OCT 25 BOOK LAUNCH & READING

i’m not doing too many poetry readings anymore so here’s a rare chance to see me with some other fierce muslim women!
come out and celebrate the launch of this new anthology:

VOICES OF RESISTANCE: MUSLIM WOMEN ON WAR, FAITH & SEXUALITY
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
California Clipper, 1002 N. California, Chicago
Doors open at 8:00 p.m.
Reading begins at 8:30 p.m.
Free Admission
*for more info contact:
The Guild Complex at 1-877-394-5061

In Voices of Resistance, writers, poets, and visual artists work to redefine the stereotypical depictions of Muslim women that inundate current Western discourse on the Islamic “other.” By confronting war, empire, homophobia, and patriarchy, the contributors explore topics both personal and global, and challenge the narrow perceptions about the contemporary realities of Muslim women.

Editor Sarah Husain is a Pakistani American activist, poet, and mother who was born in New York City but grew up in Hong Kong, Sudan, and Pakistan. She has organized grassroots antiviolence community projects linking communities of color around issues of police brutality, anti-immigrant policy, detention, and anti-domestic-violence work.

The evening features readings by Anida Yoeu Esguerra, Sarwat Rumi, Sarah Husain & other fierce women redefining what it means to be “Muslims” in America.

To order a copy of the anthology please visit http://www.amazon.com/Voices-Resistance-Muslim-Faith-Sexuality/dp/1580051812/sr=1-1/qid=1159675723/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-8218243-0180854?ie=UTF8&s=books

“There are no celebrity endorsements here for a certain kind of Islam, there is no list of permissible ingredients that can go into a canned version of good Muslimness, whether by the standards of the patriarchies inside or the colonialism outside.” –by Shahnaz Habib

To read more of the review about this book visit: http://www.samarmagazine.org/archive/article.php?id=225