Second Annual Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program Conference
“Contemporary Muslim Voices in the Arts and Literatures”
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
April 17-18, 2010
Saturday, April 17
Thompson Room & Great Hall, Barker Center
9:00 am to 9:30 am
Welcome & Tea/Coffee
9:30 am to 12:30 pm
Welcome by Roy Mottahedeh, Director; and
Gurney Professor of History, Harvard
Introductions by Ali Asani, Associate Director; and Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures, Harvard
Hamra Abbas
visual artist
Azra Aksamija
architect
Wasma’a Chorbachi
calligrapher, sculptor
Sehr Jalal
miniature artiste
Samina Qureishi
photographer, author
12:30 pm to 2:00 pm
Lunch break
2:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Introductions by Syed Akbar Hyder
Mustafa Davis
filmmaker
Zarqa Nawaz
filmmaker/screenwriter
Syed Akbar Hyder
scholar/activist
Hussein Rashid
scholar/activist
Mehmet Ali Sanlikol
scholar/musician
5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
Performance by Dunya
Sunday, April 18
Thompson Room & Great Hall, Barker Center
9:00 am to 9:30 am
Welcome & Tea/Coffee
9:30 am to 12:30 pm
Introductions by Hussein Rashid
Michael Muhammad Knight
author
Salman Ahmad
rock musician
Amir Sulaiman
spoken word poet
Basim Usmani/Shahjehan Khan/Imran Malik
punk rockers
Hamza Perez
hip hop artist
12:30 pm to 1:30 pm
Film screening of “Deen Tight”
1:30pm to 2:00pm
Reception
2:00pm to 3:00
Performance by The Kominas
Concluding remarks by Prof Ali Asani