Date:
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Time:
06:15 PM - 08:30 PM
The Outreach
Center at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies and the
Middle East
Initiative of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard
University
are proud to sponsor
MIDDLE EAST FILM SCREENING
Fall 2007
Wednesday 7 November, 6:15 – 8:30 PM (pizza/soda at 6:00 PM), Starr Auditorium,
Kennedy School of Government
Bab El Oued City
(1994, Algeria)
Film Introduction by Dr. Susan Gilson Miller,
Director, Moroccan
Studies Program and
Senior Lecturer on Islamic Studies, Center for
Middle Eastern Studies
Description: Taking place in Algiers, Algeria after the riots of October 1988, Bab El Oued City
discusses the rise of Islamic fundamentalism from the perspective of a
young baker. His desire to get some sleep after a long night of work
turns out to have lasting consequences.
Location:
Kennedy School of Government, Starr Auditorium, Belfer Building, Second Floor