The Map is Not the Territory: Parallel Paths-Palestinians, Native Americans, Irish

JENNIFER HEATH is an award-winning author, editor, curator, cultural journalist and activist. Among her twelve books - many translated internationally -- are SuperColón: Admiral of the Ocean Sea (illustrated by Kristine Smock); On the Edge of Dream: The Women of Celtic Myth and Legend (Penguin, 1998), The Scimitar and the Veil: Extraordinary Women of Islam (Paulist Press, 2004), The Veil: Women Writers on its History, Lore, and Politics (University of California Press, 2008), Land of the Unconquerable: The Contemporary Lives of Afghan Women (with Ashraf Zahedi, University of California Press, 2011), Children of Afghanistan: The Path to Peace (with Ashraf Zahedi, University of Texas Press, 2014), and El Repelente (Or the 2012 Antics of Anabela). Some of her traveling exhibitions include Black Velvet: The Art We Love to Hate (1990-1994); The Veil: Visible & Invisible Spaces (2008-2013) (with catalogue); and Water, Water Everywhere: Paean to a Vanishing Resource (2012-2017) (with catalogue). Baksun Books & Arts, which she founded in 1995, is dedicated to de-commodifying the word through small-press activities and to producing exhibitions and programs on behalf of social and environmental justice.