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NEDA SARMAST Neda was born in Iran, moved to the US at the age of nine, and has traveled back and forth ever since. She was an eye-witness to the Iran-Iraq war and her memories still haunt her as she lost her best friend to an Iraqi aerial raid. During the 1979 Iran hostage crisis and again after 9/11, Neda found herself defending Iranians and their beliefs to Americans, and in turn defending Americans and their way of life to Iranians. Fearing that history was about to repeat itself in 2005, Neda left New York and traveled back to Iran to film a documentary on the youth culture of Iran, called "NOBODY’S ENEMY" (2008)(2009 Revised)-(co-produced by the award winning production company Chat The Planet). |
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JOAN HECHT Imagine you’re a young boy - maybe three or four - separated from your family by civil war and forced to walk over a 1000 miles in search of safe refuge with little food or water and no protection from wild animals and enemy soldiers. To most of us, it is unimaginable, but for "The Lost Boys of Sudan," it was reality. |
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DR. EDWIN BARNHART Did ancient Maya prophesies predict an end of days coming in December of 2012? Is modern science collecting evidence that an apocalypse is indeed upon is? Or are modern spiritualists correct that we are entering a new age of enlightenment and peace? |
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HAIDER
HAMZA Twenty-four year old Iraqi journalist Haider Hamza lived through the 2003 US-led invasion of his country with his family near Babylon, south of Baghdad. Being the son of a diplomat, Haider was born in Germany and grew up in East Africa and Europe. When he turned twelve, he moved back with his family to their hometown, Baghdad. Haider finished high school in Iraq and graduated from Baghdad University in 2006. One year later, he won a Fulbright scholarship and moved to the United States to obtain a master's degree in global security and conflict resolution.
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JOSEPH
SEBARENZI Joseph Sebarenzi, former head of the Rwanda Parliament, has endured tragedy most of us cannot fathom. He lost both his parents, seven siblings, and numerous other relatives in the Rwandan genocide of 1994. Yet, years later, as a senior government official in a position to exact revenge, he instead pushed for peace and reconciliation. "Revenge is like adding guilt to victim hood." says Sebarenzi. "It solves nothing. At some point, we have to ignore the past and envision the future." |
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TYCHOSTUP Lorna Tychostup is the senior editor for Chonogram magazine and a freelance journalist and photographer. To date, she has visited Iraq three times, collectively spending more than 12 weeks there. Her photographs of Iraq and its people, before and during the war, have been exhibited throughout the country, and her presentations have intrigued and informed audiences nationwide. . |
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MARY LIGHTFINE: NURSE WITHOUT BOUNDARIES Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Somalia, Nicaragua, Sudan, and Macedonia - Mary Lightfine has spent over ten years living and working in countries ravaged by war and disaster. In 1999 she was among those distinguished members of Doctors Without Borders to have been honored with the Nobel Peace prize. Her stories will amaze and (hopefully) inspire you. |
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Alina Fernandez is the exiled
daughter of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. In 1993, with a fake passport
and under heavy makeup and many layers of clothing, she escaped with her
daughter to Spain. Recently Ms. Fernandez moved to Miami where she hosts
a nightly radio show. The topics she discusses range from Cuban music
to Cuban culture, but most prevalent is Cuban politics, specifically her
opposition to Castro's regime. Ms. Fernandez is the author of Castro's
Daughter, an autobiography and history of Alina's relationship with
her estranged father.
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London-based photographer Zed Nelson does not shy away from conflict, controversy, or crisis. One of his most important works to date is "Gun Nation." The project, completed over a three-year period, has been published internationally in newspapers and magazines, was screened on British television, and has won four major photojournalism awards. Other stories covered by Zed Nelson include: Cambodian elections; war in Angola, Afghanistan, Somalia and El Salvador; modern-day Cuba; the French Foreign Legion; the Ku Klux Klan; and nose-jobs in Iran. |
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Dr. Shaheen is the acclaimed author of Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies A People. His presentations illustrate that stereotypes do not exist in a vacuum, that hurtful caricatures of Asians, blacks, Latinos and others, impact innocents. He explains why such portraits persist, and provides viable solutions to help shatter misperceptions. |
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Borders are disappearing, cultures are colliding, millions of people travel each day between nations. As the world gets smaller, we will each have to interact with those that are different from us. Successful leaders know this. That is why the most effective among them will have mastered the art of crossing cultural boundaries. They will understand the rules of Cultural Fluency. Join bestselling author, award-winning community & business leader, and strategist Phoebe Eng for an uplifting presentation filled with interactive experiments, inspiring stories, and fluency strategies. |
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