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Friday, December 9, 2005
7:00-9:00pm

CIIS

Cost: $10


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SPECIAL EVENT

REVEALING THE MOTHERS OF ISLAM

A Poetry Reading with Tamam Kahn

Poet Tamam Kahn, an American Sufi, tells the stories of the early women of Islam—the “Mothers of the Faithful”— who were instrumental in the formation of a faith that now sustains millions throughout the world.

Musical accompaniment by
Shabda Kahn and Irina Mikhailova

Tamam Kahn is a poet who has traveled extensively through India and North Africa. She has read her poetry at the Rumi Festival in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Her poetry is available on the CD White Shade Cloud Overhead at Noon and in a forthcoming book, Al Kishaf (The Unveiling). For more information on Tamam, visit www.completeword.com.