As both a Rumpus regular and as an employee of Red Hill Books, I’m pleased to announce that on Wednesday, October 7th at 7 p.m. at Red Hill fellow Rumpus contributor, Award-winning author, storyteller and Bernal resident Tamim Ansary will be reading from and discussing his newest book, Destiny Disrupted: A History Of The World Through Islamic Eyes.

I shall be working that evening and there will be wine, snacks, erudite conversation, good friends and copies of Destiny Disrupted for sale.

In the meantime, there is lots from and about Tamim Ansary right here at The Rumpus: Afghan Star: A Conversation With Tamim Ansary, Iran’s Regime: Marching Towards A Cliff, The Rumpus Long Interview with Tamim Ansary, as well as Dave Eggers’ The Last Book I Loved: Destiny Disrupted.

Please stop by on Wednesday! It will be a great night.

(Directions to Red Hill)

Pop Idol has been widely imitated throughout the world [American Idol here in the states] , but Afghanistan is possibly the only place where the mere existence of a televised, Western-style talent show amounts to a political statement. …more

I’m in the middle of Tamim Ansary’s Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World through Islamic Eyes, and it’s incredibly illuminating. Ansary pretty much covers the entire history of Islam in an incredibly readable and lucid way. I’ve been recommending this book to everyone I know. Especially when people are looking for a comprehensive-but-approachable way to look at world history through the lens of Islam, there’s no better book.

(Check out The Rumpus Long Interview with Tamim Ansary)

A special comment by Tamim Ansary, author of Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes

The Khomeinist regime in Iran is in terminal trouble; but that doesn’t mean Iran is about to repudiate Islam and become a secular democracy. In order to see where Iran is going, it’s important to see where it’s been. …more

Tamim Ansary is the author of West of Kabul, East of New York and the forthcoming book Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes. He is also the facilitator of the the oldest continuous free writers’ workshop in the country. …more

Tamim Ansary is the author of West of Kabul, East of New York and the forthcoming book Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes. He is also the facilitator of the San Francisco Writers Workshop, the oldest continuous free writers’ workshop in the country. …more