Reading, Pa.  –Albright College will host a panel discussion “Conversations On Being Muslim in Post-9/11 America,” on Thursday, February 10, 2011, at 4 p.m.  The discussion, which is free and open to the public, will take place in the Campus Center Main Lounge.

The discussion is part one of a three-part series, “Muslims Pasts, Muslims Present.” The series emerged to highlight the great diversity in Muslim communities both historically and in the present.  Attendees will take part in a conversation with individuals who challenge the stereotyped images of Islam and Muslims that dominate the media.

The 4 panelists will engage with audience members as well as with each other about what it means to be a Muslim in a post-9/11 world.  The panelists are:

• Fadwa Hamdan, a mother of five who, until she left the military, was one of only a handful of foreign-born Muslim women in the U.S. Army.
• Isaac Medina, a graduate student in China who made national news in 2010 when he led an unsuccessful campaign to have Trinity University drop "in the name of Our Lord" from the diploma.
• Subhana Rahim, a Columbia University-trained, African-American lawyer from the Poconos.
• Christine Saidi, author of Women’s Authority in Early East Africa (2010), is an American historian of Africa who converted to Islam and observes hijab.

For more information about the event or disabled assistance, please contact the College Relations Office at 610-921-7526.  The Campus Center is located on the Albright College campus at 13th & Bern Streets, Reading, Pa.

Founded in 1856, Albright College is a nationally ranked, private college with a rigorous liberal arts curriculum with an interdisciplinary focus. The College’s hallmarks are connecting fields of learning, collaborative teaching and learning, and a flexible curriculum that allows students to create an individualized education. Albright College enrolls more than 1,660 undergraduates in traditional programs, another 500 adult students in accelerated degree programs, and 100 students in the master’s program in education. Albright College is located in Reading, Pennsylvania, about 60 miles west of Philadelphia.