January 28, 2008 Program
Deborah Kanafani, Author of "Unveiled: How an American Woman Found Her Way
Through Politics, Love, and Obedience in the Middle East"
For the past twenty-five years, American-born Deborah Kanafanihas had an insider’s view of politics and culture in the Middle East. She was swept into this unfamiliar world in the early 1980s, when she met and married Marwan Kanafani, a Palestinian former soccer star and director of the Arab League who would later become Yasser Arafat’s chief advisor and an architect of the peace process. Deborah Kanafani has been Director of International Productions for the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation, where she wrote and produced programs on children’s and women’s rights for the UNDP, UNICEF, and various European countries. She was Executive Director of Women in Film and Video in Washington, DC, and a consultant for Oxygen Media. She serves on the boards of several Israeli/Palestinian peace organizations and is actively involved in conflict resolution programs. She currently lives in New York and Los Angeles, where she is producing a film on the life of Queen Dina.
In Unveiled: How an American Woman Found Her Way Through Politics, Love, and Obedience in the Middle East (Free Press; Publication date: January 8, 2008; $25.00), Deborah Kanafani uses the power of communications to relay the story of her extraordinary life, alongside the stories of the many influential Middle Eastern women she met along the way.
Date: Monday, January 28, 2008
Time: Registration and networking: 11:45-12:15pm
Lunch and Program: 12:15-1:15pm
Where: Tivoli Restaurant
1700 North Moore StreetArlington, VA 22209 (Rosslyn)Tivoli is next to Rosslyn Metro entrance. Convenient parking at Marc Parking on North Moore and Wilson Boulevard- take garage elevators to restaurant level.
Cost: with prices listed below
$30 AWC members (scroll down page to form below)$40 Non-members (scroll down page to form below)$20 Students and Retired AWC Members (scroll down page to form below)RSVP: Reserve early—space is limited! Use the registration form below.
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