LIVE CHAT WITH HUSSEIN RASHID – Prepare New York. On Tuesday, June 21st from 12-1pm EST PrepareNY.com will be hosting another Online Chat designed to spark a new kind of conversation as we approach the tenth anniversary of 9/11. This week’s featured guest will be: Hussein Rashid, Founder of the “Islamicate” blog site and contributor to the upcoming book “I Speak For Myself: American Men on Being Muslim.” https://islamicate.com/islamicate Theme for the chat is “Religion and Politics.”
I’ll be participating in a talkback after this performance. The Sarah Play – 14th Street Y. Three actors struggle with how to tell the ancient, sacred story of Sarah and Hagar, the mothers of Isaac and Ishmael, through a modern lens. Drawing from the Muslim, Christian and Jewish traditions, and trying various iterations to determine which religion’s version of the narrative gets told, the actors wrestle with how to tell a tale when there are multiple accounts of what happened.
FREE culture show featuring amazing D.C. artists celebrating the release of the anthology “All American: 45 Men on Being Muslim” and Willow Wilson’s novel “Alif” THE LINEUP – Stand up Comedy by Preacher Moss – Musical Stylings of Michelle Struck – A Conversation with novelist Willow Wilson and Wajahat Ali – Comedy by Raad Mismaar – Poetry by Samer Badawi – An original song by Shahed Amanullah (yes, we’re not kidding) – An original poem by Ibrahim Abdul Matin – “Ask a Muslim Dude” panel featuring contributors from the anthology “All-American: 45 Men on Being Muslim” Book signings after the performance! —