Announcements

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Dr. Jessica Tuchman Mathews
President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Amb. Thomas R. Pickering
Former Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs
Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia

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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.

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2014 Symposium on Interreligious Dialogue

Speakers:

Sayyidna Isa; Jesus in the Eyes of a Muslim
Ifan A. Omar, Associate Professor of Theology, Marquette University

Who is Muhammed to Christians?
Nelly van Doorn-Harder
Professor of Islamic Studies
Wake Forest University

Free to all students with ID and to Duquesne University Faculty and Staff
Registration is required for general public at www.duq.edu/theology/cmdc
Registration fee: $15

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'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...) .

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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).

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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.

Refreshments will be served.

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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.

Refreshments will be served.

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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.

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Halal-a-palooza is an Islamic culture fair, with different booths from around the world representing countries that Islam has impacted. Each booth will have a brief history of how Islam has influenced its country, cultural facts, authentic snacks, and little trinkets and clothing from that country. This event is part of the Pitt Muslim Student Association's Islamic Awareness Month.

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Are you curious as to why some Muslim women wear hijab? Do you want to find out what a Muslim man's hijab is? Ever wanted to try on a hijab? Come to the Muslim Student Association Islamic Awareness month event: The Hijab Panel! We will have a variety of speakers on the panel with different experiences with Hijab. Join us for an informative discussion with a Q&A afterwards (So have your questions prepared!) Finally, we will have two of our stylish Hijabis to help you try on a Hijab!

MEET OUR PANELISTS:

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