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Monday, March 27 - World Theatre Day 6PM / Reading of Oh My Sweet Land by Amir Nizar Zuabi, performed by Lameece Issaq, Founding Director of Noor Theatre, dedicated to the work of theatre artists of Middle Eastern decent, followed by discussion facilitated by Cynthia Croot |
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12PM / Presentation and Talk with Photo-journalist Maranie Rae and Human Refuge(e) |
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Pittsburgh Perspectives, featuring Leslie Aizenman, Director of Refugee and Immigrant Services, Jewish Family and Children's Services; Wiam Younes (Computer Sciences) co-founder of Pittsburgh Refugee Center; Kristen Tsapis, Community Volunteer, Somali Bantu Community Association; Jenna Baron, Executive Director, ARYSE; Jaime Turek, Senior Reception & Placement Cast Manager at Northern Area Multi-Service Center; and members of the local Syrian community, moderated by Lisa R. Bromberg (Global Studies). |
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Syria in Context: Conversation with Joseph Bahout, Visiting Lecturer with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Luke Peterson (Global Studies), with introduction by Michael Goodhart (Global Studies). Lunch provided |
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Come join Siavash Asadi, Ph.D. for a reflection on Salvation: Atonement and Intercession in Christian & Islamic Thought as part of the Religion & Society Series. |
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In the absence of formal protection, how do communities living in refugee camps protect assets and buffer against outsider predation? Using interviews with 200 Palestinian refugees in camps across Lebanon and Jordan, memoirs, and United Nations Relief Works Agency archives, Nadya Haj, an Assistant Professor of Political Science and Middle East Studies at Wellesley College, traces the evolution of property rights from informal understandings of ownership to formal legal claims of assets and resources. |
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In her now-classic 1981 essay “The Uses of Anger,” Audre Lorde commends anger as a force that allows us to attend to histories of structural oppression. In particular, she urges women of color to name and speak their anger aloud and challenges white feminists to hear it without getting defensive. Meeting Lorde’s charge—to tarry with anger—remains no less urgent and no less discomforting today than it was when she issued her call in 1981. A call to and for anger may even seem counter-intuitive and counter-productive in the age of Trump. |
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Come join Ann Pellegrini for a workshop on the second chapter of her book Love the Sin: Sexual Regulation and the Limits of Religious Tolerance. For a PDF of the readings contact Rachel Kranson at kranson@pitt.edu. Readings are also available at religiousstudies.pitt.edu. |
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Dar al Islam is hosting its 27th annual summer Teachers’ Institute in rural Abiquiu, New Mexico on “Understanding Islam and Muslims.”The program is FREE for accepted educators including tuition costs, meals, and free transportation to and from the Albuquerque airport. July 9-22. in Abiquiu, New Mexico since 1994. We provide and discuss available resources and tools to help the participants in teaching about Islam more effectively. Institutes attendees include secondary school teachers from public, private and parochial institutions of North America. |
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Nazareth College, Hickey Center for interfaith Studies and Dialogue is pleased to announce its 4th international conference on Sacred Texts and Human Contexts: Women and Gender in Religions on July 30 - August 1, 2017. The Conference is open to scholars in religious, theology, women and gender studies and other social scientists from US and abroad as presenters or participants. |
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