Season 4 #2: Hamida Ghafour: The Sleeping Buddha and Marina Nemat: Prisoner of Tehran

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DATE : Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:26:00 GMT
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This edition of Canadian Voices features 2 speakers. The first is Toronto author and journalist Hamida Ghafour, who discusses themes from her book, The Sleeping Buddha. When Hamida Ghafour returned to her family homeland of Afghanistan in 2003 to report for the London Daily Telegraph, she found a place utterly changed from the world that her parents raised her to believe in. She witnessed the reconstruction efforts and the day to day struggles of the Afghani people, while coming to terms with her own identity and family history. The talk offers a uniquely Canadian perspective on the Westâs efforts to re-shape Afghanistan.

The second talk is by author Marina Nemat, whose book, Prisoner of Tehran,chronicles her arrest under false accusations, and subsequent torture at the notorious Evin Prison in Tehran.

These recordings were originally broadcast on TV Ontario's Big Ideas programme in June, 2008, more information on this programme at www.tvo.org/bigideas.

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