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On Wednesday, July 31, the Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies will screen the movie “Motorcycle Girl” as part of the Stanford Global Studies Summer Film Festival. The biographical drama is based on the life of motorcyclist Zenith Irfan, the first…
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s accomplishments on the basketball court have made him a sports legend and a cultural icon. As the National Basketball Association’s all-time leading scorer and a six-time league…
The Office of the Vice President for the Arts at Stanford University announces the first two artists in the new Visiting Artist Fund in Honor of Roberta Bowman Denning (VAF). The program brings international artists into Stanford classrooms in…
Alaina Morgan is a historian of Islam in the African Diaspora and a postdoctoral fellow at the Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies and the Department of Religious Studies.
Specifically, Dr. Morgan's work investigates…
Tunis, Tunisia - On May 6, Tunisia marked a major milestone in its democratic transition. For the first time, Tunisians could cast votes for local representatives in free, nationwide municipal elections.
More than 45,000 candidates…