NYU Cultures of War and the Postwar is delighted to host an in-person and Zoom event this Wednesday: a screening of the PBS Frontline documentary Afghanistan Undercover followed by a talk back discussion with Frontline correspondent, Ramita Navai, and Arifa Fatimi, one of the brilliant and brave Afghan activist women featured.
Join us to learn more about the pressing issues faced by Afghan women since the abrupt US military withdrawal from the region and the Taliban takeover.
It will take place in person in the Event Space (Room 106) in the NYU English department, at 244 Greene Street on Wednesday 30th November at 6pm and on Zoom https://nyu.zoom.us/j/98641402258
This event is free and open to the public, but visitors to NYU will need to provide ID and proof of vaccination.
In Afghanistan Undercover, Ramita Navai (Iraq Uncovered, Syria Undercover) finds women who are being punished by the regime and confronts Taliban officials. She reveals the harsh realities of life for women under the Taliban’s rule, meeting a group of female lawyers forbidden from working, riding along with an underground network of female activists who go on dangerous rescue missions and secretly filming in a jail where women are being held by the Taliban without trial or charge.
Ramita Navai is an Emmy and Robert F. Kennedy award-winning British-Iranian investigative journalist, documentary maker, author and host of "The Line of Fire" podcast. With a reputation for working in hostile environments, she has reported from over forty countries, made over thirty documentaries and features and worked as a foreign correspondent for print.
Twitter: @ramitanavai Instagram: @senoritaramita Website: www.ramitanavai.com
Since its formation in 2013, the Cultures of War and the Postwar Research Collaborative https://wp.nyu.edu/culturesofwar has aimed through its public programming to contribute to the debates around war culture and to produce concrete outcomes for post-war cultural policies which bridge the divides between academia, veterans, the military, activists, writers and creative artists in today’s challenging global climate.
Please contact Emily Foister (emf387@nyu.edu) or Patrick Deer (pd46@nyu.edu) for more details.