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Please join S-CAR for our event series on civil rights in America. This event will examine the discourse on Islamophobia in American politics and it's impact on communities. The facilitators will invite audience members' questions throughout the discussion. This event is sponsored by University Life, Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies, and Dialogue and Difference.
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Speaker Bios
Imam Johari Abdul-Malik is the Director of Outreach at the Dar Al Hijrah Islamic Center and former Muslim Chaplain at Howard University (HU) and was the first Muslim officially installed as a chaplain in higher education at HU and is the Head of the National Association of Muslim Chaplains in Higher Education. The imam also, serves as the chair of government relations for the Muslim Alliance in North America. He is the director of community outreach for the Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center and President of the Muslim Society of Washington, Inc.
Nathan Lean is a writer and scholar of the Middle East. He is the Director of Research at Georgetown University’s Bridge Initiative. He is the author of three books, including the award-winning The Islamophobia Industry. His work has been featured in the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, the New York Daily News, CNN, Salon, and the Christian Science Monitor among others. He lives in Washington, D.C.
Asha Noor has a Masters' degree from The School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University, and is a Somali-American activist based out of the DC Metro area. She received her Bachelors Degree from Michigan State University in Political Science and Pre Law in 2012. She worked with Islamic Relief USA where she gained an extensive understanding of Middle East conflict, and International Humanitarian issues.
Remaz Abdelgader is a senior at George Mason Univiersity where she studies Conflict Analysis and Resolution. Her family moved to Virginia from Sudan in 2001. She would like to become a Human Rights lawyer and work to lessen Islamophobia and for equal treatment for all people in the United States.
Facilitator Bios
Mara Schoeny is an Associate Professor at the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University and the Director of the School's Graduate Certificate Program. She teaches courses in research and evaluation methods, practice skills and the integration of inter-disciplinary approaches to conflict analysis and resolution. She was a 1998 USIA Visiting Fellow in the Curriculum Development Exchange Program, in residence at Yerevan State University, Armenia. As part of the grant she developed and taught simulation courses for undergraduate and master’s level sociology and social work students in family, organizational, political and community conflict.
Patricia A. Maulden is an Associate Professor of Conflict Resolution and Director of the Dialogue and Difference Project with The School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology from the University of California, Santa Cruz and her Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from George Mason University. Her research interests include generational and gendered dynamics of conflict and peace, social militarization / demilitarization processes, urbanization, post-conflict peace economies, and peacebuilding practices.