MuJew will be hosting a movie night on Wednesday, November 11th in Dennison, room 213, from 7-9:30pm. The movie we will be showing is called "Journey Into America". For more information about the movie, please follow this link: http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/eboo_patel/2009/10/journey_into_america.html. Please plan on attending this event since it will be sponsored by MuJew and can be considered their first actual event of the 09-10 school year. I have been informed of the Jewish students who will be attending/who are interested in attending already and take comfort in knowing that they will be taking the time out of their day to watch a movie about what it is like to be a MUSLIM in America; please take the time to come out and build some new friendships with our Jewish peers so that they can learn about the Muslim experience from your lips and not just a projector screen. Email Husnah Khan at husnahk@umich.edu if you have any questions. Thanks!

The movie is called Journey Into America (Akber Ahmed's film). MuJew is putting on this film as part of a nationwide Muslim Film Festival put on by Project Nur. Project Nur ("PN") is a "new light on campus" that creates a distinct and alternative Muslim voice: a civic identity grounded in pluralism and moderate thinking and action, one that dispels the perception of a monolithic Muslim voice. PN is a student-led initiative of the American Islamic Congress which was created after 9/11 as a non-religious, civic initiative challenging increasingly negative perceptions of Muslims by advocating responsible leadership and understanding. PN emphasizes civic action, and does so with the goal of forging a cohesive and mutually respectful multicultural community. It is PN's belief that only in taking action with different people, addressing issues affecting all humans, do we truly come to understand the meaning and reality of co-existence. As such, PN is a multi-cultural and diverse community of civic-minded university students who are committed towards the advancement of human rights, civil rights, social justice, tolerance, understanding, and co-existence. For more information about PN, see our website at www.projectnur.org.