Friday 12th December
18:00 – 18:30 Walk-in
18:30 – 18:45 Opening Word of Welcome Sara Bolghiran (Dutch)
18:45 – 19:00 Reflection Fatima Ballah
19:00 – 20:00 Artist Panel : Relationality & Multiplicity: Reflecting on the Muslim in Muslim Futures (Eng) Isshaq Albarbary, Ola Hassanain, Wassila Aarab, Lamiae El Hajjaji, Omar Abdellatif, Isshaq Albarbary, Fazle Shairmahomed. Moderator: Aline Jabbari
20:30 – 21:15 Performance piece –Soulscape: to hold Nafs and beyond – Fazle Shairmahomed, Amael el Youssfi, Sinan Arattt, and Samar Khan
21:00 – 00:00 DJ set – DJ Cheb Runner (Basement level)
Live music during the evening by U’duet
Saturday 13th December
12:00 – 14:00 Exhibition open
14:00 – 15:00 Academic Panel 1: Future Utopias in Studying Muslims/Islam (Eng) Yasmin Moll, Nadia Fadil, Schirin Amir-Moazami. Moderator: Sara Bolghiran
16:30 – 17:30 Activism Panel : Imagination as Praxis Rahma Bavelaar, Aline Jabbari, Jumana Tuama. Moderator: Fazle Shairmahomed
20:00 Closing of exhibition
Sunday 14th December
12:00 – 13:00 Exhibition open
13:00 – 14:00 Academic Panel 2: Theologies Of/For the Future (Eng) Asmaa al Maaroufi, Amira Abou Taleb, Ahab Bdaiwi, Sarah Aziz. Moderator: Yasmin Ismail
14:00 – 15:00 Sofa Session: Parenting the Future (Dutch) Mariam El Maslouhi, Hakima Mahyou
15:00 – 15:45 Muslim Futures NL Team: Reclaiming the Right to Dream: Muslim Refusals and Future Making (Eng) Sara Bolghiran, Moonya Amro, Aline Jabbari, Yasmin Ismail. Moderator: Ouassima Laabich
15:45 –16:00 Closing Note Ouassima Laabich (Eng)
End of Programme
Leiden University Centre for Islamic Studies Presents · Muslim Futures Festival · 12–14 December 2025 · The Grey Space, The Hague ·