shab e miraj mubarak tareefis!
thank you so much for your patience during this time. below is information regarding our next meeting.
there have been many queer people and communities before and there will be many after us. what kind of seeds have we sprouted from and what will we plant for our descendents? leading up to the ramadan season, lets consider the role of queercestors, guided by şahmeran (pronounced shahmeran), a pre-islamic snake goddess, and the buraq, the winged being said to transport the prophet (pbuh) to heaven on this day. in this meeting, we will consider the role of ancestral spirits in the richness of their forms (real, figurative and transcendental) that have guided our connection to the past, present and future.
considering the concept of queercestors through symbology and figuration, we will draw and discuss our connections to one another. items to check out below:
“What the mythical figure of Şahmeran in Turkey represents and why activists use it” article, Link
Omid Safi and Seemi Bushra, “The Spirit of Islam” podcast, Link
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meeting information below, we look so forward to seeing you all!
Topic: tareef meeting: fasting with our queercestors
Time: Mar 28, 2021 02:00 PM EST
Link: https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/97203988327?pwd=V2xSdzdNWUpheE56M2tsZlZqOTVMZz09
Meeting ID: 972 0398 8327
Passcode: tareef