D&T Meet: Old Books and Bean Pies

Men and women 16+
All creeds welcome

Let’s make new friends and explore Mid City Los Angeles through Dust and Tribe’s first ever urban meetup!

We will start our adventure at Owl Creek Books, a haven for rare and first edition book lovers. There’s no better way to whet our appetites for local history than with the smell of these musty tomes!

From there, we make our way to 27th Street Bakery to try some of their bean pies. If there is an original Muslim American food, it has to be the bean pie, created by African-American Muslims in the 1930s! The bakery itself has been around since 1956.

Finally, we will gather for the Friday congregational prayers at Masjid Bilal Islamic Center, the first identifiable large mainstream Islamic community in Los Angeles. Before they branched off, the founders were part of a Nation of Islam temple established by Malcolm X, may God’s mercy be upon him. If we are lucky, we might even run into some elders who can tell us a bit of firsthand history.

Carpooling highly recommended! Parking in Los Angeles can be a problem.

Old books, bean pie, and a farewell prayer at an historic Islamic landmark. Kind of the best Friday ever!

Your host for this adventure is Makeda

There is no fee for this event, but clicking the registration button will allow us to optimize our hospitality, insha Allah.

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