• Date: Friday

• Time: 6 PM

• Place: Davis foundation interfaith prayer room. (Ohio Union 3rd floor).

2. Sisters Circle (Mondays)
Join the Sisters weekly to strengthen your eman, the bonds of sisterhood and dedicate time to Allah. We meet every Monday and on alternating weeks, we will have a HALAQA one week and a social event the following week.

• Date: Mondays
• Time: 5:30 to 6:30 PM
• Place: Central Classroom Building (Room 214)
• Contact info: osusisterscircle@gmail.com

2. Arabic Tutoring Services (Tuesdays & Thursdays)
MSA tutoring services is FREE for registered MSA members. Everybody is welcomed to register with MSA. First session is FREE for everyone.

• Date: Tuesdays & Thursday
• Time: 5:30 – 7 PM
• Place: Central Classroom Building (Room 204)

3. MSA Tajwid Class (Wednesdays)
Tajwīd (تجويد) is an Arabic word meaning proper pronunciation during recitation (literally meaning to make better). The Prophet Muhammad (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) has said, ‘Indeed Allah desires that the Qur’an be recited in the manner it was revealed.’ Please, come prepared with a Quran and a notebook!

• Date: Wednesdays
• Time: 7:30 – 9 PM
• Place: Central Classroom Building (Room 230)

4. Jummah Prayer Locations (Friday, May 21)
The campus Jummah prayers Locations Available:

MSA Jummah

• Time: 2:30 PM
• Location: Ohio (New) Union Davis Hall (3^rd Floor)

Medical Center Jummah

• Time: 1:30pm - 2:00pm
• Location: The 5th floor of Rhodes Hall at the Atrium.
• Directions: http://www.osu.edu/map/building.php?building=35

Masjid Omar

• Time: 1:00pm - 1:30pm and 2:00pm - 2:30pm
• Location: Masjid Omar 580 Riverview Dr. Columbus, OH

Nationwide Children’s Hospital

• Time: 1:30pm - 2:00pm
• Location: Nationwide Children’s Hospital, hospital chapel
  

Student Union Everyday Prayer Hall

• Student Union. 3rd Floor. The Prayer Room.
• There is also a Wodou room available on the 3rd floor.

5. Hijabi Monologues Blogs & Feedback (HM Blog)

MSA, the OSU’s Women Studies department, Students for Dialogues and Avery Production is bringing the Hijabi Monologues (HM) to Ohio State University. The HM is a performance that retells the experiences that real American-Muslim women have shared. The stories are sure to stir a range of emotions, from laughter to tears.

• Thank you to everyone who has attended the Hijabi Monologues at OSU! Comments, feedback and blogging is welcomed at http://hijabimonologuesosu.blogspot.com

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COMMUNITY EVENTS & ACTIVITIES

1. Seminar: The Steps of the Travelers (Madarij al-Salikeen). How to be closer to Allah by Ibn al Qayyim (Saturdays) 
You are all invited and encouraged to attend the weekly seminar on how to improve your soul and be closer to Allah.  Tell your family and friends.

• Topic: The Steps of the Travelers
• Date: Saturday
• Location: Masjid Omar ibn Al-Khattab (580 Riverview Dr. Columbus OH 43202)
• By: Dr. Marwan Mohamed

2. Muslim Humanity – Helping Hand USA Programs

Summer Internship Program:

We are fast approaching summer and our Youth are preparing to spend their vacation with excitement. It is important that we guide them in spending their summer in the most beneficial way.

In today’s tough economic times, training our Youth is a very important task. We want our Youth to be aware of the scope of Relief and Social Service where Muslims can become a voice of change.

The Summer Internship Program (SIP) at the HHRD provides an opportunity to spend the summer working side-by-side with some of the most dedicated relief workers who will mentor them in an environment devoted exclusively to the field of social services.

· Students 16 years of age or older

· U.S. citizens or permanent residents

· Currently enrolled in High School or an accredited U.S. Undergraduate College or University or an accredited U.S. Graduate School.

· Students who have been accepted into a college or university may also apply.

· Duration of Internships: July 1st – August 31st 2010

HHRD will start accepting applications from May 19th – June 3rd 2010.

We will have more information in the coming week on our website regarding the Summer Internship Program.

Please come forward and encourage our Youth by donating to the ‘Youth Internship Fund’. Our Youth is our future, support this program visiting our website and donating generously at www.hhrd.org.

HHRD Haiti Shelter Village:

Our HHRD team is working hard under tough circumstances in Haiti. The process of building shelters is ongoing. Your support is much needed in this endeavor. Please donate generously to provide a place of shelter for the thousands of Haitians who have turned homeless due to the devastating earthquake in Haiti.

Please visit www.muslimsforhaiti.org for our latest relief efforts in Haiti.

ICNA Convention 2010:

The excitement begins this Memorial Day weekend, May 29th - 31st 2010 Saturday - Monday in Hartford, Connecticut. Experience the aura of a near perfect Islamic environment, where we eat, sleep, and pray with over 10,000 Muslim brothers and sisters; while in the presence of world renowned scholars. Set amid a beautiful backdrop of the Hartford riverfront, hear loud and clear the azan 5 times a day and come within smelling distance the aroma of living in a Muslim community.

3. Buckeyes Give Back — World’s Longest BBQ

You are formally invited to join us during the World’s Longest BBQ - taking place from May 17th until May 24th! This 7-day, 24-hour BBQ is a collaborative charity event hosted by the Buckeye Barbeque Qlub and AEPi. Starting at noon on the 17th, we will be providing a delicious line-up of breakfast, lunch, and dinner foods for all of our customers - with all entrees, sides, and drinks just $1.00!

The group that has the most participants wins money! So win some money for MSA. *please note- the hotdogs being served contain pork*

5. Nakba Awareness Week Events (This Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday)

“You can’t separate freedom from peace because no one can be at peace unless he/she has freedom”

The day and evening schedule for Nakba events this week

Volunteers are NEEDED for Set-Up and Tear Down and to participate in symbolic actions

In coordination with The Committee For Justice In Palestine, We encourage your devoted participation in the events planned for this week. Remember there is strength in numbers. The Israeli occupation of Palestine is illegal, it is unjust, and it is ethnic cleansing. We must stand united against this, if we don’t who will?

There is going to be a number of symbolic actions that are representative of the injustices Palestinians are forced to endure. We NEED people for this to be effective. If you’re interested in participating in the Die-In, Mock Check Point, and/or Human Wall- please email Banan Al-Akhras at alakhras.1@buckeyemail.osu.edu, Pouneh B. Navabi via facebook, or Ashanthi DeSilva at desilva.77@buckeyemail.osu.edu. You can also join the facebook groups, links attached below.

The evening events will be just as exciting. The goal is to get OSU students and faculty from the oval to attend  evening activities to learn about the occupation and what we can do from here–so please attend and BRING FRIENDS!

NAKBA week schedule: In the event it should rain we will relocate outside of SEL.

Tuesday May 18th - 11 am – 6 pm

Tabling at the oval

Report Back from Gaza @ 6 pm in Ohio Union Great Hall Meeting Room 1: 1400 dead, thousands more injured, illegal use of White Phosphorus! We all sat back and watched what was happening, but what really happened and where do we go from here?  Out very own Jana Al-AKhras, the youngest person on the Viva Palestina Convoy, will be sharing her experience inside Gaza. FREE FOOD

Wednesday May 19^th – 11 am – 6 pm
Tabling at main oval

Die-in @ main oval – 12:30 pm - 3:00 pm

§ Signage provided

§ MASS PARTICIPATION NEEDED

Sling Shot Hip Hop and Divestment 101 @ 6 pm in Caldwell Lab Room 220: Poetic resistance and the UC Berkley movement to divest from companies that support the occupation. Featured guest speaker: Palestinian spoken word artist, Majdi Mojahed! FREE FOOD.

Thursday May 20^th – 11 am – 6 pm

Tabling at main oval

Human Wall and Mock checkpoint -12:30 pm-3:00 pm

§ Wear Grey

§ Join the facebook group

§ MASS PARTICIPATION NEEDED for both Check Point and Wall. We need people playing the roll of Israeli Soldiers, Students, Elderly, a non-hijabi to play the roll of a hijabi getting her scarf ripped off, etc.FREE FOOD

The Price of Occupation@ 6 pm in Caldwell Lab Room 220: Check points and strip  searches, apartheid wall, and rubber bullets- the occupation our tax dollars fund.

Friday May 21^sh – Candle vigil @ 6 pm on 15th & High St. NEED MASS PARTICIPATION

Hattas/ Kuffyas and T-shirts will be on sale all week long.

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Muslim Students’ Association Executive Board

Website: www.msa-ohiostate.com
Email: msa.ohiostate@gmail.com
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