READINGS AND TALKS | Women Hold Up Half the Sky: Related Programs
Craig Thompson—Habibi
Thursday, May 10, 8:00 p.m. (Arrive early and view the exhibition Women Hold Up Half the Sky)
ADMISSION
- FREE; advance reservations recommended
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Award-winning graphic novelist Craig Thompson comes to the Skirball to discuss his latest and highly praised graphic novel Habibi in a slide-illustrated talk.
Sprawling across an epic landscape of desert harems and modern industrial clutter, Habibi tells the tale of Dodola and Zam, refugee child slaves bound to each other by chance, circumstance, and love. We follow them as their lives unfold together and apart and as they struggle to make a place for themselves in a world fueled by fear and greed.
At once contemporary and timeless, Habibi gives us a love story of astounding resonance. It is simultaneously a parable about our relationship to the natural world, the cultural divide between first and third worlds, the common heritage of Christianity and Islam, and the magic of storytelling.
A Q&A and book signing will follow the program.
"Habibi is a remarkable feat and a reminder that all 'people of the book' despite the division of their individual traditions, share a mosaic of stories."—Zadie Smith, Harper's Magazine
Arrive early and view the exhibition—Women Hold Up Half the Sky will remain open until 8:00 p.m. Program ticketholders gain free gallery admission!
ADVANCE TICKETS: AVAILABLE ON SITE AT THE SKIRBALL, ONLINE USING THE "BUY TICKETS ONLINE" BUTTON ABOVE, OR BY PHONE AT (877) 722-4849, EXCEPT WHERE NOTED.
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