About this Event
Join the Vermont Council on World Affairs as we host special guest, Tara Kangarlou, an award-winning journalist, author, and humanitarian, as she discuss her book “The Heartbeat of Iran”. In her debut book, "The Heartbeat Of Iran" she captures some of the most nuanced and complex realities of life in today's Iran through intimate and personal stories of everyday Iranians. We look forward to welcoming you to this discussion on today’s interconnected village. VCWA’s Executive Director, Patricia Preston, will moderate.
About the Book
In today’s interconnected global village, Iran remains a mystery to much of the rest of the world―especially to those living in the United States and the west. While the country is often synonymous with rogue behavior on the world stage, there is also another, rarely seen side to this nation of 80 million, including being home to the greatest number of Jews in the Middle East outside of Israel, and having the largest transsexual population in the region, among other unexpected surprises.
The Heartbeat of Iran takes us on a journey into everyday life in Iran, where we meet the diverse people who make up the country’s delicate socio-cultural, political, and religious mosaic. Through textured portraits of regular Iranians―from a blind Sunni environmental activist to the gay son of a general, from Iran’s first female race car driver to a young rabbi who is training the future generation of Jewish rabbis in Israel’s enemy state―The Heartbeat of Iran reveals a people whose dreams and fears mirror that of millions of others worldwide, and who yearn to join an international community that often views them through the blur of a hostile political fog.
Author
Tara Kangarlou
Author
Tara Kangarlou is an award-winning journalist who has previously worked for NBC-LA, CNN, and Al Jazeera America. Her writing and reporting has also appeared in TIME, Vanity Fair, Al Monitor and the Huffington Post. Tara has spent much time in the Middle East covering the ongoing Syrian conflict - in particular the Syrian refugee crisis and the MENA region at large. As a result of her work in the field, in 2016 Tara founded Art of Hope - the first US nonprofit that's strictly focused on providing trauma-relief and mental health support through Art Therapy for Syrian refugees and vulnerable host communities in Lebanon.
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