Panel to discuss 'Wearing a Hijab' at UMCA

Two members of the campus community and artist Elizabeth Stone will participate in a discussion titled "Wearing a Hijab - Garment and Symbol" on Thursday, Nov. 8 from 5-6:30 p.m. at the University Museum of Contemporary Art in the Fine Arts Center.

When Stone and artist and MFA candidate Nour Bishouty exchanged thoughts about "Woman in a Burkha," a painting by Stone in the exhibition "Dialogue with a Collection: Elizabeth Stone - Embodied/Disembodied," both realized that they had entered intellectual territory that required a respectful and thoughtful conversation beyond the casual comments during a museum visit.

Hind Mari, director of the Women of Color Leadership Network at the Center for Women and Community, Bishouty and Stone will discuss the complexities of the subject matter, Western mainstream perceptions, political and religious superimposition, and the experiences of women wearing hijab.