Afghan refugee Gulwali Passarlay opens up about his remarkable year-long journey to the UK, in a conversation with Duke students facilitated by Julie Poucher Harbin, editor of ISLAMiCommentary.

Raza Rumi visited Duke University for a conversation on "Countering Violent Extremism: The Case of Pakistan". Rumi is a policy analyst, journalist and author. Rumi sat down with iSLAMCommentry editor Julie Harbin for a series of short videos about…

Raza Rumi visited Duke University for a conversation on "Countering Violent Extremism: The Case of Pakistan". Rumi is a policy analyst, journalist and author. Rumi sat down with iSLAMCommentry editor Julie Harbin for a series of short videos about…

Raza Rumi visited Duke University for a conversation on "Countering Violent Extremism: The Case of Pakistan". Rumi is a policy analyst, journalist and author. Rumi sat down with iSLAMCommentry editor Julie Harbin for a series of short videos about…

Following an event at Duke, policy analyst, journalist, and scholar Raza Rumi speaks, in an interview with ISLAMiCommentary, about countering violent extremism in the Middle East and in Pakistan.

In her new book, Professor Ellen McLarney spotlights Egyptian revivalist writers who describe themselves as waging jihad in the family, in the home, in childbearing and childrearing, in their selves and souls, in their bodies, and in the body politic

On March 17, 2015 Duke University screened the Jon Stewart directed film, "Rosewater". "Rosewater" depicts the story of Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari, who coverage of the 2009 Iranian elections led to his imprisonment by the Iranian…

Scholars discuss the power and limits of bearing witness — as traditional or citizen journalists — and the government’s use of social media as a tool of control and repression.

At a public screening, Negar Mottahedeh set the scene for “Rosewater” — a feature film about the real-life imprisonment of Canadian-Iranian journalist Maziar Bahari following his coverage of the 2009 Iran elections.

There are many academic Malcolm X representations, readings, and interpretations, and with many great figures in human history, their legacy is more and something other than that great person’s biography.

Topics included the impact of Black radicalism and Black Islam on third world revolutionary movements of the 50s and 60s; Malcolm X's recurrent presence within the culture and politics of US racecraft, Malcom's impact on post-cold-war hip hop, & more

I interviewed Maytha Alhassen, a University of Southern California Provost Ph.D. Fellow in American Studies and Ethnicity about her previous work on the Malcolm X Project, and how Malcolm’s pro-Palestinian activism inspired her in her own activism.

“We are living through the 50th anniversary of many of the monumental events in the history of the civil rights movement. The protests in Ferguson, New York and elsewhere tell us that issues of racism, brutality, poverty and militarism are still..."

February 21, 2015 marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz. I sat down with Professors William A. “Sandy” Darity Jr. (Duke) and Bill Hart (UNC-Greensboro) for a taped conversation about Malcom X.

Maytha Alhassen is a University of Southern California (USC) Provost Ph.D. Fellow in American Studies and Ethnicity.Alhassen recorded this video on Malcolm X ahead of a national conference held at Duke and UNC Chapel Hill (2/20/15-2/21/15) on “The…

Sohail Daulatzai is an Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies and African American Studies at the University of California, Irvine. Daulatzai is the author of "Black Star Crescent Moon: The Muslim International and Black Freedom beyond…

Film theorist Negar Mottahedeh and journalist Phil Bennett, both Duke University professors, will hold a public Q & A on Tuesday, March 17, following a 7 p.m. screening of “Rosewater” at the Griffith Film Theater.

“Often one might ask the question: Do we see the light at the end of the tunnel?I would say we don’t see the entrance of the tunnel because there’s a wall there separating us from the tunnel. We need to bring down this wall. " - Mustafa Abu Sway

Islamic studies scholar Mustafa Abu Sway is on the list of the 500 most influential Muslims in the world. http://themuslim500.com/profile/mustafa-abu-swayDr. Sway is Dean of the College of Islamic Studies at Al-Quds University in Jerusalem and the…

Islamic studies scholar Mustafa Abu Sway is on the list of the 500 most influential Muslims in the world. http://themuslim500.com/profile/mustafa-abu-swayDr. Sway is Dean of the College of Islamic Studies at Al-Quds University in Jerusalem and the…