Center for Islam in the Contemporary World, Shenandoah University
Announced by the University of Pittsburgh
About the Book:The Women’s Mosque of America (WMA), a multiracial, women-only mosque in Los Angeles, is the first of its kind in the United States. Since 2015, the WMA has provided a space for Muslim women to build inclusive communities committed to gender and social justice, challenging the dominant mosque culture that has historically marginalized them through inadequate prayer spaces, exclusion from leadership, and limited access to religious learning.
The Atlanta Global Studies Center and the Asian Studies Center at GSU
Announced by: University of Pittsburgh
The Middle East Studies Center at GSU, College of Arts and Sciences, and the Center for South Asian Studies at University of Michigan Present a lecture by Rev. Salmoon Bashir: Religious Minorities in Pakistan and Iraq.
Hosted by Howard University's Center for African Studies
Speakers: Sarah Guerin, Jacques Aymeric Nsangou, Abidemi Babatunde Babalola Description: In this institute, art historian Sarah Guerin, University of Pennsylvania, will discuss recent archaeological findings that demonstrate the global reach of West Africa trade items. Jacques Aymeric Nsangou, Harvard University and Abidemi Babatunde Babalola, University of Cambridge UK will discuss archaeology in medieval West Africa.
How powerful is food, really? Can it bring people together in times of joy and strife? What’s the role of food in diasporic communities? What stories can be told through food?
Franco-Palestinian chef Fadi Kattan ponders these topics and more in what’s sure to be an engrossing evening of contemplation, exploration, and celebration.