Award-winning author Cathy Sultan knows the Middle East. An expert on the region’s history and politics, she lived on the front lines in Beirut during the Lebanese civil war. Over the past 20 years, she has led five American delegations to Israel/Palestine and Gaza, and for decades has lectured extensively about the region's complexities. Additionally, she has written both nonfiction and fiction based on her experiences in the Middle East, including her fourth work of fiction, the newly released “Omar’s Choice”—the riveting finale of her Syrian Quartet. This political thriller recounts the dramatic events currently occurring across the Middle East.

On Thursday. Sept. 26 at 6PM join Cathy at the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library for a reading and conversation on “Omar’s Choice” and receive her insights on finding peace in a time of war, both on the page and beyond

Books will be available for purchase.

CATHY SULTAN is an award-winning author of three nonfiction books: “A Beirut Heart: One Woman’s War;” “Israeli and Palestinian Voices: A Dialogue with Both Sides” and “Tragedy in South Lebanon.”  “The Syrian,” a political thriller, was her first work of fiction, followed by “Damascus Street,” and “An Ambassador to Syria.” “Omar’s Choice” is the fourth of a quartet on the Syrian conflict.  Sultan is also a peace activist who served on the Board of Directors of Interfaith Peace Builders (now Eyewitness Palestine) She took her first trip to Israel-Palestine in March 2002 and subsequently co-led five delegations to Israel/Palestine, including a trip to Gaza in 2012. Sultan won USA’s Best Book of the Year Award in 2006 for her memoir A Beirut Heart; USA’s Best Book of the Year Award in 2006 in the category of History/Politics for Israeli and Palestinian Voices. Tragedy in South Lebanon was nominated for Best Book of the Year in the Category of Political Science in 2008; Damascus Street was a finalist for both the Eric Hoffer Award and the Montaigne Medal Award and An Ambassador to Syria won the Independent Press Award for Historical Fiction in 2022.