October 9, 2018Faisal Saeed Al Mutar and Zachary Wood at Columbia University, “Shattering the Echo Chamber”Video Link: Event Description: On October 9, 100 attendees, made up of both Columbia students and outside guests, […]
May 22, 2018Yasmine Mohammed and Faisal Al Mutar at Stanford University, “Muslims, Islamists and Jihadis: What’s the Difference?”Event Description: Human rights activists Faisal Saeed Al Mutar and Yasmine Mohammed hosted a conversation about the […]
April 26, 2018The Red Sand Gala at Vassar CollegeEvent Description: The Red Sand Gala was a night dedicated to advocacy and awareness on human trafficking. […]
April 23, 2018 Dr. Zuhdi Jasser at the University of Notre Dame, “Taking on the Islamist Establishment”YouTube video of full event: “Taking on the Islamist Establishment” Event Description: M. Zuhdi Jasser, M.D., is the […]
April 19, 2018“Dissent from Minorities Within Minorities” – Faisal Saeed Al Mutar, Flemming Rose, Mustafa Akyol and Jacob Mchangama at Harvard UniversityEvent Description: This panel, “Dissent from Minorities Within Minorities” featured Mustafa Akyol, Faisal Saeed Al Mutar and Flemming […]
April 17, 2018 Yasmine Mohammed at Harvard University, “From Al-Qaeda to Atheism”AHA YouTube Clip “People have rights, ideas don’t have rights” Event Description: Yasmine Mohammed spoke for roughly an […]
April 10, 2018Dr. Elham Manea at Stanford University, “Radicalized at 16: The Dangers of Non-Violent Extremism”Watch: Event Description: Dr. Elham Manea is a Swiss-Yemeni Muslim reformer, human rights activist and academic who researches […]
April 7, 2018 Dr. Elham Manea at Portland State University, “Radical to Rational: The Dangers of Non-Violent Extremism”YouTube video of Full Event Event Description: Dr. Elham Manea is a Swiss-Yemeni Muslim reformer, human rights activist […]
April 4, 2018 Dr. Elham Manea at the University of Cincinnati, “Radicalized at 16: The Dangers of Non-Violent Extremism”YouTube Clip: “I have the right to criticize my religion” Event Description: Dr. Elham Manea is a Swiss-Yemeni […]
April 2, 2018 Dr. Zuhdi Jasser at Duke University, “The American-Muslim Identity: Patriot or Insurgent?”Event Description: Dr. Zudhi Jasser, an expert on Islamism and a former Naval officer, spoke at Duke University […]
April 2, 2018 Faisal Saeed Al Mutar at the University of Oklahoma, “Enlightenment Values, the Golden Age of Islam, and Reform”Event Description: Faisal Saeed al-Mutar was born in Iraq and admitted to the United States as a refugee […]
April 2, 2018Dr. Elham Manea at Princeton University, “Radicalized at 16: The Dangers of Non-Violent Extremism”Event Description: Dr. Elham Manea is a Swiss-Yemeni Muslim reformer, human rights activist and academic who researches and […]
March 22, 2018 “MENA: Why Did Democracy Fail and How Can We Revive It?”Event Description: Gissou Nia is a human rights lawyer and Iran expert. She most recently acted as the […]
March 15, 2018 Yasmine Mohammed at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, “From Al-Qaeda to Atheism”Event Description: Yasmine is an Arab-Canadian college instructor, activist, podcaster and writer. Yasmine shares her story of growing […]
November 28, 2017“Female Genital Mutilation, Child Marriage and Breastfeeding Across Cultures”Event Description: “FGM, Child Marriage and Breastfeeding Across Cultures” was a talk by Elisabeth Ubbe, a Swedish photojournalist […]
November 28, 2017Amanda Parker and Elisabeth Ubbe at Vassar College, “Harmful Cultural Practices”Event Description: “Harmful Cultural Practices” was a panel featuring award-winning Swedish photojournalist and former midwife Elisabeth Ubbe, as […]
November 8, 2017 Faisal Saeed Al Mutar at Portland State University, “Are Western Values Worth Defending?”Event Description: Faisal Saeed al-Mutar was born in Iraq and admitted to the United States as a refugee […]
October 10, 2017Faisal Saeed Al Mutar at University of Maryland, College Park, “Freedom of Expression in the Arab World”Event Description: Faisal Saeed al-Mutar was born in Iraq and admitted to the United States as a refugee […]