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Programming note: WKARHD will air an abbreviated, 26-minute version of the documentary film “American Jedi: The Salman Hamdani Story” this Friday, Sept. 11th, at 4:30pm.
The complete 38-minute film can be streamed through the MSU Library site and is also available on YouTube.
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We’ve had this date circled for a while. Happy first day of classes! 🗓️ #GoBlue
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Your name matters. Before the semester begins, use Namecoach to add your name pronunciation to your @UMich email signature or Canvas profile. A simple step can make a lasting impact. myumi.ch/5y3rD
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We are back! As a new academic year begins, get ready with #TeamKhamseen for a year full of new presentations and exciting new projects & collaborations!
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#BacktoSchool
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#IslamicArtHistory
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.@umich experts are available to comment on critical topics facing schools this academic year. Their expertise includes student mental health, concussions, school safety, AI in the classroom, teacher retention and much more.
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As part of their Habibi City issue, New York Magazine very generously offered me a platform to share a little bit about Manhattan’s original Little Syria, the first Middle Eastern enclave of its kind in the city. Check out this mini walking tour we worked on together!
While the Financial District is now the epicenter of corporate America, it was once home to the first Middle Eastern immigrant neighborhood in the U.S., from the late 1880s until the 1940s, known as Little Syria. Now, only three buildings from the era remain, but tour guide and historian Asad Dandia (@asadfromnyc) brings it back to life, showing where the tenement buildings, commuter railways, old Sahadi’s, and more once stood.
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Denison University is hiring a Religious Studies scholar trained in the Islam subfield! Please encourage folks that you know to apply. I am the search chair and happy to answer any questions via email. apply.interfolio.com/188984
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Chinese Qur’an written by a woman calligrapher, Amatullah Nur-ul-Ilm, daughter of Rashid. 1050 AH / 1640 CE. The city of Khanbaliq, predecessor to modern Beijing.
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The latest CMENAS newsletter has arrived, featuring the people, programs, and conversations shaping MENA studies at U-M. 🌍✨
📚Read here: myumi.ch/e7QwM
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April is Arab American Heritage Month, a time to celebrate Americans of Arab descent.
At ISPU, we take a close look at ethnic and racial categories when conducting our research.
Support our work to advance understanding of diverse communities at bit.ly/41d7ll2.
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CSAS Lecture Today!🗓️ Join us at 5:00 pm for the lecture, "Misinformation on WhatsApp: Insights From a Large Data Donation Program in India" by Kiran Garimella.
Attend in-person at Weiser 555 or attend via Zoom: myumi.ch/5k8V1.
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Join us this Thursday, April 2nd, 2:20-4:00pm, in room 303 of the International Center for a special lecture by Professor Rhea Rahman (Brooklyn College), “Racializing the Ummah: Muslim Humanitarians Beyond Black, Brown, and White”
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Join us April 9th for a conversation and Islamic Manuscripts Collection visit with artists specializing in Ottoman classical book arts!
6-8p in the Hatcher Gallery
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Sponsored by @UMichLibrary @umichGISC @UmichArtHist
An upcoming visit by three practitioners of Ottoman classical book arts offers the rare opportunity for a look at how contemporary artists learn from their mentors, even those whose works are centuries old. Read about it: myumi.ch/E8bdG
ALT Opening of Islamic manuscript 229 (Istanbul, 1791 or 2), an album of "taklid" (imitation) by the Ottoman calligrapher Mahmud Celâleddin Efendi (d.1829) reproducing pieces by the master Hafız Osman Efendi (d.1698)
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Please join us for 2 lectures by Diana Darke, one at MSU, another at Detroit Institute of Arts
3/24, 12:40-2pm, 303 Int’l Ctr: “How Islamic Architecture Shaped Europe”
3/25, 6-7pm, DIA: “How Syrian Art and Architecture Helped Shape Europe’s Romanesque and Gothic Styles”
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NEXT WEEK: Islamic Virtual Reality Apps: "Pilgrim VR: Hajj & Umrah" and "Al-Aqsa VR"
Wednesday, March 25th, 4:00 pm
555 Weiser Hall (5th floor)
500 Church St, Ann Arbor MI 48109
RSVP: myumi.ch/n1dZN
Join the University of Michigan Global Islamic Studies Center (GISC) and Dr. Ermin Sinanović (Shenandoah University) on Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 4:00 PM in 555 Weiser Hall for a demo of and conversation on two new VR apps for Islamic holy sites: one for experiencing and learning how to perform the Hajj and Umrah pilgrimages to Mecca, and another for visiting the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Al-Quds or Jerusalem.
Pilgrim VR: Hajj and Umrah is a one-of-a-kind interactive training through realistic, geospatially accurate 3D environments. It shows holy sites, offers ritual tutorials, and is made for prospective pilgrims to Mecca. Al-Aqsa VR is made for students, educators, historians, and explorers to experience the beauty of the Al-Aqsa Mosque without leaving home.
For this talk and demonstration, we will use the Meta Quest 3 with a controller headset, and have several on hand for audience members to try out the VR apps!
Cosponsored by @UmichDigital
