Middle East and North Africa Studies Program at Ohio University
The Afterlives of Torture: Putting the U.S. ‘War on Terror’ in Historical and Global Context
Schoonover Center 145 20 East Union Street, Athens, OH, United StatesDr. Lisa Hajjar, Professor of Sociology at the University of California Santa Barbara, discusses “The Afterlives of Torture: Putting the U.S. ‘War on Terror’ in Historical and Global Context” on Wednesday, Nov. 8, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in Schoonover 145. President Donald Trump campaigned and won on an electoral platform that included the pledge to... Read More
Screening: In the Last Days of the City
Athena Cinema 20 South Court Street, Athens, OH, United StatesEgyptian direct Tamer El Said's critically-acclaims film comes to Athens for a one-night free screening. The film tells the fictional story of a filmmaker from downtown Cairo played by Khalid Abdalla (The Kite Runner, United 93, The Square) as he struggles to capture the soul of a city on edge while facing loss in his... Read More
Contemporary Renewals of Black-Palestinian Solidarity
SCHOONOVER 145 20 E. Union St., Athens, OhioThe Global Solidarities Lecture Series at Ohio University presents a public lecture by Noura Erakat titled “Contemporary Renewals of Black-Palestinian Solidarity” on Tuesday, Nov. 27, from 4:30 to 6:o0 p.m. in Schoonover 145. This lecture will explore the historical and contemporary manifestations of Black-Palestinian solidarity. In particular, it explores the ways in which 2014 was a... Read More