On Tuesday, January 30 from 7 until approximately 9 PM in the Perlman Honors Commons, Honors Faculty Fellow Nadine Naber will be presenting a panel discussion on "Immigrant Policies, Post 9/11." The participants will include Noel Saleh (ACLU attorney and president of ACCESS/Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services); Nazih Hassan (President, Muslim Community Association of Ann Arbor); and Nadine Naber herself (Assistant Professor of Women's Studies and American Culture at the University of Michigan). Prof. Naber will speak about the existing state of scholarly literature on the impact of September 11th on immigrant communities in general and Arabs, South Asians, and Muslims in particular. She will refer to her own anthropological research on this topic that took place in California. Noel Saleh will speak about the way the post-September 11th backlash has operated on the level of the law (both institutionally and in practice). He will focus on the legal aspects of post-September 11th immigration policies and the role of organizations such as the ACLU in addressing some of these issues. Nazih Hassan will speak about how the post 9-11 climate has played out in the lives of members of the local Muslim American community.

Snacks will be provided. Seating for this event is limited, so those students who are interested in attending should contact Mrs. Liina Wallin in order to reserve a space as soon as possible.