Student Highlight | Saarah Ahmed
We spoke to Saarah Ahmed - a second year student in the MA Islamic Studies program at Columbia - about her studies.
Read MoreStudent Highlight: Cimone Firdaus Rajan
We talk to dual-degree MA candidate Cimone about her studies, her recently released debut EP/album, “after the rain,” and her plans for the future.
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CSMS Remembers Etel Adnan (1925-2021)
Etel Adnan, “Untitled” (2014). Courtesy: Etel Adnan and Galerie Lelong & Co. Paris
Throughout her six-decade career as an author, poet and artist, Etel Adnan became known for her creative vision and sharp intellectual insights into our complex world. Politically and artistically, she engaged with struggles in the Middle East and beyond while transcending all borders through the nature of her art. Her vital work will continue to inform and illuminate our programs at CSMS.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2021/11/14/obituaries/etel-adnan-dead.amp.html
http://www.eteladnan.com/
https://www.guggenheim.org/exhibition/etel-adnan-lights-new-measure
Student Highlight: Yusuf Umrethwala
Read about Yusuf Umrethwala, an MA candidate for the Columbia and Aga Khan University dual degree in Islamic Studies and Muslim Cultures.
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