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The Ohio Innocence Project at the University of Cincinnati College of Law and the newly formed OIP-u unite with dozens of other organizations around the world to commemorate the second annual International Wrongful Conviction Day on Oct. 2, 2015. The Wrongful Conviction Day event at Ohio University features exoneree Raymond […]

The Ohio University Women’s Association invites OHIO students and Athens community members to attend Empowering Women of Ohio Week from March 30 through April 3. The schedule for the week is as follows: A History of Women at Ohio University Monday, March 30, 6-8 p.m. at the Multicultural Center in Baker Center The […]

Four years after the start of the Syrian uprising, most Syrians find their fate hijacked by one of many undesirable options, where the lesser evil reigns supreme. In a lecture on “The Syrian Tragedy Four Years On,” Dr. Bassam Haddad addresses the causes and dynamics of the Syrian uprising turned […]

The Middle East and North Africa Film Series presents The Blue Wave (Mavi Dalga) on Monday, April 13, at 6:30 p.m. in Baker Center 231. This film (directed by Zeynep Dadak and Merve Kayan) is a feminist perspective on the story of adolescence in a small Turkish city told through the […]

The Middle East and North Africa Film Series presents Taxi to the Dark Side on Monday, March 30, at 6:30 p.m. in Baker Center 231. This documentary (directed by Alex Gibney) takes off from an investigation into the killing of an Afghani taxi driver at the hands of U.S. interrogators. The investigation, […]

The Middle East and North Africa Film Series presents Wadjda on Monday, March 23, at 6:30 p.m. in Baker Center 231. This film (directed by Haifaa al-Mansour) tells the story of an 11-year-old Saudi girl living in the capital of the kingdom, Riyadh. Weaving together the politics of class, gender, […]

The Middle East and North Africa Film Series presents Forget Baghdad on Monday, March 16, at 6:30 p.m. in Baker Center 231. The documentary (directed by Samir) tells the story of four Baghdadi-Jews, all former members of the Iraqi Communist Party during the 1940s and 1950s. The four elderly protagonists are […]