Jean's Upcoming Appearances

Jean Feraca will be offering a premium two-day workshop on Writing a Literary Memoir at Woodland Pattern Book Center in Milwaukee on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 28-29. For more information, call 414-263-5001, www.woodlandpattern.org. Deadline for sign-up is Friday, Aug. 20.

Jean will appear at the I Hear Voices: A Journey of Faith, Family and Freedom, a day retreat at Holy Wisdom Monastery on Saturday, October 30, 2010 at 9:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. To register or for more information, contact Jerrianne at (608) 836-1631, ext. 158 or jbland@benedictinewomen.org.

Inside Islam Series

A winner of the 2009 Brass Crescent Awards, Inside Islam: Dialogues and Debates is a new-media initiative that seeks to challenge misconceptions and stereotypical perceptions about Islam and Muslims worldwide through a collaboration between UW-Madison’s nine area and international studies centers, Wisconsin Public Radio, and the public.

The latest program in the series is the Mullah Nasruddin: Islam's Holy Fool aired on Aug 18. In his interfaith congregation in Seattle, Jamal Rahman, a Muslim Sufi minister and one of the Interfaith Amigos, usually opens his sermon by quoting his favorite Sufi visionary teacher: Mullah Nasurddin: "I am getting sick and tired of this lousy cheese sandwich," complained Mullah repeatedly. "Mullah, tell your wife to make something different," his co-workers advised. "But I am not married," Mullah replied. "I am the one who is making these sandwiches."

Listen to the latest show: Mullah Nasruddin: Islam's Holy Fool

To listen to other shows in the Inside Islam series or get automatic status update via RSS, please click on the new "Islam Series" links on the menu bar.

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