When:
Thursday, April 23, 2026
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM CT
Where: Community Room, Evanston Public Library, 1703 Orrington Ave., Evanston, IL 60201
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Contact:
Rebecca Shereikis
(847) 491-2598
r-shereikis@northwestern.edu
Group: Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA)
Category: Academic, Lectures & Meetings, Religious, Multicultural & Diversity, Global & Civic Engagement
Join the Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA) for a talk in our Spiritual Luminaries of Islamic Africa series.
Zachary Wright, ISITA Director and Professor in Residence and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs at Northwestern University in Qatar, will discuss his research into Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse (d. 1975), one of the foremost leaders of the Tijānīyya Sufi order and among the most prominent Muslim scholars of twentieth-century Africa.