Prairie Lights Books, 15 South Dubuque Street, Iowa City, IA 52240
Join the University of Iowa (UI) Jewish Studies Network, an International Programs affinity group, for a book reading with award-winning author Ayelet Tsabari. Tsabari will read from her novel, Songs for the Brokenhearted, and share insights about Yemeni Jewish identity, culture, and traditions. She will also present audio and images from her research into Yemeni women’s songs, while reflecting on the unique challenges of writing about Israel in English, her second language.
The event will also feature Ari Ariel, associate professor of instruction in history in the UI College of Liberal Arts, director of international studies, and co-director of the Jewish Studies Network. Ariel is a scholar of Yemeni Jewish history and cultural practice. His first book, Jewish-Muslims Relations and Migration from Yemen to Palestine in the Late Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (Brill, 2014), analyzes the impact of local, regional and international events on ethnic relations in Yemen, and on Yemeni Jewish migration patterns.
This event is co-sponsored by the Jewish Studies Network, International Programs, and the Magid Center for Writing.