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URL:https://rcnv.org/events/the-strait-of-hormuz-and-war-in-iran-a-film-sc
 reening-and-discussion/
SUMMARY:The Strait of Hormuz and War in Iran: A Film Screening and Discussi
 on
DESCRIPTION:\n\nDoors open at 5:30 PM. Event begins at 6:00 PM.\n\nFor 50 y
 ears\, the Resource Center for Nonviolence (RCNV) has equipped our communi
 ty with tools to build a just and peaceful world. We’re proud to collabo
 rate with UCSC's Center for the Middle East and North Africa to host this 
 film screening and discussion. The Center is dedicated to the project of c
 reating community and promoting education and research about the histories
 \, politics\, and cultures of the peoples who live in the Middle East and 
 North Africa. This event is part of our Santa Cruz United in Love initiati
 ve cultivating Beloved Community\, shared learning\, and solidarity. We ho
 pe you'll join us as we continue to deepen our collective integrity and ac
 countability.\n\nJoin us for a screening of the film Plate it with Silver 
 and a discussion by Nidhi Mahajan (UCSC) and Stephen Zunes (USF)\, two pro
 minent experts on the Persian Gulf region. While recent events have highli
 ghted the centrality of the Strait of Hormuz for shipping routes and oil\,
  the film explores the deeper ways that global trade and local religious p
 ractices intersect. The screening will be followed by a discussion on the 
 current war in the Persian Gulf\, its regional reverberations\, and the lo
 nger histories of trade in the Indian Ocean.\n\nStephen Zunes is a profess
 or of Politics and Director of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of
  San Francisco. He has written and lectured extensively about Iran and U.S
 . Middle East policy and has been one of the few American scholars allowed
  to visit Iran in recent years\, meeting with top government officials\, l
 eading dissidents\, and ordinary Iranians.\n\nNidhi Mahajan is Associate P
 rofessor of Anthropology at the University of California\, Santa Cruz. Her
  first book\, Moorings: Voyages of Capital across the Indian Ocean\, was p
 ublished by UC Press in June 2025. She has also published in journals such
  as Comparative Studies of South Asia\, Africa\, and the Middle East\, Mon
 soon\, History of the Present\, and Island Studies Journal.\n\nIn addition
  to her academic work\, Mahajan is a practicing artist\, with her projects
  exhibited at the Sharjah Architecture Triennial\, Diriyah Biennale (Saudi
  Arabia)\, Macondo Literature Festival (Kenya)\, Hayy Jameel (Saudi Arabia
 )\, Khoj Studios (India)\, and other international venues.\n\nEveryone is 
 welcome. Sliding scale ticket donations ($0-50) support RCNV's vital work.
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CATEGORIES:Anti-Nuclear,Antiracism,Beloved Community,Middle
 East,Palestine,Politics,Resisting Militarism
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