Farid Esack: "Palestine Through South African Eyes"

Saturday March 6: "Palestine Through South African Eyes"

Speaker: Professor Farid Esack
Location: Harris Seminar Room, Oriel College, Oxford
Time: 7:30pm

Dr. Farid Esack is a South African Muslim theologian who cut his teeth in the South African struggle for liberation. He is currently writing a book titled, "Palestine Through South African Eyes," comparing his experience as an activist against apartheid in South Africa with that of the Palestinians under Israeli occupation. Dr. Esack has taught at various universities around the world, most recently serving as the Prince al-Waleed bin Talal Professor of Contemporary Islam at Harvard University. He currently resides in South Africa, where he is Professor in the Study of Islam at the University of Johannesburg.