Join the Pitt Muslim Alumni Network and the African-American Alumni Council for an evening of poetry, reflections, an exhibit from America's Islamic Heritage Museum, and a presentation from the museum's director, Amir Muhammad. Come learn about America’s rich extensive Islamic history dating back to the 16th century, while exploring some of the lives and events of the 17th, 18th and 19th century of Muslims heritage and their contributions and narratives in America.
In this episode of "Ask The Imam" series, Imam Abdul Aziz Suraqah will address the following questions:
What supplications can one make when gravely ill?
How do we interact with transgenders in light of Islamic laws governing gender interactions?
Is it permissible to wish others 'Merry Christmas'?
What are the Islamic guidelines for writing a will?
Join us tomorrow at MCCGP to pray Isha in congregation. The program begins right after Isha.
CCAS is hosting Dr. Mona El-Ghobashy, author of the critically acclaimed book Bread and Freedom: Egypt’s Revolutionary Situation (Stanford University Press) and Dr. Atef Said, author of the forthcoming book Revolution Squared: Tahrir, Political Possibilities and Counter-Revolution in Egypt (Duke University Press). This event is hybrid and will be held in person at the Intercultural Center (ICC) CCAS Boardroom and on Zoom. Register here.
University of Pennsylvania, the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and Freie Universität Berlin
Announced by the University of Pittsburgh:
Slought is pleased to announce the revival of Infidelities, a conference about new directions in the study of Armenian history, memory, culture and displacement across West Asia and the Middle East to the Americas and back, from March 24 through March 26, 2023. The program is presented in partnership with scholars and programs at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and Freie Universität Berlin.
Introduction by Prof. Liz Reich, Film Studies
“The Spook Who Sat by the Door” is based on the novel by Sam Greenlee and tells the fictional story of Dan Freeman, the first Black CIA officer. The film, directed by Ivan Dixon, follows Freeman through his training in the Central Intelligence Agency, and his eventual role as the leader of a paramilitary group engaged in armed resistance against institutionalized racism.
Co-written and directed by Gillo Pontecorvo, The Battle of Algiers (1966) is an Italian-Algerian war film that provides an emotionally devastating account of the anticolonial struggle of the Algerian people and a brutally candid exposé of the French colonial mindset.
