Podcast appearances and mentions of Nadia Hashimi

In this episode, a few pages of the following books will be read:Grey Bees by Andrey Kurkov, translated by Boris DralyukWhen I Sing, Mountains Dance by Irene Sola, translated by Mara Faye LethemSparks Like Stars by Nadia Hashimi

Chaque mois, je vous présente une lecture que j'ai offerte aux enfants ces dernières années.L'idée étant de vous inviter à partager des moments de lecture à voix haute en famille autour d'œuvres littéraires qui susciteront autant le plaisir que l'attention chez vos enfants et l'envie et l'intérêt chez vous.En ce mois de mars, je vous propose une lecture bouleversante.C'est l'histoire d'Obayda, jeune afghane et cadette d'une fratrie de 4 filles. Lorsque son père est victime d'un accident, la famille décide de faire d'Obayda un garçon pour simplifier le quotidien : sortir de la maison, accompagner ses grandes sœurs, faire les courses...C'est ainsi qu'Obayda devient Obayd et se voit renoncer à ses cheveux longs, à ses robes, à ses poupées... et à toutes ses "activités de filles".Au fil des mois, un nouvel univers s'offre à cet enfant libre et insouciant.Mais que va-t-il se passer lorsque Obayd, à la puberté, devra redevenir Obayda ?Je ne vous en dis pas plus et je vous laisse écouter ce petit épisode, qui, je l'espère, vous donnera envie de lire cette magnifique histoire, qui, au-delà de l'histoire d'Obayda, porte un message fort sur la condition de la femme et les inégalités qui en découlent."Ma vie de Bacha Posh" - Nadia HashimiJe vous souhaite une belle écoute et je vous invite à me laisser une note ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐.Si ce podcast vous plaît, ma lettre hebdomadaire vous fera du bien à coup sûr ! Je l'envoie chaque mardi, pour la recevoir cliquez ici : www.famille-epanouie.fr/lettreRetrouvez-moi aussi sur :Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/ameliecosneau/YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/@famille_epanouiePrenez bien soin de vous et de vos rêves, pour prendre soin de vos enfants.

Show notes: When you're reading a book, do you ever find yourself struck by the profound beauty of the writing? Because we definitely do. You can find us jotting down quotes that speak to us in some way and saving them for later. In this episode, we're sharing 16 of those notable book quotes with you.   Click here to join us on Patreon for exclusive bonus bookish goodies! Get our monthly overflow, new books episodes, and Life Through Reading episodes, our private Facebook group, and more. Plus, supporting us in this way just shows that you love what we do!   Find the time stamped show notes below with links to all of the fun things we mentioned.   Something Bookish: [02:33] M: Check out our RTL merch shop. [02:53] S: The Humans by Matt Haig   Books Featuring Our Notable Quotes: [05:52] M: A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara [06:59] S: The Idea of You by Robinne Lee [08:24] M: Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune [09:26] S: Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano [10:09] M: More Than You'll Ever Know by Katie Gutierrez [10:54] S: Shark Heart by Emily Habeck [11:59] M: After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid [12:36] S: The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna [13:18] M: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin [13:53] S: The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker [14:39] M: The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams [15:31] S: Sparks Like Stars by Nadia Hashimi [16:16] M: Delicious! by Ruth Reichl [16:38] S: Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors [18:01] M: Write for Life by Julia Cameron [18:44] S: The Door-to-Door Bookstore by Carsten Henn Want our show notes delivered right to your inbox? Join our RTL Substack so that you'll get a link for every single book we mention with no extra work. It's free! Follow RTL on Instagram: @readingthroughlifepod Follow Sarah on Instagram: @sarahhartleyco  Follow Mia on Instagram: @fastlifeinslowlane   * The books noted above contain affiliate links. This means that we may get a small kickback if you purchase through our links, at no additional cost to you.  

Bokspanarna summerar bokåret som har gått och kan konstatera att 2023 kanske inte har varit det mest idylliska året. Dess boktoppar kantas av drömmar om hämnd, mikrofoner i väggarna och en hamster som kallas för fru Berg. Veckans gäst: Helén Lagerqvist Vi tipsar om dessa böcker: Historien om fru Berg av Ingvild Rishøi Maos hibiskus - Peter Kadhammar Stjärnor i natten av Nadia Hashimi

Nadia Hashimi is a pediatrician turned bestselling author who draws on her Afghan culture to craft internationally bestselling books for adults as well as young readers. Her novels span generations and continents, taking on themes like forced migration, conflict, poverty, misogyny, colonialism, and addiction. With translations in seventeen languages, she's connected with readers around the world. She is also the co-founder of the Afghan-American Foundation and an advocate for women & girls in Afghanistan.

Nadia Hashimi joins us to discuss her bestselling book, Sparks Like Stars. This book is the darling of book clubs. The story of Sitara, a privileged young girl living in Kabul, draws you in as the 1978 coup strips everything away from her that she loves. Nadia tells us about her inspiration for Sitara, her family's experience leaving Afghanistan and the nostalgia they still experience for a Kabul that has disappeared. We also learn Nadia's opinion about whether Shair pulled the trigger. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/frontporchbookclub/support

Nadia Hashimi joins us to discuss her bestselling book, Sparks Like Stars. This book is the darling of book clubs. The story of Sitara, a privileged young girl living in Kabul, draws you in as the 1978 coup strips everything away from her that she loves. Nadia tells us about her inspiration for Sitara, her family's experience leaving Afghanistan and the nostalgia they still experience for a Kabul that has disappeared. We also learn Nadia's opinion about whether Shair pulled the trigger. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/frontporchbookclub/support

Director of the Center for Afghanistan Studies at the University of Nebraska Omaha, Sher Jan Ahmadzai tells us his remarkable story: fleeing Afghan as a child, returning to work for the President of Afghanistan, and eventual immigrating to the United States. He expands our understanding of historical and current day Afghanistan, the setting for this month's book, Sparks Like Stars by Nadia Hashimi. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/frontporchbookclub/support

Director of the Center for Afghanistan Studies at the University of Nebraska Omaha, Sher Jan Ahmadzai tells us his remarkable story: fleeing Afghan as a child, returning to work for the President of Afghanistan, and eventual immigrating to the United States. He expands our understanding of historical and current day Afghanistan, the setting for this month's book, Sparks Like Stars by Nadia Hashimi. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/frontporchbookclub/support

Discussing Sparks Like Stars by Nadia Hashimi, we dive into the harrowing tale of Sitara, a young girl from a privileged Kabul family whose life changes forever in the 1978 coup of the government. Sitara must assume another identity and travel across the ocean to find safety. But healing will take decades until she finally returns to Afghanistan and comes face to face with the her buried past. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/frontporchbookclub/support

Discussing Sparks Like Stars by Nadia Hashimi, we dive into the harrowing tale of Sitara, a young girl from a privileged Kabul family whose life changes forever in the 1978 coup of the government. Sitara must assume another identity and travel across the ocean to find safety. But healing will take decades until she finally returns to Afghanistan and comes face to face with the her buried past. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/frontporchbookclub/support

Prize-winning Iraqi journalist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad joins co-hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell to discuss his new book A Stranger in Your Own City, which features Iraqi perspectives on the United States' invasion and occupation of Iraq. Abdul-Ahad talks about what Western media missed and also considers the early stages of the war and how resentment built over time. He reflects on the fall of Saddam Hussein, the ensuing Iraqi civil conflict, Western misconceptions of the country, and how the U.S. occupation planted the seeds of the Islamic State.  To hear the full episode, subscribe through iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app (include the forward slashes when searching). You can also listen by streaming from the player below. Check out video versions of our interviews on the Fiction/Non/Fiction Instagram account, the Fiction/Non/Fiction YouTube Channel, and our show website: https://www.fnfpodcast.net/ This episode of the podcast was produced by Ryan Reed. Selected readings: Ghath Abdul-Ahad A Stranger in Your Own City: Travels in the Middle East's Long War Unembedded: Four Photojournalists on the Iraq War “Baghdad Memories: what the first months of U.S. occupation felt like to an Iraqi” The Guardian The Battle for Syria, FRONTLINE (documentary) Others Hans Fallada “Bullshit Saviors: Helen Benedict and Nadia Hashimi on Depictions of the American Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq,” Fiction/Non/Fiction Season 4, Episode 26  “The Legacy of ISIS: Dunya Mikhail on Yazidi Women Captives in Iraq,” Fiction/Non/Fiction Season 6, Episode 12  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dans cette émission, nous nous intéressons au pantalon-porteur d'une histoire trouble et symbolique. D'origine populaire mais très vite adopté par les classes supérieur, ce vêtement fabrique la masculinité des hommes tandis qu'il est interdit aux femmes. Son histoire particulière s'articule avec les questions de genre et de pouvoir. Des premiers bragards aux camel toes, on vous entraine dans notre Culotte Club ! extrait : Histoire de ma vie de George Sand, La perle et la coquille de Nadia Hashimi, La Couturière de Frances de Pontes Peebles. musique : Tent in your pants de Peaches, Boss de Mad Circuit, Queen G, Cabri Pants de Bikini Kill,

It was just a year ago that the U.S. withdrew its troops from Afghanistan. On that date, Nahid Shahalimi, an Afghan female writer living in Germany, realized that she needed to hurry to record the stories of prominent Afghan women who soon would try to escape their country, or stay and risk death. She did so, and compiled their stories in “We Are Still Here.” The world's attention has turned to the crisis in Ukraine, but Afghanistan is still there and should not be forgotten, particularly the stories of women oppressed by the Taliban. This week, a conversation with Nahid Shahalimi, as she writes, “Listen to these women. See them. See their commitment to freedom and to their rights." Books mentioned in this podcast: We are Still Here edited by Nahid Shahalimi The Book of Life by Jidda Krishnamurti The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood A Land of Permanent Goodbyes by Atia Abawi The Secret Sky: A Novel of Forbidden Love in Afghanistan by Atia Abawi The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini And The Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini A House Without Windows by Nadia Hashimi When the Moon is Low by Nadia Hashimi Sparks Like Stars by Nadia Hashimi One Half from the East by Nadia Hashimi The Sky at Our Feet by Nadia Hashimi The Pearl that Broke Its Shell by Nadia Hashimi

Fiction writer Jamil Jan Kochai joins Fiction/Non/Fiction hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell almost a year after U.S. troops' withdrawal from Afghanistan to talk about how the wars there will be remembered. He reflects on how growing up with Western stereotypes of Afghans made him want to revise false narratives, and also discusses how fiction's flexible forms allow him to reorient his own thinking about the stories of war-affected Afghans and diaspora. He reads from his new book, The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories. To hear the full episode, subscribe through iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app (include the forward slashes when searching). You can also listen by streaming from the player below. Check out video versions of our interviews on the Fiction/Non/Fiction Instagram account, the Fiction/Non/Fiction YouTube Channel, and our show website: https://www.fnfpodcast.net/. This podcast is produced by Anne Kniggendorf. Selected Readings: Jamil Jan Kochai The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories 99 Nights in Logar Jamil Jan Kochai Reads “The Haunting of Hajji Hotak” | The New Yorker “Playing Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain,” by Jamil Jan Kochai | The New Yorker Jamil Jan Kochai Reads “Occupational Hazards” | The New Yorker Jamil Jan Kochai on Résumés as Stories | The New Yorker Others: U.S. is rejecting over 90% of Afghans seeking to enter the country on humanitarian grounds - CBS News S4 Ep. 26: Bullshit Saviors: Helen Benedict and Nadia Hashimi on Depictions of the American Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq  “Love and honour and pity and pride and compassion and sacrifice…” - by Nam Le Prospect Magazine “The Indian Uprising” by Donald Barthelme | The New Yorker Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Show notes: May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and we thought it fitting to share with you our favorite books by Asian authors. Plus, Mia shares why she has a personal connection to this month. If you've been around our show before, you know that we try to read widely and diversely and love checking out “own voices” books especially - and the 10 books on this list do not disappoint. Get your TBRs ready, you know what to do! Click here to join us on Patreon to get an exclusive bookish goodie every single Friday. With fun bonus episode series like: Books We Both Love, Monthly Overflow Books, Bookish Conundrums, and The New Books in Our Lives plus a private community for RTL Book Nerds only, you're going to love being a part of our Patreon. Not only that, but you're helping to support our show by saying I LOVE WHAT YOU DO.  Find the time stamped show notes below with links to all of the fun things we mentioned.   Bookish Goodies: [7:18] Mia - Artemis by Andy Weir [9:09] Sarah - It's Okay to Be a Unicorn by Jason Tharp Books by Asian Authors: [13:05] Mia - Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See [14:32] Sarah - Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng [16:07] Mia - Songs of Willow Frost by Jamie Ford [17:53] Sarah - A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara [18:52] Mia - The Leavers by Lisa Ko [20:03] Sarah - To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han [20:58] Mia - Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin [22:07] Sarah - The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan [23:54] Mia - Saris and a Single Malt by Sweta Srivastava Vikram [25:31] Sarah - Sparks Like Stars by Nadia Hashimi [26:48] Bonus books: Mia - These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong Mia - The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang Mia - In Order to Live by Yeonmi Park Sarah - The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka Sarah - The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd Sarah - Things We Lost to the Water by Eric Nguyen Sarah - Such Big Dreams by Reema Patel Sarah - That Kind of Mother by Rumman Alam Related episode: Listen to episode 26, 18 Books We Love by Black Authors   Follow us on Instagram: @readingthroughlifepod Follow Sarah: @thekindredvoice Follow Mia: @miasutton55 * The books noted above contain affiliate links. This means that we may get a small kickback if you purchase through our links, at no additional cost to you.

On The Alfred Daily Today: Pupils, parents and staff ask for your help to save boarding house Wiltshire Council needs more taxis - Semley businesswoman agrees. East Stour to Gillingham road reopens Meet my Pet - Colin and rescue dogs Tia and Izzy Walk of the week - Oyster Coppice, Semley Kate Scott's Chicken - keeping diary Shaftesbury what's ons Paul Merefield's pub quiz Shaftesbury Fire Crew advice follows more chimney fires Huge delays with Friday night C13 blockage Viewing the Vale – Local poetry by Richard Foreman. ‘Sparks Like Stars' by Nadia Hashimi reviewed by Karen Cole Soundscape - garden warbler and wren at Breach Lane

This week on the KPL Podcast hosts Jigisha and Ryan interview Diana Abu-Jaber, the Kirkwood Public Library One Author One Kirkwood special guest.  She talks to us about her newest book Fencing With The King, baklava, and fencing.  Next our hosts recommend other Own Voices authors.  Recommendations1. Girl With the Louding Voice by Abi Dare2. Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi3. When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon4. She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan5. A House Without Windows by Nadia Hashimi

This week, we bring you the story of a diverse coalition made up of former presidents, business coalition leaders, and many more working together to help Afghan evacuees. In the last episode of our “Welcoming Afghans” series, we talk to Nazanin Ash, CEO of Welcome.us and Nadia Hashimi a member of the National Welcome Council at Welcome.us.   You can find out how Welcome.us is helping individuals and families at their website.

Zwei Frauen, zwei Zeiten, ein Land: Die Figuren Rahima und Shekiba leben beide in Afghanistan. Und obwohl sie hundert Jahre trennen, sind ihre beiden Leben von Unterdrückung und Gewalt - aber auch Hoffnung - geprägt.

There were hugs, smiles and a tight embrace at Toronto airport earlier this month as a 3-year-old Afghan boy reunited with his father.The boy, who was not named because he is a minor, was separated from his family on Aug. 26, when there was a suicide attack at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan.He was put on a plane out of the country and spent two weeks at an orphanage in Qatar, according to Qatari and Canadian media reports. Officials with the UN as well as the Qatari government helped reach his family in Canada, and he was able to reunite with them.Related: 'We are still here': Afghan UN employees worry about their safetyBut this boy is lucky.In the chaos of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and the mass evacuation from Kabul, a number of unaccompanied minors ended up on flights out of the country. Now comes the difficult task of reuniting them with their families or, for those who don't have any relatives, helping them find new homes.Right now, there are at least 300 Afghan children who were separated from their families during the evacuation, according to Wendy Young, president of Kids in Need of Defense, an organization that provides support for unaccompanied minors.“We know of children whose parents were killed in the process, and we know of children who were separated and placed on a different flight than their parent or their guardian and the child is in one country and the parents in another.” Wendy Young, Kids in Need of Defense, president“We know of children whose parents were killed in the process, and we know of children who were separated and placed on a different flight than their parent or their guardian and the child is in one country and the parents in another,” she said.Related: Minerals, drugs and China: How the Taliban might finance their new Afghan governmentYoung said that has spurred a global effort to help reunite Afghan children separated from their parents and also find housing for unaccompanied minors — children who evacuated with a friend or relative and also some who are orphans. The US State Department and the Department of Health and Human Services didn't respond to questions from The World about which countries unaccompanied Afghan minors have been relocated to, but earlier this month, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited some of them at Ramstein Air Base in Germany.Some unaccompanied Afghan minors have started arriving in the US. This week, about 75 unaccompanied minors arrived in Chicago, according to city and federal officials, the Chicago Sun Times reported.Others are staying at the Fort Bliss military base in El Paso, Texas, where Barbara Ammirati, deputy director for child protection in emergencies with Save the Children, has been part of the team offering support.Ammirati said that when the children arrive and it is determined they are unaccompanied, they are immediately separated from the general population at the base and placed in shelters.“It's a very temporary accommodation,” she said. “It's a small home — one room — and we've set it up. ... it looks like a bedroom with a welcoming living space.”No more than two minors, she said, stay in these facilities at a time and most of the minors she has worked with are between 15 and 17.Ammirati said these Afghan kids have been through a traumatic experience, but they are ready to start their new lives in the US.Related: Afghan women sidelined under new Taliban rule: ‘This country places no value on me as a woman'“They are happy to be in the United States. The first questions are, ‘Can I go to school, if I go here, will I go to school?' A university student is desperate to get back to classes,” she said.Need for a more permanent statusYoung, from Kids in Need of Defense, said she is concerned about the children's immigration status because Afghan children fall into a unique category.“They've been evacuated but they haven't been processed and vetted as the rigorous and, frankly, bureaucratic and lengthy process that normally happens through refugee resettlement,” she said. “They haven't spontaneously arrived here, so this is why they're in parole status.” (An individual who is ineligible to enter the US as a refugee, immigrant or nonimmigrant may be "paroled" into the US by the Secretary of Homeland Security.)Related: The Taliban want international recognition. Countries are debating.That means they face a lot of uncertainty. Earlier this month, Young's organization published a set of guidelines to protect Afghan children arriving in the US.Meanwhile, people from Afghan communities in the US have been springing into action. For example, the Afghan American Foundation recently hosted a Zoom session to explain what becoming a foster parent entails.Nadia Hashimi, a pediatrician and writer, started off the conversation.“For these children, this may be an event in their lives that stays very fresh. I think trauma does that. Trauma has a very deep footprint on the soul and so the easier, and the more comforted we can have these children feel in this moment and this process, the better it is.”Nadia Hashimi, pediatrician and writer“For these children, this may be an event in their lives that stays very fresh,” she said. “I think trauma does that. Trauma has a very deep footprint on the soul and so the easier, and the more comforted we can have these children feel in this moment and this process, the better it is.”About 800 people across the country were on the call, Hashimi said.Unaccompanied children arriving in the US is nothing new.Young said in recent years, the official US response has been more about law enforcement than child protection. In the case of these Afghan children, she said, the approach is still a work in progress.“What I hope happens is that we'll look back at it and figure out what lessons learned there are because what we see whether you're looking at the Central American situation or the Afghan situation is that these kids need our help,” she said. “And we owe it to them to have a system in place that kicks in rapidly and ensures that they get everything that they need including family reunification where appropriate.”

Novelists Nadia Hashimi and Helen Benedict join hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell to discuss the mistakes American writers and culture made in depicting the United States' wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. In the wake of the 20th anniversary of 9/11 and President Biden's decision to pull U.S. troops out of Afghanistan, have American fiction and film truly confronted the cost of these wars, especially to civilians overseas? In this episode, Benedict discusses the persistent and problematic glamorization of conflict, and reads from her 2017 novel, Wolf Season, which is about the Iraq War and its aftermath. Then, Hashimi speaks about centering Afghan voices in her fiction and reads from her novel Sparks Like Stars, which begins in 1978 Kabul during the Saur Revolution. To hear the full episode, subscribe through iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app (include the forward slashes when searching). You can also listen by streaming from the player below. Check out video excerpts from our interviews at LitHub's Virtual Book Channel, Fiction/Non/Fiction's YouTube Channel, and our website: https://www.fnfpodcast.net/ This podcast is produced by Anne Kniggendorf. Selected readings: Nadia Hashimi Sparks Like Stars The Pearl that Broke Its Shell Helen Benedict Wolf Season Sand Queen Lonely Soldier “The Best Contemporary Iraqi Writing about War” (LitHub)   Others: The Storytellers of Empire, By Kamila Shamsie – Guernica Unbecoming by Anuradha Bhagwati   “A Former Marine Looks Back on Her Life in a Male-Dominated Military” by V.V. Ganeshananthan (New York Times) Elliot Ackerman and Anuradha Bhagwati on the Role of the Military in American Politics, Fiction/Non/Fiction, season two, episode 21 Charlie Wilson's War Afghan Women are In Charge of Their Own Fate by Cheryl Benard “The Other Afghan Women” by Anand Gopal (New Yorker) “What Should a War Movie Do?” by Whitney Terrell (The New Republic) The Hurt Locker directed by Kathryn Bigelow Generation Kill by Evan Wright Karate Kid Matt Gallagher Teen Wolf Casualties of War directed by Brian De Palma The Messenger Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi Goodbye to All That by Robert Graves and Miranda Seymour Corpse Exhibition by Hassan Blasim The Taliban indoctrinates kids with jihadist textbooks paid for by the U.S. Washington Post, 2014 Sylvester Stallone in First Blood (1982) Katey Schultz Jesse Goolsby Cara Hoffman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's episode, Daman and Khyati talk to Nadia Hashimi about her latest book Sparks like Stars, the stereotypes that both readers and writers can perpetuate, the current situation in Afghanistan with its impact on Afghans all over the world, and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/browngirlsread/message

In this episode, we speak with pediatrician turned novelist, activist, and all around hero, Nadia Hashimi. We break down what's happening in Afghanistan and what comes next.

In this episode, Daman & Khyati discuss Nadia Hashimi's latest novel: Sparks like Stars, along with the current situation and history of Afghanistan. www.browngirlsread.com - instagram.com/browngirlsreadpod - twitter.com/browngirlsread1 - linktr.ee/browngirlsread --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/browngirlsread/message

Farai Chideya talks with Nadia Hashimi, an Afghan-American pediatrician and novelist who advocates for Afghan women, about what she's hearing from people on the ground there now. Tech contributor Mutale Nkonde explains how average social media users are being pulled into a network of disinformation about the Covid-19 vaccine. New York Times reporter Somini Sengupta makes the case that there's still a lot we can do to mitigate climate disaster. On Sippin' the Political Tea, Errin Haines of The 19th and Brittany Packnett Cunningham of the podcast Undistracted join Farai to discuss voting rights, New York's new Governor, and why we need to reframe #MeToo as a social justice issue.EPISODE RUNDOWN0:20 Afghan-American author Nadia Hashimi on the urgency to evacuate Afghan women12:32 Tech contributor Mutale Nkonde on how disinformation about the Covid-19 vaccine is spreading22:07 New York Times reporter Somini Sengupta on the latest climate science31:21 Sippin' the Political Tea: Errin Haines of The 19th and Brittany Packnett Cunningham of the podcast Undistracted join Farai to talk about the week's news

Elyssa Friedland is the author of four novels and a forthcoming picture book. She attended Yale University, where she served as managing editor of the Yale Daily News, and is a graduate of Columbia Law School. She worked as an associate at a major firm before turning to writing full-time. Elyssa currently teaches creative writing at Yale. Her work has been published in The Washington Post, McSweeney's, LitHub, POPSUGAR, RealSimple.com, Bustle, Modern Bride, New York magazine, Columbia Journalism Review, CBS MarketWatch.com, Yale Alumni Magazine and more. Elyssa resides in New York City with her husband and three young children.   In this episode, we chat about Elyssa's latest book: Last Summer At The Golden Hotel. In its heyday, The Golden Hotel was the crown jewel of the hotter-than-hot Catskills vacation scene. For more than sixty years, the Goldman and Weingold families – best friends and business partners – have presided over this glamorous resort which served as a second home for well-heeled guests and celebrities. But the Catskills are not what they used to be – and neither is the relationship between the Goldmans and the Weingolds. As the facilities and management begin to fall apart, a tempting offer to sell forces the two families together again to make a heart-wrenching decision. Can they save their beloved Golden or is it too late? You can follow Elyssa here. You can purchase Elyssa's book here. Click here to purchase tickets to my Zoom event with author Nadia Hashimi in conjunction with the Jewish Public Library.

On this special edition of The PEN Pod, we focus on the fall of the US-backed government in Afghanistan. First, we have a conversation between PEN America president Ayad Akhtar and journalist and author George Packer. They discuss the fate of Afghanistan's writers and translators, reflect on the decline of American power globally, and discuss more broadly the future of defending free expression. Then, we preview a PEN.org conversation with Afghan American author Nadia Hashimi—and outline how you can take action to defend Afghanistan's writers, artists, and free speech defenders. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/penamerica/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/penamerica/support

Nadia Hashimi is a bestselling international author whose latest book, Sparks Like Stars, draws on her experience as an Afghan American physician who – like her protagonist in Sparks Like Stars – was on emergency call in New York on 9/11.  Hi there, I'm your host Jenny Wheeler, and in Binge Reading today Nadia talks about the grief we all understand when mothers lose sons and fathers daughters, of her experience growing up in a culture overtaken by war, and writing stories that speak for those whose voices go unheard. And in our Armchair Traveler Giveaway We've got three E book copies of Nadia's latest book Sparks Like Stars to give away to three lucky readers.  Enter the draw to win! Offer closes July 19.. ENTER FREE BOOK DRAW But before we get to Nadia, just a reminder that Binge Reading is launching on Patreon. For as little as a cup of coffee a month, you can support the show and get exclusive bonus content about books you won't want to put down and the authors who write them. Check out www.patreon.com/thejoysofbingereading for more details. Six things you'll learn from this Joys of Binge Reading episode: Why she wants her books to humanize the newsWriting novels while still working as a physicianThe 'privilege' of patient doctor conversationsHer family's loss of a way of life in AfghanistanTeen fiction that challenges rigid gender boundariesLiving across two cultures Where to find Nadia Hashimi:  Website: https://nadiahashimibooks.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nadiahashimibooks/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NadiaHashimiBooks Twitter: @NadiaHasimi Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7273667.Nadia_Hashimi What follows is a "near as" transcript of our conversation, not word for word but pretty close to it, with links to important mentions. But now, here's Nadia. Introducing author Nadia Hashimi Jenny Wheeler: Hello there Nadia, and welcome to the show. It's so good to have you with us. Nadia Hashimi: Hi, Jenny. It's so great to be here with you. Jenny Wheeler: You are an international bestselling writer and Sparks Like Stars, which is your most recent book and the one we are discussing today, is your sixth novel and your fourth one for adults. You have done a couple of youth books as well, but they all draw heavily on your own background as the daughter of an Afghan family who moved to the States when you were young. Nadia Hashimi - Best selling author and her latest book Half Life, Re-imagining the life of Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie Tell us a little bit about that heritage, which comes through in all of your books so far. Nadia Hashimi: My parents immigrated from Afghanistan in the early part of the 1970s. They were a couple of the first people from their families and of the Afghan population to come to the United States. Soon after they left, many others started to follow because of the unrest that had started to bubble up in Afghanistan. Then of course in 1979, with the Soviet invasion, when it fell into a state of war and conflict, you started to see widespread movements of refugees. I have grown up watching members of my extended family flee from Afghanistan, flee from the conflict – whether it was in the war with the Soviets or during the Civil War or the Taliban regime – and moving to various parts of the world as refugees. These stories and these struggles have been part of our collective experience. Parallels with Nadia's own life Jenny Wheeler: Sparks Like Stars explores the dilemma of Aryana, an Afghan American physician in a New York hospital. She is fully integrated into the American way of life, but still haunted by traumatic events that happened in her childhood in Kabul. There are quite a number of similarities between you and that character – you are also a physician and of Afghan heritage. We don't want to give away too much of the story because things happen in the story that we don't w...

A chance encounter prompts a renowned surgeon to reexamine the past she left behind in this sweeping historical novel.   *** This and all of the books in this volume of One Great Book are from my Summer Reading Guide. If you don't have a copy, you can download for free at modernmrsdarcy.com/srg   Readers, we're exploring this summer's great books together in the Modern Mrs Darcy Book Club, our online home for community, classes, and reading-centered conversation with people who love books as much as you do. Our July selection is Sparks Like Stars; we're reading it together right now and chatting with author Nadia Hashimi on July 28th. Author events like these make for even more memorable and rich reading experiences, and we'd love for you to join our community of avid readers for a wonderful season. Visit members.modernmrsdarcy.com to find out more and join today. 

Nadia Hashimi joins “Bookreporter Talks To” to discuss her newest novel, Sparks Like Stars. The book opens in Afghanistan in 1978, where a ten-year-old girl named Sitara witnesses and survives a government coup that has her entire family slain. She is shepherded to an American Foreign Service officer to flee the country. In her writing, Nadia captures the old Afghanistan--one that is very different from what we know now. The story skips to 2008, where Sitara is now a doctor in the United States. The intervening years have brought her unanswered questions about where her family is buried--something which troubles her and does not allow her memory of them rest.  Then someone from her past walks into a hospital exam room and questions begin to be answered. Nadia is of Afghan heritage, though she was born here in the States. She's able to share a sharp perspective of an often overlooked part of history. Nadia and Carol talk about the troubled history of American war and politics and how certain questionable behavior from certain countries tread a grey line of morality. The two discuss the effects war has had on culture in unexpected ways and what that means for changing personal decisions as people move on. Books talked about in this episode: Sparks Like Stars by Nadia Hashimi: Check out our other videos: Bookaccino Book Club with William Kent Krueger Bookaccino Book Club with Jeanine Cummins Best Books of 2020 More Bookreporter Talks To: Jane Harper Chris Whittaker Alexandra Andrews Sign up for the weekly Bookreporter.com newsletter here FOLLOW US Facebook Website

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Author, Physician and Mother Dr. Nadia Hashimi shares with me her story of growing up as a first generation Afghan American in New York. Listen as we talk about her path to becoming a Physician and the inspiration behind her novels.

This week on the KPL Podcast we are visited by International Bestseller Nadia Hashimi. We will be discussing her most recent release Sparks Like Stars, Afghanistan, and much more. Also Jigisha and Ryan also share some of their recent favorite female protagonist lead titles for National Women's History Month.  All this and more on this week's KPL Podcast. Happy listening!   Recommendations:1. Homeland Elegies by Ayad Akhtar2. Well-Read Black Girl by Glory Edim3. Harley Quinn season 14. Birds of Prey5. Agatha Raisin by MC Beaton6. Agatha Raisin Series7. The Legend of Korra

Huge thanks to everyone who has helped us celebrate big this past week! To everyone who's participated in our podcast birthday stack extravaganza - we love you. You still have time to enter via Instagram through March 9 for a chance to win our exclusive wine glass! Just post your BATC-inspired book stack using the hashtag #batcturnsone. To celebrate our little anniversary, we're sharing some never-before-heard audio from the true first episode (and if you're in the fan club, keep your

Nadia Hashimi is a pediatrician turned novelist who draws on her Afghan culture to craft internationally bestselling books for adults as well as young readers. Her novels span generations and continents, taking on themes like forced migration, conflict, poverty, misogyny, colonialism, and addiction. She enjoys conversations with readers of all ages in libraries, book festivals, classrooms, and living rooms. With translations in seventeen languages, she's connected with readers around the world. Get to know her with 11 Questions! You can also watch a video version of this on YouTube. Follow @11QuestionsPod on Instagram & Twitter for more.

Two girls from two different eras in Afghanistan find their way in a male dominated society. 

Freshta Taeb and Nadia Hashimi, two women part of an ambitious group of volunteers dedicated to Afghan-Americans supporting the Biden/Harris campaign. They aim to mobilize our communities to bring about change in November and to have the ear of the potential future President and Vice President of the United States about Afghan-American issues in the US and Afghanistan. Nadia jan is a Pediatrician, novelist and former Democratic Congressional nominee for Maryland's 6th District. Freshta jan currently leads the Refugee Interventionists Program at Cornerstone Family and Marriage Intervention and the Managing Director of FT Translation Services. Learn more and connect with Afghan Americans for Biden/Harris!    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AfghanAmericansforBiden/ Twitter: www.twitter.com/afghanbiden   Donate: https://act.joebiden.com/BVFraiser?attr=105930575 Email: aa4biden@gmail.com Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review The Girls of Wisdom podcast on Apple iTunes! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/girls-of-wisdom/id1501231780 Send your questions to the girls at thegirlsofwisdom@gmail.com. You just might get your question or comment featured in an upcoming episode! If you loved today's show, be sure to screenshot the episode, share it in your Instagram stories, and tag the girls @thegirlsofwisdom. The girls just might share your share! Instagram: @thegirlsofwisdom Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thegirlsofwisdom/ Twitter: @WisdomGirls Email: thegirlsofwisdom@gmail.com Website: www.thegirlsofwisdom.com

Dans « La perle et la coquille » de Nadia Hashimi le narrateur dit que « Le destin trouve plus facile de revenir sur ses pas ». Cela est d’autant vrai pour les belles rencontres. Celles qui vous vont sourire à leur souvenir, celles qui vous apaisent et vous apprennent. Souvenez-vous, il y a quelques semaines, j’interrogeais le volubile Papa Alex. À ses côtés, Maman Suzette était intervenue avec tant d’intelligence et de sagesse que j’ai su qu’il me fallait revenir à cette même adresse. Grâce à elle, vous découvrirez une Martinique de carte postale. Celle qui fleure bon la mer salée, qui transcende l’enfance insouciante et affûte les désirs d’indépendance. Maman Suzette revient aussi sur sa vie en métropole et les choix qui en ont découlés avec recul et justesse. Enfin, elle vous partage son regard sur le couple et la réalité du rôle de mère avec une humilité qui ferait rougir la twittosphère. Mais avant de débuter cet épisode, un petit rappel : « Merci Maman, Merci Papa » est un podcast qui vit uniquement d’amour et d’appréciation. Je compte donc sur vous pour vous abonner, commenter, mais surtout lui donner les meilleures notes qu’il soit (moins ça n’existe pas) sur Apple Podcast, Soundcloud et Spotify, J’en profite pour vous remercier à nouveau et du fond du cœur pour vos partages, vos retours, vos suggestions. Si vous souhaitez que votre maman et/ou votre papa vienne témoigner : mes dm et mon micro sont ouverts. Pour plus d’informations sur le podcast, les interviewés ou votre obligée

Reproduzir Em Uma Nova Aba - Faça o Download - Arquivo Zip  Apesar dos problemas do ano anterior, voltamos para participar da campanha #OPodcastéDelas2019, organizada por Domenica Mendes do CabulosoCast/PerdidosnaEstante e Rodrigo Basso do Covil de Livros. Nesse episódio, nossa equipe recebe Samuel Muca, do Boteco dos Versados, efetiva a Camila Loricchio na equipe e conta com a participação da Patrícia Souza, que atendou nosso chamado no twitter.Ouça e saiba mais sobre o trabalha artístico de Amanda Palmer e como deixar o orgulho de lado com a arte de pedir; viaje pelas fantásticas trilogias de Robin Hobb; desbrave o sertão fantástico na companhia de uma mula, um cavaleiro e uma maga nascidos de um desafio a autora Paola Siviero; entenda como Nadia Hashimi levanta um interessante debate sobre bacha posh, o feminino e o machismo no Afeganistão e os reflexos no mundo; descubra Heloísa Prieto e sua incrível produtividade e incentivo a cultura. Acompanhe-nos, estimado explorador de universos!DURAÇÃO: 1 hora 21 Minutos 17 SegundosABORDADOS NO CAST:A Arte de Pedir (Amanda Palmer): Skoob - Compre na AmazonTrilogia do Assassino (Robin Hobb): O Aprendiz de Assassino - Skoob - Compre na AmazonO Assassino do Rei - Skoob - Compre na AmazonA Fúria do Assassino - Skoob - Compre na AmazonO Auto da Maga Josefa (Paola Sivieiro): Skoob - Compre na AmazonA Perola que Rompeu a Concha (Nadia Hashimi): Skoob - Compre na AmazonHeloísa Prieto: NOSSOS CONVIDADOS:Samuel Muca (Boteco dos Versados) - Boteco dos Versados - @botecoversadosPatrícia Souza - @Patysama2A TRIPULAÇÃO NAS REDES:Twitter: @MultiversoX - @CapAceBarros - @_Airechu - @JulioBarcellos - @sih_souz - @camiaetriaInstagram: @multiversox - @_airechu - @juliobarcellos - @id_diogo - @castelodecartasFacebook: Multiverso XPARTICIPE DO NOSSO GRUPO NO TELEGRAM: bit.ly/MXTelegram QUER O FEED PARA ADICIONAR NO SEU AGREGADOR FAVORITO?Assine o nosso feed: feeds.feedburner.com/multiversox/podcastSUGESTÕES, CRÍTICAS E DÚVIDAS:Envie e-mails para: contato@multiversox.com.br

Ficha técnica   Hosts: Thiago Corrêa e Leticia Dáquer   Convidada: Maria Marta Tortori   Edição: Thiago Corrêa   Capa: Leticia Dáquer   Data da gravação: 01/08/2018   Data da publicação: 15/08/2018   Músicas: Ana Cañas - Vacina na Veia Moraes Moreira - PS Paródia pulicada por Rebeca Carvalho no YouTube (música original: Clarice Falcão - 8º andar) Além dessas foram utilizados trechos de campanhas de 1977 e 1978 do governo federal. Fonte: Arquivo Nacional   Links mencionados no episódio   Cartilha “Imunização: tudo o que você sempre quis saber” editada pela Sociedade Brasileira de Imunização https://goo.gl/UJqYvd   Sarampo, pólio, difteria e rubéola voltam a ameaçar após erradicação no Brasil https://goo.gl/YTxwSQ   Cobertura vacinal contra sarampo vem caindo ao longo dos anos e está abaixo da média no Brasil https://goo.gl/91iQaA   ‘A vacinação não caiu por causa do Facebook, mas pela destruição do SUS', diz ex-ministro Padilha https://goo.gl/BCpCUL   A história que deu origem ao mito da ligação entre vacinas e autismo https://goo.gl/nNvwyo   É claro que vacina não tem nada a ver com autismo. Anti-Vaxxers Ironically Fund Study That Finds No Link Between Vaccines And Autism https://goo.gl/y8JEXc   Itália é campeã dos casos de sarampo, mas Governo não quer vacinação obrigatória https://goo.gl/q2bF63   Por que os EUA se posicionaram contra a ONU sobre amamentação https://goo.gl/cRXXTR   Nestlé under fire for marketing claims on baby milk formulas https://goo.gl/dCqZw3   Site oficial da Semana Mundial da Amamentação (em inglês) http://worldbreastfeedingweek.org/   Infográficos da OMS sobre amamentação (em inglês) https://goo.gl/wJjYpq   Rede Brasileira de Bancos de Leite Humano https://goo.gl/tZ2SEg A Balada do Pistoleiro Maria Marta Tortori Feira do Lavradio no Rio de Janeiro - No primeiro sábado de cada mês   Livro: A Pérola que Rompeu a Concha - A. Nadia Hashimi https://goo.gl/fUVcmG   Leticia Dáquer Filme/documentário: De Peito Aberto https://goo.gl/z1iqtP   Desenho: Nossa Casa, na Netflix   Thiago Corrêa Série “O Tamanho da Língua” da TV Folha https://goo.gl/nHN51m   Livro: O Rei das Fraudes - John Grisham https://goo.gl/VJNKMo   O Bom, o Mau e o Feio O Bom:  Leticia:  Vítimas de Maria da Penha ganham prioridade em fila para comprar imóvel popular no DF https://goo.gl/yBgnNs   Thiago:  Lei na Argentina aprovada por unanimidade torna todos os cidadão doadores de órgãos https://goo.gl/FsZbyw   O Mau: Leticia:  Universidade de medicina no Japão reduz notas de vestibulandas para evitar ingresso de mulheres https://goo.gl/CTVzbD   Thiago Boy, 11, hacks into replica U.S. vote website in minutes at convention https://goo.gl/sw8nhJ O Feio: Leticia:  Trump ameaça paralisar o Governo se democratas não financiarem muro com o México https://goo.gl/q7y1zH   Thiago:  Ligue 180 recebeu mais de 72 mil denúncias de violência contra mulheres no primeiro semestre https://bit.ly/2Muq8jB South Africa facing ‘mass starvation and riots' after white people's land seized https://goo.gl/FJz5Mn Jabás   Leticia Dáquer Twitter: @pacamanca Blog: www.pacamanca.com   Thiago Corrêa Twitter: @thiago_czz #MULHERESPODCASTERS Mulheres Podcasters é uma ação de iniciativa do Programa Ponto G, desenvolvida para divulgar o trabalho de mulheres na mídia podcast e mostrar para todo ouvinte que sempre existiram mulheres na comunidade de podcasts Brasil. O Pistolando apoia essa iniciativa.  Apoie você também: compartilhe este programa com a hashtag #mulherespodcasters e nos ajude a promover a igualdade de gênero dentro da podosfera. Links do Pistolando:   www.pistolando.com   contato@pistolando.com   Twitter: @PistolandoPod   Descrição da capa: A capa consiste de um quadrado dividido em dois; a parte superior foi dividida em uma parte maior e uma menor, e a inferior em uma parte menor e uma maior. A parte superior esquerda mostra o Zé Gotinha sorrindo e com a mão direita levantada; a cruz azul símbolo do SUS no peito. A imagem foi tratada com um filtro que a deixa acinzentada e com aparência de pinceladas no desenho. A parte superior direita tem fundo bordô e o nome do episódio em amarelo. A parte inferior direita é um quadro antigo: há uma mulher usando uma coroa, um vestido cinza abaixado deixando o seio esquerdo à mostra, uma capa de arminho atrás. No braço esquedo ela segura um bebê nu. Atrás dela, criaturas vermelhas com asas que à primeira vista podem parecer demônios, mas que na verdade são anjos. Esta imagem também está com um filtro que a deixa mais escura. A parte inferior esquerda tem fundo branco, com um revólver e o número do episódio em preto.

Dr. Nadia Hashimi is a Democratic candidate for Congress in Maryland's 6th Congressional District. She joins A Miner Detail Radio Podcast on Wednesday, June 20. 

Dr. Nadia Hashimi discusses her experience as a pediatrician and how it has prepared her to work towards promoting medicare for all. She also discusses her family's participation in the March For Our Lives and what Congress can do to help keep our kids safe in school. For more information on her campaign, and to get involved, visit: http://www.nadiahashimi.com/ https://www.facebook.com/HashimiForUs/ And for more information on the Frederick County Democratic Party, visit: www.frederickdemocrats.org

Though it is solidly blue, Maryland's 6th congressional district is one of the most interesting in the country. The subject of a Supreme Court gerrymandering case, the 6th is currently being vacated by Democrat John Delaney, who is retiring to focus on a 2020 presidential campaign. One of the four candidates running to replace him in the House of Representatives is Nadia Hashimi, a first-generation Afghan-American pediatric physician, small businessowner, and bestselling author. She is running a grassroots campaign focusing on healthcare, emphasizing her firsthand experience as key to what makes her qualified alongside the two incumbent officeholders also vying for the seat. Nadia joined us on the podcast to discuss her plan to implement single-payer, gerrymandering, and her socially conscious storytelling.

Amanda and Jenn discuss international reads, Star Trek readalikes, bisexual characters, and more in this week's episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by As You Wish by Chelsea Sedoti and OwlCrate. Enter our Best of 2017 books giveaway! bookriot.com/bookriottop20   Questions 1. Hi girls! I love reading about people from different countries or people currently living in different countries and would love a recommendation! I'm trying to find something that isn’t about war or racism. Maybe something a little more lighthearted- if that exists. I love both fiction and nonfiction and am very open to translated works, poetry, plays, short story collections, etc. None of my book friends have been able to help, but I'm hoping you can :) Thank you! --Bianca   2. Hi Amanda & Jenn, I'm looking for a recommendation for my book club. We're all women ranging in age from mid-twenties to mid-sixties and, as individuals, read everything from literary fiction to romance to science fiction and fantasy. We've only been meeting for the past 6 months so we're still figuring out what types of books work best. Right now, we've read Where'd You Go Bernadette (which everyone really enjoyed), Small Great Things (most people liked), Elsie and Mairi Go to War (awful, didn't even finish), Exit West (another strong pick), When Dimple Met Rishi (good, but not substantial enough), and God: A Human History (haven't discussed yet, but from our group emails, I'm thinking it's a bit too academic). Contemporary fiction with interesting, strong female protagonists seems to be our sweet spot. We have The Mothers on our to-read list as well as A Gentleman in Moscow, My Cousin Rachel and The Summer Before the War. We read diversely, don't shy away from difficult/sensitive subjects, nonfiction is ok but we've read a decent amount lately, and prefer adult to YA. Thanks so much! --Megan   3. Hi there - I'll be moving to the Bay Area soon for a software engineering program, and I'm a little nervous about feeling lonely/missing home. I'd love some recommendations for: escapist/comforting reads and/or fiction with an awesome female lead and/or books set in San Francisco. I've been reading through the October Daye series by Seanan McGuire and have enjoyed them. I'm also planning to take Sourdough by Robin Sloan with me. I enjoy most sci-fi/fantasy and read a lot of literary fiction as well. Some of my favorite authors are Miriam Toews, Mary Doria Russell, Peter Heller and Connie Willis. Thanks for your help and for the show - this podcast has helped me find so many great books! --Rachel   4. What sci-fi books would you recommend to someone who loves Star Trek? I've of course read some of the novelizations, but I'd like to read some novels that are unconnected but have a similar enough feel to Star Trek. I love the space exploration, philosophy, and different alien races working together, but most of all I loved the idealized future. It seems every futuristic novel I read, we all live in a terrible future that is terrible, and OH LOOK AT HOW EVIL TECHNOLOGY IS. There are no words to describe how tired I am of that. Thanks in advanced guys. I can't wait to hear your recs. --Eliza   5. Hi, I recently listened to your podcast about biography recommendations and can't wait to check out Cleopatra. I would love some other great biographies/memoirs about women. I would prefer people of color or/not already widely famous people. For example, I loved Stolen Lives; Twenty Years in a Desert Jail by Malika Oufkir, Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, Unbowed by Wangari Maathai, and Mennonite in a Little Black Dress by Rhoda Janzen. Thanks! --Carrie   6. I'm on a search for bisexual characters in literature (who actually call themselves bi- too often authors try to skirt around the word). I'm bisexual myself and I'm craving representation. I find so many gay and lesbian characters, but rarely bi. I don't mind if the character is in a same sex or opposite sex relationship, I would just really like to read about a bi character. Also, while I would love to see some bi women, I encounter bi women much more than I encounter bi men, so I would appreciate it if your suggestions had both genders (if that is at all possible). Thank you so much, and I absolutely adore the show. --Virginia   7. Hi Amanda and Jenn! I love listening to your podcast! Im wondering if you can recommend some books set in the Middle East. I recently read When the Moon is Low by Nadia Hashimi and loved it. I'd particularly like books told from the perspective of a female character(s). Thanks! --Becky   Books Discussed Sunshine by Robin McKinley A Darker Shade of Magic by VE Schwab The Rabbit Back Literature Society by Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen, translated by Lola Rogers The Woman Next Door by Yewande Omotoso (rec’d by Rebecca) White Oleander by Janet Fitch Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi Wallbanger by Alice Clayton A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold Provenance by Ann Leckie Wild Swans by Jung Chang Mighty Be Our Powers by Leymah Gbowee A Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee 100 Must Read Bisexual Books post Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner Escape from Aleppo by N.H. Senzai An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine

Dr. Nadia Hashimi is an Afghan – American internationally best selling author, pediatrician, mother of four and public speaker. Through her books which have been translated into 12 languages, we learn about the women of Afghanistan and as ourselves. We talk about how she got started, the stories she shares and whats in store. She...

Michael Fynan calls Nadia Hashimi, author of A HOUSE WITHOUT WINDOWS. Learn more: https://www.harperacademic.com/book/9780062449658/a-house-without-windows/.

Part II of a two-part series highlighting the best Foreign Affairs Unedited podcasts of 2015, we revisit some of our favorite conversations on women and gender from around the world. Featuring interviews with Ira Trivedi on bride trafficking in India, Nadia Hashimi on Afghanistan’s female sons, and Adrienne Mayor on the myth and reality of the Amazons.Don’t miss an episode of Foreign Affairs Unedited, subscribe on iTunes or on PodBean to have this podcast delivered right to your audio player of choice.A rush transcript is available on ForeignAffairs.com.Music credit: FreeMusicArchive.org / The Stealing Orchestra & Rafael Dionisio, Podington Bear, Jurica Jelić

Foreign Affairs author Nadia Hashimi discusses the tradition of Bacha Posh and her recent article "Afghanistan's Female Sons,"with Foreign Affairs Deputy Web Editor Rebecca Chao.

Nadia Hashimi made waves last year with the release of her fiction debut, The Pearl That Broke Its Shell – “a luminous tale of two women, destiny, and identity in […]

Nadia Hashimi made waves last year with the release of her fiction debut, The Pearl That Broke Its Shell – “a luminous tale of two women, destiny, and identity in Afghanistan,” according to Kirkus Reviews. Hashimi’s parents emigrated from their native Afghanistan in the 1970s, but a lifelong fascination with her cultural heritage led her […]

Afghan-American Nadia Hashimi’s debut novel is a tale of powerlessness, fate, and the freedom to control one’s own fate. Set in Kabul, Rahima and her sisters can only attend school sporadically and can rarely leave the house. Their only hope lies in the ancient custom of bacha posh, which allows young Rahima to dress and be treated as a boy until she is of marriageable age. Nadia Hashimi lives in suburban Washington, DC where she works as a pediatrician.The Ivy Bookshop will have copies of the author's books for sale at a book signing following the program.Writers LIVE! programs are supported in part by a generous gift from PNC Bank. Recorded On: Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Women in the Western world take many things for granted: the right to an education and a career, to walk in the street unaccompanied, to make personal decisions, to choose a marriage partner–or whether to marry at all. Female characters in historical fiction seldom enjoy such control over their own lives. Even today, as Nadia Hashimi shows in The Pearl That Broke Its Shell (William Morrow, 2014), the lives of women in rural Afghanistan remain as constrained by traditional demands as they were centuries ago. Afghanistan is far from the only place where such a statement applies. Yet this restricted cultural space includes customs that temporarily allow girls to live as boys or women as men. Male dominance of society can, it seems, withstand the cross-dressing of individual females. Through the lives of two young women living a century apart–Rahima, whose family turns her for a while into the son her mother did not have, and her great-great-grandmother Shekiba, ordered to don men’s clothes and guard the king’s harem–Hashimi explores the contradictions of gender stereotypes, the power of tradition, and the lessons of her own heritage. What is given can also be taken away, and Rahima and Shekiba are soon forced to live as wives and mothers after experiencing the greater freedom and authority granted to men. As they struggle to retain their sense of themselves in a world determined to return them to their place, each of the women must decide whether to adapt or to escape. “Seawater begs the pearl to break its shell,” wrote the thirteenth-century poet Rumi. This lyrical, passionate, uncompromising novel reveals the undying power of the human spirit even in the harshest of circumstances. It should be on everyone’s list. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Women in the Western world take many things for granted: the right to an education and a career, to walk in the street unaccompanied, to make personal decisions, to choose a marriage partner–or whether to marry at all. Female characters in historical fiction seldom enjoy such control over their own lives. Even today, as Nadia Hashimi shows in The Pearl That Broke Its Shell (William Morrow, 2014), the lives of women in rural Afghanistan remain as constrained by traditional demands as they were centuries ago. Afghanistan is far from the only place where such a statement applies. Yet this restricted cultural space includes customs that temporarily allow girls to live as boys or women as men. Male dominance of society can, it seems, withstand the cross-dressing of individual females. Through the lives of two young women living a century apart–Rahima, whose family turns her for a while into the son her mother did not have, and her great-great-grandmother Shekiba, ordered to don men’s clothes and guard the king’s harem–Hashimi explores the contradictions of gender stereotypes, the power of tradition, and the lessons of her own heritage. What is given can also be taken away, and Rahima and Shekiba are soon forced to live as wives and mothers after experiencing the greater freedom and authority granted to men. As they struggle to retain their sense of themselves in a world determined to return them to their place, each of the women must decide whether to adapt or to escape. “Seawater begs the pearl to break its shell,” wrote the thirteenth-century poet Rumi. This lyrical, passionate, uncompromising novel reveals the undying power of the human spirit even in the harshest of circumstances. It should be on everyone’s list. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices