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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Gotham-Medium","sans-serif";color:black">Renison<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Gotham-Medium","sans-serif";color:red">Studies</span><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Gotham-Medium","sans-serif";color:black"> in Islam Speaker Series<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Gotham-Medium","sans-serif";color:black">Dr. Eid Mohamed<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Gotham-Medium","sans-serif";color:black">*Research Fellow, Balsillie School of International Affairs, UWaterloo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Gotham-Medium","sans-serif";color:black">*Adjunct Professor, University of Guelph<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Gotham-Bold","sans-serif";color:#456F47">Islamophobia: What is in a name? Analysis of<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Gotham-Bold","sans-serif";color:#456F47">US Press Coverage of the Term after 9/11<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gotham-Medium","sans-serif";color:black">Using the coverage in the U.S. newspapers post September<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gotham-Medium","sans-serif";color:black">11, 2001, this talk will uncover the multifaceted use of the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gotham-Medium","sans-serif";color:black">term, “Islamophobia”. Even though the term Islamophobia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gotham-Medium","sans-serif";color:black">was used commonly in the U.S. press after 9/11, Dr. Mohamed<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gotham-Medium","sans-serif";color:black">argues that, owing to its multiple definitions, Islamophobia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gotham-Medium","sans-serif";color:black">became an ambiguous term.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Gotham-Medium","sans-serif";color:black">About the Speaker<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Gotham-Light","sans-serif";color:#333333">Dr. Eid Mohamed received his doctorate in American Studies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Gotham-Light","sans-serif";color:#333333">from George Washington University, where he specialized in<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Gotham-Light","sans-serif";color:#333333">Middle Eastern Studies, modern Arab history and culture, and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Gotham-Light","sans-serif";color:#333333">US-Middle East encounter. He has taught both in the U.S. and the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Gotham-Light","sans-serif";color:#333333">Middle East. His research interests are centered on the significant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Gotham-Light","sans-serif";color:#333333">interplay of religion, pop culture and politics and the role they<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Gotham-Light","sans-serif";color:#333333">play in shaping the complex relation between America and the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Gotham-Light","sans-serif";color:#333333">nations and peoples of the Middle East. His forthcoming book is<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Gotham-Light","sans-serif";color:#333333">entitled:
</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Gotham-Light","sans-serif";color:black">Arab Occidentalism: Images of America in the Middle East.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Gotham-Medium","sans-serif";color:black">Friday, March 14, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gotham-Medium","sans-serif";color:black">Dunker Family Lounge, Renison University College<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gotham-Medium","sans-serif";color:black">University of Waterloo, 240 Westmount Road N<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gotham-Medium","sans-serif";color:black">Free parking in Renison lot!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gotham-Medium","sans-serif";color:black">The lecture is free, registration is required.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Gotham-Medium","sans-serif";color:black">RSVP<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Gotham-Medium","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="mailto:ipandit@uwaterloo.ca">ipandit@uwaterloo.ca</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gotham-Medium","sans-serif";color:black">519.884.4404 ext. 28668</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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