The Zahra Center - Based on the novel "Surviving Zahra" by Fatima Aly Jaffer, directed by Iman Mazloum, this is a play about the culture of silence regarding domestic abuse and sexual assault in North American Muslim communities, set against a backdrop of a seven day long wedding with matchmaking aunties and annoying sister-in-laws. This play offers a narrative of the North American Muslim experience while also exploring issues that are seen as taboo topics in most societies. Performance dates are March 26th and 27th at 2 p.m. in the McConomy Auditorium at Carnegie Mellon University.
The Islamic Center of Pittsburgh and Thomas Merton Center
Anti-Muslim hysteria has engulfed the media as of late, distorting facts and encouraging rampant misunderstanding about Islam. It is important now more than ever for us to show compassion for our Muslim neighbors and help stop the spread of intolerance. The Thomas Merton Center and Islamic Center of Pittsburgh have teamed up to create a potluck dinner to do just that. This is a great opportunity for people of all faiths to come together and show solidarity with Pittsburgh’s Muslim community!
Contact:
Kelcey Sharkas Islamic Center of Pittsburgh outreach@icp-pgh.org
Panelists:
Rabbi Enid Lader, Beth Israel - The West Temple
Rev. Keith Stuart, Dover Congregational United Church of Christ
Shaykh Musa Sugapong, Islamic Center of Cleveland and Darul Qasim Institute
Contact:
Call Rev. Keith Stuart 440.871.1050 kstuart@doverucc.org or 216.830.2247 events@cleveland.cair.com
Since the fall of 2015 the world has witnessed a deadly spate of attacks on Palestinians by Israeli soldiers, police, and settlers, with over 160 Palestinians killed. The violence began with tensions at Al Aqsa mosque and spread quickly beyond East Jerusalem to the West Bank, Gaza, and Israel as soldiers employed shoot-to-kill tactics, claiming that their assailants, many of them youth at checkpoints, were threatening them with knife attacks.
Panelists:
Rabbi Enid Lader, Beth Israel - The West Temple
Rev. Keith Stuart, Dover Congregational United Church of Christ
Shaykh Musa Sugapong, Islamic Center of Cleveland and Darul Qasim Institute
Contact:
Keith Stuart 440.871.1050 kstuart@doverucc.org or 216.830.2247 events@cleveland.cair.com
Library and the Middle East Studies Center at the Ohio State University
The Library and the Middle East Studies Center at the Ohio State University are co-hosting a film screening of “Nefertiti’s Daughters”, a documentary about women artists of the Egyptian Uprising. We will screen the film in the Library on February 25th, 2016 at 4:00 EST. We need a scholar to conduct Q&A from 4:40 to 5:30 EST. We will use video conference technology for interaction with the audience. If you or someone you recommend could potentially conduct the Q&A, please let me know by Friday, January 29th We will offer a modest honorarium.
The Sprout Fund, The Benter Foundation and The Studio for Creative Inquiry.
THE ISLAMIC CENTER OF PITTSBURGH AND CONFLICT KITCHEN PRESENT: MUSLIM SOLIDARITY POTLUCK
Over 250 people from all walks of life came to meet members of the local Muslim community and learn about the Muslim experience in Pittsburgh. Approximately 80% of the people in attendance had never been to the Islamic Center of Pittsburgh before.
Thomas Merton Center, eace Committee of East Liberty Presbyterian Church
Mohammed Bamyeh is currently a professor of sociology at the University of Pittsburgh and the editor of International Sociology Reviews (ISR). He served most recently as the lead author of the first comprehensive report on social sciences in the Arab World. His books include Intellectuals and Civil Society in the Middle East (2012); Anarchy as Order (2009); Of Death and Dominion (2007); The Ends of Globalization (2000); The Social Origins of Islam (1999). He has also edited Palestine America (2003); and Literature and Revolution (2012).