International Festival of Arts & Ideas
Muslim Identity: The Personal and the Political
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Every year in June, the International Festival of Arts & Ideas bring together a diverse group of artists, writers, thinkers and world leaders to discuss the most pressing issues in art, society, politics and the environment. Every other week through out the year we share with our web audience our featured broadcasts of these events. Our eclectic program offers a mix of serious, controversial, and whimsical topics, all designed to inspire new ways of thinking.
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Aug 4, 2009
01:20:01
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What is the experience of being Muslim in today's world? How can we better understand Muslims' sense of self and community? Huzir Sulaiman, politica...
What is the experience of being Muslim in today's world? How can we better understand Muslims' sense of self and community? Huzir Sulaiman, political satirist and Malaysia's leading playwright, Mohamed Baba, founder of MEXIT Intercultural Management, a group promoting social cohesion throughout the Netherlands, Mubarakah Ibrahim, founder of New Haven's Balance Fitness, and Saleemah Abdul-Ghafur, editor of Living Islam Out Loud: American Muslim Women Speak, explore political and personal facets of their faith in a panel moderated by Yale Chaplain Sharon Kugler. "Muslim Identity: The Personal and the Political" was co-presented with The Yale World Fellows Program and the Yale Center for British Art and was originally presented on June 25, 2008.
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