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"MuslimFest Writers Expo"
Saturday, August 1, 2009 (12 pm-7 pm)
@ the BMO Room (2nd Floor), Living Arts Centre
FREE Admission!
Presented by Sound Vision
 MuslimFest Team is delighted to invite you to its first ever “Writers Expo”, being held on Sat., August 1, 2009, from 12:00 pm to 7:00 pm at the Living Arts Centre, Mississauga, Ontario.
For the first time in Canada you will witness Muslim writers from various genres and media at one place!
Through this prioneering expo we will celebrate the art of writing, as well as the writers in the Muslim community in North America.
This is a rare chance to:
- meet your favourite authors
- put a face to the famous writers
- purchase new publications
- get your book signed
- get some one-on-one advice on writing and getting published!
NEW!
Inauguration
Ceremoney of the 1st MuslimFest Writers Expo!
Date: Saturday, August 1,
2009
Time: 12:00 pm-12:30 pm
Location: MuslimFest Writers Expo (BMO
Hall, 2nd Floor, Living Arts Centre)
Admission: FREE
Address by: Rukhsana
Khan, an award winning author and storyteller
with ten books published to date.
NEW!
Panel Discussion: "Meet
& Mingle with Muslim Journalists & Producers"
Whether you are exploring careers in media arts, or want
to discover what it takes to be a jounalist, or just have
interest in media activism, this is your chance to get one-on-one
advice from the Muslim professionals in the industry.
Date: Saturday, August 1, 2009
Time: 2:00 pm-3:00 pm
Location: MuslimFest Writers Expo (BMO Hall,
2nd Floor, Living Arts Centre)
Admission: FREE
Panelists (Journalists / Producers): Khadija
Mustafa-Ali (Khadija
Productions Inc.) Naheed Mustafa
(Independent Broadcaster/Writer), Noor
Javed (Toronto
Star), Jawad Jafry
(Freelance Producer), Nauman
Khan (OMNI News) Zebunnisa
Mirza (Media Freelancer), and more!
NEW!
Q & A Session: "Getting
Published: Homework & Tricks"
Whether you are an aspiring writer or just
eager to publish your book, this informal information session
is for you! Rukhsana Khan, an award winning
author and storyteller with ten books published to date,
along with other authors will give you an insiders` scoop
on what it takes to get published!
Date: Saturday, August 1,
2009
Time: 4:00 pm-5:00 pm
Location: MuslimFest Writers Expo (BMO
Hall, 2nd Floor, Living Arts Centre)
Admission: FREE
NEW!
Writing Workshops!
Check out 3
writing workshops @ MuslimFest:
- Creative Writing
- Song Writing
- Comedy Writing
22 Confirmed Participating
Writers:
Writers |
Publications
/ Titles |
Ashmead Ali |
Don't Give Up On Us - A Rwandan Experience |
Asna / Gauher Chaudhry |
"Hamza The Muslim
Boy" Series |
Ayub A. Hamid |
Islam: Does it Make Sense?
Finding a Soulmate
A Book Unlike Any Other & more... |
Bayan
Khatib |
Just Five Minutes:
Nine Years in the Prisons of Syria
Iraq: the Untold Tales |
Farheen Khan |
From Behind the Veil: A Hijabi's Journey to Happiness |
Farheen Khan |
Ibrahim Khan and the Mystery
of the Roaring Lion |
Habeeb Alli |
Canadian Fiqh
A Hard Look at Contemporary Islam |
Hamid Slimi |
TERRORISM: An Islamic Perspective
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Heba Alshareef |
Release Your Inner Queen of Sheba! |
Huda Khattab |
The Bent Rib
Muslim Woman's Handbook
Beyond the Kitchen (just released!)
& numerous translations |
Jamal Khan |
Personality Development (Character
and Confidence Building): Road to Success |
Jasmin
Zine |
Canadian Islamic
Schools: Unravelling the Politics of Faith, Gender,
Knowledge, and Identity |
Muneeb Nasir |
Editor of Iqra.ca |
Nabeel Akbar |
"Kids Will Be Kids"
Series |
Nadeem Haque |
From Facts to Values: Certainty,
Order, Balance, and their Universale Implications
Search for the Questions to the Answer of Life...and
more |
Nasiruddin Al-Khattab
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Translator of:
Patience and Gratitude
Ideal Muslim
Ideal Muslimah
and various Classical Texts of Hadith |
Robert Campbell
(Nova Scotia) |
Reading the Qur’an
in English: An Introductory Guide |
Rukhsana Khan |
Muslim Child
Ruler of the Courtyard
Silly Chicken
A New Life & more |
Saleem Bidroui |
Anatomy of Success |
Suzanne Muir |
Children's Fiction |
Timothy Gianotti |
Al-Ghazali’s Unspeakable
Doctrine of the Soul
In the Light of a Sacred Tree |
Wahida Chishti
Valiante |
Contributor to CIC Friday
Magazine, The Ambition & more |
More
Writers to be confirmed soon!
For more info or inquiries, contact
WritersExpo@MuslimFest.com
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