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DESCRIPTION:Special presentation by Amir Yassin.\nEvolution is being increa
 singly portrayed in controversial terms\nin Muslim societies where argumen
 ts rooted in Islamic creationism\nagainst evolution are popularized by som
 e Muslim intellectuals and\nreligious scholars.  Recent studies on worldwi
 de acceptance of\nthe theory of evolution have shown Egypt to be among the
  most\nrejecting countries\, even among Muslim nations. This situation is
 \nsurprising given the long tradition of Darwinism in Egypt (Darwin's\nwor
 k was first translated in the1870s) and the fact that Evolution\nis taught
  at high school. This talk traces the socio-political\nfoundations of this
  rejection and provides some recommendations for\nthe future.\nMore about 
 Dr. Yassin:\nBorn Alexandria (Egypt) where he grow up and stayed until he 
 got\nan MSc in Genetics in 2004\, Dr. Yassin moved to France where he got
 \na PhD in Evolutionary Biology in the University of Paris 11 in\n2007. He
  worked for one year in the Muséum National d'Histoire\nNaturelle in Paris
  before working for another two years in the\nAmerican Museum of Natural H
 istory in New York. He is currently an\nassociate researcher in the Instit
 ut Jacques Monod (CNRS) in Paris.\nAlthough his main work has always been 
 on Insect systematics and\nevolution\, Amir has a deep interest in promoti
 ng the theory of\nevolution in Egypt either during his work as assistant t
 eacher in\nthe University of Alexandria (2002-2005) or through his\npartic
 ipations in many conferences on bridging Islam and evolution\nin Alexandri
 a and Paris. He is currently a member of the scientific\ncommittee of the 
 Arabic Encyclopedia of Life in the Bibliotheca\nAlexandrina.\nCohosted by 
 : Dr. Ehab Abouheif (91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ\nBiology\, Canada Research Chair in Evolutiona
 ry Developmental\nBiology)\, Anila Ashgar (91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ Faculty of Education) an
 d the\nEvolution Education Research Centre (91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ).\nIMAGE: Ancient Egypt
 ian funerary stela\,\nAshmolean Museum\, Oxford\, Image by ChrisO (source 
 Wikimedia\nCommons)\n \n \n \n
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LOCATION:Redpath Museum\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 0C4\, 859 rue Sherbrooke
  Ouest
SUMMARY:Islam and Evolution beyond school: The history of Darwinism in Egyp
 t
URL:/channels/event/islam-and-evolution-beyond-school-
 history-darwinism-egypt-211081
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