Join us for a special screening and discussion of the PBS Frontline documentary FOR SAMA from 4:00pm - 6:30pm in the Konover Auditorium in the Dodd Center. The discussion will be with Sana Mustafa and Kathy Libal after the screening.
FOR SAMA is both an intimate and epic journey into the female experience of war. A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to Sama, all while cataclysmic conflict rises around her. The film is the first feature documentary by Emmy award-winning filmmakers Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts.
Sana Mustafa is the Founder and Manager of Sana Mustafa Consulting LLC where she consults with different institutions on designing engagement projects related to refugees, refugees’ inclusion, and their political and humanitarian situation through design thinking approach. Mustafa is an active public speaker and has spoken at the United Nations headquarters in New York, delivered a TED talk, spoke at National Press Club in Washington, D.C, Carnegie Endowment, the White House, Harvard Law School, Stanford, and at numerous other respected venues.
Kathryn Libal, PhD, is Associate Professor of Social Work and Human Rights at the University of Connecticut and Director of the Human Rights Institute. Since 2007, she has taught at the School of Social Work and Human Rights Institute, specializing in human rights, social welfare and the state. Her scholarship has focused on the Middle East and United States. She has published on women’s and children’s rights movements in Turkey and on the advocacy of international non-governmental organizations on behalf of Iraqi refugees. One aspect of her current scholarship examines the localization of human rights norms and practices in the United States, with a focus on social mobilization for the right to adequate food and housing
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