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No Place Like Home
NO PLACE LIKE HOME: EXPLORING THE SIGHTS, SOUNDS, AND TASTES OF THE MIDDLE EAST WITH ARTIST MOHAMAD HAFEZ AND GUESTS: In conjunction with the Exhibition, “Mohamad Hafez: Unsettled Nostalgia” and with the completion of the NEA supported 鈥淭he Home Project鈥 at 吃瓜头条 with artist Mohamad Hafez, the Department of Art invites the public to attend this event from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Veronica Hagman Concert Hall at the Visual & Performing Arts Center.
The audience will spend the evening learning about Middle Eastern culture through history, art, film, music, storytelling, and cuisine. Hafez will be joined by other guests who also focus on the traditions of the Middle East. Together they illuminate the region鈥檚 beauty and diversity, encouraging connection and empathy, fostering dialogue and understanding, deepening an understanding and appreciation for Arabic culture.
No Place Like Home is funded by the Connecticut Humanities, National Endowment for the Arts, 吃瓜头条 Office of Diversity and Equity, 吃瓜头条 Office
of Intercultural Affairs and the 吃瓜头条 Kathwari Honors Program.
This is a free event, Registration is required and limited.
Registration opens via on February 10, 2022.
This project is supported in part by an award from the Connecticut Humanities
and the National Endowment for the Arts
