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Next week! Have you RSVP'd yet? myumi.ch/J4bj4
Join us on Tuesday, October 27, 2026 at 5:30 PM in the Hussey Room in the Michigan League at the University of Michigan for the first-ever Halaloween panel collaboration between the Global Islamic Studies Center and Michigan Medicine’s Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine! An expert panel of pediatric, geriatric, hospice, and palliative care medical doctors, hospital chaplains, and horror film scholars will discuss how the horror genre and horror movies can be tools for people dealing with illness, grief, death, loss, and shared fears that are both specific to and transcend religion and culture.
Panelists will discuss: what can horror tell us about the fears that people bring with them when they encounter bodily illness and healthcare providers, particularly when they, their elders, or their children are experiencing serious illness, the process of dying, ambiguous loss, or anticipatory grief? Can Muslim and spiritually or religiously themed horror movies provide psychological catharsis and alleviate suffering?
This panel is free & in person, but RSVP is strongly encouraged: forms.gle/7QfdpWK9kg8v2Ak58
Meet the panelists:
Dr. Adam Marks, MD, Clinical Professor of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine; Medical Director, Hospice Program and Adult Hospice
Dr. Nurah Omobola Lawal, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics & Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Dr. Karla Mallette, Professor of Italian and Mediterranean Studies; Founder, Halaloween
Chaplain LJ Brazier, Michigan Medicine Spiritual Care Department, Palliative Care
Chaplain Maryam Ashraf, Michigan Medicine Spiritual Care Department, Spiritual and Muslim Patient Care
Moderator: Dr. Aliyah Khan, Director, Global Islamic Studies Center; Associate Professor of English & Afroamerican and African Studies
This panel is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center (GISC) in collaboration with the Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine at Michigan Medicine and the University of Michigan Medical School.
What is Halaloween? Halaloween screens horror films from across the globe that were made by, for, or about Muslims to understand: “What scares Muslim audiences? Are horror movies halal?”
The festival is mostly in-person and free–but make sure to reserve tickets! In-person screenings will be first-come, first-served, with RSVPs strongly encouraged.
The 2026 Halaloween Lineup:
October 8: Madayen | Saudi Arabia | 2016 | 7:00 PM | Arab American National Museum, Dearborn
October 13: Under the Shadow | Iran | 2016 | 7:00 PM | State Theatre, Ann Arbor
October 20: Tiger Stripes | Malaysia | 2023 | 7:00 PM | State Theatre, Ann Arbor
October 27: Halaloween x Michigan Medicine Panel: “Fears of the Body: Processing Illness, Death, and Loss with Horror Movies” | Hussey Room, Michigan League, University of Michigan
October 29: “Those Between Worlds: A Jinn Dreamscape": Halaloween Short Films and Live Music Score Retrospective at Devil's Night Detroit | Short films Aicha and Enmity Jinn | 7:00 PM | Brooklyn Detroit, Corktown (venue). *This event is ticketed and not free.
RSVP & find out more: watch.eventive.org/halalowee…
RSVP: myumi.ch/8Jx93
Date: November 4, 4:30 PM ET
Location: 555 Weiser Hall (5th Floor), 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor MI
Join the Global Islamic Studies Center (GISC) on November 4, 2026, at 4:30 PM in 555 Weiser Hall, University of Michigan, for a Qahwah & Authors book series author talk on LANDING IN PLACE, Sherine Hamdy's coming-of-age graphic novel about Anisa, a second-generation Egyptian-Muslim American college girl navigating identity, culture, religion, and family.
Balancing humor with family tragedy and moments of joy amid political trauma, LANDING IN PLACE weaves together personal and global histories, spanning the Suez Crisis of 1956, the 2011 Arab Spring protests in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, and contemporary global protests for Palestinian rights. Through Anisa’s experiences as a young, hijab-wearing Muslim woman, Hamdy explores how migration to and diaspora in the United States, and neocolonialism and foreign intervention in Egypt and the Global South shape individual lives and family histories. LANDING IN PLACE begins as a story shaped by migrant and exile frustration and external assumptions about Muslim women, and evolves into one that celebrates Muslim identity and cultures, and the power of finding one’s voice.
This event is brought to you by the University of Michigan Global Islamic Studies Center (GISC) and the Arab and Muslim American Studies (AMAS) Program in the Department of American Culture.
About Sherine Hamdy: Sherine Hamdy is a Professor of Anthropology at the University of California Irvine, where she joined the faculty in 2017. She was previously a tenured faculty member at Brown University since 2006. She has published widely on the themes of Muslim medical ethics, the political economic distribution of disease in Egypt, and the role of physicians in the Arab spring uprisings. Her first book Our Bodies Belong to God: Organ Transplants, Islam, and the Struggle for Human Dignity in Egypt was published by the University of California Press in 2012. Hamdy also inaugurated the University of Toronto Press graphic novel series ethnoGRAPHIC with her co-authored graphic novel Lissa: A Story of Friendship, Medical Promise, and Revolution, which combines panel-to-panel comics narration with her medical anthropology research. In 2026, Penguin Random House published Hamdy's graphic novel Landing in Place, illustrated by Myra El Mir. Hamdy currently serves as Series Editor for the University of Toronto Press ethnoGRAPHIC series, and encourages academics to adopt multiple media forms in their distribution of research findings.
For more events from the Global Islamic Studies Center at the University of Michigan, please visit ii.umich.edu/islamicstudies.
ALT Flyer for "Landing in Place: A New Graphic Novel by Sherine Hamdy," hosted by Qahwah & Authors and the Global Islamic Studies Center. The event takes place November 4, 2026, at 4:30 PM ET in 555 Weiser Hall (5th Floor). Includes a portrait of author Sherine Hamdy, the book cover illustration, graphic novel panels with Arabic text, and a QR code with RSVP link myumi.ch/8Jx93.
Join us on Tuesday, October 27, 2026 at 5:30 PM in the Hussey Room in the Michigan League at the University of Michigan for the first-ever Halaloween panel collaboration between the Global Islamic Studies Center and Michigan Medicine’s Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine! An expert panel of pediatric, geriatric, hospice, and palliative care medical doctors, hospital chaplains, and horror film scholars will discuss how the horror genre and horror movies can be tools for people dealing with illness, grief, death, loss, and shared fears that are both specific to and transcend religion and culture.
Panelists will discuss: what can horror tell us about the fears that people bring with them when they encounter bodily illness and healthcare providers, particularly when they, their elders, or their children are experiencing serious illness, the process of dying, ambiguous loss, or anticipatory grief? Can Muslim and spiritually or religiously themed horror movies provide psychological catharsis and alleviate suffering?
This panel is free & in person, but RSVP is strongly encouraged: forms.gle/7QfdpWK9kg8v2Ak58
Meet the panelists:
Dr. Adam Marks, MD, Clinical Professor of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine; Medical Director, Hospice Program and Adult Hospice
Dr. Nurah Omobola Lawal, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics & Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Dr. Karla Mallette, Professor of Italian and Mediterranean Studies; Founder, Halaloween
Chaplain LJ Brazier, Michigan Medicine Spiritual Care Department, Palliative Care
Chaplain Maryam Ashraf, Michigan Medicine Spiritual Care Department, Spiritual and Muslim Patient Care
Moderator: Dr. Aliyah Khan, Director, Global Islamic Studies Center; Associate Professor of English & Afroamerican and African Studies
This panel is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center (GISC) in collaboration with the Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine at Michigan Medicine and the University of Michigan Medical School.
What is Halaloween? Halaloween screens horror films from across the globe that were made by, for, or about Muslims to understand: “What scares Muslim audiences? Are horror movies halal?”
The festival is mostly in-person and free–but make sure to reserve tickets! In-person screenings will be first-come, first-served, with RSVPs strongly encouraged.
The 2026 Halaloween Lineup:
October 8: Madayen | Saudi Arabia | 2016 | 7:00 PM | Arab American National Museum, Dearborn
October 13: Under the Shadow | Iran | 2016 | 7:00 PM | State Theatre, Ann Arbor
October 20: Tiger Stripes | Malaysia | 2023 | 7:00 PM | State Theatre, Ann Arbor
October 27: Halaloween x Michigan Medicine Panel: “Fears of the Body: Processing Illness, Death, and Loss with Horror Movies” | Hussey Room, Michigan League, University of Michigan
October 29: “Those Between Worlds: A Jinn Dreamscape": Halaloween Short Films and Live Music Score Retrospective at Devil's Night Detroit | Short films Aicha and Enmity Jinn | 7:00 PM | Brooklyn Detroit, Corktown (venue). *This event is ticketed and not free.
RSVP & find out more: watch.eventive.org/halalowee…
Next week is our last free #Halaloween screening at the State Theatre
Join us for a free screening of the Malaysian horror film Tiger Stripes (2023) on October 20, 2026 at 7:00 PM at the State Theatre in Ann Arbor, Michigan. This screening is ONLY in person at the State Theatre in Ann Arbor. Reserve your free tickets here: watch.eventive.org/halalowee…
HALALOWEEN FEATURE FILM: Tiger Stripes (2023)
95 minutes | Malay with English subtitles | Malaysia | Directed by: Amanda Nell Eu
Film Description: The once carefree Zaffan turns twelve years old and becomes the first girl amongst her friends to reach puberty, discovering a terrifying secret about her body. Ostracized by her community, Zaffan fights back, learning that to be truly herself and have agency, she must embrace the body she fears. Winner of the Critics’ Week Grand Prize at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.
Halaloween Horror Rating: 4/5. Scary. This movie includes the horror subgenres of body horror, blood and menstrual horror, female coming-of-age horror, gendered body horror, and posthuman transformations. Reminiscent of the teen/adolescent girl horror films Carrie and Ginger Snaps.
Religious Content: Most characters are Muslim, and the film is set in a Muslim girls' school. Includes adhan, Islamic prayer, and corrupt male religious leaders.
What is Halaloween? Halaloween screens horror films from across the globe that were made by, for, or about Muslims to understand: “What scares Muslim audiences? Are horror movies halal?”
The remaining 2026 Halaloween Lineup:
October 20: Tiger Stripes | Malaysia | 2023 | 7:00 PM | State Theatre, Ann Arbor
October 27: Halaloween x Michigan Medicine Panel: “Fears of the Body: Processing Illness, Death, and Loss with Horror Movies” | Hussey Room, Michigan League, University of Michigan
October 29: “Those Between Worlds: A Jinn Dreamscape": Halaloween Short Films and Live Music Score Retrospective at Devil's Night Detroit | Short films Aicha and Enmity Jinn | 7:00 PM | Brooklyn Detroit, Corktown (venue). *This event is ticketed and not free. Get tickets and more info here.
RSVP & find out more: watch.eventive.org/halalowee…
Will you be joining us for #Halaloween at the State Theatre tonight at 7pm?
It’s not too late to join us for a screening of Under the Shadow (2016), the Iranian horror movie.
Get your free tickets here: Watch.eventive.org/halalowee…
TOMORROW: Join us at #Halaloween for a free screening of the Iranian horror film Under the Shadow (2016) on October 13, 2026 at 7:00 PM at the State Theatre in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Reserve your free tickets here: watch.eventive.org/halalowee…
HALALOWEEN FEATURE FILM: Under The Shadow (2016)
2016 | 84 minutes | Persian with English subtitles | Iran
Directed by: Babak Anvari
Featuring: Narges Rashidi, Avin Manshadi, Bobby Naderi
Introduced by: Zayn Azad, Huron High School Film Club
Film Description: Set in Tehran during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War, this movie is a meditation on the post-revolutionary fallout of the 1979 Iranian Revolution from a female perspective. A woman and her young daughter hunker down in their Tehran apartment during Iraqi bombardment. Did the missile that struck their building bring a jinn into their lives?
Halaloween Horror Rating: 3/5. Reasonably scary. Includes jump scares, jinn, demonic children, misogyny, mother-daughter and husband-wife tension, parental losing of a child, and property damage due to war bombings.
Religious Content: Islamic daily prayers, hijab debates, religious state authorities, jinn.
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Welcome to the 8th annual Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival 2026!
What is Halaloween? Halaloween screens horror films from across the globe that were made by, for, or about Muslims to understand: “What scares Muslim audiences? Are horror movies halal?”
The 2026 Halaloween Lineup:
October 8: Madayen | Saudi Arabia | 2016 | 7:00 PM | Arab American National Museum, Dearborn
October 13: Under the Shadow | Iran | 2016 | 7:00 PM | State Theatre, Ann Arbor
October 20: Tiger Stripes | Malaysia | 2023 | 7:00 PM | State Theatre, Ann Arbor
October 27: Halaloween x Michigan Medicine Panel: “Fears of the Body: Processing Illness, Death, and Loss with Horror Movies” | Hussey Room, Michigan League, University of Michigan
October 29: “Those Between Worlds: A Jinn Dreamscape": Halaloween Short Films and Live Music Score Retrospective at Devil's Night Detroit | Short films Aicha and Enmity Jinn | 7:00 PM | Brooklyn Detroit, Corktown (venue). *This event is ticketed and not free.
RSVP & find out more: watch.eventive.org/halalowee…
SEE YOU TONIGHT AT #HALALOWEEN 🎃
Madayen (2016)
Thursday, October 8, 2026
7:00 PM
Arab American National Museum | Dearborn, MI
Free — RSVP required: forms.gle/8NCsTk5T7VJeJMns6
The film is 62 minutes, in Arabic with English subtitles. After the screening, we’ll also show a short, pre-recorded Q&A with filmmaker Ayman Tamano.
Film description: Madayen is an indie found-footage-style film from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, written and produced by Hakeem Jomah and directed by Ayman Tamano, that tells the tale of three young Saudis who set out to the notoriously haunted Madayen Saleh ruins in the far north of the Kingdom to investigate the myths and the truths behind the cursed place.
Halaloween Horror Rating: 1/5. Not very scary, and not much religious content. Road trip buddy movie meets found footage horror.
And, as always, Halaloween is for everyone — from horror fans who love the gore to those who spend half the movie hiding their eyes.
Reserve your free tickets:
watch.eventive.org/halalowee…
The 2026 Halaloween Lineup:
October 8: Madayen | Saudi Arabia | 2016 | 7:00 PM | Arab American National Museum
October 13: Under the Shadow | Iran | 2016 | 7:00 PM | State Theatre
October 20: Tiger Stripes | Malaysia | 2023 | 7:00 PM | State Theatre
October 27: Halaloween x Michigan Medicine Panel: “Fears of the Body: Processing Illness, Death, and Loss with Horror Movies” | 5:30 PM | Hussey Michigan League
October 29: “Those Between Worlds: A Jinn Dreamscape": Halaloween Short Films and Panel at Devil's Night Detroit | 7:00 PM | Brooklyn Detroit (Venue)*
*This event is ticketed and not free
RSVP & find out more: watch.eventive.org/halalowee…
Please join the Interdisciplinary Islamic Studies Seminar for a lecture with Dr. Nurfadzilah Yahaya, titled "Imperial Waq; Global Islamic Law in the 19th and 20th Century"
Across the nineteenth century British courts from Singapore to Zanzibar adjudicated the waqf, the Islamic endowment. They cut family endowments short under the rule against perpetuities, while they protected public endowments as charity, the endowment for Mecca and Medina included. Family deeds named the two holy cities as last beneficiary, so Mecca stood to inherit Muslim property across the British Empire. This talk follows that practice to the Hijaz Railway, an Ottoman waqf that lay across British and French mandates after 1918. Two trusts, the mandate and the waqf, governed one line, as British officials recognized and denied the endowment.
Location: Weiser Hall 10th floor, Rm 1055
Date: Thursday, Oct 8
Time: 12:00 pm- 1:30pm
Please RSVP here: google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F… or to Azar Kafaee, [email protected]. Food and drinks will be provided.
We're looking forward to seeing you tomorrow as the 8th annual Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival returns to the @arabamericanmus in Dearborn on Thursday, October 8 at 7:00 PM. We will screen Madayen (2016), a Saudi found-footage horror film that follows three young Saudis as they travel to the notoriously haunted Madayen Saleh ruins in northern Saudi Arabia to investigate the myths and stories surrounding the cursed site.
Madayen (2016)
Thursday, October 8, 2026
7:00 PM
Arab American National Museum | Dearborn, MI
Free — RSVP required
The film is 62 minutes, in Arabic with English subtitles. After the screening, we’ll also show a short, pre-recorded Q&A with filmmaker Ayman Tamano.
Film description: Madayen is an indie found-footage-style film from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, written and produced by Hakeem Jomah and directed by Ayman Tamano, that tells the tale of three young Saudis who set out to the notoriously haunted Madayen Saleh ruins in the far north of the Kingdom to investigate the myths and the truths behind the cursed place.
Halaloween Horror Rating: 1/5. Not very scary, and not much religious content. Road trip buddy movie meets found footage horror.
And, as always, Halaloween is for everyone — from horror fans who love the gore to those who spend half the movie hiding their eyes.
Reserve your free tickets:
watch.eventive.org/halalowee…
The 2026 Halaloween Lineup:
October 8: Madayen | Saudi Arabia | 2016 | 7:00 PM | Arab American National Museum
October 13: Under the Shadow | Iran | 2016 | 7:00 PM | State Theatre
October 20: Tiger Stripes | Malaysia | 2023 | 7:00 PM | State Theatre
October 27: Halaloween x Michigan Medicine Panel: “Fears of the Body: Processing Illness, Death, and Loss with Horror Movies” | 5:30 PM | Hussey Michigan League
October 29: “Those Between Worlds: A Jinn Dreamscape": Halaloween Short Films and Panel at Devil's Night Detroit | 7:00 PM | Brooklyn Detroit (Venue)*
*This event is ticketed and not free
RSVP & find out more: watch.eventive.org/halalowee…
The full Halaloween 2026 lineup continues throughout October with films, a medical and film panel, and a special Devil’s Night Detroit event. Find the full schedule and more information at watch.eventive.org/halalowee….
THIS WEEK: Join the Global Islamic Studies Center & the Arab American National Museum for a free screening of the Saudi found-footage horror film Madayen (2016) on October 8, 2026, at 7:00 PM at the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn, Michigan.
After the film, we will show a short, pre-recorded Q&A talkback with the filmmaker Ayman Tamano.
This screening is ONLY in person at the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn. Reserve your free tickets here: watch.eventive.org/halalowee…
THIS WEEK’S HALALOWEEN FEATURE: Madayen (2016)
2016 | 62 minutes | Arabic with English subtitles | Saudi Arabia
Directed by: Ayman Tamano
Featuring: Hakeem Jomah, Khaled Yeslam, Abdullah Kurashi, Nadia Malaika
Film description: Madayen is an indie found-footage-style film from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, written and produced by Hakeem Jomah and directed by Ayman Tamano, that tells the tale of three young Saudis who set out to the notoriously haunted Madayen Saleh ruins in the far north of the Kingdom to investigate the myths and the truths behind the cursed place.
Halaloween Horror Rating: 1/5. Not very scary, and not much religious content. Road trip buddy movie meets found footage horror.
What is Halaloween? Halaloween screens horror films from across the globe that were made by, for, or about Muslims to understand: “What scares Muslim audiences? Are horror movies halal?”
This year’s Halaloween 2026 film festival is a retrospective that brings back some of our Michigan community’s favorite Muslim horror films from the past few years. As usual, the festival runs throughout October with a different movie screening and/or event every week. In addition to local theater screenings, we are bringing you three community collaborations this year: with the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn, with Michigan Medicine and the U-M Medical School, and with the Brooklyn Detroit venue in Corktown!
The festival is mostly in-person and free–but make sure to reserve tickets! In-person screenings will be first-come, first-served, with RSVPs strongly encouraged.
We are inclusive of everyone's film needs: from new horror fans who close their eyes through most scary movies, to those who love the gore–we've got films for everyone! Check the Halaloween Horror Rating in the description of each film for its scariness rating and other details.
The 2026 Halaloween Lineup:
October 8: Madayen | Saudi Arabia | 2016 | 7:00 PM | Arab American National Museum
October 13: Under the Shadow | Iran | 2016 | 7:00 PM | State Theatre
October 20: Tiger Stripes | Malaysia | 2023 | 7:00 PM | State Theatre
October 27: Halaloween x Michigan Medicine Panel: “Fears of the Body: Processing Illness, Death, and Loss with Horror Movies” | Time & Date TBA
October 29: “Those Between Worlds: A Jinn Dreamscape": Halaloween Short Films and Panel at Devil's Night Detroit | 7:00 PM | Brooklyn Detroit (Venue)*
*This event is ticketed and not free
RSVP & find out more: watch.eventive.org/halalowee…
Halaloween is back!
What is Halaloween? Halaloween screens horror films from across the globe that were made by, for, or about Muslims to understand: “What scares Muslim audiences? Are horror movies halal?”
This year’s Halaloween 2026 film festival is a retrospective that brings back some of our Michigan community’s favorite Muslim horror films from the past few years.
The festival is mostly in-person and free–but make sure to reserve tickets! In-person screenings will be first-come, first-served, with RSVPs strongly encouraged.
The 2026 Halaloween Lineup:
October 8: Madayen | Saudi Arabia | 2016 | 7:00 PM | Arab American National Museum
October 13: Under the Shadow | Iran | 2016 | 7:00 PM | State Theatre
October 20: Tiger Stripes | Malaysia | 2023 | 7:00 PM | State Theatre
October 27: Halaloween x Michigan Medicine Panel: “Fears of the Body: Processing Illness, Death, and Loss with Horror Movies” | 5:30 PM | Hussey Michigan League
October 29: “Those Between Worlds: A Jinn Dreamscape": Halaloween Short Films and Panel at Devil's Night Detroit | 7:00 PM | Brooklyn Detroit (Venue)*
*This event is ticketed and not free
RSVP & find out more: watch.eventive.org/halalowee…
Today in 555 Weiser hall at 4:30pm! Join us!
Our first event of the year is here! Please join us on Sept 23rd at 4:30pm in 555 Weiser Hall for a special lecture by Dr. Younus Mirza on his book 'The Islamic Mary: Maryam Through the Centuries'.
RSVP: myumi.ch/2j9QR
This lecture examines the appearances of Mary, mother of Jesus (Isa), in various Islamic theological and cultural contexts & discusses Maryam's extended history, from her scriptural mentions in the Qur’an and the traditional biographies (Sīrah) of the Prophet Muhammad, her appearances in medieval debates on prophecy, citations of her model virtue in Sufi discussions of piety, her representations in art and film, & her role in modern interfaith relations, particularly between Muslims and Christians.
We hope to see you there!
ALT Event flyer titled Mary in the Qur'an: A Book Talk with Younus Y. Mirza. The talk takes place September 23 at 4:30 PM in 555 Weiser Hall, 500 Church St, Ann Arbor. It features a portrait of the author alongside the cover of his book, The Islamic Mary: Maryam Through the Centuries. Includes a QR code and an RSVP link.
Today! Friday, September 18, 2026
4:00–5:30 PM
Room 555, Weiser Hall
Join @UM_CSAS this Friday for "Rummana Hussain's Feminist Cosmopolitics" by Prof. Rattanamol Singh Johal. Explore how the Indian artist used performance & objects to challenge identity and representation during mid-90s political upheaval.
Details: myumi.ch/xjmzV
Check out this upcoming lecture by @umCSAS: Cultivating a Global Radical Imagination at the Grassroots: Communist Women’s Mobilization in Mid-20th-c. Assam/Eastern Bengal
This lecture will be held in person and virtually on Zoom. If you would like to attend via Zoom, registration is required. Once you've registered, joining information will be sent to your email. Register for the Zoom webinar at: myumi.ch/2jjGN
This talk examines the lives and political projects of young women activists in 1930s–40s Sylhet who were drawn to join the Communist Party. Among them was Hena (Dutt) Das, who remained in (East) Pakistan after Partition, and who would be politically and socially engaged in Bangladesh until her death in 2009. In this talk, Shehabuddin will focus on the revolutionary education and experiences that first brought Hena Dutt and her teenage classmates to the Communist Party, how they understood and inhabited communism in their daily lives, and how their personal and political histories complicate ideas about religious and national belonging, about the much-described tug between communism and feminism, and about the relationship between the personal and the political.
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Programming note: WKARHD will air an abbreviated, 26-minute version of the documentary film “American Jedi: The Salman Hamdani Story” this Friday, Sept. 11th, at 4:30pm.
The complete 38-minute film can be streamed through the MSU Library site and is also available on YouTube.
Our first event of the year is here! Please join us on Sept 23rd at 4:30pm in 555 Weiser Hall for a special lecture by Dr. Younus Mirza on his book 'The Islamic Mary: Maryam Through the Centuries'.
RSVP: myumi.ch/2j9QR
This lecture examines the appearances of Mary, mother of Jesus (Isa), in various Islamic theological and cultural contexts & discusses Maryam's extended history, from her scriptural mentions in the Qur’an and the traditional biographies (Sīrah) of the Prophet Muhammad, her appearances in medieval debates on prophecy, citations of her model virtue in Sufi discussions of piety, her representations in art and film, & her role in modern interfaith relations, particularly between Muslims and Christians.
We hope to see you there!
ALT Event flyer titled Mary in the Qur'an: A Book Talk with Younus Y. Mirza. The talk takes place September 23 at 4:30 PM in 555 Weiser Hall, 500 Church St, Ann Arbor. It features a portrait of the author alongside the cover of his book, The Islamic Mary: Maryam Through the Centuries. Includes a QR code and an RSVP link.