Please join us as we welcome Egyptian American author, Jasmin Attia, as she reads excerpts from her novel The Oud Player of Cairo, accompanied by Bowdoin's own Oud musician Amos Libby and Riq musician Eric LaPerna (Director of Middle Eastern Music Ensemble at Bowdoin).

Open to the public free of charge. Middle Eastern desserts and refreshments will be served.

For more information please contact Batool Khattab at bkhattab@bowdoin.edu.

Sponsored by the George Masoud and Saada J. Barakat Memorial Fund, the Middle Eastern and North African Studies Program, the Department of Music, and the Center for Multicultural Life.