Islam in Comics, Science Fiction and Fantasy
Rebecca Hankins (Download Presentation)
Workshop Overview:
Year 2 of the workshops included a Key Note Presentation on Islam in Comics, Science
Fiction and Fantasy by Rebecca Hankins, LSIS of Texas A&M University.
KSU Faculty Member Presentations:
- Representing Iran by Dr. Iraj Omidvar
- Extremism and Imperialism by Khalil Elayan
Film Screenings:
- Reel Bad Arabs (Watch on Youtube)
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- The History of Islam in America (Watch on Youtube)
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Recommended Teaching Tools
Books Selected by KSU Faculty during this workshop:
- The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
- Arab America: Gender, Cultural Politics, and Activism (Nation of Newcomers: Immigrant
History as American History) Paperback Mohja Kahf, "E-mails from Scheherazad"
Fawzia Afzal-Khan, "Shattering the Stereotypes: Muslim Women Speak Out" - Amy Waldman, "The Submission"
- Geoffrey Nash, "Writing Muslim Identity"
- Do Muslim Women Need Saving? By Lila Abu-Lughod
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"Who speaks for Islam? What a Billion Muslims Really Think", John Esposite & Dalia Mogahed
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"What's Right with Islam is What's Right With America", Abdul Rauf
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"Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation", Eboo Patel
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"I Speak for Myself: American Women on Being Muslim", Maria Ebrahimji & Zara Suratwala
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A Quiet Revolution," Leila Ahmed,
"Good Muslim, Bad Muslim," Mahmood Mamdani, "Prince among Slaves," by Terry Alford. -
Western Muslims and the Future of Islam (2003) Islam and the Arab Awakening (2012)
Radical Reform, Radical Ijtihad (2009) -
Islam, the West, and the Challenges of Modernity (2001)
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The Quest for Meaning: Developing a Philosophy of Pluralism (2010).
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* Excerpt by Rebecca Hankans on Muslim Americans in Popular Culture and excerpt by Moja Kahf.
- The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid