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On the left is a man with a beard and mustach and on the right is woman with dark hair pulled into a ponytail.\" class=\"wp-image-28565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/537\/2026\/03\/Maache.Said_.2up.jpg 500w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/537\/2026\/03\/Maache.Said_.2up-300x148.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption>Maache (left) and Said<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Maache and Said will give personal accounts of their homelands, Algeria and Lebanon, respectively, and discuss the ways that Arab culture connects with the celestial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Planetarium director Jean Creighton will share her favorite story from the book, <em>One Thousand and One Nights<\/em>, which was collected over many centuries by various authors and scholars across west and central Asia and north Africa. 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