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Why Is Islam So Misunderstood? | Professor John Esposito
Professor John Esposito talks to us about studying Islam, Islamophobia in the US, and what Arabs inside and outside of the Arab region misunderstand about. …
February 21, 2024
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Children’s Literature and Shia Muslim Childhoods in America
Join ACMCU for a discussion about crafting Shia Muslim childhoods in America with authors of three recently published children’s books: Azmina Dhalla-Shivji and Zaheed Damani,…
February 16, 2024
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2024 Gaza Lecture Series
In partnership with the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS), Georgetown University Qatar, and The Georgetown University African Studies Program, ACMCU will host a four…
January 10, 2024
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Times Higher Education: Interview with Nader Hashemi
The Georgetown professor of Middle East and Islamic politics talks of hating his parents’ return to Iran after the 1979 revolution – and crediting it with his life’s…
December 1, 2023
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Book Talk | Muslims on the Margins
In this talk about their new book, Muslims on the Margins: Creating Queer Religious Community in North America (NYU Press, 2023), Professor Katrina Daly Thompson tells the story…
November 22, 2023
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Book Talk | The Women’s Mosque of America
In this talk, Tazeen M. Ali discusses her recent book The Women's Mosque of America: Authority & Community in US Islam, published with NYU Press in November.…
November 17, 2023
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Nader Hashemi | Recite Al Jazeera Balkans
Recite Al Jazeera's guest is Nader Hashemi, distinguished professor of Islamic studies and director of the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University in…
November 1, 2023
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Daily Cuts – with ACMCU Director Nader Hashemi
In the latest developments on the Israel-Hamas war, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu rules out a ceasefire with Hamas, despite international pressure. And slow progress…
October 31, 2023
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Israel-Gaza War: A Conversation with Mouin Rabbani
Join ACMCU, The MENA Forum, Georgetown University Qatar, and the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies CCAS) in welcoming Co-editor of Jadaliyya Magazine Mouin Rabbani for a…
October 30, 2023
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Israel-Gaza War: A Conversation with Peter Beinart
ACMCU, the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS), and the Georgetown University MENA Forum invite you to a conversation with author, journalist, and MENA scholar Peter…
October 26, 2023