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Honoring Black and Muslim Resistance: A Night at the Opera with Muslim Life at Duke

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In honor of Black History Month, Muslim Life at Duke is coming together to enjoy dinner together at the Center for Muslim Life and watch Omar, an opera from Southern Futures at CPA Artist-in Residence Rhiannon Giddens and acclaimed composer Michael Abels.

This sweeping new work draws inspiration from the 1831 autobiography of Omar Ibn Said, beginning long before the West African scholar was…