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SUMMARY:Syria stories: narratives from the front line: seminar and book la
 unch - Rania Abouzeid\, Dr Wendy Pearlman\, Rt. Hon. Lord Dr Rowan William
 s
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DTEND:20180323T173000Z
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CONTACT:Dr Adam Coutts
DESCRIPTION:Syria stories: narratives from the front line\n\nAuthor readin
 gs and book launch\n\nThe event is free and open to all. Please register h
 ere: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/syria-stories-narratives-from-the-fron
 tline-seminar-and-book-launch-tickets-43056273473\n\nRania Abouzeid and Dr
  Wendy Pearlman in conversation with The Rt Revd & the Rt Hon Lord Dr Rowa
 n Williams (Master of Magdalene).\n\nMarch 2018 marks the seventh year of 
 conflict in Syria. Rania Abouzeid and Dr Wendy Pearlman will speak about t
 heir new books which examine the development of the conflict and humanitar
 ian crises that have engulfed Syria and the Middle East. Wendy and Rania a
 re two leading experts on the region. For anyone interested in the Middle 
 East this is a must see event!\n\nRania will be discussing her new book: N
 o Turning Back: Life\, Loss and Hope in wartime Syria and Wendy her latest
 : We Crossed a Bridge and it Trembled: Voices from Syria.\n\nThe event wil
 l be followed by a drinks reception and book launch.\n\nThe event is held 
 in conjunction with the Department of Sociology and the Intellectual Forum
 \, Jesus College.\n\nSPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES\n\nWendy Pearlman is a professor 
 at Northwestern University. She speaks Arabic and has spent more than twen
 ty years studying and living in the Arab World\, including Lebanon\, Jorda
 n\, Egypt\, Morocco\, Israel\, the West Bank\, and the Gaza Strip. In addi
 tion to dozens of articles about the Middle East\, she has written two acc
 laimed books about the Palestinian national movement. Educated at Harvard\
 , Georgetown\, and Brown\, she was a Fulbright Scholar and a postdoctoral 
 Fellow at Harvard's JFK School of Government's Belfer Center. She lives in
  Chicago\, Illinois.\n\nhttp://www.polisci.northwestern.edu/people/core-fa
 culty/wendy-pearlman.html\n\nRANIA ABOUZEID has spent more than fifteen ye
 ars reporting on the Middle East\, and has written for The New Yorker\, th
 e Guardian and TIME Magazine among others. A formerNew America fellow\, sh
 e has won several international prizes for her work including the Frontlin
 e Club Print Award\, the Michael Kelly Award and George Polk Award. Rania 
 grew up in Australia and now lives inBeirut\, Lebanon.\n\nhttps://www.rani
 aabouzeid.com/about/\n\nLord Rowan Williams: https://www.magd.cam.ac.uk/us
 er/williams\n\n\nLOGITSTICS\n\nHow do I get to West Court\, Jesus College?
 \n\nThe entry to West Court is directly on Jesus Lane\, near to the inters
 ection with Park Street. Please do not enter through the main entrance to 
 the Porters' Lodge\, known as "the Chimney". A map is included below to as
 sist you in finding our entrance.\n\nWhat transport options do I have?\n\n
 There is no on-site car parking at Jesus College for members of the public
  attending our events. There is limited on-street parking outside the Coll
 ege and the Park Street Car Park is very close. There are also multiple Pa
 rk and Ride options to the City Centre\, a short walk from the College.\n\
 nA regular train services runs to Cambridge from London's Kings Cross Stat
 ion\, London Liverpool Street Station and many other mainline UK stations.
  The College is located approximately 2 miles (3.2 kilometres) from the ra
 ilway station. Buses run about every 10 minutes and there is a taxi rank o
 utside the station and one here in the city centre for your return.\n\nWha
 t time do I need to arrive?\n\nWe ask that you arrive 15 minutes before th
 e event\, and no later than the face time on your ticket. We may not admit
  latecomers\, especially if seating is now full or filming is taking place
 . Our staff will be on site to validate tickets and so it would be helpful
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 e day and so we have to over-issue tickets to ensure a full event. We deci
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 vent but the last thing we want to do is disappoint people. In order to be
  as fair as possible we admit ticket holders on a first come first served 
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 t. More accurate numbers mean less overbooking in the future and reduce th
 e risk that people with tickets will be denied entry. For some events we m
 ay be able to ticket at the door and this will be advised to the waitlist.
  Please join the waitlist if the event is sold out and we will let you kno
 w if this will be an option.\n\nWhat can I bring with me?\n\nThere are coa
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 ilities and we cannot take any responsibility for items left unattended. M
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 s requirements?\n\nWest Court is access friendly and there are hearing loo
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 n advance of any event via if-coordinator@jesus.cam.ac.uk. There is limite
 d permit disabled parking\, and again this must be prearranged. The buildi
 ng has extensive access-friendly bathroom facilities\, and some limited se
 ating in the waiting area.\n\nIs there food or drink available?\n\nFor ref
 reshments\, our College Cafe or Bar will often be open across the courtyar
 d selling drinks and food around our events. Details of the opening times 
 for the cafe can be found at https://www.jesus.cam.ac.uk/college/life-jesu
 s/food-and-drink/cafe and for our bar can be found at https://www.jesus.ca
 m.ac.uk/college/life-jesus/food-and-drink/bar.
LOCATION:Frankopan Hall\, West Court\, Jesus College\, Jesus Lane\, Cambri
 dge\, CB5 8BL 
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