This event is ONLY in person in the Hatcher Gallery. Please RSVP here: bit.ly/PalFiction
RSVP: https://bit.ly/PalFiction
Date: Wednesday, October 16, 2024, 5:30 PM ET
Where: Hatcher Gallery Event Space, Hatcher Library North, First Floor, Room 100
Join the Global Islamic Studies Center & the University Library on October 16th at 5:30 PM in the Hatcher Gallery for an intimate Halaloween gathering and discussion over tea and pastries, where we will share stories, myths, and legends brought to us by the Jerusalem-based Palestine Fiction Council (مجلس الخيال) and Ahmad Nabil.
The event is free and open to all, but please RSVP: https://bit.ly/PalFiction Tea and pastries will be served!
The Fiction Council is a Palestinian community-based non-profit organization in Jerusalem, founded in 2015 to serve as a creative space for the community, particularly young creatives, to explore and develop their imaginations. The Council's mission is to preserve and promote Palestinian intangible heritage, primarily in the fields of folktales, superstitions, and ancient legends, through all possible creative means. It also aims to bridge the gap between the community and their imaginative heritage, recognizing imagination as the Palestinians' ultimate tool for change.
Ahmad Nabil is a visual artist, practitioner, and researcher in the fields of Arab and Islamic mythology and paranormal phenomena. He focuses on their relationship to land, natural resources, and their integration into intangible heritage for the preservation of land and collective memory. In 2015, he founded The Fiction Council in Jerusalem.
Ahmad will introduce the Jerusalem-based Fiction Council in Palestine, and then talk about his work: he will open with a few legends/myths/readings from his book “Hidden Companions” about the documented paranormal encounters from the old city of Jerusalem, then delve into jinn and other supernatural stories from Palestine. The event will then transition to interactive: audience members can share their own cultural legends, supernatural experiences, and jinn stories, and ask Ahmad questions about his work and stories from Palestine.
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This event is a part of Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival. 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?”
This year’s 2024 film festival will be in-person and online, screening one film a week for the first half of October, and culminating in one in-person event with the Palestine Fiction Council on Oct 16th, and two in-person screenings at the State Theatre, on Thursday, October 24th and 31st at 7:30 PM.
The festival is free in person and online–but make sure to reserve tickets! Some films may not be available in certain countries. Films will be unlocked online each week of October, and viewers will have the week to watch each film.
We are inclusive of everyone's film needs: from new horror fans who close their eyes through most scary movies to those who love the gore–we've got films for everyone! Check the Halaloween Horror Rating in the description of each film for its scariness rating.
The 2024 Halaloween Lineup:
October 10: Short films | Palestine | Morocco | Jordan | Azerbaijan
October 16: Event: Jinn & Legends: Stories from Palestine^
October 17: Warda | 2014 | Egypt
October 24: In Flames | 2023 | Pakistan***
October 31: Three | 2024 | UAE***
^This will be an in-person event in Ann Arbor
*** These screenings will be in person at the State Theatre
Reserve your tickets/seats: watch.eventive.org/halaloween
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Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center at the University of Michigan and cosponsored by the Middle East Studies Department, the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, the African Studies Center, the Center for South Asian Studies, the Digital Islamic Studies Center, Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, the International Institute, the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, the Department of Film, Television, and Media, the Institute for Research on Women & Gender, and the University of Michigan Library. This event is free and open to all. To watch the remaining Halaloween films, visit watch.eventive.org/halaloween.
For more events from the Global Islamic Studies Center at the University of Michigan, please visit ii.umich.edu/islamicstudies.
Join our Email newsletter: https://myumi.ch/nbW83
Islamic Studies Minor: https://myumi.ch/R5YnQ
Masters Program: https://myumi.ch/v2gVP
Email MIRS-info@umich.edu
Stay updated on our upcoming events by following our socials here:
Facebook: UmichGISC
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If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to islamicstudies@umich.edu.
- CountryPalestine
- DirectorAhmad Nabil
This event is ONLY in person in the Hatcher Gallery. Please RSVP here: bit.ly/PalFiction
RSVP: https://bit.ly/PalFiction
Date: Wednesday, October 16, 2024, 5:30 PM ET
Where: Hatcher Gallery Event Space, Hatcher Library North, First Floor, Room 100
Join the Global Islamic Studies Center & the University Library on October 16th at 5:30 PM in the Hatcher Gallery for an intimate Halaloween gathering and discussion over tea and pastries, where we will share stories, myths, and legends brought to us by the Jerusalem-based Palestine Fiction Council (مجلس الخيال) and Ahmad Nabil.
The event is free and open to all, but please RSVP: https://bit.ly/PalFiction Tea and pastries will be served!
The Fiction Council is a Palestinian community-based non-profit organization in Jerusalem, founded in 2015 to serve as a creative space for the community, particularly young creatives, to explore and develop their imaginations. The Council's mission is to preserve and promote Palestinian intangible heritage, primarily in the fields of folktales, superstitions, and ancient legends, through all possible creative means. It also aims to bridge the gap between the community and their imaginative heritage, recognizing imagination as the Palestinians' ultimate tool for change.
Ahmad Nabil is a visual artist, practitioner, and researcher in the fields of Arab and Islamic mythology and paranormal phenomena. He focuses on their relationship to land, natural resources, and their integration into intangible heritage for the preservation of land and collective memory. In 2015, he founded The Fiction Council in Jerusalem.
Ahmad will introduce the Jerusalem-based Fiction Council in Palestine, and then talk about his work: he will open with a few legends/myths/readings from his book “Hidden Companions” about the documented paranormal encounters from the old city of Jerusalem, then delve into jinn and other supernatural stories from Palestine. The event will then transition to interactive: audience members can share their own cultural legends, supernatural experiences, and jinn stories, and ask Ahmad questions about his work and stories from Palestine.
____________________________________________
This event is a part of Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival. 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?”
This year’s 2024 film festival will be in-person and online, screening one film a week for the first half of October, and culminating in one in-person event with the Palestine Fiction Council on Oct 16th, and two in-person screenings at the State Theatre, on Thursday, October 24th and 31st at 7:30 PM.
The festival is free in person and online–but make sure to reserve tickets! Some films may not be available in certain countries. Films will be unlocked online each week of October, and viewers will have the week to watch each film.
We are inclusive of everyone's film needs: from new horror fans who close their eyes through most scary movies to those who love the gore–we've got films for everyone! Check the Halaloween Horror Rating in the description of each film for its scariness rating.
The 2024 Halaloween Lineup:
October 10: Short films | Palestine | Morocco | Jordan | Azerbaijan
October 16: Event: Jinn & Legends: Stories from Palestine^
October 17: Warda | 2014 | Egypt
October 24: In Flames | 2023 | Pakistan***
October 31: Three | 2024 | UAE***
^This will be an in-person event in Ann Arbor
*** These screenings will be in person at the State Theatre
Reserve your tickets/seats: watch.eventive.org/halaloween
____________________________________________
Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center at the University of Michigan and cosponsored by the Middle East Studies Department, the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, the African Studies Center, the Center for South Asian Studies, the Digital Islamic Studies Center, Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, the International Institute, the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, the Department of Film, Television, and Media, the Institute for Research on Women & Gender, and the University of Michigan Library. This event is free and open to all. To watch the remaining Halaloween films, visit watch.eventive.org/halaloween.
For more events from the Global Islamic Studies Center at the University of Michigan, please visit ii.umich.edu/islamicstudies.
Join our Email newsletter: https://myumi.ch/nbW83
Islamic Studies Minor: https://myumi.ch/R5YnQ
Masters Program: https://myumi.ch/v2gVP
Email MIRS-info@umich.edu
Stay updated on our upcoming events by following our socials here:
Facebook: UmichGISC
https://www.facebook.com/UmichGISC/
Twitter: @umichgisc
If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to islamicstudies@umich.edu.
- CountryPalestine
- DirectorAhmad Nabil
