April 6, 2016 ALL

Week of Islamic Art and Culture at JCU

The Bediuzzaman Said Nursi Chair in Islamic Studies is proud to sponsor the Ninth Annual Week of Islamic Art and Culture at JCU from April 18-22.

Monday, April 18, there will be a showing of the film, Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World

Tuesday, April 19,  the film Cities of Light: The Rise and Fall of Islamic Spain will be shown

Friday, April 22, Ali Asani, Ph.D., who is Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures and the Director of the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Islamic Studies Program at Harvard University will present a talk entitled: “God is Beautiful and Loves Beauty: Fostering Literacy About Islam Through the Arts.”

All events will take place at 7 p.m. in the Donahue Auditorium of the Dolan Science Center. For more information, please visit http://sites.jcu.edu/nursichair/2016/02/09/9th-annual-week-of-islamic-art-and-culture/