Mystical Senegal – Intercultural Mixer
Friday, February 17 at 6:30PM
AIC Center
38 Newbury Street, Suite 702
Boston, MA 02116
Cover $5.00 – Advance Tickets Available AIC’s latest Intercultural
Mixer features “Mystical Senegal” – come explore the diverse culture of Senegal and enjoy warm company, a hip crowd and light refreshments. Highlights of the evening include live ethnic music and a photo exhibit from Senegal. Feel free to wear your favorite ethnic outfit and bring your friends. RSVP (required) via events@aicongress.org or 617.266.0080 and get your tickets today!
Our Art Ourselves: Muslim Women Artists Explore their Hybrid Identities
Tuesday, February 21 at 7:00PM
AIC Center
38 Newbury Street, Suite 702
Boston, MA 02116
Art offers a unique prism for understanding the social forces currently transforming Middle Eastern societies. The latest installment of AIC-WorldBoston’s Muslim Women Series spotlights three female artists whose work grapples with their hybrid selves.
With her youth divided between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia, ground breaking painter Nada Farhat (artwork shown above) explores her bisected roots through award-winning work that has been displayed at both Aramco Hospital in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia and New England Medical Center.
Kuwaiti poet Mona Kareem is beset by a particular alienation: she is a native of Kuwait yet denied citizenship. She explores this existence in limbo through her writing.
For many years Niloofar Ziae taught drawing and painting in Tehran, helping young Persians express themselves despite a pervasive culture of censorship. Her own art explores scenes in Tehran and Boston, which she now calls home.
AIC and WorldBoston thank The Boston Foundation for underwriting the Muslim Women Series.
