BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:33616@arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20241017T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20241017T180000 DTSTAMP:20241002T050308Z URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/halaloween-a-muslim-horror-film-fes tival-warda-2024/ SUMMARY:Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival — Warda (2024) DESCRIPTION:Virtual Zoom Webinar\n\nWelcome to Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival 2024!\n\nWhat is Halaloween? Halaloween screens horror films from across the globe that were made by\, for\, or about Muslims\, to und erstand: “What scares Muslim audiences? Are horror movies halal?”\n\nT his year’s 2024 film festival will be in-person and online\, screening o ne film a week for the first half of October\, and culminating in one in-p erson event with the Palestine Fiction Council (more info coming soon)\, a nd two in-person screenings at the State Theatre\, on Thursday\, October 2 4th and 31st at 7:30 PM.\n\nThe festival is free in person and online–bu t make sure to reserve tickets! Some films may not be available in certain countries. Films will be unlocked online each week of October\, and viewe rs will have the week to watch each film.\n\nWe are inclusive of everyone' s film needs: from new horror fans who close their eyes through most scary movies to those who love the gore–we've got films for everyone! Check t he Halaloween Horror Rating in the description of each film for its scarin ess rating.\n\n\nThe 2024 Halaloween Lineup:\n\nOctober 10: Short films | Palestine | Morocco | Jordan | Azerbaijan\nOctober 17: Warda | 2014 | Egyp t\nDate TBA: Special Event: Myths\, Legends &\; Djinn: Stories from Pal estine^\nOctober 24: In Flames | 2023 | Pakistan *\nOctober 31: Three | 2 024 | UAE *\n\n^This will be an in-person event in Ann Arbor\n* These scr eenings will be in person at the State Theatre\n\nReserve your tickets/sea ts: watch.eventive.org/halaloween\n\n__________________\n\nTHIS WEEK’S F EATURE: Warda (2014)\n\nFrom Oct 17th to the 24th\, stream the Egyptian horror film Warda (2014) on demand at http://watch.eventive.org/halalowee n. Pre-order the film anytime\, and check out the rest of the month’s H alaloween Horror selection!\n\nWarda | 2014 | 73 min | Egypt\nDirected by Hadi El Bagoury\n\nDescription: Warda is an Egyptian found-footage horror movie about a video blogger who returns from the Netherlands to his villa ge home\, where his family has been dealing with creepy and strange events after the death of their father. Much like the Paranormal Activity franch ise\, Warda relies on slow\, eerie vibes and jump scares to deliver its ho rrific message.\n\nHalaloween Horror Rating: 2/5 | Rating Explanation: Som ewhat scary. Includes familial murder\, jump scares\, a gun\, found footag e (shaky hand-held camera)\, jinn\, possession\, and exorcism.\n\nReligiou s Content: Islamic religious exorcism involving recitations of Ayat al-Kur si and other Quranic verses\, jinn\, heikh consultations\, Islamic prayer\ , and debates about rational/scientific versus religious explanations for paranormal phenomena.\n__________________\nHalaloween: A Muslim Horror Fil m Festival\, is brought to you by the Global Islamic Studies Center and co sponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies\, the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum\, &\; the Middle Eastern Studies De partment. This event is free and open to all. To watch the remaining Halal oween films\, visit watch.eventive.org/halaloween.\n\nFor more events from the Global Islamic Studies Center at the University of Michigan\, please visit ii.umich.edu/islamicstudies.\n\nJoin our Email newsletter: https:// myumi.ch/nbW83\nIslamic Studies Minor: https://myumi.ch/R5YnQ\nEmail isla micstudies@umich.edu\nMasters Program: https://myumi.ch/v2gVP\nEmail MIRS -info@umich.edu\n\nStay updated on our upcoming events by following our so cials here:\nFacebook: UmichGISC – https://www.facebook.com/UmichGISC/\ nTwitter: @umichgisc – https://twitter.com/umichGISC\nIf you have any q uestions\, feel free to reach out to islamicstudies@umich.edu.\n\nIf there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please conta ct islamicstudies@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necess ary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arr ange. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2 024/10/event_126669_original-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR