Wyoming Arts Council

“Muslim Journeys” reading and discussion series set for Cheyenne and Laramie

Featured News | January 8, 2014

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From the Wyoming Humanities Council:

The Wyoming Humanities Council received a 2014 National Endowment for the Humanities grant for Let’s Talk About It: Muslim Journeys, a cooperative project from the American Library Association and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

At the center of Muslim Journeys is a reading and discussion series composed of the following memoirs and novels: In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar, Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, House of Stoneby Anthony Shadid, Broken Verses by Kamila Shamsie and Dreams of Trespass by Fatima Mernissi Through these five titles, readers will encounter life experiences in Muslim-majority societies. Look for Muslim Journeys in 2014 in Cheyenne at the Laramie County Library, and in Laramie at the Albany County Library. After that, the series will be available through Reading Wyoming. The University of Wyoming Muslim Student Association and the Toppan Rare Books Library at the American Heritage Center are also partners for Muslim Journeys. For additional information about this new program offering, visit: http://www.programminglibrarian.org/assets/files/muslim/essay_points_of_view.pdf

Here’s the schedule:

Cheyenne:

January 9, 7 pm: book discussion, “In the Country of Men”

January 23, 7 pm: book discussion, “Persepolis”

February 6, 7 pm: book discussion, “House of Stone”

February 12, 6:30 pm: Seth Ward, UW Religious Studies Program, “Introduction to Islam for the Equality State”

February 20, 7 pm: book discussion, “Broken Verses”

February 24, 6:30 pm: Anne Marie Lane, AHC Toppan Rare Books Library, “Islamic Influences on European Bookmaking”

March 6, 7 pm: book discussion, “Dreams of Trespass”

For more info, contact Jennifer Rife, 773-7218.

Laramie:

January 23, 7 pm: Seth Ward, UW Religious Studies Program, “Introduction to Islam for the Equality State”

February 13, 7 pm: book discussion, “Persepolis” (Nichol Bondurant is discussion leader)

March 6, 7 pm: book discussion, “In the Country of Men”

March 27, 7 pm: book discussion, “House of Stone”

April 17, 7 pm: book discussion, “Broken Verses”

April 23, 7 pm: Anne Marie Lane, AHC Toppan Rare Books Library, “Islamic Influences on European Bookmaking”

May 8, 7 pm: “Dreams of Trespass”

For more info contact Kathy Marquis, 721-2580, x 5438.

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