Scholar-Artist-Activist Dr. Su'ad Abdul Khabeer To Lead Teach-In on Black Muslim Women and Black Revolution in the United States
Collage of Black Muslim Women. Collage by Jaimee A. Swift
Dr. Su’ad Abdul Khabeer will lead a teach-in for The School for Black Feminist Politics on Black Muslim Women’s Radicalism in the United States.
On Thursday, January, 12, 2023 from 6:30-8:00 PM EST, scholar-artist-activist Dr. Su’ad Abdul Khabeer will lead a teach-in on “Activist Sisters: Black Muslim Women and Black Revolution in the United States.”
You can register for the event on Zoom here: https://bit.ly/ActivistSisters
This course is an exploration of the activism and life histories of Black Muslim women in the 20th century United States. It focuses on their relationships to the Black radical movements of the 1960s and 1970s. The course’s discussion is animated by the following questions: What roles did Black Muslim women play in mid to late 20th century Black movements? How was movement work integrated, or not, into their religious identities and practice and vice versa? In what ways do they repeat, refine or reject normative and non-normative ideas of Black Womanhood. What do their trajectories teach or challenge in respect to contemporary definitions and debates on Black feminism and activism. What is their place in the long durée of the Black Radical Tradition?
ABOUT DR. SU’AD ABDUl khabeer
Su'ad Abdul Khabeer is a scholar-artist-activist originally from Brooklyn, NY. She is curator of Umi's Archive, a multimedia project documenting Black and Muslim histories and co-founder of Sapelo Square, a digital media and education collective on Black Muslims in the US. Trained as an anthropologist, Su’ad’s first book, Muslim Cool: Race, Religion and Hip Hop in the United States, is field-defining study on Islam and hip hop that examines how intersecting ideas of Muslimness and Blackness challenge and reproduce the meanings of race in the United States. Su’ad’s written scholarly work is accompanied by her performance-based work including her one woman solo show, Sampled: Beats of Muslim Life. She has written broadly for outlets including: The Root, the Washington Post, Vice and Ebony Magazine, and has appeared on Al Jazeera English. Su’ad is an associate professor of American Culture and Arab and Muslim American Studies at the University of Michigan.