Category: Events

My on-line chat with the PrepareNY community about religion and politics is now up on the site. PrepareNY is an interfaith coalition, convened to help NY around the 10th anniversary of 9/11. June 21st Chat with Hussein Rashid – Prepare New York. Hussein is an academic, activist and lecturer. He…Continue readingJune 21st Chat with Hussein Rashid – Prepare New York

LIVE CHAT WITH HUSSEIN RASHID – Prepare New York. On Tuesday, June 21st from 12-1pm EST PrepareNY.com will be hosting another Online Chat designed to spark a new kind of conversation as we approach the tenth anniversary of 9/11.    This week’s featured guest will be: Hussein Rashid, Founder of…Continue readingLIVE CHAT WITH HUSSEIN RASHID – Prepare New York

I am very pleased that my Alma Mater invites alumni back every year to march during graduation. I am trying to go as often as I can. Below is a picture from this year’s graduation/flood exercises. Photo: Ethan Rouen ©Columbia College Alumni Affairs and Development

Everyday Art: The Islamic Impact on American Arts Saturday, May 21, 2011 3:00 p.m. Loyola University Museum of Art 820 North Michigan Avenue Chicago IL 60611 LUC.edu/luma Flyer – Islamic Impact on American Arts.pdf

LUMA Loyola University Museum of Art. Saturday, May 21  Everyday Art: The Islamic Impact on American Arts  3:00 p.m.  Free with museum admission  American popular culture reflects the cultural diversity of the American people and helps to shape the way Americans understand themselves. Perhaps the least understood of these influences…Continue readingLUMA Loyola University Museum of Art

UT-Arlington Press Release The University of Texas at Arlington’s College of Liberal Arts and School of Architecture will welcome Hussein Rashid, visiting Professor at Virginia Theological Seminary, to the campus next week for a discussion on “Everyday Art: Islamic Contribution to American Arts.” Rashid will explore the Islamic impact on…Continue readingSpeaking Event: SMU and UT-Arlington Apr. 21

Islamic Art and Culture Forum – Dr. Hussein Rashid – SMU. Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University welcomes Dr. Hussein Rashid, visiting Professor at Virginia Theological Seminary, for an Islamic Art and Culture Forum on Thursday, April 21, at 1:30 p.m. “Everyday Art: Islamic Contribution to American Arts”…Continue readingIslamic Art and Culture Forum – Dr. Hussein Rashid – SMU

The final two events in our year of programming around comics, graphic novels, the Middle East and Muslim communities will be happening at the end of the month! The panel event on Saturday, April 30th from 10:00 – 2:00 on the Harvard Divinity School campus will bring together scholars engaging…Continue readingSpeaking Event: Harvard – Comics and Muslim Identity, April 30, 2011

The Ismaili: Video: The Islamic impact on American arts. Dr Hussein Rashid delivered a lecture titled Everyday Art: An Islamic Impact on American Art on 13 February 2011 at the Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. In the talk, Dr Rashid highlights Islamic influences on popular…Continue readingThe Ismaili: Video: The Islamic impact on American arts

Scholar to Present Seminar on Islam for Clergy. Contact: Patrick Verel (212) 636-7790 verel@fordham.edu    An expert on Islam will explore its basic history, concepts and calendar at a free seminar for New York-area clergy.  “Islam 101” will be presented by Hussein Rashid, Ph.D., visiting instructor at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. …Continue readingScholar to Present Seminar on Islam for Clergy