How do we make sense of the genocide in Gaza according to Islamic and historical sources? How can we process, support, and uplift one another in these times of immeasurable suffering?
Join us for a post-Maghrib talk with Dr. Farah El-Sharif, who discusses how Gaza is already changing the world for the better and will put into context the Palestinian struggle according to revelation and broader human history.
Saturday, Nov. 18 | 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. | Conference Room | In person only
Questions? events@mcceastbay.org
About the speaker:
Dr. Farah El-Sharif is a Visiting Scholar at the Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies at Stanford University with roots from Palestine and Sinai. She earned her PhD in Islamic Studies at Harvard University and received her Masters’ at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley. She is also a graduate of the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. Her research focuses on Islam and politics.