Mississippi State's Department of Art and the Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures are welcoming writer, social entrepreneur, poet and former Iraqi refugee Ahmed Badr for a public talk on the importance of empowering youth through art and storytelling. Admission is free.

Together with Syrian artist and architect Mohamad Hafez, Badr co-founded UNPACKED: Refugee Baggage, a first-of-its-kind multi-media installation on display through Nov. 1 at Mississippi State’s Cullis Wade Depot Art Gallery.

Available for viewing 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, the exhibition is supported in part by funding from the Mississippi Humanities Council, National Endowment for the Humanities, Mississippi Arts Commission, National Endowment for the Arts, and The Criss Trust. 

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