Hancher’s Embracing Complexity project is a “multidisciplinary and collaborative approach to building understanding of contemporary Islamic cultures and Muslim identity.” To complement these efforts, the Department of Rhetoric and IDEAL have partnered with Hancher and the UI Libraries Research and Library Instruction to create curriculum that will support the project. This curriculum engages with the issues and themes within modern Muslim culture through the work of Muslim artists, including G. Willow Wilson whose memoir The Butterfly Mosque is the One Book, One Community selection for 2017.
Books
The following books can be found at the Main Library.
Ms. Marvel - No Normal by v. 1. No normal
v. 2. Generation Why
Embracing Complexity Resources
Essays/Authors/Vlog posts
- RandaRanda Jarrar, "Boaters" (April 22, 2013) from The Rumpus Jarrar, "Boaters" (April 22, 2013) from The Rumpus blog
- Porochista Khakpour
- Asma Gull Hasan, "Red, White, and Muslim" (February 26, 2009) from The Daily Beast blog
- Naomi Shihab Nye
"Letter from Naomi Shihab Nye, Arab-American Poet: To Any Would-be Terrorists"
"This is Not Who We Are: Arab-Americans in a Post-9/11 World" on Oprah.com website - Steven Church, “I’m Just Getting to the Disturbing Part’ (Fall 2007) published in Fourth Genre: Explorations in Non-Fiction (Vol. 9, No. 2) [HawkID required to access this article]
- Albert Samaha, Mike Hayes, and Talal Ansari
“The Kids Are Alt-Right” (June 6, 2017)
“Once You Create that Place for Hate, Then It Takes Off” (March 23, 2017) - Kate Lamb, “The Schoolgirl Thrash Metal Band Smashing Stereotypes in Indonesia” (June 9, 2017)
- Sarah A. Harvard, "These Muslim kids are only in elementary school - and in the classroom, they're called terrorists" (June 14, 2017)
- Deborah Vankin, “See how graffiti artist Shamsia Hassani is giving Afghan women a voice despite the danger” (March 3, 2016)
- Nicholas Kristof, “On a Portland Train, the Battlefield of American Values" (May 30, 2017)
- Mic on Facebook, “Stop Giving Evil Characters Brown Skin”
- Video Available on Mic.com at the bottom of this article (for those not on Facebook):
https://mic.com/articles/177307/street-fighter-2-brings-an-old-racist-trope-to-nintendo-switch-brown-skinned-villains
- Video Available on Mic.com at the bottom of this article (for those not on Facebook):
- Didem Tali, "How Western Brands Get Fashion for Muslim Women All Wrong" (March 17, 2016)
- Valeriya Safronova, "Nike Reveal the 'Pro Hijab' for Muslim Athletes" (March 8, 2017)
- Richard Brent Turner, "The Influence of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X on Hip Hop" USA Today (July 2004) [HawkID required to access this article]
- G. Willow Wilson, "The Comfort of Strangers" (May 29, 2005)
Films
Other/Interviews/References
- Kaveh Akbar and Kazim Ali, "Silence and Breath: Kaveh Akbar and Kazim Ali" (June 2, 2017)
- Toby Keith, “Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue” vs. Sage Francis, “Makeshift Patriot”
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Scott McCloud, "The Visual Magic of Comics" https://www.ted.com/talks/scott_mccloud_on_comics
Toby Keith vs. Sage Francis: Rhetorical Analysis Compare and Contrast
Persepolis Resources
- National Public Radio, "Remembering Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution" (August 17, 2009)
Historical background Iran-Iraq: Radio Interview - National Public Radio, "Twitter's Impact On Iran Protests Examined" (June 19, 2009)
Presidential Campaign 2009 – Twitter impact: Radio interview - PBS News Hour website, "Conversation: Graphic Novelist, Director Marjane Satrapi" (August 17, 2012)
9 minutes – Chicken with Plums - IFC News on YouTube, "Marjane Satrapi: Graphic novels & her family's influence" (October 11, 2007)
4 minutes - Interview Panel about Persepolis Movie - IFC News on YouTube, "Marjane Satrapi: "Persepolis" a pro-Iranian humanist tale" (October 11, 2007)
3 minutes - Interview Panel about Persepolis - MovieWeb on YouTube, "Persepolis - Exclusive: Marjane Satrapi" (September 19, 2010)
4 minutes - Interview about Persepolis Movie - Multimediacorbeil on YouTube, "PERSEPOLIS "Making of"" (January 29, 2013)
30 minutes - Making of Persepolis Movie (in French with subtitles) - Persepolis DVD