Muslims in America - SAMLA 90

The SAMLA 90 Fighters from the Margins: Socio-Political Activists and their Allies will be held at the Sheraton Birmingham in Birmingham, AL, from November 2-4, 2018.

MUSLIMS IN AMERICA

This panel intends to examine the works of Muslim American poets, novelists, playwrights, jazz musicians, punks, hip hop artists, mipsters, filmmakers, and visual artists, through the lens of social and political activism. Papers are invited that explore the diverse compositions of Muslim American identities in literary and cultural texts as reflections of grassroots or macropolitical movements.

With the theme of SAMLA 90, Fighters from the Margins: Socio-Political Activists and Their Allies, panelists are asked to consider how these writers and artists engage with activism in their articulation of assimilation, alterity, dissent, and transgression as Muslim Americans in high or low art forms.

Please submit a 300-word abstract, with a short biography and A/V requirements, to Mahwash Shoaib (mahwashshoaib@hotmail.com) by June 6.