Join curator Rachel Winter for a special Muslim Journeys tour of the exhibition Samia Halaby: Eye Witness at the MSU Broad Art Museum. Journey through noted abstract painter Samia Halaby's life as an art student at MSU, through her time in the Midwest and the East Coast, including visits back to Jerusalem and the Arab World. Experience her drawings, paintings, and digital art in her first American museum retrospective. Come at 6pm to see the exhibition on your own; the tour will begin at 6:30pm.

Free and open to the public; space is limited, so please register in advance via the library website.

Did you know Samia Halaby’s journey to become a painter began right here at MSU? Join us to learn more about Halaby’s nearly seven decades of painting and celebrate the return of a distinguished MSU alumna this homecoming week! Register via the Broad Museum website.

This event is co-sponsored by the Arab American National Museum; the MSU Department of Art, Art History, and Design; the Muslim Studies Program; Global Studies in the Arts and Humanities, International Studies and Programs; and the Center for Gender in a Global Context.

Samia Halaby: Eye Witness follows Halaby’s creative journey to experiment with the ways painting conveys her experiences and reflects how she sees the world around her. On view June 29–December 15, 2024.

This conference will focus on the crisis in Palestine and its impact in North America and around the world. Registration is required.

Participants are asked to attend all four in-person sessions (each runs from 11am-12:30pm). Registration is required via Google forms.

Afis Oladosu (University of Ibadan) will discuss Islam in Nigeria.

Participants are asked to attend all four in-person sessions (each runs from 11am-12:30pm). Registration is required via Google forms.

Participants are asked to attend all four in-person sessions (each runs from 11am-12:30pm). Registration is required via Google forms.

Palestinian-American poet and labor organizer Zaina Alsous will perform and present the MSU Hyphens lecture.

Saleem Alhabash (MSU) will present the book, We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir by Raja Shehadeh.

Participants are asked to attend all four in-person sessions (each runs from 11am-12:30pm). Registration is required via Google forms.