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2016 International Festival of Language and Culture
Study Trip to Morocco
Community Engagement with the DHSCommunity Engagement Night with the DHS
Speaker Series"Migration, Religion and Extremism in Today’s EU" with Dr. Johan Leman
"Religious Freedoms and Minority Rights"
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14th annual International Festival of Language and Culture (IFLC) was organized in partnership with Rumi Forum on April 28, 2016 at the DAR Constitutional Hall. More than 25 countries were represented by 100 students with song and dance performances. President Obama also provided a message to the 2016 IFLC program and actor Andy Garcia was the MC for the event.
Rumi Forum has organized a study trip to Morocco with the mission of exploring social, ethnic, cultural, economic, security, and political issues in Morocco and its wider region from May 6 to 13, 2016.
On May 3, 2016, the Rumi Forum hosted a talk by Mr. Haris Tarin of the Department of Homeland Security to discuss the organizational structure of the department as a whole.
Dr. Johan Leman talked about migration, religion, and extremism in today’s EU on May 3, 2016. His talk was around migration and minority policies, ethnicity and inter-ethnic majority-minority relations in Europe and in the EU countries.
Dr. Rebecca Winthrop from the Brookings Institution talked about what works in girls` education on April 5, 2016. She focused on education in the developing world, with special attention to improving quality learning for the most marginalized children and youth, including girls and children affected by extreme violence.
On March 23rd, 2016, Dr. Robert P. Jones discussed how trends and public opinion in religion, race and other demographies in the United States are changing.
A panel of county officials from Northern Virginia area shared their impressions and their work with the refugees on March 29, 2016 following up on their recent trip to Turkey to deliver aid to Syrian refugees.
On March 4th, 2016, Dr. Pim Valkenberg spoke on his book called “Renewing Islam by Service: A Christian View of Fethullah Gulen and the Hizmet Movement", which was published by the Catholic University of America Press.
On April 6, 2016, Rev. Dr. Larry Buxton, Rabia Chaudry and Rabbi Bruce Kahn discussed the issue of religious freedoms and minority rights from the viewpoints of Abrahamic traditions.
