Event:
Poetry & Peace

An afternoon with Iranian American writers Esther Kamkar, Mojdeh Marashi, and Persis Karim.
Co-sponsored by the Association of Iranian American Writers. This event is supported by Poets & Writers, Inc. through a grant received from the James Irvine Foundation.

Persis Karim
California poet, author and nonfiction writer

Mojdeh Marashi
California writer, translator, artist and designer

Esther Kamkar
California poet, author and artist

Sunday, Feb 26, 2 pm Saratoga Library

Zahra Noorbakhsh

New book now available: Zahra Noorbakhsh contributes to 'Love, Inshallah: The Secret Love Lives of American Muslim Women'
A new anthology edited by Ayesha Mattu and Nura Maznavi

Congratulations to our very own Zahra Noorbakhsh on having her essay accepted for this new anthology, 'Love, InshAllah'

This moving, provocative non-fiction anthology features 25 American Muslim women (Zahra included) speaking openly for the first time about their search for love. Recently made #3 on Amazon.com's best-sellers list and an article about Zahra's short story in the anthology — "The Birds, The Bees, and My Hole" — caused quite a stir on the Huffington Post, generating over 1,000 comments! You can read more about this anthology at LoveInshallah.com

Read more in the NY Times

"Love InshAllah [goes] to a place where few, if any, books have gone before. Lesbians, co-wives, converts to Islam, Shia, Sunni, black, brown and white: Every voice is unique. Collectively, they sing of strength, passion and love. One can't help but to sit back and listen, captivated." —Samina Ali, author of Madras on Rainy Days

Anthology available at: Barnes & Noble ~ Powell's ~ Politics & Prose ~ Amazon UK ~ Amazon Canada