Join Haverford College’s Hurford Center for the Arts and Humanities, Twelve Gates Arts, and the Philadelphia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Philadelphia) on June 10 for the next The Contest in Contest: Noodlin' Around virtual event. Bring your appetite for this one!
Laghman, Uyghur hand-pulled noodles, is one of the most beloved dishes in the region. Crossing into multiple worlds, it combines cultured delicacy with a bold attack on the palate. For this very special session of our virtual series, we have invited online sensation Aliya (aka Dolan Chick) and human rights advocate, scholar, and avid home chef Dr. Elise Anderson. With fun, flair, and a heavy dose of fervor, Aliya and Elise will teach you the most tricky part of Laghman: hand pulling the dough into long and slender chewy noodles. After the demonstration, we will have some time for Q&A to further explore the social and cultural context of this tantalizing treat.
Feartured Guests:
Aliya (aka Dolan Chick) is a Uyghur woman who first studied and now lives and works in Europe. Her love for traditional Uyghur food inspires her to share it with as many people as possible. She started with a YouTube channel where she shares her experience and knowledge on this ''obscure'' but delicious cuisine. She didn't stop there, though. She has also created a Uyghur food blog where she makes Uyghur cuisine as easy and accessible as possible — while showing the food at its best through beautiful photography. If that wasn't enough, she recently started cooking live online with others; reaching more people on a more personal level. Currently she is researching and working on her first Uyghur cookbook.
Elise Anderson is a human rights advocate, scholar, translator, and performer based in Washington, DC. There she works as the senior program officer for research and advocacy at the Uyghur Human Rights Project, a research-based advocacy organization fighting for the rights of Uyghurs and other oppressed Turkic and Muslim peoples in East Turkestan. She holds dual PhD degrees in Central Eurasian studies and ethnomusicology from Indiana University-Bloomington, granted in 2019 after conducting years of primary field and archival research on muqam, classical Uyghur music. In 2020, she testified before the International Human Rights Committee of the Canadian House of Commons and gave commentary on the Uyghur genocide to a number of major media outlets. Her writing has appeared in a number of scholarly and public-facing publications, including Asian Music, Los Angeles Review of Books, and Georgetown Journal of International Affairs.
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The Contest of the Fruits consists of an array of activities with Slavs and Tatars through fall 2021 that will bend borders, tickle tongues, and fracture fixed identities. It is an extended project including an artist residency, film premiere, exhibition at Haverford’s Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, and a publication which will be released by MIT Press.
This event is part of the The Contest in Context event series. All events are free to attend and require advanced registration. Full event schedule and details can be found at: exhibits.haverford.edu/slavsandtatars/.
This event will take place virtually via Zoom. A login link will be emailed to you prior to event.
The Contest of the Fruits is supported by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.
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If you have any questions or need help accessing the Zoom link to attend the event, please email: [email protected].