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SUMMARY:Standing Alone in Mecca
DESCRIPTION:\nGreetings,\n\nWe are pleased to announce that Asra Noman
 i, journalist and author of\nStanding Alone in Mecca: An American Woma
 n’s Struggle for the Soul\nof Islam, will be speaking Thursday, Sept
 ember 24, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. at\nthe University of Central Florida in t
 he Cape Florida Ballroom of the\nStudent Union. Her presentation will 
 be on \"The Paradox of Women in\nIslam.\"\n\nNomani, a Muslim born in 
 India who later immigrated to America with her\nfamily, is a former Wa
 ll Street Journal correspondent. She has also\nworked extensively in t
 he Middle East and South Asia and written\nmultiple articles for leadi
 ng newspapers and magazines. She covered and\nanalyzed the major event
 s taking place, as well as reported from the\nfront lines on the post 
 9-11 conflict in Afghanistan and throughout the\nregion.\n\nOne of the
  last people to see her best friend, Wall Street Journal\nreporter Dan
 iel Pearl, alive, Asra Nomani figures prominently in the\nacclaimed fi
 lm, A Mighty Heart, starring Angelina Jolie. The film\ncaptures Daniel
 's wife Mariane and as they struggle to get answers and\nprovide each 
 other consolation and support during the dark days\nsurrounding his ab
 duction and murder. Nomani continues to search for the\ntruth about wh
 o killed Daniel through The Pearl Project, an\ninvestigative program s
 he now heads at Georgetown University.\n\nThe event is free and open t
 o the public, and is sponsored by the UCF\nGlobal Perspectives Office,
  UCF Political Science Department, UCF Middle\nEastern Studies Program
 , The India Program at UCF, UCF Diplomacy\nProgram, UCF Women's Studie
 s Program, UCF Women's Research Center, UCF\nInternational Services Ce
 nter, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang\nFoundation, UCF LIFE and 
 the Global Connections Foundation.\n\nPlease see the attached flyer or
  visit www.ucfglobalperspectives.org\nfor further information.\n\nIf y
 ou have any questions, please feel free to contact us.\n\nKind regards
 ,\n\n\n\nGlobal Perspectives Office\n4000 Central Florida Blvd.\nHowar
 d Phillips Hall room 202\nOrlando, FL 32816-0003\nwww.ucfglobalperspec
 tives.org\n\nFor more information visit https://www.zoobird.com/events
 /standing-alone-in-mecca
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ORGANIZER:UCF Global Perspectives
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