New London, CT (Connecticut College)
Wednesday, September 26, 10:30a-11:30a
Global Health: Disparities, Shameful US Performance, and Model Examples in "Rogue" Nations (Iran and Cuba)
Boston, MA
Thursday, September 27, 7:30pm
Private Book Party for Women in Health
Friday, September 28, 12:30-1:30p
Wellesley College, Department of English
Founders Hall, Room 106
Reading, talk, and booksigning
and
2:45-3:45p
Wellesley College Science Center L104, Talk to Premeds
"Why I Left Women's Health and Global Medicine to Write Novels"
Sunday, September 30, 1pm
Iranian Association of Boston hosts a reading and booksigning
17 Nichols Ave
Watertown, MA 02472
Monday, Oct 1, 12-1pm
Brown Bag Lunch; From Global Women's Health to Novelist: Reading and Book Signing
Management Sciences for Health
MA 1 ALEXANDER LG CONF RM - ROOM 121
784 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
Monday, October 1, 7pm-10pm
160 Boylston Street (overlooking Boston Commons) Boston, MA 02116
Panel presentation and booksigning:
The How-Tos of Publishing
4 authors share their tips from completion of their books to publication and publicity phases.
Followed by drinks and appetizers at the nearby Remington Bar.
Tuesday, Oct 2, 12:15-1:15p
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Carrie Hall
Why I left women's health academia and global medicine to write novels.
Washington, D.C.
Thursday, October 4, 12-2pm
Talk (the diaspora novel, deracination), reading, and booksigning
George Washington University Diaspora Program
1957 E Street NW
Lindner Family Commons, Room 602
Washington, DC
Thursday, October 4, 5:30-7pm
Talk and booksigning
National Institutes of Health, Howard Hughes Medical Center Research Scholars Program
1 Cloister Court, Building 60
Bethesda, MD 20814
for more information and permission to attend, contact Min Lee:
leemin@hhmi.org
Friday, October 5, 7pm
Reading and booksigning and music.
Iranian-American Composer and Persian Santur virtuoso,
Roya Bahrami, will play a few pieces from her new album
Roya, in which she blends Persian mysticism with flamenco.
Olsson's Bookstore in Dupont Circle
1307 19th Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
Sunday, October 7, 4-7pm
Reading and booksigning plus santur.
Iranian-American Composer and Persian Santur virtuoso,
Roya Bahrami, will play a few pieces from her new album
Roya, in which she blends Persian mysticism with flamenco. Author and psychologist Dr. Roya Rohani-Rad will speak about her latest book on
Rumi, Self, and Psychology.Iranian American Cultural Society of Maryland
Towson University (click on it for directions plus interactive map) Stephens Hall, Room 204
near Baltimore
New York, NY (and New Haven, CT)
Tuesday, October 9, 8-9am
Women's Health Care Crisis in Afghanistan: Causes and Solutions
Columbia University
Presbyterian Hospital, 16th Floor, Room 16-27
622 W. 168th St. (between Broadway and Ft. Washington)
Tuesday, October 9, 5-6pm
Social Medicine Rounds:
Why I left women's health academia and global medicine to write novels.
Montefiore Medical Center
Binswanger Auditorium, Gold Zone
111 E. 210th Street (the Bronx)
Wednesday, October 10, 1-2pm
Yale Medical School
Unconventional careers in Medical School: brown bag lunch
Harkness Dormitory Mezzanine
New Haven, CT
Sunday, October 14, 4-6pm
Proceeds of booksales, music, and film sales to benefit
Hedgebrook (where the women travelers/artists were in residence).
Free and open to the public.
1 West 3rd Street (btwn Broadway and Mercer)
New York, NY 10012
Appetizers and no-host bar.
Monday, October 15, 12:30-2pm
Population Health Rounds
Maternal Mortality in Afghanistan
60 Haven Street, Suite B-2
Across the Street from Presbyterian Hospital Child Care Center
SEATTLE IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER
Thursday, October 18, 6-9pm
2 events:
Food for Thought Talk, Center for Women and Democracy, Women's Health Crisis in Afghanistan
Women's University Club.
Seattle Magazine Books and Brews Party, 6-9p
Elysian Fields, Pioneer Square,
542 1st Avenue South
Free, includes snacks and no-host bar
Booksigning too.
I will be one of the featured up and coming writers in the October 2007 Seattle Magazine issue.
Thursday, October 25, 8-9am
Medicine Grand Rounds
Women's Health Crisis in Afghanistan: causes and solutions
University of Washington
Health Sciences Building, T-625
Wednesday, October 31
Edmonds Community College, 12:30-1:30 Reading
Convergence Writers Series
(cable TV interview, guest visit to a literature class, and reading)
Triton Union Building 202
Edmonds Community College
20000 68th Ave W
Lynnwood, WA 98036
Thursday, November 1
Attorney General's Office
Global Health Talk
Saturday, November 3
National Iranian-American Council Meeting and Fundraiser
Reading and talk
Details TBA
Mid-November:
Moved to Istanbul!
Monoprint by Bayesteh Ghaffary