Category: UFM-Dearborn
Live Discussions: Arab Spring – What it Accomplished & Where It Failed
The Arab Spring (Arabic: الربيع العربي) was a series of anti-government protests, uprisings, and armed rebellions that spread across much of the Arab world in the early 2010s. It began in response to corruption and economic stagnation and was influenced by the Tunisian Revolution. After 11 years, the lives of people in Arab Spring countries have improved in certain aspects but worsened in others.
Arabs in the Eye of the Beholder: Stereotypes of Arabs in European and American Literature and Art
The Arab American Center for Culture and Arts is pleased to present a talk titled: Arabs in the Eye of the Beholder: Stereotypes of Arabs in European and American Literature and Art by Dr. Wessam Elmeligi Director of the Comparative Literature and Arabic Translation Certificates at the University of Michigan-Dearborn and a member of AACA Hosted by Wissam Charafeddine wissamc.com Thursday June 24 7pm Detroit
Dearborn Scholars Eps. 2: Prof. Sally Howell [Video/Podcast]
Sally Howell is Associate Professor of History at the University of Michigan-Dearborn and Director of the Center for Arab American Studies. Her books include Citizenship and Crisis: Arab Detroit After 9/11, Arab Detroit 9/11: Life in the Terror Decade, and Old Islam in Detroit: Rediscovering the Muslim American Past. Old Islam in Detroit received the 2015 Arab American Book Award. Howell is currently a curator for the Halal Metropolis exhibition series exploring the politics and aesthetics of Muslim visibility in Detroit.
Arab Identity Eps 7 – Background to Zionism with Prof. Ronald Stockton [podcast/video]
Arab American Center for Culture and Arts invite you to the 7th episode of Arab Identity with host, Mr. Wissam Charafeddine, who will be discussing with Professor Ronald Stockton, the professor of political science at University of Michigan - Dearborn, Background to the Zionist Movement, on Tuesday April 20, 2021 at 7PM EST. For all the episodes of Arab Identity in arabic and english, visit: dearbornblog.com/tags/arab-identity
Dearborn Scholars Eps. 1: Prof. Ronald Stockton [Video/Podcast]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eae5Kg0yvuA Dearborn Scholars is a series of Live Broadcasts and Podcasts by Dearborn Blog under the Open Discussions program hosted by Wissam Charafedine (wissamc.com). The first episode was broadcast on March 10, 2021. The program consists of episodes and each episode is an interview with one of the scholars from Dearborn, that is professors, teachers, ...
Dearborn Open Mic – Michael Fawaz – Dreams of Water
Dearborn Open Mic - Michael Fawaz - Dreams of Water P1/2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veMTmVgSGUg Dearborn Open Mic - Michael Fawaz - Dreams of Water P2/2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b90BmCqgtaE&feature=youtu.be Dearborn Blog Podcast for Apple devices: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dearborn-open-mic Podcast for Android device:https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/dearborn-blog/dearborn-open-mic Open Mic Archive: Dearbornblog.com/openmic Follow us on Facebook: Facebook.com/dearbornblog Follow us on Twitter: Twitter.com/dearbornblog Follow us on Instagram: ...
Dearborn Open Mic – Trans Revolution -Syria in the Hearts of the Diaspora by Prof. Hani Bawardi
Hani Bawardi is Associate Professor of History in the Department of Social Sciences, and principal member of the Center of Arab American Studies at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. He is the author of The Making of Arab Americans: From Syrian Nationalism to U.S. Citizenship. Bawardi has amassed a sizable private collection of manuscripts, and established ...
State Board Appoints Michael Rice As Next State Superintendent
May 7, 2019 LANSING – The State Board of Education today selected Dr. Michael Rice to be Michigan’s next State Superintendent. Following a full day interviewing three finalists, the State Board voted 5-3 to appoint the 56-year-old Rice, over the other candidates: Wayne RESA Superintendent Randy Liepa, and Ann Arbor Public Schools Superintendent Jeanice Swift. ...
علي عجمي وهاني بواردي يستعرضان تاريخ العرب الأميركيين والحضارة العربية في جامعة ميشيغن-ديربورن
من زمن الفراعنة والفينيقيين وصولاً لسقوط الأندلس وحكم العثمانيين، تنّقل الدكتور السفير علي عجمي مع الزمان والمكان، حاملاً صوراً مجهولة ومطموسة عن تاريخ العرب تحت عنوان: «بُناة الحضارة». سلّط السفير الضوء على ماضي التنوير العربي معيداً بعث رماد كتب بغداد المحترقة من مياه دجلة. استعرض عجمي بمحاضرته التي ألقاها في جامعة ميشيغن-ديربورن (يو أف أم) ...
Podcast Series: Arab American Identity with Dr. Hani Bawardi Eps. 4
In this episode, Wissam Charafeddine discusses with Dr. Hani Bawardi the First Arab Conference in Paris in 1913.
Podcast Series: Arab American Identity with Dr. Hani Bawardi Eps. 3
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Podcast Series: Arab American Identity with Dr. Hani Bawardi Eps. 2
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Dr. Hani Bawardi: Historical Context of Arab American Literature [Arabic – Video]
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From Syria to Michigan: The Flint & Highland Park Pioneers in the Arab American Journey [Podcast]
Hani Bawardi Hani Bawardi is Associate Professor of History in the Department of Social Sciences, and principal member of the Center of Arab American Studies at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. He is the author of The Making of Arab Americans: From Syrian Nationalism to U.S. Citizenship. Bawardi has amassed a sizable private collection of manuscripts, ...
المنتدى الثقافي في ديربورن – واقع النظام التعليمي في الولايات المتحدة للأستاذ حيدر مازن [Video | Arabic]
جزء 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1nBWbX_7Z0&feature=youtu.be جزء 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjgUZI6TPUY&feature=youtu.be جزء 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmnCLAEMF4c&feature=youtu.be جزء 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPpRVrDWqy8
THIS WEEK: “God, Evil and Suffering” – Friday, March 9 at UFM
EVENT: Mini conference - "God, Evil and Suffering" DATE: Friday, March 9 TIME: 11:00 a.m.-3:45 p.m. LOCATION: 1030 CB Dr. Bruce Russell (Wayne State University) - "From Evil to Atheism via Inference to the Best Explanation" The problem of evil is the problem of how an all-knowing, all-powerful, wholly good God could allow the existence ...
A Brooklyn Native and Arab Film Maker Moves to Dearborn
“A genuine odyssey is not about piling up experiences. It is a deeply felt, risky, unpredictable tour of the soul. “ - Thomas Moore Mo Rida is an independent writer and producer known for establishing the popular 48 Hour Film Project in the Middle East. The 48 Hour Film Project is a filmmaking competition that ...
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