Upcoming events:
Welcome Encounters: Mennonites & Muslims in Central Asia Event
Mar 8, 2023 8 pm ET, 7 PM CT, 5 PM PT
Join TourMagination tour leader John Sharp in discussion with New York Times best-selling author Sofia Samatar about the historic trek of Mennonites from Russia to Central Asia in the 1880s. On this epic journey, Mennonites enjoyed a surprising welcome from their Muslim hosts in what is now Uzbekistan. Sofia is the author of The White Mosque, a memoir about her travels on the Silk Road Odyssey: The Trek to Central Asia Tour. Sofia joined the tour to explore her family history and “her complex upbringing” as a Mennonite of colour in America born to a Swiss-Mennonite and a Somali-Muslim. During the event, Sofia will also read from her book and take questions from the audience.