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As Salaamu Alaikum!

I am Dr. Isam Vaid, Muslim Religious Life Scholar in Emory OSRL and a triple Emory Eagle. The weather is slowly turning cool in Atlanta, the home of the 2021 Baseball World Champions. Pumpkin lattes are everywhere and soon it will be time for light sweaters and jackets. Campus has returned to a normal rhythm with all of the student activity and campus truly feels fully alive after two years of hybrid learning.

I want to bring your attention to strong and dynamic undergraduate and graduate Muslim communities at your alma mater. Just a couple of weeks ago, the Graduate Muslim Student Council hosted a delightful welcome back event bringing together Muslim graduate students from all across Emory. This past Friday, the Emory MSA held a beautiful welcome back dinner that included a fundraiser for humanitarian relief for people, numbering 33 million including 16 million children, impacted by the catastrophic floods in Pakistan.

Future Emory Interfaith Center scheduled to open Fall 2023

I have been advocating for an Emory Interfaith Center for the last 25 years, which is now about to become reality in the coming year. I have dreamed of this space for years, and this year I set foot in that space, Alhumdulillah! It will be the cozy home for Emory’s spiritual and religious communities and a place that will come to life with so many activities, meditations, and prayers among other events.

The flow of the Emory Interfaith Center will include the vibrant and enthusiastic Emory Muslim students, so together we can support bringing Muslim Life there into reality. Your support of the Emory Muslim Life and the Emory Interfaith Center, championed by Office of Spiritual and Religious Life, would be appreciated during Emory Giving Week, and especially on Thursday, November 3.

Please join us on campus for Emory Homecoming 2022, October 20-23. There are many events, including Jumu'ah Prayer in Cannon Chapel on Friday, October 21 at 1:55 p.m. Please also come and say hello at the OSRL Affinity Tent on Saturday, October 22 from Noon-5:30 p.m. on the quad. You can find our full schedule of programs here.

It is surely the beginning of another exciting year at Emory. We thank you for supporting and investing in the Muslim Life experience on campus. Blessings to you this season, and Go Eagles!

Dr. Isam Vaid
Muslim Religious Life Scholar
Emory University Office of Spiritual and Religious Life
isam.vaid@emory.edu

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