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URL:https://test.arabamerica.com/events/songs-for-the-spirit-a-benefit-con
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SUMMARY:Songs for the Spirit: A Benefit Concert for Islamophobia Research
DESCRIPTION:CALIFORNIA\n\nAbout IRDP\n\nThe Islamophobia Research and Docum
 entation Project (IRDP) focuses on a systematic and empirical approach to 
 the study of Islamophobia and its impact on the American Muslim community.
  Today\, Muslims in the U.S.\, parts of Europe\, and around the world have
  been transformed into a demonized and feared global "other\," subjected t
 o legal\, social\, and political discrimination. Even at the highest level
 s of political discourse\, the 2008 U.S. Presidential elections\, Islamoph
 obia took center stage as a sizeable number of Americans expressed fear th
 at Barack Obama\, the first African American president\, is somehow a clos
 et Muslim. Newspaper articles\, tv shows\, books\, popular movies\, politi
 cal debates\, and cultural conflicts over immigration and security produce
  ample evidence of the stigmatization of Islam within dominant culture.\n\
 nThe challenge for understanding the current cultural and political period
  centers on providing a more workable and encompassing definition for the 
 Islamophobia phenomenon\, a theoretical framework to anchor present and fu
 ture research\, and a centralized mechanism to document and analyze divers
 e data sets from around the U.S. and in comparison with other areas around
  the world.\n\nFor more information\, please visit www.irdproject.com\n\n
 \nAbout the Islamophobia Studies Journal\n\nThe Islamophobia Research &amp
 \; Documentation Project at UC Berkeley announces the launch of Islamophob
 ia Studies Journal\, a a bi-annual peer reviewed academic periodical focus
 ing on emerging research on and analysis about the nature of Islamophobia 
 and its impact on culture\, politics\, media\, and the lives and experienc
 es of Muslim people.\n\nFor more information\, please visit\nwww.irdprojec
 t.com\n\n\nAbout The Aswat Sacred Music Ensemble\n\nThe Aswat Sacred Music
  Ensemble is a the sacred music arm of Aswat\, the Bay Area's premier Arab
  music ensemble.\n\nThe musical voice of Arab America in the Bay Area is A
 swat\, which is sponsored by Zawaya. True to Zawaya's commitment to plural
 ism and inclusion\, Aswat is a multi-ethnic\, multi-racial\, multi-religio
 us music ensemble that reaches out to the diverse Bay Area community with 
 folkloric\, classical\, contemporary\, and sacred Arab music. Aswat's door
 s remain open to all who want to participate in the exciting\, enriching e
 xchange between Arab Americans and other communities through the universal
  language of music. For more information about Aswat\, please visit www.z
 awaya.org.
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LOCATION:Zaytuna College\, 2401 Le Conte Ave\, Berkeley\, California \, 947
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