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SAJA Briefing on Afghanistan, Pakistan, Central Asia, South Asia & Islam
Info about the region, U.S. foreign policy, Islam and more.

Last updated: Dec. 10, 2001

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Tip: The right spelling and pronunciation is "Muslim" and not "Moslem." See SAJA Stylebook entry

Tip: Pakistan and Afghanistan are NOT in the "Middle East." Refer to South Asia and Central Asia instead.

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Offline Briefing
Past event

South Asian Journalists Association
presents...

SAJA Briefing on Afghanistan, Central Asia, South Asia & Islam
See photos below

Saturday, Oct. 13, 2001
11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Maharaja Restaurant

Speakers:
SADANAND DHUME, Jakarta correspondent of Far Eastern Economic Review, who arrives in New York fresh from a special assignment in Kashmir. See his most recent story.
More on Dhume: http://www.saja.org/dhume.html

SULEMAN DIN, Rediff.com reporter, on his experiences at theg Afghanistan/Pakistan border
http://www.saja.org/din.html

MANSOOR IJAZ, LA Times commentator, on his efforts last week (with former CIA director James Woolsey) to negotiate with the Taliban
Read more about him, including his recent articles with Woolsey
http://www.saja.org/ijaz.html

ISHAQ NADIRI, New York University professor, on the internal politics of Afghanistan
http://www.nyu.edu/fas/Faculty/NadiriM.html

MARY ANNE WEAVER, The New Yorker, on "the real Osama bin Laden"
Read her definitive 2000 profile of bin Laden

Moderator: JYOTI THOTTAM
SAJA President & On Magazine reporter
http://www.saja.org/thottam.html

Followed by a short presentation on the refugee situation in Afghanistan by RACHAEL REILLY, refugee policy director, Human Rights Watch
http://www/hrw.org

TIX: (includes admission, appetizers and cash bar)
$3 for SAJA members
$5 for non-members
$3 for students (must have ID)
pay at door
OPTIONAL FULL BRUNCH: $6 extra

You don't have to be South Asian to attend...

See photos below

Photos from SAJA Briefing on Oct. 13, 2001

All pix: Jay Mandal/On Assignment


A glimpse of the 170 folks who turned out to listen to the panel.


Mansoor Ijaz makes a point, while Ishaq Nadiri, Sadanand Dhume, Maryanne Weaver and Suleman Din listen in.


Another look at the panel, with SAJA president Jyoti Thottam on the right.

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