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DESCRIPTION:Over the decades\, Muslims at 涩里番 have had an impactful\, ye
 t not-so-famous influence and contributions within the 涩里番 community. T
 hey have existed as intellectual figures within the Institute of Islamic S
 tudies at the University\, prominent staff members\, influential students\
 , and distinguished alumni. On Wednesday\, January 27th from 6:00 - 7:30 P
 M (EST)\, come and join Muslim Awareness Week in collaboration with many o
 n-campus groups to get a taste of the History of Muslims at 涩里番.\n\nJoi
 n via Zoom! Monitor the Facebook event page聽for additional information.\n
 \nModerator: Irfan Tahiri\n\nSpeakers: Ehab Lotayef\, Mohamed Shaheen\, an
 d Amal Elsana-Alh'jooj\n\nPanelist Biographies:\n\nEhab Lotayef is a Canad
 ian IT Manager\, poet\, writer and community activist\, of Egyptian origin
 . Ehab has been working at 涩里番\, as an IT manager\, since 19
 99. Ehab is deeply involved in social and community work\, including campa
 igns against the sanctions and war on Iraq\, opposing the blockade of Gaza
  and advocating for Native Rights. Over the years he served on the boards 
 of Egyptian Canadian Coalition for Democracy (Pres.)\, Muslim Council of M
 ontreal\, Muslim Schools of Montreal\, the Canadian Arab Federation (V.P.)
 \, Fair Vote Canada and is currently serving on the Board of Governors of 
 涩里番 and Montreal City Mission. As a poet and writer\, Ehab p
 ublished a bilingual poetry collection: 'To Love a Palestinian Woman' (TSA
 R 2010) and the CBC produced his play 'Crossing Gibraltar' in 2006. Ehab a
 lso served on the boards of Teesri Duniya Theatre and CKUT Radio and is cu
 rrently serving on the board of the Quebec Writers federation.\n\nMohamed 
 Shaheen completed his Bachelor鈥檚 degree at Dalhousie University\, Halifax\
 , before moving to Montreal to complete his Masters and Ph.D. degrees in E
 lectrical Engineering at 涩里番. Mohamed has been involved over
  the past decade in several community organizations\, where his focus has 
 been on civic engagement\, advocacy\, cross-cultural exchange\, and civil 
 liberties. He was part of the Muslim Students Association at 涩里番 Univer
 sity. In 2013\, he founded the Silk Road Institute and served as the organ
 ization鈥檚 Founding Executive Director. He now serves as the organization鈥檚
  Chair of the Board of Directors. Additionally\, he continues to advise se
 veral Montreal-based organizations. His writings have appeared in the Glob
 e and Mail and the Montreal Gazette\, and he has been featured on CBC Radi
 o One.\n\nDr. Amal Elsana Alh'jooj is the Executive Director of the 涩里番
  ICAN. Amal has 20 years of experience working as an activist focusing on 
 Minority and women鈥檚 rights in Palestine/Israel. She is a founder of AJEEC
  and a past co-executive director of AJEEC-NISPED. She earned her BA in so
 cial work at BGU in Israel/Palestine and her MA in community organizing at
  涩里番 in Canada. Upon her return from Canada\, Amal worked to
  implement innovative methods of changing the stable but inherently unjust
  equilibrium characterizing the Palestinian national minority in Israeli s
 tate and the Bedouin of the Negev. Through her Ph.D.at 涩里番\,
  Amal explored the tensions\, problems\, limits\, inherent in Social-chang
 e Service Organizations/Community organizations. The title of her disserta
 tion was 鈥淢anaging the Tensions Facing Indigenous Minority Social Change S
 ervice Organizations that Combine Service Provision and Advocacy鈥�. Current
 ly\, Amal is a postdoctoral fellow at Women and Public Policy Program at K
 ennedy School\, Harvard University.\n
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SUMMARY:Muslim Awareness Week: History of Muslims at 涩里番
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