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MICA is excited to help support, foster community with, and work alongside Southwest Asian and North African students at UMD. This is a new involvement area, brought about by the years-long hard-won advocacy of the UMD student community. As a new involvement area, we are still building and learning how we will best support and advocate for the community. Contact us to help share your voice and build our foundation for the future!</p><h5>What is SWANA?</h5><p>There are no hard and fast rules about what is included in SWANA. SWANA refers to the region commonly referred to as the "Middle East", ranging from Mauritania and Morocco all the way to Afghanistan and even Pakistan. Sudan, Somalia, Djibouti, Armenia, Georgia and T眉rkiye are examples of groups that are often excluded from the traditional Middle Eastern definition, but are typically included in SWANA.</p><p>We choose decolonial and liberatory language that decenters the West. By using geography instead of nation states or ethnicity to describe the region and its people, we are intentionally centering the diversity of this community, and uplifting the most vulnerable among us. </p><p> </p><h5><span>How can I get involved?</span></h5><a href="https://sites.google.com/umd.edu/waponized-stories"><img data-entity-uuid="688e0e43-438b-4ac5-b330-3250afa3731f" data-entity-type="file" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/2_0.jpg" width="1920" height="1200" alt="Header for Weaponized Stories" loading="lazy"></a><p>Weaponized Stories is a project of the Office of Multicultural Involvement and Community Advocacy (MICA) sponsored by The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. The gallery will be available to view in the Upper Pavillion of the Clarice (near the Applause Cafe) through November 26. <strong>Not able to make it? </strong><a href="https://sites.google.com/umd.edu/waponized-stories"><strong>View the digital gallery here!</strong></a></p><p> </p><p><span>There are many other ways to get involved with the UMD SWANA community, from joining student organizations, coursework and language opportunities, to helping plan campus-wide SWANA Heritage Month Events. See below to learn more.</span></p><ul><li>Subscribe to <a href="https://stamp.umd.edu/MICANews">Noor News</a>, MICA's biweekly SWANA newsletter</li><li>Search <a href="https://terplink.umd.edu/">Terplink</a> for specific cultural, religious, and political student organizations</li><li><a href="https://stamp.umd.edu/centers/memorial_chapel/chaplains">UMD Faith Communities and Chaplains</a></li><li><a href="https://history.umd.edu/academics/undergraduate/middle-east-minor">Middle East Studies Minor</a></li><li><a href="https://sllc.umd.edu/fields/persian">Roshan Institute for Persian Studies</a></li><li><a href="https://sllc.umd.edu/fields/arabic">Arabic Studies and Arabic Flagship</a></li></ul><h3>Contact</h3><p><strong>Hana Zewdie (she/her)</strong>: hzewdie@umd.edu</p><p><a href="https://stamp.umd.edu/mica/student_involvement_resources">Return to Student Involvement Areas</a></p> </div> </div> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://stampunion.umd.edu/Drupal/styles/stamp/mainmenu.css"><link rel="stylesheet" href="https://stampunion.umd.edu/Drupal/styles/stamp/feature_widget.css"><script src="https://stampunion.umd.edu/Drupal/js/stamp/feature_widget.js"></script><script src="https://stampunion.umd.edu/drupal/js/stamp/upcoming_events.js"></script> </div> </div> </div> </main> <footer class="site-footer" aria-label="Main"> <div class="site-footer-main"> <div class="max-bound"> <nav class="site-footer-nav" aria-label="Footer"> </nav> <div class="site-footer-about"> <div class="site-footer-logo"> <img src="/sites/default/files/UMD_SA_Stamp_P1_Color.png" alt="Adele H. 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