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International Gallerie
Presents
Date: Thursday,
April 9, 2009
Time: 6PM to
8PM
Place: 25 West 43rd
Street, 18th Floor
between 5th & 6th
Avenues, Manhattan
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Join
International
Gallerie for the
launch of the
23rd issue of
their magazine
on,
"Understanding
Afghanistan,"
a valuable
collective,
brings you
features and
stories of a
country beyond
the north-west
frontier
province. A
country that has
become
synonymous with
the Taliban. But
little is known
about its
contemporary
culture.
This issue
addresses the
socio-political
and cultural
contexts of
Afghanistan
while
celebrating its
contemporary
art, music,
theatre,
photography,
cinema, poetry;
the Afghan
people and their
lives.
The magazine
launch includes
a talk by
International Gallerie Editor
Bina Sarkar
Ellias; poetry
reading by Zohra
Saed (Hunter
College, CUNY);
screening of a
docu-film by
Shireen Pasha;
and a Q&A with
fashion designer
Zolaykha Sherzad,
and make-up
artist Matin
Maulawizada.
Guest
Speaker:
Dr. Ishaq Nadiri,
Economics, New
York University;
and Former
Economic Advisor
(2005-2008) to
Afghanistan
President Hamid
Karzai
The issue
includes a free
CD of exquisite
Afghan music and
a beautiful docu-DVD
of "Slowly
Slowly Mud and
Lotus", a film
tracing the
interface
between
imagination and
reason in the
lives of Afghan
artisans.
Sponsored by
Asian
American / Asian
Research
Institute, CUNY
Asian American
Writers'
Workshop
International
Gallerie
The Association
of Iranian
American Writers
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