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Michael Muhammad Knight: Osama Van Halen
Thu., July 2, 7 p.m. 2009; Free
212-777-6028
Talks & Readings
This is one of those times where we just quote the synopsis: "Amazing Ayyub, an Iranian Shi’ite skinhead, and Rabeya, a burqa-wearing punk, have kidnapped Matt Damon and are holding him hostage. They demand that Hollywood depict Muslims in a positive light—“just one movie where we’re not these two-dimensional al Qaeda stereotypes.” But Damon's convinced they're playing into that same terrorist paradigm, thereby furthering the neoconservative perception of Islam.... Along the way, there are punk-eating zombies in a mosque, psychobilly jinns, and a Muslim punk band called Shah 79. Things turn existential when Ayyub finds himself face-to-face with his creator — no, not Allah, but the author. Knight is written into his own novel and finds himself at the mercy of his creation." Et cetera.
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Bluestockings Bookstore
- 172 Allen St., between Stanton and Rivington Sts (map)
- Lower East Side
- 212-777-6028
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