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IRIS International Film Club: Oscar nominated film “Flee”

Wednesday, March 23, 4-5pm

Webinar: Do Arab Women Have Reason to Celebrate this International Women’s Day?

Thursday, March 10, 2022

Moroccan Film: TRANCES

March 25,  7-9 pm at UW Cinematheque

Iranian Film: “A MAN OF INTEGRITY”

March 18,  7-9 pm at UW Cinematheque

Facebook group: Madison Muslims Oasis

We are a group of Madison Muslims and friends who would like to reconnect with our spiritual roots through discussion & learning.

Turkish speaking language partners needed

A great part-time job opportunity!

Persian Language Table

Every Thursday this spring, hosted by Persian Lecturer Fatemeh Mirsharifi.

Fund your language study this summer!

The WISLI Tuition Scholarship is open until March 15.

The Periphery Converges on the Center: The Spatial Dynamics of Political Protests in Amman’s Built Environment

Jillian Schwedler (City University of New York) In the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the state’s political geography is incongruent with its geography of neoliberal investment. That is, large portions of the regime’s traditional East Bank tribal support base are located in areas outside of the major zones of urban investment, and they are deeply resentful …

Shadow Urban Lives in Post-Revolutionary Cairo

Omnia Khalil (City University in New York) Since 2015, Cairo have been massively urbanely transformed according to a new urban agenda. My presentation would unpack these socio-economic transformation, and the transitions in Cairene lives. The Urban lives are shattered into spaces of territorialized spheres that are surveilled due to the political transformation post-2011 Revolution, and …