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Holly Mason Badra recently published a multi-genre anthology showcasing the work of contemporary Kurdish women and nonbinary writers living all over the world. Sleeping in the Courtyard: Contemporary Kurdish Writers in Diaspora (The University of Arkansas Press, 2025) was recently featured in The Kurdistan Chronicle and elsewhere. 

Global Affairs student Yasmine Ammar had the opportunity to intern with the American Federation of Ramallah, Palestine (AFRP), an organization dedicated to preserving Palestinian culture and advocating for community-led initiatives, an institution her family has been involved with since childhood. Over the summer, Yasmine primarily worked on congressional outreach and coordinated AFRP’s annual Day of Action, a summit where young leaders from across the country advocate for Palestinian human rights on Capitol Hill and build power within the Palestinian-American community. The experience gave her a front-row seat to how policy is shaped and helped her develop critical skills in relationship building with congressional offices, strategic outreach, and community political education. Continue to read her reflection on her experience and learn more about AFRP altogether.

The AbuSulayman Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University mourns the passing of Yaqub Mirza and Abdulaziz Sachedina.

Master's student Ilya Kim, 2025 CHSS Dean's Challenge Scholarship recipient, is expanding his undergraduate capstone project on the Russian island of Sakhalin in a project his advisors call a "fascinating case study." Discover how Kim's journey from Russia to South Korea shaped his academic interests.

The year-long series seeks to foster cross-disciplinary AI literacy, explore how AI shapes and is shaped by culture, ethics, history, and society, and provide opportunities for research incubation and exchange.

Candida Moss will speak on the role that enslaved Christians played in the development of early New Testament manuscripts: ; from taking dictation to editorialising; to proof-reading and refining; to influencing the teaching and transmission of the Christian message across the ancient world. Candida Moss is the Edward Cadbury Professor of Theology at the University of Birmingham. Prior to this, she taught for almost a decade at the University of Notre Dame. She holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Oxford and an MA and PhD from Yale University. The award-winning author or co-author of seven books, she has also served as Papal News Commentator for CBS News and writes a column for The Daily Beast. She has written for and had her work reported on in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Atlantic, Newsweek, and Christian Century, among many other outlets. Dr Moss has also served as an on-air expert for CNN and Fox News, and presented or appeared in documentaries for CNN, NBC, National Geographic, History Channel, Discovery Channel, and the BBC. This is the inaugural event in a newly created lecture series on New Testament and Early Christianity. Everyone at Mason and in the broader community is welcome.

On December 2, 2024, the Department of Religious Studies will celebrate undergraduate excellence in Islamic Studies. Students are invited to submit written work (https://forms.gle/3ooZXFqDGNVXHw3L8). We will award several cash prizes for the most excellent work. We'll gather on December 2 at 5:00 in Horizon 3225 to celebrate our students. Dinner provided. All are welcome!