# Event Details - **Event Name**: In-Store: Indie Bookstore Day Social Justice Storytime w/ Mona Damluji - **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 25 Apr, 2026 at 12:00 pm – Sat, 25 Apr, 2026 at 12:45 pm (-04:00) - **Event Description**: Celebrate Indie Bookstore Day with a storytime all about social justice and community-led activism with acclaimed author Mona Damluji!About this EventEvent guidelines:RSVP is highly encouraged but not required.Additional copies of the author's books will be available for purchase in-store.The reading will be followed by a book signing.As a reminder: 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.If you have any questions regarding these guidelines or to request accessibility accommodations, please contact eventhelp@booksaremagic.net.Indie Bookstore Day is here! Join Books Are Magic for a special social justice themed storytime, centered on uplifting our community and treating everyone with respect and empathy. This storytime is led by acclaimed author Mona Damluji, author of Together and I Want You to Know.Mona Damluji is an author and a mother who wears many hats! She loves to write books for children (and the adults who read with them) to inspire conversations about collective action and lived experiences of war and migration. Her poetry has been turned into two powerful picture books: (2021), illustrated by Innosanto Nagara—which Ibram X. Kendi said "offers a vision of the world we want for our children"—and (2025), illustrated by Ishtar Backlund Dakhil—which Safia Elhillo recognizes "found a way to explain war and diaspora to young readers with simultaneous clarity and gentleness, and enduring hope."Mona works as a professor of film and media studies in California, writing and teaching about Arab cinema, oil culture, and creative-critical praxis. Outside of the classroom, Mona was part of the amazing team that produced the Peabody & Emmy nominated web series . She is also passionate about curating film and art exhibitions—like the traveling exhibition —as well as weekly poetry readings to lift up struggles for justice, liberation and Free Palestine. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/brooklyn/in-store-indie-bookstore-day-social-justice-storytime-w-mona-damluji/100001985405886452 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, exhibitions, entertainment - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Brooklyn - **state**: NY - **country**: United States - **location**: Books Are Magic Smith - **lat**: 40.68399549999999 - **long**: -73.99207059999999 - **full address**: Books Are Magic Smith, 225 Smith Street, Brooklyn, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: In-Store: Indie Bookstore Day Social Justice Storytime w/ Mona Damluji - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/fb3dad92999d3aa8b18548a8adf02ec3897d219b7e765dd86ea649d7470a2efe-rimg-w1200-h600-dca82d2f-gmir.jpg?v=1773864762 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is In-Store: Indie Bookstore Day Social Justice Storytime w/ Mona Damluji being held? - **A:** In-Store: Indie Bookstore Day Social Justice Storytime w/ Mona Damluji takes place on Sat, 25 Apr, 2026 at 12:00 pm to Sat, 25 Apr, 2026 at 12:45 pm at Books Are Magic Smith, 225 Smith Street, Brooklyn, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing In-Store: Indie Bookstore Day Social Justice Storytime w/ Mona Damluji? - **A:** In-Store: Indie Bookstore Day Social Justice Storytime w/ Mona Damluji is organized by Books Are Magic. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "In-Store: Indie Bookstore Day Social Justice Storytime w/ Mona Damluji", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/fb3dad92999d3aa8b18548a8adf02ec3897d219b7e765dd86ea649d7470a2efe-rimg-w1200-h600-dca82d2f-gmir.jpg?v=1773864762", "startDate": "2026-04-25T12:00:00-04:00", "endDate": "2026-04-25T12:45:00-04:00", "url": "https://allevents.in/brooklyn/in-store-indie-bookstore-day-social-justice-storytime-w-mona-damluji/100001985405886452", "eventStatus": "https://schema.org/EventScheduled", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Books Are Magic Smith", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "225 Smith Street", "postalCode": "11231", "addressLocality": "Brooklyn", "addressRegion": "NY", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "40.68399549999999", "longitude": "-73.99207059999999" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Celebrate Indie Bookstore Day with a storytime all about social justice and community-led activism with acclaimed author Mona Damluji!", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-03-18", "availabilityEnds": "2026-04-25T12:45:00-04:00", "validFrom": "2026-03-18", "lowPrice": "0.00", "highPrice": "0.00", "price": "0.00", "url": "https://allevents.in/brooklyn/in-store-indie-bookstore-day-social-justice-storytime-w-mona-damluji/100001985405886452" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-03-18", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-03-18", "url": "https://allevents.in/brooklyn/in-store-indie-bookstore-day-social-justice-storytime-w-mona-damluji/100001985405886452", "price": 0, "name": "Free RSVP" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Books Are Magic", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/books-are-magic/22525923", "description": "Books Are Magic opened on May 1, 2017, in Cobble Hill. 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