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Author Event: "Between Two Moons" with author, Aisha Abdel Gawad and Sally Wen Mao.
Fri, Sep 22
|Cafe con Libros, Bk.
Join us for a double-header as both authors discuss the recent release of their work.
Time & Location
Sep 22, 2023, 6:00 PM – 7:45 PM EDT
Cafe con Libros, Bk. , 724 Prospect Pl, Brooklyn, NY 11216, USA
About the Event
About the Book:
Perfect for readers of Yaa Gyasi’s Transcendent Kingdom, Imbolo Mbue’s Behold the Dreamers, Ayad Akhtar’s Homeland Elegies, and Kamila Shamsie’s Home Fire and fans of Brit Bennett, Jesmyn Ward, and Laila Lalami, BETWEEN TWO MOONS examines the ugly truths and the prices paid for the American Dream. Drawing inspiration from her own experience of growing up as the daughter of Muslim immigrants under the specter of post-9/11 Islamophobia and US engagement in multiple wars on multiple fronts against Arabs and Muslims; her first job at an Arab American community center and social services agency in Bay Ridge; research into NYPD and CIA intelligence reports; and her keen insight into the realities of female friendship at the cusp of adulthood as a high school English teacher, Gawad offers an intimate coming-of-age story and a polyphonic portrait of life in a surveillance state and asks us to question our…
Tickets
Free
Rescheduled Event. This ticket is for community members who hold a ticket from the original event. Proof of an unrefunded ticket will be required to attend the event.
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$5.00
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