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Feb – Apr / Author Conversations: Stories to Broaden Understanding

Photos of the authors' faces and the covers of their books. Reem Faruqi - Milloo's Mind; Mojdeh Bahar - Milkvetch and Violets; Diana Abu-Jaber - Fencing with the King. Background photo: sunrise above the ocean.

Join us for 3 author conversations in February to April, 2023!

February 7, 2023: Reem Faruqi

Time: 7-8pm EST
Format: Zoom
More info & to register: mcpl.libnet.info/event/7813041

Reem Faruqi is the award-winning author of Lailah’s Lunchbox, a children’s book based on her own experiences as a young Muslim girl immigrating to the United States. In this author conversation, she will be sharing Milloo’s Mind: The Story of Maryam Faruqi, Trailblazer for Women’s Education, the story of Reem’s grandmother who founded Happy Home Schools which educated thousands of girls across Pakistan at a time when girls were not encouraged to go to school.  

March 7, 2023: Mojdeh Bahar

Time: 7-8pm EST
Format: In-person
Location: Rockville Memorial Library, 21 Maryland Avenue, Rockville, MD 20850
More info & to register: mcpl.libnet.info/event/7817344

Mojdeh Bahar is a patent attorney and technology transfer professional in the public sector. The recipient of numerous professional awards, Mojdeh currently chairs the Board of Directors of the Iranian-American Community Center. She has a deep interest in poetry. Milkvetch and Violets is her first book of translations from one of her favorite contemporary Persian poets, Mohammad Reza Shafi’i-Kadkani. She will be talking about the power of poetry in any language and her process of translation.

April 11, 2023: Diana Abu-Jaber

Time: 7-8pm EST
Format: Zoom
More info & to register: mcpl.libnet.info/event/7813047

Born to an American mother and a Jordanian father, Diana Abu-Jaber now teaches writing and literature at Portland State University in Oregon. She is the author of the highly-acclaimed memoirs Life Without a Recipe and The Language of Baklava as well as the novels Crescent and Birds of Paradise. Abu-Jaber will be talking about her newest book, Fencing with the King, which has been described as a “mesmerizing breakthrough novel of family myths and inheritances.” 


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