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Learn About Muslim Culture, Life, Faith at the Dearborn Library

The Muslim Journeys Bookshelf is a grant through the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association.

The Dearborn Public Library is one of 840 libraries and state humanities councils across the country selected to receive the Bridging Cultures Bookshelf: Muslim Journeys from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association.

The program aims to familiarize public audiences in the United States with the people, places, history, faith and cultures of Muslims in the United States and around the world.

“The Dearborn Public Library is very pleased to have been awarded the Muslim Journeys Bookshelf,” said Library Director Maryanne Bartles. “We truly believe these materials will allow our library users to become more familiar themselves with Islam and the cultural heritage of Islamic civilizations around the world.”

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The Muslim Journeys Bookshelf includes 25 books and four films centered around the themes: American Stories; Connected Histories; Literary Reflections; Pathways of Faith; Points of View; and Art, Architecture and Film. 

These books and films were selected with the advice of librarians and cultural programming experts, as well as distinguished scholars in the fields of anthropology, world history, religious studies, interfaith dialogue, the history of art and architecture, world literature, Middle East studies, Southeast Asian studies, African studies, and Islamic studies.

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All of the materials in the Muslim Journeys Bookshelf collection are available for checkout by Dearborn library cardholders.

The main collection is on display at the Henry Ford Centennial Library, 16301 Michigan Ave. Additional copies are available at the Esper Branch, 12929 West Warren Ave., and the Bryant Branch, 22100 Michigan Ave.

The Bridging Cultures Bookshelf: Muslim Journeys is a project of the National Endowment for the Humanities, conducted in cooperation with the American Library Association. Major support for the Muslim Journeys Bookshelf was provided by a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York. Additional support for the arts and media components was provided by the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art.

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