(EVENT RECORDING) Blackness in the Middle East

On September 16, 2020 -- the Middle East Center of the University of Pennsylvania engaged in an important conversation on blackness in the Middle East. Panelists addressed themes including the greater history of blackness in the region, anti-Black sentiments that persist to this day, the question of identity and race in the region, and more.

See the event recording below. Many attendees also requested reading materials and scholars on the topic in order to engage in further research. Please also see the list of resources below, graciously provided by our panelists.

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Scholars:

·       Rogaia Mustafa Abusharaf - Faculty Page

·       Hisham Aidi - Faculty Page

·       Omar Ali  - Faculty Page

·       Edward Alpers - Faculty Page

·       Sophia Azeb - Faculty Page

·       Sahar Aziz - Faculty Page

·       Beeta Baghoolizadeh - Faculty Page

·       Abdullah Bin Hamid Ali - Faculty Page

·       Samson Bezabeh - Faculty Page

·       Gwyn Campbell - Faculty Page

·       Brahim El Guabli - Faculty Page

·       Bernard Freamon - Faculty Page

·       Amal Ghazal - Faculty Page

·       Jonathon Glassman - Faculty Page

·       Ezgi Guner - Faculty Page

·       Chouki El Hamel - Faculty Page

·       Marc Lamont Hill - Faculty Page

·       Matthew S. Hopper - Faculty Page

·       George Michael La Rue - Faculty Page

·       Afifa Ltifi – Student Page

·       Vivian Lu - Faculty Page

·       Behnaz Mirzai - Faculty Page  

·       Zachary Mondesire - Student Page

·       Taylor Moore - Faculty Page

·       Rhea Rahman - Faculty Page

·       Anna Reumert - Faculty Page

·       Rachel Schine - Faculty Page

·       Lindsey Stephenson - Faculty Page

·       Paraska Tolan Szkilnik - Post-Doc Page

·       Ehud Toledano - Faculty Page

·       Zavier Wingham - Student Page

 

Activists / Artists / Creators

·       Maha Abdelhamid - Twitter

·       Nihal Abdellatif - Twitter, IG

·       Maryam Abu Khaled - IG

·       M’barek Bouhchichi - Article

·       Lama El-Hannan - Twitter

·       Sara El Hassan - Twitter

·       Afifa Ltifi - Twitter

·       Khawla Ksiksi - Article

·       Mustapha Olpak

·       Fatma Emam Sakory - Twitter

·       Colette Dalal Tchantcho - IG

 

Reading Lists & Syllabi

·       Razan Idris’s Sudan Syllabus

·       Kayla Wheeler’s Black Islam Syllabus

·       Reading List on Black-Muslim History

·       Arabs for Black Power: A Reading List for Non-Black Arab Allies

·       Resources on Racism in the Arab Region

·       Readings on Race and Slavery with Specific Relevance for Middle East Studies

·       An Essential Reading List on Black Muslim History

·       Essential Resources on Racism & Anti-Blackness in the Middle East and North Africa