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Exhibition Launch: Voice & Visibility in Afro-Arab Women's History

Date: Thursday, February 28th, 2013

Time: 10:10 am

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

Location: Library Athenaeum

Contact: Nikki Lamberty, x4217

Voice and Visibility in Afro-Arab Women's History is an exhibition that looks at gender, space, and expressive culture as essential categories for analyzing the historical development of racial and ethnic attitudes and experiences in the United Arab Emirates. It showcases students' reflections on their visits to museums, mosques, media outlets, and markets in the Emirates of Dubai, Abu Dhabi (the capital of the U.A.E.), Sharjah, and Al Ain. It also highlights their encounters with faculty, students, entrepreneurs, journalists, activists and artists. 

Audiences:

Students, Faculty, Staff