Event | Lectures and Symposia "Behind My Doors: The Story of the World's Oldest Library" by Hena Khan
Date and Location
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When: Saturday, August 24, 2024
01:30 pm - 02:00 pm EDT
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Where: Walter E. Washington Convention Center - Hall DE (Level 2, North Building)
801 Allen Y. Lew Place NW, Washington, DC 20001
Part of National Book Festival; 2024 National Book Festival
Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202) 707-6362 or ADA@loc.gov.
Fun fact: the oldest operating library, the al-Qarawiyyin Library, was founded in 859 by a Muslim woman! This picture book is told from the perspective of this library, read to you by author Hena Khan. Her National Book Festival-featured title this year is the graphic novel “We Are Big Time.”