Halal Metropolis

Name: Halal Metropolis, 5/28/2021-7/20/2021
Start: 2021-05-28
End: 2021-07-20

When

May 28 – July 20, 2021

Where

Hybrid Event

Stamps Gallery
201 South Division Street
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104
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Exhibition
Free of charge
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Exhibition Extended to July 20, 2021

The Halal Metropolis exhibition, by artist Osman Khan, photographer Razi Jafri, and historian Sally Howell, explores the facts, fictions, and imaginaries of the Muslim population(s) in Detroit and Southeast Michigan as viewed through historical research, documentation of current conditions, and explorations of future desires. The Halal Metropolis alludes to the established and growing Muslim population in Detroit and its metro area, one of the largest and most diverse Muslim populations in the U.S., whose visibility is both pronounced and extremely present in the city, yet whose narrative seems unusually silent in the larger Detroit story. The exhibition blends archival materials, social and political artifacts, photography, and art to explore the congruent and contradicting ideas, aesthetics, and cultures working to make the halal metropolis both a real and imaginary entity.

Featuring works by:

Amna Asghar
Qais Assali
BGIRL MAMA
Nour Ballout
Adnan Charara
Kecia Escoe
Parisa Ghaderi
Anthony Keith Giannini
Razi Jafri
Osman Khan
Maamoul Press
Endi Poskovic
Haleem ‘Stringz’ Rasul
Reem Taki

This exhibition is presented in partnership with the University of Michigan-Dearborn’s Center for Arab American Studies (CAAS), with support from the Knight Foundation, the Doris Duke Foundation, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the El-Hibri Foundation, the Community Foundation of SE Michigan, and the Michigan Humanities Council.

Related Events

Gallery Talk: Muslim Feminist Futures - June 3, 2021
Gallery Talk: Halal Metropolis - June 10, 2021
Gallery Talk: Detroit Culinary Champions - June 17, 2021
Gallery Talk: Campus Campaigns - June 24, 2021

Gallery

Nine color woodcut painting, on birch woodblock depecting a story

Endi Poskovic: Cloud: Sacrifice of Zulaikha

Endi Poskovic: Primavera: Hagar and the Angels in the Wilderness

Nour Ballout: Muslims in North America series: Jude & partner Somewhere in the Americas in search of my Umma Bré & partner

Anthony Keith Giannini: Table Top Still Life (Residuum 4)

Anthony Keith Giannini: Learning To Be A Human (I-IV)

Mostly Arabic words with few English words together in a Acrylic print

Amna Asghar: Keep in mind live in within your limits I know what are you, No way revolution parasite, Looking very pretty darling you are

Razi Jafri: Portraits

Quilt art of visualizing the 5 pillars of Islam

Kecia Escoe: 5 Pillars of Islam

Kecia Escoe: The Ripple effect

Osman Khan: Lunch ‘81

Adnan Charara: Ewer Man I

Repeating minimal collage art depecting a new shape out of the collage

Adnan Charara: Ewer II

Parisa Ghaderi: The Impossible Room I

highly detailed artwork depicting an ancient folk tale

Reem Taki: Mermaid

Haleem “Stringz” Rasul: Break Jitter,

BGIRL MAMA: Breathe

Collage and newpaper cutout of how traditional clothing is depicted offensivly in western media

Qais Assali: Costume Party at the Moslem Temple

Market Sign

Car Decals of Arabic, the emblem of Yemen and the seal of detroit

Car Hood

Glass table 1

Glass table 2

Glass table 3

Glass table 4

Political signs for recent political events

Political Signs & Artifacts

Resturants Photos / News Clippings

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Endi Poskovic: Cloud: Sacrifice of Zulaikha
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Endi Poskovic: Cloud: Sacrifice of Zulaikha
Cloud: Sacrifice of Zulaikha and Primavera: Hajar and the Angels in the Wilderness belong to a se...
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2/26

Endi Poskovic: Primavera: Hagar and the Angels in the Wilderness
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Endi Poskovic: Primavera: Hagar and the Angels in the Wilderness
Cloud: Sacrifice of Zulaikha and Primavera: Hajar and the Angels in the Wilderness belong to a se...
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3/26

Nour Ballout: Muslims in North America series: Jude & partner Somewhere in the Americas in search of my Umma Bré & partner
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Nour Ballout: Muslims in North America series: Jude & partner Somewhere in the Americas in search of my Umma Bré & partner
Muslims in North America is a multimedia archive of photographs, interviews, and various artifact...
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4/26

Anthony Keith Giannini: Table Top Still Life (Residuum 4)
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Anthony Keith Giannini: Table Top Still Life (Residuum 4)
Table Top Still Life (Residuum 3) is an inundation of repetitive imagery and digital culture. Ent...
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5/26

Anthony Keith Giannini: Learning To Be A Human (I-IV)
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Anthony Keith Giannini: Learning To Be A Human (I-IV)
Presented in serial format, Learning How To Be A Human (I-V) explores how visual information may ...
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6/26

Amna Asghar: Keep in mind live in within your limits I know what are you, No way revolution parasite, Looking very pretty darling you are
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Amna Asghar: Keep in mind live in within your limits I know what are you, No way revolution parasite, Looking very pretty darling you are
By appropriating and recontextualizing images from popular sub-continent culture, Pakistani diges...
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7/26

Razi Jafri: Portraits
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Razi Jafri: Portraits
What does a Muslim look like? How is a Muslim supposed to dress? From t-shirts to turbans, niqabs...
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8/26

Kecia Escoe: 5 Pillars of Islam
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Kecia Escoe: 5 Pillars of Islam
The five pillars of Islam: Shahada (declaration of faith), Salaat (prayer), Zakat (almsgiving), S...
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9/26

Kecia Escoe: The Ripple effect
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Kecia Escoe: The Ripple effect
The prayers of a few benefit many.
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10/26

Osman Khan: Lunch ‘81
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Osman Khan: Lunch ‘81
Here, last night’s curry (keema with aloo) between whole wheat bread, toasted, with a smear of ma...
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11/26

Adnan Charara: Ewer Man I
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Adnan Charara: Ewer Man I
Orientalist imagery is appropriated and subsumed into silhouettes of stereotypical middle eastern...
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12/26

Adnan Charara: Ewer II
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Adnan Charara: Ewer II
Orientalist imagery is appropriated and subsumed into silhouettes of stereotypical middle eastern...
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13/26

Parisa Ghaderi: The Impossible Room I
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Parisa Ghaderi: The Impossible Room I
“The Impossible Room” is a performance project inspired by a photo of my friend, showing him and ...
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14/26

Reem Taki: Mermaid
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Reem Taki: Mermaid
This art of the miniature is so beautiful. The beauty in it is that it teaches us patience, every...
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15/26

Haleem “Stringz” Rasul: Break Jitter,
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Haleem “Stringz” Rasul: Break Jitter,
A selection of video samples that encompasses the Detroit native dancer Haleem “Stringz” Rasul - ...
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16/26

BGIRL MAMA: Breathe
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BGIRL MAMA: Breathe
Breathe (stylized as breathe) is BGIRL MAMA’s debut single released in November 2020. The song in...
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17/26

Qais Assali: Costume Party at the Moslem Temple
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Qais Assali: Costume Party at the Moslem Temple
The Shriners, formerly known as the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, a fr...
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18/26

Market Sign
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Market Sign
This is the original sign for the Aref Saad Meat Market that opened in the Eastern Market in 1976...
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19/26

Car Hood
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Car Hood
Decals on car hoods and windows are popular in Detroit, Dearborn, and Hamtramck, but they really ...
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20/26

Glass table 1
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Glass table 1
(closest to front of gallary)
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Glass table 2
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Glass table 2
Second from front
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Glass table 3
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Glass table 3
Third from front
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Glass table 4
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Glass table 4
Farthest back
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Political Signs & Artifacts
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Political Signs & Artifacts
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25/26

Resturants Photos / News Clippings
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Resturants Photos / News Clippings
The first Arab restaurants and coffee houses opened in Highland Park in the 1910s and Dearborn in...
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