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ZAHRA INSTITUTE Research Center and Graduate School โ€ข Kurdish Studies and Critical Muslim Studies

Research Center and Graduate School:
Our goal is to provide a creative and solid platform where professionals and students interested in the emerging fields of Kurdish Studies and Critical Muslim Studies can coordinate and share their scholarship in a progressive and democratic environment. Zahra Institute aims to address the needs of a range of learners through educational initiatives consisting of online courses, retreats and workshops, mentoring services, and academic conferences.

๐Ÿ”ด STARTING SOON! โฐ๐‹๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ: ๐Š๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Š๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐–๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ Don't miss it โ€” Gerald Maclean goes live...
09/23/2026

๐Ÿ”ด STARTING SOON! โฐ

๐‹๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ: ๐Š๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Š๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐–๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ 

Don't miss it โ€” Gerald Maclean goes live today to unpack how Kurds and Kurdistan have been imagined in English-language writing. โœจ

๐Ÿ• 12 PM Central / 1 PM Eastern โ€” starting soon!
๐Ÿ’ป Register now: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/D0zY9DldT6eo45TkPns_lw

Grab your lunch/tea/coffee โ˜• and log on โ€” see you there! ๐Ÿ‘‡

๐Ÿ”ด ZOOM LECTURE โ€” TOMORROW๐‹๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ: ๐Š๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Š๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐–๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ Join Gerald Maclean to learn more...
09/22/2026

๐Ÿ”ด ZOOM LECTURE โ€” TOMORROW

๐‹๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ: ๐Š๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Š๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐–๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ 

Join Gerald Maclean to learn more about how Kurds and Kurdistan have been represented in English-language writing.

๐Ÿ“… Wednesday, Sep 23
๐Ÿ• 12 PM Central / 1 PM Eastern
๐Ÿ’ป Zoom โ€” Register via QR code on the flyer or on our website: www.zahrainstitute.org

๐Ÿ””๐‘๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ: ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐–๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ!"Lords of the Mountains: Kurds and Kurdistan in English Writing" โ€” a Zoom lecture with indepen...
09/20/2026

๐Ÿ””๐‘๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ: ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐–๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ!
"Lords of the Mountains: Kurds and Kurdistan in English Writing" โ€” a Zoom lecture with independent scholar Gerald MacLean.

๐Ÿ“… Wed, Sep 23 | ๐Ÿ• 12PM CT / 1PM ET
๐Ÿ”— Scan QR code or go to ๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ.๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด to register

๐Ÿ”๏ธ ๐™๐Ž๐Ž๐Œ ๐‹๐„๐‚๐“๐”๐‘๐„: ๐‹๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐Š๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Š๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐–๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ Gerald MacLean unpacks centuries of Western...
09/14/2026

๐Ÿ”๏ธ ๐™๐Ž๐Ž๐Œ ๐‹๐„๐‚๐“๐”๐‘๐„: ๐‹๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ
๐Š๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Š๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐–๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ 

Gerald MacLean unpacks centuries of Western imagination shaping how the world sees the Kurds.

๐Ÿ“… Wednesday, September 23
๐Ÿ• 12 PM Central / 1 PM Eastern
๐Ÿ’ป Via Zoom โ€” free and open to all

Scan the QR code on the flyer or click the link below to register.
๐Ÿ“ www.zahrainstitute.org

๐ŸŽ‰ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€! ๐ŸŽ‰Six brilliant scholars. Six lectures. One Speaker Series exploring Kurdish h...
09/10/2026

๐ŸŽ‰ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€! ๐ŸŽ‰

Six brilliant scholars. Six lectures. One Speaker Series exploring Kurdish history, politics, and culture โ€” join us on select Wednesdays at 12 PM Central / 1 PM Eastern ๐Ÿ‘‡

1๏ธโƒฃ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ โ€” Gerald MacLean
2๏ธโƒฃ ๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐Ÿณ โ€” Silvia Nicola
3๏ธโƒฃ ๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ โ€” Serdar Sengul
4๏ธโƒฃ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜ƒ ๐Ÿฐ โ€” Dilek Celebi
5๏ธโƒฃ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฐ ๐Ÿฎ โ€” Marwan Sheikho
6๏ธโƒฃ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฐ ๐Ÿต โ€” Hasret Cetinkaya

โœจ Free and open to all on Zoom โ€” everyone's welcome!

๐Ÿ”— Register now: www.zahrainstitute.org

Interested in learning Kurdish this fall? ๐Ÿ‚โœจ Our semesterโ€‘long online courses in ๐Š๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฃ๐ข and ๐’๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ข run from Beginner ...
07/21/2026

Interested in learning Kurdish this fall? ๐Ÿ‚โœจ
Our semesterโ€‘long online courses in ๐Š๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฃ๐ข and ๐’๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ข run from Beginner to Advanced โ€” all live, all online, and all taught by experienced instructors.

Learn more + register: https://zahrainstitute.org/KLIOverview.html
๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ž๐š๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž: ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“
Questions: [email protected]

Ready to grow your skills this fall?Our ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐กโ€‘๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ข ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ are now open for registration! Join us for four live on...
07/21/2026

Ready to grow your skills this fall?
Our ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐กโ€‘๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ข ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ are now open for registration!

Join us for four live online sessions, light homework, and curated readings โ€” perfect for busy learners. ๐Ÿ’ป๐Ÿ“š

Learn more + register: https://zahrainstitute.org/Mini_Courses.html

โฐ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐จ๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐๐Œ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ / ๐Ÿ ๐๐Œ ๐„๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง!Join us for โ€œ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐€๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š ๐“๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ.โ€๐…๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ :โ€ข Nora Zaki M...
05/20/2026

โฐ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐จ๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐๐Œ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ / ๐Ÿ ๐๐Œ ๐„๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง!
Join us for โ€œ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐€๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š ๐“๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ.โ€

๐…๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ :
โ€ข Nora Zaki Mantas (Dominican University)
โ€ข Jaye Starr (Association of Muslim Chaplains)

Thereโ€™s still time to register before we begin:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/dW7AQZXNRDWRdoULdzC1QA

We look forward to having you with us shortly.

We're excited to welcome you ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ for our Critical Muslim Studies featured panel, โ€œ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐€๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š ๐“๐จ๐๐š๐ฒโ€O...
05/20/2026

We're excited to welcome you ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ for our Critical Muslim Studies featured panel, โ€œ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐€๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š ๐“๐จ๐๐š๐ฒโ€

Our final Spring 2026 Speaker Series event begins at ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐๐Œ ๐‚๐“ / ๐Ÿ ๐๐Œ ๐„๐“.

๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ค๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ:
โ€ข Nora Zaki Mantas (Dominican University)
โ€ข Jaye Starr (Association of Muslim Chaplains)

๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐‘ ๐œ๐จ๐๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐™๐จ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ค: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/dW7AQZXNRDWRdoULdzC1QA

We hope to see you there!

Our final Spring 2026 Speaker Series event is almost here! โœจJoin us ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ for our Critical Muslim Studies featured pa...
05/19/2026

Our final Spring 2026 Speaker Series event is almost here! โœจ

Join us ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ for our Critical Muslim Studies featured panel, โ€œ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐€๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š ๐“๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ,โ€ with Nora Zaki Mantas and Jaye Starr.

๐Ÿ“… ๐–๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ
๐Ÿ• ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐๐Œ ๐‚๐“ / ๐Ÿ ๐๐Œ ๐„๐“
๐Ÿ’ป ๐™๐จ๐จ๐ฆ

๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/dW7AQZXNRDWRdoULdzC1QA

We hope to see you there!

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