Tweet Mirrored Mosaics: Artists’ Reflections on Being Muslim in Minnesota, work of artists with a connection to the Muslim community in Minnesota. The exhibit features more than 80 works from more than 20 artists. FREE Exhibit Opening: Sunday, February 10, 5:30-7:00 p.m. The exhibit will be on display February 3 – March 29. Category Gallery:
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HOW TO HAVE FUN IN A CIVIL WAR, MY CONVERSATION WITH SOMALI PLAYWRIGHT IFRAH MANSOUR
Tweet With How to Have Fun in a Civil War, Mansour revisits her childhood memories during the 1991 Somali civil war to confront violent history with humor, and provide a voice for the stories of children. This one-act multimedia play reading explores war from the idyllic viewpoint of a seven-year-old Somali girl. The play layers multiple narratives taken from community interviews to tell a captivating story about resilience while pushing audiences to engage in a healing process that is still raw for survivors of the war.” Children Theatre Gallery:
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Dogs don’t chase Village Fools …!!
Tweet My Old House in the village as stands NOW In our village, dogs chased kids and kids chased Rafut: The village fool , as he was known to everyone, a middle age well built man, a stranger, and outsider, he wasn’t one of the locals, no family, no address and no last name. You never seen him in the fields or at the barber shop, Only showed up in weddings and funerals, for free handout of food, in the street, kids paraded him with insults…