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Apply by October 25 for Muslim Journeys Bookshelf

  • 1.  Apply by October 25 for Muslim Journeys Bookshelf

    Posted Oct 16, 2012 08:50 AM

    Is there a need in your library’s collection, and in your larger community, for authoritative and accessible resources about Muslim history, beliefs, and culture? Through its Bridging Cultures initiative, the National Endowment for the Humanities seeks to introduce readers to diverse perspectives on the people, places, histories, beliefs, practices, and cultures of Muslims in the U.S. and around the world.

    The deadline for public, academic, and community college libraries to apply for the NEH/ALA Bridging Cultures Bookshelf on Muslim Journeys is October 25th! Please visit www.programminglibrarian.org/muslimjourneys to begin your application today, in order to receive a collection of resources valued at more than $1,000. Up to 1,000 libraries and state humanities councils will be selected to participate, and applications are being actively recruited. Please share this message with anyone who may be interested in participating!

    Grant recipients will be required to present a minimum of one program for public audiences, focusing on the theme and materials. In January 2013, successful grant applications will receive the Bookshelf collection, as well as an invitation to apply for an upcoming round of $3,500-$4,500 cash programming grants. These grants will support scholar-led reading and discussion programs that incorporate books from the Muslin Journeys collection. Only libraries that receive a Bookshelf grant will be eligible to apply for a cash award in 2013.

    Bookshelf grant recipients will receive a one-year subscription to Oxford Islamic Studies Online, as well as the following books and films:

    • Minaret by Leila Aboulela
    • A Quiet Revolution by Leila Ahmed
    • Prince Among Slaves by Terry Alford
    • The House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance by Jim Al-Khalili
    • Muhammad: A Very Short Introduction by Jonathan A. C. Brown
    • The Arabian Nights (anonymous), edited by Muhsin Mahdi, translated by Husain Haddawy
    • The Conference of the Birds by Farid al-Din Attar, translated by Dick Davis and Afkham Darbandi
    • Islamic Arts by Jonathan Bloom and Sheila Blair
    • The Columbia Sourcebook of Muslims in the United States, edited by Edward E. Curtis IV
    • In an Antique Land by Amitav Ghosh
    • When Asia Was the World: Traveling Merchants, Scholars, Warriors, and Monks Who Created the “Riches of the East” by Stewart Gordon
    • Leo Africanus by Amin Maalouf, translated by Peter Sluglett
    • In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar
    • The Story of the Qur’an: Its History and Place in Muslim Life by Ingrid Mattson
    • The Ornament of the World by Maria Rosa Menocal
    • Dreams of Trespass by Fatima Mernissi
    • Snow by Orhan Pamuk, translated by Maureen Freely
    • Acts of Faith by Eboo Patel
    • The Children of Abraham: Judaism, Christianity, Islam by F. E. Peters
    • The Art of Hajj by Venetia Porter
    • Rumi: Poet and Mystic, edited and translated by Reynold A. Nicholson
    • Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi
    • House of Stone by Anthony Shadid
    • Broken Verses by Kamila Shamsie
    • The Butterfly Mosque: A Young American Woman’s Journey to Love and Islam by G. Willow Wilson
    • Prince Among Slaves (DVD - Unity Productions Foundation, 2007)
    • Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World (DVD - Unity Productions Foundation, 2011)
    • Koran by Heart (DVD - HBO documentary films, 2011)
    • Islamic Art Spots (DVD – short films about Islamic art and architecture, written and performed by D. Fairchild Ruggles and produced for the Muslim Journeys project by Twin Cities Public Television, 2012)

    If you would like ideas for planning your Muslim Journeys Bookshelf application, please see the Resources area of our website for more information or contact publicprograms@ala.org to set up a time to discuss your application.

     

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