[van-announce] Nov. 14 book launch with Malalai Joya

[Derrick O'Keefe]

*Please forward widely*


  Don't miss this special forum and book launch 
  with
 

  Afghanistan's Malalai Joya in Vancouver

Saturday, November 14

7p.m., St. Andrew's - Wesley 
  Church
(1022 Nelson St, 
  at the corner of Burrard)

with performance by Solidarity Notes Labour Choir

Suggested Donation: 
  $5-10
All proceeds will go towards Joya's humanitarian projects in 
  Afghanistan.

  
Please join us for the Canadian launch of Malalai Joya's 
  book, A 
  Woman Among 
Warlords: 
  The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan 
  Who Dared to Speak Out. People's Coop Bookstore will have books 
  available for sale and signing at this event.

"A chilling, vital memoir 
  that reveals hidden truths about Afghanistan and directly addresses
the 
  misguided policies of the United States." - Kirkus Reviews


  Co-written with StopWar activist and writer Derrick O'Keefe, 
  A Woman Among

  
  Warlords is an important and timely book. Malalai 
  Joya's personal story is
inspiring, and her political message is an 
  uncompromising appeal for an
end to NATO's occupation of Afghanistan and 
  the impunity of the warlords
in the Karzai regime. Don't miss this rare 
  chance to hear Malalai Joya in person.

Organized by 
  StopWar.ca.

Sponsors: Simon & Schuster Canada, the Canadian Peace 
  Alliance, Voice of
Women - Canada, rabble.ca, Iranian Centre for Peace, 
  Freedom and Social
Justice.

More information on Malalai Joya 
  

   
Malalai Joya, the young woman who the BBC has hailed as the ‘bravest in
Afghanistan,’ has published her memoirs, A Woman Among Warlords: The
Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Woman Who Dared to Speak Out. You can
purchase the book at your local independent bookstore, or online now at:
 
http://books.simonandschuster.com/Woman-Among-Warlords/Malalai-Joya/9781439109465
 
Joya, now 31, was the youngest ever woman elected to the Afghan Parliament
in 2005 and is an outspoken critic of the Karzai government and NATO
occupation. 
 
With U.S. President Obama considering escalating the war in Afghanistan
with over 40,000 more troops -- and the Canadian government signaling that
this country’s forces will in fact not be coming home at the end of 2011
-- Joya’s speaking tour and book release is timely.
 
“Afghan women like me, voting and running for office, have been held up as
proof that the United States has brought democracy and women’s rights to
Afghanistan,” Joya writes. “But it is all a lie.”
 
Her book tells the story of her life in the context of three decades of
war. Joya details her reasons for opposing NATO's war and suggests
concrete steps for building an independent and genuinely democratic
Afghanistan.
 
Malalai Joya, often compared to Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi, has emerged as a
symbol of Afghans’ desire for freedom from corruption, warlordism and
foreign occupation. Her father, who lost a leg fighting the Soviet
occupation of Afghanistan, named her after a 19th century hero in the
fight against the British Empire, Malalai of Maiwand.
 
Today, Joya brings to a North American audience the lessons of
Afghanistan’s long history of occupation and resistance. And she hopes her
book will “correct the tremendous amount of misinformation being spread
about Afghanistan.”
 
“Afghans are sometimes represented in the media as a backward people,
nothing more than terrorists, criminals and henchmen. This false image is
extremely dangerous for the future of both my country and the West. The
truth is that Afghans are brave and freedom loving people with a rich
culture and a proud history. We are capable of defending our independence,
governing ourselves and determining our own future.”
 
For book tour details in the United States (Oct. 23 - Nov. 12), see:
http://afghanwomensmission.org/awmnews/index.php?articleID=85
For a complete listing of events with Malalai Joya across Canada (Nov. 13
- 27), see: http://rabble.ca/malalai_joya_tour.
 







 		 	   		  
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