Saturday, May 17, 2008
Busboys and Poets, VA
4251 South Campbell Ave.
Arlington, VA 22206
www.busboysandpoets.com
(703) 379-9757

This event is in partnership with: Arlington County Library-Shirlington Branch.
3 pm book talk at the library; (across the street from Busboys)
4:30 pm signing at Busboys & Poets.

From a region always in the news but rarely known through the medium of storytelling comes an eclectic, insightful collection of contemporary first-person travel narratives from across the Middle East. Encounters with the Middle East: True Stories of People and Culture That Help You Understand the Region collects thirty rich, engaging travel stories that capture uplifting scenes from everyday life and deliver sensitive, bittersweet renderings of people and landscapes often shaken by conflict. It also provides intimate portrayals of people and traditions too often absent from books on the region, while also situating the Western traveler in many tourist destinations, from the famous to the obscure.

To learn more visit:
http://MiddleEastEncounters.com

Nesreen Khashan, a Palestinian-American, was born in Kuwait and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. She teaches in the Global Studies Program at Mission College near San Jose and lives in Washington, DC.

Jim Bowman lived in Turkey for six years and continues to travel to the Middle East whenever he can. He is writing a doctoral dissertation concerning the rhetoric and representation of Turks in the travel literature of Cyprus, 1955-2005.

Joel Carillet is a freelance writer and photographer whose work has appeared in a variety of publications, including the Christian Science Monitor, Glimpse Quarterly, and Best Travel Writing 2008. He writes a biweekly travel column for Gather.com and is the author of 30 Reasons to Travel: Photographs and Reflections from Southeast Asia (June 2008).

This Event is Free and Open to the Public