Montgomery College Libraries to Participate in Statewide Muslim Reading Discussion Series
The Montgomery College Libraries will host the first session in a free five-part reading and discussion series called “Let’s Talk About It: Muslim Journeys.” The Takoma Park/Silver Spring Campus library is one of the 125 libraries and state humanities councils across the country selected to participate in the project, which seeks to familiarize public audiences in the United States with the people, places, history, faith and cultures of Muslims in the United States and around the world. Funding for “Let’s Talk About It: Muslim Journeys” is provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association.
The first program will explore the book The Children of Abraham: Judaism, Christianity and Islam by Francis E. Peters and will be held on Tuesday, February 18. All programs will be held at the in the Catherine F. Scott Commons Building, room 211 from 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
The discussion will be led by Dr. Abeer Kayed Pelon, part-time professor of political science. Dr. Kayed-Pelon holds a PhD in political science from the University of Paris-West. Her recent book The Ongoing Nakba: 65 Years of Fragmentation is a poetic commentary on the Israeli occupation of Palestine.
The schedule for the entire “Let’s Talk About It: Muslim Journeys” series is as follows:
The Children of Abraham – Tuesday, February 18
Muhammad: A Very Short Introduction – Tuesday, March 4
The Story of the Qur’an: Its History and Place in Muslim Life – Tuesday, March 25
The Art of Hajj – Tuesday, April 8
Rumi: Poet and Mystic – Tuesday, April 22
All of the books to be discussed in this series are part of the College’s Bridging Cultures Bookshelf: Muslim Journeys. The books and films comprising the bookshelf were selected after the consultation of librarians and cultural programming experts as well as distinguished scholars in the fields of anthropology, world history, religious studies, interfaith dialogue, the history of art and architecture, world literature, Middle East studies, Southeast Asian studies, African studies and Islamic studies.For details or to register, please visit http://libguides.montgomerycollege.edu/ltaimj or contact Maisha Duncan, librarian at the Takoma Park/Silver Spring Campus, at maisha.duncan@montgomerycollege.edu or (240) 567-1688.
The Bridging Cultures Bookshelf is a project of National Endowment for the Humanities, conducted in cooperation with the American Library Association Public Programs Office, with support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Additional support for the arts and media components was provided by the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Arts.
Montgomery College is a public, open admissions community college with campuses in Germantown, Rockville and Takoma Park/Silver Spring, plus workforce development/continuing education centers and off-site programs throughout Montgomery County, Md. The College serves nearly 60,000 students a year, through both credit and noncredit programs, in more than 130 areas of study.
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