Linda Darwish

Associate Professor

Department

Religious Studies

Campus Location

Nicholson Tower Rm 508

Phone

(902) 867-4982

Biography

Interests: Languages, cultures, photography, food and travel.

Research

Origins of and Modern Islam, Muslim-Christian relations (early and modern), Middle Eastern Film, Arabic, Islam in Canada and Iranian Shi’ism.

The L'nu symbol. L’nu is a word the Mi’kmaq use to describe themselves, meaning “human being” or “the people.”

StFX espi-kina’matno’kuom etek Mi’kma’ki, wejkwa’taqanik Mi’kmaq maqamikewmuew mna’q iknmuetu’tik. Nalikitquniejk na Mi’kmawey wisun wjit Antigonish teluek Aklasie’w-iktuk, ‘place where branches are torn off.’

StFX is located in Mi’kma’ki, the unceded ancestral territory of the Mi'kmaw people. The Mi'kmaw name for Antigonish is Nalikitquniejk, meaning ‘place where branches are torn off.’

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