World View Partners Program

So looking forward to the teachers' program on Tuesday, August 13 offered by World View.  It's an annual event for K-12 teachers working with World View and getting ready for another great year.  This year's theme is "Transforming Learning Environments through Global and STEM Education."  It's free to teachers in World View partner systems and schools. Find out more and register here.

I'll be representing our Middle East Center and offering my session on the Muslim Veil twice.  You can meet me at my display as well. (Pick up a map of the Middle East, why don't you!)  Hope to see you there!

"ReOrienting the Veil" and the Media

Does this look menacing to you?

So thrilled with the success of our ReOrienting the Veil conference!  Great presentations and conversations about the complex issues of covering by Muslim women.  And we were featured in all kinds of media. Here's a sampling of our clips:

UNC professors Sahar Amer and Banu Gökariksel, “Muslim Women Speak Up About the Veil,”  “The State of Things,” NPR, 2/22/13

"Lifting the Veil: UNC conference focuses on understanding the Muslim veil,” The Herald-Sun, 2/24/13

And a follow-up opinion piece in the same paper:

"Tolerate the Veil," Opinion, The Herald-Sun, 2/26/13 

Our UNC students were in the media mix as well.  Here's a story filed by Sefe Emokpae of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication.  The feature begins at 13:15

And of course the Daily Tar Heel covered the conference with their trademark professionalism.

Our live tweeting at #Veil2013 even trended on Twitter. Quite an experience. 

And the best part is that the ReOrienting the Veil web site will remain, offering resources, information, images, music, lesson plans, and even a fun quiz.  Please explore and let us know your responses and suggestions. Contact information is on the web site.

#Veil2013 trends on Twitter!
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