News and Events

International Karaoke

7:00 PM

Join us in singing songs in a foreign language! You won’t be able to sing in English but there is still a variety to choose from: Russian, German, Portuguese, Chinese, Italian, French, Japanese, Spanish, Arabic, and others. The details will follow up in the Language House Instagrams: @russianhousemidd @midd_chinese_house @deutschhaus_middlbry @casadeespanol @arabichouse2 @jhouse_diary @casaitalianamidd @lamaisonfrancaisemidd @casadeportuguesemidd

McCullough Wilson Cafe

Closed to the Public

Movement Matters: Mohammed Smahneh-Barges

4:30 PM

Mahaney Arts Center, Dance Theatre

Mahaney Arts Center

Gaza in Context: Tracing Violence and Reconciliation in Palestine/Israel

4:30 PM

In this lecture, Dr. Sa’ed Atshan will provide an overview of the hostilities between the Israeli military and Hamas, reflecting on the past, present, and future of this crisis. The talk will also address the impact on Palestinian and Israeli civilians, the provision of international humanitarian aid, the role of the United States, and prospects for reconciliation.

Twilight Auditorium 101

Closed to the Public

Sally Shalabi: The Oral Storytelling Tradition in the Arab World (Hakawatiyeh)

4:30 PM

Storytelling and Folktale Traditions from the Arab World

Axinn Center 229

Open to the Public

Film Screening of the documentary Spaces of Exception, followed by Q&A with Filmmakers

4:30 PM

Film Screening of the documentary Spaces of Exception (2018, 90 minutes), followed by Q&A with filmmakers Matt Peterson and Malek Rasamny, moderated by Professor James Sanchez.

Mahaney Arts Center 125

Closed to the Public

A reading of Mahmoud Darwish’s poetry

4:30 PM

A reading of some of Mahmoud Darwish’s poems in Arabic and their English translations, followed by an open discussion.

Axinn Center 109

Closed to the Public

Arabic Department - Commencement 2022 Remarks and Awards

5:15 PM

Remarks and awards for seniors and their families in the Mahaney Arts Center (MAC) room 126, during the joint reception ongoing from 4:30 - 6:00 p.m. in the lower lobby of the Mahaney Arts Center.

Mahaney Arts Center 126

Creating a language of our own: Talking about Love, Sexuality, and Gender in Arabic

4:30 PM

Axinn Center 219

Open to the Public

African-American Literature in Arabic

4:30 PM

Dr. Mona Kareem will discuss her translation of Octavia Butler’s masterpiece Kindred (1979) into Arabic.

Co-sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies, Black Studies, the Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, Center for Comparative Study of Race and Ethnicity, English and American Literatures, and Literary Studies.

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Open to the Public

Permission to Converse: Laws, Violence, and Roadblocks to Palestinian Political Expression

4:30 PM

Palestinians living on different sides of the Green Line make up approximately one-fifth of Israeli citizens and about four-fifths of the population of the West Bank. Activists in both groups assert that they share a single political struggle for national liberation. Yet, obstacles inhibit their ability to speak to each other and as a collective. Geopolitical boundaries fragment Palestinians into ever smaller groups.

Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

Closed to the Public