2nd International Conference
SAGES, SHRINES, AND FESTIVALS:
IMPLICATIONS FOR COMMUNAL IDENTITY
September 27-28, 2002

Friday, September 27, 2002

• 3:05-5:00pm: Sacred Times and Spaces

Chair. Ross E Dunn, SDSU
Mohamed Hawary, King Saud University, Riyadh, "Sabbath and Friday in Judaism and Islam"
Ismail Poonawala, UCLA, "Shrine Visitation among the Bohras of India and Pakistan"
Intisar Azzam, American University of Beirut, "Rituals Reconstructed"
Lekshe Tsomo, University of San Diego, "Sacred Ground: Consecrating a Village Temple in the Spiti Valley"

5:00- 6:00pm: RECEPTION

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2002

8:00-9:45am: MONUMENTS AND TEXTS
Chair., Heidi E Rutz, Claremont McKenna College
David G. Hirsch, UCLA, "Jewish Sages, Shrines, and Festivals in Egypt"
Eliezer Chammou, UCLA, "Jewish Shrines in Iraq"
Samir Makarem, Baker College, "The Calligraphy of Shaykh Nasib Makarem"

10:00-11:45am: SAGES, SHRINES, AND STATES
Chair. FaridAbdel Nour, SDSU
Paul Walker, University of Chicago, "The Imam as the Complete Sage: Shi'i, Isma'iIi and Druze
Theories of the Embodiment of Universal Intellect"
Kais Firro, Haifa University, "Shrines and Druze Identity in Israel"
Aliaa El Sandouby, UCLA, "Buildings beyond Borders: Hindu/Muslim Sufi Shrine Visitation in India"
Michelle Rein, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, "Saint or Suq?: Marabouts, Markets, and the Political Importance of Pilgrimage in Morocco"

1:15-3:15pm: FEASTS AND FESTIVALS
Chair. Rebecca E Moore, SDSU
Jonathan Friedlander, UCLA, "The Date Festival in Indio and the Arabian Nights Festival in Miami"
Jeanette Reedy Solano, California State University, Fullerton, "Latino Los Angeles: Salvadoran Identity and La Bajada"
Rodger M. Payne, Louisiana State University, "Devotion to St. Amico and the Italian "Other" in South Louisiana"
Randa Wahbe, Cypress College, "Eid a[ Adha and American Druzes in California"

(All sessions took place at the DoubleTree Hotel, Mission Valley, San Diego, California)

Special Thanks:
The 2nd conference was made possible due to the generous support of
UCLA, SDSU, Tarzana Surgery Center Inc., and others.