"Fashion and Freedom" Guest Speaker: Mr. Ali Amer Taha Al-Hindawi

“Fashion and Freedom.”

Mr. Al-Hindawi will discuss how clothes can be political, representative of freedom, and dangerous to non-conformists; topics will include Islamic, Christian, and Jewish clothing traditions, hate crimes, and victim blaming.

Ali Al-Hindawi is an Iraqi refugee who is currently working at the United Nations Office in Geneva, Switzerland. He has extensive training on Model UN, conflict management, human rights, and growing up in non-peaceful environments. He has conducted workshops and given seminars on interfaith harmony, global cultural diversity, and breast cancer.

Ticket Information
Free to the public

Event Sponsor
Family & Consumer Sciences, CTAHR, Mānoa Campus

More Information
Andy Reilly, (808) 956-5061, areilly@hawaii.edu, Fashion, Islam, and Freedom (PDF)

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