Sally Shalabi: The Oral Storytelling Tradition in the Arab World (Hakawatiyeh)
Storytelling and Folktale Traditions from the Arab World
Axinn Center 229
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Film Screening of the documentary Spaces of Exception, followed by Q&A with Filmmakers
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
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A reading of Mahmoud Darwish’s poetry
A reading of some of Mahmoud Darwish’s poems in Arabic and their English translations, followed by an open discussion.
Axinn Center 109
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Arabic Department - Commencement 2022 Remarks and Awards
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
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Creating a language of our own: Talking about Love, Sexuality, and Gender in Arabic
Axinn Center 219
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African-American Literature in Arabic
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
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Permission to Converse: Laws, Violence, and Roadblocks to Palestinian Political Expression
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
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Leaks, Hacks, and Scandals: Arab Culture in the Digital Age
Discussing his recently published book, Leaks, Hacks, and Scandals: Arab Culture in the Digital Age (Princeton UP 2019), Tarek El-Ariss explores the way modes of confrontation, circulation, and writing shape contemporary knowledge production and critiques of power. Focusing on a new generation of activists and authors from the Arab world and beyond, El-Ariss connects Wikileaks to The Arabian Nights, Twitter to mystical revelation, cyberattacks to pre-Islamic tribal raids, and digital activism to the affective scene-making of Arab popular culture.
Axinn Center 229
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“Gender Politics in Mahjar Literature: Gibran, Naimy, and ‘Afifa Karam” – Elizabeth Saylor, Assistant Professor
This lecture examines aspects of gender politics in Arabic mahjar (émigré) literature in select works of prose fiction by Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931) and Mikha’il Naimy (1889-1988), alongside that of one of their lesser-known female contemporaries, ‘Afifa Karam (1883-1924), whose works offer a unique window into “al-nahda al-‘arabiyya fi Amrika,” or the Arab renaissance in America.
Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room
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CANCELLED! Gender Inclusivity in the Arabic Classroom
THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED
Group discussion of these main guiding questions:
What are gender-neutral pronouns in the Arabic language?
What would students like to see happen in the Arabic classroom to ensure gender inclusivity?
Ask any questions about gender in “Arab culture” / dismantling stereotypes without judgment.Axinn Center 109