Please join us for the 9th EMMA Talks! Featuring, Dr. Amina Wadud, and a dialogue installation with Maisaloon Al-Ashkar, Hannah Ali, and Sarah Munawar. Curated by Tahia Ahmed
Date/Time: May 3 2018, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Vancouver, Goldcorp Centre for the Arts | Event calendarCost: Free
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The core purpose of EMMA Talks is to bring important stories by women identified* writers, activists, thinkers, storytellers, makers and doers, from the periphery to the public. Together their stories will build a powerful and engaging collection of talks, celebrating and building on the conversations, imaginings, and hard work of so many individuals, communities and movements, which will lead to a creative cross-pollination of ideas.
The evening starts with the talks at 7:00 PM sharp. A closing reception will be in place of a Q & A and will allow for folks to meet one another, to converse and share thoughts from the talks. There will be seating available during the reception.
* including two spirited, trans and gender non-conforming folks.
“Feminist voices have been instrumental in shaping, reforming, and defining Islamic thought and Muslim identity. The spirit of social justice and the tradition of activism within Islam continues to inspire Muslim communities across the globe to strive for emancipation and liberation. Dr. Amina Wadud, one of the leading feminist voices of our time, has changed the way we understand the politics of gender in Islam from a pro-faith perspective. In this EMMA Talks, Amina Wadud as well as local feminist Muslim voices, Sarah Munawar, Hannah Ali, and Maisaloon Al-Ashkar, discuss the real possibility of a feminism that can find refuge in religion and how the erasure of feminism from the Islamic tradition has informed their experience of gender and spirituality." – Tahia Ahmed, curator.
Speaker Bio:
Dr. Amina Wadud is Professor Emeritus of Islamic Studies and Visiting Scholar at Starr King School for the Ministry. Author of Qur’an and Woman; and, Inside the Gender Jihad; she is a founding member of Sisters in Islam and resource person for Musawah: the global movement for reform in Muslim Personal Status Law.
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