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Fashioning the Cultural Impact of Islamic Diaspora
December 5, 2012 @ 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Fashioning the Cultural Impact of Islamic Diaspora: Reception
- Out of the Closet: Clothes and Textiles from the Fertile Crescent
- Everyday Islam Photographs by Annanya Dasgupta
- Musical Performance: Mandinka, traditional music from Senegal
- Dance Performance: Kathak by Courtyard Dancers Company
Thursday, December 6, 2012, 3 – 7pm
Multipurpose Room, Student Center, Rutgers University
Moderator: Nida Sajid
Invited speakers: Moderator: Ousseina Alidou, Rutgers University; Sylviane Diouf, Schomburg Center; Meheli Sen, Rutgers University; Fawzia Afzal-Khan, Montclair State University; Heather Marie Akou, Indiana University; Pallabi Chakraborty, Swarthmore College; Fakhri Haghani, Rutgers University
Student Center, Rutgers University
126 College Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Sponsored and Hosted by: AMESALL: The Department of African, Middle Eastern and
South Asian Languages and Literatures, Rutgers
This event was part of The Fertile Crescent Project, a showcase of exhibitions, lectures, performances, film screenings, and events focused on women from the Middle East. These programs explore matters of gender, homeland, geopolitics, theology, the environment, and transnationalism.