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Refugees in the Middle East and North Africa: The Politics and Lived Experiences of Displacement

Camden Public Library 55 Main Street, Camden

There are more than 123 million people displaced in the world today, many of whom hail from, or live in, the Middle East and North Africa. Why has this region experienced so much forced migration and what is the significance of these many layered movements? Nadia El-Shaarawi will discuss the contours of displacement in and […]

Repression in Iran

Portland Public Library 5 Monument Square, Portland

Please join PPL as we get to hear from Parivash and Nasser Rohani on repression in the modern Iranian state. The Rohanis will be discussing the history of the Iran – its political formations along with its dissidents – and how history intersects with modern day repression on the grounds of gender and faith. The […]

Book Discussion: “Notes on a Foreign Country: An American Abroad in a Post-American World” by Suzy Hansen

Auburn Public Library 49 Spring Street, Auburn

Auburn Public Library invites you to a book discussion of Notes on a Foreign Country: An American Abroad in a Post-American World by Suzy Hansen. In the wake of the 9/11 attacks and the invasion of Iraq, Suzy Hansen was enjoying success as a journalist for a New York newspaper. Increasingly, though, the disconnect between […]