A Conversation with Malalai Joya
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October 30, 2009
Tufts University Campus | Pearson 106 | 12:00pm
A Woman Among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Woman Who Dared to Speak Out
Malalai Joya, one of Afghanistan’s leading democracy activists. In 2005, she became the youngest person ever elected to the Afghan parliament. She was suspended in 2007 for her denunciation of warlords and their cronies in government. She has just written her memoir, A Woman Among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Woman Who Dared to Speak Out. (amazon link)
Audio Recording of event: Malalai_Joya_10302009_talk_sm.mp3 (27.52 MB)
Cosponsored by the Tufts Center for South Asian and Indian Ocean Studies
Book Tour Sponsored by The Afghan Women's Mission and United Justice for Peace