| Thursday, March 16th
7:00 pm Perspectives On Women and Islam with Daisy Khan and Dr. Marilyn Walker |
| Ms. Khan is Executive Director of the American Society for Muslim Advancement. She lectures regularly and has been featured in PBS and National Geographic documentaries on Islam. Ms. Khan counsels Muslims on dual cultural identity,
gender relations, and the challenge of integrating Islam with modernity. Dr. Walker is an adjunct Associate Professor in Columbia University’s Department of Middle Eastern and Asian Language and Cultures, where she teaches comparative religious history. Her research focuses on Medieval Islam. In courses on Middle Eastern topics, Dr. Walker connects current issues to their historical and cultural contexts. |
| Sunday, March 26th
3:00 pm To Badakhshan and Back with Andrea Camuto, Photojournalist |
| Hear Andrea Camuto’s account of her trip to Badakhshan Province to deliver the cameras, her impressions of the girls, their schools, and their lives. A graduate of Oberlin College and the photojournalism program at New York’s International
Center of Photography, Ms. Camuto covered the Afghan elections for the Winter 2006 issue of Ms. Magazine. She will also discuss her other photography projects, including her work in Cambodia and West Africa, and show slides of her images. |
| A native of Afghanistan, Sima Wali’s personal experience as a product of war inspires her work with RefWID, an international non-profit institution focusing on women in conflict, post-conflict reintegration, and human rights. She works to advance the status of women in Afghanistan, secure their full participation in its new democracy and make them equal beneficiaries of development funds. Ms. Wali, who has received several humanitarian awards, has traveled extensively in the region and will give an account of the current state of affairs for women’s rights, human rights, and the rebuilding of civil society in Afghanistan. |
| Tuesday, June 6 7:00 pm Beyond the Burkha: Afghan Women Today with Sima Wali, CEO, Refugee Women in Development |
| Please join us for these special, free programs in connection with the Roshan: Light and Promise exhibition: |
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