Join ALIM’s online monthly book club hosted by Ust. Ubaydullah Evans! We cover topics like mental health, spirituality, social justice, and more. On the evening of the last Wednesday of the month, we meet for a virtual discussion to discuss the reading.
September book choice
Born to a wealthy family in West Africa around 1770, Omar Ibn Said was abducted and sold into slavery in the United States, where he came to the attention of a prominent North Carolina family after filling “the walls of his room with piteous petitions to be released, all written in the Arabic language,” as one local newspaper reported. Ibn Said soon became a local celebrity, and in 1831 he was asked to write his life story, producing the only known surviving American slave narrative written in Arabic. Scholar and translator Ala Alryyes offers both a definitive translation and an authoritative edition, lending new insights into the early history of Islam in America and exploring the multiple, shifting interpretations of Ibn Said’s narrative.
We’ll discuss the book at our monthly virtual meeting hosted by Ustadh Ubaydullah Evans on Wednesday, Sept. 27th at 8pm/EST.
We’ll discuss the book at our monthly virtual meeting hosted by Ustadh Ubaydullah Evans on Wednesday, Sept. 27th at 8pm/EST.