Voices of Muslim Women from the U.S. South
Date & Time: March 30, 2017 | 12:30 AM – 12:30 AM
Location: 012 Lewis Katz Building
The SIA Student Government Association (SGA) and the Penn State Muslim Student Association (MSA) will be hosting a film screening of Voices of Muslim Women from the US South on Wednesday, March 29th at 5:30 p.m. in 012 Katz followed by a Q&A discussion with the film’s director, Dr. Maha Marouan, Penn State Associate Professor with the Department of African American Studies and Department of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies. This event is free and open to the public. Pizza will be provided.
Voices of Muslim Women from the US South is a documentary that explores the Muslim culture through the lens of five University of Alabama Muslim students. The film tackles how Muslim women carve a space for self-expression in the Deep South and how they negotiate their identities in a predominantly Christian society that often has unflattering views about Islam and Muslims. Through interviews with students and faculty at Alabama, this film examines representations and issues of agency by asking: How do Muslim female students carve a space in a culture that thinks of Muslims as terrorists and Muslim women as backward? View trailer