Posts Tagged ‘Omar Ali’
Faculty And Staff, In The News - Friday, April 13, 2012 2:18 pm
Ali essay on Islam and the African diaspora featured in Conversations magazine
UNCG historian Omar H. Ali published an article “The Mu’azzin’s Song: Islam and the African Diaspora in the Indian Ocean” appearing in the North Carolina Humanities Council magazine Conversations (Winter/Spring 2012). In the article, Dr. Ali, who serves as a Road Scholar for the North Carolina Humanities Council, explores the intersection of Islam and the African Diaspora, looking at the lesser known migratory trajectory of Africans and their descendents: the Indian Ocean world. He offers a personal and scholarly account, drawing on the varied renditions of the azzan (the Muslim call to prayer) as a metaphor for what he calls “the Africanizing” of the Indian Ocean world.
The call to prayer, which is heard across the Muslim world, like Islam itself, is interpreted and experienced in a range of ways. Ali, who gives public lectures on “The Many Faces of Islam,” and teaches a course at UNCG entitled “Islam, Africa, and the Diaspora,” concludes: “For me, the azzan, like the rising sun, remains an immeasurable source of comfort — an invitation into the seamlessness of history, where the past and present are inseperable, an audible reminder of my connection to all of life, and all of what we create together.”
- Ali quoted in N&R story on black political leadership
- ‘Road Scholar’ Omar Ali lectures on black history
- Ali writes op-ed on ‘lessons from the black populists’
- Ali interviewed about Guilford redistricting
- Ali interviewed about Florida primary
- Ali advocates for less partisan politics
- Independents, African Americans and the 2012 Election
- Ali talks about Iowa caucuses
- Ali talks to ABC about independent voters
- AP interviews Ali about Occupy movement
- Ali interviewed about open primaries
- Christian Science Monitor quotes Omar Ali
- Ali interviewed about campaign reform
- Ali discusses Occupy movement on WUNC’s State of Things
- Peacemaker covers Occupy forum
- Ali interviewed about elections
- Ali talks to WFMY about public dissatisfaction, political sparring
- Ali speaks to WFDD about independent voters
- Panel explores Occupy movement Nov. 1
- Ali blasts bipartisan politics in N&R column
- Ali speaks to WFMY about Obama visit
- Ali interviewed about low voter turnout
- Ali talks to WFMY about online voting
- Omar Ali: Partisanship hurts voter turnout
- CNN interviews Omar Ali about independent voters
- Ali on Islam: Video features African American Studies faculty member
- Nursing grad featured in News and Record
- UNCG professor awarded NEH Fellowship for study at Newberry Library
- WFMY reports on sophomore Nathan Baker’s inspiring story
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- Interior architecture students design new exhibit for Greensboro Children’s Museum
- NSF-funded music exhibit in Danville through Sept. 3
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- UNCG Beyond Academics graduation is May 1
- More than 2,500 will graduate at spring commencement May 4
- Bryan School names Boyd Rogers 2012 Distinguished Alumnus
- More than 2,500 will graduate at spring commencement May 4
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- UNCG professors selected for fellowships in Princeton for 2012-13
- Phi Beta Kappa chapter inducts 38 new members
- JSNN building receives top award from state construction group
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- McElveen-Hunter to UNCG grads: We keep what we give away
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- Dean Brown will retire
- NSF-funded music exhibit in Danville through Sept. 3
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