Mosques and Burning the Quran: Islam as Media Spectacle

With sensational headlines in the news every week about mosques, extremists, and even burning the Qur’an, Nabil Echchaibi will help to set straight the fact and fiction behind the media’s portrayal of Muslims in America and around the world.

Nabil Echchaibi is currently an assistant professor in the School of Journalism at CU Boulder. His research and expertise focus on the intersections between Islam, Arab popular culture and the media. Most recently he has studied the new public articulation of identity and religion among young Arabs as a result of satellite media. Arab Muslim identity in diaspora is increasingly shaped by a shared political and cultural consciousness heavily nurtured by transnational television and interactive media. He will discuss ways in which American’s view of Muslims is largely sensationalized through media spectacle.

Echchaibi was born and raised in Morocco. He received his BA in English Literature from Mohamed V University in Rabat and his MA in journalism and PhD in media studies from Indiana University-Bloomington. His book on the role of diasporic media among young Muslims in France and Germany is forthcoming with Lexington Books. He has appeared recently in the Denver Post and the Huffington Post.

Date: October 20, 2010

Time: 7:30 – 9:00 AM (this event includes breakfast)

Venue: Denver Athletic Club, 1325 Glenarm Pl

Price: $25 Members/ $35 Non-Members

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