Once in a Generation

Tea and Talk about The Muslim Next Door  (A Silicon Valley Reads Book Selection)

Location: History Club of Los Gatos, 123 Los Gatos Blvd., Los Gatos, 95030

Hear author, Sumbul Ali-Karamali, interviewed by Dale Bryant, Executive Editor of Silicon Valley Community Newspapers.   Q&A and a chance to discuss the book while enjoying light refreshments sponsored by Friends of the Los Gatos Library. To RSVP, email your name, phone and number attending to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call 408-399-5700. (RSVP for this event only).

In her new book, The Muslim Next Door: the Qur'an, the Media, and that Veil Thing, author Sumbul Ali-Karamali, a Stanford - educated mom and corporate lawyer with degrees in Islamic law and English, invites you inside for a candid, witty, and surprisingly down-to-earth conversation about Muslim life in America.

Warm, funny, and yet scholarly, The Muslim Next Door: the Qur'an, the Media, and that Veil Thing reliably answers questions about Islam from an American Muslim woman's point of view, discussing subjects from the basic (is Allah different from God?) to the complex (does jihad not mean holy war?) to the borderline ridiculous ("what do you mean you can't go to the prom because of your religion?!").

Sumbul Ali-Karamali grew up in Southern California in an ethnically South Asian family. She earned her undergraduate degree in English, with Distinction, from Stanford University. After working as an editor in a publishing company, she attended law school and graduated with her J.D. from the University of California at Davis. She practiced corporate law in San Francisco for several years.

Sumbul is currently spending her time on speaking engagements, radio and television interviews, writing, raising her two children, and volunteering her time to various causes. She serves on the board of trustees of a nonprofit educational institution that teaches multicultural education and environmental education to children and youth. She also serves on the steering committee of Women in Islamic Spirituality and Equality (WISE), an initiative dedicated to mobilizing a movement for social justice. For enjoyment, Sumbul plays her violin, teaches the occasional Indian cooking class, and watches Star Trek reruns with her family.

RSVP is required.

10-11:30 a.m. at History Club of Los Gatos, 123 Los Gatos Blvd., Los Gatos,95030

Yes, books will be available for sale and author will sign books.