Thanks to Andrea Assaf, the USF Tampa campus is undergoing a socio-cultural immersion with This Bridge, a series that speaks to what it means to be Arabic or Islamic in today’s society — with an emphasis on women who are either or both. Assaf, a Lebanese American theater artist and NYU alum, spearheads the two-year-long event series, the first of its kind in the Tampa Bay area. Says Assaf, “We have an entire generation whose political formation has taken place post-9/11. And this is what makes it urgent to increase understanding of Arab, Middle Eastern, and Muslim cultures, and to build bridges across identities.” USF School of Music Conference Room, CAM.
This article appears in Sep 24-30, 2015.
