Book launch today! RSVP: bit.ly/RevolutionWithin416 Wed. April 16, 4:00PM ET CupsnChai Café Ann Arbor 214 S 4th Ave. Join @umichGISC at CupsnChai A2 on 4/16 at 4pm to launch Dr. Yasmin Moll's new book “The Revolution Within: Islamic Media and the Struggle for a New Egypt.” Free chai & snacks!

Tomorrow! Speaking with the Caribbean community on the cancellation of Trinidadian artist Andil Gosine’s “Nature’s Wild” art exhibition at the OAS Art Museum of the Americas. Livestream 3pm ET, www.youtube.com/@dmahab/stre...

"Censoring Caribbean Artists at the OAS’s Museum: An Interview with Andil Gosine": my interview with the Trinidadian artist @andilgosine.bsky.social, now in PREE Caribbean literary magazine. On the cancellation of his museum art exhibition by the Organization of American States (OAS).

Today in the Stabroek News national newspaper of Guyana: my interview with Trinidadian artist Andil Gosine @andilgosine.bsky.social on his show’s cancellation at the DC Art Museum of the Americas, an arm of the Organization of American States (OAS), due to preemptive compliance with US policies. 🇬🇾 🇹🇹

Tomorrow! “Poetry & Art From Muslim & Arab American Authors” Tue. 2/25, 6pm, 27th Letter Books, 3546 Michigan Ave, Detroit RSVP: bit.ly/Qahwah25 Ft. four poets and authors with the University of Michigan Global Islamic Studies Center (GISC). Free and open to all, coffee and pastries served.

Next week! “Muslims in the Digital Age: AI and Muslim Piety on TikTok,” a lecture by Dr. Christoph Günther on AI texts and images of Qur'an and hadith. Thurs. Feb. 13, 2025, 4PM, 555 Weiser Hall, U of Michigan Global Islamic Studies Center & Dept. of History of Art. Hybrid RSVP: bit.ly/MuslimAI

Tomorrow 1/31 on Zoom! “Plantations: The Africana Muslim & Genealogies of White Supremacy.” 11am-12pm ET: Keynote by Michael Gomez. RSVP: bit.ly/plantationskeynote 1:30-3pm ET: Panel with Aliyah Khan (respondent), Jason Young, Nathaniel Mathews, Margarita Rosa. RSVP: bit.ly/plantationspanel

For the gardeners and plant lovers: Doha’s Qur’anic Botanic Gardens, an entire Islamic outdoor garden devoted to plants mentioned in the Qur’an and hadith. Very intentional and thoughtful. Flanked by Minaretein space age minarets and mosque. 🇶🇦

Souq Waqif heritage market in Doha, Qatar 🇶🇦 at night

“The Art of Dining: Food Culture in the Islamic World” exhibit at the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA). Beautiful objects from antiquity onwards, with heavy representation from Iran and Türkiye, then Mughal India, Mamluk Egypt, Syria, Iraq. Last day to see is tomorrow 1/5!

Tomorrow morning! The Black Ecologies Symposium, hosted by the University of Michigan Department of Afroamerican and African Studies (DAAS). I’m speaking on Caribbean hurricane music at 10:30am. Thurs. Nov. 21, Michigan Union, Wolverine Room.

Mark your calendars! The University of Michigan Global Islamic Studies Center (GISC) presents: “Flash Talks & Tea: What’s New in Islamic Studies?” ft. U-M profs. At the new CupsnChai Ann Arbor café, Tuesday 11/19 @ 6pm! RSVP: bit.ly/FlashTalks24

Bluesky feels like being trapped at an unendingly dying academic conference. You can smell the helpless liberal denial and despair the way you used to at the MLA cattle cull interview room for the poor schools that couldn't afford a suite to interview grad students on a hotel bed. Change my mind