We are in midst of doing our 30 Mosques trip around the country right now but once its over we would certainly love to visit your community. We had a blast touring the country last year with these events and would love to come to your area. If you’re interested, email us at 30mosques@gmail.com and read more about what we do below:

Dear Friends,

We are excited to announce the 30 Mosques, 30 Days speaking tour! Aman and I will be visiting universities, community centers, book shops, conferences, etc. all across the country sharing stories from our Ramadan adventure. There are tons of anecdotes, videos, and pictures that just didn’t fit in our blog, but have found a happy home in the presentation we’ve put together. We’re highlighting our favorite moments on the road, sharing stories from more communities that you might might not have heard of, sharing videos of people singing/laughing/yelling, and much more!

So if you are interested in having us speak in your neck of the woods, please drop a line at 30mosques@gmail.com. Contact us as soon as you can, the dates of availability are limited.

30 Mosques in 30 Days: Tales from an American Ramadan Roadtrip
CNN ranked it as one of the top stories of 2010. During Ramadan 2010, Islam’s holy month of fasting and reflection, New Yorkers Aman Ali and Bassam Tariq took a roadtrip across America, stopping each evening to break their fasts at a different mosque in a different state. The two drove over 13,000 miles during the trip and blogged about it daily on their site, www.30mosques.com. During the trip they prayed inside the infamous “Ground Zero Mosque” in Manhattan, got pulled over by a cop in Mississippi, and visited the first mosque ever built in the U.S. in Ross, North Dakota – a town with only 48 people in it. Along the way they met the protagonists of Dave Eggers’ bestselling Zeitoun, Cambodian Muslim victims of the Khmer Rouge, a Pakistani-Mormon couple, and many, many others, all of whom are part of the diverse Muslim-American community. Their journey explores what it means to be Muslim in America today, and serves as a powerful counter-narrative to the media’s image of a monolithic Islam, receiving coverage on ABC News, CNN, Time, NPR, Fox News, the Huffington Post and Aljazeera English.

Speaking Appearance Schedule

Jan. 24 – Boston, Massachusetts – Walnut Hill School for the Arts

Feb. 7 – North Carolina – UNC Wilmington

Feb. 8 – North Carolina – Wake Forest University

Feb. 9 – North Carolina – UNC Chapel Hill

Feb. 10 – North Carolina – Central Piedmont Community College

Feb. 17 – Dallas, Texas – Texas Christian University

Feb. 22 – Indiana – DePaw University

Feb. 23 – Indiana – Wabash College

Feb. 24 (morning) – Chicago -  Hope Islamic School

Feb. 24 (evening) – Chicago – Loyola University

March 2 – Indiana – Indiana University Southeast

March 3 – Louisville, Kentucky – World Affairs Council of Kentucky and Southern Indiana

March 14 – Connecticut – Eastern Connecticut State University

March 15 – Minneapolis, Minnesota – St. Thomas University

March 16 – North Carolina – Duke University

March 21 – New York, New York – New York University

April 8 – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – Andy Warhol Museum

April 9 – Columbus, Ohio – Noor Islamic Cultural Center

April 11 – Cincinnati, Ohio – University of Cincinnati

April 12 – Ashland, Ohio – Ashland University

April 17 – Lexington, Kentucky – Lexington Universal Academy

April 21 – Waterbury, Connecticut – Post University

Apri 25 – Fort Wayne, Indiana – Manchester College

April 30 – Wellesley College

May 29 – Houston, Texas – University of Houston

July 3 – Chicago, Illinois – Council of American Muslim Professionals

2010 Events

Sept. 28 – St. Louis, Missouri – Webster University

Sept. 29 – St. Louis, Missouri – Washington University at St. Louis

Oct. 19 – Boston, Massachussetts – Harvard University

Oct. 19 – Waltham, Massachusetts – Brandeis University

Oct. 22 – New York, New York – Housing Works Bookstore Cafe

Oct. 23 – Herndon, Virginia – ADAMS Center

Nov. 6 – Detroit, Michigan – Islamic Association of Greater Detroit

Nov. 8-12 – Prague, Czech Republic – U.S. State Department Conference

Nov. 15 – Middletown, Connecticut – Wesleyan University

Nov. 16 – Brooklyn, New York – Pratt Institute

Nov. 17 – Purchase, New York – State University of New York

Nov. 18 – Ramapo, New Jersey – Ramapo College

Nov. 19 – Murray, Kentucky – Murray State University

Nov. 22 – Teaneck, New Jersey – Farleigh Dickinson University