PLEASE NOTE: Location for Day 1 has changed to the Presidential Room at Columbia Faculty House

Intimacies I: Sexualities in Contemporary Muslim Societies
(April 13th, Presidential Room at Columbia Faculty House)

Breakfast // 9:00am – 9:30am

Opening Remarks // 9:30am – 9:45am

Panel 1: Muslim Sexualities: Exploring Definitions and Concepts // 9:45am – 11:45am
with Homa Hoodfar, Gul Ozyegin, Sofian Merabet, Scott Kugle, and Moderator: K. Soraya Batmanghelichi

Keynote Speaker: Mona Eltahawy // 11:50am – 12:45pm

Lunch // 1:00pm – 2:00pm

Panel 2: Let’s talk about Sex: On the Ground Perspectives of Muslim Sexuality // 2:00pm – 4:00pm
with Eman Abedelhadi, Mashuq Deen, Urooj Arshad, Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh, and Moderator: Samira Mohyeddin

Coffee Break 4:00pm – 4:15pm

Intimacies I Roundtable: Coming Out Muslim // 4:15pm – 5:30pm
with Leila Mouri, Shep Glennon, Hinasahar Muneeruddin, and Wahiba Abu-Ras

Reception and Samra Habib Photo Exhibition // 5:30pm – 7:00pm

Intimacies II: Queerness in Muslim Contexts/Communities
(April 14th, Lerner 569)

Breakfast // 9:30am – 10:00am

Panel 1: Queer Social Movements // 10:00am – 11:45pm
with Samra Habib, Tynan Power, Faisal Alam, and Moderator: Sima Shakhsari

Lunch // 11:45am – 1:00pm

Panel 2: “Variant” Muslims: Gender Pluralism & Ambiguity // 1:00pm – 3:00pm
with Faris Khan, Sima Shakhsari, Asli Zengin, Ali Mian, and Moderator: Durba Mitra

Coffee Break // 3:00pm – 3:15pm

Intimacies II Roundtable: Sexual Violence // 3:15pm – 4:45pm
with Leila Mouri, Ayah Eldosougi, Wahiba Abu-Ras, and K. Soraya Batmanghelichi

Closing Remarks // 5:00pm

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