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8 days ago

MARK YOUR CALENDAR! Join the Global Islamic Studies Center and the Arab and Muslim American Studies Program tomorrow for Qahwah & Authors featuring Sherine Hamdy! We'll be launching the new graphic novel: LANDING IN PLACE, which explores Egyptian-Muslim American identity, family, faith, migration, and belonging. November 4, 4:30 PM ET, 555 Weiser Hall, 5th Floor Don't miss this conversation! RSVP: https://t.co/t1r1ZKgItX #sherinehamdy #landinginplace

umichGISC's tweet photo. MARK YOUR CALENDAR!

Join the Global Islamic Studies Center and the Arab and Muslim American Studies Program tomorrow for Qahwah & Authors featuring Sherine Hamdy!

We'll be launching the new graphic novel: LANDING IN PLACE, which explores Egyptian-Muslim American identity, family, faith, migration, and belonging.

November 4, 4:30 PM ET, 555 Weiser Hall, 5th Floor

Don't miss this conversation!

RSVP: https://t.co/t1r1ZKgItX

#sherinehamdy
#landinginplace

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about 3 hours ago

Sari Khalil Sakakini at the University of Michigan: Commemorating the 90th Year Anniversary Monday, November 16 Noon - 2:00pm Eldersveld Room 5670 Haven Hall Lunch will be served. Ninety years ago, Sari Sakakini—son of the prominent Palestinian intellectual Khalil Sakakini—wrote an MA thesis on the famous Muslim thinker Ibn Khaldun in the Department of Political Science at the University of Michigan. During this two-hour event, speakers will reflect on the thesis and Ibn Khaldun’s wider reception history, Sari Sakakini’s other writings including a forthcoming translation of a novel, his experience as a Palestinian in America, and the rich resources available at the Sakakini Cultural Center in Palestine.

umichGISC's tweet photo. Sari Khalil Sakakini at the University of Michigan:

Commemorating the 90th Year Anniversary

Monday, November 16
Noon - 2:00pm
Eldersveld Room
5670 Haven Hall

Lunch will be served.

Ninety years ago, Sari Sakakini—son of the prominent Palestinian intellectual Khalil Sakakini—wrote an MA thesis on the famous Muslim thinker Ibn Khaldun in the Department of Political Science at the University of Michigan. During this two-hour event, speakers will reflect on the thesis and Ibn Khaldun’s wider reception history, Sari Sakakini’s other writings including a forthcoming translation of a novel, his experience as a Palestinian in America, and the rich resources available at the Sakakini Cultural Center in Palestine.

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1 day ago

Students Organize for Syria is excited to be hosting Sincerely Yours, a cultural evening featuring Syrian American artist Omar Offendum, on Tuesday, November 10, at 6:30 PM! The event will celebrate Syrian identity and storytelling through music, poetry, and performance. Alongside Omar Offendum's performance, the event will also feature talented student opening acts, making this a wonderful opportunity to showcase student creativity. Complimentary drinks and sweets for attendees will be available.

umichGISC's tweet photo. Students Organize for Syria is excited to be hosting Sincerely Yours, a cultural evening featuring Syrian American artist Omar Offendum, on Tuesday, November 10, at 6:30 PM!

The event will celebrate Syrian identity and storytelling through music, poetry, and performance. Alongside Omar Offendum's performance, the event will also feature talented student opening acts, making this a wonderful opportunity to showcase student creativity. Complimentary drinks and sweets for attendees will be available.

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about 1 month ago

The Little Syria Show is finally coming to Dearborn, thanks to the good people of the @ArabAmericanMus! 🙏🏼 November 14th 📍 Ford Community & Performing Arts Center 🎙️ @Dearborngov 🎫 https://t.co/WlgwoF4vXn

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1 day ago

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7 days ago

Thank you so much to Sherine Hamdy for her presentation on the incredible graphic novel #LandingInPlace. We loved having her here for our latest #QahwahandAuthors! Make sure to get your copy, it was so fun to see the story behind these characters!

umichGISC's tweet photo. Thank you so much to Sherine Hamdy for her presentation on the incredible graphic novel #LandingInPlace.

We loved having her here for our latest #QahwahandAuthors! Make sure to get your copy, it was so fun to see the story behind these characters! https://t.co/0FAz3sre5y

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9 days ago

✨ AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: SHERINE HAMDY ✨ We're excited to welcome Sherine Hamdy for our upcoming Qahwah & Authors event! A Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Irvine, Hamdy's work spans medical anthropology, Muslim medical ethics, political economy, and social movements in Egypt. Her latest graphic novel, LANDING IN PLACE, illustrated by Myra El Mir, explores the intersections of identity, family, migration, faith, and history through the experiences of a young Egyptian-Muslim American woman. Join us for a conversation about storytelling, representation, Islam, and the power of graphic novels to bring personal and global histories together. WHEN: November 4, 2026 | 4:30 PM ET WHERE: 555 Weiser Hall (5th Floor), University of Michigan RSVP: https://t.co/t1r1ZKgItX #SherineHamdy #QahwahAndAuthors #UMich #GlobalIslamicStudies #LandingInPlace

umichGISC's tweet photo. ✨ AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: SHERINE HAMDY ✨

We're excited to welcome Sherine Hamdy for our upcoming Qahwah & Authors event!

A Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Irvine, Hamdy's work spans medical anthropology, Muslim medical ethics, political economy, and social movements in Egypt.

Her latest graphic novel, LANDING IN PLACE, illustrated by Myra El Mir, explores the intersections of identity, family, migration, faith, and history through the experiences of a young Egyptian-Muslim American woman.

Join us for a conversation about storytelling, representation, Islam, and the power of graphic novels to bring personal and global histories together.

WHEN: November 4, 2026 | 4:30 PM ET
WHERE: 555 Weiser Hall (5th Floor), University of Michigan
RSVP: https://t.co/t1r1ZKgItX

#SherineHamdy #QahwahAndAuthors #UMich #GlobalIslamicStudies #LandingInPlace

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9 days ago

November Newsletter from Islamic Studies 🍂 - https://t.co/xPPZ4vlVVP

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14 days ago

Thanks to everyone who joined us for our Fears of the body: processing illness, death, and loss with horror movies panel last night. We’re so grateful for our panelists and their thoughtful responses to our #Halaloween lineup this year. Our last Halaloween event of the year is tomorrow! Find out more here: https://t.co/aLULoplqB0

umichGISC's tweet photo. Thanks to everyone who joined us for our Fears of the body: processing illness, death, and loss with horror movies panel last night. We’re so grateful for our panelists and their thoughtful responses to our #Halaloween lineup this year.

Our last Halaloween event of the year is tomorrow! Find out more here: https://t.co/aLULoplqB0

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15 days ago

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20 days ago

Next week! Have you RSVP'd yet? https://t.co/CDlsOxJubr

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26 days ago

Join us on Tuesday, October 27, 2026 at 5:30 PM in the Hussey Room in the Michigan League at the University of Michigan for the first-ever Halaloween panel collaboration between the Global Islamic Studies Center and Michigan Medicine’s Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine! An expert panel of pediatric, geriatric, hospice, and palliative care medical doctors, hospital chaplains, and horror film scholars will discuss how the horror genre and horror movies can be tools for people dealing with illness, grief, death, loss, and shared fears that are both specific to and transcend religion and culture. Panelists will discuss: what can horror tell us about the fears that people bring with them when they encounter bodily illness and healthcare providers, particularly when they, their elders, or their children are experiencing serious illness, the process of dying, ambiguous loss, or anticipatory grief? Can Muslim and spiritually or religiously themed horror movies provide psychological catharsis and alleviate suffering? This panel is free & in person, but RSVP is strongly encouraged: https://t.co/vo7FJmFbIA Meet the panelists: Dr. Adam Marks, MD, Clinical Professor of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine; Medical Director, Hospice Program and Adult Hospice Dr. Nurah Omobola Lawal, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics & Hospice and Palliative Medicine Dr. Karla Mallette, Professor of Italian and Mediterranean Studies; Founder, Halaloween Chaplain LJ Brazier, Michigan Medicine Spiritual Care Department, Palliative Care Chaplain Maryam Ashraf, Michigan Medicine Spiritual Care Department, Spiritual and Muslim Patient Care Moderator: Dr. Aliyah Khan, Director, Global Islamic Studies Center; Associate Professor of English & Afroamerican and African Studies This panel is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center (GISC) in collaboration with the Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine at Michigan Medicine and the University of Michigan Medical School. What is Halaloween? Halaloween screens horror films from across the globe that were made by, for, or about Muslims to understand: “What scares Muslim audiences? Are horror movies halal?” The festival is mostly in-person and free–but make sure to reserve tickets! In-person screenings will be first-come, first-served, with RSVPs strongly encouraged. The 2026 Halaloween Lineup: October 8: Madayen | Saudi Arabia | 2016 | 7:00 PM | Arab American National Museum, Dearborn October 13: Under the Shadow | Iran | 2016 | 7:00 PM | State Theatre, Ann Arbor October 20: Tiger Stripes | Malaysia | 2023 | 7:00 PM | State Theatre, Ann Arbor October 27: Halaloween x Michigan Medicine Panel: “Fears of the Body: Processing Illness, Death, and Loss with Horror Movies” | Hussey Room, Michigan League, University of Michigan October 29: “Those Between Worlds: A Jinn Dreamscape": Halaloween Short Films and Live Music Score Retrospective at Devil's Night Detroit | Short films Aicha and Enmity Jinn | 7:00 PM | Brooklyn Detroit, Corktown (venue). *This event is ticketed and not free. RSVP & find out more: https://t.co/QkHLebQb3r

umichGISC's tweet photo. Join us on Tuesday, October 27, 2026 at 5:30 PM in the Hussey Room in the Michigan League at the University of Michigan for the first-ever Halaloween panel collaboration between the Global Islamic Studies Center and Michigan Medicine’s Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine! An expert panel of pediatric, geriatric, hospice, and palliative care medical doctors, hospital chaplains, and horror film scholars will discuss how the horror genre and horror movies can be tools for people dealing with illness, grief, death, loss, and shared fears that are both specific to and transcend religion and culture.

Panelists will discuss: what can horror tell us about the fears that people bring with them when they encounter bodily illness and healthcare providers, particularly when they, their elders, or their children are experiencing serious illness, the process of dying, ambiguous loss, or anticipatory grief? Can Muslim and spiritually or religiously themed horror movies provide psychological catharsis and alleviate suffering?

This panel is free & in person, but RSVP is strongly encouraged: https://t.co/vo7FJmFbIA

Meet the panelists:
Dr. Adam Marks, MD, Clinical Professor of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine; Medical Director, Hospice Program and Adult Hospice
Dr. Nurah Omobola Lawal, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics & Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Dr. Karla Mallette, Professor of Italian and Mediterranean Studies; Founder, Halaloween
Chaplain LJ Brazier, Michigan Medicine Spiritual Care Department, Palliative Care
Chaplain Maryam Ashraf, Michigan Medicine Spiritual Care Department, Spiritual and Muslim Patient Care
Moderator: Dr. Aliyah Khan, Director, Global Islamic Studies Center; Associate Professor of English & Afroamerican and African Studies

This panel is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center (GISC) in collaboration with the Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine at Michigan Medicine and the University of Michigan Medical School.

What is Halaloween? Halaloween screens horror films from across the globe that were made by, for, or about Muslims to understand: “What scares Muslim audiences? Are horror movies halal?”

The festival is mostly in-person and free–but make sure to reserve tickets! In-person screenings will be first-come, first-served, with RSVPs strongly encouraged.

The 2026 Halaloween Lineup:
October 8: Madayen | Saudi Arabia | 2016 | 7:00 PM | Arab American National Museum, Dearborn
October 13: Under the Shadow | Iran | 2016 | 7:00 PM | State Theatre, Ann Arbor
October 20: Tiger Stripes | Malaysia | 2023 | 7:00 PM | State Theatre, Ann Arbor
October 27: Halaloween x Michigan Medicine Panel: “Fears of the Body: Processing Illness, Death, and Loss with Horror Movies” | Hussey Room, Michigan League, University of Michigan
October 29: “Those Between Worlds: A Jinn Dreamscape": Halaloween Short Films and Live Music Score Retrospective at Devil's Night Detroit | Short films Aicha and Enmity Jinn | 7:00 PM | Brooklyn Detroit, Corktown (venue). *This event is ticketed and not free.

RSVP & find out more: https://t.co/QkHLebQb3r

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20 days ago

RSVP: https://t.co/t1r1ZKgItX Date: November 4, 4:30 PM ET Location: 555 Weiser Hall (5th Floor), 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor MI Join the Global Islamic Studies Center (GISC) on November 4, 2026, at 4:30 PM in 555 Weiser Hall, University of Michigan, for a Qahwah & Authors book series author talk on LANDING IN PLACE, Sherine Hamdy's coming-of-age graphic novel about Anisa, a second-generation Egyptian-Muslim American college girl navigating identity, culture, religion, and family. Balancing humor with family tragedy and moments of joy amid political trauma, LANDING IN PLACE weaves together personal and global histories, spanning the Suez Crisis of 1956, the 2011 Arab Spring protests in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, and contemporary global protests for Palestinian rights. Through Anisa’s experiences as a young, hijab-wearing Muslim woman, Hamdy explores how migration to and diaspora in the United States, and neocolonialism and foreign intervention in Egypt and the Global South shape individual lives and family histories. LANDING IN PLACE begins as a story shaped by migrant and exile frustration and external assumptions about Muslim women, and evolves into one that celebrates Muslim identity and cultures, and the power of finding one’s voice. This event is brought to you by the University of Michigan Global Islamic Studies Center (GISC) and the Arab and Muslim American Studies (AMAS) Program in the Department of American Culture. About Sherine Hamdy: Sherine Hamdy is a Professor of Anthropology at the University of California Irvine, where she joined the faculty in 2017. She was previously a tenured faculty member at Brown University since 2006. She has published widely on the themes of Muslim medical ethics, the political economic distribution of disease in Egypt, and the role of physicians in the Arab spring uprisings. Her first book Our Bodies Belong to God: Organ Transplants, Islam, and the Struggle for Human Dignity in Egypt was published by the University of California Press in 2012. Hamdy also inaugurated the University of Toronto Press graphic novel series ethnoGRAPHIC with her co-authored graphic novel Lissa: A Story of Friendship, Medical Promise, and Revolution, which combines panel-to-panel comics narration with her medical anthropology research. In 2026, Penguin Random House published Hamdy's graphic novel Landing in Place, illustrated by Myra El Mir. Hamdy currently serves as Series Editor for the University of Toronto Press ethnoGRAPHIC series, and encourages academics to adopt multiple media forms in their distribution of research findings. For more events from the Global Islamic Studies Center at the University of Michigan, please visit https://t.co/tzcjrHIiHj.

umichGISC's tweet photo. RSVP: https://t.co/t1r1ZKgItX
Date: November 4, 4:30 PM ET
Location: 555 Weiser Hall (5th Floor), 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor MI

Join the Global Islamic Studies Center (GISC) on November 4, 2026, at 4:30 PM in 555 Weiser Hall, University of Michigan, for a Qahwah & Authors book series author talk on LANDING IN PLACE, Sherine Hamdy's coming-of-age graphic novel about Anisa, a second-generation Egyptian-Muslim American college girl navigating identity, culture, religion, and family.

Balancing humor with family tragedy and moments of joy amid political trauma, LANDING IN PLACE weaves together personal and global histories, spanning the Suez Crisis of 1956, the 2011 Arab Spring protests in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, and contemporary global protests for Palestinian rights. Through Anisa’s experiences as a young, hijab-wearing Muslim woman, Hamdy explores how migration to and diaspora in the United States, and neocolonialism and foreign intervention in Egypt and the Global South shape individual lives and family histories. LANDING IN PLACE begins as a story shaped by migrant and exile frustration and external assumptions about Muslim women, and evolves into one that celebrates Muslim identity and cultures, and the power of finding one’s voice.

This event is brought to you by the University of Michigan Global Islamic Studies Center (GISC) and the Arab and Muslim American Studies (AMAS) Program in the Department of American Culture.

About Sherine Hamdy: Sherine Hamdy is a Professor of Anthropology at the University of California Irvine, where she joined the faculty in 2017. She was previously a tenured faculty member at Brown University since 2006. She has published widely on the themes of Muslim medical ethics, the political economic distribution of disease in Egypt, and the role of physicians in the Arab spring uprisings. Her first book Our Bodies Belong to God: Organ Transplants, Islam, and the Struggle for Human Dignity in Egypt was published by the University of California Press in 2012. Hamdy also inaugurated the University of Toronto Press graphic novel series ethnoGRAPHIC with her co-authored graphic novel Lissa: A Story of Friendship, Medical Promise, and Revolution, which combines panel-to-panel comics narration with her medical anthropology research. In 2026, Penguin Random House published Hamdy's graphic novel Landing in Place, illustrated by Myra El Mir. Hamdy currently serves as Series Editor for the University of Toronto Press ethnoGRAPHIC series, and encourages academics to adopt multiple media forms in their distribution of research findings.

For more events from the Global Islamic Studies Center at the University of Michigan, please visit https://t.co/tzcjrHIiHj.

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Join us on Tuesday, October 27, 2026 at 5:30 PM in the Hussey Room in the Michigan League at the University of Michigan for the first-ever Halaloween panel collaboration between the Global Islamic Studies Center and Michigan Medicine’s Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine! An expert panel of pediatric, geriatric, hospice, and palliative care medical doctors, hospital chaplains, and horror film scholars will discuss how the horror genre and horror movies can be tools for people dealing with illness, grief, death, loss, and shared fears that are both specific to and transcend religion and culture. Panelists will discuss: what can horror tell us about the fears that people bring with them when they encounter bodily illness and healthcare providers, particularly when they, their elders, or their children are experiencing serious illness, the process of dying, ambiguous loss, or anticipatory grief? Can Muslim and spiritually or religiously themed horror movies provide psychological catharsis and alleviate suffering? This panel is free & in person, but RSVP is strongly encouraged: https://t.co/vo7FJmFbIA Meet the panelists: Dr. Adam Marks, MD, Clinical Professor of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine; Medical Director, Hospice Program and Adult Hospice Dr. Nurah Omobola Lawal, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics & Hospice and Palliative Medicine Dr. Karla Mallette, Professor of Italian and Mediterranean Studies; Founder, Halaloween Chaplain LJ Brazier, Michigan Medicine Spiritual Care Department, Palliative Care Chaplain Maryam Ashraf, Michigan Medicine Spiritual Care Department, Spiritual and Muslim Patient Care Moderator: Dr. Aliyah Khan, Director, Global Islamic Studies Center; Associate Professor of English & Afroamerican and African Studies This panel is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center (GISC) in collaboration with the Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine at Michigan Medicine and the University of Michigan Medical School. What is Halaloween? Halaloween screens horror films from across the globe that were made by, for, or about Muslims to understand: “What scares Muslim audiences? Are horror movies halal?” The festival is mostly in-person and free–but make sure to reserve tickets! In-person screenings will be first-come, first-served, with RSVPs strongly encouraged. The 2026 Halaloween Lineup: October 8: Madayen | Saudi Arabia | 2016 | 7:00 PM | Arab American National Museum, Dearborn October 13: Under the Shadow | Iran | 2016 | 7:00 PM | State Theatre, Ann Arbor October 20: Tiger Stripes | Malaysia | 2023 | 7:00 PM | State Theatre, Ann Arbor October 27: Halaloween x Michigan Medicine Panel: “Fears of the Body: Processing Illness, Death, and Loss with Horror Movies” | Hussey Room, Michigan League, University of Michigan October 29: “Those Between Worlds: A Jinn Dreamscape": Halaloween Short Films and Live Music Score Retrospective at Devil's Night Detroit | Short films Aicha and Enmity Jinn | 7:00 PM | Brooklyn Detroit, Corktown (venue). *This event is ticketed and not free. RSVP & find out more: https://t.co/QkHLebQb3r

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27 days ago

Next week is our last free #Halaloween screening at the State Theatre Join us for a free screening of the Malaysian horror film Tiger Stripes (2023) on October 20, 2026 at 7:00 PM at the State Theatre in Ann Arbor, Michigan. This screening is ONLY in person at the State Theatre in Ann Arbor. Reserve your free tickets here: https://t.co/QkHLebQb3r HALALOWEEN FEATURE FILM: Tiger Stripes (2023) 95 minutes | Malay with English subtitles | Malaysia | Directed by: Amanda Nell Eu Film Description: The once carefree Zaffan turns twelve years old and becomes the first girl amongst her friends to reach puberty, discovering a terrifying secret about her body. Ostracized by her community, Zaffan fights back, learning that to be truly herself and have agency, she must embrace the body she fears. Winner of the Critics’ Week Grand Prize at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival. Halaloween Horror Rating: 4/5. Scary. This movie includes the horror subgenres of body horror, blood and menstrual horror, female coming-of-age horror, gendered body horror, and posthuman transformations. Reminiscent of the teen/adolescent girl horror films Carrie and Ginger Snaps. Religious Content: Most characters are Muslim, and the film is set in a Muslim girls' school. Includes adhan, Islamic prayer, and corrupt male religious leaders. What is Halaloween? Halaloween screens horror films from across the globe that were made by, for, or about Muslims to understand: “What scares Muslim audiences? Are horror movies halal?” The remaining 2026 Halaloween Lineup: October 20: Tiger Stripes | Malaysia | 2023 | 7:00 PM | State Theatre, Ann Arbor October 27: Halaloween x Michigan Medicine Panel: “Fears of the Body: Processing Illness, Death, and Loss with Horror Movies” | Hussey Room, Michigan League, University of Michigan October 29: “Those Between Worlds: A Jinn Dreamscape": Halaloween Short Films and Live Music Score Retrospective at Devil's Night Detroit | Short films Aicha and Enmity Jinn | 7:00 PM | Brooklyn Detroit, Corktown (venue). *This event is ticketed and not free. Get tickets and more info here. RSVP & find out more: https://t.co/QkHLebQb3r

umichGISC's tweet photo. Next week is our last free #Halaloween screening at the State Theatre

Join us for a free screening of the Malaysian horror film Tiger Stripes (2023) on October 20, 2026 at 7:00 PM at the State Theatre in Ann Arbor, Michigan. This screening is ONLY in person at the State Theatre in Ann Arbor. Reserve your free tickets here: https://t.co/QkHLebQb3r

HALALOWEEN FEATURE FILM: Tiger Stripes (2023)
95 minutes | Malay with English subtitles | Malaysia | Directed by: Amanda Nell Eu

Film Description: The once carefree Zaffan turns twelve years old and becomes the first girl amongst her friends to reach puberty, discovering a terrifying secret about her body. Ostracized by her community, Zaffan fights back, learning that to be truly herself and have agency, she must embrace the body she fears. Winner of the Critics’ Week Grand Prize at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.

Halaloween Horror Rating: 4/5. Scary. This movie includes the horror subgenres of body horror, blood and menstrual horror, female coming-of-age horror, gendered body horror, and posthuman transformations. Reminiscent of the teen/adolescent girl horror films Carrie and Ginger Snaps.

Religious Content: Most characters are Muslim, and the film is set in a Muslim girls' school. Includes adhan, Islamic prayer, and corrupt male religious leaders.

What is Halaloween? Halaloween screens horror films from across the globe that were made by, for, or about Muslims to understand: “What scares Muslim audiences? Are horror movies halal?”

The remaining 2026 Halaloween Lineup:

October 20: Tiger Stripes | Malaysia | 2023 | 7:00 PM | State Theatre, Ann Arbor

October 27: Halaloween x Michigan Medicine Panel: “Fears of the Body: Processing Illness, Death, and Loss with Horror Movies” | Hussey Room, Michigan League, University of Michigan

October 29: “Those Between Worlds: A Jinn Dreamscape": Halaloween Short Films and Live Music Score Retrospective at Devil's Night Detroit | Short films Aicha and Enmity Jinn | 7:00 PM | Brooklyn Detroit, Corktown (venue). *This event is ticketed and not free. Get tickets and more info here.

RSVP & find out more: https://t.co/QkHLebQb3r

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29 days ago

Will you be joining us for #Halaloween at the State Theatre tonight at 7pm? It’s not too late to join us for a screening of Under the Shadow (2016), the Iranian horror movie. Get your free tickets here: https://t.co/IFWTOgmgCQ

umichGISC's tweet photo. Will you be joining us for #Halaloween at the State Theatre tonight at 7pm?

It’s not too late to join us for a screening of Under the Shadow (2016), the Iranian horror movie.

Get your free tickets here: https://t.co/IFWTOgmgCQ https://t.co/Xi2j6OPGq6

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TOMORROW: Join us at #Halaloween for a free screening of the Iranian horror film Under the Shadow (2016) on October 13, 2026 at 7:00 PM at the State Theatre in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Reserve your free tickets here: https://t.co/QkHLebQb3r HALALOWEEN FEATURE FILM: Under The Shadow (2016) 2016 | 84 minutes | Persian with English subtitles | Iran Directed by: Babak Anvari Featuring: Narges Rashidi, Avin Manshadi, Bobby Naderi Introduced by: Zayn Azad, Huron High School Film Club Film Description: Set in Tehran during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War, this movie is a meditation on the post-revolutionary fallout of the 1979 Iranian Revolution from a female perspective. A woman and her young daughter hunker down in their Tehran apartment during Iraqi bombardment. Did the missile that struck their building bring a jinn into their lives? Halaloween Horror Rating: 3/5. Reasonably scary. Includes jump scares, jinn, demonic children, misogyny, mother-daughter and husband-wife tension, parental losing of a child, and property damage due to war bombings. Religious Content: Islamic daily prayers, hijab debates, religious state authorities, jinn. ____ Welcome to the 8th annual Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival 2026! What is Halaloween? Halaloween screens horror films from across the globe that were made by, for, or about Muslims to understand: “What scares Muslim audiences? Are horror movies halal?” The 2026 Halaloween Lineup: October 8: Madayen | Saudi Arabia | 2016 | 7:00 PM | Arab American National Museum, Dearborn October 13: Under the Shadow | Iran | 2016 | 7:00 PM | State Theatre, Ann Arbor October 20: Tiger Stripes | Malaysia | 2023 | 7:00 PM | State Theatre, Ann Arbor October 27: Halaloween x Michigan Medicine Panel: “Fears of the Body: Processing Illness, Death, and Loss with Horror Movies” | Hussey Room, Michigan League, University of Michigan October 29: “Those Between Worlds: A Jinn Dreamscape": Halaloween Short Films and Live Music Score Retrospective at Devil's Night Detroit | Short films Aicha and Enmity Jinn | 7:00 PM | Brooklyn Detroit, Corktown (venue). *This event is ticketed and not free. RSVP & find out more: https://t.co/QkHLebQb3r

umichGISC's tweet photo. TOMORROW: Join us at #Halaloween for a free screening of the Iranian horror film Under the Shadow (2016) on October 13, 2026 at 7:00 PM at the State Theatre in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Reserve your free tickets here: https://t.co/QkHLebQb3r

HALALOWEEN FEATURE FILM: Under The Shadow (2016)
2016 | 84 minutes | Persian with English subtitles | Iran
Directed by: Babak Anvari
Featuring: Narges Rashidi, Avin Manshadi, Bobby Naderi
Introduced by: Zayn Azad, Huron High School Film Club

Film Description: Set in Tehran during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War, this movie is a meditation on the post-revolutionary fallout of the 1979 Iranian Revolution from a female perspective. A woman and her young daughter hunker down in their Tehran apartment during Iraqi bombardment. Did the missile that struck their building bring a jinn into their lives?

Halaloween Horror Rating: 3/5. Reasonably scary. Includes jump scares, jinn, demonic children, misogyny, mother-daughter and husband-wife tension, parental losing of a child, and property damage due to war bombings.

Religious Content: Islamic daily prayers, hijab debates, religious state authorities, jinn.

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Welcome to the 8th annual Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival 2026!

What is Halaloween? Halaloween screens horror films from across the globe that were made by, for, or about Muslims to understand: “What scares Muslim audiences? Are horror movies halal?”

The 2026 Halaloween Lineup:

October 8: Madayen | Saudi Arabia | 2016 | 7:00 PM | Arab American National Museum, Dearborn
October 13: Under the Shadow | Iran | 2016 | 7:00 PM | State Theatre, Ann Arbor

October 20: Tiger Stripes | Malaysia | 2023 | 7:00 PM | State Theatre, Ann Arbor

October 27: Halaloween x Michigan Medicine Panel: “Fears of the Body: Processing Illness, Death, and Loss with Horror Movies” | Hussey Room, Michigan League, University of Michigan

October 29: “Those Between Worlds: A Jinn Dreamscape": Halaloween Short Films and Live Music Score Retrospective at Devil's Night Detroit | Short films Aicha and Enmity Jinn | 7:00 PM | Brooklyn Detroit, Corktown (venue). *This event is ticketed and not free.

RSVP & find out more: https://t.co/QkHLebQb3r

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SEE YOU TONIGHT AT #HALALOWEEN 🎃 Madayen (2016) Thursday, October 8, 2026 7:00 PM Arab American National Museum | Dearborn, MI Free — RSVP required: https://t.co/7ft2x0kski The film is 62 minutes, in Arabic with English subtitles. After the screening, we’ll also show a short, pre-recorded Q&A with filmmaker Ayman Tamano. Film description: Madayen is an indie found-footage-style film from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, written and produced by Hakeem Jomah and directed by Ayman Tamano, that tells the tale of three young Saudis who set out to the notoriously haunted Madayen Saleh ruins in the far north of the Kingdom to investigate the myths and the truths behind the cursed place. Halaloween Horror Rating: 1/5. Not very scary, and not much religious content. Road trip buddy movie meets found footage horror. And, as always, Halaloween is for everyone — from horror fans who love the gore to those who spend half the movie hiding their eyes. Reserve your free tickets: https://t.co/QkHLebPDdT The 2026 Halaloween Lineup: October 8: Madayen | Saudi Arabia | 2016 | 7:00 PM | Arab American National Museum October 13: Under the Shadow | Iran | 2016 | 7:00 PM | State Theatre October 20: Tiger Stripes | Malaysia | 2023 | 7:00 PM | State Theatre October 27: Halaloween x Michigan Medicine Panel: “Fears of the Body: Processing Illness, Death, and Loss with Horror Movies” | 5:30 PM | Hussey Michigan League October 29: “Those Between Worlds: A Jinn Dreamscape": Halaloween Short Films and Panel at Devil's Night Detroit | 7:00 PM | Brooklyn Detroit (Venue)* *This event is ticketed and not free RSVP & find out more: https://t.co/QkHLebPDdT

umichGISC's tweet photo. SEE YOU TONIGHT AT #HALALOWEEN 🎃

Madayen (2016)
Thursday, October 8, 2026
7:00 PM
Arab American National Museum | Dearborn, MI
Free — RSVP required: https://t.co/7ft2x0kski

The film is 62 minutes, in Arabic with English subtitles. After the screening, we’ll also show a short, pre-recorded Q&A with filmmaker Ayman Tamano.

Film description: Madayen is an indie found-footage-style film from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, written and produced by Hakeem Jomah and directed by Ayman Tamano, that tells the tale of three young Saudis who set out to the notoriously haunted Madayen Saleh ruins in the far north of the Kingdom to investigate the myths and the truths behind the cursed place.

Halaloween Horror Rating: 1/5. Not very scary, and not much religious content. Road trip buddy movie meets found footage horror.

And, as always, Halaloween is for everyone — from horror fans who love the gore to those who spend half the movie hiding their eyes.

Reserve your free tickets:
https://t.co/QkHLebPDdT

The 2026 Halaloween Lineup:

October 8: Madayen | Saudi Arabia | 2016 | 7:00 PM | Arab American National Museum

October 13: Under the Shadow | Iran | 2016 | 7:00 PM | State Theatre

October 20: Tiger Stripes | Malaysia | 2023 | 7:00 PM | State Theatre

October 27: Halaloween x Michigan Medicine Panel: “Fears of the Body: Processing Illness, Death, and Loss with Horror Movies” | 5:30 PM | Hussey Michigan League

October 29: “Those Between Worlds: A Jinn Dreamscape": Halaloween Short Films and Panel at Devil's Night Detroit | 7:00 PM | Brooklyn Detroit (Venue)*
*This event is ticketed and not free

RSVP & find out more: https://t.co/QkHLebPDdT

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about 1 month ago

Please join the Interdisciplinary Islamic Studies Seminar for a lecture with Dr. Nurfadzilah Yahaya, titled "Imperial Waq; Global Islamic Law in the 19th and 20th Century" Across the nineteenth century British courts from Singapore to Zanzibar adjudicated the waqf, the Islamic endowment. They cut family endowments short under the rule against perpetuities, while they protected public endowments as charity, the endowment for Mecca and Medina included. Family deeds named the two holy cities as last beneficiary, so Mecca stood to inherit Muslim property across the British Empire. This talk follows that practice to the Hijaz Railway, an Ottoman waqf that lay across British and French mandates after 1918. Two trusts, the mandate and the waqf, governed one line, as British officials recognized and denied the endowment. Location: Weiser Hall 10th floor, Rm 1055 Date: Thursday, Oct 8 Time: 12:00 pm- 1:30pm Please RSVP here: https://t.co/nLT5iaLIuh or to Azar Kafaee, [email protected]. Food and drinks will be provided.

umichGISC's tweet photo. Please join the Interdisciplinary Islamic Studies Seminar for a lecture with Dr. Nurfadzilah Yahaya, titled "Imperial Waq; Global Islamic Law in the 19th and 20th Century"

Across the nineteenth century British courts from Singapore to Zanzibar adjudicated the waqf, the Islamic endowment. They cut family endowments short under the rule against perpetuities, while they protected public endowments as charity, the endowment for Mecca and Medina included. Family deeds named the two holy cities as last beneficiary, so Mecca stood to inherit Muslim property across the British Empire. This talk follows that practice to the Hijaz Railway, an Ottoman waqf that lay across British and French mandates after 1918. Two trusts, the mandate and the waqf, governed one line, as British officials recognized and denied the endowment.

Location: Weiser Hall 10th floor, Rm 1055
Date: Thursday, Oct 8
Time: 12:00 pm- 1:30pm

Please RSVP here: https://t.co/nLT5iaLIuh or to Azar Kafaee, akafaei@umich.edu. Food and drinks will be provided.

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We're looking forward to seeing you tomorrow as the 8th annual Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival returns to the @arabamericanmus in Dearborn on Thursday, October 8 at 7:00 PM. We will screen Madayen (2016), a Saudi found-footage horror film that follows three young Saudis as they travel to the notoriously haunted Madayen Saleh ruins in northern Saudi Arabia to investigate the myths and stories surrounding the cursed site. Madayen (2016) Thursday, October 8, 2026 7:00 PM Arab American National Museum | Dearborn, MI Free — RSVP required The film is 62 minutes, in Arabic with English subtitles. After the screening, we’ll also show a short, pre-recorded Q&A with filmmaker Ayman Tamano. Film description: Madayen is an indie found-footage-style film from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, written and produced by Hakeem Jomah and directed by Ayman Tamano, that tells the tale of three young Saudis who set out to the notoriously haunted Madayen Saleh ruins in the far north of the Kingdom to investigate the myths and the truths behind the cursed place. Halaloween Horror Rating: 1/5. Not very scary, and not much religious content. Road trip buddy movie meets found footage horror. And, as always, Halaloween is for everyone — from horror fans who love the gore to those who spend half the movie hiding their eyes. Reserve your free tickets: https://t.co/QkHLebQb3r The 2026 Halaloween Lineup: October 8: Madayen | Saudi Arabia | 2016 | 7:00 PM | Arab American National Museum October 13: Under the Shadow | Iran | 2016 | 7:00 PM | State Theatre October 20: Tiger Stripes | Malaysia | 2023 | 7:00 PM | State Theatre October 27: Halaloween x Michigan Medicine Panel: “Fears of the Body: Processing Illness, Death, and Loss with Horror Movies” | 5:30 PM | Hussey Michigan League October 29: “Those Between Worlds: A Jinn Dreamscape": Halaloween Short Films and Panel at Devil's Night Detroit | 7:00 PM | Brooklyn Detroit (Venue)* *This event is ticketed and not free RSVP & find out more: https://t.co/QkHLebQb3r The full Halaloween 2026 lineup continues throughout October with films, a medical and film panel, and a special Devil’s Night Detroit event. Find the full schedule and more information at https://t.co/QkHLebQb3r.

umichGISC's tweet photo. We're looking forward to seeing you tomorrow as the 8th annual Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival returns to the @arabamericanmus in Dearborn on Thursday, October 8 at 7:00 PM. We will screen Madayen (2016), a Saudi found-footage horror film that follows three young Saudis as they travel to the notoriously haunted Madayen Saleh ruins in northern Saudi Arabia to investigate the myths and stories surrounding the cursed site.

Madayen (2016)
Thursday, October 8, 2026
7:00 PM
Arab American National Museum | Dearborn, MI
Free — RSVP required
The film is 62 minutes, in Arabic with English subtitles. After the screening, we’ll also show a short, pre-recorded Q&A with filmmaker Ayman Tamano.
Film description: Madayen is an indie found-footage-style film from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, written and produced by Hakeem Jomah and directed by Ayman Tamano, that tells the tale of three young Saudis who set out to the notoriously haunted Madayen Saleh ruins in the far north of the Kingdom to investigate the myths and the truths behind the cursed place.

Halaloween Horror Rating: 1/5. Not very scary, and not much religious content. Road trip buddy movie meets found footage horror.
And, as always, Halaloween is for everyone — from horror fans who love the gore to those who spend half the movie hiding their eyes.
Reserve your free tickets:
https://t.co/QkHLebQb3r

The 2026 Halaloween Lineup:

October 8: Madayen | Saudi Arabia | 2016 | 7:00 PM | Arab American National Museum

October 13: Under the Shadow | Iran | 2016 | 7:00 PM | State Theatre

October 20: Tiger Stripes | Malaysia | 2023 | 7:00 PM | State Theatre

October 27: Halaloween x Michigan Medicine Panel: “Fears of the Body: Processing Illness, Death, and Loss with Horror Movies” | 5:30 PM | Hussey Michigan League
October 29: “Those Between Worlds: A Jinn Dreamscape": Halaloween Short Films and Panel at Devil's Night Detroit | 7:00 PM | Brooklyn Detroit (Venue)*

*This event is ticketed and not free

RSVP & find out more: https://t.co/QkHLebQb3r

The full Halaloween 2026 lineup continues throughout October with films, a medical and film panel, and a special Devil’s Night Detroit event. Find the full schedule and more information at https://t.co/QkHLebQb3r.

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