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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Mary in the Qur'an - A Book Talk with Younus Y. Mirza
DESCRIPTION:September 23\, 2026\, 4:30 PM ET\n555 Weiser Hall (5th floor)\, University of Michigan\, 500 Church St\, Ann Arbor\nRSVP: https://myumi.ch/2j9QR\n\nJoin the University of Michigan Global Islamic Studies Center (GISC) on Thursday\, December 4\, 2025 at 4:00PM in 555 Weiser Hall for \"Mary in the Qur'an\,\" a book talk on the figure of the Islamic Mary (Maryam) by Dr. Younus Y. Mirza.  \n\n\nDr. Mirza will be discussing his latest book *The Islamic Mary: Maryam Through the Centuries *(Fortress Press\, 2025)\, which examines the appearances of Mary\, mother of Jesus (Isa) in various Islamic theological and cultural contexts. Mary has been historically revered throughout the Islamic and Christian traditions. In the Qur’an\, she is known by the name “Maryam.” The Islamic Mary discusses Maryam's extended history\, from her scriptural mentions in the Qur’an and the traditional biographies (Sīrah) of the Prophet Muhammad\, to her appearances in medieval debates on prophecy\, to citations of her model virtue in Sufi discussions of piety\, to her representations in art and film\, to her role in modern interfaith relations\, particularly between Muslims and Christians.\n\nDr. Mirza will be introduced by Abderrahim Er-ragragi\, Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Middle East Studies and Co-organizer\, Rackham Interdisciplinary Islamic Studies Seminar (IISS).\n\nThis event is brought to you by the U-M Global Islamic Studies Center and co-sponsored by the Department of American Culture\, the Arab and Muslim American Studies Program in American Culture\, and the Islamophobia Working Group.\n\n\nThe talk is part of GISC’s ongoing “Qahwah & Authors” series\, which launches new books and writers in the fields of Muslim and Islamic Studies. For more events from the Global Islamic Studies Center at the University of Michigan\, please visit ii.umich.edu/islamicstudies.\n\n\n\nMeet the speaker:\n\nDr. Younus Y. Mirza is the Founding Director of the Barzinji Institute for Global Virtual Learning at Shenandoah University\, Virginia. He defended his dissertation in Arabic and Islamic Studies from Georgetown University\, where he is currently a visiting researcher. He has also taught at Millsaps and Allegheny Colleges. His research focuses on the relationship between the Bible and the Qur’an and the shared stories between them. He is the author of the new book *The Islamic Mary: Maryam Through the Centuries*\, co-author of the book *The Bible and the Qur’an: Biblical Figures in the Islamic Tradition*\, and has published in journals such as the *Journal of the American Academy of Religion (JAAR)*\, the *Journal of Qur’anic Studies (JQS) *and *Islam Christian-Muslim Relations (ICMR)*. He has been profiled for his teaching by Interfaith America\, and regularly teaches classes on the Qur’an and Bible\, and Marriage and Sexuality in Islam. Dr. Mirza was recently Senior Editor of the *Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion*\, and hosts the *A Common Word and The Islamic Mary *podcasts.
UID:151292-21911325@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151292
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Religious Studies,Muslim,Middle East Studies,Lecture,Global Islamic Studies,Book Talk
LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 555
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DTSTAMP:20260902T142727
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261001T163000
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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:The Last Free Women: A Daring Escape from Afghanistan & Coming of Age in America
DESCRIPTION:When the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in 2021\, Rebecca Blumenstein\, then a top editor at The New York Times\, was deeply involved in the company’s effort to evacuate more than 200 Afghan colleagues and family members\, eventually resettling 124 people in the United States. Among them were four young Afghan women who had been on the path to careers as doctors and lawyers.\n\nJoin co-authors Rebecca Blumenstein and Diana Kapp in conversation with Mursal Rahim\, one of the women profiled in The Last Free Women: A Daring Escape from Afghanistan and Coming of Age in America\, and journalist and novelist Anna Quindlen. Together they will discuss the extraordinary evacuation and the journey of Mursal\, Marwa\, Maryam and Samira as they build new lives in America.
UID:150726-21910013@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150726
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:International Law,international policy,Journalism,Muslim,Afghanistan,immigration,human rights,focus on women,Diaspora
LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Amphitheatre, Fourth Floor
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