Hi all,
Having read several of Leila Al-Shami's blog entries on Syria and other
parts of the Middle East, I think the event announced below should be
interesting.
The book tour schedule is at the bottom of this e-mail message, directly
before the YouTube video link.
For justice and peace,
Sylvie
Syrian-British writers Robin Yassin-Kassab and Leila Al-Shami will discuss
their new book Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War.
Leila Al-Shami writes a blog on popular struggles, human rights and social
justice from an anti-authoritarian perspective.
About the authors:
Robin Yassin-Kassab is a regular media commentator on Syria and the Middle
East. He is the author of the novel The Road from Damascus (Hamish Hamilton,
2008) and a contributor to Syria Speaks (Saqi, 2014).
Leila Al-Shami has worked with the human rights movement in Syria and
elsewhere in the Middle East. She was a founding member of Tahrir-ICN, a
network that aimed to connect anti-authoritarian struggles across the Middle
East, North Africa and Europe.
Leila Al-Shami says:
I have both Arab and European roots, straddling two worlds and belonging in
neither.
I’ve been involved in human rights and social justice struggles in the
Middle East since 2001.
I’m a founding member of Tahrir-ICN a network that aims to connect
anti-authoritarian struggles across the Middle East, North Africa and
Europe.
Burning Country is a vivid and groundbreaking look at a modern-day political
and humanitarian nightmare. It explores the horrific and complicated reality
of life in present-day Syria with unprecedented detail and sophistication,
drawing on new first-hand testimonies from opposition fighters, exiles lost
in an archipelago of refugee camps, and courageous human rights activists
among many others...
Here are the events for the ‘Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War’
book tour in the US and Canada. Hope to see you there!
Tuesday March 29 at 2:00 PM – Wayne, NJ
Gandhian Forum for Peace & Justice at William Paterson University,
University Commons, Ballroom C, 300 Pompton Road — Wayne, New Jersey
Wednesday March 30 at 4:00 PM – Boston, MA
Emerson College, Charles Beard Room, 80 Boylston Street, Boston
Thursday March 31 at 12:00 PM – Cambridge, MA
Harvard University, Kalb Seminar Room, Taubman Building, Kennedy School of
Government, 15 Eliot Street, Cambridge
Friday April 1 at 3:00 PM – Los Angeles, CA
UCLA, Bunche Hall, Room 10383 (10th floor), 315 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles
Click here for more info
Saturday April 2 at 7:30 PM – Los Angeles, CA
The Markaz & Inside/Outside Gallery, 5998 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles
Monday April 4 at 12:00 PM – Denver, CO
University of Denver—Sie International Relations Complex—5th Floor, 2201 S.
Gaylord St.
Click here for more info
Monday April 4 at 7:00 PM – Golden, CO
Colorado School of Mines (Golden, Colorado)
Click here for more info
Wednesday April 6 at 2:00 PM – Denver, CO
Regis University, 203 Peter Claver Hall, 3333 Regis Blvd. — Denver
Wednesday April 6 at 7:00 PM – Denver, CO
Tattered Cover Book Store, 2526 E. Colfax Ave. — Denver
Thursday April 7 at 7:30 PM – Boulder, CO
Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl Street, Boulder, Colorado
Click here for more info
Monday April 11 at 12:00 PM – Evanston, IL
Northwestern University, Hagstrum Room—University Hall, 1897 Sheridan Road,
Evanston, Illinois
Monday April 11 at 6:00 PM – Evanston, IL
Evanston Public Library, 1703 Orrington, Evanston, Illinois
Moderated by Wendy Pearlman, Professor of Political Science at Northwestern
University
Tuesday April 12 (doors open at 5:30 PM, program begins at 6:00 PM) –
Chicago, IL
International House at the University of Chicago, Assembly Hall, 1414 E.
59th St., Chicago
Wednesday April 13 at 7:00 PM – Chicago, IL
The Book Cellar on Lincoln Square, 4736-38 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago
Moderated by Lina Sergie Attar, co-founder of the Karam Foundation
Click here for more info
Friday April 15 at 2:30 PM – Madison, WI
University of Wisconsin – Madison, 2195 Vilas Hall (immediately south & east
of the intersection of Park St. and University Ave.)
Saturday April 16 at 2:00 PM – Madison, WI
Rainbow Bookstore Cooperative, 426 W. Gilman St., Madison, Wisconsin
Monday April 18 at 12:00 PM – Washington DC
Event hosted by the Middle East Institute in Washington, Middle East
Institute, Boardman Room, 1761 N Street, NW, Washington, DC
Click here for more info
Tuesday April 19 at 6:30 PM – Washington DC
Busboys & Poets — 14th & V (2021 14th St. NW), Washington, DC
Click here for more info
Thursday April 21 at 12:30 PM – New York City, NY
NYU, Richard Ettinghausen Library — 255 Sullivan Street (at Washington
Square South)
Thursday April 21 at 6:00 PM – New York City, NY
Columbia University, Graduate School of Journalism, World Room (Third Floor)
Click here for more info
Saturday April 23 at 7:00 PM – New York City, NY
Bluestockings Bookstore, Café, & Activist Center, 172 Allen Street, Lower
East Side, NYC
Moderated by Molly Crabapple, artist, author of Drawing Blood, contributing
editor, VICE
Click here for more info
Monday April 25 at 7:00 PM – Colchester, VT
Edmundite Center for Peace and Justice — St. Michael’s College, Dion Student
Center, Roy Room (3rd floor), One Winooski Park, Colchester, Vermont
Tuesday April 26 at 6:00 PM – Montreal, QC
Paragraphe Bookstore, 2220 McGill College Avenue, Montreal
Click here for more info
Wednesday April 27 – Toronto, ON
University of Toronto [details to come]
Thursday April 28 at 7:00 PM – Seattle, WA
Seattle Public Library, 1000 Fourth Ave. — Level 4, Room 1, Seattle
co-presented with the Elliott Bay Book Company
Click here for more info
Friday April 29 at 5:00 PM – Berkeley, CA
University of California Berkeley (Stephens Hall, 340, Sultan Conference
Room)
Click here for more info
Saturday April 30 at 3:00 PM – San Francisco, CA
Modern Times Bookstore, 2919 24th Street, San Francisco
Click here for more info
from Leila's blog:
a blog on popular struggles, human rights and social justice from an
anti-authoritarian perspective
https://leilashami.wordpress.com/
Syria: 'Burning Country' book launch at Amnesty International UK
video url
https://youtu.be/rvUdW3NVKEg
