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Join us on Tuesday, October 27, 2026 at 5:30 PM in the Hussey Room in the Michigan League at the University of Michigan for the first-ever Halaloween panel collaboration between the Global Islamic Studies Center and Michigan Medicine’s Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine! An expert panel of pediatric, geriatric, hospice, and palliative care medical doctors, hospital chaplains, and horror film scholars will discuss how the horror genre and horror movies can be tools for people dealing with illness, grief, death, loss, and shared fears that are both specific to and transcend religion and culture.
Panelists will discuss: what can horror tell us about the fears that people bring with them when they encounter bodily illness and healthcare providers, particularly when they, their elders, or their children are experiencing serious illness, the process of dying, ambiguous loss, or anticipatory grief? Can Muslim and spiritually or religiously themed horror movies provide psychological catharsis and alleviate suffering?
This panel is free & in person, but RSVP is strongly encouraged: forms.gle/7QfdpWK9kg8v2Ak58
Meet the panelists:
Dr. Adam Marks, MD, Clinical Professor of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine; Medical Director, Hospice Program and Adult Hospice
Dr. Nurah Omobola Lawal, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics & Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Dr. Karla Mallette, Professor of Italian and Mediterranean Studies; Founder, Halaloween
Chaplain LJ Brazier, Michigan Medicine Spiritual Care Department, Palliative Care
Chaplain Maryam Ashraf, Michigan Medicine Spiritual Care Department, Spiritual and Muslim Patient Care
Moderator: Dr. Aliyah Khan, Director, Global Islamic Studies Center; Associate Professor of English & Afroamerican and African Studies
This panel is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center (GISC) in collaboration with the Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine at Michigan Medicine and the University of Michigan Medical School.
What is Halaloween? Halaloween screens horror films from across the globe that were made by, for, or about Muslims to understand: “What scares Muslim audiences? Are horror movies halal?”
The festival is mostly in-person and free–but make sure to reserve tickets! In-person screenings will be first-come, first-served, with RSVPs strongly encouraged.
The 2026 Halaloween Lineup:
October 8: Madayen | Saudi Arabia | 2016 | 7:00 PM | Arab American National Museum, Dearborn
October 13: Under the Shadow | Iran | 2016 | 7:00 PM | State Theatre, Ann Arbor
October 20: Tiger Stripes | Malaysia | 2023 | 7:00 PM | State Theatre, Ann Arbor
October 27: Halaloween x Michigan Medicine Panel: “Fears of the Body: Processing Illness, Death, and Loss with Horror Movies” | Hussey Room, Michigan League, University of Michigan
October 29: “Those Between Worlds: A Jinn Dreamscape": Halaloween Short Films and Live Music Score Retrospective at Devil's Night Detroit | Short films Aicha and Enmity Jinn | 7:00 PM | Brooklyn Detroit, Corktown (venue). *This event is ticketed and not free.
RSVP & find out more: watch.eventive.org/halalowee…
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Programming note: WKARHD will air an abbreviated, 26-minute version of the documentary film “American Jedi: The Salman Hamdani Story” this Friday, Sept. 11th, at 4:30pm.
The complete 38-minute film can be streamed through the MSU Library site and is also available on YouTube.
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We’ve had this date circled for a while. Happy first day of classes! 🗓️ #GoBlue
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Your name matters. Before the semester begins, use Namecoach to add your name pronunciation to your @UMich email signature or Canvas profile. A simple step can make a lasting impact. myumi.ch/5y3rD
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We are back! As a new academic year begins, get ready with #TeamKhamseen for a year full of new presentations and exciting new projects & collaborations!
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.@umich experts are available to comment on critical topics facing schools this academic year. Their expertise includes student mental health, concussions, school safety, AI in the classroom, teacher retention and much more.
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As part of their Habibi City issue, New York Magazine very generously offered me a platform to share a little bit about Manhattan’s original Little Syria, the first Middle Eastern enclave of its kind in the city. Check out this mini walking tour we worked on together!
While the Financial District is now the epicenter of corporate America, it was once home to the first Middle Eastern immigrant neighborhood in the U.S., from the late 1880s until the 1940s, known as Little Syria. Now, only three buildings from the era remain, but tour guide and historian Asad Dandia (@asadfromnyc) brings it back to life, showing where the tenement buildings, commuter railways, old Sahadi’s, and more once stood.
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Denison University is hiring a Religious Studies scholar trained in the Islam subfield! Please encourage folks that you know to apply. I am the search chair and happy to answer any questions via email. apply.interfolio.com/188984
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Chinese Qur’an written by a woman calligrapher, Amatullah Nur-ul-Ilm, daughter of Rashid. 1050 AH / 1640 CE. The city of Khanbaliq, predecessor to modern Beijing.
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The latest CMENAS newsletter has arrived, featuring the people, programs, and conversations shaping MENA studies at U-M. 🌍✨
📚Read here: myumi.ch/e7QwM
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April is Arab American Heritage Month, a time to celebrate Americans of Arab descent.
At ISPU, we take a close look at ethnic and racial categories when conducting our research.
Support our work to advance understanding of diverse communities at bit.ly/41d7ll2.
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CSAS Lecture Today!🗓️ Join us at 5:00 pm for the lecture, "Misinformation on WhatsApp: Insights From a Large Data Donation Program in India" by Kiran Garimella.
Attend in-person at Weiser 555 or attend via Zoom: myumi.ch/5k8V1.
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Join us this Thursday, April 2nd, 2:20-4:00pm, in room 303 of the International Center for a special lecture by Professor Rhea Rahman (Brooklyn College), “Racializing the Ummah: Muslim Humanitarians Beyond Black, Brown, and White”
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Join us April 9th for a conversation and Islamic Manuscripts Collection visit with artists specializing in Ottoman classical book arts!
6-8p in the Hatcher Gallery
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Sponsored by @UMichLibrary @umichGISC @UmichArtHist
An upcoming visit by three practitioners of Ottoman classical book arts offers the rare opportunity for a look at how contemporary artists learn from their mentors, even those whose works are centuries old. Read about it: myumi.ch/E8bdG
ALT Opening of Islamic manuscript 229 (Istanbul, 1791 or 2), an album of "taklid" (imitation) by the Ottoman calligrapher Mahmud Celâleddin Efendi (d.1829) reproducing pieces by the master Hafız Osman Efendi (d.1698)
