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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! We’ll 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.
2011 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
April 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
Aug. 5 – Honolulu, Hawaii – University of Hawaii
Sept. 22 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – University of Pennyslvania
Oct. 25 – New York, New York – U.S. Department of State
Nov. 3 – Ann Arbor, Michigan – University of Michigan
Nov. 13 – San Jose, California – The Tech Museum
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