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Event Date: Tuesday, February 9, 2010, 7:00 pm

Location: Room 225/229, Martin Luther King Jr Library, 150 E. San Fernando St, San Jose, CA

The Age of Orphans is Laleh's first novel in a trilogy that follows the lives of three generations of Kurdish men as they grapple with landlessness, migration and national identity. Laleh Khadivi was born in Iran in 1977. In 2002 she began to research the Kurds, particularly their fate in the southwestern region of Iran under the first Shah. Laleh has worked extensively as a documentary filmmaker, has taught at Emory University and won the 2008 Whiting writers award.

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Event Date: Friday, December 4, 2009, 7:00 pm

Location: Room 225/229, Martin Luther King Jr Library, 150 E. San Fernando St, San Jose, CA

Culture and Conflict Forum's Human Rights Speaker's Series, in association with the Arab American Cultural Center presents Dr. Hatim Kanaaneh, Medical Doctor, Author and Activist.

"A moving account of the plight of the Palestinians by one of them - a physician struggling to alleviate his people's lot." - Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu

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Event Date: Saturday, November 7, 2009, 3:45 pm

Location: Engineering Auditorium, San Jose State University

Malalai Joya has been called the bravest woman in Afghanistan. Elected to Afghan parliament in 2003 and 2005, she was suspended in 2007 for challenging the presence of warlords in the Afghan parliament. She has been compared to the symbol of Burma's democracy movement, Aung San Suu Kyi.

Malalai Joya will talk about her memoir: "A Woman Among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of An Afghan Who Dared Raise Her Voice".

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