UPCOMING EVENTS FOR FARIBA NAWA
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Past Events:
02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Opium Nation in Istanbul
, Istanbul
07:00 PM - 09:30 PM
Rock the Kasbah movie screening
43917 Pacific Commons Blvd., Fremont
11:30 AM - 12:12 PM
Down Memory Lane
1800 H. Street, Union City, CA
05:45 PM - 06:30 PM
Human Trafficking: The Case of Opium Brides
SKYPE interview,
11:10 AM - 12:25 PM
Covering the News From All Sides
1600 Holloway Ave., San Francisco, CA
04:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Migrant Women in the UAE: Beyond the Glitz and Gold
460 Pierce St., Monterey, CA
02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Palm Springs Writers Guild
71-000 Highway 111, Rancho Mirage, CA
11:30 AM - 01:30 PM
To Kill a Sparrow
100 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA
02:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Human Trafficking: The Case of Opium Brides
107 S. Indiana Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana
06:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Girl Rising
536 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA
11:00 AM - 12:30 AM
Afghanistan: A short history
2050 Center Street, Room 31, Berkeley, California
07:30 PM - 08:30 PM
Book Club Conversation
,
07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
The Making of Opium Nation
Seccombe Hall at All Saints’ Lincoln St & 9th Ave,, Carmel, CA
07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Digging Deep in the Drug Trade: Investigative Reporting Abroad
107 S. Indiana Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana
06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Afghanistan, Heroin and Women
Umrath Lounge, 1 Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO
12:15 PM - 01:30 PM
Litquake Literary Festival
562 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA
02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Crossing Cultural Boundaries
39251 Fabian Way, Palo Alto, CA
12:00 PM - 01:30 PM
Debunking Myths: Afghanistan
50 Los Gatos-Saratoga Road, Los Gatos, CA
06:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Afghanistan Reflected: the impact of Afghan history on Afghan identity
4100 Peralta Blvd, Fremont, CA
12:35 PM - 01:25 PM
Opium Brides: A New Practice in Human Trafficking
Via Skype, Bloomington, Indiana
08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
"Leading Out" TEDx Monterey
460 Pierce Street, Monterey, CA
01:00 PM - 01:30 PM
Afghan Women: How Far They Have Come and What to Expect After the Troops Leave
44 South Fourth Street, 7th Floor, San Jose, CA
07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Afghan Women and Art: Expressing Pain and Freedom
1 Washington Square, San Jose, CA
08:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Connecting with High-Schoolers
38442 Fremont Blvd,, Fremont, CA
11:00 AM - 12:25 PM
Afghanistan, Women and Heroin
1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, CA
02:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Is There Hope for Afghanistan?
1 Washington Square, Engineering 189, San Jose
02:30 PM - 03:30 PM
Bartering Child Brides, a New Movement in Human Trafficking
SKYPE talk to class on human trafficking, Bloomington, IN
12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Human Rights Violations in Afghanistan
25800 Carlos Bee Boulevard, Hayward, CA
01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Governance in Post-Conflict Zones
SKYPE talk for UPENN's International Development Conference, Philadelphia, PA
02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Afghanistan, Heroin and Women
Center for Middle Eastern Studies, 845 North Park Avenue, Marshall Building, Room 470, Tucson
06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
What Happens When Illegal Drugs are Half of a Country's Economy
1 Global Plaza, AT & T Lecture Hall, Herberger Building, Glendale, AZ
01:30 PM - 03:30 PM
Afghanistan's Drug Trade
1833 West Southern Avenue, Room B5, Professional Building, Dobson and Southern, Mesa, AZ
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Afghanistan, Heroin and Women
1600 Holloway Avenue, HUM 587, San Francisco, CA
12:00 PM - 12:00 PM
Bonfire Heights: A weekend with ordinary people who did extraordinary things
100 Wright Drive, Loma Mar
07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
New Sister City Project (Herat – San Jose)
, Fremont, California
10:00 AM - 02:30 PM
Women and Words
11301 Olympic Boulevard, Third Floor, West Long Angeles
06:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Carmel Conversations
, Carmel, California
07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
A Conversation on Afghanistan's Women and Violence
45 Main Street 2nd Floor, Brooklyn
05:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Heroin Heroines: Women in Afghanistan's Drug Trade
50 Washington Square South, New York
08:30 AM - 06:30 PM
The Opium Trade in Afghanistan — Seminar
1900 North Fort Myer Drive, Arlington, VA
11:00 AM - 03:30 PM
Immigrant Stories and Tales from Foreign Lands — Author's Luncheon
21333 Hawthorne Blvd., Torrance, CA
02:45 PM - 03:35 PM
Discussion on human trafficking and the Afghan drug trade
, Bloomington, Indiana
02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Author talk and book signing
200 Civc Plaza, Dublic, California
03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Plight of Women in Afghanistan
24700 McBean Pkwy, Langley, Valencia, CA 91355
02:30 PM - 04:00 PM
Nowroz Celebration
34007 Alvarado-Niles Rd., Union City, CA
06:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Celebrating Afghan Women's Progress
777 B Street Hayward, CA 94541, Hayward
02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Author talk and book signing
25555 Hesperian Boulevard, Chabot Event Center, Room 722, Hayward, CA 94545, Hayward
12:45 PM - 01:45 PM
Opium Nation talk and signing
215 Boalt Hall Room 132, Berkeley, CA 94720-7200, Berkeley
05:15 PM - 06:45 PM
Opium Nation: Child Brides, Drug Lords, and One Woman's Journey through Afghanistan
417 Galvez – 208 Encina West (2nd Floor), Stanford, CA 94305
02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Author talk “Heroin Heroines: Women and the Men Who Work with Them in Afghanistan’s Drug Trade” and book signing
11288 Bunche Hall, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1487
12:30 PM - 01:30 PM
Author talk on going “From Fremont to Foreign Correspondence” and book signing
1247 Marin Avenue, Albany, CA 94706
07:30 PM - 09:00 PM
Author talk and book signing
2021 14th St NW, Washington, DC 20009
09:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Author talk on the “Future of Women in Afghanistan” and book signing
1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20004
05:00 PM - 06:30 PM
Author talk on “Digging Deep in the Drug Trade” and book signing
116th Street & Broadway, New York, NY 10027
06:30 PM - 08:30 PM
Event includes tea with pastries and book signing
2400 Stevenson Blvd., Fremont, CA 94538
02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Author discussion and book signing with book club
3355 Noble Avenue, San José, CA 95132
07:30 AM - 09:00 AM
From War to Peace: Afghanistan and Iraq
520 Cowper Street, Palo Alto, CA 94301-1826
02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Event and book signing, books sold by Elliott Bay Book Company
1000 4th Ave, Seattle, WA 98104
07:30 PM - 08:30 PM
Event and reading
1005 W. Burnside, Portland, OR 97210
06:30 PM - 07:30 PM
Author event and book signing
1780 Hillsdale Ave, San José, CA 95124
05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Author event and book signing
1475 41st Ave, Capitola, CA 95010
Saturday, November 12, 2011
3 p.m.
Author event and signing
San Jose Public Library
Almaden branch
6445 Camden Ave.
San José, CA 95120
(408) 808-3040
http://www.sjpl.org/almaden
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Author event and signing
7:30 p.m.
Booksmith
1644 Haight ST
San Francisco, CA 94117
(415) 863-8688
events@booksmith.com
November 5, 2011
A Journalist’s Journey: From Fremont to Foreign Correspondence
Event and book signing.
Books sold by The Book End, Newark’s independent bookstore
1 to 2 p.m.
Newark Public Library
6300 Civic Terrace Avenue
Newark, CA 94560-3766
(510) 795-2627
www.aclibrary.org/branches/nwk/newarkhome.asp
September 11, 2011
San Francisco Library
Friends of South Asia
Ten Years after 9/11
Panelist
San Francisco, CA
http://www.friendsofsouthasia.org/
April 26, 2011
San Jose Library Almaden Branch
Afghanistan – Iran relations
Speaker
San Jose, CA
Link: http://www.americantowns.com/ca/sanjose/events/iran-and-afghanistan-issues-and-influences
March 30, 2011
Afghans Friends Network
Annual fundraising Event
Keynote Speaker
Burlingame, CA
Link: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=215368
February 26, 2011
San Jose Library Cambrian Branch
Association of American University Women
The Plight of Afghan Women
Speaker
San Jose, CA
June 1, 2010
Mercy Corps
The Plight of Afghan Women
Speaker
Portland, OR
May 19, 2010
Bay Area for Change
Panel on continuing US presence in Afghanistan
Moderator
Cupertino, CA
March 19, 2010
University of Pacific
Fundraiser for the Afghan Dental Relief Project
Keynote speaker
Stockton, CA
December 3, 2009
Stanford University
Alienated Nations, Fractured States: Afghanistan and Pakistan
Panelist
Stanford, CA
April 28, 2009
CUNY-Queens College
Afghanistan Peace and Development Conference
Rebuilding Afghanistan
Panelist
New York, NY
April 24, 2009
Junior State of America
Spring Convention
Aid for Afghanistan project
Speaker
Santa Clara, CA
March 23, 2009
Commonwealth Club
Is Afghanistan the next Iraq?
Panelist
San Francisco, CA
March 6, 2009
Afghan Friends Network annual fundraiser
Hope for Afghanistan’s future
Keynote speaker
San Francisco, CA
June 20, 2008
World Affairs Council
World Refugee Day
Afghanistan: Progress or Decline
Panelist with UNHCR Afghanistan country director and UN goodwill envoy and author
Khaled Hosseini
San Francisco, CA
November 16, 2008
San Francisco Public Library
Panel discussion on Afghan Women
Panelist and Moderator
San Francisco, CA
October 27, 2007
Sonoma State University
Project Censored Conference: the news that doesn’t make the mainstream news
Panel on Exploitation in the Service of Neocolonialism and Profit
Rohnert Park, CA
(Received Project Censored award for Afghanistan, Inc.)
March 7, 2006
UC Berkeley
Boalt School of Law: Middle Eastern Law Student Association
Speaker on current condition in Afghanistan
Berkeley, CA
October 7, 2006
Sacramento State University
Conference on War, Women and Violence: Perspectives on Recent Events in the Middle East
Keynote speaker
Sacramento, CA
December 9, 2006
American Society of Afghan Professionals
Inter Afghan Youth Professionals Summit
Speaker on reconstruction in Afghanistan
George Washington University
Washington DC
September 17-19, 2004
Where Next for the Global Anti-War and Anti-Globalization Movements
Iraq Solidarity Project
Speaker on current conditions in Afghanistan
Beirut, Lebanon
January 25, 2002
South Asian Journalist Association talks Afghanistan: the War and Beyond
Panelist
New York, NY
October 19, 2002
Columbia University
Women for Afghan Women Conference
Afghan Women Report: Achievements and Challenges One Year after Bonn Panelist: Education and Health
New York, NY