2021 Leaders for a New Chicago Names Silk Road’s Malik Gillani
The Field Foundation of Illinois, in partnership with the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, announced today the 2021 Leaders for a New Chicago cohort. The leadership awards, created in...
View ArticleBlack teen writers’ short plays on racial equity brought to life on YouTube
CHICAGO - Black middle- and high-school teens from six Chicago Public Schools who were trained in virtual playwriting courses created by Silk Road Cultural Center got a chance to see their monologues...
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Silk Road Co-Founder Honored
Congratulations to Silk Road Cultural Center's Co-Founder and Co-Executive Artistic Director Malik Gillani on being named a 2021 Leader for a New Chicago! A total of 10 Chicago leaders were honored by...
View ArticleTheater director fights to reclaim his voice
In this WGN-TV Cover Story, news reporter Gaynor Hall and photojournalist Vincent Tagle report on how Founding Co-Executive Artistic Director Malik Gillani continues to persevere and inspire two years...
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Silk Road Announces New Paths
Founded 20 years ago by creative and life partners Jamil Khoury and Malik Gillani as Silk Road Theatre Project, Silk Road Cultural Center has spent most of those years in residence at downtown’s...
View ArticlePutting It Together: Muslimness, Queerness, and Joy
On September 12, 2022, Founding Co-Executive Artistic Director, Jamil Khoury, moderated an extensive conversation with panelists Imam Daayiee Abdullah, Dr. Manal Hamzeh, Imam Trina Jackson, Dr....
View ArticleSpoken Essay
Generating ideas and discourse has always been what we do. Spoken Essay is an emerging collection that poses difficult questions and imagines creative possibilities that move us toward a more socially...
View ArticleAphasia Talks
After suffering a stroke, Silk Road Cultural Center’s Founding Co-Executive Artistic Director, Malik Gillani, has been on a journey of aphasia recovery. While Malik continues to regain lost language,...
View ArticleNot Quite White: Arabs, Slavs, and the Contours of Contested Whiteness
Overview The film is dedicated to a vision of whiteness that is anti-racist and rooted in economic justice. Silk Road Rising's Not Quite White: Arabs, Slavs, and the Contours of Contested Whiteness...
View ArticleSacred Stages: A Church, A Theatre, and A Story
Overview Sacred Stages: A Church, A Theatre, and A Story (28 min, 37 sec), released in 2014, tells the unique and inspiring story of the relationship between the First United Methodist Church at the...
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