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SUMMARY:Book Discussion: "Notes on a Foreign Country: An American Abroad in a Post-American World" by Suzy Hansen
DESCRIPTION: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 the chaos of world events and the response at home took on pressing urgency for her. Seeking to understand the Muslim world that had been reduced to scaremongering headlines\, she moved to Istanbul. Hansen arrived in Istanbul with romantic ideas about a city perched between East and West\, and a naïve sense of the Islamic world beyond. Over the course of years of living in Turkey and traveling in Greece\, Egypt\, Afghanistan\, and Iran\, she learned a great deal about these countries and their cultures. But the most unsettling surprise would be what she learned about her own country – and herself\, an American abroad in the era of American decline.
URL:https://www.camdenconference.org/event/book-discussion-notes-on-a-foreign-country/
LOCATION:Auburn Public Library\, 49 Spring Street\, Auburn\, ME\, 04210\, United States
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SUMMARY:Repression in Iran
DESCRIPTION: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 talk will follow four main themes: 1. The history of Iran in the past 200 years 2. The enduring repression of women across Iran’s modern history 3. The specific targeting of the Bahá’ís as scapegoats\, and 4. The vilification of Bahá’í women as symbols of equality and freedom. \nParivash and Nasser Rohani are advocates of female empowerment and followers of the Bahá’í faith\, Iran’s largest non-Muslim religious minority. They have spent decades in Maine raising awareness to the plight of Bahá’í practitioners within Iran and educating people on modern Iranian history. As a part of their awareness campaign\, the Rohanis are actively engaged in the #ourstoryisone art initiative\, commemorating the 1983 execution of ten Bahá’í women for their beliefs.
URL:https://www.camdenconference.org/event/repression-in-iran/
LOCATION:Portland Public Library\, 5 Monument Square\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
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SUMMARY:Refugees in the Middle East and North Africa: The Politics and Lived Experiences of Displacement
DESCRIPTION: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 from the region\, with a focus on the politics of displacement and its effects on the people who live through it. We will explore histories of forced migration as well as the context and implications of displacement today. \nPresenter Nadia El-Shaarawi is author of the book Collateral Damages: Tracing the Debts and Displacements of the Iraq War\, published this year by University of California Press. This book\, based on long term ethnographic fieldwork with Iraqi refugees in Cairo\, Egypt\, seeks to tell a different story of the 2003 US invasion of Iraq and the mass displacement it caused\, one that centers the stories and experiences of Iraqis. Nadia teaches classes on displacement\, migration\, borders\, humanitarianism\, and health in Global Studies and Anthropology at Colby College.
URL:https://www.camdenconference.org/event/refugees-in-middle-east-and-north-africa/
LOCATION:Camden Public Library\, 55 Main Street\, Camden\, ME\, 04843\, United States
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