Dear colleagues, If you are able, please find yourselves invited for our author event. Anan Ameri is author of "The Scent of Jasmine: coming of age in Jerusalem and Damascus" one of the 374 books declared the best for 2017 by National Public Radio. In 2016, Dr. Ameri was inducted in the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame for her part in founding Dearborn's Arab American National Museum, that was established in the wake of September 11 attack on US. Neda Ulaby, NPR's art correspondent wrote about "The scent of Jasmine", the following; "A vibrant collection of vignettes evokes the author's childhood in Damascus, Syria, and Jerusalem and her coming-of-age in Amman, Jordan, and Cairo in the 1950s and '60s. Each chapter is linked by the era's heady political atmosphere, which Ameri's family fully participated in, and the aroma of jasmine, which grew in abundance in the courtyard of her grandfather's elegant Damascus home. [cid:image001.jpg@01D38887.4893BAC0] Thank you and hope to see you on January 18. Emma Emanuela DeCenso B.S., M.L.I.S. Reference and Instruction Librarian Liaison to the College of Arts and Humanities Liaison to the College of Education Madonna University Library 36600 Schoolcraft Rd. Livonia, MI 48150 734-432-5679<tel:734-432-5679> edecenso@madonna.edu<mailto:edecenso@madonna.edu> Current hours: Mon-Wed-Thur 8:00 am - 4:30pm Tues-1:30-10pm "The lasting pleasures of contact with the natural world are not reserved for scientists but are available to anyone who puts himself under the influence of earth, sea and sky, and their amazing life." -Rachel Carson P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail IMPORTANT NOTICE TO EMAIL RECIPIENTS: This email communication may contain confidential information intended only for the addressees. Please do not read, copy, or disseminate this communication unless you are the intended addressee. If you have received this message in error, treat it as confidential and please notify the sender by reply email, destroy the original message, all content and copies.