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Public Outreach Highlights: Iranian-American Novelists Event

In partnership with multiple Penn entities and the Free Library of Philadelphia, the Middle East Center organized several public events to raise awareness on issues related to the Middle East through creative programming. On March 6, 2014, the Center brought five Iranian-American novelists to Kelly Writers House for an evening of book reading for an event entitled "Contemporary American Fiction: Five Women, Five Books." The event brought campus community together with literature enthusiast Philadelphiangs for a cosy evening of book reading. Anita Amirrezvani, Marjan Kamali, Persis Karim, Porochista Khakpour, and the Center Director Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet read excerpts from their works of fiction.

To watch a recording of this event please click here.