Join fellow Tufts alumni and friends Sunday, April 21st from 11:30am to 2:00pm at the Hyannis Doubletree Inn for a powerful presentation by Fletcher visiting scholar Sima Samar, medical doctor, public official, founder of schools and hospitals, thorn in the side of the Taliban, nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize, and lifelong advocate for girls and women. Dr. Samar will be speaking about her new impassioned memoir, “Outspoken, My Fight for Freedom and Human Rights in Afghanistan.”
Dr. Sima Samar has been fighting for equality and justice for most of her life. Born into a polygamous family, she learned early that girls had inferior status, and she had to agree to an arranged marriage if she wanted to go to university. By the time she was in medical school, she had a son, Ali, and had become a revolutionary. After her husband was disappeared by the pro-Russian regime, she escaped. With her son and medical degree, she took off into the rural areas—by horseback, by donkey, even on foot—to treat people who had never had medical help before.
Sima Samar’s wide-ranging experiences both in her home country and on the world stage have given her inside access to the dishonesty, the collusion, the corruption, the self-serving leaders, and the hijacking of religion. And as a former Vice President, she knows all the players in this chess game called Afghanstan. With stories that are at times poignant, at times terrifying, inspiring as well as disheartening, Sima provides an unparalleled view of Afghanistan’s past and its present.
Despite being in grave personal danger for many years, she has worked tirelessly for the dream she is convinced is an achievable one: justice and full human rights for all the citizens of her country.
Brunch Menu includes:
Breakfast Pastries
Farm Fresh Scrambled Eggs
Breakfast Bacon and Sausage
Pancakes with Syrup
Roasted Turkey
Seasonal Vegetable and Red Bliss Potatoes
Freshly Brewed Starbucks Coffee, Decaf Coffee and Tazo Teas
Chocolate Mousse with wafer cookie
Sunday, April 21st
11:30am – 2:00pm
at the
DoubleTree by Hilton
287 Iyannough Rd., Hyannis
Cost: $37.00 per person
Please Register Here
Good company, great food, our always fabulous gift basket raffle and a presentation you won’t want to miss!