Did you know that the Tech Museum in San Jose is currently hosting a display that highlights the contributions of Muslim scholars to scientific investigation and culture, including astronomy, engineering, exploration, flight, mathematics, optics, medicine, and the arts? Too often, the inventors of these significant discoveries have been overlooked and downplayed.
The exhibit covers a thouusand years of history and includes three continents: Africa, Asia, and Europe. From now until it ends on February 26, 2012, admission is free.
More information is available on the Tech website.
The Tech is also presenting several special events in conjunction with the exhibit:
- On Sunday, January 29, 2012, at 3:00 pm, Michael Wolfe, Executive Producer of the Unity Productions Foundation film Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World, will introduce a showing of the film. Featuring narration by Susan Sarandon, the film covers nine countries and over 1,400 years of history, telling the stories behind masterworks of Islamic art and architechture. Tickets are $5 for Tech members and $10 for non members, and can be ordered online.
- Thursday, February 16, 2012, at 6:30 pm, three promient local leaders will speak on a panel discussion of "What is it Like to be the Muslim Next Door?" The discussion, held in cooperation with the Silicon Valley Reads project, will include Dr. Mohammad Qayoumi, President of San Jose State University, Muhammed Chaudhry, President of Silicon Valley Education Foundation, and Raania Mohsen, Executive Director of the Cities Association of Santa Clara County in conversation with Sumbul Ali-Karamali, author of The Muslim Next Door, the Silicon Valley Reads book for 2012. The panel will be moderated by Barbara Marshman, Mercury News Editorial Pages Editor.Admission is free. Information: 408-294-8324.
- "Carpets and Computers" will be the subject of a presentation by Minoo Moallem, Professor of Gender and Women's Studies at UC Berkeley, on the influence of weaving and carpet looms on the development of computers in the West. Sunday, February 19, 2012, at 2:00 pm. Tickets available online.
All these events take place at the Tech Museum, 201 South Market Street, San Jose.
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