Join Read & Run Chicago guide and Associate Professor at Valparaiso University George Potter for an easy-paced (11:00 min/mile), 4-mile guided run in Bridgeview, a Southwest Chicago suburb with one of the highest concentrations of Palestinian Americans. Inspired by Sahar Mustafah's coming-of-age novel set in fictitious Tempest, Illinois, The Beauty of Your Face*, you'll discuss the novel and learn about the real-life situations facing Palestinian-Americans in the Chicago suburbs highlighted in the text, including domestic and international migration and post-9/11 surveillance of Palestinians in Chicago. Following the route, we'll meet with author Sahar Mustafah at Al Bawadi (7216 W. 87th, Bridgeview) for an intimate meet-and-greet. Light bites are included in the ticket and additional food will also be available for purchase.
A portion of all ticket sales will be donated to humanitarian relief in Gaza. In addition to Sahar Mustafah’s novel, runners are also invited to read Palestinian Chicago: Identity in Exile by Loren D. Lybarger.
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*Please note: this novel contains graphic descriptions of violence and islamaphobia. Please take care of yourself.