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Muslim identity and practices are featured more comics than ever, from mainstream titles like Ms. Marvelto independent graphic memoirs. This panel at <a href="http://www.micexpo.org/2017/comics-and-islam/">the 2017 Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo (MICE)</a> takes stock of this important growing field — including the brand-new book Muslim Superheroes: Comics, Islam, and Representation — and presents the perspectives of both academics and creators. Featuring discussion with <span data-sheets-value="{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Panelists:Hussein Rashid (Religion Professor, Barnard College; contributor, Muslim Superheroes)nhttp://www.husseinrashid.comnA. David Lewis (Faculty Associate, MCPHS; co-editor, Muslim Superheroes)nhttp://www.captionbox.net nSara Alfageehnn&quot;}" data-sheets-userformat="{&quot;2&quot;:521,&quot;3&quot;:[null,0],&quot;6&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:[null,2,0]},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;12&quot;:0}"><a href="http://www.husseinrashid.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Hussein Rashid</a> (Religion Professor, Barnard College; Contributor, Muslim Superheroes), <a href="http://www.captionbox.net/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">A. David Lewis</a> (Instructor, MCPHS University; Co-Editor, Muslim Superheroes; writer, <a href="http://awaveblueworld.com/under-current/kismet-man-of-fate/">Kismet, Man of Fate</a>), <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1810418184/the-boy-bye-project" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sara Alfageeh</a> (Illustrator, Co-Director, BOY/BYE series MIPSTERZ project), and <a href="https://www.northeastern.edu/cssh/faculty/hillary-chute">Hillary Chute</a> (English Professor, Northeastern Unitersity).
<figure id="attachment_2711" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2711" style="width: 474px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img decoding="async" class="size-large wp-image-2711" src="http://www.sacredandsequential.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/IMG_4435-1024x768.jpg" alt="A. David Lewis, Hillary Chute, Hussein Rashid, Sara Alfageeh" width="474" height="356" srcset="http://www.sacredandsequential.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/IMG_4435-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http://www.sacredandsequential.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/IMG_4435-300x225.jpg 300w, http://www.sacredandsequential.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/IMG_4435-768x576.jpg 768w, http://www.sacredandsequential.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/IMG_4435.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-2711" class="wp-caption-text">A. David Lewis, Hillary Chute, Hussein Rashid, Sara Alfageeh</figcaption></figure>The post <a href="http://www.sacredandsequential.org/2018/01/19/comics-and-islam-live-at-mice-2017-004-sacred-sequential-audio/">Comics and Islam, Live at MICE 2017 – 004 Sacred & Sequential Audio</a> first appeared on <a href="http://www.sacredandsequential.org">Sacred and Sequential</a>.

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