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Children’s Museum of Manhattan – America to Zanzibar – POLITICO

May 13, 2016Hussein

DE BLASIO press shake-up — CUOMO bans insider lobbyist — REDSTONE saga – POLITICO. NYC Council Speaker Melissa Mark Viverito, NYC Council Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer, NYC Council Members I. Daneek Miller and Helen Rosenthal toured the America to Zanzibar: Muslim Cultures Near and Far exhibit at the Children’s…Continue readingChildren’s Museum of Manhattan – America to Zanzibar – POLITICO

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#LoveRally on April 10, 2016

April 9, 2016Hussein

I’ll be speaking at a rally to counter the hate emerging out of this year’s Presidential Election Cycle. Please join if you can on Sunday, April 30, 2016 at 2PM in New York City, by New York University. The official letter about the program is here. Dear Friends: As the…Continue reading#LoveRally on April 10, 2016

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Panel: Advancing Religious Literacies: Exploring Islam through the Cultural Studies Method

March 31, 2016Hussein

The loud discourse on Islam in the United States today marks Muslims as a threat, embroiled in pre-modern sensibilities, and unable to participate in democratic societies. These articulations are often made by recycling colonial and oriental images of Muslim women as oppressed and Muslim men as violent, with objects such…Continue readingPanel: Advancing Religious Literacies: Exploring Islam through the Cultural Studies Method

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Leading Edge – Conference

March 29, 2016Hussein

I’ll be speaking at the following conference on a Muslim theology of Black Lives Matter. I’ve spoke at the church before on a similar topic, but this will be different. “Body Politics” :: Jan 17 @middlechurch from Middle Collegiate Church on Vimeo. The Leading Edge 2016: …Continue readingLeading Edge – Conference

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America to Zanzibar elumenati Video

March 28, 2016Hussein

elumenati is the company that did a wonderful immersive architectural experience for the Children’s Museum of Manhattan‘s America to Zanzibar exhibit. They have posted a promo video that only hints at how great the experience is.

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Newsday on America to Zanzibar

March 10, 2016Hussein

Here is a Newsday article on the exhibit America to Zanzibar: Muslim Cultures Near and Far, at The Children’s Museum of Manhattan, for which I was the lead academic advisor. It’s a good chance to shout out my friends from high school. “Our goal is to have children deal with differences…Continue readingNewsday on America to Zanzibar

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America to Zanzibar Opening

February 13, 2016Hussein

I am proud to announce the opening of the exhibit America to Zanzibar: Muslim Cultures Near and Far at the Children’s Museum of Manhattan. I served as the lead academic advisor the exhibit, and it is stunning. Below is a link to my Flickr album of the space, which I…Continue readingAmerica to Zanzibar Opening

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A Busy Church Month

January 22, 2016Hussein

In January 2016, I was blessed to be invited to share the pulpit at two Collegiate churches in New York City. The first was Marble Collegiate Church, as part of their annual Trialogue amongst the Abrahamic traditions. January 10, 2016 Three Faiths, One Family from Marble Collegiate Church on Vimeo.…Continue readingA Busy Church Month

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Recap of Chautauqua Visit 2015

September 8, 2015Hussein

I was invited to speak at the Chautauqua Institute this summer on the theme of The Ambivalence of the Sacred: Religion and Violence. The initial calendar event is here. A pre-talk write-up is here, and post-talk write-up here, both from the Daily Chautauquan. A video of the talk is embedded below.…Continue readingRecap of Chautauqua Visit 2015

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Round-up of My Chautauqua Institution @chq Talk

September 2, 2014Hussein

I was privileged to be invited to speak at the Chautauqua Institution. My topic was on meanings made of death in Muslim tradition. The lead up to the event got this write-up. Moral and ethical questions often surround death, dying and the afterlife — questions Hussein Rashid will explore in…Continue readingRound-up of My Chautauqua Institution @chq Talk

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