Asra Nomani
Journalist and author of Standing Alone in Mecca: An American Woman’s Struggle
for the Soul of Islam
Date: September 24, 2009, 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Location: UCF Student Union, Cape Florida Ballroom
Access: Open Forum
Topic: The Paradox of Women in Islam
Sponsors: UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Political Science Department,
UCF Middle Eastern Studies Program, The India Program at UCF, UCF Diplomacy
Program, UCF International Services Center, UCF Women's Studies Program,
UCF Women's Research Center, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation,
UCF LIFE and the Global Connections Foundation
More Information: Classroom discussions and community meetings; a feature of the 2009-2010 university-wide themes of "Covering the World: Journalists Speak" and "Conflict and Conflict Resolution in the Middle East"