Join us for an evening of reading and discussion celebrating the work of Abdi Nor Iftin. Abdi Nor Iftin’s memoir tells the story of someone who’s desperately trying—against long odds—to make it to the United States and become an American. Abdi was a Somali refugee who fled Kenya for fear of the radical Islamist group In Kenya he got “the luckiest break of his life:” winning the lottery to land on a short list for a U.S. visa. This was his ticket out. But before he could cash in his golden ticket, the police start raiding his neighborhood, targeting refugees.
Manifest Creativity is a hub for Muslim writers, artists, creatives and storytellers in all media in the Pittsburgh area. Our mission is to come together as a community, to share and uplift one another's creative work and self-defined narratives.
Meet the Author.
MWAP is proud to present the second of its series:
Dr Beverly Mack.
Join us at Few of a Kind to speak with Dr Mack who will present on Nana Asma’u: an 18th Century woman with 21st Century sensibilities. A devout Muslim and feminist activist with successful strategies for political and religious reform in Northern Nigeria.
European Studies Center, Global Studies Center, Jewish Studies Program
Islamophobia and Antisemitism: Perspectives From Europe and the U.S.
An open conversation led by Paul A. Silverstein (Professor of Anthropology at Reed College) and Jeanette S. Jouili (Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Pittsburgh).
Medieval & Renaissance Studies Program, the Early Modern Worlds Initiative, the Humanities Center, the Department of Religious Studies, and History of Art & Architecture Program
This presentation explores paintings of Muhammad produced in Persian and Turkish lands from the 1300s to the modern day. Ranging from veristic to abstract, these images represent Muhammad’s individual traits, primordial luminosity, and veiled essence. Their pictorial motifs reveal that artists engaged in abstract thought and turned to symbolic imagery to convey Muhammad’s origins and prophetic standing. These images inspired various mystical beliefs and practices.
Friday, Feburary 15
Exhibition Opening Reception, University Art Gallery (UAG) in Frick Fine Arts (FFA) Introduction by Kenneth X. Robbins, Omar H. Ali, Jazmin Graves | FFA 125, 4pm Exhibition opening | UAG, 5-7pm
Friday, February 22
Symposium on African Diasporas in the Indian Ocean | Humanities Center, Cathedral of Learning 602, 11am-5pm
11am-12:30pm Dwight A. Carey
1:30-3:15pm Roundtable with Yolanda Covington-Ward, RA Judy,
Idrissou Mora-Kpai, Imani Owens, Nico Slate 3:30-5:00pm Indrani Chatterjee
Penn Highlands Community College, Georgetown University and the Consortium for Educational Resources on Islamic Studies
Penn Highlands will host a community book discussion on The Butterfly Mosque: A Young American Woman's Journey to Love and Islam. Books are available at local library's throughout Cambria Country. Register to to attend at www.pennhighlands.edu, under events
Dr. Susan Douglass, Education Outreach Coordinator, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University will lead the discussion.
