Book talk with Yasmin El-Rifae and Moderator Yara Damaj
Oct 26, 2022
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In 2012, the joyful hopes of the Egyptian Revolution were tempered by revelations of mass sexual assault in Tahrir Square in Cairo, the revolution’s symbolic birthplace. Radius: A Story of Feminist Revolution is the…
The art and science of making robots flourished across Islamdom from the eighth century onward. This talk will explore the engineering and context behind elaborate water clocks, programmable fountains, musical…
Mohannad Ghawanmeh, Executive Director of Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture
Oct 13, 2022
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The cinema of Egypt was for decades considered the only industrial cinema in the Arabic speaking world, Hollywood on the Nile as it were. Little, however, is known about the cinema in Egypt prior to its…
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Join Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Reyhan Durmaz, to discuss her book Stories between Christianity and Islam: Saints, Memory, and Cultural Exchange in…
Penn Middle East Center, in collaboration with Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture, Cinema & Media Studies, Jewish Studies, and Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations, is pleased to present the 2022 edition of New…
Bulent Gultekin, Wharton Associate Professor of Finance
Sep 15, 2022
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Join Wharton Associate Professor of Finance, Bulent Gultekin, as he gives us an account of the recurring economic crises in Turkey during the republic period and the background policies that lead to those interruptions.
Suad Amiry, Palestinian Novelist, Essayist, and Architect with moderator Professor Huda Fakhreddine
Sep 13, 2022
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Join the Middle East Center as we welcome Suad Amiry, Palestinian novelist, essayist, and architect, as she discusses her new novel Mother of Strangers with Professor Huda Fakhreddine. Set in Jaffa in 1947-51, this…
