Fulbright Visiting Specialist Nigar Nazar, the first woman cartoonist of Pakistan, and very likely the entire Muslim world, spent Blocks 1 and 2 at CC, where she team-taught \u201cFreedom and Authority in Everyday Life: Women, Men, and Children in the Middle East\u201d with Assistant History Professor Jane Murphy.<\/p>\n
Nazar arrived in Colorado Springs in September at the end of Ramadan, and, as is her custom, looked for a charitable project. Nazar spoke to a variety of local organizations, and eventually settled on donating her time and talent to the pediatric ward at Memorial Hospital. Nazar, now back in Islamabad, Pakistan, is working on mural-size cartoons, featuring her signature character, Gogi, a long-lashed Muslim girl, to install on the hospital walls. She plans to send them to the hospital when complete.<\/p>\n
The role of the Fulbright Visiting Specialist Program: Direct Access to the Muslim World is to help American colleges and universities and their surrounding communities enrich their understanding of Islam, its societies, and cultures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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