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Lit Fest 2015 welcomes prose writer and poet Dorothy Allison. The fest is March 25-27. All readings and lectures are free and open to the public. The five visiting writers will be present throughout the festival, lecturing and reading from their work, and books by the authors will be available for […]

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 Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Graduate Student Association leads a roundtable event on Friday, March 20, from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the Friends of the Library Room in Alden Library. The roundtable on “Diverse Ways of Knowing Gender and Sexuality: Identities and Social Relations in Research” features: Keynote […]

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 […]

The Middle East and North Africa Film Series presents Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces (Asfur al-Sath) on Monday, Feb. 16, at 6:30 p.m. in Baker Center 231. Exploring the patriarchal apparatus of manhood in contemporary Tunisia, this film (directed by Ferid Boughdir) tells the story of a boy going through […]

The Middle East and North Africa Film Series presents The “Other” Threat: Arab and Muslim Immigrants in Europe on Monday, Feb. 2, at 6:30 p.m. in Baker Center 231. This documentary (directed by Bassam Haddad) reveals the history and contemporary politics of Arab/Muslim migration to two European countries that featured terrorist attacks […]

In Spring 2015, a number of Ohio University departments, centers, and programs are teaming up to present six films that highlight various aspects of historical and contemporary life in the Middle East and North African (MENA) region. The series showcases both documentaries and feature films, covering various geographic areas and […]