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In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, April 03, 2006
Nadia Yassine Visiting the US for a Book Tour
(New Britain, PA, 4/3/06) - Madame Nadia Yassine
[www.nadiayassine.net]
visits the USA from April 3 to April 22 to present
her new book Full Sails Ahead recently published
by Justice and Spirituality Publishing [www.jspublishing.net].
The book tour is planned in collaboration with
the following universities:
- Dartmouth College; the John Sloan Dickey Center
for International Understanding; April 6th
- Harvard University; the Islamic Legal Studies
Program at Harvard Law School and the Moroccan
Program at the Center for Middle East Studies;
April 14th
- Fordham University; Middle East Studies Program;
April 18th
- Georgetown University; Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal
Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding; April
20th
Nadia Yassine is a prominent figure of Islamic
renascence not only in her native Morocco, but
internationally as well. She has explained the
views of the movement Jam?'at al-'Adl wa'l-Ihs?n
(Justice and Spirituality Association) regarding
Moroccan issues and matters of concern to the
Muslim world.
Lecturer and author of numerous articles, she
has given interviews that appeared in such newspapers
as Le Monde, El Pais, Al Sharq Al Awsat, Der Spiegel,
Le Journal Hebdomadaire, The Times (London), US
News, and World Report. She has also given interviews
to radio and television stations internationally,
including ARTE, France 3, France 5, BBC, Al-Jazeera,
Radio Orient, and Radio Canada.
Justice and Spirituality Publishing is a not-for-profit
corporation which aims at publishing Islamic books,
organizing conferences, promoting dialogue, and
building bridges with non-Muslims. Madame Nadia
Yassine's reputation as an expert in building
Islam-West links can help serve this aim. In her
new book she invites Westerners to set out on
a voyage aboard a fictional boat towards Islam
as originally revealed.
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CONTACT: Justice and Spirituality
Publishing President, Dr. Imad Benjelloun
Ph.: 319 621-0093, E-mail: jsp@jspublishing.net
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