Muslim Journeys: The Butterfly Mosque Book Discussion

As part of the Muslim Journeys NEH Bookshelf grant, Hewes Library will be hosting a book discussion of the book The Butterfly Mosque.  The book discussion will be lead by Petra Kuppinger, PhD, Professor of Sociology & Anthropology at Monmouth College.  Prof. Kuppinger’s sociological field work has focused on Cairo, Egypt, and on Muslim immigrant communities in Stuttgart, Germany. She has also done scholarly work on the role of Islam in the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

The book discussion will take place on Thursday, March 27, 2014 at 7pm. It will be held at the Buchanan Center for the Arts located at 64 Public Square, Monmouth, Illinois.

The Let's Talk About It and the Muslim Journeys Bookshelf Funded with a grant from National Endowment for the Humanities, in cooperation with the American Library Association. Our local partners include the Buchanan Center for the Arts and the Monmouth Chapter of the American Association of University Women.