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Nakita’s CBC Op-Ed: International Women’s Day: Celebrations highlight how much further we have to go
Read More: Nakita’s CBC Op-Ed: International Women’s Day: Celebrations highlight how much further we have to go
Visible Brushstrokes: The Politics of Myth-Making in Painting Ibn Rushd’s (Averroes) Portrait
Read More: Visible Brushstrokes: The Politics of Myth-Making in Painting Ibn Rushd’s (Averroes) Portrait
Op-Ed Guest Blog (Long Read): 11 Things to Expect When You Become a Muslim
Read More: Op-Ed Guest Blog (Long Read): 11 Things to Expect When You Become a Muslim
Nakita Valerio Named Keynote Speaker for #YEG Feminist Film Festival
Read More: Nakita Valerio Named Keynote Speaker for #YEG Feminist Film Festival
The Drawing Board Historians Present at HCGSA Conference 2016: Things We Learned From Conferencing
Read More: The Drawing Board Historians Present at HCGSA Conference 2016: Things We Learned From Conferencing
Tracing Almoravid and Almohad Differences
Read More: Tracing Almoravid and Almohad Differences
Was Calling the Almoravids a Religious Imperative for Medieval Muslim Spaniards?
Read More: Was Calling the Almoravids a Religious Imperative for Medieval Muslim Spaniards?
On Learning Arabic
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Unpacking the Motivations Behind Al-Mansour’s Pillage of Santiago de Compostela
Read More: Unpacking the Motivations Behind Al-Mansour’s Pillage of Santiago de Compostela
Which Historical Questions Can Be Asked of the “Pact of ‘Umar”?
Read More: Which Historical Questions Can Be Asked of the “Pact of ‘Umar”?
Five Canadian Artists Other Than The Group of Seven – Painting Edition
Read More: Five Canadian Artists Other Than The Group of Seven – Painting Edition
Using the Legend of Julian to Demonstrate Brilliant Historical Methodology
Read More: Using the Legend of Julian to Demonstrate Brilliant Historical Methodology
Walls to Gather Around: Talking Hegemony, Graffiti and Resistance with Artist AJA Louden
Read More: Walls to Gather Around: Talking Hegemony, Graffiti and Resistance with Artist AJA Louden
Nakita Valerio: Keynote Speaker for University of Alberta World Hijab Day (MSA)
Read More: Nakita Valerio: Keynote Speaker for University of Alberta World Hijab Day (MSA)
Nakita Valerio: Speaker at “Women and Hijab: A Panel Discussion”
Read More: Nakita Valerio: Speaker at “Women and Hijab: A Panel Discussion”
Banishing the Teenage Habits I’ve Long Outgrown
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Nakita Valerio Honoured as Paul Harris Fellow with Rotary International
Read More: Nakita Valerio Honoured as Paul Harris Fellow with Rotary International
From the Journal of a Muslim Vegan: Is Halal Meat an Ethical Choice for Carnivores?
Read More: From the Journal of a Muslim Vegan: Is Halal Meat an Ethical Choice for Carnivores?
Nakita Valerio’s “Investigating the Missing Mary Magdalene in Islam” is published in On Religion
Read More: Nakita Valerio’s “Investigating the Missing Mary Magdalene in Islam” is published in On Religion
The Importance of Understanding History (According to a Historian)
Read More: The Importance of Understanding History (According to a Historian)