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Miami Book Fair, War and its Consequences: Three Nonfiction Readings, Miami Dade College, Room 3209 (Building 3, 2nd Floor), 300 NE Second Avenue, Miami, FL

  • Sunday, November 18, 2018
  • 2:30 PM 4:00 PM 14:30 16:00
  • Miami Book Fair Room 3209 (Building 3, 2nd Floor), 300 NE Second Avenue Miami, FL USA (map)
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Nov. 18, 2018. In No Turning Back: Life, Loss, and Hope in Wartime Syria, prize-winning journalist Rania Abouzeid tells the tragedy of the Syrian War through the dramatic stories of four young people seeking safety and freedom in a shattered country. In The Land Between Two Rivers Tom Sleigh examines the urgency of our global refugee crisis and our capacity as artists and citizens to confront it. The Fox Hunt: A Refugee’s Memoir of Coming to America is Mohammed Al Samawi’s moving story of war, friendship, and hope in which he recounts his harrowing escape from a brutal civil war in Yemen with the help of a daring plan engineered on social media by a small group of interfaith activists in the West.

Earlier Event: November 17
Miami Book Fair, Literary Stewardship as Political Stewardship, Miami Dade College, Room 3314 (Building 3, 3rd Floor) 300 NE Second Avenue, Miami, FL
Later Event: November 18
Miami Book Fair, Voices of American Poetry, Room 6100 (Building 6, 1st Floor), 300 NE Second Avenue, Miami, FL

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