| | | | NEXT WEEK
THE CAS SPEAKER SERIES PRESENTS
| | | | | Khuraki: A Celebration of Afghanistan in Pittsburgh
Tuesday, Feb 15th &
Lives Uprooted: A Panel on the Transition in Afghanistan
Thursday, Feb17th | | | | | Khuraki: A Celebration of Afghanistanin Pittsburgh
Performance, 5 PM Tuesday, February 15
Rangos Ballroom of theCohon University Center(and Live Streamed)
Developed before the U.S. withdrawal, "Khuraki: A Celebration of Afghanistan in Pittsburgh" is a snapshot of a moment in time (2019) when Afghan refugees still held out some hope that there was possibility for them to return home.
The interactive theater experience will be highlighted by Afghan food and music. The performance also benefits Afghan women in a new foodservice venture.To that end, 75 chilled Afghan meals for viewers of the livestream maybe picked up at noon at the Center for Student Diversity & Inclusion in A75 of the CUC on a first-come, first-served basis. Hot meals also will be available for pickup for the live audience after the performance.
The cooks, some of whom are also subjects of the play, will be there to greet audience members after the show. Masks are required. A Zoom option also is available for those not wishing to join in person; all attendees must register bellow. | | | | | | Lives Uprooted:
A Panel on the Transition in Afghanistan
5 p.m. Thursday, February 17
Tepper Building, Room 4242 (and Live Streamed)
This discussion, moderated by Ethan Pullman from the CMU Libraries, will focuson Afghan resettlement in the Pittsburgh area. The panel features Ivonne Smith-Tapia, the director of Refugee and Immigrant Services at Jewish Family and Community Services of Pittsburgh; Sohrab Bakhshi, contractor for the U.S.Military and former Afghan refugee, who personally experienced the transition when he was brought to the U.S. under a Special Immigrant Visa; and historian Emanuela Grama, associate professor and director of Global Studies at CMU, who will discuss dislocation and its related side effects.
The panel is free and open to the public. Masks are required. Attendees must register bellow.
| | | | | "Khuraki" was created by Pittsburgh production company Real Time Interventions to "challenge Americans' perceptions about Afghanistan while supporting a group of Afghan female refugees in their goal to start a collectively owned food business in Pittsburgh, "according to creator/writer Molly Rice. The production was a 2019 nominee for the Pittsburgh Mayor's Award for Public Art.
The word khuraki in the Afghan language, Dari, means "eat" or "meal," and that is an integral part of the performance, which features personal insights of five Afghan women. They treasure their homeland and heritage and, now, must immerse themselves in an American lifestyle.
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