Dr. Hisham Aidi, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs
Oct 17, 2019
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Please join us for a talk by Dr. Hisham Aidi,Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, who will discuss race, music and the Global Andalus.
Join us for a book talk with author August Thomas who will be in conversation with Ali Noori, PhD candiate in religious studies at the University of Pennsylvania about Liar's Candle (2018): a spy-novel set in Ankara,…
Dr. Deborah Harrold, Senior Lecturer in Political Science, University of Pennsylvania
Oct 10, 2019
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Since the late 20th century, Algerians have lived through civil war and political uncertainty. While Algeria missed the Arab Uprisings of 2011, waves of demonstrations contributed to the resignation of an ailing…
Rawad Wehbe, PhD Candidate in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Pennsylvania, Chef Osama Herkal
Oct 3, 2019
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Where do We Go Now ? is a comedy from director Nadine Labaki which explores the lives of Christians and Muslims in a small Lebanese village, as the women conspire to avert sectarian strife through a series of plots…
The Israeli writer Judith Katzir will be in conversation with Dr. Nili Gold, Professor of Modern Hebrew, Language and Literature, University of Pennsylvania. She will address the literary innovations brought by the…
Dr. Ian Hartshorn, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Nevada, Reno
Oct 2, 2019
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Based on more than 150 interviews with trade unionists, activists, politicians, and workers in Tunisia and Egypt, Dr. Ian Hartshorn explores how disgruntled workers broke away from their captured unions to create new,…
Dr. Ahmad Almallah, Lecturer of Arabic and Arabic Literature, University of Pennsylvania
Sep 26, 2019
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Through finely crafted poems Ahmad Almallah replicates his own verbal and cultural experience of existing between languages and socities. There is a sense of displacement to these poems as Almallah recounts the amusing…
Join us for an evening with Hisham Matar, Pulitzer winning Libyan memoirist and novelist. Matar's father, Jaballa Matar, a Libyan businessman who became a prominent critic of the Muammar el-Qaddaffi's dictatorship in…
Dr. Keren Friedman-Peleg, Visiting Assistant Professor, Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania
Sep 25, 2019
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Dr. Keren Friedman-Peleg, Visiting Assistant Professor, Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania, will address the politics of trauma on the border of Israel and Gaza. Light lunch and…
Dr. Seth Anziska, Associate Professor of Jewish-Muslim Relations, University College London
Sep 24, 2019
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Dr. Seth Anziska, Associate Professor of Jewish-Muslim Relations, University College London, will give a talk based on his recent book Preventing Palestine: A Political History from Camp David to Oslo (2018). In this…
