[van-announce] Forum with Dahlia Wasfi June 11

[Derrick O'Keefe]

*Please forward widely* 

Public Forum with Dr. Dahlia Wasfi

The Cost of War: Human, Environment, Economic 

Wednesday, June 11
Doors: 7pm    Starts: 7:30pm 
Where: Canadian Memorial United Church, 1806 W. 15th Ave. at Burrard 

Sponsored by StopWar.ca, ADALA, The World Peace Forum Society, CESAPI and Canadians Against War. 

Dahlia Wasfi was born in 1971 and spent her early childhood in Saddam Hussein's Iraq, until she returned 
with her family to the United States in 1977. Dr. Wasfi graduated from Swarthmore College in 1993 with 
a B.A. in Biology, and in 1997 graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. 

In February/March of 2004, after years of separation, Wasfi visited Iraq to see her family in Basrah and 
Baghdad. She journeyed to Iraq again for a 3-month visit in 2006. Based on her experiences, she is speaking 
out against the negative impact of the U.S. invasion on the Iraqi people and the need to end the occupation. 
For more info see: http://www.globalexchange.org/getInvolved/speakers/124.htmlDahlia

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