April 15, 2024 ALL

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Today: Week of Islamic Art Culture

JCU’s annual Week of Islamic Art and Culture hosted by the Said Nursi Chair in Islamic Studies is April 16-19. This years events include:

April 16

Hebrew-Arabic Calligraphy Workshop by Ruben Shimonov (co-hosted by the Tuohy Center for Interreligious Understanding)

Location: O’Dea Room of the Lombardo Student Center

Time: 5:30pm

Registration is required for this event. You can register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf1YM9XTt7X4o-wJxWIbl6KBKtVQoqoKbQe6o4hu7lPnXZbDg/viewform?pli=1

April 17

Lecture: “Expressions of Islamic Spirituality in Art”

Marcia Hermansen, Ph. D. (Professor and Director of Islamic World Studies, Loyola University Chicago)

Location: Donahue Auditorium of the Dolan Center for Science and Technology

Time: 7:00pm

April 18

Film: Enemy of the Reich: The Noor Inayat Khan Story

Enemy of the Reich: The Noor Inayat Khan Story presents one woman’s extraordinary courage, tested in the crucible of Nazi-occupied Paris. With an American mother and Indian father, Noor Inayat Khan was an extremely unusual British agent, and her life spent growing up in a Sufi center of learning in Paris seemed an unlikely preparation for the dangerous work to come. Yet it was in this place of universal peace and contemplation that her remarkable courage was forged.

In early 1943, Khan was recruited as a covert operative into Winston Churchill’s Special Operations Executive (SOE). Churchill’s orders were to “set Europe ablaze”. After the collapse and arrest of her entire network, Khan became the only surviving radio operator linking the British to the French Resistance in Paris, coordinating the airdrop of weapons, explosives, and agents, and supporting the rescue of downed Allied fliers.

Betrayed by a French collaborator after four months, Khan resisted brutal interrogation by the Gestapo, escaping twice – only to be recaptured and sent to the Dachau concentration camp in Germany.

Narrated by Academy Award winning actress Helen Mirren, Enemy of the Reich was directed by three-time Emmy Award winner Robert H. Gardner and features a team of international scholars.

Location: Donahue Auditorium of the Dolan Center for Science and Technology

Time: 7:00pm

April 19

Music: A presentation of Sufi Music featuring Bekir Salim.

Location: Donahue Auditorium of the Dolan Center for Science and Technology

Time: 7:00pm

For more information visit the Nursi Chair’s Website at https://www.jcu.edu/nursi-chair