The following items are mostly aimed at students. \u00a0But not entirely. \u00a0The public would be especially welcome at the evening interfaith panel on 16 October and at Hanan Munayer\u2019s lecture on 17 October. \u00a0And I doubt that anybody would be turned away who is interested and who wants to show up, except perhaps at the 16 October opening social.<\/p>\n
Mainly, I just wanted people from off campus to see the kinds of things that are going on during a not quite typical but not extraordinarily unusual month in the Middle East Studies \u2014 Arabic program at Brigham Young University:<\/p>\n
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T Oct. 16 \u00a05:00-7:00 PM \u00a0Opening Social for all MESA faculty & Students,\u00a0Returning to Bethlehem:<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/b>A Cultural Pilgrimage<\/b>,\u00a0<\/i>\u00a0at the BYU Museum of Peoples and Cultures.<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
T Oct 16 7:30-8:30 PM\u00a0Interfaith Panel: Halakha and Sharia Law in Modern Times<\/b><\/i>, JSB auditorium<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
W Oct. 17 4:00-5:00 PM \u00a0Hanan Munayyer (one of the world\u2019s five experts on Palestinian costumes,<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0textiles, and traditions). \u00a0Identity and Textiles: \u00a0There Origins of Palestinian Costume<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/b>and Embroidery<\/b>.<\/i>\u00a0\u00a0At the HBLL 1060, large lecture hall. \u00a0Costume has always played an<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/b>important part of Near Eastern cultures and history\u2013Come see why.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
M Oct. 22 4:00-5:00 PM \u00a0Panel Discussion: \u00a0Humanitarian Work in Palestine: \u00a0Hope and Challenges.<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 (Non-profits\/NGOs in Palestine<\/i>) with Sir Rateb Rabie (Holy Land Christian Ecumenical<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Foundations), Dr. Edward Thomson (Americans for a Vibrant Palestinian Economy), and Dr.<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Chad Emmett (Dept. of Geography-Expert on Nazareth). \u00a0At the Kennedy Center Lecture<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Room. \u00a0Anyone interested in Palestine or how to form a Non-Profit\/NGO will find this discussion<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 of great use.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
W Oct 24 4:30-5:30 PM \u00a0Caren Frost, Director of the Center for Research on Migration and Refugee Integration, U of Utah<\/span><\/p>\nMiddle Eastern Refugee Women Resettling in Utah: Strengths and Challenges of Integration<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/p>\nIn 238 HRCB (Kennedy Center)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\nM Oct. 29 4:00-5:00 PM. \u00a0Tahani Salhi, Special Consultant to the Minister of Culture and Tourism of Jordan.<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/i>Emigration & Maintaining Identity: \u00a0One Palestinian Family\u2019s Story<\/b>. \u00a0<\/i>238 HRCB.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nTahani is a certified engineer and previous Director of Conservation for the Petra<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Archaeological Park. \u00a0Her family is originally from Palestine. \u00a0Her talk will focus on how identity<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0is maintained among immigrants and how we can assist refugee populations with identity issues<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 after being displaced from their homeland.
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W Oct. 31 4:00-5:00 PM \u00a0Saad Rawafleh, Special Consultant to the Minister of Culture and Tourism of Jordan.<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Modernization and the Impact on the Bedouin of Southern Jordan<\/b>. \u00a0\u00a0<\/i>HBLL 1060, large lecture hall.<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Saad is from the bedouin village of Rajef just south of Petra and a specialist in urban planning<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 in Jordan especially related to the challenges of the Petra Archaeological Park and the bedouin<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 villages and tribes in that region of southern Jordan.<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
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