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SUMMARY:Filling the Head: Listening to Rap in Arabic
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nIn this ethnography\, El Zein listens to the experiences of rappers and their audiences in Amman\, Beirut\, and Ramallah as they search for ways to engage the political beyond the framework of resistance. Her recently published book\, Filling the Head: Listening to Rap in Arabic\, theorizes an interdisciplinary approach to political agency rooted the feeling of yearning for a new model of recognition. \nDr. Rayya El Zein is an independent researcher. Her writings explore return\, yearning\, and other frameworks of belonging and becoming. She holds a PhD in theatre and performance studies from the Graduate Center\, CUNY.
URL:https://sites.rutgers.edu/arabic-certificate/event/filling-the-head-listening-to-rap-in-arabic/
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SUMMARY:Book Talk: Dust That Never Settles: Literary Afterlives of the Iran-Iraq War
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a conversation about Dr. Amir Moosavi’s recently published book Dust That Never Settles: Literary Afterlives of the Iran-Iraq War. The book is the first comparative study of Arabic and Persian literature from the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988). It traces the ways in which writers from both countries have wrestled with state-sponsored narratives of war from 1980 until the present moment\, transforming war literature from propaganda to narratives of resistance against authoritarian regimes\, their legacies\, and their present politics. \nSpeakers: \nAmir Moosavi (Rutgers-Newark) \nFatemeh Shams (University of Pennsylvania) \nKhaled Al Hilli (New York University) \nZahra Ali (Rutgers-Newark)
URL:https://sites.rutgers.edu/arabic-certificate/event/book-talk-dust-that-never-settles-literary-afterlives-of-the-iran-iraq-war/
LOCATION:Dana Room\, Dana Library
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SUMMARY:BEFORE & AFTER: Four Vignettes of Palestinian Art History Spanning the Nakba
DESCRIPTION:The Nakba of 1948 is often narrativized as a massive break in Palestinian cultural production. In this presentation\, Drs. Ari and Amin will bring nuance to this idea through comparative studies of art made before and after the historical catastrophe. How did iconographies of Palestinian nationalism change over the course of the century? What shifting pressures did artists negotiate in representing their personal and collective experiences? What throughlines can we identify? Through four vignettes\, the speakers will provide a window onto the diversity of Palestinian visual culture during the long twentieth century.
URL:https://sites.rutgers.edu/arabic-certificate/event/repression-resistance-and-vanguard-politics-another-look-at-the-ny-panther-21/
LOCATION:Smith Hall 241
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SUMMARY:Small Acts of Resistance: The Films of Jafar Panahi
DESCRIPTION:Since the 1990s\, Jafar Panahi has been a central figure in contemporary Iranian cinema and one of its most acclaimed voices on the global stage. A master of the semi-documentary form\, Panahi has captured the spirit and texture of Tehran with a rare intimacy and precision. Even after receiving a draconian sentence that placed him under house arrest and banned him from filmmaking\, Panahi refused to turn off his camera. He transformed his confinement into creative opportunity by turning his own apartment into a film set and making his restricted access to the city a central theme of his work.\nMany of the recurring threads in his cinema culminate in his latest film\, It Was Just an Accident (2025)\, which won the Palme d’or among many other prestigious awards. Timed with the U.S. release of the film in October 2025\, this talk offers an overview of Panahi’s career\, with a particular focus on the formal and thematic innovations of his most recent work.
URL:https://sites.rutgers.edu/arabic-certificate/event/small-acts-of-resistance-the-films-of-jafar-panahi/
LOCATION:Boyden 100
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SUMMARY:The Dawn is Too Far : Film Screening + Q&A
DESCRIPTION:The Dawn is Too Far shares a multi-generational perspective of those who came as students\, refugees\, and exiles to the U.S.\, particularly in the context of the 1979 Iranian Revolution. This film charts the longer history of Iranian Americans in the San Francisco Bay area and the ways they have been impacted and contributed to this region. \nFollowed by a Q&A session with director Dr. Persis Karim.
URL:https://sites.rutgers.edu/arabic-certificate/event/the-dawn-is-too-far-film-screening-qa/
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