Christian–Muslim Dialogue Committee of Duquesne University in collaboration with the Turkish Cultural Center of Pittsburgh
Nicholas Cafardi, Dean Emeritus and Professor in the Duquesne University School of Law, will give the inaugural lecture in the Religion & Society Lecture Series, a project of the Christian–Muslim Dialogue Committee of Duquesne University and the Turkish Cultural Center of Pittsburgh.
Professor Cafardi will speak on “Religious Freedom & its Intersection with the 14th Amendment,” in 719 Fisher Hall on Wednesday, 16 September at 4:30.
The event is free and open to the public, and light refreshments will be served.
Pitt Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace
Bassem Tamimi is an internationally recognized Palestinian human rights activist from the West Bank farming village of Nabi Selah, where weekly nonviolent demonstrations are held in opposition to illegal Israeli settlement construction and military occupation. Bassem has been detained by the Israeli authorities over a dozen times, at one point spending three years in administrative detention without trial. In 1993, as a result of interrogation by the Israeli Shin Bet, Bassem was left unconscious for eight days and partially paralyzed for months to follow.
Department of French and Italian Languages and Literatures; Department of Religious Studies; European Union Center of Excellence; Film Studies Program; Global Studies Center; Humanities Center
Abdellah is a young gay man navigating the sexual, racial and political climate of Morocco. Growing up in a large family in a working-class neighborhood, Abdellah is caught between a distant father, an authoritarian mother, an older brother whom he adores and a handful of predatory older men, in a society that denies his homosexuality. Salvation Army, the directorial debut for Abdellah Taïa – an acclaimed Moroccan and Arab writer – is adapted from his novel of the same name. Discussion with the director after the screening. Free admission.