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2012 Sep 19

A BILINGUAL MEVLID: Süleyman Çelebi’s masterpiece in Greek and Turkish

6:00pm to 8:30pm

Location: 

Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street

Recognized as a classic of Turkish literature, Vesilet’ün Necat, or more commonly known as Mevlid-i Şerif is a long poem commemorating the birth of the Prophet Muhammed written in Turkish in 1409 by Süleyman Çelebi (1351-1422) in Bursa. It is often chanted on special occasions such as the birth of a child or as a commemoration of the dead. Musically, mevlid is a solo form, improvised and unaccompanied, usually performed in conjunction with Koranic chant and informal group singing of devotional songs (ilahi).... Read more about A BILINGUAL MEVLID: Süleyman Çelebi’s masterpiece in Greek and Turkish

2012 Nov 15

The Clash of (Mis)understandings: A K-12 Educator Webinar Exploring the Roots of Anti-American and Anti-Muslim Sentiments in our World

7:30pm to 8:30pm

Location: 

Online

 

Malika Zeghal Ali AsaniPolitical upheaval in the Middle East and larger Muslim world, from the Arab Spring to recent protests against a film denigrating Muhammad, leave us with the impression that the peoples of the Middle East—and of the wider Muslim world—are increasingly becoming anti-American and anti-Western in their sentiments.... Read more about The Clash of (Mis)understandings: A K-12 Educator Webinar Exploring the Roots of Anti-American and Anti-Muslim Sentiments in our World

2012 Sep 21

A Woman in the Crossfire: Diaries of the Syrian Revolution

12:00pm to 1:15pm

Location: 

Weil Town Hall Belfer Building, Ground floor, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge, MA

This book talk is presented by The Middle East Forum, Roger Owen & Sara Roy, co-chairs, and the Middle East Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School.

 

Samar Yazbek is a Syrian novelist, journalist and author. She has written in a wide variety of genres - novels, short stories, film scripts, television dramas, film and TV criticism, and edited Women of Syria, a feminist e-zine. She has also made a documentary about the Syrian scholar Anton Maqdesi.... Read more about A Woman in the Crossfire: Diaries of the Syrian Revolution

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