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2009-11-22T11:34:22-05:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvYzFmXC8yOTAxMzAtMTMtbS5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==Christina Asquith talked about her book Sisters in War: A Story of Love, Family, and Survival in the New Iraq (Random House; September 29, 2009). In her book she tells the story of two Iraqi sisters, a Palestinian-American women’s rights activist, and a female U.S. soldier struggling to bring women’s rights to Iraq. Ms. Asquith, who spent many years reporting in the Middle East, spent two years in Iraq from 2003-2005. She is also the author of The Emergency Teacher: A Year Inside Philadelphia’s Toughest School (Skyhorse Press, 2007) and The Spinsters' War: A Story of Women, Life and Death in Iraq (Random House, 2009).
She was interviewed at the 32nd Annual National Press Club Book Fair and Authors' Night, a fundraiser for the Eric Friedheim National Journalism Library held Tuesday, November 17, 2009 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
She was interviewed at the 32nd Annual National Press Club Book Fair and Authors' Night, a fundraiser for the Eric Friedheim National Journalism Library held Tuesday, November 17, 2009 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Christina Asquith talked about her book Sisters in War: A Story of Love, Family, and Survival in the New Iraq (Random House; September 29, 2… read more
Christina Asquith talked about her book Sisters in War: A Story of Love, Family, and Survival in the New Iraq (Random House; September 29, 2009). In her book she tells the story of two Iraqi sisters, a Palestinian-American women’s rights activist, and a female U.S. soldier struggling to bring women’s rights to Iraq. Ms. Asquith, who spent many years reporting in the Middle East, spent two years in Iraq from 2003-2005. She is also the author of The Emergency Teacher: A Year Inside Philadelphia’s Toughest School (Skyhorse Press, 2007) and The Spinsters' War: A Story of Women, Life and Death in Iraq (Random House, 2009).
She was interviewed at the 32nd Annual National Press Club Book Fair and Authors' Night, a fundraiser for the Eric Friedheim National Journalism Library held Tuesday, November 17, 2009 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. close
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