Hiba Krisht be doing a comparative talk, about growing up in Hezbollah culture and the parallels between that and the state of political and conservative Christianity in the US. She be discussing Reem Riyashi (Palestinian suicide bomber with Hamas who died in 2011.)



Hiba Krisht is a writer and professional translator from Beirut. Her literary work appears in The Kenyon Review, Blackbird,Hayden's Ferry Review, and Mizna, and among other journals. She is a recipient of the 2012 Jane Foulkes Malone Fellowship from Indiana University and the 2013 JoAnn Athanas Memorial Award in literature from the National Society of Arts and Letters. She runs the Ex-Hijabi Photo Journal and is working on a memoir expansion of her retired Freethought Blog, A Veil and a Dark Place, in book form. She has been interviewed about her life and work for VICE, BBC radio, and Grazia, among others.



Tammy Simendinger, the Regional Volunteer Director from The American Red Cross will also be presenting at the beginning of our meeting. Information about the volunteer opportunity can be found below:



http://www.meetup.com/Tri-State-Freethinkers/events/223101236/



This is our monthly meeting. Please note we are now meeting at Newport on the Levee and also at a new time 7:00pm.



People often meet at the Levy before the meeting. Check the comment section.



We are having an after party at Gameworks on the Levee next to our meeting room immediately after.



http://www.meetup.com/Tri-State-Freethinkers/events/223590932/