MEDIA CONTACT: Carol Lewis
561-297-0245, clewis36@fau.edu

 FAU Libraries Host Concert to Celebrate Iraqi Book Exhibition

Performance will Benefit Educational Programs at the Jaffe Center

WHAT:           Florida Atlantic University Libraries’ Arthur & Mata Jaffe Center
                        for Book Arts is hosting Harmonic Motion Middle Eastern Music
                        Ensemble for a concert to celebrate “Dafatir: Contemporary Iraqi Book
                        Art,” its current exhibition.

WHEN:          Thursday, October 23, at 7 p.m.

WHERE:         Florida Atlantic University
                         S.E. Wimberly Library
                         Arthur and Mata Jaffe Center for Book Arts
                         777 Glades Road
                         Boca Raton, FL 33431

COST:             Minimum donation per ticket is $25. Donors who give at least
                          $50 per ticket receive a 96-page color catalog of the Dafatir
                         exhibition.

CONTACT:    For tickets or for more information, contact John Cutrone,
                        Arthur and Mata Jaffe Center for Book Arts programs coordinator,
                        at 561-297- 0455 or jcutrone@fau.edu. For more information on the
                        Jaffe Center, visit www.jaffecollection.org.

Harmonic Motion Middle Eastern Music Ensemble’s “Dafatir: Contemporary Iraqi Book Art,” focuses on folkloric and ethnic idioms and cross-cultural projects. It headlined the center’s “Listening to Mutanabbi Street” concert and reading in July. Dafatir, an Arabic word meaning notebook, highlights the flourishing book arts in Iraq and celebrates the persistence of the artistic impulse in a nation troubled by tyranny and war. Proceeds will benefit the education fund of the nonprofit Arthur and Mata Jaffe Center for Book Arts.

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