For Immediate Release
January 17, 2013 IPFW’s Helmke Library receives Muslim Journeys Bookshelf collectionCollection sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library AssociationFree public events to followView Helmke Library information
FORT WAYNE, Ind.—The Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) Walter E. Helmke 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 (NEH) and the American Library Association (ALA).
The books and films comprising the Bookshelf were selected with the advice of librarians, cultural programming experts and 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.
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. Local support is provided by IPFW and the Allen County Public Library.
Free public events related to the collection will be announced as they are scheduled. For more information on the collection, contact Susan Anderson, Helmke Library head of public services, at 260-481-5404 or anderssm@ipfw.edu.
The Muslim Journeys Bookshelf includes the following books and films:
American Stories:
Connected Histories:
The House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance by Jim Al-KhaliliIn an Antique Land by Amitav GhoshWhen Asia Was the World: Traveling Merchants, Scholars, Warriors, and Monks Who Created the “Riches of the East” by Stewart GordonLeo Africanus by Amin Maalouf, translated by Peter SluglettThe Ornament of the World by Maria Rosa MenocalLiterary Reflections
Minaret by Leila AboulelaThe Arabian Nights (anonymous), edited by Muhsin Mahdi, translated by Husain HaddawyThe Conference of the Birds by Farid al-Din Attar, translated by Dick Davis and Afkham DarbandiDreams of Trespass by Fatima MernissiSnow by Orhan Pamuk, translated by Maureen FreelyPathways of Faith
Muhammad: A Very Short Introduction by Jonathan A. C. BrownThe Story of the Qur’an: Its History and Place in Muslim Life by Ingrid MattsonThe Children of Abraham: Judaism, Christianity, Islam by F. E. PetersThe Art of Hajj by Venetia PorterRumi: Poet and Mystic, edited and translated by Reynold A. NicholsonPoints of View
In the Country of Men by Hisham MatarDreams of Trespass by Fatima MernissiPersepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane SatrapiHouse of Stone by Anthony ShadidBroken Verses by Kamila ShamsieArt, Architecture, and Film
The Art of Hajj by Venetia PorterIslamic Arts by Jonathan Bloom and Sheila BlairIslamic Art Spots (short films designed, written, and presented by D. Fairchild Ruggles, and produced by Twin Cities Public Television)Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World (2011)Prince Among Slaves (2007)Koran by Heart (2011)####
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