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Ethnomusicologist Sean Williams discusses the musical diversity of Islam in her presentation, Islam and Music in the Islamic World, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., Wednesday, November 10 at the Olympia Timberland Library, 313 8th Avenue SE. The presentation is free of charge, sponsored by the Friends of the Olympia Timberland Library.

Williams explains the basic relationship between Islam and music, focusing on cultural rules regarding the arts, and plays examples of Islamic music from Spain, Egypt, Afghanistan, India, Indonesia and other areas.

As a professor of music, Asian studies and Celtic studies at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Williams focuses on music-related issues of language, gender, politics, and expressive culture. She has lived and worked in Indonesia, Japan, Ireland, Germany and the Middle East.

For more information, call the Olympia Timberland Library at 352-0595.

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Revised 11/02/04