hey folks,

I am swinging east for my sister's wedding, and will be making a stop in NYC on April 8th to participate in a reading for Bidoun Magazine. If you're free that night, it would be great to see you!

best,

e/g

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Tuesday, April 8, 7pm
Bidoun Night @ The Kitchen, 512 West 19th St between 10th and 11th Avenues

_Bidoun: Arts and Culture from the Middle East_ presents an evening celebrating a triplet of telling objects, culled from the pages of its spring-and-summer issue.

Writer, film critic, and web theorist Gary Dauphin on the Cleaver Sleeve -- a revolutionary trouser design (circa 1975) by the soon-to-be-ex–Black Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver.

Bidoun Editor in Chief Lisa Farjam on the secret of her beating heart.

Writer Anand Balakrishnan on castrated pop singers, American imperialism, Arab mustaches, and the mystery of Naguib Mahfouz's white linen suit.

All this, plus --
Magic tricks!
Slide shows!
A harrowing journey to the Cairo Agricultural Museum!
A video by Ziad Antar!
And music by DJ/rupture!