Stories about "Middle East"
U.S. Muslim woman describes peace pilgrimage to Afghanistan in Spiritual Journey series
Wednesday, October 16, 2002 3:01 pm
Shamshad Sheikh, Muslim chaplain at Mount Holyoke College, will discuss her experiences in a Bates College lecture titled From Pakistan to Afghanistan via the United States: A Muslim Peace Pilgrim's Journey, at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29, in Skelton Lounge, Chase Hall, 56 Campus Avenue. The public is invited to attend this discussion, part of the "Spiritual Journeys: Stories of the Soul 2002-03" series sponsored by the Office of the Chaplain, free of charge. Call 207-786-8272 for more information.
Children of war featured in film to be screened
Tuesday, October 1, 2002 4:26 pm
An Academy Award-nominated documentary film that features Israeli and Palestinian children, will be shown at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9, in Room 204 of Pettengill Hall.
Senior wins Watson Fellowship to study traditional medicine
Wednesday, March 27, 2002 3:24 pm
Diana Shaghayegh Sepehri, a Bates College senior born in Iran and now a resident of Sacramento, Calif., has received one of 60 prestigious research fellowships awarded this month by the Thomas J. Watson Fellowship Program.
Bates historians to discuss meaning of Sept. 11
Thursday, October 25, 2001 1:56 pm
Three Bates College historians and an anthropologist will lead a discussion of the Sept. 11 attacks and consider the tragedy's aftermath in a forum at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31, in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library. The public is invited to attend free of charge.
Northfield student wins Fulbright Scholarship
Tuesday, July 11, 2000 3:48 pm
Kari M. Jorgensen, formerly of Northfield, Minn., received a Fulbright scholarship to conduct research in Turkey on the transition of women's roles in Islamic mysticism and Turkish politics between the late Ottoman and early Republican periods. Jorgensen also will be studying Ottoman and modern Turkish.
Award-winning journalist Robin Wright to speak
Tuesday, March 16, 1999 11:35 am
Robin Wright, winner of the 1989 National Magazine Award for her reportage from Iran in The New Yorker, will discuss "Iraq: How Did We Get There and Where Are We Going?" at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 29 in Chase Hall Lounge. The public is invited to attend free of charge.
Award-winning journalist Robin Wright to speak at Bates
Friday, February 26, 1999 11:40 am
Robin Wright, winner of the 1989 National Magazine Award for her reportage from Iran in The New Yorker, will discuss Iraq: How Did We Get There and Where Are We Going? at 7:30 p.m. March 10 in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives, 70 Campus Ave. The public is invited to attend free of charge.
Former U.N. assistant secretary general to speak at Bates
Thursday, February 11, 1999 10:02 am
Giandomenico Picco, the former U.N. assistant secretary general who gained the release of journalist Terry Anderson and 10 other Western hostages held at Shiite strongholds in Lebanon, will discuss Iraq in the 21st Century at at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 25 in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives, 70 Campus Ave. The public is invited to attend free of charge.
Middle East Film Festival to be held at Bates
Friday, January 15, 1999 10:27 am
The Middle East Film Festival, sponsored by the Bates Multicultural Center, will be held Jan. 24-31 in the Olin Arts Center. The public is invited to attend all events free of charge.