Nazila Fathi, journalist, to speak at Siena College on Monday, March 9 at 4:30 PM

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When:
March 9, 2015 @ 8:30 PM – 10:00 PM
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Where:
Siena College
515 Loudon Road
Albany, NY 12211
USA
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Iran Special Events

Women Against War presents:

Iranian journalist and author Nazila Fathi speaks about reasons for hope in the changing political climate – how Iran’s enduring reform movement will reshape the country—if the West gives it the chance

Nazila Fathi, book cover, "The Lonely War"

Nazila Fathi, book cover, “The Lonely War”

From 2001 to 2009, Fathi was based in Tehran as the only full-time New York Times correspondent in Iran; prior to that, she wrote for TIME magazine, and Agence France-Presses.
Nazila Fathi is a journalist, translator, and commentator on Iran who reported out of the country for nearly two decades until 2009, when threats from the Iranian government forced her into exile.
“A poignant portrait of Iran’s tortured contemporary history through the eyes of one of the country’s most thoughtful and courageous journalists.” —Karim Sadjadpour, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Monday, March 9
4:30 to 6:00 PM
Siena College
Boland Room of Father Benjamin Kuhn House
Building 15 on campus map
Parking: use lot U, on Turchi Road near the athletic complex. Turchi is off of Spring Street Road, which runs from Route 9 along the south edge of the campus
Sponsors: Bethlehem Neighbors for Peace, Upper Hudson Peace Action, Women Against War, Siena College Fair Trade and Social Justice Program
For more information,
Contact Marcia Hopple: 518 283-5353