Arab Awakening. Who is the Arab today? Five visions explores modern Middle Eastern identities in the West, including the parental obligation of naming a child to survive post-9/11 America.

Attorney Nery Ramati is a partner in Gaby Lasky and Partners Law Office, a leading human rights firm in Israel specializing in freedom of expression and protest. he has represented Palestinian, Israeli, and international human rights and anti-occupation activists in the military and civil courts since 2008. He has also provided legal counsel various organizations engaged in documenting and protesting human rights abuses and violations of international law by the Israeli authorities in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

This talk will address whether women’s movements in the 21st century have impacted legal and ethical reform in Islamic family law. This talk will further explores the degree to which Muslim women, through religious activism, are bridging the gap between Islamic jurisprudence and gender justice in the realm of family law.