Meet the speakers at the first ever international Islamic Art & Culture Digital Festival - online on 28 & 29 November
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With poets, writers, academics, museum & gallery professionals, & creatives baytalfann.com
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Yassmin Abdel-Magied is a Sudanese-born writer & broadcaster. @yassmin_a writes for the page, stage & screen. She has published four books with Penguin Random House including the essay collection Talking About a Revolution & the award winning Listen Layla
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Tez Ilyas is one of the most celebrated stars in British comedy. @tezilyas achieved phenomenal success with his debut stand up hour TEZ Talks. In 2021 he released his debut novel The Secret Diary of a British Muslim Aged 13 3/4
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Hear Tez at the festival baytalfann.com
Alex Shams is a writer and PhD student of Anthropology at the University of Chicago. @alexshams_ research focuses on urban politics and religion in the contemporary Middle East. He is editor of Ajam Media Collective ajammc.com
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Dr. Qayyim Naoki Yamamoto is currently an assistant professor at the Graduate school of Turkic Studies, Marmara University. @NaokiQYamamoto specialises in Ottoman Tasawwuf and traditional Japanese culture
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Alistair Hudson has been appointed the next Artistic-Scientific Chairman of the Zentrum für Kunst und Medien (ZKM) Karlsruhe, Germany. @magwagdirector is currently Director of @WhitworthArt & @mcrartgallery He is co-director of the Asociación de Arte Útil
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Dr. Eléonore Cellard is a French specialist in early Qurʾānic manuscripts. Since 2022, she is conducting her research independently. She has also authored several monographs & articles on Qurʾānic manuscripts
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Hear @CellardEleonore talk at the festival baytalfann.com
Rana Safvi is a passionate believer in India’s unique civilizational legacy and pluralistic culture which she documents through her writings, podcasts and videos. @iamrana has published ten books so far on culture, history and the monuments of India
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Sharghzadeh (شرقزده ‘struck by the east,’ antonym of gharbzadeh) is a translator of Persian poetry. In 2018 @sharghzadeh founded @persianpoetics, an online project dedicated to authentically translating Persian poetry into modern, poetic English
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Ramey Dawoud is a Sudanese-American Nubian language activist, actor & author. In 2021 @RealRameyDawoud published his first book Nabra's Nubian Numbers a children's book that teaches counting in Nubian while highlighting different aspects of Nubian culture
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Omid Safi is a professor of Islamic spirituality & contemporary Islamic thought at Duke University. @ostadjaan leads spiritually oriented tours to Turkey & Morocco, and teaches courses online on subjects ranging from Rumi and Sufism
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Sara M Saleh is a human rights lawyer, community organiser, writer, and the daughter of migrants from Palestine, Egypt, and Lebanon, living on Gadigal land. Her poems and short stories have been published in English and Arabic internationally
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Peter Gould leads a strategic design consulting firm. His unique heart-centered design approach has resulted in international acclaim. In 2020, @petergouldart was appointed as a UNHCR Ambassador in recognition of his efforts supporting refugees
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Sadiya Ahmed is a Freelance Heritage Consultant. She established @Everyday_Muslim in 2013 in response to the lack of representation of the Muslim narrative in archives, museums, and education in Britain.
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Hear Sadiya talk at the festival baytalfann.com
Kristine Rose-Beers ACR is Head of Conservation at the Chester Beatty in Dublin, Ireland & an accredited member of the Institute of Conservation. She also teaches and lectures internationally
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Hear @iamkristinesr talk at the festival baytalfann.com
Zirrar is a writer based in London, & part of the editorial team for @SFootsteps His work attempts to revive and invigorate a vision of Islamic culture where the might & beauty of Islam can be re-discovered & shared across a new generation
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Aliyah R. Khan @aliyahrkhan is Director of the Global Islamic Studies Center (GISC) & Associate Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature, and the Department of Afroamerican & African Studies, at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
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Yahya Birt is a community historian who has taught at the University of Leeds, has published over a dozen peer-reviewed articles on Islam in Britain & most recently co-edited Islam in Victorian Liverpool 2021 & The Collected Poems of Abdullah Quilliam 2021
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British Bahraini poet @wordsbytaher is known for his deeply spiritual style & his powerful spoken word content.
He believes Islam has a long poetic tradition & the mainstream literary world should acknowledge this, & create more space for Muslim voices
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He believes Islam has a long poetic tradition & the mainstream literary world should acknowledge this, & create more space for Muslim voices
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Artist @nasimabee is a performance poet & producer. She uses art as a means of activism.
Her work is an exploration of loss, a celebration of femininity & an observance of the world
Hear Nasima talk at the festival baytalfann.com
Her work is an exploration of loss, a celebration of femininity & an observance of the world
Hear Nasima talk at the festival baytalfann.com
Moustafa Fahour OAM is the Founder of the Islamic Museum of Australia. @MoustafaFahour is also the Executive Producer
& author of Boundless Plains: The Australian Muslim Connection & The Journey: Establishing Australia’s First Islamic Museum
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& author of Boundless Plains: The Australian Muslim Connection & The Journey: Establishing Australia’s First Islamic Museum
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Ausma Zehanat Khan holds a Ph.D. in international human rights law. @ausmazehanat is the author of the award-winning Esa Khattak & Rachel Getty mystery series, as well as the author of the critically acclaimed Khorasan Archives fantasy series
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Mohamad Ali is the Founder, Director and Curator of @AlkhattAljameel Private Collection of Qur’an Manuscripts based in Sydney, Australia. He has been collecting and studying Qur’an manuscripts for 21 years.
Hear Mohammed talk at the festival baytalfann.com
Hear Mohammed talk at the festival baytalfann.com
Sophie Ibbotson is a government advisor & writer specialising in Central & South Asia. She is the Chairman of the Royal Society for Asian Affairs (rsaa.org.uk), Director of the Silk Road Literary Festival, and @UZAmbassador
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Thank you to all of our speakers, panelists & performers 💫✨
And thank you for your support! We LOVE our amazing Bayt Al Fann Community & we hope to see you at the Islamic Art & Culture Festival
For 1 week only book your early bird tickets…
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And thank you for your support! We LOVE our amazing Bayt Al Fann Community & we hope to see you at the Islamic Art & Culture Festival
For 1 week only book your early bird tickets…
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