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SUMMARY:French Book Discussion Club - In Person 
LOCATION:Connie Morella Library\nConnie Morella Library
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DESCRIPTION:Do you want to practice your French? Improve your French vocab
 ulary? Meet new Francophiles? Please join us to discuss the book  «Khal
 il» by  Yasmina Khadra.\n.\nhttps://mcpl.libnet.info/event/11783953
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>We meet in the main meeting room to read a
 nd discuss books in French one Tuesday a month from 2:00 to 4:00 pm.&nbsp\
 ;</p>\n<p>On December 17\, we'll discuss <em>Khalil</em> by Yasmina Khadra
 .</p>\n<p>Yasmina Khadra is the pen name of the French-Algerian author Moh
 ammed Moulessehoul.</p>\n<p>In this book\, the author explores what motiva
 tes an individual to carry out acts of terrorism and also how the most vul
 nerable are recruited by extremists. The story starts with Khalil\, a 23-y
 ear-old Moroccan man living in Belgium\, making his way to the Stade De Fr
 ance in Paris along with three other suicide bombers. One of them is his b
 est friend Driss who he has known since a child. The attack goes ahead but
  Khalil survives as his vest malfunctions leading to him to go into hiding
 . Khalil frantically tries to understand what happened and reflect on how 
 he reached this point in his life.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>In examining the anatomy
  of radicalism\, Khadra shows that all forms of extremism\, whether politi
 cal\, religious or otherwise\, stem from the same source: a refusal to see
  things from an opposing point of view. For Khalil and many others who fee
 l called to commit atrocities in the name of a higher cause\, the outcome 
 is only tragedy.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>More information about this program? Con
 tact the branch 1-240-777-0970</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Take a look at these resou
 rces for: <span style="color: #0000ff\;"><a href="https://mcpl.aspendiscov
 ery.org/Search/Results?lookfor=&amp\;searchIndex=Keyword&amp\;filter[]=lan
 guage%3A%22French%22&amp\;sort=relevance&amp\;view=list&amp\;searchSource=
 local" style="color: #0000ff\;">Books in French available at MCPL</a>\,<a 
 href="https://montgomerycountymd.gov/library/services/interlibraryloan.htm
 l" style="color: #0000ff\;">&nbsp\;Interlibrary loans</a>\, <a href="https
 ://mcpl.blog/category/readers-cafe/" style="color: #0000ff\;">book recomme
 ndations</a>\,&nbsp\;<a href="https://mcpl.aspendiscovery.org/WebBuilder/R
 esourcesList#LanguageLearningPanel" style="color: #0000ff\;">Language lear
 ning</a>.</span></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Don't have a card right now?&nbsp\; No w
 orries!&nbsp\; Find out how to&nbsp\;<a href="https://mcpl.link/library-ca
 rd-from-event-listing">Get a Library Card</a>.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><strong>Ac
 commodation Requests</strong></p>\n<p>People who are Deaf or Hard of Heari
 ng should request&nbsp\;<a href="https://montgomerycountymd.gov/Library/ac
 cessibility/interpreter.html">English-language captioning or sign-language
  interpretation</a>&nbsp\;at least five days before the library-sponsored 
 program they plan to attend. Contact the Assistant Facilities and Accessib
 ility Program Manager at 240-777-0002 with all other accommodation request
 s.</p>\n<p>cm 1.1 01/03/2023</p>\nhttps://mcpl.libnet.info/event/11783953
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