PUBLIC LECTURE: Dr Amara Lakhous - "Reforming Islam from the Outside"
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Dr Amara Lakhous - "Reforming Islam from the Outside" : Multi-Award Winning Author Dr Amara Lakhous is an Algerian-born Muslim writer. He is the recipient of the Italy’s Premier Literary Award. |
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Born in 1970 in Algiers in a Berber family, Amara Lakhous is the sixth of nine children. He studied at Koran school for four years where he learned classical Arabic. He learned French at junior school. He was influenced from an early age by authors like Mahfouz, Flaubert and Hemingway, and after finishing school decided to study at the Faculty for Philosophy in Algiers. He moved to Rome in 1995, where he graduated in cultural anthropology from the University la Sapienza, Rome. He recently completed a Ph.D. thesis entitled “Living Islam as a Minority.”
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Dr Amara Lakhouse
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Location |
Murdoch Lecture Theatre Room G58, Arts UWA
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Contact |
Beth Meetens
<[email protected]>
: 08 6448 4554
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Start |
Thu, 10 May 2012 17:30
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End |
Thu, 10 May 2012 19:00
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Submitted by |
Beth Meetens <[email protected]>
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Last Updated |
Mon, 21 Oct 2013 11:47
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