The Special Collections Library, located in the Strom Thurmond Institute, is giving you a chance to win a Starbucks gift card!! All you have to do is come on down to the Special Collections Library and answer a question (listed below) about the current exhibit on display to enter the drawing for a chance to win a Starbucks gift card!
The fascinating exhibit in the Special Collections Library is a one-of-a-kind slave autobiography written by Omar ibn Said. Omar could read, Omar could write, Omar was a slave. Omar’s manuscript, “The Life of Omar Ibn Said, Written by Himself” (1831), is a deeply religious and personal text, quoting both the Christian Bible and the Islamic Qur’an, and asks fundamental questions about what it means to be truly free. You can actually come see this manuscript on display in the Special Collections Library AND enter to win the drawing for a Starbucks’ gift card at the same time! (Drawing will be held the end of April)
Here is the question: What language did Omar ibn Said use to write his autobiography? Know the answer?! Then come on down to the Special Collections Library (located in the Strom Thurmond Institute) with your answer and enter the drawing! We’d love to see you and we’d love to show you the fascinating exhibit on display about Omar ibn Said.