Conference Rising

You know there's an Islam conference about to begin when you're waiting in the Lowell Center's temporary lobby and 50% of the women you see are wearing hijab.

In other news, I just got back from dinner with Mona Eltahawy and UW's own Asifa Quraishi. Both are, of course, as excellent as widely reported. I'm looking forward to Saturday, when I can actually show up for some of the action.