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SUMMARY:Stories to Broaden Understanding - Virtual 
LOCATION:Virtual Branch\nVirtual Branch
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DESCRIPTION:Author Diane Abu-Jaber will be taking about her newest book\, 
 Fencing with the King..\nhttps://mcpl.libnet.info/event/7813047
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><span style="color: #000000\;">Born to an 
 American mother and a Jordanian father\, Diana Abu-Jaber now teaches writi
 ng and literature at Portland State University in Oregon. She is the autho
 r of the highly-acclaimed memoirs&nbsp\;Life Without a Recipe&nbsp\;and&nb
 sp\;The Language of Baklava&nbsp\;as well as the novels&nbsp\;Crescent&nbs
 p\;and&nbsp\;Birds of Paradise.&nbsp\;Abu-Jaber will be talking about her 
 newest book\,&nbsp\;Fencing with the King\,&nbsp\;which has been described
  as a&nbsp\;&ldquo\;mesmerizing breakthrough novel of family myths and inh
 eritances.&rdquo\;&nbsp\;</span></p>\n<p>In partnership with Montgomery Co
 unty Middle Eastern American Advisory Group\,&nbsp\;Office of Community Pa
 rtnerships and Baltimore Luxor Alexandria Sister City Committee.&nbsp\;</p
 >\n<p>Registration required. As part of County Government\, MCPL does not 
 collect personal information other than for the purpose of providing progr
 ams or services.</p>\n<p>The Zoom link to participate in the program will 
 be sent to registrants 24 hours before the event.</p>\n<p><span style="col
 or: #ff0000\;"><strong>NEW:</strong> You will need to be signed into Zoom 
 to attend this program via the web.</span></p>\n<p><span style="color: #ff
 0000\;">To sign in\, you must first create a free account: <a href="https:
 //zoom.us/signup">https://zoom.us/signup</a></span></p>\n<p><span style="c
 olor: #ff0000\;">Once you are signed in on Zoom\, return to this page and 
 click on the link below to join the program.</span></p>\n<p>---</p>\n<p>Lo
 oking for more fun things&nbsp\;to do at MCPL?</p>\n<p>Don't have a card r
 ight now? No worries! Find out how to&nbsp\;<strong><a href="https://www.m
 ontgomerycountymd.gov/Library/services/registration.html">Get a Library Ca
 rd</a></strong>.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p style="border: 5px solid black\; padding
 : 50px\; background-image: linear-gradient(to right\, #f1d45e\,#F2CD37\,#f
 1d45e)\;">By joining this Virtual MCPL program\, you agree to abide by our
 &nbsp\;<span style="text-decoration: underline\;"><a href="https://montgom
 erycountymd.gov/library/policies/behavior.html">rules of conduct</a>.</spa
 n>&nbsp\;Library staff has the authority to remove you from this program i
 f we deem your behavior to be inappropriate\, to ensure the safety of staf
 f and customers.<br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline\;"><a 
 href="https://montgomerycountymd.gov/library/policies/zoom.html">Learn abo
 ut 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 re
 quest&nbsp\;<a href="https://montgomerycountymd.gov/Library/accessibility/
 interpreter.html">English-language captioning or sign-language interpretat
 ion</a>&nbsp\;at least five days before the library-sponsored program they
  plan to attend. Contact the Assistant Facilities and Accessibility Progra
 m Manager at 240-777-0002 with all other accommodation requests.</p>\n<p>c
 m 1.1 01/03/2023</p>\nhttps://mcpl.libnet.info/event/7813047
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