Malalai Joya in Vancouver, November 14/09

Saturday, November 14

7p.m., St. Andrew's - Wesley Church

1022 Nelson St, at the corner of Burrard

Suggested Donation: $5-10

All proceeds will go towards Joya's humanitarian projects in Afghanistan.

Please join us for this special event: the Canadian launch of Malalai Joya's book, A Woman Among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Speak Out, which Kirkus Reviews calls, "A chilling, vital memoir that reveals hidden truths about Afghanistan and directly addresses the misguided policies of the United States."

Co-written with StopWar activist and writer Derrick O'Keefe, A Woman Among Warlords is an important and timely book. Malalai Joya's personal story is inspiring, and her political message is an uncompromising appeal for an end to NATO's occupation of Afghanistan and the impunity of the warlords in the Karzai regime. Don't miss this rare chance to hear Malalai Joya in person.

Organized by StopWar.ca.

Sponsors: Simon & Schuster Canada, the Canadian Peace Alliance, Voice of Women - Canada, rabble.ca, Iranian Centre for Peace, Freedom and Social Justice.

Malalai Joya, the young woman who the BBC has hailed as the ‘bravest in Afghanistan,’ has published her memoirs, A Woman Among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Woman Who Dared to Speak Out.