Sep 2020

23 Sep 2020

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Whose Narratives? Gender, Justice, & Resistance: A conversation with Leila Khaled

Wednesday, September 23, 2020 - 3:30pm to 5:30pm
online
Sponsored By: 
Co-Sponsors: Al-Awda: The Palestinian Right to Return Coalition Alliance for Water Justice in Palestine Jewish Voice for Peace- Bay Area Jewish Voice for Peace- Boston Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network SJP at UCLA Work

Join the open classrooms of Professor Rabab Abdulhadi (AMED Studies) and Professor Tomomi Kinukawa (Women and Gender Studies) for a historic roundtable conversation with Palestinian feminist, militant, and leader Leila Khaled, followed by Q&A discussion with students, activists, and scholars at 12:30-2:30 pm PST (3:30-5:30 pm New York, and 10:30pm-12:30 am in Palestine and Jordan).

Register in advance for this webinar:
https://sfsu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ycpMqzqcReO3HCQJKShi5g

23 Sep 2020

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Midnight Traveler Film Screening

Thursday, September 24, 2020 (All day)
online

"Midnight Traveler" is a firsthand account created by Afghan director Hassan Fazil as he is forced by the Taliban to flee his homeland. Streamed now through September 30, 2020 To see the trailer, go to: https://www.michtheater.org/screenings/midnight-traveler/. I think you can view it for free if you email: cmenas@umich.edu to request the access code.

Contact: 
cmenas@umich.edu

24 Sep 2020

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Moving Beyond Pandemic Arms Sales

Thursday, September 24, 2020 - 10:00am to 11:30am
online
Sponsored By: 
Forum on the Arms Trade

Moving Beyond Pandemic Arms Sales
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JLlqIorTRgqJnn3doO8AKg
VIRTUAL EVENT

DATE: September 24, 2020
TIME: 10:00-11:30 AM EDT

24 Sep 2020

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The Israel-UAE-Bahrain-US Deal: Causes and Implications of Normalization

Thursday, September 24, 2020 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm
online
Sponsored By: 
Palestine Center

2 - 3 PM EST

Contact: 
info@thejerusalemfund.org

24 Sep 2020

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: Mediterranean Studies at Pitt

Thursday, September 24, 2020 - 2:30pm to 3:30pm
online
Sponsored By: 
European Studies Center

Panelists:
Mohammed Bamyeh, Sociology
Diego Holstein, History
Lina Insana, French and Italian
Dijana Mujkanovic, GSPIA (Ph.D. candidate)

25 Sep 2020

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US Institute of Peace webinars: The Fallout of the War in Syria: Understanding the Conflict's Regional Consequences

Friday, September 25, 2020 - 9:00am to 9:30am
online
Sponsored By: 
US Institute of Peace

"The Fallout of the War in Syria: Understanding the Conflict's Regional Consequences" For information and to register, go to: https://www.usip.org/events/fallout-war-syria

25 Sep 2020

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Iran Colloquium: Exile and the Nation: The Parsi Community of India and the Making of Modern Iran

Friday, September 25, 2020 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm
online
Sponsored By: 
Yale University

Afshin Marashi is the Farzaneh Family Professor of Modern Iranian History at the University of Oklahoma, where he also serves as the director of the Center for Iranian Studies. He is the author of Exile and the Nation: The Parsi Community of India and the Making of Modern Iran, which was published by the University of Texas in 2020. His previous work includes Nationalizing Iran: Culture, Power, and the State, 1870-1940 (University of Washington, 2008), and a co-edited volume titled Rethinking Iranian Nationalism and Modernity (University of Texas, 2014).

28 Sep 2020

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Juhood Spotlight: Róisín Tapponi

Monday, September 28, 2020 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm
online
Sponsored By: 
Juhood Magazine

Juhood Spotlight featuring Roisin Tapponi. Tapponi is a curator, writer, editor, and researcher based in London. In 2018, she founded Habibi Collective, a digital archive and curatorial platform for women’s filmmaking from the Middle East and North Africa. She is currently developing the first independent streaming service for MENA cinema, SHASHA Movies Ltd. Tapponi will talk about her journey, her work with Habibi Collective, and the MENA film industry.

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