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SUMMARY:Stories to Broaden Understanding - Virtual 
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DESCRIPTION:Author Holly Mason Badra will be discussing her work Sleeping 
 in the Courtyard: Contemporary Kurdish Writers in Diaspora..\nhttps://mcpl
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Author Holly Mason Badra will be discussin
 g her work Sleeping in the Courtyard: Contemporary Kurdish Writers in Dias
 pora.</p>\n<p>Holly Mason Badra is the Associate Director of Women and Gen
 der Studies at George Mason University\, where she advises the Kurdish Stu
 dent Organization. Her work Sleeping in the Courtyard includes poetry\, fi
 ction\, nonfiction and graphic art by writers living in Kurdistan and arou
 nd the world - writers who have often taken risks just by writing and publ
 ishing. After her presentation\, there will be a Q &amp\; A session.</p>\n
 <p>Registration required. The Zoom link to participate in the program will
  be sent to registrants 24 hours before the event. Participants will need 
 to be signed into Zoom to attend this program via the web. To sign in\, yo
 u must first create a free account: <a href="https://zoom.us/signup">https
 ://zoom.us/signup</a></p>\n<p>Stories to Broaden Understanding is in partn
 ership with Montgomery County Middle Eastern American Advisory Group\, Off
 ice of Community Partnerships and Baltimore Luxor Alexandria Sister City C
 ommittee.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Don't have a card right now? No worries!
  Find out how to&nbsp\;<strong><a href="https://montgomerycountymd.gov/lib
 rary/services/card.html">Get a Library Card</a></strong>.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;<
 strong></strong></p>\n<p style="border: 5px solid black\; padding: 50px\; 
 background-image: linear-gradient(to right\, #f1d45e\,#F2CD37\,#f1d45e)\;"
 >By joining this Virtual MCPL program\, you agree to abide by our&nbsp\;<s
 pan style="text-decoration: underline\;"><a href="https://montgomerycounty
 md.gov/library/policies/behavior.html">rules of conduct</a>.</span>&nbsp\;
 Library staff has the authority to remove you from this program if we deem
  your behavior to be inappropriate\, to ensure the safety of staff and cus
 tomers.<br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline\;"><a href="htt
 ps://montgomerycountymd.gov/library/policies/zoom.html">Learn about MCPL's
  Zoom Security Settings</a></span></p>\n<p><strong>Accommodation Requests<
 /strong></p>\n<p>People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing should request&nbs
 p\;<strong><a href="https://montgomerycountymd.gov/Library/accessibility/i
 nterpreter.html">English-language captioning or sign-language interpretati
 on</a></strong>&nbsp\;at least five days before the library-sponsored prog
 ram they plan to attend. Contact the Assistant Facilities and Accessibilit
 y Program Manager at 240-777-0002 with all other accommodation requests.</
 p>\n<p>cm 1.1 01/03/2023</p>\nhttps://mcpl.libnet.info/event/14266718
URL;VALUE=URI:https://mcpl.libnet.info/event/14266718
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