Hussein Rashid is the founder of islamicate, L3C, a consultancy focusing on religious literacy and cultural competency. His work includes exploring theology, the interaction between culture and religion, and the role of the arts in conflict mediation. To share his research on Muslims and American popular culture, he writes and speaks about music, comics, movies and the blogistan. He currently is a fellow with the American Muslim Civic Leadership Institute, and also is working with the Children’s Museum of Manhattan as a content expert for their “America to Zanzibar” exhibit.
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LIVE CHAT WITH HUSSEIN RASHID – Prepare New York
LIVE CHAT WITH HUSSEIN RASHID – Prepare New York. On Tuesday, June 21st from 12-1pm EST PrepareNY.com will be hosting another Online Chat designed to spark a new kind of conversation as we approach the tenth anniversary of 9/11. This week’s featured guest will be: Hussein Rashid, Founder of the “Islamicate” blog site and contributor to the upcoming book “I Speak For Myself: American Men on Being Muslim.” https://islamicate.com/islamicate Theme for the chat is “Religion and Politics.”
Apr. 13 Speaking Event
Religion and Public Life series – Hussein Rashid. The methods of the Digital Humanities present an opportunity to think about the goals and methods in the Study of Religion. The emergence of these new tools challenges the ways in which we consider academic work, and the premises around which Study of Religion is built. By broadening the scope of what we can do with “religious” material, we can more broadly imagine what religion is.
Event: July 16, Washington, DC: All-American Book Event
FREE culture show featuring amazing D.C. artists celebrating the release of the anthology “All American: 45 Men on Being Muslim” and Willow Wilson’s novel “Alif” THE LINEUP – Stand up Comedy by Preacher Moss – Musical Stylings of Michelle Struck – A Conversation with novelist Willow Wilson and Wajahat Ali – Comedy by Raad Mismaar – Poetry by Samer Badawi – An original song by Shahed Amanullah (yes, we’re not kidding) – An original poem by Ibrahim Abdul Matin – “Ask a Muslim Dude” panel featuring contributors from the anthology “All-American: 45 Men on Being Muslim” Book signings after the performance! —