ZAHRA INSTITUTE

ZAHRA INSTITUTE Research Center and Graduate School โ€ข Kurdish Studies and Critical Muslim Studies

Research Center and Graduate School:
Our goal is to provide a creative and solid platform where professionals and students interested in the emerging fields of Kurdish Studies and Critical Muslim Studies can coordinate and share their scholarship in a progressive and democratic environment. Zahra Institute aims to address the needs of a range of learners through educational initiatives consisting of online courses, retreats and workshops, mentoring services, and academic conferences.

โฐ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐จ๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐๐Œ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ / ๐Ÿ ๐๐Œ ๐„๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง!Join us for โ€œ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐€๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š ๐“๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ.โ€๐…๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ :โ€ข Nora Zaki M...
05/20/2026

โฐ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐จ๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐๐Œ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ / ๐Ÿ ๐๐Œ ๐„๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง!
Join us for โ€œ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐€๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š ๐“๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ.โ€

๐…๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ :
โ€ข Nora Zaki Mantas (Dominican University)
โ€ข Jaye Starr (Association of Muslim Chaplains)

Thereโ€™s still time to register before we begin:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/dW7AQZXNRDWRdoULdzC1QA

We look forward to having you with us shortly.

We're excited to welcome you ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ for our Critical Muslim Studies featured panel, โ€œ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐€๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š ๐“๐จ๐๐š๐ฒโ€O...
05/20/2026

We're excited to welcome you ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ for our Critical Muslim Studies featured panel, โ€œ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐€๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š ๐“๐จ๐๐š๐ฒโ€

Our final Spring 2026 Speaker Series event begins at ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐๐Œ ๐‚๐“ / ๐Ÿ ๐๐Œ ๐„๐“.

๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ค๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ:
โ€ข Nora Zaki Mantas (Dominican University)
โ€ข Jaye Starr (Association of Muslim Chaplains)

๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐‘ ๐œ๐จ๐๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐™๐จ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ค: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/dW7AQZXNRDWRdoULdzC1QA

We hope to see you there!

Our final Spring 2026 Speaker Series event is almost here! โœจJoin us ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ for our Critical Muslim Studies featured pa...
05/19/2026

Our final Spring 2026 Speaker Series event is almost here! โœจ

Join us ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ for our Critical Muslim Studies featured panel, โ€œ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐€๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š ๐“๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ,โ€ with Nora Zaki Mantas and Jaye Starr.

๐Ÿ“… ๐–๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ
๐Ÿ• ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐๐Œ ๐‚๐“ / ๐Ÿ ๐๐Œ ๐„๐“
๐Ÿ’ป ๐™๐จ๐จ๐ฆ

๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/dW7AQZXNRDWRdoULdzC1QA

We hope to see you there!

Join us next Wednesday for a ๐‚๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐…๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐๐š๐ง๐ž๐ฅ exploring the landscape of ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐€๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ...
05/13/2026

Join us next Wednesday for a ๐‚๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐…๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐๐š๐ง๐ž๐ฅ exploring the landscape of ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐€๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š ๐“๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ.

Featuring:
โ€ข ๐๐จ๐ซ๐š ๐™๐š๐ค๐ข ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฌ, Interfaith Chaplain, Dominican University
โ€ข ๐‰๐š๐ฒ๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ซ, Healthcare Chaplain & Membership Chair, Association of Muslim Chaplains

๐Ÿ—“ ๐–๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ
โฐ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐๐Œ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ / ๐Ÿ ๐๐Œ ๐„๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง

๐Ÿ”— ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/dW7AQZXNRDWRdoULdzC1QA #

Missed our recent lecture with Ramazan Aras?The full recording of โ€œ๐Š๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐จ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Š๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐’๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก...
05/07/2026

Missed our recent lecture with Ramazan Aras?

The full recording of โ€œ๐Š๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐จ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Š๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐’๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐“๐š๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐โ€ โ€” part of Zahra Instituteโ€™s Spring 2026 Speaker Series, moderated by Matthew Niemi โ€” is now live.

Watch the full lecture here ๐Ÿ‘‡

In this Zoom lecture hosted by Zahra Institute, Ramazan Aras presents โ€œKemalist Colonial Modernity, the Kurdish Self and the Notion of Tawhid.โ€This lecture e...

Missed our recent lecture with award-winning poet, Hajjar Baban?The full recording of โ€œ๐™Ž๐™ž๐™ก๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™–๐™จ ๐™๐™ค๐™ง๐™ข: ๐™‰๐™–๐™ซ๐™ž๐™œ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™๐™ค๐™ง๐™˜๐™š...
05/07/2026

Missed our recent lecture with award-winning poet, Hajjar Baban?

The full recording of โ€œ๐™Ž๐™ž๐™ก๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™–๐™จ ๐™๐™ค๐™ง๐™ข: ๐™‰๐™–๐™ซ๐™ž๐™œ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™๐™ค๐™ง๐™˜๐™š๐™™ ๐™„๐™จ๐™ค๐™ก๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™†๐™ช๐™ง๐™™๐™ž๐™จ๐™ ๐™‹๐™ค๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜๐™จโ€ โ€” part of Zahra Instituteโ€™s Spring 2026 Speaker Series, moderated by Kaveh Ghobadi โ€” is now live.

Watch the full lecture here ๐Ÿ‘‡

In this special Zoom lecture hosted by Zahra Institute, acclaimed poet Hajjar Baban presents โ€œSilence as Form: Navigating Forced Isolation in Kurdish Poetics...

๐Ÿ“… Save the Date: This ๐–๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ”!Join us for an insightful lecture by ๐๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ ๐‘๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ณ๐š๐ง ๐€๐ซ๐š๐ฌ on "Kemalist Colonial...
05/04/2026

๐Ÿ“… Save the Date: This ๐–๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ”!

Join us for an insightful lecture by ๐๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ ๐‘๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ณ๐š๐ง ๐€๐ซ๐š๐ฌ on "Kemalist Colonial Modernity, the Kurdish Self, and the Notion of Tawhid."

๐Ÿ•›๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง: 12:00 PM CT / 1:00 PM ET
๐Ÿ’ป ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž: Online via Zoom

๐Ÿ”— ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/gWV-Ye9aRAuNB0GEsxJrLQ

Excited to announce next week's Zoom lecture with ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜€ from Ibn Haldun University!Join us as he explores ๐™†๐™š๐™ข๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™จ...
04/29/2026

Excited to announce next week's Zoom lecture with ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜€ from Ibn Haldun University!

Join us as he explores ๐™†๐™š๐™ข๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™–๐™ก ๐™ˆ๐™ค๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ, ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™†๐™ช๐™ง๐™™๐™ž๐™จ๐™ ๐™Ž๐™š๐™ก๐™›, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™‰๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™๐™–๐™ฌ๐™๐™ž๐™™โ€”a timely and relevant topic.

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Wednesday, May 6, 2026
โฐ 12 PM CT / 1 PM ET

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/gWV-Ye9aRAuNB0GEsxJrLQ

Missed our Annual Lecture in Chicago?Watch the full recording of โ€œThe Cultural Foundations of Kurdish Identity in the Ni...
04/13/2026

Missed our Annual Lecture in Chicago?

Watch the full recording of โ€œThe Cultural Foundations of Kurdish Identity in the Nineteenth Centuryโ€ โ€” featuring Metin Atmaca โ€” now live.

๐Ÿ‘‡
https://youtu.be/YM23Ej0771s

โœจ ๐‚๐‡๐ˆ๐‚๐€๐†๐Ž, ๐“๐Ž๐ƒ๐€๐˜โ€™๐’ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐ƒ๐€๐˜!โœจ Join us at ๐Ÿ ๐๐Œ as we welcome ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐Œ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง ๐€๐ญ๐ฆ๐š๐œ๐šโ€”on his birthday!โ€”for our ๐€๐ง๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐‹๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ...
04/11/2026

โœจ ๐‚๐‡๐ˆ๐‚๐€๐†๐Ž, ๐“๐Ž๐ƒ๐€๐˜โ€™๐’ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐ƒ๐€๐˜!โœจ
Join us at ๐Ÿ ๐๐Œ as we welcome ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐Œ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง ๐€๐ญ๐ฆ๐š๐œ๐šโ€”on his birthday!โ€”for our ๐€๐ง๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐‹๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”. He will be presenting โ€œ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐…๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Š๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ˆ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ก ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฒ.โ€

๐Ÿ“… ๐“๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ
โฐ ๐Ÿ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽโ€“๐Ÿ’:๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ ๐๐Œ
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