[RAICES] queer and muslim is not an oxymoron

[ss01 at hampshire.edu]

Please fwd widely, especially in the five colleges-- I know posters for the 
event are getting torn down at Smith, and am guessing they may be at other 
schools too. If anyone can flyer off-campus, that would be great. 
Thanks-- Sabeena 


Queer and Muslim is not an oxymoron

Tuesday, April 6th, 7 PM, WLH
Faisal Alam, founder of AL-Fatiha, the only current GLBTQ Muslim organization, 
will speak about sexual and gender minorities in practiced and written Islams. 
A reception with deserts and an informal chat with Faisal will follow his 
presentation at the Cultural Center

Wednesday, April 7th, starting at 7 PM, WLH
At 7, five short films will be screened, mostly fictional, about queer 
Muslims. Topics include: struggles with family, struggles with faith, cross-
racial and cross-ethnic relationships, sex work, and representation. 
At 8:15, screening of Dangerous Living, 
a documentary about being queer in the developing world.    
at 9:15, screening of A Road to Love,
a French/Moroccan  film directed by Remi Lange. A closeted young man falls in 
love with one his interviewees for a documentary about gay arab men

Thursday April 8th, 7:30 PM -- Ladies' Night, WLH
screening of Beauty Parlor, a short directed by Mehreen Jabbar
followed by a screening of Nazrah, a documentary featuring a diverse group of 
Muslim women talking about their rexperiences of gender and sexuality. 

All events are in the West Lecture Hall of Franklin Patterson Hall. There will 
be halal snacks every night. 

Sponsored by: Sisters, UMOJA, PASA, Raices, the Women's Center, the QCA, 
Students for a Political Hampshire, the Radical Cheerleaders, the Counselor 
Advocates, the Reproductive Rights Group, and the Office of Multicultural Ed.

Questions/Concerns: Please contact ss01 at hampshire.edu,  

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