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An expert panel of pediatric, geriatric, hospice, and palliative care medical doctors, hospital chaplains, and horror film scholars will discuss how the horror genre and horror movies can be tools for people dealing with illness, grief, death, loss, and shared fears that are both specific to and transcend religion and culture.\n\nPanelists will discuss: what can horror tell us about the fears that people bring with them when they encounter bodily illness and healthcare providers, particularly when they, their elders, or their children are experiencing serious illness, the process of dying, ambiguous loss, or anticipatory grief? Can Muslim and spiritually or religiously themed horror movies provide psychological catharsis and alleviate suffering?\n\nThis panel is ONLY in person. The event is free and open to the public. RSVP on this form: https:\/\/forms.gle\/bkZC5NsLagDaf99w9\n\n\nMeet the panelists:\n\nDr. Adam Marks, MD, Clinical Professor of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine; Medical Director, Hospice Program and Adult Hospice\n\nDr. Nurah Omobola Lawal, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics & Hospice and Palliative Medicine\n\nDr. Karla Mallette, Professor of Italian and Mediterranean Studies; Founder, Halaloween\n\nChaplain LJ Brazier, Michigan Medicine Spiritual Care Department, Palliative Care\n\nChaplain Maryam Ashraf, Michigan Medicine Spiritual Care Department, Spiritual and Muslim Patient Care\n\nModerator: Dr. Aliyah Khan, Director, Global Islamic Studies Center; Associate Professor of English & Afroamerican and African Studies\n\nThis panel is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center (GISC) in collaboration with the Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine at Michigan Medicine and the University of Michigan Medical School.\n\n___\n\nHalaloween Muslim Horror Film Festival Info:\n\nWelcome to the 8th annual Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival 2026!\n\nWhat is Halaloween? Halaloween screens horror films from across the globe that were made by, for, or about Muslims to understand: \u201cWhat scares Muslim audiences? Are horror movies halal?\u201d\n\nThis year\u2019s Halaloween 2026 film festival is a retrospective that brings back some of our Michigan community\u2019s favorite Muslim horror films from the past few years. As usual, the festival runs throughout October with a different movie screening and\/or event every week. In addition to local theater screenings, we are bringing you three community collaborations this year: with the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn, with Michigan Medicine and the U-M Medical School, and with the Brooklyn Detroit venue in Corktown!\n\nThe 2026 lineup: Halaloween starts off at the Arab American National Museum (AANM) in Dearborn on Thursday, October 8, with a screening of the Saudi found-footage film Madayen (2016). On October 12 and October 20, head to the State Theatre in Ann Arbor for the Iranian film Under the Shadow (2016) and the Malaysian film Tiger Stripes (2023), respectively. On October 27, we are collaborating with the Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine at Michigan Medicine and the University of Michigan Medical School to bring you an expert medical and film panel on \u201cFears of the Body: Processing Illness, Death, & Loss with Horror Movies.\u201d\n\nHalaloween officially ends on the evening of October 29 at 9pm at the Brooklyn Detroit venue in Corktown, Detroit, with a screening of two Muslim horror short films: Aicha (directed by Sanaa El Alaoui, Morocco, 2025) and Enmity Djinn (directed by Mohamed Echkouna, Mauritania, 2023), followed immediately after by the special event \u201cThose Between Worlds: A Jinn Dreamscape,\" a Halaloween sampler with live music score in collaboration with Reginald Thiessen, Victor Ghannam, and Devil's Night Detroit!\n\nAlso check out our streaming Muslim horror films anytime on U-M Kanopy: the Senegalese folk horror film Saloum (2021), the witchy Tunisian film Dachra (2018), and the Iranian \u201cvampire spaghetti Western\u201d film A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014).\n\nThe festival is mostly in-person and free\u2013but make sure to reserve tickets! In-person screenings will be first-come, first-served, with RSVPs strongly encouraged.\n\nWe are inclusive of everyone's film needs: from new horror fans who close their eyes through most scary movies, to those who love the gore\u2013we've got films for everyone! Check the Halaloween Horror Rating in the description of each film for its scariness rating and other details.\n\n\n\nThe 2026 Halaloween Lineup:\n\nOctober 8: Madayen | Saudi Arabia | 2016 | 7:00 PM | Arab American National Museum, Dearborn\nOctober 13: Under the Shadow | Iran | 2016 | 7:00 PM | State Theatre, Ann Arbor\n\nOctober 20: Tiger Stripes | Malaysia | 2023 | 7:00 PM | State Theatre, Ann Arbor\n\nOctober 27: Halaloween x Michigan Medicine Panel: \u201cFears of the Body: Processing Illness, Death, and Loss with Horror Movies\u201d | Hussey Room, Michigan League, University of Michigan\n\nOctober 29: \u201cThose Between Worlds: A Jinn Dreamscape\": Halaloween Short Films and Live Music Score Retrospective at Devil's Night Detroit | Short films Aicha and Enmity Jinn | 7:00 PM | Brooklyn Detroit, Corktown (venue). *This event is ticketed and not free. Get tickets and more info here.\n\n\nRSVP & find out more: watch.eventive.org\/halaloween\n\nSponsors: Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center at the University of Michigan and cosponsored by the Arab American National Museum and the Arab and Muslim American Studies (AMAS) Program in American Culture, the Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), and the Center for Middle Eastern & North African Studies (CMENAS). Featured events are brought to you by the Arab American National Museum, Michigan Medicine, Devil\u2019s Night Detroit, and the Huron High School Film Club.\n\n\n\n\nFor more events from the Global Islamic Studies Center at the University of Michigan, please visit ii.umich.edu\/islamicstudies. 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