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Asra Nomani
In many mosques, women aren't allowed to enter through the front door and pray in the main sanctuary. When Asra Nomani did just that at her hometown mosque in West Virginia, she received death threats. Now she's fighting to establish an Islamic Bill of Rights for Women. Next, Richard Foreman. For 37 years, he’s intrigued and bewildered audiences with his avant-garde theatre pieces. Now, at the pinnacle of his career, he tells us about his latest, and perhaps last, theater installment: The Gods are Pounding my Head! (aka Lumberjack Messiah). Then, Frank Delaney considers the importance of storytelling in his new novel, Ireland. And, journalist Roy Rowan gives a firsthand account of the 1949 Chinese Revolution: Chasing the Dragon.
Standing Alone
Asra Nomani discusses her struggles to enforce women’s rights in contemporary American Islam: Standing Alone in Mecca.
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Events:
Asra Nomani will announce the Islamic Bill of Rights for Women in the Mosque, and Dr. Amina Wadud will ...
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Events:
Asra Nomani will announce the Islamic Bill of Rights for Women in the Mosque, and Dr. Amina Wadud will ...
Cutting Edge Theater
Richard Foreman discusses what may be his final piece of avant-garde theater: The Gods are Pounding my Head! (aka Lumberjack Messiah).
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Music: Soundtrack to Night On Earth, music by Tom Waits: "Baby I’m ...
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Music: Soundtrack to Night On Earth, music by Tom Waits: "Baby I’m ...
A Storied Past
Frank Delaney considers the relationship between history, fiction, and storytelling in his first novel, Ireland.
» Read an excerpt of Ireland in the Reading Room
Events: Frank Delaney will speaking on:
Tuesday, March 15th at 1pm
Bryant Library
2 Paper ...
» Read an excerpt of Ireland in the Reading Room
Events: Frank Delaney will speaking on:
Tuesday, March 15th at 1pm
Bryant Library
2 Paper ...
China's Civil War
Roy Rowan has had a long and distinguished career as a journalist, but he earned his stripes covering Mao’s revolution in China for Life magazine. For two years, from 1947 through 1949 and the fall of Shanghai, he reported from the frontlines of China’s Civil War. He joins us today ...
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