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We the Interwoven: An afternoon with authors Rana Hewezi and Sarah Elgatian

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Author Visits

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Adults
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Join us for an afternoon with authors Rana Hewezi and Sarah Elgatian, two of the seven authors featured in We The Interwoven: An Anthology of Bicultural Iowa. Both will share their families’ experiences as they left one home—Egypt for Hewezi and Armenia for Elgatian--to make another in Iowa.

Don't miss our other We the Interwoven Author Series events:

  • February 18th 6:00PM @ North Side Library: What We Owe Our Mothers: A Vietnamese American's Story of Immigration in Iowa with Hieu Pham
  • March 23rd 6:00PM @ East Side Library: We The Interwoven: An evening with author Antonia Rivera