Artistic Director Jamil Khoury of Silk Road Rising will introduce his latest work- in-progress, Mosque Alert, and share select video clips from the new play development and civic engagement process he has created online. Khoury's work addresses questions of religious pluralism, Islamophobia, and civil rights, drawing upon local, national,and international contexts.
Mosque Alert explores resistance to the building of mosques in communities across the U.S. with a specific focus on two families, one Muslim, the other Christian, living in Naperville, IL. In May, 2013, Mosque Alert received the ChangeMaker Award from Washington, D.C. based nonprofit SAALT (South Asian Americans Leading Together) in recognition of the project's contributions towards creating a socially just environment for Muslim Americans.
After the presentation, the audience will be invited to participate in a talk-back with Khoury and to share their personal experiences and comment upon the fictional scenarios created in Mosque Alert.
The Library presents this program as part of its series, "Let's Talk About It: Muslim Journeys" made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association.
In the Library Auditorium.
