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Setting a Place for Us with Chef Hawa Hassan

Event flyer for "Setting a Place for Us with Hawa Hassan" featuring the cover of a cook book and a smiling woman with a curly afro.

Thursday, February 12, 2026 | 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM EST | Copley Formal Lounge, Georgetown University Main Campus | RSVP (Registration required).

Please join Georgetown’s African Studies Program, the Gender+ Justice Initiative, the Department of Black Studies, and partner programs for a conversation with James Beard Award–winning Somali American chef and author Hawa Hassan. Drawing on her own experience as a refugee, Hassan’s new cookbook weaves together personal narrative with stories and recipes from displaced communities around the world.

Free and open to all.

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Accommodation requests can be made at my662@georgetown.edu.

Image Gallery

Two women standing and smiling at each other. The woman on the left is wearing a collegiate-style Howard University cardigan, and the woman on the right is wearing all black.
A woman in all black standing in a kitchen, talking to someone sitting on the other side of the counter.
A woman standing in a kitchen, collecting several cooking utensils from a large bowl. Behind her is an oven, stove, and vent hood against a green tile background. Another woman stands to her right, looking off to the side.
A man opening a can of tomato paste. Behind him, one woman slides items off a cutting board with a knife, and another woman watches.
The back of two women standing over a red pot on the stovetop. The woman on the left is smiling.
Two women smiling for a photo. Behind them is a stainless steel refrigerator with several colorful event posters taped to it.
A woman squeezing lemon juice onto a plate of food. Behind her in line, three other women hold plates and converse.
A woman standing up and flipping through a brochure on the counter in front of her. To her right, another woman sits and smiles, in mid-conversation with her.
The side profile of a woman scooping stew from a large red pot onto a paper plate using a ladle.
A woman wearing a large white scarf smiling and holding a spoonful of food in one hand, and her plate in the other.
A large rectangular table of students eating with Hawa Hassan.
A pair of hands flips through a book. The open pages are blue and a large title at the bottom reads “El Salvador.”
A large rectangular table of students and professors eating, smiling, and chatting with each other.
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gender justice
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