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Storytelling: Muslim Moroccan Women
Virtual
39.835112,-77.234867
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Organization: Break Term
In this session, Farah Cherif D’Ouezzan, founder of the Center for Cross-Cultural Learning, will challenge popular narratives about women in Muslim countries through storytelling from three generations of her family in Morocco.
Speakers
Farah Cherif DÔÇÖOuezzan
Founder and General Director
Center for Cross Cultural Learning
Farah Cherif D'Ouezzen founded the Center for Cross-Cultural Learning in 1995. She is presently its General Director as well as the President of Thaqafat Association. Her academic research is in Comparative Religion with a focus on teaching Islam from a cross-cultural perspective. She conducts modules, seminars, courses and workshops on religion and culture, women and gender issues, Islam and human rights as well as Sufism in Morocco. She holds a degree in comparative literature from Mohammed Vth University in Rabat and a certificate on Women and Gender Issues from the University of Hanover, Germany.