Tuesday, 8th August 2006

Invited Speaker Randa Abdel-Fattah

UOW Library hosts author Randa Abdel-Fattah’s speech and books’ sale.

Randa Abdel-Fattah is the author of the "Does my head look big in this?", a book about the life of an Aussie Muslim girl and the cultural ramifications surrounding her decision to wear a hijab - or head scarf. The story is loosely based on Randa's own experiences. She was 13 when she decided to wear the hijab full-time. But at 17, after hearing how her friends struggled to find employment, she made the agonising decision to stop wearing the hijab outside of school.

Randa was born in Australia of Palestinian and Egyptian parents.

Randa grew up in Melbourne where she attended a Catholic primary school and graduated from an Islamic College with an International Baccalaureate.

Randa is also involved with a number of Palestinian human rights campaigns, the Australian Arabic council and various Australian Muslim women's networks.

Place: McKinnon Building (67.104)
Time: 12.30-1:30pm
Contact: Amanda Smithers

Indoor Soccer World Cup

URAC is staging an Indoor Soccer World Cup.
Please submit your application form to Sean Murray-Smith by Friday, 4th August either by email or hand it in to the Front Desk staff at URAC.

Place: SportsHall, URAC
Time: 12:30-1:30pm
Contact: Sean Murray-Smith

Census Day "Everybody Counts"

The Australian Bureau of Statistics, ICIS, Students Services and Academic Registar presents "Everybody Counts": a stall where everybody can get assistance with filling out Census forms!

Place: Stall outside of NAB
Time: 10:30am-2:30pm
Contact: Susan Boyd, Karina Adil, icis@uow.edu.au

Persian Society Arts and Crafts Exhibition

The Persian Society is having an exhibition of arts and crafts of Iran along with pictures from all over Iran to show the real faces of it. This event will include:

• Presentations about Iranian culture and arts
• Performing real-time Iranian calligraphy
• A showcase on how a certain Iranian handicraft (Khatam) is made
• Painting and photography show by two of Iranian UOW students
• Showing a documentary film about Iran
• If possible, serving Iranian food
• Presenting other countries of Persian culture, e.g. Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia.

Place: UniHall Foyer
Time: throughout the evening
Contact: Persian Society, Muhammad Hassan

Evening Activities

Uni Staff Photo Wall
Poster Showcase of Cross Cultural Engagement

Place: UniHall Foyer
Time: Whole Day
Contact: Tony Elshof, Martin Smith

"The Crescent and the Cross"

"The Crescent and the Cross": ECU and MAWU are holding this dialogue event that will feature two speakers, Keysar Trad, a Muslim, and Sam Green, a Christian. Speakers will speak about their respective faith, comment on each other’s speech in the end and provide a time of open questions from the audience.

Place: Hope Theatre
Time: 7pm
Contact: Muhammad Hassan

"Uncompromising Courage" Art Exhibition

Falun Dafa club is having an "Uncompromising Courage" art exhibition in the McKinnon Building foyer.

The exhibition is a touring collection of about 80 fine artworks created by Falun Dafa practitioners from around the world.

Place: McKinnon Bldg Foyer
Time: 9am-5:30pm
Contact: Falun Dafa Club, Jason Wyatt

Interface Photographic Exhibition

Winning photos and selected entries will be on display in Bldg 67 during International Week 7 – 11 August 2006.

The Interface project aims to exhibit photographs by UOW students and staff that celebrate the diversity and vitality of our campus community – a vibrant mix that brings the world to Wollongong!

Read more about InterFace here.

Place: McKinnon Bldg Foyer
Time: All week (from August 7th - 20th 2006)
Contact: Susan Boyd, Jodie Merlo

Story Telling Competition

Submit a story about your home country.

Contact: Student Central

Showcase of International Students and International Links

A giant map of the world will be located on level 1 of the Faculty of Health & Behavioural Sciences Building (41) and international students have been asked to place a pin to their country of origin. Staff of the Faculty will also showcase links they have with overseas countries. A photographic display has also been arranged.

To make your mark on the map students just need to advise the staff of the Faculty of Health & Behavioural Sciences Student Service Centre who are only too willing to assist students.

The culmination of the week will be an Aussie BBQ for students from the Faculty of Health & Behavioural Sciences and students will be asked to wear traditional dress.

Contact: H&BS Faculty, Janette Curtis or Kay Kent

International Food Week@Campus East

For their evening meals Monday through Friday of International Week, Campus East residents will be treated to international taste sensations from all over the world, principally from those areas of the world our residents call home.

Place: Campus East

Images of Our World@Campus East

Campus East residents will be sharing a photographic exhibition of their world - whether it be their own photographs, the main street of their home town, places they have travelled to, a family dinner, a party with friends on campus. Together the photographic exhibition will tell the story of their world.

Place: Campus East