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problem solving exercise. He noted that there’s no real difference between the creativity of artists and the creativity of a businessman, and in any case, to be creative, one must be willing to make mistakes. With that as an introduction, Kiser read from a fascinating book he is about to publish entitled, “An Arab Who Conquered France (and Won the World). The Life and Times of Emir Abd el-Kader, 1808-1883. Still admired today throughout qiuch of the Arab and Muslim world, he has fallen into oblivion— except in France and Clayton County, Iowa.
According to Kiser who researched his book in France and elsewhere, “el Kader reached the pinnacle of his fame by protecting the lives of thousands of Christians and Jews threatened by a political pogrom in Damascus." Additionally, Kiser found that Englishmen dedicated poems to him, shipbuilders in Massachusetts named a boat after him, and Abraham Lincoln joined heads of state
See THEATRE, Page B9
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