Voices Of The World Author Series: Wine, Food, Eastern Culture, And Storytelling May 23, 2008

Attend this new author series: Voices of the World. We invite international writers of fiction, poetry, and memoir to the World Affairs Council to read from their work and discuss their writings and the cultures they reflect.

Our first author in the series will be Musharraf Ali Farooqi. Listen, learn, discuss and mingle over delicious food and wine as Mr. Farooqi’s reading and discussion also explore the tradition of oral storytelling in Pakistan and India.

He will read from and discuss his critically acclaimed translation of the historical Islamic and Urdu classic, The Adventures of Amir Hamza. This grand epic from the Islamic cultures, compiled from a thousand years of oral stories, has been likened in significance to Homer's Odyssey, the legends of King Arthur, and The Arabian Nights. Please visit www.mafarooqi.com for more info.

Registration: http://www.itsyourworld.org/assnfe/ev.asp?ID=2233&SnID=1613164332
TIME: 5:30 PM, Reception: 6:00 PM, Program: 6:30 PM
DATE: 5/23/2008
LOCATION: World Affairs Council Auditorium
ADDRESS: 312 Sutter Street 
Second Floor
 San Francisco, California 94108
COST: $5 WAC MEMBERS, $15 NON-MEMBERS
PHONE: 415-293.4600

Official Website: http://www.itsyourworld.org/assnfe/ev.asp?ID=2233&SnID=1613164332