Comics and Islam, Live at MICE 2017 – 004 Sacred & Sequential Audio | Sacred and Sequential. Muslim identity and practices are featured more comics than ever, from mainstream titles like Ms. Marvelto independent graphic memoirs. This panel at the 2017 Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo (MICE) takes stock of this important growing field — including the brand-new book Muslim Superheroes: Comics, Islam, and Representation — and presents the perspectives of both academics and creators. Featuring discussion with Hussein Rashid (Religion Professor, Barnard College; Contributor, Muslim Superheroes), A. David Lewis (Instructor, MCPHS University; Co-Editor, Muslim Superheroes; writer, Kismet, Man of Fate), Sara Alfageeh (Illustrator, Co-Director, BOY/BYE series MIPSTERZ project), and Hillary Chute (English Professor, Northeastern…
“women’s halaqa: women wearing hijab, tight jeans, eating DD and Starbucks and reading Sayid Qutb”
you are gonna have to explain this one to me.. 😉
“women’s halaqa: women wearing hijab, tight jeans, eating DD and Starbucks and reading Sayid Qutb”
you are gonna have to explain this one to me.. 😉
Dana said she went to a women’s halaqa where the women wore hijab and tight jeans, ate Dunkin’ Donuts and drank Starbuck while reading Sayid Qutb. I’m not sure if it was a comment on the effective marketing strategy of Starbucks that people would go to DD, but still get coffee from Starbucks, or if it was a comment on how these women seem to be negotiating modernity, and perhaps on what Sayid Qutb is actually saying to them.
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