Join the Network of Arab-American Professionals for a lecture entitled, “The Politics of Displacement: from the New World to the Arab World,†with Professor Steven Salaita. Opening the event will be hip-hop artist, Radio Rahim. We will also be hosting Penny Gamble-Williams, activist, storyteller, artist, and the Spiritual Leader for the Chappaquiddick Tribe. Following both talks, we will have a moderated Q&A session. At the end of our event, we will be selling Professor Salaita's book, "The Holy Land in Transit: Colonialism and the Quest for Canaan."
Please purchase your tickets as soon as possible. Seating is limited for this event and there will be NO at-door ticket sales. Early bird tickets are $5 until Friday, November 14 at 5pm. Afterwards, ticket prices will increase to $10, so make sure to get your tickets early!
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Steven Salaita's ambitious and thought-provoking work draws a comparison between the dynamics of settler colonialism in the United States in regard to Native Americans and Israel in regard to the Palestinians, revealing the way in which politics influences literary production.
Steven Salaita was a former assistant professor of English at Virginia Tech. He is the author of several books including: Anti-Arab Racism in the USA and Arab American Literary Fictions, Cultures, and Politics. After Virginia Tech, he was hired for a tenured position at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne in their American Indian Studies Program. Unfortunately, Salaita became the victim of contemporary political displacement after being unhired prior to the school year's start. Despite the great deal of public attention this incident has received, Salaita has been a committed professor and academic for years. NAAP-DC would like to host this event in celebration of Salaita's outstanding scholarly work.
Penny Gamble-Williams has been an activist involved in Native American land, freedom of religion and sacred site issues, Indigenous and environmental rights for over thirty years. Since 2002, Penny has served as Spiritual Leader for the Chappaquiddick Tribe. Williams has found several outlets to engage with the public on matters relating to the history and culture of Native Americans, including: serving as a radio host; curating a traveling art exhibit; working as a playwright, poet, storyteller, musician, writer and lecturer.
In addition, as a special treat, DC’s very own Radio Rahim will be performing at the event! Mostly heard and rarely seen, Radio Rahim is a brilliant hip-hop artist with mixed Native American, Irish, and Iranian roots. Check out his website here: http://www.RadioRahimOnline.com
