Islam and Authors

04/15/2017

Writer Saïd Sayrafiezadeh's in town!
Join us for a special preview of his play and a conversation about challenges facing Muslim/Middle Eastern artists.

Sunday April 16 at 3 pm!

CHALLENGES FACED BY MUSLIM ARTISTS TODAY
On Sunday, April 16 after the 3pm matinee performance of 'Autobiography of a Terrorist,' join us for a special artist conversation with filmmaker Raeshma Razvi, playwright Said Sayrafiezadeh, and calligrapher Arash Shirinbab! Buy your tix: www.goldenthread.org

04/06/2017

Shakespeare's 'Othello' staged at the Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California (ICCNC)!

02/11/2017

Elsewhere Lit and Ajam Media Collective are teaming up to bring you “Banned,” seven weeks of literature featuring stories, essays and poems from Trump’s seven banned countries: Iran, Iraq, Libya,…

02/09/2017

FYI...this event is in NYC

Admission is free and open to the public. REGISTER HERE » As last week’s executive order restricting travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries signals how quickly bigoted rhetoric can transform into discriminatory policy, a climate of unbridled racial and religious discrimination now forces man...

01/30/2017

Author Khaled Hossein speaks out:

10/25/2010

On Friday, October 1, Imam Zaid Shakir and I interviewed Prof. Seyyed
Hussein Nasr at Islam and Authors.

We now have both the video and audio
recordings up.

For the video, go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60_H3R36N50

For the audio, go to:
http://www.iccnc.org/publish/27/audio-lectures-of-dr-seyyed-hossein-nasr.php




You are also invited to our next event in this program: Saturday, Oct 30: Islam
and Authors welcomes Sumbul Ali-Karamali, author of "The Muslim Next Door:
the Qur’an, the Media, and that Veil Thing," in conversation with Wajahat
Ali and Jason van Boom.

Sumbul Ali-Karamali combines scholarship and storytelling in "The
Muslim Next Door."

It makes scholarship about
the real principles of Islam, and the history of Islamophobia, accessible to
everyone.


"This book is basically what you wish you can give to those people who
ask you all those questions that you have to answer over and over again. Now
you can just hand them this book and trust that it’ll answer their questions."-
Muslimah Media Watch

To buy tickets or for more info, go to:
www.islamandauthors.org

Onstage conversation with Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr, one of the world's leading teachers on Sufism and Islamic spirituality. Imam Zaid Shakir, nationally acclaimed Islamic scholar and teacher, and writer Jason van Boom will interview Prof. Nasr onstage about his new autobiographical book "In Search of

01/11/2010

"Islam and Authors" is for the general public, for everyone regardless of belief. "Islam and Authors" is dedicated to promoting intercultural and interreligious mutual understanding through presenting fresh perspectives.

01/11/2010

"Islam and Authors: Conversations on New Books and Plays" has both Muslim and non-Muslim authors. We intrroduce important and interesting new books and plays by different authors. For our first season, we have three Muslim and three non-Muslim authors.

01/08/2010

Islam and Authors: Conversations on New Books and Plays is about to start our Spring 2010 season. Our next event is on Saturday, Jan. 23. We will be speaking with Wajahat Ali, playwright of Domestic Crusaders, the first full-length play by a Muslim American to receive critical acclaim and an off-Broadway run. Added bonus: A short stage reading from a scene, plus our usual interactive audience Q-and-A.