BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:34598@arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250708T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250708T190000 DTSTAMP:20250617T011814Z URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/offsite-aymann-ismail-becoming-baba -w-ramy-youssef/ SUMMARY:Offsite: Aymann Ismail: Becoming Baba w/ Ramy Youssef DESCRIPTION:BROOKLYN\, NY\n\n \;\n\nEvent guidelines:\n\n All attendee s are strongly encouraged to wear a face mask at all times.\n Additional copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event.\n A signi ng will follow the talk.\n Home address is collected for contact tracing purposes\; it will not be used otherwise.\n The event will also be livest reamed for free here: https://youtube.com/live/g9A8dCf5cso\n As a reminde r: If you are not feeling well\, please do not come to the event\, even if you have a ticket\; email us and we'll work it out.\n\nIf you have any qu estions regarding these guidelines or to request accessibility accommodati ons\, please contact eventhelp@booksaremagic.net.\n\nFrom Slate staff writ er Aymann Ismail comes an exquisite memoir about fatherhood\, religion\, a nd the search for identity in an ever-shifting world.\n\nThe son of Egypti an immigrants\, Aymann Ismail came of age in the shadow of 9/11\, tracking the barrage of predatory headlines pervading the media and influencing th e popular consciousness about Muslims. After a series of bomb threats were directed at his Islamic school in Teaneck\, New Jersey\, just a few miles from downtown Manhattan\, his parents—anxious that it was no longer saf e to be so explicitly Muslim—enrolled him in public school\, where he wa s the only Muslim his new friends had ever met. In the privacy of their ho me\, they turned to their faith for guidance on how to live\, adhering to traditional notions about gender roles\, and avoiding the putative America n dangers of alcohol\, sex\, and rebellion.\n\nAnd yet\, Aymann is undenia bly an American teenager\, negotiating his place in multiple worlds while chafing against the structures of his upbringing. He eventually embarks on a career in political journalism\, in part to establish his own version o f things. In time\, though\, he also gains a deeper understanding and appr eciation for his parents' values and sacrifices—his father’s grueling work ethic as a town car driver\, and his mother’s adeptness at managing their itinerant family.\n\nWhen Aymann meets and falls in love with Mira\ , a woman with her own ideas about the modern Muslim family\, his world sh ifts yet again. After Mira gets pregnant with their first child\, Aymann b egins to reckon with his past\, future\, and the beliefs that have shaped his life. What does it mean to be a Muslim man? More still\, what does it mean to be any man—and a father to a baby boy and girl? And how best to honor one’s cultural heritage while holding space for change and discove ry?\n\nIn lucid\, confident prose\, Aymann Ismail questions the sturdy fra meworks of religion and family\, the legacies of his childhood\, and what will become his children's ethical and intellectual inheritance. To reckon unflinchingly with these questions offers him a road map for his young Mu slim children on how to navigate the singular journey into adulthood.\n\nA ymann Ismail is an award-winning Slate magazine staff writer whose journal ism focuses on identity and religion. He is the creator of the Slate video series “Who’s Afraid of Aymann Ismail?\,” in which he offers an int imate portrayal of American Muslims. Ismail also hosts “Man Up”–a po dcast exploring men\, relationships\, family\, race\, and sex–which seek s to provide a blueprint for navigating discussions of masculinity. In add ition to Slate\, his work has been featured on CNN\, The New York Times\, NPR\, GQ\, The Atlantic\, Columbia Journalism Review\, and The Huffington Post. Ismail’s writing has been nominated for the National Magazine Awar d in reporting and he has won a Writers Guild Award. He lives in Newark\, New Jersey with his family.\n\nRamy Youssef is an award-winning Egyptian-A merican creator\, actor\, producer\, director\, and comedian whose vibrant voice and unique perspective in storytelling have led to him becoming one of the leading artists of his generation. He is best known for creating\, directing and starring in Hulu’s Peabody-winning RAMY\, which earned hi m a Golden Globe award and multiple Emmy nominations. His second HBO speci al\, RAMY YOUSSEF: MORE FEELINGS\, produced by A24 and his production comp any Cairo Cowboy\, earned nominations for 2025 Golden Globe\, Critics’ C hoice\, WGA and Peabody Awards. Youssef made his feature performance debut in Yorgos Lanthimos’ critically-acclaimed POOR THINGS opposite Emma Sto ne\, Mark Ruealo\, and Willem Dafoe. He will next star in the HBO Original Film MOUNTAINHEAD from Succession’s Jesse Armstrong\, alongside Steve C arell\, Jason Schwartzman and Cory Michael Smith. 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