Book Launch at BAM: Dave Eggers in conversation with Mokhtar Alkhanshali
Brooklyn BookBeat
As part of the “Unbound: A Book Launch Series with BAM and Greenlight Bookstore,” author Dave Eggers will be in conversation with the remarkable man who inspired his latest book, “The Monk of Mokha,” at his book launch event at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) on Feb. 11.
“The Monk of Mokha” is inspired by a San Francisco Bay Area-raised Yemeni-American man named Mokhtar Alkhanshali. Alkhanshali is a historian, community organizer and coffee innovator who envisions a world where industry empowers rather than exploits, uplifts rather than represses. Following his studies, he worked with the American Civil Liberties Union and Asian Law Caucus, and has worked to resurrect the ancient art of Yemeni coffee.