Recent Media Coverage of I Speak for Myself
and Upcoming Events
May 9, 2011 – Ashland, OR — Islam has become one of the hottest of hot button topics in America. In this polarized climate, a new book challenges stereotypes about being Muslim in America through the stories of forty women. I Speak for Myself: American Women on Being Muslim (May 2, 2011, White Cloud Press) brings together a diverse group of women, all born and raised in the United States, telling their stories of faith, family, and country. Here is a quick rundown of recent media attention the book and its contributors have garnered:
Web link to CNN's Faces of Faith interview with editor Maria Ebrahimji:
http://bit.ly/k44YHf
May 3, CNN.com blog: In the Arena:
http://bit.ly/iI53Nw
May 3. Huffington Post article by I Speak for Myself contributor Yusra Tekbali:
http://huff.to/jPQQnQ
May 4, Atlanta Constitution Journal, op-ed piece by contributor Amira Choueik
http://bit.ly/lzUOZU
May 5, Corvallis, Oregon: Corvallis Gazette Times newspaper feature on contributor Fatemeh Fakhraie:
http://bit.ly/l9pvkl
Several of our contributors are featured here in Illume's online magazine:
ILLUME :: Muslim-American Rockstar Moms
www.illumemag.com
The Crescent Post online magazine asked some of our contributors "What is the one thing that you wanted people learn about Muslim women in I Speak For Myself?”
http://bit.ly/jRRjUY
Upcoming Events
- May 16. Washington DC, Busboys and Poets, panel of book contributors and book signing.
- May 3: Voice of America interview in DC
- May 4: Al-Hurra Television interview, 10-11 am in DC
- May 5: UW Madison, “Inside Islam” speaker panel and Wisconsin Public Radio interview
- May 16: Event at Busboys & Poets, Washington DC
- May 19: Speaker Panel at Santa Clara University (Topic: Are Islamic and Western Values Compatible?)
- June 9: Speaker Panel at Levantine Cultural Center, 7:00 pm (Theme: More to Muslim American Women than Meets the Eye)
- June 11: Washington DC: Empowered Women International/20,000 Dialogues Event and film screening
- July 1-4: Chicago, Islamic Soc. of North America Convention, ISFM panel and White Cloud booth
- July 20: Talk by contributor Fatemeh Fakharie, sponsored by Eugene Public Library.
- August 12: Detroit, Michigan: Author Speaking Panel at the Asian American Journalist Association (AAJA) Conference, 1:45pm-3:00pm
- Sept 12 week: Event at San Francisco’s International Museum of Women
- Sept 21: I Speak for Myself panel discussion at Georgetown University’s Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (12:30 pm in Seminar Room ICC 270)
