May 2022

The Arab World has been framed in many diverging ways, often lacking the truth in identity. Over time, photographers have shared their own perspective, sometimes influenced by their own understanding of the culture. However, very few have immortalized or shared its true essence, helping the culture synthetically come to life through the simplest moments. This lack of an authentic eye has reached a turning point, opening possibilities for a new sense of collective memory and identity.

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh

Sponsored by Georgetown University Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs

A Conversation with Harun Karcic

Speaker: Carter Malkasian
Description: Dr. Carter Malkasian was the Special Assistant for Strategy to Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford from 2015 to 2019. He has extensive experience working in conflict zones. He spent nearly two years in Garmser district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, as a State Department political officer. His 2013 book, “War Comes to Garmser: Thirty Years of Conflict on the Afghan Frontier” (Oxford UP), won the 2014 silver medal for the Council on Foreign Relations’ Arthur Ross Book Award.
Date: Thursday, March 3

Rama is a sudanese activist and writer of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. She completed a poetry manuscript during COVID-19 quarantine in 2020. She continues to organize for democracy in Sudan, a necessary workin the wake of nine years of civil war. Rama has published two novels and a short story collection to great international acclaims. Her work has been translated to English, French, Korean, and Spanish. She is a writer-in-residence at city of asylum and chatham university.