Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. IISS Book Workshop Series. Writing the Lives of Muḥammad in the World of Early Islamic Late Antiquity (February 9, 2022 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90573 90573-21671705@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 9, 2022 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

The IISS is pleased to announce a book workshop with Professor Sean Anthony. In this workshop, Professor Sean Anthony will discuss his recently published book, *Muhammad and the Empires of Faith *(2020), introduce some of the most current methods being used in the historical study of the life of Muḥammad, and explore how these cast light on the earliest written accounts of his life.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 06 Jan 2022 15:05:51 -0500 2022-02-09T13:00:00-05:00 2022-02-09T14:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Workshop / Seminar Writing the Lives of Muḥammad in the World of Early Islamic Late Antiquity
IISS Lecture Series. The Spatial Rationality of Ibn Taymiyya’s Rejection of God’s Incorporeality (February 15, 2022 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90575 90575-21671706@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

The IISS is pleased to announce a new lecture with Professor Jon Hoover. In his lecture, Prof. Hoover will discuss the theological views of well-known and controversial Muslim thinker Ibn Taymiyya (d. 728/1328).

Abstract:

Ibn Taymiyya’s (d. 728/1328) well known Hamawiyya fatwa, a refutation of Ash‘ari interpretations of God’s attributes, led to accusations of corporealism (tajsim) in 1298 and then his trials and imprisonment under the Mamluk authorities in 1306. The Ash‘arism of the time denied the plain sense of texts indicating anthropomorphic features of God like sitting on the Throne, and then either ceased thinking about them (tafwid) or reinterpreted them metaphorically (ta’wil). In his Hamawiyya fatwa, Ibn Taymiyya criticizes this Ash‘ari hermeneutic for stripping God of his attributes, and he identifies the Ta’sis al-taqdis of Ash‘ari theologian Fakhr al-Din al-Razi (d. 606/1210) as a prominent book expounding erroneous reinterpretations. Ibn Taymiyya adds that he has proofs from both reason and scripture for his views but that a fatwa is not the place to present them. Ibn Taymiyya eventually provides his proofs from reason in his massive Bayan talbis al-Jahmiyya written in 1306 or 1307. In Bayan Ibn Taymiyya refutes al-Razi’s arguments in Ta’sis al-Taqdis that God is not corporeal or spatially extended, as well as al-Razi’s reinterpretations of anthropomorphic texts in the Qur’an and the Sunna. This paper will examine Ibn Taymiyya’s key rational arguments against al-Razi in Bayan and explore how Ibn Taymiyya reconceptualizes God’s spatial relation to the world by drawing on Ibn Rushd’s Aristotelian notion of place as the inner surface of the containing body. This will show that Ibn Taymiyya envisions God as a very large indivisible and spatially extended being surrounding the universe.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 06 Jan 2022 15:12:24 -0500 2022-02-15T13:00:00-05:00 2022-02-15T14:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Lecture / Discussion The Spatial Rationality of Ibn Taymiyya’s Rejection of God’s Incorporeality
Muslim Women in the Digital Age: Podcasting, Music, and Illustration with Misha Euceph, Emmen Ahmed, and Aint Afraid (February 18, 2022 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91025 91025-21675549@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 18, 2022 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Muslim Women in the Digital Age: Podcasting, Music, and Illustration with Misha Euceph, Emmen Ahmed, and Aint Afraid

February 18th, 2022 at 2:30pm ET
RSVP: http://bit.ly/MuslimWomenDigital

How do Muslim women define themselves in the digital age? How do Muslim women, particularly young Muslim women, experience the online world, and what role does the internet plays in their creative work? How do race and religion intersect in Muslim digital communities? Join the Global Islamic Studies Center at 2:30pm EST on February 18, 2022, as podcast host and producer Misha Euceph, illustrator Emmen Ahmed, and musicians and twin sisters Sakinah (Straingth) and Zakiyyah (WiZdumb) of the Muslim hip hop duo Ain’t Afraid, discuss their digital lives.

Misha Euceph’s podcast “Tell Them, I Am” explores the lives and “small moments” of Muslims in the public eye, and is produced by the Obama production company, Higher Ground, as a Spotify Original. Emmen Ahmed’s artwork plays with traditional Mughal miniature paintings, Islamic art, the female form, and Bollywood imagery to hold a mirror up to South Asian Muslim women’s lives. The multi-talented hip hop/pop/soul/R&B artist duo Aint Afraid are singers, songwriters, rappers, poets, and changemakers, whose mission of changing the world includes advocacy in issues related to poverty, homelessness, healthcare, education, hunger, and mental health.

In this two-hour event, each of the four speakers will have 15 minutes to speak about, illustrate, or perform what they do. We will then convene in a panel discussion where the artists respond to each other for 20 minutes, followed by Q&A from the audience for 30 minutes.

Come learn how these Muslim women experience the online world and what role the internet plays in their work: http://bit.ly/MuslimWomenDigital

Cosponsored by The Center for South Asian Studies, The Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, Arab and Muslim American Studies, American Culture, The Digital Studies Institute,The Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs, The Institute for Research on Women & Gender, The Women's and Gender Studies Department,The Center for World Performance Studies, The Stamps School of Art & Design, & Room Project

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If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to us at islamicstudies@umich.edu, we'd be happy to help. As you may know, some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange, so the sooner you can reach out to us the better.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 08 Feb 2022 09:57:20 -0500 2022-02-18T14:30:00-05:00 2022-02-18T16:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Lecture / Discussion Muslim Women in the Digital Age
IISS Lecture Series. State, Community or Scholars: Where Does the Authority of Islamic Law Come From? (February 23, 2022 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91830 91830-21683219@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 23, 2022 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Interdisciplinary Islamic Studies Seminar (IISS) is pleased to announce a lecture by Professor Knut Vikør (University of Bergen). Professor Vikør's field of specialization is the history of Islam. His research interests include North and West Africa in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries with a special focus on central Sahara, the history of Sufi brotherhoods, in particular the Sanusiyya, and the history of Islamic law. In all these fields, he explores the social impact and relevance of Islamic practice.

Selected publications:

*Between God and the Sultan: A History of Islamic Law* (London: Oxford University Press, 2005);

*Sufi and Scholar on the Desert Edge. Muhammad b. 'Ali al-Sanusi and his Brotherhood* (London/Evanston: Northwestern University Press 1995);

*The Maghreb since 1800: A Short History* (London: Hurst & Company, 2012);

*The Oasis of Salt. The History of Kawar, a Saharan Centre of Salt Production* (Bergen/London: University of Bergen, 1999)


Abstract

It was from the earliest times established that the formulation of Islamic legal rules was the work of the religious scholars since the Shari’a was God’s law, and “diversity of opinion is one of God’s blessings". But it was the state’s task to ensure the law was implemented, and for this purpose, the law must have a reasonably fixed and stable form. Thus, a selection of “preferred” or authoritative opinions came to be favored at each moment in time and place. With the establishment of the modern nation-states, the authority of law fell fully to the modern state. These two ways of authorizing practicable legal rules have come to be known as “canonization” for the pre-modern period, and “codification” for the laws established by state authority. In this seminar, we will look at the various methods of establishing authority for the rules that were to be practiced, and ask what continuities there may or not be between the two terms “canonization” and “codification”.

Register at https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIsdeirqDsoE9N8yUjRpq3p9O24vuWGUSyK

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 01 Feb 2022 13:55:38 -0500 2022-02-23T13:00:00-05:00 2022-02-23T14:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Lecture / Discussion IISS Lecture Series. State, Community or Scholars: Where Does the Authority of Islamic Law Come From?
Black Islam in the Americas Series. *Two Gods* Free Screening (March 4, 2022 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92869 92869-21697509@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 4, 2022 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

This film screening is part of our “Black Islam in the Americas” Series, presented by the Global Islamic Studies Center (GISC) at the University of Michigan! This series will explore the history of Black Islam and the experiences of Black Muslim communities in the Americas, including North America, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

From March 4th-18th, you will have the opportunity to watch *Two Gods* (2020), a film by Zeshawn Ali and Aman Ali, on demand and for free. Pre-order your free tickets now: http://watch.eventive.org/gisctwogods

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*Two Gods* is the story of Hanif, a Black Muslim casket maker and ritual body washer in Newark, New Jersey, who takes two young men under his wing to teach them how to live better lives, illustrating the complexities of everyday Muslim community life.

​​Year: 2020 | Run Time: 82 minutes​​ | Language: English | Director: Zeshawn Ali | Producer: Aman Ali

An intimate documentary about faith, renewal, and healing, *TWO GODS* follows a Muslim casket maker and ritual body washer in New Jersey, as he takes two young men under his wing to teach them how to live better lives. Inside a corner casket shop in East Orange, laboring amid the sawdust and the long pine boxes, casket makers work with mentors in the Islamic burial tradition. Hanif, a Black Muslim casket maker who finds spiritual grounding in his work, brings two boys from the local community under his tutelage; 12-year-old Furquan and 17-year-old Naz, neither of whom have fathers at home. Hanif teaches Furquan and Naz the practices of Islamic burial rituals as they assist him with his work. Having formerly served time in prison, Hanif continues to grapple with past mistakes and new challenges, while his faith and community helps him guide his young charges on their own paths toward healing and embracing life.

Shot in a striking black-and-white, *TWO GODS* explores the juxtaposition of grief and the rituals of death with the vibrancy and potential of adolescence. The documentary turns an empathetic lens on Muslim American stories, ultimately crafting a moving portrait of both the intimate moments and the complexities of the everyday Muslim American experience.
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On March 17th, GISC will host *Two Gods* filmmakers Zeshawn Ali and Aman Ali for a filmmaker Q&A. This conversation will be moderated by local Detroit filmmaker and GISC Fellow Razi Jafri. RSVP: http://bit.ly/GISCTwoGods

Join us for the rest of the 'Black Islam in the Americas' series:

On March 29that 1:00 PM ET, GISC will host Dr. Su'ad Abdul Khabeer and Dr. Rasul Miller for a lecture on Black Islam in the Americas, with a focus on the United States. Dr. Su’ad Abdul Khabeer is a scholar, artist, activist, and author of* Muslim Cool: Race, Religion, and Hip Hop in the United States* (2016). She is an associate professor of American Culture and Director of the Arab and Muslim American Studies program at the University of Michigan. She received her Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from Princeton University, is a graduate of the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, and completed the Islamic Studies diploma program of the Institute at Abu Nour University (Damascus). In her most recent work, Umi’s Archive, Dr. Abdul Khabeer examines the intersections of official history and the untold stories of Black women and Black Muslims through the lens of her mother’s life. Umi means mother in Arabic, and Dr. Abdul Khabeer examines her mother’s photographic and literary archives, and so the digital exhibition series is Umi's Archive. The project sees everyday Black women as people who know things we all need to know. Dr. Rasul Miller's work looks into Black Muslim communities in the Atlantic world, Black radicalism and its impact on social and cultural movements in the twentieth-century U.S., Black internationalism, and West African intellectual history. Dr. Miller's current book project, *Black Muslim Cosmopolitanism: The Global Character of New York City's Black Muslim Movements*, examines the Black internationalist origins of early twentieth-century Black Sunni Muslim congregations in and around New York City, and the cultural and political orientations that characterized subsequent communities of Black Muslims in the U.S. who built robust, transnational networks as they actively engaged traditions and communities of Muslims on the African continent. RSVP: http://bit.ly/BlackIslamLect

This Black Islam in the Americas Series is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center, and cosponsored by American Culture, Arab and Muslim American Studies, the Center for Middle Eastern & North African Studies, the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, the African Studies Center, the LSA Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and the International Institute all at the University of Michigan. This series is also brought to you by The Maydan at the George Mason University’s Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies, and the Muslim Studies Program at the Michigan State University. The film screening was made possible thanks to Good Docs.


Want to hear about similar events from U-M Islamic Studies? Sign up for the GISC Newsletter below! We send out a monthly newsletter in collaboration with the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, and the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum.

Join our Newsletter: https://myumi.ch/nbW83

Islamic Studies Minor: https://myumi.ch/R5YnQ
Email islamicstudies@umich.edu

Masters Program: https://myumi.ch/v2gVP
Email MIRS-info@umich.edu

Stay tuned on our upcoming events by following our socials here:
Facebook: UmichGISC
Twitter: @umichgisc


If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact islamicstudies@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Film Screening Thu, 17 Mar 2022 09:47:34 -0400 2022-03-04T13:00:00-05:00 2022-03-04T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Film Screening Two Gods poster
Black Islam in the Americas Series. *Two Gods* Free Screening (March 5, 2022 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/92869 92869-21697510@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 5, 2022 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

This film screening is part of our “Black Islam in the Americas” Series, presented by the Global Islamic Studies Center (GISC) at the University of Michigan! This series will explore the history of Black Islam and the experiences of Black Muslim communities in the Americas, including North America, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

From March 4th-18th, you will have the opportunity to watch *Two Gods* (2020), a film by Zeshawn Ali and Aman Ali, on demand and for free. Pre-order your free tickets now: http://watch.eventive.org/gisctwogods

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*Two Gods* is the story of Hanif, a Black Muslim casket maker and ritual body washer in Newark, New Jersey, who takes two young men under his wing to teach them how to live better lives, illustrating the complexities of everyday Muslim community life.

​​Year: 2020 | Run Time: 82 minutes​​ | Language: English | Director: Zeshawn Ali | Producer: Aman Ali

An intimate documentary about faith, renewal, and healing, *TWO GODS* follows a Muslim casket maker and ritual body washer in New Jersey, as he takes two young men under his wing to teach them how to live better lives. Inside a corner casket shop in East Orange, laboring amid the sawdust and the long pine boxes, casket makers work with mentors in the Islamic burial tradition. Hanif, a Black Muslim casket maker who finds spiritual grounding in his work, brings two boys from the local community under his tutelage; 12-year-old Furquan and 17-year-old Naz, neither of whom have fathers at home. Hanif teaches Furquan and Naz the practices of Islamic burial rituals as they assist him with his work. Having formerly served time in prison, Hanif continues to grapple with past mistakes and new challenges, while his faith and community helps him guide his young charges on their own paths toward healing and embracing life.

Shot in a striking black-and-white, *TWO GODS* explores the juxtaposition of grief and the rituals of death with the vibrancy and potential of adolescence. The documentary turns an empathetic lens on Muslim American stories, ultimately crafting a moving portrait of both the intimate moments and the complexities of the everyday Muslim American experience.
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On March 17th, GISC will host *Two Gods* filmmakers Zeshawn Ali and Aman Ali for a filmmaker Q&A. This conversation will be moderated by local Detroit filmmaker and GISC Fellow Razi Jafri. RSVP: http://bit.ly/GISCTwoGods

Join us for the rest of the 'Black Islam in the Americas' series:

On March 29that 1:00 PM ET, GISC will host Dr. Su'ad Abdul Khabeer and Dr. Rasul Miller for a lecture on Black Islam in the Americas, with a focus on the United States. Dr. Su’ad Abdul Khabeer is a scholar, artist, activist, and author of* Muslim Cool: Race, Religion, and Hip Hop in the United States* (2016). She is an associate professor of American Culture and Director of the Arab and Muslim American Studies program at the University of Michigan. She received her Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from Princeton University, is a graduate of the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, and completed the Islamic Studies diploma program of the Institute at Abu Nour University (Damascus). In her most recent work, Umi’s Archive, Dr. Abdul Khabeer examines the intersections of official history and the untold stories of Black women and Black Muslims through the lens of her mother’s life. Umi means mother in Arabic, and Dr. Abdul Khabeer examines her mother’s photographic and literary archives, and so the digital exhibition series is Umi's Archive. The project sees everyday Black women as people who know things we all need to know. Dr. Rasul Miller's work looks into Black Muslim communities in the Atlantic world, Black radicalism and its impact on social and cultural movements in the twentieth-century U.S., Black internationalism, and West African intellectual history. Dr. Miller's current book project, *Black Muslim Cosmopolitanism: The Global Character of New York City's Black Muslim Movements*, examines the Black internationalist origins of early twentieth-century Black Sunni Muslim congregations in and around New York City, and the cultural and political orientations that characterized subsequent communities of Black Muslims in the U.S. who built robust, transnational networks as they actively engaged traditions and communities of Muslims on the African continent. RSVP: http://bit.ly/BlackIslamLect

This Black Islam in the Americas Series is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center, and cosponsored by American Culture, Arab and Muslim American Studies, the Center for Middle Eastern & North African Studies, the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, the African Studies Center, the LSA Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and the International Institute all at the University of Michigan. This series is also brought to you by The Maydan at the George Mason University’s Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies, and the Muslim Studies Program at the Michigan State University. The film screening was made possible thanks to Good Docs.


Want to hear about similar events from U-M Islamic Studies? Sign up for the GISC Newsletter below! We send out a monthly newsletter in collaboration with the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, and the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum.

Join our Newsletter: https://myumi.ch/nbW83

Islamic Studies Minor: https://myumi.ch/R5YnQ
Email islamicstudies@umich.edu

Masters Program: https://myumi.ch/v2gVP
Email MIRS-info@umich.edu

Stay tuned on our upcoming events by following our socials here:
Facebook: UmichGISC
Twitter: @umichgisc


If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact islamicstudies@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Film Screening Thu, 17 Mar 2022 09:47:34 -0400 2022-03-05T00:00:00-05:00 2022-03-05T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Film Screening Two Gods poster
Black Islam in the Americas Series. *Two Gods* Free Screening (March 6, 2022 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/92869 92869-21697511@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 6, 2022 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

This film screening is part of our “Black Islam in the Americas” Series, presented by the Global Islamic Studies Center (GISC) at the University of Michigan! This series will explore the history of Black Islam and the experiences of Black Muslim communities in the Americas, including North America, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

From March 4th-18th, you will have the opportunity to watch *Two Gods* (2020), a film by Zeshawn Ali and Aman Ali, on demand and for free. Pre-order your free tickets now: http://watch.eventive.org/gisctwogods

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*Two Gods* is the story of Hanif, a Black Muslim casket maker and ritual body washer in Newark, New Jersey, who takes two young men under his wing to teach them how to live better lives, illustrating the complexities of everyday Muslim community life.

​​Year: 2020 | Run Time: 82 minutes​​ | Language: English | Director: Zeshawn Ali | Producer: Aman Ali

An intimate documentary about faith, renewal, and healing, *TWO GODS* follows a Muslim casket maker and ritual body washer in New Jersey, as he takes two young men under his wing to teach them how to live better lives. Inside a corner casket shop in East Orange, laboring amid the sawdust and the long pine boxes, casket makers work with mentors in the Islamic burial tradition. Hanif, a Black Muslim casket maker who finds spiritual grounding in his work, brings two boys from the local community under his tutelage; 12-year-old Furquan and 17-year-old Naz, neither of whom have fathers at home. Hanif teaches Furquan and Naz the practices of Islamic burial rituals as they assist him with his work. Having formerly served time in prison, Hanif continues to grapple with past mistakes and new challenges, while his faith and community helps him guide his young charges on their own paths toward healing and embracing life.

Shot in a striking black-and-white, *TWO GODS* explores the juxtaposition of grief and the rituals of death with the vibrancy and potential of adolescence. The documentary turns an empathetic lens on Muslim American stories, ultimately crafting a moving portrait of both the intimate moments and the complexities of the everyday Muslim American experience.
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On March 17th, GISC will host *Two Gods* filmmakers Zeshawn Ali and Aman Ali for a filmmaker Q&A. This conversation will be moderated by local Detroit filmmaker and GISC Fellow Razi Jafri. RSVP: http://bit.ly/GISCTwoGods

Join us for the rest of the 'Black Islam in the Americas' series:

On March 29that 1:00 PM ET, GISC will host Dr. Su'ad Abdul Khabeer and Dr. Rasul Miller for a lecture on Black Islam in the Americas, with a focus on the United States. Dr. Su’ad Abdul Khabeer is a scholar, artist, activist, and author of* Muslim Cool: Race, Religion, and Hip Hop in the United States* (2016). She is an associate professor of American Culture and Director of the Arab and Muslim American Studies program at the University of Michigan. She received her Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from Princeton University, is a graduate of the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, and completed the Islamic Studies diploma program of the Institute at Abu Nour University (Damascus). In her most recent work, Umi’s Archive, Dr. Abdul Khabeer examines the intersections of official history and the untold stories of Black women and Black Muslims through the lens of her mother’s life. Umi means mother in Arabic, and Dr. Abdul Khabeer examines her mother’s photographic and literary archives, and so the digital exhibition series is Umi's Archive. The project sees everyday Black women as people who know things we all need to know. Dr. Rasul Miller's work looks into Black Muslim communities in the Atlantic world, Black radicalism and its impact on social and cultural movements in the twentieth-century U.S., Black internationalism, and West African intellectual history. Dr. Miller's current book project, *Black Muslim Cosmopolitanism: The Global Character of New York City's Black Muslim Movements*, examines the Black internationalist origins of early twentieth-century Black Sunni Muslim congregations in and around New York City, and the cultural and political orientations that characterized subsequent communities of Black Muslims in the U.S. who built robust, transnational networks as they actively engaged traditions and communities of Muslims on the African continent. RSVP: http://bit.ly/BlackIslamLect

This Black Islam in the Americas Series is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center, and cosponsored by American Culture, Arab and Muslim American Studies, the Center for Middle Eastern & North African Studies, the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, the African Studies Center, the LSA Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and the International Institute all at the University of Michigan. This series is also brought to you by The Maydan at the George Mason University’s Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies, and the Muslim Studies Program at the Michigan State University. The film screening was made possible thanks to Good Docs.


Want to hear about similar events from U-M Islamic Studies? Sign up for the GISC Newsletter below! We send out a monthly newsletter in collaboration with the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, and the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum.

Join our Newsletter: https://myumi.ch/nbW83

Islamic Studies Minor: https://myumi.ch/R5YnQ
Email islamicstudies@umich.edu

Masters Program: https://myumi.ch/v2gVP
Email MIRS-info@umich.edu

Stay tuned on our upcoming events by following our socials here:
Facebook: UmichGISC
Twitter: @umichgisc


If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact islamicstudies@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Film Screening Thu, 17 Mar 2022 09:47:34 -0400 2022-03-06T00:00:00-05:00 2022-03-06T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Film Screening Two Gods poster
Black Islam in the Americas Series. *Two Gods* Free Screening (March 7, 2022 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/92869 92869-21697512@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 7, 2022 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

This film screening is part of our “Black Islam in the Americas” Series, presented by the Global Islamic Studies Center (GISC) at the University of Michigan! This series will explore the history of Black Islam and the experiences of Black Muslim communities in the Americas, including North America, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

From March 4th-18th, you will have the opportunity to watch *Two Gods* (2020), a film by Zeshawn Ali and Aman Ali, on demand and for free. Pre-order your free tickets now: http://watch.eventive.org/gisctwogods

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*Two Gods* is the story of Hanif, a Black Muslim casket maker and ritual body washer in Newark, New Jersey, who takes two young men under his wing to teach them how to live better lives, illustrating the complexities of everyday Muslim community life.

​​Year: 2020 | Run Time: 82 minutes​​ | Language: English | Director: Zeshawn Ali | Producer: Aman Ali

An intimate documentary about faith, renewal, and healing, *TWO GODS* follows a Muslim casket maker and ritual body washer in New Jersey, as he takes two young men under his wing to teach them how to live better lives. Inside a corner casket shop in East Orange, laboring amid the sawdust and the long pine boxes, casket makers work with mentors in the Islamic burial tradition. Hanif, a Black Muslim casket maker who finds spiritual grounding in his work, brings two boys from the local community under his tutelage; 12-year-old Furquan and 17-year-old Naz, neither of whom have fathers at home. Hanif teaches Furquan and Naz the practices of Islamic burial rituals as they assist him with his work. Having formerly served time in prison, Hanif continues to grapple with past mistakes and new challenges, while his faith and community helps him guide his young charges on their own paths toward healing and embracing life.

Shot in a striking black-and-white, *TWO GODS* explores the juxtaposition of grief and the rituals of death with the vibrancy and potential of adolescence. The documentary turns an empathetic lens on Muslim American stories, ultimately crafting a moving portrait of both the intimate moments and the complexities of the everyday Muslim American experience.
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On March 17th, GISC will host *Two Gods* filmmakers Zeshawn Ali and Aman Ali for a filmmaker Q&A. This conversation will be moderated by local Detroit filmmaker and GISC Fellow Razi Jafri. RSVP: http://bit.ly/GISCTwoGods

Join us for the rest of the 'Black Islam in the Americas' series:

On March 29that 1:00 PM ET, GISC will host Dr. Su'ad Abdul Khabeer and Dr. Rasul Miller for a lecture on Black Islam in the Americas, with a focus on the United States. Dr. Su’ad Abdul Khabeer is a scholar, artist, activist, and author of* Muslim Cool: Race, Religion, and Hip Hop in the United States* (2016). She is an associate professor of American Culture and Director of the Arab and Muslim American Studies program at the University of Michigan. She received her Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from Princeton University, is a graduate of the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, and completed the Islamic Studies diploma program of the Institute at Abu Nour University (Damascus). In her most recent work, Umi’s Archive, Dr. Abdul Khabeer examines the intersections of official history and the untold stories of Black women and Black Muslims through the lens of her mother’s life. Umi means mother in Arabic, and Dr. Abdul Khabeer examines her mother’s photographic and literary archives, and so the digital exhibition series is Umi's Archive. The project sees everyday Black women as people who know things we all need to know. Dr. Rasul Miller's work looks into Black Muslim communities in the Atlantic world, Black radicalism and its impact on social and cultural movements in the twentieth-century U.S., Black internationalism, and West African intellectual history. Dr. Miller's current book project, *Black Muslim Cosmopolitanism: The Global Character of New York City's Black Muslim Movements*, examines the Black internationalist origins of early twentieth-century Black Sunni Muslim congregations in and around New York City, and the cultural and political orientations that characterized subsequent communities of Black Muslims in the U.S. who built robust, transnational networks as they actively engaged traditions and communities of Muslims on the African continent. RSVP: http://bit.ly/BlackIslamLect

This Black Islam in the Americas Series is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center, and cosponsored by American Culture, Arab and Muslim American Studies, the Center for Middle Eastern & North African Studies, the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, the African Studies Center, the LSA Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and the International Institute all at the University of Michigan. This series is also brought to you by The Maydan at the George Mason University’s Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies, and the Muslim Studies Program at the Michigan State University. The film screening was made possible thanks to Good Docs.


Want to hear about similar events from U-M Islamic Studies? Sign up for the GISC Newsletter below! We send out a monthly newsletter in collaboration with the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, and the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum.

Join our Newsletter: https://myumi.ch/nbW83

Islamic Studies Minor: https://myumi.ch/R5YnQ
Email islamicstudies@umich.edu

Masters Program: https://myumi.ch/v2gVP
Email MIRS-info@umich.edu

Stay tuned on our upcoming events by following our socials here:
Facebook: UmichGISC
Twitter: @umichgisc


If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact islamicstudies@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Film Screening Thu, 17 Mar 2022 09:47:34 -0400 2022-03-07T00:00:00-05:00 2022-03-07T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Film Screening Two Gods poster
Black Islam in the Americas Series. *Two Gods* Free Screening (March 8, 2022 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/92869 92869-21697513@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 8, 2022 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

This film screening is part of our “Black Islam in the Americas” Series, presented by the Global Islamic Studies Center (GISC) at the University of Michigan! This series will explore the history of Black Islam and the experiences of Black Muslim communities in the Americas, including North America, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

From March 4th-18th, you will have the opportunity to watch *Two Gods* (2020), a film by Zeshawn Ali and Aman Ali, on demand and for free. Pre-order your free tickets now: http://watch.eventive.org/gisctwogods

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*Two Gods* is the story of Hanif, a Black Muslim casket maker and ritual body washer in Newark, New Jersey, who takes two young men under his wing to teach them how to live better lives, illustrating the complexities of everyday Muslim community life.

​​Year: 2020 | Run Time: 82 minutes​​ | Language: English | Director: Zeshawn Ali | Producer: Aman Ali

An intimate documentary about faith, renewal, and healing, *TWO GODS* follows a Muslim casket maker and ritual body washer in New Jersey, as he takes two young men under his wing to teach them how to live better lives. Inside a corner casket shop in East Orange, laboring amid the sawdust and the long pine boxes, casket makers work with mentors in the Islamic burial tradition. Hanif, a Black Muslim casket maker who finds spiritual grounding in his work, brings two boys from the local community under his tutelage; 12-year-old Furquan and 17-year-old Naz, neither of whom have fathers at home. Hanif teaches Furquan and Naz the practices of Islamic burial rituals as they assist him with his work. Having formerly served time in prison, Hanif continues to grapple with past mistakes and new challenges, while his faith and community helps him guide his young charges on their own paths toward healing and embracing life.

Shot in a striking black-and-white, *TWO GODS* explores the juxtaposition of grief and the rituals of death with the vibrancy and potential of adolescence. The documentary turns an empathetic lens on Muslim American stories, ultimately crafting a moving portrait of both the intimate moments and the complexities of the everyday Muslim American experience.
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On March 17th, GISC will host *Two Gods* filmmakers Zeshawn Ali and Aman Ali for a filmmaker Q&A. This conversation will be moderated by local Detroit filmmaker and GISC Fellow Razi Jafri. RSVP: http://bit.ly/GISCTwoGods

Join us for the rest of the 'Black Islam in the Americas' series:

On March 29that 1:00 PM ET, GISC will host Dr. Su'ad Abdul Khabeer and Dr. Rasul Miller for a lecture on Black Islam in the Americas, with a focus on the United States. Dr. Su’ad Abdul Khabeer is a scholar, artist, activist, and author of* Muslim Cool: Race, Religion, and Hip Hop in the United States* (2016). She is an associate professor of American Culture and Director of the Arab and Muslim American Studies program at the University of Michigan. She received her Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from Princeton University, is a graduate of the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, and completed the Islamic Studies diploma program of the Institute at Abu Nour University (Damascus). In her most recent work, Umi’s Archive, Dr. Abdul Khabeer examines the intersections of official history and the untold stories of Black women and Black Muslims through the lens of her mother’s life. Umi means mother in Arabic, and Dr. Abdul Khabeer examines her mother’s photographic and literary archives, and so the digital exhibition series is Umi's Archive. The project sees everyday Black women as people who know things we all need to know. Dr. Rasul Miller's work looks into Black Muslim communities in the Atlantic world, Black radicalism and its impact on social and cultural movements in the twentieth-century U.S., Black internationalism, and West African intellectual history. Dr. Miller's current book project, *Black Muslim Cosmopolitanism: The Global Character of New York City's Black Muslim Movements*, examines the Black internationalist origins of early twentieth-century Black Sunni Muslim congregations in and around New York City, and the cultural and political orientations that characterized subsequent communities of Black Muslims in the U.S. who built robust, transnational networks as they actively engaged traditions and communities of Muslims on the African continent. RSVP: http://bit.ly/BlackIslamLect

This Black Islam in the Americas Series is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center, and cosponsored by American Culture, Arab and Muslim American Studies, the Center for Middle Eastern & North African Studies, the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, the African Studies Center, the LSA Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and the International Institute all at the University of Michigan. This series is also brought to you by The Maydan at the George Mason University’s Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies, and the Muslim Studies Program at the Michigan State University. The film screening was made possible thanks to Good Docs.


Want to hear about similar events from U-M Islamic Studies? Sign up for the GISC Newsletter below! We send out a monthly newsletter in collaboration with the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, and the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum.

Join our Newsletter: https://myumi.ch/nbW83

Islamic Studies Minor: https://myumi.ch/R5YnQ
Email islamicstudies@umich.edu

Masters Program: https://myumi.ch/v2gVP
Email MIRS-info@umich.edu

Stay tuned on our upcoming events by following our socials here:
Facebook: UmichGISC
Twitter: @umichgisc


If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact islamicstudies@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Film Screening Thu, 17 Mar 2022 09:47:34 -0400 2022-03-08T00:00:00-05:00 2022-03-08T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Film Screening Two Gods poster
IISS Lecture Series. Palimpsests of Themselves Logic and Commentary in Postclassical Muslim South Asia (March 8, 2022 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92131 92131-21687044@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 8, 2022 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Interdisciplinary Islamic Studies Seminar (IISS) is pleased to announce a book workshop with Professor Asad Q. Ahmed on his new groundbreaking monograph "Palimpsests of Themselves Logic and Commentary in Postclassical Muslim South Asia" (University of California Press, 2022).

Palimpsests of Themselves is an intervention in current discussions about the fate of philosophy in postclassical Islamic intellectual history. Asad Q. Ahmed uses as a case study the most advanced logic textbook of Muslim South Asia, The Ladder of the Sciences, presenting in English its first full translation and extended commentary. He offers detailed assessments of the technical contributions of the work, explores the social and institutional settings of the vast commentarial response it elicited, and develops a theory of the philosophical commentary that is internal to the tradition. These approaches to the commentarial text complicate presuppositions upon which questions of Islam’s intellectual decline are erected. As such, Ahmed offers a unique and powerful opportunity to understand the transmission of knowledge across the Islamic world.

Register at https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEtcu2rqzMtGdfi9eFQHGUAG26OTtA4Mg7n

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Feb 2022 13:41:44 -0500 2022-03-08T13:00:00-05:00 2022-03-08T14:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Lecture / Discussion Palimpsests of Themselves Logic and Commentary in Postclassical Muslim South Asia
Black Islam in the Americas Series. *Two Gods* Free Screening (March 9, 2022 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/92869 92869-21697514@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 9, 2022 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

This film screening is part of our “Black Islam in the Americas” Series, presented by the Global Islamic Studies Center (GISC) at the University of Michigan! This series will explore the history of Black Islam and the experiences of Black Muslim communities in the Americas, including North America, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

From March 4th-18th, you will have the opportunity to watch *Two Gods* (2020), a film by Zeshawn Ali and Aman Ali, on demand and for free. Pre-order your free tickets now: http://watch.eventive.org/gisctwogods

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*Two Gods* is the story of Hanif, a Black Muslim casket maker and ritual body washer in Newark, New Jersey, who takes two young men under his wing to teach them how to live better lives, illustrating the complexities of everyday Muslim community life.

​​Year: 2020 | Run Time: 82 minutes​​ | Language: English | Director: Zeshawn Ali | Producer: Aman Ali

An intimate documentary about faith, renewal, and healing, *TWO GODS* follows a Muslim casket maker and ritual body washer in New Jersey, as he takes two young men under his wing to teach them how to live better lives. Inside a corner casket shop in East Orange, laboring amid the sawdust and the long pine boxes, casket makers work with mentors in the Islamic burial tradition. Hanif, a Black Muslim casket maker who finds spiritual grounding in his work, brings two boys from the local community under his tutelage; 12-year-old Furquan and 17-year-old Naz, neither of whom have fathers at home. Hanif teaches Furquan and Naz the practices of Islamic burial rituals as they assist him with his work. Having formerly served time in prison, Hanif continues to grapple with past mistakes and new challenges, while his faith and community helps him guide his young charges on their own paths toward healing and embracing life.

Shot in a striking black-and-white, *TWO GODS* explores the juxtaposition of grief and the rituals of death with the vibrancy and potential of adolescence. The documentary turns an empathetic lens on Muslim American stories, ultimately crafting a moving portrait of both the intimate moments and the complexities of the everyday Muslim American experience.
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On March 17th, GISC will host *Two Gods* filmmakers Zeshawn Ali and Aman Ali for a filmmaker Q&A. This conversation will be moderated by local Detroit filmmaker and GISC Fellow Razi Jafri. RSVP: http://bit.ly/GISCTwoGods

Join us for the rest of the 'Black Islam in the Americas' series:

On March 29that 1:00 PM ET, GISC will host Dr. Su'ad Abdul Khabeer and Dr. Rasul Miller for a lecture on Black Islam in the Americas, with a focus on the United States. Dr. Su’ad Abdul Khabeer is a scholar, artist, activist, and author of* Muslim Cool: Race, Religion, and Hip Hop in the United States* (2016). She is an associate professor of American Culture and Director of the Arab and Muslim American Studies program at the University of Michigan. She received her Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from Princeton University, is a graduate of the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, and completed the Islamic Studies diploma program of the Institute at Abu Nour University (Damascus). In her most recent work, Umi’s Archive, Dr. Abdul Khabeer examines the intersections of official history and the untold stories of Black women and Black Muslims through the lens of her mother’s life. Umi means mother in Arabic, and Dr. Abdul Khabeer examines her mother’s photographic and literary archives, and so the digital exhibition series is Umi's Archive. The project sees everyday Black women as people who know things we all need to know. Dr. Rasul Miller's work looks into Black Muslim communities in the Atlantic world, Black radicalism and its impact on social and cultural movements in the twentieth-century U.S., Black internationalism, and West African intellectual history. Dr. Miller's current book project, *Black Muslim Cosmopolitanism: The Global Character of New York City's Black Muslim Movements*, examines the Black internationalist origins of early twentieth-century Black Sunni Muslim congregations in and around New York City, and the cultural and political orientations that characterized subsequent communities of Black Muslims in the U.S. who built robust, transnational networks as they actively engaged traditions and communities of Muslims on the African continent. RSVP: http://bit.ly/BlackIslamLect

This Black Islam in the Americas Series is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center, and cosponsored by American Culture, Arab and Muslim American Studies, the Center for Middle Eastern & North African Studies, the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, the African Studies Center, the LSA Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and the International Institute all at the University of Michigan. This series is also brought to you by The Maydan at the George Mason University’s Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies, and the Muslim Studies Program at the Michigan State University. The film screening was made possible thanks to Good Docs.


Want to hear about similar events from U-M Islamic Studies? Sign up for the GISC Newsletter below! We send out a monthly newsletter in collaboration with the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, and the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum.

Join our Newsletter: https://myumi.ch/nbW83

Islamic Studies Minor: https://myumi.ch/R5YnQ
Email islamicstudies@umich.edu

Masters Program: https://myumi.ch/v2gVP
Email MIRS-info@umich.edu

Stay tuned on our upcoming events by following our socials here:
Facebook: UmichGISC
Twitter: @umichgisc


If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact islamicstudies@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Film Screening Thu, 17 Mar 2022 09:47:34 -0400 2022-03-09T00:00:00-05:00 2022-03-09T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Film Screening Two Gods poster
Black Islam in the Americas Series. *Two Gods* Free Screening (March 10, 2022 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/92869 92869-21697515@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 10, 2022 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

This film screening is part of our “Black Islam in the Americas” Series, presented by the Global Islamic Studies Center (GISC) at the University of Michigan! This series will explore the history of Black Islam and the experiences of Black Muslim communities in the Americas, including North America, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

From March 4th-18th, you will have the opportunity to watch *Two Gods* (2020), a film by Zeshawn Ali and Aman Ali, on demand and for free. Pre-order your free tickets now: http://watch.eventive.org/gisctwogods

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*Two Gods* is the story of Hanif, a Black Muslim casket maker and ritual body washer in Newark, New Jersey, who takes two young men under his wing to teach them how to live better lives, illustrating the complexities of everyday Muslim community life.

​​Year: 2020 | Run Time: 82 minutes​​ | Language: English | Director: Zeshawn Ali | Producer: Aman Ali

An intimate documentary about faith, renewal, and healing, *TWO GODS* follows a Muslim casket maker and ritual body washer in New Jersey, as he takes two young men under his wing to teach them how to live better lives. Inside a corner casket shop in East Orange, laboring amid the sawdust and the long pine boxes, casket makers work with mentors in the Islamic burial tradition. Hanif, a Black Muslim casket maker who finds spiritual grounding in his work, brings two boys from the local community under his tutelage; 12-year-old Furquan and 17-year-old Naz, neither of whom have fathers at home. Hanif teaches Furquan and Naz the practices of Islamic burial rituals as they assist him with his work. Having formerly served time in prison, Hanif continues to grapple with past mistakes and new challenges, while his faith and community helps him guide his young charges on their own paths toward healing and embracing life.

Shot in a striking black-and-white, *TWO GODS* explores the juxtaposition of grief and the rituals of death with the vibrancy and potential of adolescence. The documentary turns an empathetic lens on Muslim American stories, ultimately crafting a moving portrait of both the intimate moments and the complexities of the everyday Muslim American experience.
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On March 17th, GISC will host *Two Gods* filmmakers Zeshawn Ali and Aman Ali for a filmmaker Q&A. This conversation will be moderated by local Detroit filmmaker and GISC Fellow Razi Jafri. RSVP: http://bit.ly/GISCTwoGods

Join us for the rest of the 'Black Islam in the Americas' series:

On March 29that 1:00 PM ET, GISC will host Dr. Su'ad Abdul Khabeer and Dr. Rasul Miller for a lecture on Black Islam in the Americas, with a focus on the United States. Dr. Su’ad Abdul Khabeer is a scholar, artist, activist, and author of* Muslim Cool: Race, Religion, and Hip Hop in the United States* (2016). She is an associate professor of American Culture and Director of the Arab and Muslim American Studies program at the University of Michigan. She received her Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from Princeton University, is a graduate of the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, and completed the Islamic Studies diploma program of the Institute at Abu Nour University (Damascus). In her most recent work, Umi’s Archive, Dr. Abdul Khabeer examines the intersections of official history and the untold stories of Black women and Black Muslims through the lens of her mother’s life. Umi means mother in Arabic, and Dr. Abdul Khabeer examines her mother’s photographic and literary archives, and so the digital exhibition series is Umi's Archive. The project sees everyday Black women as people who know things we all need to know. Dr. Rasul Miller's work looks into Black Muslim communities in the Atlantic world, Black radicalism and its impact on social and cultural movements in the twentieth-century U.S., Black internationalism, and West African intellectual history. Dr. Miller's current book project, *Black Muslim Cosmopolitanism: The Global Character of New York City's Black Muslim Movements*, examines the Black internationalist origins of early twentieth-century Black Sunni Muslim congregations in and around New York City, and the cultural and political orientations that characterized subsequent communities of Black Muslims in the U.S. who built robust, transnational networks as they actively engaged traditions and communities of Muslims on the African continent. RSVP: http://bit.ly/BlackIslamLect

This Black Islam in the Americas Series is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center, and cosponsored by American Culture, Arab and Muslim American Studies, the Center for Middle Eastern & North African Studies, the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, the African Studies Center, the LSA Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and the International Institute all at the University of Michigan. This series is also brought to you by The Maydan at the George Mason University’s Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies, and the Muslim Studies Program at the Michigan State University. The film screening was made possible thanks to Good Docs.


Want to hear about similar events from U-M Islamic Studies? Sign up for the GISC Newsletter below! We send out a monthly newsletter in collaboration with the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, and the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum.

Join our Newsletter: https://myumi.ch/nbW83

Islamic Studies Minor: https://myumi.ch/R5YnQ
Email islamicstudies@umich.edu

Masters Program: https://myumi.ch/v2gVP
Email MIRS-info@umich.edu

Stay tuned on our upcoming events by following our socials here:
Facebook: UmichGISC
Twitter: @umichgisc


If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact islamicstudies@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Film Screening Thu, 17 Mar 2022 09:47:34 -0400 2022-03-10T00:00:00-05:00 2022-03-10T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Film Screening Two Gods poster
Black Islam in the Americas Series. *Two Gods* Free Screening (March 11, 2022 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/92869 92869-21697516@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 11, 2022 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

This film screening is part of our “Black Islam in the Americas” Series, presented by the Global Islamic Studies Center (GISC) at the University of Michigan! This series will explore the history of Black Islam and the experiences of Black Muslim communities in the Americas, including North America, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

From March 4th-18th, you will have the opportunity to watch *Two Gods* (2020), a film by Zeshawn Ali and Aman Ali, on demand and for free. Pre-order your free tickets now: http://watch.eventive.org/gisctwogods

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*Two Gods* is the story of Hanif, a Black Muslim casket maker and ritual body washer in Newark, New Jersey, who takes two young men under his wing to teach them how to live better lives, illustrating the complexities of everyday Muslim community life.

​​Year: 2020 | Run Time: 82 minutes​​ | Language: English | Director: Zeshawn Ali | Producer: Aman Ali

An intimate documentary about faith, renewal, and healing, *TWO GODS* follows a Muslim casket maker and ritual body washer in New Jersey, as he takes two young men under his wing to teach them how to live better lives. Inside a corner casket shop in East Orange, laboring amid the sawdust and the long pine boxes, casket makers work with mentors in the Islamic burial tradition. Hanif, a Black Muslim casket maker who finds spiritual grounding in his work, brings two boys from the local community under his tutelage; 12-year-old Furquan and 17-year-old Naz, neither of whom have fathers at home. Hanif teaches Furquan and Naz the practices of Islamic burial rituals as they assist him with his work. Having formerly served time in prison, Hanif continues to grapple with past mistakes and new challenges, while his faith and community helps him guide his young charges on their own paths toward healing and embracing life.

Shot in a striking black-and-white, *TWO GODS* explores the juxtaposition of grief and the rituals of death with the vibrancy and potential of adolescence. The documentary turns an empathetic lens on Muslim American stories, ultimately crafting a moving portrait of both the intimate moments and the complexities of the everyday Muslim American experience.
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On March 17th, GISC will host *Two Gods* filmmakers Zeshawn Ali and Aman Ali for a filmmaker Q&A. This conversation will be moderated by local Detroit filmmaker and GISC Fellow Razi Jafri. RSVP: http://bit.ly/GISCTwoGods

Join us for the rest of the 'Black Islam in the Americas' series:

On March 29that 1:00 PM ET, GISC will host Dr. Su'ad Abdul Khabeer and Dr. Rasul Miller for a lecture on Black Islam in the Americas, with a focus on the United States. Dr. Su’ad Abdul Khabeer is a scholar, artist, activist, and author of* Muslim Cool: Race, Religion, and Hip Hop in the United States* (2016). She is an associate professor of American Culture and Director of the Arab and Muslim American Studies program at the University of Michigan. She received her Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from Princeton University, is a graduate of the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, and completed the Islamic Studies diploma program of the Institute at Abu Nour University (Damascus). In her most recent work, Umi’s Archive, Dr. Abdul Khabeer examines the intersections of official history and the untold stories of Black women and Black Muslims through the lens of her mother’s life. Umi means mother in Arabic, and Dr. Abdul Khabeer examines her mother’s photographic and literary archives, and so the digital exhibition series is Umi's Archive. The project sees everyday Black women as people who know things we all need to know. Dr. Rasul Miller's work looks into Black Muslim communities in the Atlantic world, Black radicalism and its impact on social and cultural movements in the twentieth-century U.S., Black internationalism, and West African intellectual history. Dr. Miller's current book project, *Black Muslim Cosmopolitanism: The Global Character of New York City's Black Muslim Movements*, examines the Black internationalist origins of early twentieth-century Black Sunni Muslim congregations in and around New York City, and the cultural and political orientations that characterized subsequent communities of Black Muslims in the U.S. who built robust, transnational networks as they actively engaged traditions and communities of Muslims on the African continent. RSVP: http://bit.ly/BlackIslamLect

This Black Islam in the Americas Series is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center, and cosponsored by American Culture, Arab and Muslim American Studies, the Center for Middle Eastern & North African Studies, the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, the African Studies Center, the LSA Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and the International Institute all at the University of Michigan. This series is also brought to you by The Maydan at the George Mason University’s Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies, and the Muslim Studies Program at the Michigan State University. The film screening was made possible thanks to Good Docs.


Want to hear about similar events from U-M Islamic Studies? Sign up for the GISC Newsletter below! We send out a monthly newsletter in collaboration with the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, and the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum.

Join our Newsletter: https://myumi.ch/nbW83

Islamic Studies Minor: https://myumi.ch/R5YnQ
Email islamicstudies@umich.edu

Masters Program: https://myumi.ch/v2gVP
Email MIRS-info@umich.edu

Stay tuned on our upcoming events by following our socials here:
Facebook: UmichGISC
Twitter: @umichgisc


If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact islamicstudies@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Film Screening Thu, 17 Mar 2022 09:47:34 -0400 2022-03-11T00:00:00-05:00 2022-03-11T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Film Screening Two Gods poster
Black Islam in the Americas Series. *Two Gods* Free Screening (March 12, 2022 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/92869 92869-21697517@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 12, 2022 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

This film screening is part of our “Black Islam in the Americas” Series, presented by the Global Islamic Studies Center (GISC) at the University of Michigan! This series will explore the history of Black Islam and the experiences of Black Muslim communities in the Americas, including North America, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

From March 4th-18th, you will have the opportunity to watch *Two Gods* (2020), a film by Zeshawn Ali and Aman Ali, on demand and for free. Pre-order your free tickets now: http://watch.eventive.org/gisctwogods

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*Two Gods* is the story of Hanif, a Black Muslim casket maker and ritual body washer in Newark, New Jersey, who takes two young men under his wing to teach them how to live better lives, illustrating the complexities of everyday Muslim community life.

​​Year: 2020 | Run Time: 82 minutes​​ | Language: English | Director: Zeshawn Ali | Producer: Aman Ali

An intimate documentary about faith, renewal, and healing, *TWO GODS* follows a Muslim casket maker and ritual body washer in New Jersey, as he takes two young men under his wing to teach them how to live better lives. Inside a corner casket shop in East Orange, laboring amid the sawdust and the long pine boxes, casket makers work with mentors in the Islamic burial tradition. Hanif, a Black Muslim casket maker who finds spiritual grounding in his work, brings two boys from the local community under his tutelage; 12-year-old Furquan and 17-year-old Naz, neither of whom have fathers at home. Hanif teaches Furquan and Naz the practices of Islamic burial rituals as they assist him with his work. Having formerly served time in prison, Hanif continues to grapple with past mistakes and new challenges, while his faith and community helps him guide his young charges on their own paths toward healing and embracing life.

Shot in a striking black-and-white, *TWO GODS* explores the juxtaposition of grief and the rituals of death with the vibrancy and potential of adolescence. The documentary turns an empathetic lens on Muslim American stories, ultimately crafting a moving portrait of both the intimate moments and the complexities of the everyday Muslim American experience.
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On March 17th, GISC will host *Two Gods* filmmakers Zeshawn Ali and Aman Ali for a filmmaker Q&A. This conversation will be moderated by local Detroit filmmaker and GISC Fellow Razi Jafri. RSVP: http://bit.ly/GISCTwoGods

Join us for the rest of the 'Black Islam in the Americas' series:

On March 29that 1:00 PM ET, GISC will host Dr. Su'ad Abdul Khabeer and Dr. Rasul Miller for a lecture on Black Islam in the Americas, with a focus on the United States. Dr. Su’ad Abdul Khabeer is a scholar, artist, activist, and author of* Muslim Cool: Race, Religion, and Hip Hop in the United States* (2016). She is an associate professor of American Culture and Director of the Arab and Muslim American Studies program at the University of Michigan. She received her Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from Princeton University, is a graduate of the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, and completed the Islamic Studies diploma program of the Institute at Abu Nour University (Damascus). In her most recent work, Umi’s Archive, Dr. Abdul Khabeer examines the intersections of official history and the untold stories of Black women and Black Muslims through the lens of her mother’s life. Umi means mother in Arabic, and Dr. Abdul Khabeer examines her mother’s photographic and literary archives, and so the digital exhibition series is Umi's Archive. The project sees everyday Black women as people who know things we all need to know. Dr. Rasul Miller's work looks into Black Muslim communities in the Atlantic world, Black radicalism and its impact on social and cultural movements in the twentieth-century U.S., Black internationalism, and West African intellectual history. Dr. Miller's current book project, *Black Muslim Cosmopolitanism: The Global Character of New York City's Black Muslim Movements*, examines the Black internationalist origins of early twentieth-century Black Sunni Muslim congregations in and around New York City, and the cultural and political orientations that characterized subsequent communities of Black Muslims in the U.S. who built robust, transnational networks as they actively engaged traditions and communities of Muslims on the African continent. RSVP: http://bit.ly/BlackIslamLect

This Black Islam in the Americas Series is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center, and cosponsored by American Culture, Arab and Muslim American Studies, the Center for Middle Eastern & North African Studies, the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, the African Studies Center, the LSA Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and the International Institute all at the University of Michigan. This series is also brought to you by The Maydan at the George Mason University’s Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies, and the Muslim Studies Program at the Michigan State University. The film screening was made possible thanks to Good Docs.


Want to hear about similar events from U-M Islamic Studies? Sign up for the GISC Newsletter below! We send out a monthly newsletter in collaboration with the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, and the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum.

Join our Newsletter: https://myumi.ch/nbW83

Islamic Studies Minor: https://myumi.ch/R5YnQ
Email islamicstudies@umich.edu

Masters Program: https://myumi.ch/v2gVP
Email MIRS-info@umich.edu

Stay tuned on our upcoming events by following our socials here:
Facebook: UmichGISC
Twitter: @umichgisc


If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact islamicstudies@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Film Screening Thu, 17 Mar 2022 09:47:34 -0400 2022-03-12T00:00:00-05:00 2022-03-12T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Film Screening Two Gods poster
Black Islam in the Americas Series. *Two Gods* Free Screening (March 13, 2022 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/92869 92869-21697518@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 13, 2022 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

This film screening is part of our “Black Islam in the Americas” Series, presented by the Global Islamic Studies Center (GISC) at the University of Michigan! This series will explore the history of Black Islam and the experiences of Black Muslim communities in the Americas, including North America, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

From March 4th-18th, you will have the opportunity to watch *Two Gods* (2020), a film by Zeshawn Ali and Aman Ali, on demand and for free. Pre-order your free tickets now: http://watch.eventive.org/gisctwogods

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*Two Gods* is the story of Hanif, a Black Muslim casket maker and ritual body washer in Newark, New Jersey, who takes two young men under his wing to teach them how to live better lives, illustrating the complexities of everyday Muslim community life.

​​Year: 2020 | Run Time: 82 minutes​​ | Language: English | Director: Zeshawn Ali | Producer: Aman Ali

An intimate documentary about faith, renewal, and healing, *TWO GODS* follows a Muslim casket maker and ritual body washer in New Jersey, as he takes two young men under his wing to teach them how to live better lives. Inside a corner casket shop in East Orange, laboring amid the sawdust and the long pine boxes, casket makers work with mentors in the Islamic burial tradition. Hanif, a Black Muslim casket maker who finds spiritual grounding in his work, brings two boys from the local community under his tutelage; 12-year-old Furquan and 17-year-old Naz, neither of whom have fathers at home. Hanif teaches Furquan and Naz the practices of Islamic burial rituals as they assist him with his work. Having formerly served time in prison, Hanif continues to grapple with past mistakes and new challenges, while his faith and community helps him guide his young charges on their own paths toward healing and embracing life.

Shot in a striking black-and-white, *TWO GODS* explores the juxtaposition of grief and the rituals of death with the vibrancy and potential of adolescence. The documentary turns an empathetic lens on Muslim American stories, ultimately crafting a moving portrait of both the intimate moments and the complexities of the everyday Muslim American experience.
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On March 17th, GISC will host *Two Gods* filmmakers Zeshawn Ali and Aman Ali for a filmmaker Q&A. This conversation will be moderated by local Detroit filmmaker and GISC Fellow Razi Jafri. RSVP: http://bit.ly/GISCTwoGods

Join us for the rest of the 'Black Islam in the Americas' series:

On March 29that 1:00 PM ET, GISC will host Dr. Su'ad Abdul Khabeer and Dr. Rasul Miller for a lecture on Black Islam in the Americas, with a focus on the United States. Dr. Su’ad Abdul Khabeer is a scholar, artist, activist, and author of* Muslim Cool: Race, Religion, and Hip Hop in the United States* (2016). She is an associate professor of American Culture and Director of the Arab and Muslim American Studies program at the University of Michigan. She received her Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from Princeton University, is a graduate of the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, and completed the Islamic Studies diploma program of the Institute at Abu Nour University (Damascus). In her most recent work, Umi’s Archive, Dr. Abdul Khabeer examines the intersections of official history and the untold stories of Black women and Black Muslims through the lens of her mother’s life. Umi means mother in Arabic, and Dr. Abdul Khabeer examines her mother’s photographic and literary archives, and so the digital exhibition series is Umi's Archive. The project sees everyday Black women as people who know things we all need to know. Dr. Rasul Miller's work looks into Black Muslim communities in the Atlantic world, Black radicalism and its impact on social and cultural movements in the twentieth-century U.S., Black internationalism, and West African intellectual history. Dr. Miller's current book project, *Black Muslim Cosmopolitanism: The Global Character of New York City's Black Muslim Movements*, examines the Black internationalist origins of early twentieth-century Black Sunni Muslim congregations in and around New York City, and the cultural and political orientations that characterized subsequent communities of Black Muslims in the U.S. who built robust, transnational networks as they actively engaged traditions and communities of Muslims on the African continent. RSVP: http://bit.ly/BlackIslamLect

This Black Islam in the Americas Series is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center, and cosponsored by American Culture, Arab and Muslim American Studies, the Center for Middle Eastern & North African Studies, the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, the African Studies Center, the LSA Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and the International Institute all at the University of Michigan. This series is also brought to you by The Maydan at the George Mason University’s Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies, and the Muslim Studies Program at the Michigan State University. The film screening was made possible thanks to Good Docs.


Want to hear about similar events from U-M Islamic Studies? Sign up for the GISC Newsletter below! We send out a monthly newsletter in collaboration with the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, and the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum.

Join our Newsletter: https://myumi.ch/nbW83

Islamic Studies Minor: https://myumi.ch/R5YnQ
Email islamicstudies@umich.edu

Masters Program: https://myumi.ch/v2gVP
Email MIRS-info@umich.edu

Stay tuned on our upcoming events by following our socials here:
Facebook: UmichGISC
Twitter: @umichgisc


If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact islamicstudies@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Film Screening Thu, 17 Mar 2022 09:47:34 -0400 2022-03-13T00:00:00-05:00 2022-03-13T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Film Screening Two Gods poster
Black Islam in the Americas Series. *Two Gods* Free Screening (March 14, 2022 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/92869 92869-21697519@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 14, 2022 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

This film screening is part of our “Black Islam in the Americas” Series, presented by the Global Islamic Studies Center (GISC) at the University of Michigan! This series will explore the history of Black Islam and the experiences of Black Muslim communities in the Americas, including North America, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

From March 4th-18th, you will have the opportunity to watch *Two Gods* (2020), a film by Zeshawn Ali and Aman Ali, on demand and for free. Pre-order your free tickets now: http://watch.eventive.org/gisctwogods

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*Two Gods* is the story of Hanif, a Black Muslim casket maker and ritual body washer in Newark, New Jersey, who takes two young men under his wing to teach them how to live better lives, illustrating the complexities of everyday Muslim community life.

​​Year: 2020 | Run Time: 82 minutes​​ | Language: English | Director: Zeshawn Ali | Producer: Aman Ali

An intimate documentary about faith, renewal, and healing, *TWO GODS* follows a Muslim casket maker and ritual body washer in New Jersey, as he takes two young men under his wing to teach them how to live better lives. Inside a corner casket shop in East Orange, laboring amid the sawdust and the long pine boxes, casket makers work with mentors in the Islamic burial tradition. Hanif, a Black Muslim casket maker who finds spiritual grounding in his work, brings two boys from the local community under his tutelage; 12-year-old Furquan and 17-year-old Naz, neither of whom have fathers at home. Hanif teaches Furquan and Naz the practices of Islamic burial rituals as they assist him with his work. Having formerly served time in prison, Hanif continues to grapple with past mistakes and new challenges, while his faith and community helps him guide his young charges on their own paths toward healing and embracing life.

Shot in a striking black-and-white, *TWO GODS* explores the juxtaposition of grief and the rituals of death with the vibrancy and potential of adolescence. The documentary turns an empathetic lens on Muslim American stories, ultimately crafting a moving portrait of both the intimate moments and the complexities of the everyday Muslim American experience.
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On March 17th, GISC will host *Two Gods* filmmakers Zeshawn Ali and Aman Ali for a filmmaker Q&A. This conversation will be moderated by local Detroit filmmaker and GISC Fellow Razi Jafri. RSVP: http://bit.ly/GISCTwoGods

Join us for the rest of the 'Black Islam in the Americas' series:

On March 29that 1:00 PM ET, GISC will host Dr. Su'ad Abdul Khabeer and Dr. Rasul Miller for a lecture on Black Islam in the Americas, with a focus on the United States. Dr. Su’ad Abdul Khabeer is a scholar, artist, activist, and author of* Muslim Cool: Race, Religion, and Hip Hop in the United States* (2016). She is an associate professor of American Culture and Director of the Arab and Muslim American Studies program at the University of Michigan. She received her Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from Princeton University, is a graduate of the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, and completed the Islamic Studies diploma program of the Institute at Abu Nour University (Damascus). In her most recent work, Umi’s Archive, Dr. Abdul Khabeer examines the intersections of official history and the untold stories of Black women and Black Muslims through the lens of her mother’s life. Umi means mother in Arabic, and Dr. Abdul Khabeer examines her mother’s photographic and literary archives, and so the digital exhibition series is Umi's Archive. The project sees everyday Black women as people who know things we all need to know. Dr. Rasul Miller's work looks into Black Muslim communities in the Atlantic world, Black radicalism and its impact on social and cultural movements in the twentieth-century U.S., Black internationalism, and West African intellectual history. Dr. Miller's current book project, *Black Muslim Cosmopolitanism: The Global Character of New York City's Black Muslim Movements*, examines the Black internationalist origins of early twentieth-century Black Sunni Muslim congregations in and around New York City, and the cultural and political orientations that characterized subsequent communities of Black Muslims in the U.S. who built robust, transnational networks as they actively engaged traditions and communities of Muslims on the African continent. RSVP: http://bit.ly/BlackIslamLect

This Black Islam in the Americas Series is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center, and cosponsored by American Culture, Arab and Muslim American Studies, the Center for Middle Eastern & North African Studies, the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, the African Studies Center, the LSA Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and the International Institute all at the University of Michigan. This series is also brought to you by The Maydan at the George Mason University’s Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies, and the Muslim Studies Program at the Michigan State University. The film screening was made possible thanks to Good Docs.


Want to hear about similar events from U-M Islamic Studies? Sign up for the GISC Newsletter below! We send out a monthly newsletter in collaboration with the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, and the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum.

Join our Newsletter: https://myumi.ch/nbW83

Islamic Studies Minor: https://myumi.ch/R5YnQ
Email islamicstudies@umich.edu

Masters Program: https://myumi.ch/v2gVP
Email MIRS-info@umich.edu

Stay tuned on our upcoming events by following our socials here:
Facebook: UmichGISC
Twitter: @umichgisc


If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact islamicstudies@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Film Screening Thu, 17 Mar 2022 09:47:34 -0400 2022-03-14T00:00:00-04:00 2022-03-14T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Film Screening Two Gods poster
Black Islam in the Americas Series. *Two Gods* Free Screening (March 15, 2022 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/92869 92869-21697520@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 15, 2022 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

This film screening is part of our “Black Islam in the Americas” Series, presented by the Global Islamic Studies Center (GISC) at the University of Michigan! This series will explore the history of Black Islam and the experiences of Black Muslim communities in the Americas, including North America, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

From March 4th-18th, you will have the opportunity to watch *Two Gods* (2020), a film by Zeshawn Ali and Aman Ali, on demand and for free. Pre-order your free tickets now: http://watch.eventive.org/gisctwogods

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*Two Gods* is the story of Hanif, a Black Muslim casket maker and ritual body washer in Newark, New Jersey, who takes two young men under his wing to teach them how to live better lives, illustrating the complexities of everyday Muslim community life.

​​Year: 2020 | Run Time: 82 minutes​​ | Language: English | Director: Zeshawn Ali | Producer: Aman Ali

An intimate documentary about faith, renewal, and healing, *TWO GODS* follows a Muslim casket maker and ritual body washer in New Jersey, as he takes two young men under his wing to teach them how to live better lives. Inside a corner casket shop in East Orange, laboring amid the sawdust and the long pine boxes, casket makers work with mentors in the Islamic burial tradition. Hanif, a Black Muslim casket maker who finds spiritual grounding in his work, brings two boys from the local community under his tutelage; 12-year-old Furquan and 17-year-old Naz, neither of whom have fathers at home. Hanif teaches Furquan and Naz the practices of Islamic burial rituals as they assist him with his work. Having formerly served time in prison, Hanif continues to grapple with past mistakes and new challenges, while his faith and community helps him guide his young charges on their own paths toward healing and embracing life.

Shot in a striking black-and-white, *TWO GODS* explores the juxtaposition of grief and the rituals of death with the vibrancy and potential of adolescence. The documentary turns an empathetic lens on Muslim American stories, ultimately crafting a moving portrait of both the intimate moments and the complexities of the everyday Muslim American experience.
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On March 17th, GISC will host *Two Gods* filmmakers Zeshawn Ali and Aman Ali for a filmmaker Q&A. This conversation will be moderated by local Detroit filmmaker and GISC Fellow Razi Jafri. RSVP: http://bit.ly/GISCTwoGods

Join us for the rest of the 'Black Islam in the Americas' series:

On March 29that 1:00 PM ET, GISC will host Dr. Su'ad Abdul Khabeer and Dr. Rasul Miller for a lecture on Black Islam in the Americas, with a focus on the United States. Dr. Su’ad Abdul Khabeer is a scholar, artist, activist, and author of* Muslim Cool: Race, Religion, and Hip Hop in the United States* (2016). She is an associate professor of American Culture and Director of the Arab and Muslim American Studies program at the University of Michigan. She received her Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from Princeton University, is a graduate of the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, and completed the Islamic Studies diploma program of the Institute at Abu Nour University (Damascus). In her most recent work, Umi’s Archive, Dr. Abdul Khabeer examines the intersections of official history and the untold stories of Black women and Black Muslims through the lens of her mother’s life. Umi means mother in Arabic, and Dr. Abdul Khabeer examines her mother’s photographic and literary archives, and so the digital exhibition series is Umi's Archive. The project sees everyday Black women as people who know things we all need to know. Dr. Rasul Miller's work looks into Black Muslim communities in the Atlantic world, Black radicalism and its impact on social and cultural movements in the twentieth-century U.S., Black internationalism, and West African intellectual history. Dr. Miller's current book project, *Black Muslim Cosmopolitanism: The Global Character of New York City's Black Muslim Movements*, examines the Black internationalist origins of early twentieth-century Black Sunni Muslim congregations in and around New York City, and the cultural and political orientations that characterized subsequent communities of Black Muslims in the U.S. who built robust, transnational networks as they actively engaged traditions and communities of Muslims on the African continent. RSVP: http://bit.ly/BlackIslamLect

This Black Islam in the Americas Series is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center, and cosponsored by American Culture, Arab and Muslim American Studies, the Center for Middle Eastern & North African Studies, the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, the African Studies Center, the LSA Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and the International Institute all at the University of Michigan. This series is also brought to you by The Maydan at the George Mason University’s Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies, and the Muslim Studies Program at the Michigan State University. The film screening was made possible thanks to Good Docs.


Want to hear about similar events from U-M Islamic Studies? Sign up for the GISC Newsletter below! We send out a monthly newsletter in collaboration with the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, and the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum.

Join our Newsletter: https://myumi.ch/nbW83

Islamic Studies Minor: https://myumi.ch/R5YnQ
Email islamicstudies@umich.edu

Masters Program: https://myumi.ch/v2gVP
Email MIRS-info@umich.edu

Stay tuned on our upcoming events by following our socials here:
Facebook: UmichGISC
Twitter: @umichgisc


If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact islamicstudies@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Film Screening Thu, 17 Mar 2022 09:47:34 -0400 2022-03-15T00:00:00-04:00 2022-03-15T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Film Screening Two Gods poster
Black Islam in the Americas Series. *Two Gods* Free Screening (March 16, 2022 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/92869 92869-21697521@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 16, 2022 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

This film screening is part of our “Black Islam in the Americas” Series, presented by the Global Islamic Studies Center (GISC) at the University of Michigan! This series will explore the history of Black Islam and the experiences of Black Muslim communities in the Americas, including North America, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

From March 4th-18th, you will have the opportunity to watch *Two Gods* (2020), a film by Zeshawn Ali and Aman Ali, on demand and for free. Pre-order your free tickets now: http://watch.eventive.org/gisctwogods

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*Two Gods* is the story of Hanif, a Black Muslim casket maker and ritual body washer in Newark, New Jersey, who takes two young men under his wing to teach them how to live better lives, illustrating the complexities of everyday Muslim community life.

​​Year: 2020 | Run Time: 82 minutes​​ | Language: English | Director: Zeshawn Ali | Producer: Aman Ali

An intimate documentary about faith, renewal, and healing, *TWO GODS* follows a Muslim casket maker and ritual body washer in New Jersey, as he takes two young men under his wing to teach them how to live better lives. Inside a corner casket shop in East Orange, laboring amid the sawdust and the long pine boxes, casket makers work with mentors in the Islamic burial tradition. Hanif, a Black Muslim casket maker who finds spiritual grounding in his work, brings two boys from the local community under his tutelage; 12-year-old Furquan and 17-year-old Naz, neither of whom have fathers at home. Hanif teaches Furquan and Naz the practices of Islamic burial rituals as they assist him with his work. Having formerly served time in prison, Hanif continues to grapple with past mistakes and new challenges, while his faith and community helps him guide his young charges on their own paths toward healing and embracing life.

Shot in a striking black-and-white, *TWO GODS* explores the juxtaposition of grief and the rituals of death with the vibrancy and potential of adolescence. The documentary turns an empathetic lens on Muslim American stories, ultimately crafting a moving portrait of both the intimate moments and the complexities of the everyday Muslim American experience.
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On March 17th, GISC will host *Two Gods* filmmakers Zeshawn Ali and Aman Ali for a filmmaker Q&A. This conversation will be moderated by local Detroit filmmaker and GISC Fellow Razi Jafri. RSVP: http://bit.ly/GISCTwoGods

Join us for the rest of the 'Black Islam in the Americas' series:

On March 29that 1:00 PM ET, GISC will host Dr. Su'ad Abdul Khabeer and Dr. Rasul Miller for a lecture on Black Islam in the Americas, with a focus on the United States. Dr. Su’ad Abdul Khabeer is a scholar, artist, activist, and author of* Muslim Cool: Race, Religion, and Hip Hop in the United States* (2016). She is an associate professor of American Culture and Director of the Arab and Muslim American Studies program at the University of Michigan. She received her Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from Princeton University, is a graduate of the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, and completed the Islamic Studies diploma program of the Institute at Abu Nour University (Damascus). In her most recent work, Umi’s Archive, Dr. Abdul Khabeer examines the intersections of official history and the untold stories of Black women and Black Muslims through the lens of her mother’s life. Umi means mother in Arabic, and Dr. Abdul Khabeer examines her mother’s photographic and literary archives, and so the digital exhibition series is Umi's Archive. The project sees everyday Black women as people who know things we all need to know. Dr. Rasul Miller's work looks into Black Muslim communities in the Atlantic world, Black radicalism and its impact on social and cultural movements in the twentieth-century U.S., Black internationalism, and West African intellectual history. Dr. Miller's current book project, *Black Muslim Cosmopolitanism: The Global Character of New York City's Black Muslim Movements*, examines the Black internationalist origins of early twentieth-century Black Sunni Muslim congregations in and around New York City, and the cultural and political orientations that characterized subsequent communities of Black Muslims in the U.S. who built robust, transnational networks as they actively engaged traditions and communities of Muslims on the African continent. RSVP: http://bit.ly/BlackIslamLect

This Black Islam in the Americas Series is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center, and cosponsored by American Culture, Arab and Muslim American Studies, the Center for Middle Eastern & North African Studies, the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, the African Studies Center, the LSA Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and the International Institute all at the University of Michigan. This series is also brought to you by The Maydan at the George Mason University’s Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies, and the Muslim Studies Program at the Michigan State University. The film screening was made possible thanks to Good Docs.


Want to hear about similar events from U-M Islamic Studies? Sign up for the GISC Newsletter below! We send out a monthly newsletter in collaboration with the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, and the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum.

Join our Newsletter: https://myumi.ch/nbW83

Islamic Studies Minor: https://myumi.ch/R5YnQ
Email islamicstudies@umich.edu

Masters Program: https://myumi.ch/v2gVP
Email MIRS-info@umich.edu

Stay tuned on our upcoming events by following our socials here:
Facebook: UmichGISC
Twitter: @umichgisc


If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact islamicstudies@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Film Screening Thu, 17 Mar 2022 09:47:34 -0400 2022-03-16T00:00:00-04:00 2022-03-16T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Film Screening Two Gods poster
Black Islam in the Americas Series. *Two Gods* Free Screening (March 17, 2022 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/92869 92869-21697522@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 17, 2022 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

This film screening is part of our “Black Islam in the Americas” Series, presented by the Global Islamic Studies Center (GISC) at the University of Michigan! This series will explore the history of Black Islam and the experiences of Black Muslim communities in the Americas, including North America, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

From March 4th-18th, you will have the opportunity to watch *Two Gods* (2020), a film by Zeshawn Ali and Aman Ali, on demand and for free. Pre-order your free tickets now: http://watch.eventive.org/gisctwogods

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*Two Gods* is the story of Hanif, a Black Muslim casket maker and ritual body washer in Newark, New Jersey, who takes two young men under his wing to teach them how to live better lives, illustrating the complexities of everyday Muslim community life.

​​Year: 2020 | Run Time: 82 minutes​​ | Language: English | Director: Zeshawn Ali | Producer: Aman Ali

An intimate documentary about faith, renewal, and healing, *TWO GODS* follows a Muslim casket maker and ritual body washer in New Jersey, as he takes two young men under his wing to teach them how to live better lives. Inside a corner casket shop in East Orange, laboring amid the sawdust and the long pine boxes, casket makers work with mentors in the Islamic burial tradition. Hanif, a Black Muslim casket maker who finds spiritual grounding in his work, brings two boys from the local community under his tutelage; 12-year-old Furquan and 17-year-old Naz, neither of whom have fathers at home. Hanif teaches Furquan and Naz the practices of Islamic burial rituals as they assist him with his work. Having formerly served time in prison, Hanif continues to grapple with past mistakes and new challenges, while his faith and community helps him guide his young charges on their own paths toward healing and embracing life.

Shot in a striking black-and-white, *TWO GODS* explores the juxtaposition of grief and the rituals of death with the vibrancy and potential of adolescence. The documentary turns an empathetic lens on Muslim American stories, ultimately crafting a moving portrait of both the intimate moments and the complexities of the everyday Muslim American experience.
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On March 17th, GISC will host *Two Gods* filmmakers Zeshawn Ali and Aman Ali for a filmmaker Q&A. This conversation will be moderated by local Detroit filmmaker and GISC Fellow Razi Jafri. RSVP: http://bit.ly/GISCTwoGods

Join us for the rest of the 'Black Islam in the Americas' series:

On March 29that 1:00 PM ET, GISC will host Dr. Su'ad Abdul Khabeer and Dr. Rasul Miller for a lecture on Black Islam in the Americas, with a focus on the United States. Dr. Su’ad Abdul Khabeer is a scholar, artist, activist, and author of* Muslim Cool: Race, Religion, and Hip Hop in the United States* (2016). She is an associate professor of American Culture and Director of the Arab and Muslim American Studies program at the University of Michigan. She received her Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from Princeton University, is a graduate of the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, and completed the Islamic Studies diploma program of the Institute at Abu Nour University (Damascus). In her most recent work, Umi’s Archive, Dr. Abdul Khabeer examines the intersections of official history and the untold stories of Black women and Black Muslims through the lens of her mother’s life. Umi means mother in Arabic, and Dr. Abdul Khabeer examines her mother’s photographic and literary archives, and so the digital exhibition series is Umi's Archive. The project sees everyday Black women as people who know things we all need to know. Dr. Rasul Miller's work looks into Black Muslim communities in the Atlantic world, Black radicalism and its impact on social and cultural movements in the twentieth-century U.S., Black internationalism, and West African intellectual history. Dr. Miller's current book project, *Black Muslim Cosmopolitanism: The Global Character of New York City's Black Muslim Movements*, examines the Black internationalist origins of early twentieth-century Black Sunni Muslim congregations in and around New York City, and the cultural and political orientations that characterized subsequent communities of Black Muslims in the U.S. who built robust, transnational networks as they actively engaged traditions and communities of Muslims on the African continent. RSVP: http://bit.ly/BlackIslamLect

This Black Islam in the Americas Series is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center, and cosponsored by American Culture, Arab and Muslim American Studies, the Center for Middle Eastern & North African Studies, the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, the African Studies Center, the LSA Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and the International Institute all at the University of Michigan. This series is also brought to you by The Maydan at the George Mason University’s Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies, and the Muslim Studies Program at the Michigan State University. The film screening was made possible thanks to Good Docs.


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Film Screening Thu, 17 Mar 2022 09:47:34 -0400 2022-03-17T00:00:00-04:00 2022-03-17T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Film Screening Two Gods poster
Black Islam in the Americas Series. *Two Gods* Filmmaker Q&A with Zeshawn Ali & Aman Ali (March 17, 2022 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92937 92937-21698123@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 17, 2022 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Join us on March 17th at 2:00 pm ET for a Q&A with *Two Gods* filmmakers Zeshawn Ali and Aman Ali. This conversation will be moderated by local Detroit filmmaker and GISC Fellow Razi Jafri. RSVP: http://bit.ly/GISCTwoGods

Zeshawn and Aman will discuss their film *Two Gods*, the challenges and rewards of Black Muslim filmmaking, and answer audience questions.

Director of *TWO GODS*: Zeshawn Ali was born and raised in Ohio and is a graduate of Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. He is a member of Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective and Meerkat Media, and is currently based in New York. His first feature documentary film *Two Gods* received support from ITVS, Sundance Institute, and the Ford Foundation. It played at film festivals across North America including Hot Docs, Full Frame, BlackStar, DOCNYC and Camden Film Festivals, and won the award for best documentary feature at New Orleans Film Festival. The film premiered on national broadcast as a part of the PBS program *Independent Lens* in 2021 and was named a NY Times Critics Pick and was nominated for a Cinema Eye Spotlight Award.

Producer of *TWO GODS*: Aman Ali is an award-winning storyteller in New York City. He has made appearances on dozens of media outlets including the *New York Times*, *CNN*, *Buzzfeed*, *NBC News*, and *HBO*, to tell stories about the Muslim American community. Aman is also one of the creators of “30 Mosques in 30 Days,” a 25,000 mile road trip he took to all 50 States in the U.S. with the mission of telling profound stories about Muslims in America.

Moderator: Razi Jafri is a second-year MFA candidate at the Stamps School of Art + Design and a Detroit-based documentary photographer, filmmaker, and producer whose work focuses on race, religion, immigration, human rights, and politics. His recent documentary *HAMTRAMCK, USA*, premiered at SXSW and was broadcast on the PBS program America ReFramed. Razi is currently working on the multimedia exhibit project HALAL METROPOLIS, about Muslim visibility in southeast Michigan, and *LOYALTY*, a documentary film that explores what life is like for three Muslim chaplains in the US military.

Make sure to catch a free screening of *Two Gods* before the event at http://watch.eventive.org/gisctwogods

Shot in a striking black-and-white, *TWO GODS* explores the juxtaposition of grief and the rituals of death with the vibrancy and potential of adolescence. The documentary turns an empathetic lens on Muslim American stories, ultimately crafting a moving portrait of both the intimate moments and the complexities of the everyday Muslim American experience.

This Black Islam in the Americas Series is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center, and cosponsored by American Culture, Arab and Muslim American Studies, the Center for Middle Eastern & North African Studies, the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, the African Studies Center, the LSA Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and the International Institute all at the University of Michigan. This series is also brought to you by The Maydan at the George Mason University’s Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies, and the Muslim Studies Program at the Michigan State University. The film screening was made possible thanks to Good Docs.

This series will explore the history of Black Islam and the experiences of Black Muslim communities in the Americas, including North America, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
Make sure to check out the third installment of the series:

On March 29th at 1:00 PM ET, GISC will host Dr. Su'ad Abdul Khabeer and Dr. Rasul Miller for a lecture on Black Islam in the Americas. http://bit.ly/BlackIslamLect



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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 17 Mar 2022 09:48:20 -0400 2022-03-17T14:00:00-04:00 2022-03-17T15:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Lecture / Discussion Black Islam in the Americas Series. *Two Gods* Filmmaker Q&A with Zeshawn Ali & Aman Ali
Black Islam in the Americas Series. *Two Gods* Free Screening (March 18, 2022 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/92869 92869-21697523@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 18, 2022 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

This film screening is part of our “Black Islam in the Americas” Series, presented by the Global Islamic Studies Center (GISC) at the University of Michigan! This series will explore the history of Black Islam and the experiences of Black Muslim communities in the Americas, including North America, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

From March 4th-18th, you will have the opportunity to watch *Two Gods* (2020), a film by Zeshawn Ali and Aman Ali, on demand and for free. Pre-order your free tickets now: http://watch.eventive.org/gisctwogods

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*Two Gods* is the story of Hanif, a Black Muslim casket maker and ritual body washer in Newark, New Jersey, who takes two young men under his wing to teach them how to live better lives, illustrating the complexities of everyday Muslim community life.

​​Year: 2020 | Run Time: 82 minutes​​ | Language: English | Director: Zeshawn Ali | Producer: Aman Ali

An intimate documentary about faith, renewal, and healing, *TWO GODS* follows a Muslim casket maker and ritual body washer in New Jersey, as he takes two young men under his wing to teach them how to live better lives. Inside a corner casket shop in East Orange, laboring amid the sawdust and the long pine boxes, casket makers work with mentors in the Islamic burial tradition. Hanif, a Black Muslim casket maker who finds spiritual grounding in his work, brings two boys from the local community under his tutelage; 12-year-old Furquan and 17-year-old Naz, neither of whom have fathers at home. Hanif teaches Furquan and Naz the practices of Islamic burial rituals as they assist him with his work. Having formerly served time in prison, Hanif continues to grapple with past mistakes and new challenges, while his faith and community helps him guide his young charges on their own paths toward healing and embracing life.

Shot in a striking black-and-white, *TWO GODS* explores the juxtaposition of grief and the rituals of death with the vibrancy and potential of adolescence. The documentary turns an empathetic lens on Muslim American stories, ultimately crafting a moving portrait of both the intimate moments and the complexities of the everyday Muslim American experience.
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On March 17th, GISC will host *Two Gods* filmmakers Zeshawn Ali and Aman Ali for a filmmaker Q&A. This conversation will be moderated by local Detroit filmmaker and GISC Fellow Razi Jafri. RSVP: http://bit.ly/GISCTwoGods

Join us for the rest of the 'Black Islam in the Americas' series:

On March 29that 1:00 PM ET, GISC will host Dr. Su'ad Abdul Khabeer and Dr. Rasul Miller for a lecture on Black Islam in the Americas, with a focus on the United States. Dr. Su’ad Abdul Khabeer is a scholar, artist, activist, and author of* Muslim Cool: Race, Religion, and Hip Hop in the United States* (2016). She is an associate professor of American Culture and Director of the Arab and Muslim American Studies program at the University of Michigan. She received her Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from Princeton University, is a graduate of the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, and completed the Islamic Studies diploma program of the Institute at Abu Nour University (Damascus). In her most recent work, Umi’s Archive, Dr. Abdul Khabeer examines the intersections of official history and the untold stories of Black women and Black Muslims through the lens of her mother’s life. Umi means mother in Arabic, and Dr. Abdul Khabeer examines her mother’s photographic and literary archives, and so the digital exhibition series is Umi's Archive. The project sees everyday Black women as people who know things we all need to know. Dr. Rasul Miller's work looks into Black Muslim communities in the Atlantic world, Black radicalism and its impact on social and cultural movements in the twentieth-century U.S., Black internationalism, and West African intellectual history. Dr. Miller's current book project, *Black Muslim Cosmopolitanism: The Global Character of New York City's Black Muslim Movements*, examines the Black internationalist origins of early twentieth-century Black Sunni Muslim congregations in and around New York City, and the cultural and political orientations that characterized subsequent communities of Black Muslims in the U.S. who built robust, transnational networks as they actively engaged traditions and communities of Muslims on the African continent. RSVP: http://bit.ly/BlackIslamLect

This Black Islam in the Americas Series is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center, and cosponsored by American Culture, Arab and Muslim American Studies, the Center for Middle Eastern & North African Studies, the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, the African Studies Center, the LSA Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and the International Institute all at the University of Michigan. This series is also brought to you by The Maydan at the George Mason University’s Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies, and the Muslim Studies Program at the Michigan State University. The film screening was made possible thanks to Good Docs.


Want to hear about similar events from U-M Islamic Studies? Sign up for the GISC Newsletter below! We send out a monthly newsletter in collaboration with the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, and the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum.

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Film Screening Thu, 17 Mar 2022 09:47:34 -0400 2022-03-18T00:00:00-04:00 2022-03-18T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Film Screening Two Gods poster
Black Islam in the Americas Series. Dr. Su'ad Abdul Khabeer and Dr. Rasul Miller's lecture on Black Islam in the Americas (March 29, 2022 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93019 93019-21699120@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 29, 2022 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

On March 29th at 1:00 PM ET, Join GISC as we host Dr. Su'ad Abdul Khabeer and Dr. Rasul Miller for a lecture on Black Islam in the Americas, with a focus on the United States. RSVP: http://bit.ly/BlackIslamLect

Dr. Su’ad Abdul Khabeer is a scholar, artist, activist, and author of *Muslim Cool: Race, Religion, and Hip Hop in the United States* (2016). She is an associate professor of American Culture and Director of the Arab and Muslim American Studies program at the University of Michigan. She received her Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from Princeton University, is a graduate of the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, and completed the Islamic Studies diploma program of the Institute at Abu Nour University (Damascus).

In her most recent work, Umi’s Archive, Dr. Abdul Khabeer examines the intersections of official history and the untold stories of Black women and Black Muslims through the lens of her mother’s life. Umi means mother in Arabic, and Dr. Abdul Khabeer examines her mother’s photographic and literary archives, and so the digital exhibition series is Umi's Archive. The project sees everyday Black women as people who know things we all need to know. Dr. Rasul Miller's work looks into Black Muslim communities in the Atlantic world, Black radicalism and its impact on social and cultural movements in the twentieth-century U.S., Black internationalism, and West African intellectual history.

Dr. Miller's current book project, *Black Muslim Cosmopolitanism: The Global Character of New York City's Black Muslim Movements*, examines the Black internationalist origins of early twentieth-century Black Sunni Muslim congregations in and around New York City, and the cultural and political orientations that characterized subsequent communities of Black Muslims in the U.S. who built robust, transnational networks as they actively engaged traditions and communities of Muslims on the African continent.

This event is a part of the three-part Black Islam In the Americas Series. This series will explore the history of Black Islam and the experiences of Black Muslim communities in the Americas, including North America, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

This Black Islam in the Americas Series is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center, and cosponsored by American Culture, Arab and Muslim American Studies, the Center for Middle Eastern & North African Studies, the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, the African Studies Center, the LSA Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and the International Institute all at the University of Michigan. This series is also brought to you by The Maydan at the George Mason University’s Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies, and the Muslim Studies Program at the Michigan State University. The film screening was made possible thanks to Good Docs.

Want to hear about similar events from U-M Islamic Studies? Sign up for the GISC Newsletter here! We send out a monthly newsletter in collaboration with the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, and the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 17 Mar 2022 09:48:57 -0400 2022-03-29T13:00:00-04:00 2022-03-29T14:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Lecture / Discussion Black Islam in the Americas Series. Dr. Su'ad Abdul Khabeer and Dr. Rasul Miller's lecture on Black Islam in the Americas
GISC Event. Islamic Chaplaincy in North America & Mantle of Mercy Book Launch (April 5, 2022 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/94041 94041-21719401@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 5, 2022 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

On April 5th, 2022, at 1:00 PM ET, GISC will be hosting an event dedicated to Islamic Chaplaincy in North America as well as a book launch for the newly released essay collection *Mantle of Mercy: Islamic Chaplaincy in North America* (Templeton Press, 2022), RSVP: http://bit.ly/ICNARSVP.

Join us as editors Chaplain Sondos Kholaki, Muslim Chaplain & Co-editor; Chaplain Muhammad Ali, Muslim Chaplain at Bucknell University & Co-editor; Dr. Matthew Schumann; Chaplain at Felicity Foundation; Sister Jaye Starr, Aspiring Healthcare Chaplain & Co-editor; Imam Kamau Ayubbi, Muslim Chaplain at Michigan Medicine discuss their experiences as Muslim chaplains. This conversation will be moderated by Dr. Nancy Khalil, Professor of American Culture.

Muhammad Ali began his early education at the American Institute of Quranic Studies. He holds a BA in psychology, an MA in Islamic education, and a graduate of Bayan Islamic Graduate School with an MDiv in Islamic Chaplaincy. He is a chaplain in federal prison, the Muslim Chaplain at Bucknell University, and also serves the Geisinger Medical Center. He lives in Central Pennsylvania with his wife and four children.

Chaplain Sondos Kholaki serves as a volunteer community and police chaplain and a hospital staff chaplain in Southern California. She is board-certified by the Association of Professional Chaplains (APC). Sondos earned a Master of Divinity degree in Islamic Chaplaincy at the Claremont School of Theology/Bayan Islamic Graduate School as the recipient of the Fathi Osman Academic Excellence award and a Bachelor's degree in English and creative writing from UCLA, where she received the prestigious Regents Scholar award. Sondos completed five units of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) and is the author of the award-winning book, *Musings of a Muslim Chaplain* (2020) and a co-editor of the anthology, *Mantle of Mercy: Islamic Chaplaincy in North America* (2022).

Sister Jaye Starr is an aspiring healthcare chaplain, board member with the Association of Muslim Chaplains, and member of the Ethics Committee at Michigan Medicine. A graduate of Hartford International University's Islamic Chaplaincy Program with three units of Clinical Pastoral Education, Jaye also studied with the Fellowship at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics and as a Luce Fellow at Gadjah Mada University (Indonesia). She is a white convert to Islam living in Michigan with her husband, a fellow chaplain, and their two small children. Jaye loves gardening and finds geeking out over Islamic studies and bioethics strangely rejuvenating.

Imam Kamau Ayubbi grew up in Los Angeles, California. He received his Bachelor's Degree From San Francisco State University in Visual Arts in 1998. During undergrad, Kamau also enjoyed an internship in Holistic Health studies. He received his religious and spiritual education and training under the Islamic Supreme Council of America (ISCA) and was appointed as an Imam in 2002. Imam Ayubbi received his Clinical Pastoral Education (chaplaincy training) at Beaumont CPE Center in Royal Oak, MI. Before serving at the University of Michigan Hospital and Health Systems, Imam Ayubbi worked as a staff chaplain in Adult Palliative Care and the Cardiac Progressive Care Unit at Beaumont Royal Oak from 2010 to 2015. He provides care throughout the hospital for Muslim patients and psychiatric spiritual care in the Adult Inpatient, Partial Program, and Adolescent Psychiatric Programs. He loves sharing principles and practices of peace and meditation for all ages.

Dr. Matthew Schumann is the Felicity Foundation Chaplain at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He became Muslim in 2009, and his journey since has taken him to Morocco, Qatar, Canada, Utah, and now Michigan. He has studied Islam and the Quran intensively since 2016 as a student of Imam Fode Drame. He also earned his PhD in Near Eastern Studies from Princeton University in 2020. Dr. Matthew's goal is to support his students' development into Absolute Citizens: those who are immersed in the remembrance of God, have beautiful character, and find happiness in service to humanity. Dr. Matthew resides in Ypsilanti, Michigan, with his wife and two children.

Dr. Nancy A. Khalil is currently an Assistant Professor of American Culture at the University of Michigan. She completed her PhD in anthropology at Harvard University and her postdoctoral fellowship at Yale's Center on Race, Indigeneity, and Transnational Migration. Dr. Khalil's recent large research project studies the politics of American Islam through in-depth research on Islamic higher education institutes and religious clerics, or imams, in the US. Dr. Khalil has worked with a number of non-profit organizations; notably, she was one of four female founders of the Boston-based Muslim Justice League, and she currently serves on the Board for Pillars Fund. Prior to her academic career, she worked in higher education and student development, including serving as Muslim Chaplain at Wellesley College for several years.
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This event is cosponsored by Michigan Medicine - Office of Research, the Institute for Research on Women & Gender, Comparative Literature, the Center for Middle Eastern & North African Studies, the Department of English Language and Literature, the Department of American Culture, the Institute of the Humanities, Middle Eastern Studies, the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, the Women & Gender Studies Department, and Arab and Muslim American Studies. This event is also cosponsored by the Mantle of Mercy publisher, Templeton Press.

From April 4th to the 8th, enjoy 50% off + free shipping with promo-code MERCY2022 when you order the newly released Mantle of Mercy from the Templeton Press website: https://templetonpress.org/books/mantle-of-mercy. Customers can enter the code at checkout. It must be entered in all caps and without spaces.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 01 Apr 2022 12:39:49 -0400 2022-04-05T13:00:00-04:00 2022-04-05T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Lecture / Discussion Islamic Chaplaincy in North America & Mantle of Mercy Book Launch
IISS Lecture Series. From Last Emperor to Last Prophet: The Emergence of the Doctrine of the Finality of Prophecy (April 7, 2022 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92380 92380-21690688@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 7, 2022 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Interdisciplinary Islamic Studies Seminar (IISS) is pleased to announce a lecture with Professor David Stephan Powers "From Last Emperor to Last Prophet: The Emergence of the Doctrine of the Finality of Prophecy". In his lecture Professor Powers will examine the intriguing interaction between the Qur'an, its interpretations, and some widespread Christian theological narratives of late antiquity.

Abstract:

The Islamic doctrine of the finality of prophecy is supported by a single verse in the Qur’an, v. 40 of Sūrat al-Aḥzab: “Muḥammad was not the father of any of your men but the Messenger of God and the Seal of Prophets (khātam al-nabiyyīn).” Islamic tradition teaches that this verse was revealed ca. 5 AH/626-27 CE in connection with a domestic crisis that is described in verse 37 of the same Sūra: After falling in love with the wife of his adopted son -- a man identified only as Zayd -- Muḥammad terminated the adoptive relationship so that, after Zayd had divorced his wife, he might marry her. Once Zayd had ceased to be Muḥammad’s son, Muḥammad was no longer the “father” of any “man” in the Muslim community and thus might become the “seal of prophets.” In my lecture, I will challenge the contention that this key theological doctrine was the product of a domestic crisis involving Muḥammad, his adoptive son, and the latter’s wife. Rather than focusing on a specific historical event – a domestic crisis in Medina in 5 AH – I propose to shift the scholarly gaze to the larger geo-political context. On the eve of the rise of Islam, Christian theologians were circulating a narrative that predicted the appearance of the Last Emperor, a king who would establish a divinely inspired imperium, the last earthly kingdom prior to the Second Coming of Christ and the End Time. I shall argue that this widespread Christian theological doctrine, known as the Last Emperor Legend, served as a model for what would become the Islamic doctrine of the finality of prophecy.

Register at: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0tceutpzIoGtM9p-MUTk4_IVb7adZgoE5C

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 15 Feb 2022 11:15:07 -0500 2022-04-07T13:00:00-04:00 2022-04-07T14:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Lecture / Discussion From Last Emperor to Last Prophet: The Emergence of the Doctrine of the Finality of Prophecy
Muslim Modernity in South Asia (May 20, 2022 9:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/94722 94722-21763082@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 20, 2022 9:45am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Department of History

Muslim Modernity in South Asia
Center for South Asian Studies
University of Michigan
May 20-21, 2022
Weiser Hall, 10th Floor

Co-organized by Farina Mir (Department of History, UM) and Muhammad Qasim Zaman (Departments of Near Eastern Studies and Religion, Princeton University), this workshop brings together an international and interdisciplinary group of scholars to revisit established understandings of Muslim modernity in South Asia, particularly as they relate to questions of gender, colonialism, the status and role of the ulama, Islamic law, and notions of political and religious subjectivity. All papers are precirculated. Conversations on each paper will be opened with a comment from a member of the UM faculty, followed by open discussion. Please join us and contribute to the conversation!

Note: All papers are pre-circulated. Contact Farina Mir (fmir@umich.edu) for papers.

Schedule:
Friday, May 20, 2022

9:45 Welcome
Muhammad Qasim Zaman & Farina Mir

10:00 Julia Stephens, Department of History, Rutgers University
“Material Modernities: Tracing Janbai’s Gendered Mobilities Across the Indian Ocean”
Respondent: Gaurav Desai, Department of English, University of Michigan

11:00 Tea/coffee break

11:30 Justin Jones, Theology and Religion, Oxford University
“Islamic Feminist Thought and Islamic Modernism in Modern India”
Respondent: Mrinalini Sinha, Department of History, University of
Michigan

12:30 Lunch Break

2:00 SherAli Tareen, Religious Studies, Franklin & Marshall College
“Competing Muslim Responses to Colonial Modernity: The
Aligarh-Deoband Divide”
Respondent: Juan Cole, Department of History, University of
Michigan

3:00 Tea/Coffee Break

3:30 Farina Mir, Department of History, University of Michigan
“Urdu Akhlaq Literature and Secularity in Colonial, South-Asian Islam”
Respondent: Kathryn Babayan, Departments of History and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Michigan

Saturday May 21, 2022
9:30 Humeira Iqtidar, Department of Political Economy, King’s College
“Spiritual or Political Equality?”
Respondent: Webb Keane, Department of Anthropology, University
of Michigan

10:30 Tea/coffee Break

11:00 Muhammad Qasim Zaman, Department of Religion, Princeton University
“Law and Sufism in Modern South Asia: A Changing Relationship”
Respondent: Alexander Knysh, Department of Middle Eastern Studies, University of Michigan

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 16 May 2022 13:41:17 -0400 2022-05-20T09:45:00-04:00 2022-05-20T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Department of History Conference / Symposium Bait ur Rouf mosque. Photography: Sandro di Carlo Darsa
Muslim Modernity in South Asia (May 21, 2022 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/94722 94722-21763083@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, May 21, 2022 9:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Department of History

Muslim Modernity in South Asia
Center for South Asian Studies
University of Michigan
May 20-21, 2022
Weiser Hall, 10th Floor

Co-organized by Farina Mir (Department of History, UM) and Muhammad Qasim Zaman (Departments of Near Eastern Studies and Religion, Princeton University), this workshop brings together an international and interdisciplinary group of scholars to revisit established understandings of Muslim modernity in South Asia, particularly as they relate to questions of gender, colonialism, the status and role of the ulama, Islamic law, and notions of political and religious subjectivity. All papers are precirculated. Conversations on each paper will be opened with a comment from a member of the UM faculty, followed by open discussion. Please join us and contribute to the conversation!

Note: All papers are pre-circulated. Contact Farina Mir (fmir@umich.edu) for papers.

Schedule:
Friday, May 20, 2022

9:45 Welcome
Muhammad Qasim Zaman & Farina Mir

10:00 Julia Stephens, Department of History, Rutgers University
“Material Modernities: Tracing Janbai’s Gendered Mobilities Across the Indian Ocean”
Respondent: Gaurav Desai, Department of English, University of Michigan

11:00 Tea/coffee break

11:30 Justin Jones, Theology and Religion, Oxford University
“Islamic Feminist Thought and Islamic Modernism in Modern India”
Respondent: Mrinalini Sinha, Department of History, University of
Michigan

12:30 Lunch Break

2:00 SherAli Tareen, Religious Studies, Franklin & Marshall College
“Competing Muslim Responses to Colonial Modernity: The
Aligarh-Deoband Divide”
Respondent: Juan Cole, Department of History, University of
Michigan

3:00 Tea/Coffee Break

3:30 Farina Mir, Department of History, University of Michigan
“Urdu Akhlaq Literature and Secularity in Colonial, South-Asian Islam”
Respondent: Kathryn Babayan, Departments of History and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Michigan

Saturday May 21, 2022
9:30 Humeira Iqtidar, Department of Political Economy, King’s College
“Spiritual or Political Equality?”
Respondent: Webb Keane, Department of Anthropology, University
of Michigan

10:30 Tea/coffee Break

11:00 Muhammad Qasim Zaman, Department of Religion, Princeton University
“Law and Sufism in Modern South Asia: A Changing Relationship”
Respondent: Alexander Knysh, Department of Middle Eastern Studies, University of Michigan

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 16 May 2022 13:41:17 -0400 2022-05-21T09:30:00-04:00 2022-05-21T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Department of History Conference / Symposium Bait ur Rouf mosque. Photography: Sandro di Carlo Darsa
Muslims of the Heartland: How Ottoman Syrians Made a Home in the American Midwest (September 8, 2022 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/96757 96757-21793267@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 8, 2022 4:00pm
Location: Chemistry Dow Lab
Organized By: Arab and Muslim American Studies (AMAS)

Arab American author Edward E. Curtis IV is the William M. and Gail M. Plater Chair of the Liberal Arts at Indiana University, Indianapolis. The author or editor of fourteen books about Black, Muslim, and Arab American history and life, he has received major fellowships and grants from Carnegie, Fulbright, Luce, Mellon, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 11 Aug 2022 15:59:34 -0400 2022-09-08T16:00:00-04:00 2022-09-08T18:00:00-04:00 Chemistry Dow Lab Arab and Muslim American Studies (AMAS) Lecture / Discussion Poster of the event.
What I Talk about when I Talk about Palestine (September 26, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/97463 97463-21794613@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 26, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Department of Middle East Studies

Arabic is unconditionally the national language of Palestinians, but for many it is no longer their mother-tongue. More than a century after the early waves of immigration to the Americas, and more than seven decades after the Nakba of 48, generations of Palestinians have grown up in a variety of different contexts within Israel-Palestine and the world at large. This ongoing scattered state has led to the proliferation of Palestinian culture as it is simultaneously growing in multiple directions, depending on geographical, political, and lingual contextualization. The Palestinian story no longer exists exclusively in Arabic. A new generation of Palestinian and Palestinian-descended writers and artists from both Latin and North America, Scandinavia, and Europe at large, as well as Israel-Palestine are bringing stories of their heritage and the Palestinian nation into a variety of languages such Spanish, Italian, English, Danish, and Hebrew—among so many other languages.

In this talk, Maurice Ebileeni explores how the Palestinian homeland is being imagined in multiple languages from a variety of positions both locally and globally and wishes to discuss unsettling questions about this current situation. He also invites us to look to the future to speculate about how a Palestinian nation might still house the notion of home for an increasingly diverse Palestinian population.

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Maurice Ebileeni is a member of faculty in the English department at the University of Haifa. He is the author of Conrad, Faulkner, and the Problem of Nonsense and Being There, Being Here: Palestinian Writings in the World, and his work on Palestinian literature and culture has appeared in Comparative Literature, The Journal of Postcolonial Writing, Interventions, and Hebrew-language Ot, among others.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 26 Aug 2022 12:21:09 -0400 2022-09-26T12:00:00-04:00 2022-09-26T13:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Department of Middle East Studies Lecture / Discussion Maurice Ebileeni
Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival (October 6, 2022 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/99799 99799-21798700@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 6, 2022 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Welcome to Halaloween: A Muslim Film Festival 2022

What's Halaloween? Halaloween screens horror films from across the globe that were made by, for, or about Muslims with the hopes of understanding “What scares Muslim audiences? Are horror movies halal?”

This year’s 2022 festival will be both in person and online, screening one film a week during the month of October, and ending with an in-person screening at the State Theater, Friday, October 28, 2022, at 7:00 PM. Each online screening will be available to watch for a week, all screenings are free.

The 2022 Halaloween Lineup:

* October 6: Roh | 2019 | Malaysia
* October 13: Beddua: The Curse | 2018 | Turkey
* October 20: Satan’s Slaves | 2017 | Indonesia
* October 28: Saloum | 2021 | Senegal (this screening will be in person at the State Theater)

We'll wrap up the month of October with a live panel discussion on Muslim Horror, the use of Islam and the Quran, and how each region differs in its creation of horror films. Stay tuned for the 2022 lineup of films and an announcement on the Muslim Horror Panel discussion!
More info: watch.eventive.org/halaloween
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THIS WEEK’S FEATURE
From Oct 6th to the 13th, stream the Malaysian horror film Roh on demand at watch.eventive.org/halaloween. Pre-order the film anytime, and check out the rest of the months Halaloween Horror selection!

2019 | 83 minutes | Malay | Malaysia
Directed by: Emir Ezwan

Halaloween Horror Rating 4/5

Rating explanation: Suspenseful, female-centered folk horror film and psychological thriller set in a remote, isolated Malaysian rainforest area. Contains blood, gore, creepy ancient jinn, and multiple scenes involving creepy kids and violence against children. This film is recommended for adults and older teens only.

Religious content: This film invokes Quranic verses and Islamic theology on jinn.

Roh (Soul), is a 2019 Malaysian Malay-language independent folk horror film directed by Emir Ezwan in his directorial debut. Set in the past, a family living in a forest is visited by a strange little girl, who comes with a frightening prediction.
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Halaloween is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center and cosponsored by the Middle Eastern Studies Department, the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, the African Studies Center, Department of Communication and Media, The Department of Film, Television, and Media, American Culture, the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, the Center for South Asian Studies, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, Arab and Muslim American Studies, Asian Languages and Cultures, the Center for Arab American Studies at UM-Dearborn, and Shudder.

Visit http://watch.eventive.org/halaloween for more details.

Love Horror Films? Shudder streams the best in new independent and international horror. Try Shudder free for 14 days with promo code HALALOWEEN2022 when you sign up at Shudder.com.

Want to hear about similar events from U-M Islamic Studies? Sign up for the GISC Newsletter (https://myumi.ch/nbW83)! We send out a monthly newsletter in collaboration with the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, and the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum.

Stay updated on our upcoming events by following our socials here:
Facebook: UmichGISC
https://www.facebook.com/UmichGISC/

Twitter: @umichgisc
https://twitter.com/umichGISC

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to islamicstudies@umich.edu.

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Film Screening Wed, 05 Oct 2022 11:12:36 -0400 2022-10-06T08:00:00-04:00 2022-10-06T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Film Screening Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival
Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival (October 7, 2022 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/99799 99799-21798701@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 7, 2022 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Welcome to Halaloween: A Muslim Film Festival 2022

What's Halaloween? Halaloween screens horror films from across the globe that were made by, for, or about Muslims with the hopes of understanding “What scares Muslim audiences? Are horror movies halal?”

This year’s 2022 festival will be both in person and online, screening one film a week during the month of October, and ending with an in-person screening at the State Theater, Friday, October 28, 2022, at 7:00 PM. Each online screening will be available to watch for a week, all screenings are free.

The 2022 Halaloween Lineup:

* October 6: Roh | 2019 | Malaysia
* October 13: Beddua: The Curse | 2018 | Turkey
* October 20: Satan’s Slaves | 2017 | Indonesia
* October 28: Saloum | 2021 | Senegal (this screening will be in person at the State Theater)

We'll wrap up the month of October with a live panel discussion on Muslim Horror, the use of Islam and the Quran, and how each region differs in its creation of horror films. Stay tuned for the 2022 lineup of films and an announcement on the Muslim Horror Panel discussion!
More info: watch.eventive.org/halaloween
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THIS WEEK’S FEATURE
From Oct 6th to the 13th, stream the Malaysian horror film Roh on demand at watch.eventive.org/halaloween. Pre-order the film anytime, and check out the rest of the months Halaloween Horror selection!

2019 | 83 minutes | Malay | Malaysia
Directed by: Emir Ezwan

Halaloween Horror Rating 4/5

Rating explanation: Suspenseful, female-centered folk horror film and psychological thriller set in a remote, isolated Malaysian rainforest area. Contains blood, gore, creepy ancient jinn, and multiple scenes involving creepy kids and violence against children. This film is recommended for adults and older teens only.

Religious content: This film invokes Quranic verses and Islamic theology on jinn.

Roh (Soul), is a 2019 Malaysian Malay-language independent folk horror film directed by Emir Ezwan in his directorial debut. Set in the past, a family living in a forest is visited by a strange little girl, who comes with a frightening prediction.
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Halaloween is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center and cosponsored by the Middle Eastern Studies Department, the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, the African Studies Center, Department of Communication and Media, The Department of Film, Television, and Media, American Culture, the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, the Center for South Asian Studies, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, Arab and Muslim American Studies, Asian Languages and Cultures, the Center for Arab American Studies at UM-Dearborn, and Shudder.

Visit http://watch.eventive.org/halaloween for more details.

Love Horror Films? Shudder streams the best in new independent and international horror. Try Shudder free for 14 days with promo code HALALOWEEN2022 when you sign up at Shudder.com.

Want to hear about similar events from U-M Islamic Studies? Sign up for the GISC Newsletter (https://myumi.ch/nbW83)! We send out a monthly newsletter in collaboration with the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, and the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum.

Stay updated on our upcoming events by following our socials here:
Facebook: UmichGISC
https://www.facebook.com/UmichGISC/

Twitter: @umichgisc
https://twitter.com/umichGISC

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to islamicstudies@umich.edu.

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Film Screening Wed, 05 Oct 2022 11:12:36 -0400 2022-10-07T08:00:00-04:00 2022-10-07T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Film Screening Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival
Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival (October 8, 2022 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/99799 99799-21798702@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 8, 2022 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Welcome to Halaloween: A Muslim Film Festival 2022

What's Halaloween? Halaloween screens horror films from across the globe that were made by, for, or about Muslims with the hopes of understanding “What scares Muslim audiences? Are horror movies halal?”

This year’s 2022 festival will be both in person and online, screening one film a week during the month of October, and ending with an in-person screening at the State Theater, Friday, October 28, 2022, at 7:00 PM. Each online screening will be available to watch for a week, all screenings are free.

The 2022 Halaloween Lineup:

* October 6: Roh | 2019 | Malaysia
* October 13: Beddua: The Curse | 2018 | Turkey
* October 20: Satan’s Slaves | 2017 | Indonesia
* October 28: Saloum | 2021 | Senegal (this screening will be in person at the State Theater)

We'll wrap up the month of October with a live panel discussion on Muslim Horror, the use of Islam and the Quran, and how each region differs in its creation of horror films. Stay tuned for the 2022 lineup of films and an announcement on the Muslim Horror Panel discussion!
More info: watch.eventive.org/halaloween
__________________
THIS WEEK’S FEATURE
From Oct 6th to the 13th, stream the Malaysian horror film Roh on demand at watch.eventive.org/halaloween. Pre-order the film anytime, and check out the rest of the months Halaloween Horror selection!

2019 | 83 minutes | Malay | Malaysia
Directed by: Emir Ezwan

Halaloween Horror Rating 4/5

Rating explanation: Suspenseful, female-centered folk horror film and psychological thriller set in a remote, isolated Malaysian rainforest area. Contains blood, gore, creepy ancient jinn, and multiple scenes involving creepy kids and violence against children. This film is recommended for adults and older teens only.

Religious content: This film invokes Quranic verses and Islamic theology on jinn.

Roh (Soul), is a 2019 Malaysian Malay-language independent folk horror film directed by Emir Ezwan in his directorial debut. Set in the past, a family living in a forest is visited by a strange little girl, who comes with a frightening prediction.
__________________

Halaloween is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center and cosponsored by the Middle Eastern Studies Department, the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, the African Studies Center, Department of Communication and Media, The Department of Film, Television, and Media, American Culture, the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, the Center for South Asian Studies, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, Arab and Muslim American Studies, Asian Languages and Cultures, the Center for Arab American Studies at UM-Dearborn, and Shudder.

Visit http://watch.eventive.org/halaloween for more details.

Love Horror Films? Shudder streams the best in new independent and international horror. Try Shudder free for 14 days with promo code HALALOWEEN2022 when you sign up at Shudder.com.

Want to hear about similar events from U-M Islamic Studies? Sign up for the GISC Newsletter (https://myumi.ch/nbW83)! We send out a monthly newsletter in collaboration with the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, and the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum.

Stay updated on our upcoming events by following our socials here:
Facebook: UmichGISC
https://www.facebook.com/UmichGISC/

Twitter: @umichgisc
https://twitter.com/umichGISC

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to islamicstudies@umich.edu.

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Film Screening Wed, 05 Oct 2022 11:12:36 -0400 2022-10-08T08:00:00-04:00 2022-10-08T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Film Screening Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival
Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival (October 9, 2022 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/99799 99799-21798703@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 9, 2022 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Welcome to Halaloween: A Muslim Film Festival 2022

What's Halaloween? Halaloween screens horror films from across the globe that were made by, for, or about Muslims with the hopes of understanding “What scares Muslim audiences? Are horror movies halal?”

This year’s 2022 festival will be both in person and online, screening one film a week during the month of October, and ending with an in-person screening at the State Theater, Friday, October 28, 2022, at 7:00 PM. Each online screening will be available to watch for a week, all screenings are free.

The 2022 Halaloween Lineup:

* October 6: Roh | 2019 | Malaysia
* October 13: Beddua: The Curse | 2018 | Turkey
* October 20: Satan’s Slaves | 2017 | Indonesia
* October 28: Saloum | 2021 | Senegal (this screening will be in person at the State Theater)

We'll wrap up the month of October with a live panel discussion on Muslim Horror, the use of Islam and the Quran, and how each region differs in its creation of horror films. Stay tuned for the 2022 lineup of films and an announcement on the Muslim Horror Panel discussion!
More info: watch.eventive.org/halaloween
__________________
THIS WEEK’S FEATURE
From Oct 6th to the 13th, stream the Malaysian horror film Roh on demand at watch.eventive.org/halaloween. Pre-order the film anytime, and check out the rest of the months Halaloween Horror selection!

2019 | 83 minutes | Malay | Malaysia
Directed by: Emir Ezwan

Halaloween Horror Rating 4/5

Rating explanation: Suspenseful, female-centered folk horror film and psychological thriller set in a remote, isolated Malaysian rainforest area. Contains blood, gore, creepy ancient jinn, and multiple scenes involving creepy kids and violence against children. This film is recommended for adults and older teens only.

Religious content: This film invokes Quranic verses and Islamic theology on jinn.

Roh (Soul), is a 2019 Malaysian Malay-language independent folk horror film directed by Emir Ezwan in his directorial debut. Set in the past, a family living in a forest is visited by a strange little girl, who comes with a frightening prediction.
__________________

Halaloween is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center and cosponsored by the Middle Eastern Studies Department, the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, the African Studies Center, Department of Communication and Media, The Department of Film, Television, and Media, American Culture, the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, the Center for South Asian Studies, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, Arab and Muslim American Studies, Asian Languages and Cultures, the Center for Arab American Studies at UM-Dearborn, and Shudder.

Visit http://watch.eventive.org/halaloween for more details.

Love Horror Films? Shudder streams the best in new independent and international horror. Try Shudder free for 14 days with promo code HALALOWEEN2022 when you sign up at Shudder.com.

Want to hear about similar events from U-M Islamic Studies? Sign up for the GISC Newsletter (https://myumi.ch/nbW83)! We send out a monthly newsletter in collaboration with the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, and the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum.

Stay updated on our upcoming events by following our socials here:
Facebook: UmichGISC
https://www.facebook.com/UmichGISC/

Twitter: @umichgisc
https://twitter.com/umichGISC

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to islamicstudies@umich.edu.

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Film Screening Wed, 05 Oct 2022 11:12:36 -0400 2022-10-09T08:00:00-04:00 2022-10-09T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Film Screening Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival
Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival (October 10, 2022 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/99799 99799-21798704@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 10, 2022 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Welcome to Halaloween: A Muslim Film Festival 2022

What's Halaloween? Halaloween screens horror films from across the globe that were made by, for, or about Muslims with the hopes of understanding “What scares Muslim audiences? Are horror movies halal?”

This year’s 2022 festival will be both in person and online, screening one film a week during the month of October, and ending with an in-person screening at the State Theater, Friday, October 28, 2022, at 7:00 PM. Each online screening will be available to watch for a week, all screenings are free.

The 2022 Halaloween Lineup:

* October 6: Roh | 2019 | Malaysia
* October 13: Beddua: The Curse | 2018 | Turkey
* October 20: Satan’s Slaves | 2017 | Indonesia
* October 28: Saloum | 2021 | Senegal (this screening will be in person at the State Theater)

We'll wrap up the month of October with a live panel discussion on Muslim Horror, the use of Islam and the Quran, and how each region differs in its creation of horror films. Stay tuned for the 2022 lineup of films and an announcement on the Muslim Horror Panel discussion!
More info: watch.eventive.org/halaloween
__________________
THIS WEEK’S FEATURE
From Oct 6th to the 13th, stream the Malaysian horror film Roh on demand at watch.eventive.org/halaloween. Pre-order the film anytime, and check out the rest of the months Halaloween Horror selection!

2019 | 83 minutes | Malay | Malaysia
Directed by: Emir Ezwan

Halaloween Horror Rating 4/5

Rating explanation: Suspenseful, female-centered folk horror film and psychological thriller set in a remote, isolated Malaysian rainforest area. Contains blood, gore, creepy ancient jinn, and multiple scenes involving creepy kids and violence against children. This film is recommended for adults and older teens only.

Religious content: This film invokes Quranic verses and Islamic theology on jinn.

Roh (Soul), is a 2019 Malaysian Malay-language independent folk horror film directed by Emir Ezwan in his directorial debut. Set in the past, a family living in a forest is visited by a strange little girl, who comes with a frightening prediction.
__________________

Halaloween is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center and cosponsored by the Middle Eastern Studies Department, the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, the African Studies Center, Department of Communication and Media, The Department of Film, Television, and Media, American Culture, the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, the Center for South Asian Studies, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, Arab and Muslim American Studies, Asian Languages and Cultures, the Center for Arab American Studies at UM-Dearborn, and Shudder.

Visit http://watch.eventive.org/halaloween for more details.

Love Horror Films? Shudder streams the best in new independent and international horror. Try Shudder free for 14 days with promo code HALALOWEEN2022 when you sign up at Shudder.com.

Want to hear about similar events from U-M Islamic Studies? Sign up for the GISC Newsletter (https://myumi.ch/nbW83)! We send out a monthly newsletter in collaboration with the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, and the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum.

Stay updated on our upcoming events by following our socials here:
Facebook: UmichGISC
https://www.facebook.com/UmichGISC/

Twitter: @umichgisc
https://twitter.com/umichGISC

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to islamicstudies@umich.edu.

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Film Screening Wed, 05 Oct 2022 11:12:36 -0400 2022-10-10T08:00:00-04:00 2022-10-10T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Film Screening Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival
Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival (October 11, 2022 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/99799 99799-21798705@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 11, 2022 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Welcome to Halaloween: A Muslim Film Festival 2022

What's Halaloween? Halaloween screens horror films from across the globe that were made by, for, or about Muslims with the hopes of understanding “What scares Muslim audiences? Are horror movies halal?”

This year’s 2022 festival will be both in person and online, screening one film a week during the month of October, and ending with an in-person screening at the State Theater, Friday, October 28, 2022, at 7:00 PM. Each online screening will be available to watch for a week, all screenings are free.

The 2022 Halaloween Lineup:

* October 6: Roh | 2019 | Malaysia
* October 13: Beddua: The Curse | 2018 | Turkey
* October 20: Satan’s Slaves | 2017 | Indonesia
* October 28: Saloum | 2021 | Senegal (this screening will be in person at the State Theater)

We'll wrap up the month of October with a live panel discussion on Muslim Horror, the use of Islam and the Quran, and how each region differs in its creation of horror films. Stay tuned for the 2022 lineup of films and an announcement on the Muslim Horror Panel discussion!
More info: watch.eventive.org/halaloween
__________________
THIS WEEK’S FEATURE
From Oct 6th to the 13th, stream the Malaysian horror film Roh on demand at watch.eventive.org/halaloween. Pre-order the film anytime, and check out the rest of the months Halaloween Horror selection!

2019 | 83 minutes | Malay | Malaysia
Directed by: Emir Ezwan

Halaloween Horror Rating 4/5

Rating explanation: Suspenseful, female-centered folk horror film and psychological thriller set in a remote, isolated Malaysian rainforest area. Contains blood, gore, creepy ancient jinn, and multiple scenes involving creepy kids and violence against children. This film is recommended for adults and older teens only.

Religious content: This film invokes Quranic verses and Islamic theology on jinn.

Roh (Soul), is a 2019 Malaysian Malay-language independent folk horror film directed by Emir Ezwan in his directorial debut. Set in the past, a family living in a forest is visited by a strange little girl, who comes with a frightening prediction.
__________________

Halaloween is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center and cosponsored by the Middle Eastern Studies Department, the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, the African Studies Center, Department of Communication and Media, The Department of Film, Television, and Media, American Culture, the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, the Center for South Asian Studies, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, Arab and Muslim American Studies, Asian Languages and Cultures, the Center for Arab American Studies at UM-Dearborn, and Shudder.

Visit http://watch.eventive.org/halaloween for more details.

Love Horror Films? Shudder streams the best in new independent and international horror. Try Shudder free for 14 days with promo code HALALOWEEN2022 when you sign up at Shudder.com.

Want to hear about similar events from U-M Islamic Studies? Sign up for the GISC Newsletter (https://myumi.ch/nbW83)! We send out a monthly newsletter in collaboration with the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, and the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum.

Stay updated on our upcoming events by following our socials here:
Facebook: UmichGISC
https://www.facebook.com/UmichGISC/

Twitter: @umichgisc
https://twitter.com/umichGISC

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to islamicstudies@umich.edu.

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Film Screening Wed, 05 Oct 2022 11:12:36 -0400 2022-10-11T08:00:00-04:00 2022-10-11T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Film Screening Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival
Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival (October 12, 2022 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/99799 99799-21798706@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 12, 2022 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Welcome to Halaloween: A Muslim Film Festival 2022

What's Halaloween? Halaloween screens horror films from across the globe that were made by, for, or about Muslims with the hopes of understanding “What scares Muslim audiences? Are horror movies halal?”

This year’s 2022 festival will be both in person and online, screening one film a week during the month of October, and ending with an in-person screening at the State Theater, Friday, October 28, 2022, at 7:00 PM. Each online screening will be available to watch for a week, all screenings are free.

The 2022 Halaloween Lineup:

* October 6: Roh | 2019 | Malaysia
* October 13: Beddua: The Curse | 2018 | Turkey
* October 20: Satan’s Slaves | 2017 | Indonesia
* October 28: Saloum | 2021 | Senegal (this screening will be in person at the State Theater)

We'll wrap up the month of October with a live panel discussion on Muslim Horror, the use of Islam and the Quran, and how each region differs in its creation of horror films. Stay tuned for the 2022 lineup of films and an announcement on the Muslim Horror Panel discussion!
More info: watch.eventive.org/halaloween
__________________
THIS WEEK’S FEATURE
From Oct 6th to the 13th, stream the Malaysian horror film Roh on demand at watch.eventive.org/halaloween. Pre-order the film anytime, and check out the rest of the months Halaloween Horror selection!

2019 | 83 minutes | Malay | Malaysia
Directed by: Emir Ezwan

Halaloween Horror Rating 4/5

Rating explanation: Suspenseful, female-centered folk horror film and psychological thriller set in a remote, isolated Malaysian rainforest area. Contains blood, gore, creepy ancient jinn, and multiple scenes involving creepy kids and violence against children. This film is recommended for adults and older teens only.

Religious content: This film invokes Quranic verses and Islamic theology on jinn.

Roh (Soul), is a 2019 Malaysian Malay-language independent folk horror film directed by Emir Ezwan in his directorial debut. Set in the past, a family living in a forest is visited by a strange little girl, who comes with a frightening prediction.
__________________

Halaloween is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center and cosponsored by the Middle Eastern Studies Department, the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, the African Studies Center, Department of Communication and Media, The Department of Film, Television, and Media, American Culture, the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, the Center for South Asian Studies, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, Arab and Muslim American Studies, Asian Languages and Cultures, the Center for Arab American Studies at UM-Dearborn, and Shudder.

Visit http://watch.eventive.org/halaloween for more details.

Love Horror Films? Shudder streams the best in new independent and international horror. Try Shudder free for 14 days with promo code HALALOWEEN2022 when you sign up at Shudder.com.

Want to hear about similar events from U-M Islamic Studies? Sign up for the GISC Newsletter (https://myumi.ch/nbW83)! We send out a monthly newsletter in collaboration with the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, and the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum.

Stay updated on our upcoming events by following our socials here:
Facebook: UmichGISC
https://www.facebook.com/UmichGISC/

Twitter: @umichgisc
https://twitter.com/umichGISC

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to islamicstudies@umich.edu.

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Film Screening Wed, 05 Oct 2022 11:12:36 -0400 2022-10-12T08:00:00-04:00 2022-10-12T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Film Screening Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival
Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival (October 13, 2022 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/99799 99799-21798707@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 13, 2022 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Welcome to Halaloween: A Muslim Film Festival 2022

What's Halaloween? Halaloween screens horror films from across the globe that were made by, for, or about Muslims with the hopes of understanding “What scares Muslim audiences? Are horror movies halal?”

This year’s 2022 festival will be both in person and online, screening one film a week during the month of October, and ending with an in-person screening at the State Theater, Friday, October 28, 2022, at 7:00 PM. Each online screening will be available to watch for a week, all screenings are free.

The 2022 Halaloween Lineup:

* October 6: Roh | 2019 | Malaysia
* October 13: Beddua: The Curse | 2018 | Turkey
* October 20: Satan’s Slaves | 2017 | Indonesia
* October 28: Saloum | 2021 | Senegal (this screening will be in person at the State Theater)

We'll wrap up the month of October with a live panel discussion on Muslim Horror, the use of Islam and the Quran, and how each region differs in its creation of horror films. Stay tuned for the 2022 lineup of films and an announcement on the Muslim Horror Panel discussion!
More info: watch.eventive.org/halaloween
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THIS WEEK’S FEATURE
From Oct 6th to the 13th, stream the Malaysian horror film Roh on demand at watch.eventive.org/halaloween. Pre-order the film anytime, and check out the rest of the months Halaloween Horror selection!

2019 | 83 minutes | Malay | Malaysia
Directed by: Emir Ezwan

Halaloween Horror Rating 4/5

Rating explanation: Suspenseful, female-centered folk horror film and psychological thriller set in a remote, isolated Malaysian rainforest area. Contains blood, gore, creepy ancient jinn, and multiple scenes involving creepy kids and violence against children. This film is recommended for adults and older teens only.

Religious content: This film invokes Quranic verses and Islamic theology on jinn.

Roh (Soul), is a 2019 Malaysian Malay-language independent folk horror film directed by Emir Ezwan in his directorial debut. Set in the past, a family living in a forest is visited by a strange little girl, who comes with a frightening prediction.
__________________

Halaloween is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center and cosponsored by the Middle Eastern Studies Department, the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, the African Studies Center, Department of Communication and Media, The Department of Film, Television, and Media, American Culture, the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, the Center for South Asian Studies, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, Arab and Muslim American Studies, Asian Languages and Cultures, the Center for Arab American Studies at UM-Dearborn, and Shudder.

Visit http://watch.eventive.org/halaloween for more details.

Love Horror Films? Shudder streams the best in new independent and international horror. Try Shudder free for 14 days with promo code HALALOWEEN2022 when you sign up at Shudder.com.

Want to hear about similar events from U-M Islamic Studies? Sign up for the GISC Newsletter (https://myumi.ch/nbW83)! We send out a monthly newsletter in collaboration with the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, and the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum.

Stay updated on our upcoming events by following our socials here:
Facebook: UmichGISC
https://www.facebook.com/UmichGISC/

Twitter: @umichgisc
https://twitter.com/umichGISC

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to islamicstudies@umich.edu.

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Film Screening Wed, 05 Oct 2022 11:12:36 -0400 2022-10-13T08:00:00-04:00 2022-10-13T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Film Screening Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival
Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival (October 13, 2022 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/99800 99800-21798708@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 13, 2022 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Welcome to Halaloween: A Muslim Film Festival 2022

What's Halaloween? Halaloween screens horror films from across the globe that were made by, for, or about Muslims with the hopes of understanding “What scares Muslim audiences? Are horror movies halal?”

This year’s 2022 festival will be both in person and online, screening one film a week during the month of October, and ending with an in-person screening at the State Theater, Friday, October 28, 2022, at 7:00 PM. Each online screening will be available to watch for a week, all screenings are free.

The 2022 Halaloween Lineup:

* October 6: Roh | 2019 | Malaysia
* October 13: Beddua: The Curse | 2018 | Turkey
* October 20: Satan’s Slaves | 2017 | Indonesia
* October 28: Saloum | 2021 | Senegal (this screening will be in person at the State Theater)

We'll wrap up the month of October with a live panel discussion on Muslim Horror, the use of Islam and the Quran, and how each region differs in its creation of horror films. Stay tuned for the 2022 lineup of films and an announcement on the Muslim Horror Panel discussion!
More info: watch.eventive.org/halaloween
__________________
THIS WEEK’S FEATURE
From Oct 13th to the 20th, stream the Turkish horror film Beddua: The Curse | Üç Harfliler: Beddua on demand at watch.eventive.org/halaloween. Pre-order the film anytime, and check out the rest of the months Halaloween Horror selection!

2018 | 90 minutes | Turkish | Turkey
Directed by: Alper Mestçi

Halaloween Horror Rating 2/5
Rating explanation: Female-centered folk horror and psychological thriller. Contains violence, bullying, misogyny, body horror, and witches.
Religious content: This film invokes Turkish cultural and gender mores on marriage, relationships, and women that intersect with Islam.

Melek, Burcu, Eda and Ayla are four high school friends. Even though years have passed since their graduation, they are still friends. Their lives will change completely after they meet a shaman woman named Havel, and their lives dramatically change.
__________________

Halaloween is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center and cosponsored by the Middle Eastern Studies Department, the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, the African Studies Center, Department of Communication and Media, The Department of Film, Television, and Media, American Culture, the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, the Center for South Asian Studies, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, Arab and Muslim American Studies, Asian Languages and Cultures, the Center for Arab American Studies at UM-Dearborn, and Shudder.

Visit http://watch.eventive.org/halaloween for more details.


Love Horror Films? Shudder streams the best in new independent and international horror. Try Shudder free for 14 days with promo code HALALOWEEN2022 when you sign up at Shudder.com.

Want to hear about similar events from U-M Islamic Studies? Sign up for the GISC Newsletter (https://myumi.ch/nbW83)! We send out a monthly newsletter in collaboration with the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, and the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum.

Stay updated on our upcoming events by following our socials here:

Facebook: UmichGISC
https://www.facebook.com/UmichGISC/

Twitter: @umichgisc
https://twitter.com/umichGISC

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to islamicstudies@umich.edu.

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Film Screening Tue, 04 Oct 2022 10:17:39 -0400 2022-10-13T08:00:00-04:00 2022-10-13T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Film Screening Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival
IISS Lecture Series. *Far from Mecca: Globalizing the Muslim Caribbean* (October 13, 2022 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/100129 100129-21799245@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 13, 2022 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Aliyah Khan's book on Islam in the Caribbean, *Far from Mecca: Globalizing the Muslim Caribbean* (Rutgers University Press 2020), is the first scholarly monograph focusing on the literature and culture of enslaved African Muslims and indentured South Asian Indian Muslims in the Americas. Professor Khan’s work appears in publications including *GLQ*, the *Caribbean Review of Gender Studies,* *Caribbean Quarterly,* the *Journal of West Indian Literature*, *Pree: Caribbean Writing,* and *Guernica*. Her interviews on the Caribbean and U.S. Islam, and on Muslim films, art, literature, and music have appeared on and in *National Public Radio,* the *Washington Post*, *Religion News*, American Muslim Today, The Polis Project, the Black Agenda Report, *Sapelo Square*, and Chicago’s *Radio Islam*, among other venues.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 12 Oct 2022 14:01:30 -0400 2022-10-13T16:00:00-04:00 2022-10-13T17:15:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Global Islamic Studies Center Lecture / Discussion IISS Lecture Series. *Far from Mecca: Globalizing the Muslim Caribbean*
Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival (October 14, 2022 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/99800 99800-21798709@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 14, 2022 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Welcome to Halaloween: A Muslim Film Festival 2022

What's Halaloween? Halaloween screens horror films from across the globe that were made by, for, or about Muslims with the hopes of understanding “What scares Muslim audiences? Are horror movies halal?”

This year’s 2022 festival will be both in person and online, screening one film a week during the month of October, and ending with an in-person screening at the State Theater, Friday, October 28, 2022, at 7:00 PM. Each online screening will be available to watch for a week, all screenings are free.

The 2022 Halaloween Lineup:

* October 6: Roh | 2019 | Malaysia
* October 13: Beddua: The Curse | 2018 | Turkey
* October 20: Satan’s Slaves | 2017 | Indonesia
* October 28: Saloum | 2021 | Senegal (this screening will be in person at the State Theater)

We'll wrap up the month of October with a live panel discussion on Muslim Horror, the use of Islam and the Quran, and how each region differs in its creation of horror films. Stay tuned for the 2022 lineup of films and an announcement on the Muslim Horror Panel discussion!
More info: watch.eventive.org/halaloween
__________________
THIS WEEK’S FEATURE
From Oct 13th to the 20th, stream the Turkish horror film Beddua: The Curse | Üç Harfliler: Beddua on demand at watch.eventive.org/halaloween. Pre-order the film anytime, and check out the rest of the months Halaloween Horror selection!

2018 | 90 minutes | Turkish | Turkey
Directed by: Alper Mestçi

Halaloween Horror Rating 2/5
Rating explanation: Female-centered folk horror and psychological thriller. Contains violence, bullying, misogyny, body horror, and witches.
Religious content: This film invokes Turkish cultural and gender mores on marriage, relationships, and women that intersect with Islam.

Melek, Burcu, Eda and Ayla are four high school friends. Even though years have passed since their graduation, they are still friends. Their lives will change completely after they meet a shaman woman named Havel, and their lives dramatically change.
__________________

Halaloween is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center and cosponsored by the Middle Eastern Studies Department, the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, the African Studies Center, Department of Communication and Media, The Department of Film, Television, and Media, American Culture, the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, the Center for South Asian Studies, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, Arab and Muslim American Studies, Asian Languages and Cultures, the Center for Arab American Studies at UM-Dearborn, and Shudder.

Visit http://watch.eventive.org/halaloween for more details.


Love Horror Films? Shudder streams the best in new independent and international horror. Try Shudder free for 14 days with promo code HALALOWEEN2022 when you sign up at Shudder.com.

Want to hear about similar events from U-M Islamic Studies? Sign up for the GISC Newsletter (https://myumi.ch/nbW83)! We send out a monthly newsletter in collaboration with the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, and the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum.

Stay updated on our upcoming events by following our socials here:

Facebook: UmichGISC
https://www.facebook.com/UmichGISC/

Twitter: @umichgisc
https://twitter.com/umichGISC

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to islamicstudies@umich.edu.

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Film Screening Tue, 04 Oct 2022 10:17:39 -0400 2022-10-14T08:00:00-04:00 2022-10-14T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Film Screening Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival
Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival (October 15, 2022 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/99800 99800-21798710@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 15, 2022 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Welcome to Halaloween: A Muslim Film Festival 2022

What's Halaloween? Halaloween screens horror films from across the globe that were made by, for, or about Muslims with the hopes of understanding “What scares Muslim audiences? Are horror movies halal?”

This year’s 2022 festival will be both in person and online, screening one film a week during the month of October, and ending with an in-person screening at the State Theater, Friday, October 28, 2022, at 7:00 PM. Each online screening will be available to watch for a week, all screenings are free.

The 2022 Halaloween Lineup:

* October 6: Roh | 2019 | Malaysia
* October 13: Beddua: The Curse | 2018 | Turkey
* October 20: Satan’s Slaves | 2017 | Indonesia
* October 28: Saloum | 2021 | Senegal (this screening will be in person at the State Theater)

We'll wrap up the month of October with a live panel discussion on Muslim Horror, the use of Islam and the Quran, and how each region differs in its creation of horror films. Stay tuned for the 2022 lineup of films and an announcement on the Muslim Horror Panel discussion!
More info: watch.eventive.org/halaloween
__________________
THIS WEEK’S FEATURE
From Oct 13th to the 20th, stream the Turkish horror film Beddua: The Curse | Üç Harfliler: Beddua on demand at watch.eventive.org/halaloween. Pre-order the film anytime, and check out the rest of the months Halaloween Horror selection!

2018 | 90 minutes | Turkish | Turkey
Directed by: Alper Mestçi

Halaloween Horror Rating 2/5
Rating explanation: Female-centered folk horror and psychological thriller. Contains violence, bullying, misogyny, body horror, and witches.
Religious content: This film invokes Turkish cultural and gender mores on marriage, relationships, and women that intersect with Islam.

Melek, Burcu, Eda and Ayla are four high school friends. Even though years have passed since their graduation, they are still friends. Their lives will change completely after they meet a shaman woman named Havel, and their lives dramatically change.
__________________

Halaloween is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center and cosponsored by the Middle Eastern Studies Department, the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, the African Studies Center, Department of Communication and Media, The Department of Film, Television, and Media, American Culture, the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, the Center for South Asian Studies, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, Arab and Muslim American Studies, Asian Languages and Cultures, the Center for Arab American Studies at UM-Dearborn, and Shudder.

Visit http://watch.eventive.org/halaloween for more details.


Love Horror Films? Shudder streams the best in new independent and international horror. Try Shudder free for 14 days with promo code HALALOWEEN2022 when you sign up at Shudder.com.

Want to hear about similar events from U-M Islamic Studies? Sign up for the GISC Newsletter (https://myumi.ch/nbW83)! We send out a monthly newsletter in collaboration with the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, and the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum.

Stay updated on our upcoming events by following our socials here:

Facebook: UmichGISC
https://www.facebook.com/UmichGISC/

Twitter: @umichgisc
https://twitter.com/umichGISC

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to islamicstudies@umich.edu.

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Film Screening Tue, 04 Oct 2022 10:17:39 -0400 2022-10-15T08:00:00-04:00 2022-10-15T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Film Screening Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival
Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival (October 16, 2022 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/99800 99800-21798711@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 16, 2022 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Welcome to Halaloween: A Muslim Film Festival 2022

What's Halaloween? Halaloween screens horror films from across the globe that were made by, for, or about Muslims with the hopes of understanding “What scares Muslim audiences? Are horror movies halal?”

This year’s 2022 festival will be both in person and online, screening one film a week during the month of October, and ending with an in-person screening at the State Theater, Friday, October 28, 2022, at 7:00 PM. Each online screening will be available to watch for a week, all screenings are free.

The 2022 Halaloween Lineup:

* October 6: Roh | 2019 | Malaysia
* October 13: Beddua: The Curse | 2018 | Turkey
* October 20: Satan’s Slaves | 2017 | Indonesia
* October 28: Saloum | 2021 | Senegal (this screening will be in person at the State Theater)

We'll wrap up the month of October with a live panel discussion on Muslim Horror, the use of Islam and the Quran, and how each region differs in its creation of horror films. Stay tuned for the 2022 lineup of films and an announcement on the Muslim Horror Panel discussion!
More info: watch.eventive.org/halaloween
__________________
THIS WEEK’S FEATURE
From Oct 13th to the 20th, stream the Turkish horror film Beddua: The Curse | Üç Harfliler: Beddua on demand at watch.eventive.org/halaloween. Pre-order the film anytime, and check out the rest of the months Halaloween Horror selection!

2018 | 90 minutes | Turkish | Turkey
Directed by: Alper Mestçi

Halaloween Horror Rating 2/5
Rating explanation: Female-centered folk horror and psychological thriller. Contains violence, bullying, misogyny, body horror, and witches.
Religious content: This film invokes Turkish cultural and gender mores on marriage, relationships, and women that intersect with Islam.

Melek, Burcu, Eda and Ayla are four high school friends. Even though years have passed since their graduation, they are still friends. Their lives will change completely after they meet a shaman woman named Havel, and their lives dramatically change.
__________________

Halaloween is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center and cosponsored by the Middle Eastern Studies Department, the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, the African Studies Center, Department of Communication and Media, The Department of Film, Television, and Media, American Culture, the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, the Center for South Asian Studies, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, Arab and Muslim American Studies, Asian Languages and Cultures, the Center for Arab American Studies at UM-Dearborn, and Shudder.

Visit http://watch.eventive.org/halaloween for more details.


Love Horror Films? Shudder streams the best in new independent and international horror. Try Shudder free for 14 days with promo code HALALOWEEN2022 when you sign up at Shudder.com.

Want to hear about similar events from U-M Islamic Studies? Sign up for the GISC Newsletter (https://myumi.ch/nbW83)! We send out a monthly newsletter in collaboration with the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, and the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum.

Stay updated on our upcoming events by following our socials here:

Facebook: UmichGISC
https://www.facebook.com/UmichGISC/

Twitter: @umichgisc
https://twitter.com/umichGISC

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to islamicstudies@umich.edu.

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Film Screening Tue, 04 Oct 2022 10:17:39 -0400 2022-10-16T08:00:00-04:00 2022-10-16T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Film Screening Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival
Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival (October 17, 2022 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/99800 99800-21798712@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 17, 2022 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Welcome to Halaloween: A Muslim Film Festival 2022

What's Halaloween? Halaloween screens horror films from across the globe that were made by, for, or about Muslims with the hopes of understanding “What scares Muslim audiences? Are horror movies halal?”

This year’s 2022 festival will be both in person and online, screening one film a week during the month of October, and ending with an in-person screening at the State Theater, Friday, October 28, 2022, at 7:00 PM. Each online screening will be available to watch for a week, all screenings are free.

The 2022 Halaloween Lineup:

* October 6: Roh | 2019 | Malaysia
* October 13: Beddua: The Curse | 2018 | Turkey
* October 20: Satan’s Slaves | 2017 | Indonesia
* October 28: Saloum | 2021 | Senegal (this screening will be in person at the State Theater)

We'll wrap up the month of October with a live panel discussion on Muslim Horror, the use of Islam and the Quran, and how each region differs in its creation of horror films. Stay tuned for the 2022 lineup of films and an announcement on the Muslim Horror Panel discussion!
More info: watch.eventive.org/halaloween
__________________
THIS WEEK’S FEATURE
From Oct 13th to the 20th, stream the Turkish horror film Beddua: The Curse | Üç Harfliler: Beddua on demand at watch.eventive.org/halaloween. Pre-order the film anytime, and check out the rest of the months Halaloween Horror selection!

2018 | 90 minutes | Turkish | Turkey
Directed by: Alper Mestçi

Halaloween Horror Rating 2/5
Rating explanation: Female-centered folk horror and psychological thriller. Contains violence, bullying, misogyny, body horror, and witches.
Religious content: This film invokes Turkish cultural and gender mores on marriage, relationships, and women that intersect with Islam.

Melek, Burcu, Eda and Ayla are four high school friends. Even though years have passed since their graduation, they are still friends. Their lives will change completely after they meet a shaman woman named Havel, and their lives dramatically change.
__________________

Halaloween is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center and cosponsored by the Middle Eastern Studies Department, the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, the African Studies Center, Department of Communication and Media, The Department of Film, Television, and Media, American Culture, the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, the Center for South Asian Studies, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, Arab and Muslim American Studies, Asian Languages and Cultures, the Center for Arab American Studies at UM-Dearborn, and Shudder.

Visit http://watch.eventive.org/halaloween for more details.


Love Horror Films? Shudder streams the best in new independent and international horror. Try Shudder free for 14 days with promo code HALALOWEEN2022 when you sign up at Shudder.com.

Want to hear about similar events from U-M Islamic Studies? Sign up for the GISC Newsletter (https://myumi.ch/nbW83)! We send out a monthly newsletter in collaboration with the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, and the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum.

Stay updated on our upcoming events by following our socials here:

Facebook: UmichGISC
https://www.facebook.com/UmichGISC/

Twitter: @umichgisc
https://twitter.com/umichGISC

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to islamicstudies@umich.edu.

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Film Screening Tue, 04 Oct 2022 10:17:39 -0400 2022-10-17T08:00:00-04:00 2022-10-17T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Film Screening Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival
Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival (October 18, 2022 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/99800 99800-21798713@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 18, 2022 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Welcome to Halaloween: A Muslim Film Festival 2022

What's Halaloween? Halaloween screens horror films from across the globe that were made by, for, or about Muslims with the hopes of understanding “What scares Muslim audiences? Are horror movies halal?”

This year’s 2022 festival will be both in person and online, screening one film a week during the month of October, and ending with an in-person screening at the State Theater, Friday, October 28, 2022, at 7:00 PM. Each online screening will be available to watch for a week, all screenings are free.

The 2022 Halaloween Lineup:

* October 6: Roh | 2019 | Malaysia
* October 13: Beddua: The Curse | 2018 | Turkey
* October 20: Satan’s Slaves | 2017 | Indonesia
* October 28: Saloum | 2021 | Senegal (this screening will be in person at the State Theater)

We'll wrap up the month of October with a live panel discussion on Muslim Horror, the use of Islam and the Quran, and how each region differs in its creation of horror films. Stay tuned for the 2022 lineup of films and an announcement on the Muslim Horror Panel discussion!
More info: watch.eventive.org/halaloween
__________________
THIS WEEK’S FEATURE
From Oct 13th to the 20th, stream the Turkish horror film Beddua: The Curse | Üç Harfliler: Beddua on demand at watch.eventive.org/halaloween. Pre-order the film anytime, and check out the rest of the months Halaloween Horror selection!

2018 | 90 minutes | Turkish | Turkey
Directed by: Alper Mestçi

Halaloween Horror Rating 2/5
Rating explanation: Female-centered folk horror and psychological thriller. Contains violence, bullying, misogyny, body horror, and witches.
Religious content: This film invokes Turkish cultural and gender mores on marriage, relationships, and women that intersect with Islam.

Melek, Burcu, Eda and Ayla are four high school friends. Even though years have passed since their graduation, they are still friends. Their lives will change completely after they meet a shaman woman named Havel, and their lives dramatically change.
__________________

Halaloween is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center and cosponsored by the Middle Eastern Studies Department, the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, the African Studies Center, Department of Communication and Media, The Department of Film, Television, and Media, American Culture, the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, the Center for South Asian Studies, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, Arab and Muslim American Studies, Asian Languages and Cultures, the Center for Arab American Studies at UM-Dearborn, and Shudder.

Visit http://watch.eventive.org/halaloween for more details.


Love Horror Films? Shudder streams the best in new independent and international horror. Try Shudder free for 14 days with promo code HALALOWEEN2022 when you sign up at Shudder.com.

Want to hear about similar events from U-M Islamic Studies? Sign up for the GISC Newsletter (https://myumi.ch/nbW83)! We send out a monthly newsletter in collaboration with the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, and the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum.

Stay updated on our upcoming events by following our socials here:

Facebook: UmichGISC
https://www.facebook.com/UmichGISC/

Twitter: @umichgisc
https://twitter.com/umichGISC

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to islamicstudies@umich.edu.

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Film Screening Tue, 04 Oct 2022 10:17:39 -0400 2022-10-18T08:00:00-04:00 2022-10-18T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Film Screening Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival
Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival (October 19, 2022 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/99800 99800-21798714@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 19, 2022 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Welcome to Halaloween: A Muslim Film Festival 2022

What's Halaloween? Halaloween screens horror films from across the globe that were made by, for, or about Muslims with the hopes of understanding “What scares Muslim audiences? Are horror movies halal?”

This year’s 2022 festival will be both in person and online, screening one film a week during the month of October, and ending with an in-person screening at the State Theater, Friday, October 28, 2022, at 7:00 PM. Each online screening will be available to watch for a week, all screenings are free.

The 2022 Halaloween Lineup:

* October 6: Roh | 2019 | Malaysia
* October 13: Beddua: The Curse | 2018 | Turkey
* October 20: Satan’s Slaves | 2017 | Indonesia
* October 28: Saloum | 2021 | Senegal (this screening will be in person at the State Theater)

We'll wrap up the month of October with a live panel discussion on Muslim Horror, the use of Islam and the Quran, and how each region differs in its creation of horror films. Stay tuned for the 2022 lineup of films and an announcement on the Muslim Horror Panel discussion!
More info: watch.eventive.org/halaloween
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THIS WEEK’S FEATURE
From Oct 13th to the 20th, stream the Turkish horror film Beddua: The Curse | Üç Harfliler: Beddua on demand at watch.eventive.org/halaloween. Pre-order the film anytime, and check out the rest of the months Halaloween Horror selection!

2018 | 90 minutes | Turkish | Turkey
Directed by: Alper Mestçi

Halaloween Horror Rating 2/5
Rating explanation: Female-centered folk horror and psychological thriller. Contains violence, bullying, misogyny, body horror, and witches.
Religious content: This film invokes Turkish cultural and gender mores on marriage, relationships, and women that intersect with Islam.

Melek, Burcu, Eda and Ayla are four high school friends. Even though years have passed since their graduation, they are still friends. Their lives will change completely after they meet a shaman woman named Havel, and their lives dramatically change.
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Halaloween is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center and cosponsored by the Middle Eastern Studies Department, the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, the African Studies Center, Department of Communication and Media, The Department of Film, Television, and Media, American Culture, the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, the Center for South Asian Studies, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, Arab and Muslim American Studies, Asian Languages and Cultures, the Center for Arab American Studies at UM-Dearborn, and Shudder.

Visit http://watch.eventive.org/halaloween for more details.


Love Horror Films? Shudder streams the best in new independent and international horror. Try Shudder free for 14 days with promo code HALALOWEEN2022 when you sign up at Shudder.com.

Want to hear about similar events from U-M Islamic Studies? Sign up for the GISC Newsletter (https://myumi.ch/nbW83)! We send out a monthly newsletter in collaboration with the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, and the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum.

Stay updated on our upcoming events by following our socials here:

Facebook: UmichGISC
https://www.facebook.com/UmichGISC/

Twitter: @umichgisc
https://twitter.com/umichGISC

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to islamicstudies@umich.edu.

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Film Screening Tue, 04 Oct 2022 10:17:39 -0400 2022-10-19T08:00:00-04:00 2022-10-19T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Film Screening Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival
ELIJAH MUHAMMAD AND SUPREME LITERACY (October 19, 2022 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/99874 99874-21798818@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 19, 2022 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Arab and Muslim American Studies (AMAS)

Elijah Muhammad and Supreme Literacy situates the Nation of Islam
leader within academic discourse by exploring his teachings on "Knowledge of Self" as a definition of literacy in its broadest applications.

Dr. Muhammad is a teacher, lecturer and columnist whose research interests include urban and cultural literacies.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Oct 2022 14:36:55 -0400 2022-10-19T16:00:00-04:00 2022-10-19T17:30:00-04:00 Haven Hall Arab and Muslim American Studies (AMAS) Lecture / Discussion Event Poster
Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival (October 20, 2022 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/99800 99800-21798715@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 20, 2022 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Welcome to Halaloween: A Muslim Film Festival 2022

What's Halaloween? Halaloween screens horror films from across the globe that were made by, for, or about Muslims with the hopes of understanding “What scares Muslim audiences? Are horror movies halal?”

This year’s 2022 festival will be both in person and online, screening one film a week during the month of October, and ending with an in-person screening at the State Theater, Friday, October 28, 2022, at 7:00 PM. Each online screening will be available to watch for a week, all screenings are free.

The 2022 Halaloween Lineup:

* October 6: Roh | 2019 | Malaysia
* October 13: Beddua: The Curse | 2018 | Turkey
* October 20: Satan’s Slaves | 2017 | Indonesia
* October 28: Saloum | 2021 | Senegal (this screening will be in person at the State Theater)

We'll wrap up the month of October with a live panel discussion on Muslim Horror, the use of Islam and the Quran, and how each region differs in its creation of horror films. Stay tuned for the 2022 lineup of films and an announcement on the Muslim Horror Panel discussion!
More info: watch.eventive.org/halaloween
__________________
THIS WEEK’S FEATURE
From Oct 13th to the 20th, stream the Turkish horror film Beddua: The Curse | Üç Harfliler: Beddua on demand at watch.eventive.org/halaloween. Pre-order the film anytime, and check out the rest of the months Halaloween Horror selection!

2018 | 90 minutes | Turkish | Turkey
Directed by: Alper Mestçi

Halaloween Horror Rating 2/5
Rating explanation: Female-centered folk horror and psychological thriller. Contains violence, bullying, misogyny, body horror, and witches.
Religious content: This film invokes Turkish cultural and gender mores on marriage, relationships, and women that intersect with Islam.

Melek, Burcu, Eda and Ayla are four high school friends. Even though years have passed since their graduation, they are still friends. Their lives will change completely after they meet a shaman woman named Havel, and their lives dramatically change.
__________________

Halaloween is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center and cosponsored by the Middle Eastern Studies Department, the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, the African Studies Center, Department of Communication and Media, The Department of Film, Television, and Media, American Culture, the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, the Center for South Asian Studies, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, Arab and Muslim American Studies, Asian Languages and Cultures, the Center for Arab American Studies at UM-Dearborn, and Shudder.

Visit http://watch.eventive.org/halaloween for more details.


Love Horror Films? Shudder streams the best in new independent and international horror. Try Shudder free for 14 days with promo code HALALOWEEN2022 when you sign up at Shudder.com.

Want to hear about similar events from U-M Islamic Studies? Sign up for the GISC Newsletter (https://myumi.ch/nbW83)! We send out a monthly newsletter in collaboration with the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, and the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum.

Stay updated on our upcoming events by following our socials here:

Facebook: UmichGISC
https://www.facebook.com/UmichGISC/

Twitter: @umichgisc
https://twitter.com/umichGISC

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to islamicstudies@umich.edu.

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Film Screening Tue, 04 Oct 2022 10:17:39 -0400 2022-10-20T08:00:00-04:00 2022-10-20T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Film Screening Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival
Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival (October 20, 2022 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/99801 99801-21798716@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 20, 2022 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Welcome to Halaloween: A Muslim Film Festival 2022

What's Halaloween? Halaloween screens horror films from across the globe that were made by, for, or about Muslims with the hopes of understanding “What scares Muslim audiences? Are horror movies halal?”

This year’s 2022 festival will be both in person and online, screening one film a week during the month of October, and ending with an in-person screening at the State Theater, Friday, October 28, 2022, at 7:00 PM. Each online screening will be available to watch for a week, all screenings are free.

The 2022 Halaloween Lineup:

* October 6: Roh | 2019 | Malaysia
* October 13: Beddua: The Curse | 2018 | Turkey
* October 20: Satan’s Slaves | 2017 | Indonesia
* October 28: Saloum | 2021 | Senegal ***
*** this screening will be in person at the State Theater.

We'll wrap up the month of October with a live panel discussion on Muslim Horror, the use of Islam and the Quran, and how each region differs in its creation of horror films. Stay tuned for the 2022 lineup of films and an announcement on the Muslim Horror Panel discussion!
More info: watch.eventive.org/halaloween
__________________
THIS WEEK’S FEATURE
From Oct 20th to the 27th, stream the Indonesian horror film Satan’s Slaves on demand at http://watch.eventive.org/halaloween. Pre-order the film anytime, and check out the rest of the months Halaloween Horror selection!

2017 | 107 minutes | Indonesian | Indonesia
Directed by: Joko Anwar

Halaloween Horror Rating 4/5
Rating explanation: Gothic and folk horror film directed by master of horror Joko Anwar. Contains jump scares, creepy kids, blood and gore, hauntings, illness, death, and cults.
Religious content: Most characters are Muslim Indonesians, and the film includes prayer and the ethics of Muslim religious leaders.

Satan's Slaves (Indonesian: Pengabdi Setan) is a 2017 Indonesian gothic horror film written and directed by Joko Anwar. The film follows a poor family who is haunted by their mother who recently died after suffering from a debilitating illness.
__________________

Halaloween is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center and cosponsored by the Middle Eastern Studies Department, the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, the African Studies Center, Department of Communication and Media, The Department of Film, Television, and Media, American Culture, the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, the Center for South Asian Studies, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, Arab and Muslim American Studies, Asian Languages and Cultures, the Center for Arab American Studies at UM-Dearborn, and Shudder.

Visit http://watch.eventive.org/halaloween for more details.


Love Horror Films? Shudder streams the best in new independent and international horror. Try Shudder free for 14 days with promo code HALALOWEEN2022 when you sign up at Shudder.com.

Want to hear about similar events from U-M Islamic Studies? Sign up for the GISC Newsletter (https://myumi.ch/nbW83)! We send out a monthly newsletter in collaboration with the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, and the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum.

Stay updated on our upcoming events by following our socials here:

Facebook: UmichGISC
https://www.facebook.com/UmichGISC/

Twitter: @umichgisc
https://twitter.com/umichGISC

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to islamicstudies@umich.edu.

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Film Screening Wed, 12 Oct 2022 09:30:26 -0400 2022-10-20T08:00:00-04:00 2022-10-20T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Film Screening Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival
Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival (October 21, 2022 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/99801 99801-21798717@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 21, 2022 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Welcome to Halaloween: A Muslim Film Festival 2022

What's Halaloween? Halaloween screens horror films from across the globe that were made by, for, or about Muslims with the hopes of understanding “What scares Muslim audiences? Are horror movies halal?”

This year’s 2022 festival will be both in person and online, screening one film a week during the month of October, and ending with an in-person screening at the State Theater, Friday, October 28, 2022, at 7:00 PM. Each online screening will be available to watch for a week, all screenings are free.

The 2022 Halaloween Lineup:

* October 6: Roh | 2019 | Malaysia
* October 13: Beddua: The Curse | 2018 | Turkey
* October 20: Satan’s Slaves | 2017 | Indonesia
* October 28: Saloum | 2021 | Senegal ***
*** this screening will be in person at the State Theater.

We'll wrap up the month of October with a live panel discussion on Muslim Horror, the use of Islam and the Quran, and how each region differs in its creation of horror films. Stay tuned for the 2022 lineup of films and an announcement on the Muslim Horror Panel discussion!
More info: watch.eventive.org/halaloween
__________________
THIS WEEK’S FEATURE
From Oct 20th to the 27th, stream the Indonesian horror film Satan’s Slaves on demand at http://watch.eventive.org/halaloween. Pre-order the film anytime, and check out the rest of the months Halaloween Horror selection!

2017 | 107 minutes | Indonesian | Indonesia
Directed by: Joko Anwar

Halaloween Horror Rating 4/5
Rating explanation: Gothic and folk horror film directed by master of horror Joko Anwar. Contains jump scares, creepy kids, blood and gore, hauntings, illness, death, and cults.
Religious content: Most characters are Muslim Indonesians, and the film includes prayer and the ethics of Muslim religious leaders.

Satan's Slaves (Indonesian: Pengabdi Setan) is a 2017 Indonesian gothic horror film written and directed by Joko Anwar. The film follows a poor family who is haunted by their mother who recently died after suffering from a debilitating illness.
__________________

Halaloween is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center and cosponsored by the Middle Eastern Studies Department, the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, the African Studies Center, Department of Communication and Media, The Department of Film, Television, and Media, American Culture, the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, the Center for South Asian Studies, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, Arab and Muslim American Studies, Asian Languages and Cultures, the Center for Arab American Studies at UM-Dearborn, and Shudder.

Visit http://watch.eventive.org/halaloween for more details.


Love Horror Films? Shudder streams the best in new independent and international horror. Try Shudder free for 14 days with promo code HALALOWEEN2022 when you sign up at Shudder.com.

Want to hear about similar events from U-M Islamic Studies? Sign up for the GISC Newsletter (https://myumi.ch/nbW83)! We send out a monthly newsletter in collaboration with the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, and the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum.

Stay updated on our upcoming events by following our socials here:

Facebook: UmichGISC
https://www.facebook.com/UmichGISC/

Twitter: @umichgisc
https://twitter.com/umichGISC

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to islamicstudies@umich.edu.

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Film Screening Wed, 12 Oct 2022 09:30:26 -0400 2022-10-21T08:00:00-04:00 2022-10-21T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Film Screening Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival
Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival (October 22, 2022 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/99801 99801-21798718@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 22, 2022 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Welcome to Halaloween: A Muslim Film Festival 2022

What's Halaloween? Halaloween screens horror films from across the globe that were made by, for, or about Muslims with the hopes of understanding “What scares Muslim audiences? Are horror movies halal?”

This year’s 2022 festival will be both in person and online, screening one film a week during the month of October, and ending with an in-person screening at the State Theater, Friday, October 28, 2022, at 7:00 PM. Each online screening will be available to watch for a week, all screenings are free.

The 2022 Halaloween Lineup:

* October 6: Roh | 2019 | Malaysia
* October 13: Beddua: The Curse | 2018 | Turkey
* October 20: Satan’s Slaves | 2017 | Indonesia
* October 28: Saloum | 2021 | Senegal ***
*** this screening will be in person at the State Theater.

We'll wrap up the month of October with a live panel discussion on Muslim Horror, the use of Islam and the Quran, and how each region differs in its creation of horror films. Stay tuned for the 2022 lineup of films and an announcement on the Muslim Horror Panel discussion!
More info: watch.eventive.org/halaloween
__________________
THIS WEEK’S FEATURE
From Oct 20th to the 27th, stream the Indonesian horror film Satan’s Slaves on demand at http://watch.eventive.org/halaloween. Pre-order the film anytime, and check out the rest of the months Halaloween Horror selection!

2017 | 107 minutes | Indonesian | Indonesia
Directed by: Joko Anwar

Halaloween Horror Rating 4/5
Rating explanation: Gothic and folk horror film directed by master of horror Joko Anwar. Contains jump scares, creepy kids, blood and gore, hauntings, illness, death, and cults.
Religious content: Most characters are Muslim Indonesians, and the film includes prayer and the ethics of Muslim religious leaders.

Satan's Slaves (Indonesian: Pengabdi Setan) is a 2017 Indonesian gothic horror film written and directed by Joko Anwar. The film follows a poor family who is haunted by their mother who recently died after suffering from a debilitating illness.
__________________

Halaloween is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center and cosponsored by the Middle Eastern Studies Department, the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, the African Studies Center, Department of Communication and Media, The Department of Film, Television, and Media, American Culture, the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, the Center for South Asian Studies, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, Arab and Muslim American Studies, Asian Languages and Cultures, the Center for Arab American Studies at UM-Dearborn, and Shudder.

Visit http://watch.eventive.org/halaloween for more details.


Love Horror Films? Shudder streams the best in new independent and international horror. Try Shudder free for 14 days with promo code HALALOWEEN2022 when you sign up at Shudder.com.

Want to hear about similar events from U-M Islamic Studies? Sign up for the GISC Newsletter (https://myumi.ch/nbW83)! We send out a monthly newsletter in collaboration with the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, and the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum.

Stay updated on our upcoming events by following our socials here:

Facebook: UmichGISC
https://www.facebook.com/UmichGISC/

Twitter: @umichgisc
https://twitter.com/umichGISC

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to islamicstudies@umich.edu.

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Film Screening Wed, 12 Oct 2022 09:30:26 -0400 2022-10-22T08:00:00-04:00 2022-10-22T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Film Screening Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival
Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival (October 23, 2022 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/99801 99801-21798719@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 23, 2022 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Welcome to Halaloween: A Muslim Film Festival 2022

What's Halaloween? Halaloween screens horror films from across the globe that were made by, for, or about Muslims with the hopes of understanding “What scares Muslim audiences? Are horror movies halal?”

This year’s 2022 festival will be both in person and online, screening one film a week during the month of October, and ending with an in-person screening at the State Theater, Friday, October 28, 2022, at 7:00 PM. Each online screening will be available to watch for a week, all screenings are free.

The 2022 Halaloween Lineup:

* October 6: Roh | 2019 | Malaysia
* October 13: Beddua: The Curse | 2018 | Turkey
* October 20: Satan’s Slaves | 2017 | Indonesia
* October 28: Saloum | 2021 | Senegal ***
*** this screening will be in person at the State Theater.

We'll wrap up the month of October with a live panel discussion on Muslim Horror, the use of Islam and the Quran, and how each region differs in its creation of horror films. Stay tuned for the 2022 lineup of films and an announcement on the Muslim Horror Panel discussion!
More info: watch.eventive.org/halaloween
__________________
THIS WEEK’S FEATURE
From Oct 20th to the 27th, stream the Indonesian horror film Satan’s Slaves on demand at http://watch.eventive.org/halaloween. Pre-order the film anytime, and check out the rest of the months Halaloween Horror selection!

2017 | 107 minutes | Indonesian | Indonesia
Directed by: Joko Anwar

Halaloween Horror Rating 4/5
Rating explanation: Gothic and folk horror film directed by master of horror Joko Anwar. Contains jump scares, creepy kids, blood and gore, hauntings, illness, death, and cults.
Religious content: Most characters are Muslim Indonesians, and the film includes prayer and the ethics of Muslim religious leaders.

Satan's Slaves (Indonesian: Pengabdi Setan) is a 2017 Indonesian gothic horror film written and directed by Joko Anwar. The film follows a poor family who is haunted by their mother who recently died after suffering from a debilitating illness.
__________________

Halaloween is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center and cosponsored by the Middle Eastern Studies Department, the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, the African Studies Center, Department of Communication and Media, The Department of Film, Television, and Media, American Culture, the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, the Center for South Asian Studies, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, Arab and Muslim American Studies, Asian Languages and Cultures, the Center for Arab American Studies at UM-Dearborn, and Shudder.

Visit http://watch.eventive.org/halaloween for more details.


Love Horror Films? Shudder streams the best in new independent and international horror. Try Shudder free for 14 days with promo code HALALOWEEN2022 when you sign up at Shudder.com.

Want to hear about similar events from U-M Islamic Studies? Sign up for the GISC Newsletter (https://myumi.ch/nbW83)! We send out a monthly newsletter in collaboration with the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, and the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum.

Stay updated on our upcoming events by following our socials here:

Facebook: UmichGISC
https://www.facebook.com/UmichGISC/

Twitter: @umichgisc
https://twitter.com/umichGISC

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to islamicstudies@umich.edu.

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Film Screening Wed, 12 Oct 2022 09:30:26 -0400 2022-10-23T08:00:00-04:00 2022-10-23T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Film Screening Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival
Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival (October 24, 2022 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/99801 99801-21798720@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 24, 2022 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Welcome to Halaloween: A Muslim Film Festival 2022

What's Halaloween? Halaloween screens horror films from across the globe that were made by, for, or about Muslims with the hopes of understanding “What scares Muslim audiences? Are horror movies halal?”

This year’s 2022 festival will be both in person and online, screening one film a week during the month of October, and ending with an in-person screening at the State Theater, Friday, October 28, 2022, at 7:00 PM. Each online screening will be available to watch for a week, all screenings are free.

The 2022 Halaloween Lineup:

* October 6: Roh | 2019 | Malaysia
* October 13: Beddua: The Curse | 2018 | Turkey
* October 20: Satan’s Slaves | 2017 | Indonesia
* October 28: Saloum | 2021 | Senegal ***
*** this screening will be in person at the State Theater.

We'll wrap up the month of October with a live panel discussion on Muslim Horror, the use of Islam and the Quran, and how each region differs in its creation of horror films. Stay tuned for the 2022 lineup of films and an announcement on the Muslim Horror Panel discussion!
More info: watch.eventive.org/halaloween
__________________
THIS WEEK’S FEATURE
From Oct 20th to the 27th, stream the Indonesian horror film Satan’s Slaves on demand at http://watch.eventive.org/halaloween. Pre-order the film anytime, and check out the rest of the months Halaloween Horror selection!

2017 | 107 minutes | Indonesian | Indonesia
Directed by: Joko Anwar

Halaloween Horror Rating 4/5
Rating explanation: Gothic and folk horror film directed by master of horror Joko Anwar. Contains jump scares, creepy kids, blood and gore, hauntings, illness, death, and cults.
Religious content: Most characters are Muslim Indonesians, and the film includes prayer and the ethics of Muslim religious leaders.

Satan's Slaves (Indonesian: Pengabdi Setan) is a 2017 Indonesian gothic horror film written and directed by Joko Anwar. The film follows a poor family who is haunted by their mother who recently died after suffering from a debilitating illness.
__________________

Halaloween is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center and cosponsored by the Middle Eastern Studies Department, the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, the African Studies Center, Department of Communication and Media, The Department of Film, Television, and Media, American Culture, the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, the Center for South Asian Studies, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, Arab and Muslim American Studies, Asian Languages and Cultures, the Center for Arab American Studies at UM-Dearborn, and Shudder.

Visit http://watch.eventive.org/halaloween for more details.


Love Horror Films? Shudder streams the best in new independent and international horror. Try Shudder free for 14 days with promo code HALALOWEEN2022 when you sign up at Shudder.com.

Want to hear about similar events from U-M Islamic Studies? Sign up for the GISC Newsletter (https://myumi.ch/nbW83)! We send out a monthly newsletter in collaboration with the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, and the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum.

Stay updated on our upcoming events by following our socials here:

Facebook: UmichGISC
https://www.facebook.com/UmichGISC/

Twitter: @umichgisc
https://twitter.com/umichGISC

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to islamicstudies@umich.edu.

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Film Screening Wed, 12 Oct 2022 09:30:26 -0400 2022-10-24T08:00:00-04:00 2022-10-24T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Film Screening Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival
Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival (October 25, 2022 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/99801 99801-21798721@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 25, 2022 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Welcome to Halaloween: A Muslim Film Festival 2022

What's Halaloween? Halaloween screens horror films from across the globe that were made by, for, or about Muslims with the hopes of understanding “What scares Muslim audiences? Are horror movies halal?”

This year’s 2022 festival will be both in person and online, screening one film a week during the month of October, and ending with an in-person screening at the State Theater, Friday, October 28, 2022, at 7:00 PM. Each online screening will be available to watch for a week, all screenings are free.

The 2022 Halaloween Lineup:

* October 6: Roh | 2019 | Malaysia
* October 13: Beddua: The Curse | 2018 | Turkey
* October 20: Satan’s Slaves | 2017 | Indonesia
* October 28: Saloum | 2021 | Senegal ***
*** this screening will be in person at the State Theater.

We'll wrap up the month of October with a live panel discussion on Muslim Horror, the use of Islam and the Quran, and how each region differs in its creation of horror films. Stay tuned for the 2022 lineup of films and an announcement on the Muslim Horror Panel discussion!
More info: watch.eventive.org/halaloween
__________________
THIS WEEK’S FEATURE
From Oct 20th to the 27th, stream the Indonesian horror film Satan’s Slaves on demand at http://watch.eventive.org/halaloween. Pre-order the film anytime, and check out the rest of the months Halaloween Horror selection!

2017 | 107 minutes | Indonesian | Indonesia
Directed by: Joko Anwar

Halaloween Horror Rating 4/5
Rating explanation: Gothic and folk horror film directed by master of horror Joko Anwar. Contains jump scares, creepy kids, blood and gore, hauntings, illness, death, and cults.
Religious content: Most characters are Muslim Indonesians, and the film includes prayer and the ethics of Muslim religious leaders.

Satan's Slaves (Indonesian: Pengabdi Setan) is a 2017 Indonesian gothic horror film written and directed by Joko Anwar. The film follows a poor family who is haunted by their mother who recently died after suffering from a debilitating illness.
__________________

Halaloween is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center and cosponsored by the Middle Eastern Studies Department, the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, the African Studies Center, Department of Communication and Media, The Department of Film, Television, and Media, American Culture, the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, the Center for South Asian Studies, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, Arab and Muslim American Studies, Asian Languages and Cultures, the Center for Arab American Studies at UM-Dearborn, and Shudder.

Visit http://watch.eventive.org/halaloween for more details.


Love Horror Films? Shudder streams the best in new independent and international horror. Try Shudder free for 14 days with promo code HALALOWEEN2022 when you sign up at Shudder.com.

Want to hear about similar events from U-M Islamic Studies? Sign up for the GISC Newsletter (https://myumi.ch/nbW83)! We send out a monthly newsletter in collaboration with the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, and the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum.

Stay updated on our upcoming events by following our socials here:

Facebook: UmichGISC
https://www.facebook.com/UmichGISC/

Twitter: @umichgisc
https://twitter.com/umichGISC

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to islamicstudies@umich.edu.

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Film Screening Wed, 12 Oct 2022 09:30:26 -0400 2022-10-25T08:00:00-04:00 2022-10-25T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Film Screening Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival
Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival (October 26, 2022 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/99801 99801-21798722@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 26, 2022 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Welcome to Halaloween: A Muslim Film Festival 2022

What's Halaloween? Halaloween screens horror films from across the globe that were made by, for, or about Muslims with the hopes of understanding “What scares Muslim audiences? Are horror movies halal?”

This year’s 2022 festival will be both in person and online, screening one film a week during the month of October, and ending with an in-person screening at the State Theater, Friday, October 28, 2022, at 7:00 PM. Each online screening will be available to watch for a week, all screenings are free.

The 2022 Halaloween Lineup:

* October 6: Roh | 2019 | Malaysia
* October 13: Beddua: The Curse | 2018 | Turkey
* October 20: Satan’s Slaves | 2017 | Indonesia
* October 28: Saloum | 2021 | Senegal ***
*** this screening will be in person at the State Theater.

We'll wrap up the month of October with a live panel discussion on Muslim Horror, the use of Islam and the Quran, and how each region differs in its creation of horror films. Stay tuned for the 2022 lineup of films and an announcement on the Muslim Horror Panel discussion!
More info: watch.eventive.org/halaloween
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THIS WEEK’S FEATURE
From Oct 20th to the 27th, stream the Indonesian horror film Satan’s Slaves on demand at http://watch.eventive.org/halaloween. Pre-order the film anytime, and check out the rest of the months Halaloween Horror selection!

2017 | 107 minutes | Indonesian | Indonesia
Directed by: Joko Anwar

Halaloween Horror Rating 4/5
Rating explanation: Gothic and folk horror film directed by master of horror Joko Anwar. Contains jump scares, creepy kids, blood and gore, hauntings, illness, death, and cults.
Religious content: Most characters are Muslim Indonesians, and the film includes prayer and the ethics of Muslim religious leaders.

Satan's Slaves (Indonesian: Pengabdi Setan) is a 2017 Indonesian gothic horror film written and directed by Joko Anwar. The film follows a poor family who is haunted by their mother who recently died after suffering from a debilitating illness.
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Halaloween is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center and cosponsored by the Middle Eastern Studies Department, the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, the African Studies Center, Department of Communication and Media, The Department of Film, Television, and Media, American Culture, the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, the Center for South Asian Studies, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, Arab and Muslim American Studies, Asian Languages and Cultures, the Center for Arab American Studies at UM-Dearborn, and Shudder.

Visit http://watch.eventive.org/halaloween for more details.


Love Horror Films? Shudder streams the best in new independent and international horror. Try Shudder free for 14 days with promo code HALALOWEEN2022 when you sign up at Shudder.com.

Want to hear about similar events from U-M Islamic Studies? Sign up for the GISC Newsletter (https://myumi.ch/nbW83)! We send out a monthly newsletter in collaboration with the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, and the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum.

Stay updated on our upcoming events by following our socials here:

Facebook: UmichGISC
https://www.facebook.com/UmichGISC/

Twitter: @umichgisc
https://twitter.com/umichGISC

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to islamicstudies@umich.edu.

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Film Screening Wed, 12 Oct 2022 09:30:26 -0400 2022-10-26T08:00:00-04:00 2022-10-26T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Film Screening Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival
Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival (October 27, 2022 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/99801 99801-21798723@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 27, 2022 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Welcome to Halaloween: A Muslim Film Festival 2022

What's Halaloween? Halaloween screens horror films from across the globe that were made by, for, or about Muslims with the hopes of understanding “What scares Muslim audiences? Are horror movies halal?”

This year’s 2022 festival will be both in person and online, screening one film a week during the month of October, and ending with an in-person screening at the State Theater, Friday, October 28, 2022, at 7:00 PM. Each online screening will be available to watch for a week, all screenings are free.

The 2022 Halaloween Lineup:

* October 6: Roh | 2019 | Malaysia
* October 13: Beddua: The Curse | 2018 | Turkey
* October 20: Satan’s Slaves | 2017 | Indonesia
* October 28: Saloum | 2021 | Senegal ***
*** this screening will be in person at the State Theater.

We'll wrap up the month of October with a live panel discussion on Muslim Horror, the use of Islam and the Quran, and how each region differs in its creation of horror films. Stay tuned for the 2022 lineup of films and an announcement on the Muslim Horror Panel discussion!
More info: watch.eventive.org/halaloween
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THIS WEEK’S FEATURE
From Oct 20th to the 27th, stream the Indonesian horror film Satan’s Slaves on demand at http://watch.eventive.org/halaloween. Pre-order the film anytime, and check out the rest of the months Halaloween Horror selection!

2017 | 107 minutes | Indonesian | Indonesia
Directed by: Joko Anwar

Halaloween Horror Rating 4/5
Rating explanation: Gothic and folk horror film directed by master of horror Joko Anwar. Contains jump scares, creepy kids, blood and gore, hauntings, illness, death, and cults.
Religious content: Most characters are Muslim Indonesians, and the film includes prayer and the ethics of Muslim religious leaders.

Satan's Slaves (Indonesian: Pengabdi Setan) is a 2017 Indonesian gothic horror film written and directed by Joko Anwar. The film follows a poor family who is haunted by their mother who recently died after suffering from a debilitating illness.
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Halaloween is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center and cosponsored by the Middle Eastern Studies Department, the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, the African Studies Center, Department of Communication and Media, The Department of Film, Television, and Media, American Culture, the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, the Center for South Asian Studies, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, Arab and Muslim American Studies, Asian Languages and Cultures, the Center for Arab American Studies at UM-Dearborn, and Shudder.

Visit http://watch.eventive.org/halaloween for more details.


Love Horror Films? Shudder streams the best in new independent and international horror. Try Shudder free for 14 days with promo code HALALOWEEN2022 when you sign up at Shudder.com.

Want to hear about similar events from U-M Islamic Studies? Sign up for the GISC Newsletter (https://myumi.ch/nbW83)! We send out a monthly newsletter in collaboration with the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, and the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum.

Stay updated on our upcoming events by following our socials here:

Facebook: UmichGISC
https://www.facebook.com/UmichGISC/

Twitter: @umichgisc
https://twitter.com/umichGISC

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to islamicstudies@umich.edu.

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Film Screening Wed, 12 Oct 2022 09:30:26 -0400 2022-10-27T08:00:00-04:00 2022-10-27T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Film Screening Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival
Halaloween Roundtable: Muslim Horror in the 21st Century (October 27, 2022 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/100546 100546-21800059@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 27, 2022 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Join us on Thursday, October 27th, from 6-8 PM ET as we wrap up Halaloween with a panel discussion on Muslim horror, the use (and misuse) of Islam and the Quran in the horror genre, feminist politics in horror, and how each region differs in its creation of horror films. RSVP: http://bit.ly/halaloween22

This panel will feature experts and scholars: Dr. Ali A. Olomi, Dr. Ekky Imanjaya, Dr. Rubina Ramji, and Dr. Karla Mallette.

The panelists will offer some insight on Muslim horror, the Islamic theological and mythological figure of the jinn, women, gender, and sexuality in Muslim horror films, and a scholarly approach to understanding horror and genre films in the Muslim world.


Dr. Ali A Olomi is an assistant professor of history at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California and an affiliated scholar with the Rutgers Center for Security, Race, and Rights. He is a historian of the Middle East and Islam researching, writing, and publishing on medieval and modern Muslim thought. He studies how Muslims imagined the “Islamic world” at the intersection of religion, science, and empire. Dr. Olomi's research examines the Muslim imagination of the monstrous through the djinn/jinn, the early history of astronomy and its role in empire-building, and Islamic apocalypticism and cosmology.

Dr. Ekky Imanjaya is a faculty member of Film Department, Bina Nusantara (Binus) University, in Jakarta. In 2018, He finished his doctoral studies in Film Studies at University of East Anglia, United Kingdom. Previously, Ekky got his masters degree majoring Philosophy at Universitas Indonesia (2003) as well as in Film Studies at Universiteit van Amsterdam (2008). Ekky is also a film critic specializing in Indonesian cinema, and a board member of the Madani Film Festival and Jakarta Film Week. He is also a film critic and has published his articles in many popular magazines and newspapers as well as academic journals, including Cinemaya, Colloquy, Plaridel and Asian Cinema. He published some books regarding Indonesian films, pop culture, and Islamic culture issues, including _Mencari Film Madani: Sinema dan Dunia Islam_ (2019) and _Mujahid Film: USmar Ismail_ (2021), "99 Film Madani" (2022, with Hikmat Darmawan) and the Indonesian translation of his doctoral thesis. Ekky is currently the chairperson of Film Committee at Jakarta Arts Council (2021-2023).

Dr. Karla Mallette is a Professor of Italian in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures and a Professor of Mediterranean Studies in the Department of Middle East Studies at the University of Michigan. She is the author, most recently, of Lives of the Great Languages: Latin and Arabic in the Medieval Mediterranean, and numerous articles on medieval literature and Mediterranean Studies. She is the former director of GISC and is currently Chair of the Department of Middle East Studies at the University of Michigan.

Dr. Rubina (Ruby) Ramji is an Associate Professor of Religious Studies in the Department of Humanities at Cape Breton University. Her research focuses on images of Islam in various media discourses, including film and television. She also works on issues of gender, ethnicity, diversity and multiculturalism. Ramji is co-editor, with Alison Marhsall, of the Bloomsbury Handbook on Religion and Migration (Bloomsbury 2022) and with Peter Beyer, of the book Growing Up Canadian: Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists (MQUP 2013) and is the author of a variety of articles and chapters in books including “Examining the Critical Role American Popular Film Plays in Maintaining the Muslim Terrorist Image, Post 9/11” in the Journal of Religion and Film (2016), “Maintaining and Nurturing an Islamic Identity in Canada – Online and Offline” in Religion in the Public Sphere: Canadian Case Studies(Eds., S. Lefebvre, & L. Beaman, University of Toronto Press 2014), “Muslims in the Movies” in The Bloomsbury Companion to Religion and Film (Ed., W. Blizek, Bloomsbury 2013); \ and, “Representations of Islam in American News and Film: Becoming the ‘Other’” in Mediating Religion: Conversations in Media, Religion and Culture (Eds., J. Mitchell & S. Marriage, T&T Clark 2003). Ramji is the Film Editor of the Journal of Religion and Film and served as Senior Editor of Golem: Journal of Religion and Monsters for four years. She was a Chair of the Religion, Film and Visual Culture Group in the American Academy of Religion for six years and the President of the Canadian Society for the Study of Religion (2012-16).



This event is free and open to everyone. This event is a part of Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival, brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center. To watch the remaining Halaloween films, visit http://watch.eventive.org/halaloween. For more events from the Global Islamic Studies Center at the University of Michigan, please visit http://ii.umich.edu/islamicstudies.

Love Horror Films? Shudder streams the best in new independent and international horror. Try Shudder free for 14 days with promo code HALALOWEEN2022 when you sign up at Shudder.com.


If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact islamicstudies@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

Co-sponsors:
Halaloween is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center and cosponsored by the Middle Eastern Studies Department, the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, the African Studies Center, Department of Communication and Media, The Department of Film, Television, and Media, American Culture, the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, the Center for South Asian Studies, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, Arab and Muslim American Studies, Asian Languages and Cultures, the Center for Arab American Studies at UM-Dearborn, the Arab American National Museum and Shudder.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 21 Oct 2022 13:30:11 -0400 2022-10-27T18:00:00-04:00 2022-10-27T20:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Lecture / Discussion Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival - Panel Discussion
Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival (October 28, 2022 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/99808 99808-21798733@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 28, 2022 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Welcome to Halaloween: A Muslim Film Festival 2022

What's Halaloween? Halaloween screens horror films from across the globe that were made by, for, or about Muslims with the hopes of understanding “What scares Muslim audiences? Are horror movies halal?”

This year’s 2022 festival will be both in person and online, screening one film a week during the month of October, and ending with an in-person screening at the State Theater, Friday, October 28, 2022, at 7:00 PM. Each online screening will be available to watch for a week, all screenings are free.

The 2022 Halaloween Lineup:

* October 6: Roh | 2019 | Malaysia
* October 13: Beddua: The Curse | 2018 | Turkey
* October 20: Satan’s Slaves | 2017 | Indonesia
* October 28: Saloum | 2021 | Senegal (in-person at the State Theater)

We'll wrap up the month of October with a live panel discussion on Muslim Horror, the use of Islam and the Quran, and how each region differs in its creation of horror films. Stay tuned for the 2022 lineup of films and an announcement on the Muslim Horror Panel discussion!
More info: watch.eventive.org/halaloween
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THIS WEEK’S FEATURE
On October 28th, 2022 at 7pm, join us at the State Theater in Ann Arbor for a screening of the Senegalese horror film Saloum. Tickets are free and first come first served. Please note: masks are required in the theater except when seated and eating.
2021 | 84 minutes | French | Senegal
Directed by: Jean Luc Herbulot

Halaloween Horror Rating 3/5
Rating explanation: Shamanic/folkloric, postcolonial thriller. Contains violence, gore, enslavement, paramilitary killings, civil war, violence involving children and childhood sexual trauma, and drugs. The film is a supernatural thriller, rather than being in the traditional horror film genre.
Religious content: This film is not explicitly Muslim, but is set in majority-Muslim Senegal and engages with general West African religion and spirituality.

Shot down after fleeing a coup and extracting a drug lord from Guinea-Bissau, a group of mercenaries must lie low at a remote holiday camp, stash their stolen haul, and repair their plane to escape back to Dakar, Senegal.
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Halaloween is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center and cosponsored by the Middle Eastern Studies Department, the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, the African Studies Center, Department of Communication and Media, The Department of Film, Television, and Media, American Culture, the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, the Center for South Asian Studies, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, Arab and Muslim American Studies, Asian Languages and Cultures, the Center for Arab American Studies at UM-Dearborn, and Shudder.

Visit http://watch.eventive.org/halaloween for more details.


Love Horror Films? Shudder streams the best in new independent and international horror. Try Shudder free for 14 days with promo code HALALOWEEN2022 when you sign up at Shudder.com.

Want to hear about similar events from U-M Islamic Studies? Sign up for the GISC Newsletter (https://myumi.ch/nbW83)! We send out a monthly newsletter in collaboration with the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, and the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum.

Stay updated on our upcoming events by following our socials here:

Facebook: UmichGISC
https://www.facebook.com/UmichGISC/

Twitter: @umichgisc
https://twitter.com/umichGISC

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to islamicstudies@umich.edu.

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Film Screening Tue, 04 Oct 2022 14:13:56 -0400 2022-10-28T19:00:00-04:00 2022-10-28T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Film Screening Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival
IISS Lecture. The Metaphysics of Creativity: Imagination in Sufism, from the Qurʾān into Ibn al-ʿArabī (November 9, 2022 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/100915 100915-21800503@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 9, 2022 5:30pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

What is the importance of metaphysics in building the foundations for "sacred" creativity in Islam? Given the centrality of the light of the Prophet and his primordial reality, can one say that Islam has its own Muhammadology?

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 01 Nov 2022 09:42:43 -0400 2022-11-09T17:30:00-05:00 2022-11-09T19:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Global Islamic Studies Center Lecture / Discussion Ali Hussein, Professor of Arabic at the University of Michigan
Politics and Culture in the Muslim World. Muslims in the Balkans: On the Edges of Islam and Europe (November 17, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/99379 99379-21797974@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 17, 2022 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

RSVP: bit.ly/GISCBalkanMuslims
When: November 17th, 2022 | 3:00 PM ET

Join the Global Islamic Studies Center, on November 17th at 3:00 PM for “Muslims in the Balkans: On the Edges of Islam and Europe”, a lecture by Dr. Ermin Sinanović. In this talk, Dr. Ermin Sinanović explores the culture and politics of Eastern European Islam as it is lived, practiced, understood, and politicized in the Balkans. The talk focuses on Bosnia and Bosnian Muslim lives, in the additional context of Muslim-majority Balkan states of Kosovo and Albania, and Muslim minorities in other Balkan countries. As simultaneously European and Islamic countries, Bosnia and other Balkan Muslim nations occupy unique sociocultural, religious, and ethnic positions that place them on the margins of both Europe and Islam. “Muslims in the Balkans” inaugurates the Global Islamic Studies Center’s new “Politics and Culture in the Muslim World” series. Each talk in the series will focus on a different region or country in the Muslim world.

Ermin Sinanović is the executive director of the Center for Islam in the Contemporary World (CICW) at Shenandoah University, VA, where he is also a Scholar in Residence. He is a political scientist and scholar of Islam who is passionate about studying the comparative politics of Muslim societies. His research is on transnational Islamic revival, contemporary Islamic thought, and the institutionalization of Islam in the Balkans and Southeast Asia. Ermin speaks Bosnian, English, Arabic, and Malay.

This event is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center and cosponsored by the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, the Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia, and the Center for Islam in the Contemporary World (CICW) at Shenandoah University.

Want to hear about similar events from U-M Islamic Studies? Sign up for the GISC Newsletter below! We send out a monthly newsletter in collaboration with the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, and the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum. Join our Email newsletter: https://myumi.ch/nbW83

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact islamicstudies@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 10 Nov 2022 15:20:19 -0500 2022-11-17T15:00:00-05:00 2022-11-17T16:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Lecture / Discussion Muslims in the Balkans: On the Edges of Islam and Europe
A Religion & Feminism Author Roundtable: Muslims, Saints, & Jewishness in Latin America & The Caribbean (November 29, 2022 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/99378 99378-21797972@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 29, 2022 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Panel: Ken Chitwood, Aliyah Khan, William Calvo-Quirós, and Jocelyn Fenton Stitt.


The Global Islamic Studies Center (GISC) and the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (LACS) are proud to highlight and launch the new books of current and former University of Michigan faculty in religion and feminist studies in the Americas. The authors of three books in the field read from and discuss their work at a roundtable moderated by Dr. Ken Chitwood, author of The Muslims of Latin America and the Caribbean (2021).


William Calvo- Quirós discusses his *Undocumented Saints: The Politics of Migrating Devotions* (2022), which follows the migration of popular Catholic saints from Mexico into the U.S. and the evolution of their meaning in the context of racism and Latinx immigrant battles for survival.


Aliyah Khan talks about *Far from Mecca: Globalizing the Muslim Caribbean* (2020), the first academic monograph on Muslims in the English-speaking Caribbean, focusing on the gendered fiction, poetry, and music of Islam of enslaved West African Muslims, indentured South Asian Indian Muslims, and their descendants in Guyana, Trinidad, and Jamaica.


Jocelyn Fenton Stitt's *Dreams of Archives Unfolded: Absence and Caribbean Life Writing* (2021), the first academic book on pan-Caribbean life writing and the recent use of the genre by Caribbean women to explore historical and archival absences. This talk focuses on Cuban Jewishness, feminism, and formal practices used to write about historical absences.

Combining literary studies, cultural studies, anthropology, women’s and gender studies, and historiography, these books showcase the innovative, interdisciplinary ways in which religious studies and feminist scholars study and write about creolized and syncretic cultures in the Caribbean and the hemispheric Americas.


Ken Chitwood will be moderating this conversation. He is a religion scholar conducting research on ethnographic journalism with the University of Southern California’s Center for Religion and Civic Culture’s Engaged Spirituality Project and on Latinx Muslim philanthropy with the Muslim Philanthropy Initiative (MPI) at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IUPUI. He is the author of the award-winning book, *The Muslims of Latin America and the Caribbean* (2021).

This event is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center (GISC) and co-sponsored by The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (LACS).


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Register at https://bit.ly/GISCxLACS

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Film Screening Mon, 14 Nov 2022 11:52:40 -0500 2022-11-29T14:00:00-05:00 2022-11-29T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Film Screening A Religion & Feminism Author Roundtable: Muslims, Saints, & Jewishness in Latin America & The Caribbean
IISS Book Workshop. God's Property: Islam, Charity, and the Modern State (December 1, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/101487 101487-21801435@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 1, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Up to the twentieth century, Islamic charitable endowments provided the material foundation of the Muslim world. In Lebanon, with the fall of the Ottoman Empire and the imposition of French colonial rule, many of these endowments reverted to private property circulating in the marketplace. In contemporary Beirut, however, charitable endowments have resurfaced as mosques, Islamic centers, and nonprofit organizations. A historical anthropology in dialogue with Islamic law, God's Property demonstrates how these endowments have been drawn into secular logics—no longer the property of God but of the Muslim community—and shaped by the modern state and modern understandings of charity and property. Although these transformations have produced new kinds of loyalties and new ways of being in society, Moumtaz’s ethnography reveals the furtive persistence of endowment practices that perpetuate older ways of thinking of one’s self and one’s responsibilities toward family and state.

Attendees are encouraged to read the introduction prior to the event. Limited copies of the book are available on the 5th floor of Weiser Hall, suite 500. An open-access ebook is also available here: https://luminosoa.org/site/books/m/10.1525/luminos.100/.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 18 Nov 2022 16:57:10 -0500 2022-12-01T12:00:00-05:00 2022-12-01T14:00:00-05:00 Tisch Hall Global Islamic Studies Center Workshop / Seminar IISS Book Workshop. God's Property: Islam, Charity, and the Modern State