Afghanistan Legacies: Confronting the End of America’s Longest War
About the Event
Date and Time
Friday October 22, 2021 12:00 Noon - 1:30 pm EST
Format
Online Learning Session
Welcome to event by Human Rights Center Executive Director Shelley Inglis, first speaker Heidi Kuhn, second speaker Bilal Sarwary, third speaker Khadeja Farahmand, fourth speaker Jeremiah Knowles, fifth speaker David Kieran, moderation of questions from audience and from fellow panelists by moderator Grant Neely, Professor of Political Science at University of Dayton.
Welcome to event by Human Rights Center Executive Director Shelley Inglis, first speaker Heidi Kuhn, second speaker Bilal Sarwary, third speaker Khadeja Farahmand, fourth speaker Jeremiah Knowles, fifth speaker David Kieran, moderation of questions from audience and from fellow panelists by moderator Grant Neely, Professor of Political Science at University of Dayton.
Speakers
Afghan journalist and refugee
Bilal Sarwary has worked for 14 years for BBC as fixer and translator and then producer and reporter based in Kabul. He has also worked for ABC News America and Abu Dhabi TV. Between 2005 and 2010 he studied links between warfare, drugs and terrorism in the United States. He started the social media campaign #AfghanistanYouNeverSee to highlight the beauty of his country. In 2018 he ran unsuccessfully for parliament to represent Kunar province as an independent. His final dispatch from Afghanistan was published days before the final withdrawal of US troops.Executive Director, Roots of Peace
Heidi Kuhn is Co-Founder and CEO of Roots of Peace, a humanitarian-nonprofit organization founded in September 1997 with a vision to transform MINES TO VINES replacing the scourge of landmines with sustainable agricultural farmland. Her pioneering work empowers families living in war-torn regions with hope leading to the economics of peace through export and trade.Afghan lawyer and refugee
Khadeja Farahmand is originally from Afghanistan. She is the first from her village in Kunduz Province to attend school and obtain a law degree. She currently serves as the Chief of Staff for the Baltimore Office of Equity and Civil Rights and is earning a jurist doctorate from the University of Baltimore School of Law. She was a human and women rights activist and a law professor in Afghanistan. In addition, her work history in Afghanistan includes service with USAID and work as a foreign relations officer and a gender specialist. Prior to her work in Baltimore with the Office of Equity and Civil Rights, Khadeja worked with the Baltimore City Law Department.
Khadeja has two law degrees, one from India and another from the University of Dayton Law School.