Announcements

Democratization, Authoritarianism and Radicalization: Exploring the Connections
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Thursday, April 21, 2016

Early Registration ends on April 8th

TENTATIVE PROGRAM

8:00 - 8:30 am Registration

8:30 - 9:00 am Welcoming and Opening Remarks

Prof. Asma Asfaruddin - Chair, CSID Board of Directors

Prof. Nader Hashemi - Director of the Center for Middle East Studies, University of Denver

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9:00 - 9:30 am Keynote Presentation

Keith Ellison

United States Representative (D-MN)

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Linda Sarsour: CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS EVENT
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Brief Bio:
Linda Sarsour
Zaytuna Summer Arabic Intensive
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LEARN 1 YEAR OF ARABIC IN 6 WEEKS
NEW APPLICATION DEADLINE: APRIL 15, 2016
Only a few spaces remain for our Summer Arabic Intensive. Apply now! Don't miss your chance for an enriching summer you won't forget. Take beginning, intermediate, or advanced classical Arabic.

The Summer Arabic Intensive is a residential language program in Berkeley, California, that incorporates classical Arabic texts and modern academic rigor within a nourishing spiritual environment. Begin your Arabic-learning journey -- or further it -- this summer!

Program at a Glance

IUP Islamic Awareness Day
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The Muslim Student Association (MSA) of Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) invites you to attend the Fourth Islamic Awareness Day on Thursday, March 31, 2016 starting at 5:15 PM. This is a public event and all are welcome to attend.
CERIS Undergraduate Research Symposium
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This annual event is hosted to for students to present their work on topics related to Islamic Studies, network with other students and faculty, and to learn from student and keynote presentations. (Institutions can apply for CERIS travel grants if necessary to travel to Pittsburgh on April 9th for the deliberations.)
Beyond the Nuclear Deal: What is the Future of U.S.-Iran Relations?
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Luncheon Discussion

Alireza Nader
Senior International Policy Analyst
RAND Corporation

LAMEECE ISSAQ DISCUSSION
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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.
CLASSIC MEN: MUSLIM DANDIES AND THE WAR ON TERROR
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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 on ethno-religious hegemonies within US Muslim communities. It investigates particularly how in the age of US empire and the war on terror, Muslim dandyism redefines US American Muslim masculinity, thereby confronting the intersecting hegemonies of race, class, gender, religion, and nation.
CMU International Film Festival: A Syrian Love Story
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Synopsis
"Filmed over a period of five years, this intimate and insightful documentary perfectly balances the personal and the political, telling its tale of national and international upheavals through their impact on individuals at the cutting edge of change. This is a profoundly moving account of two love stories: that between the film’s central couple, Amer and Raghda, who are torn apart by imprisonment and exile; the other being their love for Syria, which casts a long shadow over their lives, their marriage and their children." -Mark Kermode, The Guardian
CMU International Film Festival: Tales
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Synopsis
Ending an eight-year hiatus from narrative feature filmmaking, award-winning Iranian filmmaker Rakhshan Banietemad returns with Tales, which weaves the stories of seven characters linked by shared struggles — social, economic, and political — into a film that is both a microcosm of Iranian working-class society and an incisive, luminous portrait of human fallibility and virtue in the face of everyday challenges.

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