# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Ottawa Book Launch of Taslīm: We Are the Prophets by Dr. Carolyn Ramzy
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 26 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Thu, 26 Mar, 2026 at 09:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Join us for the Ottawa Book Launch of Taslīm: We Are the Prophets, Poems on a Coptic Girlhood by Dr. Carolyn Ramzy.About this EventWe invite you to a special evening celebrating the launch of Taslīm: We Are the Prophets, a powerful new collection of poetry and prose by Dr. Carolyn Ramzy. Connect with Copts, Middle Eastern Christians, Arabs, Arabic speakers, and supporters of progressive Coptic voices in Ottawa.Event Schedule7:00–7:30 PM: Doors open and socializing7:30–8:30 PM: Roundtable discussion with the author8:30–9:00 PM: Socializing and book signingRoundtableDr. Carolyn Ramzy, author of Taslīm: We Are the Prophets, Associate Professor at Carleton UniversityDr. Fady Shanouda, Assistant Professor at Carleton UniversityDr. Manjeet Birk, Associate Professor at Carleton UniversityCopies of the book will be available for sale by Octopus BooksAbout the BookTaslīm: We Are the Prophets explores the burden of taslīm—the oral transmission of heritage—on Coptic Orthodox women. Through poetry and prose, Dr. Ramzy highlights how Coptic women navigate tradition and diaspora, confronting deferred joy, compulsory motherhood, and gendered sacrifice. This feminist manifesto encourages women to live and desire out loud.“Carolyn Ramzy’s Taslīm: We Are the Prophets refuses silence. Like Lorde, she lives as an act of resistance. Her work is both autoethnographic refusal and a blueprint for cultural transformation. More than personal testimony; it is an invitation.”—Aly TadrosEvent DetailsAdmission: Free, but registration is encouraged.Spread the word and bring a friend!We look forward to seeing you there!Supported byCarleton Centre for the Study of Islam (CCSI)Feminist Institute of Social Transformation (FIST)Joint Chair in Women’s Studies (JCWS)Department of Sociology and Anthropology (SOAN)Progressive CoptsDinner featuring Egyptian cuisine will be provided.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ottawa/ottawa-book-launch-of-taslīm-we-are-the-prophets-by-dr-carolyn-ramzy/100001982525890306
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, nonprofit, food-drinks
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Ottawa
- **state**: ON
- **country**: Canada
- **location**: Bread By Us
- **lat**: 45.3991846
- **long**: -75.7358082
- **full address**: Bread By Us, 128 Smirle Avenue, Ottawa, Canada

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Ottawa Book Launch of Taslīm: We Are the Prophets by Dr. Carolyn Ramzy being held?
  - **A:** Ottawa Book Launch of Taslīm: We Are the Prophets by Dr. Carolyn Ramzy takes place on Thu, 26 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Thu, 26 Mar, 2026 at 09:00 pm at Bread By Us, 128 Smirle Avenue, Ottawa, Canada.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Ottawa Book Launch of Taslīm: We Are the Prophets by Dr. Carolyn Ramzy?
  - **A:** Ottawa Book Launch of Taslīm: We Are the Prophets by Dr. Carolyn Ramzy is organized by Carolyn Ramzi.

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