Overview

For 2010's Between the Lines, we stretched ourselves in several important directions. Geographically, participants represented a total of eight countries, coming from as far west as Algeria and as far east as Oman. Culturally, students shared their worlds with Americans through an international literature salon, a Saturday translation seminar, and a session simply called "Arabic 101." Participants also were treated to an authentic country barn dance, a meeting with members of one of the country's oldest Midwestern Muslim communities, and, due largely to the unexpected success of 2008, a two-day visit to Chicago.

2010 Anthology

Between the Lines Anthology  July 24, 2010

Shared Experiences

Instructor Tarek Eltayeb leads a class at Bread Garden in Iowa City. The students sit at tables listening.
Between the Lines participants sit at a table while getting an Arabic lesson.
Hugh Ferrer leads a discussion before a room of students sitting in desks.
BTL guest lecturer and Arab-American author Randa Jarrar reads from her work while sitting at a desk before an audience.
Between the Lines participants do a reading at the Iowa City Book Festival.
A photo of the Islamic Center of Cedar Rapids.
Between the Lines participant do an old-fashioned barn dance at a wedding reception in Walcott, Iowa.
Two Between the Lines participants perform at a talent show. One speaks into a microphone and the other plays a guitar.
The Between the Lines class of 2010.