About this Event
Tharik Hussain will discuss his books Minarets in the Mountains, Muslim Europe: In Search of a Fourteen Hundred Year History and Muslim Britain and Ireland, exploring the often-overlooked history of Muslims in Europe. Challenging the misconception that Muslims are outsiders to the West, he will examine Islam’s long and rich presence across Europe.
Schedule:
6.15pm: Doors open
6.30pm: Presentation & talk by Tharik Hussain
7.10pm: Q&A with audience
7.30pm: Book selling & signing
7.45pm: Doors close
Tharik Hussain is an award-winning author, historian and public interpreter of Europe's interconnected histories. Through an interdisciplinary practice that combines historical research, travel writing, heritage interpretation and public engagement, his work reveals the overlooked cultural exchanges, movements and encounters that have shaped societies across Europe and beyond.
This event is part of Newham's Islamophobia Awareness Month programme.
Event venue & nearby stays
East Ham Library, 328 Barking Road, London, United Kingdom
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