Book Launch: A Seat at the Table with Andy Shallal

Roshan Institute for Persian Studies invites you to a book launch of A Seat at the Table, the story of the founding of Busboys and Poets, a Washington, D.C.–based restaurant that has become a celebrated hub for political activism. Named in honor of Langston Hughes, who worked as a busboy while writing poetry, the restaurant is the creation of Andy Shallal, an Iraqi American restaurateur, artist and activist.