BEGIN:VCALENDAR
PRODID:-//newmuseum.org//NONSGML iCalcreator 2.6//
VERSION:2.0
X-WR-CALNAME:It Is What It Is
X-WR-CALDESC:Conversations About Iraq
X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9926PsIPoG@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:Peter Buotte is a sculptor and humanitarian efforts officer. He
graduated in 2005 with an MFA from Maine College of Art. Buotte has eight
een years of military experience and has served two years in Iraq\, in 200
3 and in 2008. While in Iraq\, Buotte coordinated civilian affair projects
that included hiring linguists\, repairing schools\, and mentoring govern
ance leaders in the Mahmudiyah region to the south of Baghdad. He has part
icipated in several panels and lectures about the Iraq war. In his current
sculptural work\, an attempt to update the notion of classic statuary\, B
uotte works with volunteer veterans who have been severely wounded while d
eployed in Iraq.
DTSTART:20090211T120000
DTEND:20090211T150000
SUMMARY:Peter J. Buotte
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-99280OIcoo@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:Nicholas Mirzoeff is professor in and director of the Visual St
udies program at New York University. He received his BA in Modern History
from Oxford in 1980 and his PhD in art history from the University of War
wick in 1990. He has written numerous books\, including *Watching Babylon:
The War in Iraq and Global Visual Culture* (Routledge\, 2005)\, which was
translated into Italian. His *Introduction to Visual Culture* (1999) has
become a basic text for students in the field and has been translated into
Spanish\, Korean\, Italian\, and Chinese. In the spring of 2009\, Mirzoef
f will be teaching a seminar that deals with war-related injuries.
DTSTART:20090211T150000
DTEND:20090211T180000
SUMMARY:Nicholas Mirzoeff
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9929x1N3Hg@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:A PhD student in the Anthropology Department at Columbia Univer
sity\, Zainab Saleh is interested in issues of nationalism\, identity\, an
d governance among Shiites in Iran and Iraq\, including the unique dynamic
s and networks specific to these groups. In addition to her PhD research\,
Saleh contributed to the book *Powers of the Secular Modern: Talal Asad a
nd His Interlocutors* (2006)\, which was edited by David Scott and Charles
Hirschkind.
DTSTART:20090212T120000
DTEND:20090212T150000
SUMMARY:Zainab Saleh
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9930vSSCuU@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:Alaa Majeed is a reporter\, producer\, and translator. She rece
ived her BA from Al Mustansiriya University in Baghdad. Majeed has co-prod
uced segments for Al-Jazeera International and PBS. She has also reported
for United Press International\, Pacifica Radio\, the BBC\, National Publi
c Radio\, “60 Minutes\,”and *The Sunday Times (London)*. Her experienc
e as a translator includes work with news services\, conducting/translatin
g classes for Iraqi civil servants\, and a position with Nature Iraq\, a n
on-governmental\, environmental organization. She is currently also workin
g as a researcher\, monitoring news wires\, documenting press freedom viol
ations\, and conducting investigative interviews with journalists overseas
for the Committee to Protect Journalists\, which is based in New York. In
2007\, she received the International Courage in Journalism award from th
e International Women’s Media Foundation.
DTSTART:20090212T150000
DTEND:20090212T180000
SUMMARY:Alaa Majeed
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9931vVozXl@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:David Enders is a freelance journalist and the author of *Baghd
ad Bulletin* (2005\, University of Michigan Press)\, a street-level accoun
t of the war that highlights its complexity\, including how it affects the
daily rhythms of life in Iraq. The book shares its name with the now defu
nct English-language news outlet Enders co-founded in Iraq. He also has re
ported for the BBC and has co-produced pieces for Al Jazeera English’s
People and Power” and PBS’s “Foreign Exchange.” Enders has writt
en for *The Nation\, Mother Jones\, The Progressive\, The Washington Times
\, Rolling Stone* and *New York Magazine*.
DTSTART:20090212T180000
DTEND:20090212T210000
SUMMARY:David Enders
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9932nz4Pun@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:Nour Al-Khal is a translator from Baghdad. Al-Khal holds a BA i
n English Literature from Baghdad University. In 2003\, she began working
for the United States Agency for International Development as a translator
helping the local government in Basra. She also worked as a translator fo
r British and American reporters\, one of whom was Steven Vincent. A death
squad kidnapped Al-Khal and Vincent in August 2005 in Basra. They were bo
th shot multiple times. Vincent died\, Al-Khal survived. Al-Khal and Vince
nt’s widow\, Lisa Ramaci\, co-edited Vincent’s book *In the Red Zone:
A Journey into the Soul of Iraq*\, which will be published in September 20
09.
DTSTART:20090213T120000
DTEND:20090213T150000
SUMMARY:Nour Al-Khal
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9933vUmKzF@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:Born in Iraq\, Esam Pasha is a translator\, artist and journali
st who has worked as an interpreter for the British Embassy in Baghdad and
the Coalition in Iraq\, including military groups such as the 101st Airbo
rne and the Florida National Guard. Pasha has also been an interpreter at
publications such as *The Boston Globe* and *The Christian Science Monitor
*. He was a freelance journalist for the United Nations Integrated Regiona
l Information Network and has written articles on art for international jo
urnals such as *The Art Newspaper*. Pasha\, who is a well-known artist in
Iraq\, has also exhibited in the United States and Europe. In 2003\, he ex
ecuted the first post-war mural in Iraq\, which is located in Baghdad.
DTSTART:20090213T150000
DTEND:20090213T180000
SUMMARY:Esam Pasha
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9934NwcU55@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:A PhD student in the Anthropology Department at Columbia Univer
sity\, Zainab Saleh is interested in issues of nationalism\, identity\, an
d governance among Shiites in Iran and Iraq\, including the unique dynamic
s and networks specific to these groups. In addition to her PhD research\,
Saleh contributed to the book *Powers of the Secular Modern: Talal Asad a
nd His Interlocutors* (2006)\, which was edited by David Scott and Charles
Hirschkind.
DTSTART:20090213T180000
DTEND:20090213T210000
SUMMARY:Zainab Saleh
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-99345nUCL7@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:Donny George Youhkanna is the former Director of the National M
useum in Baghdad. He received his PhD in Archeology from the University in
Baghdad in 1995 and participated in many excavations in Iraq since 1976.
After his departure from Iraq in 2006\, he became a visiting professor at
the Department of Asian and Asian American Studies at SUNY Stony Brook. He
wrote the foreword to *The Looting of the Iraq Museum\, Baghdad: The Lost
Legacy of Ancient Mesopotamia* (2004) and has participated in many semina
rs in the U.S. and Europe on the recovery of Iraqi antiquities.
DTSTART:20090214T120000
DTEND:20090214T150000
SUMMARY:Donny George Youkhanna
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9935JIuGdj@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:Don Gomez is a former Army Sergeant and a member of the Iraq an
d Afghanistan Veterans of America\, which is the country’s first and lar
gest non-profit\, nonpartisan group for veterans of the wars in Iraq and A
fghanistan. He was deployed to Iraq in 2003\, where he participated in the
initial invasion as a Team Leader\, spending the remainder of his time pa
rticipating in security operations in Baghdad.He returned to Iraq in 2005
as a driver for the Deputy Commanding General of Multi-National Corps. Gom
ez has received more than a dozen military awards\, including the Army Com
mendation Medal\, a Presidential Unit Citation\, and a Joint Service Comme
ndation Medal. He is currently studying International Studies with a conce
ntration in Middle Eastern Studies at the City College of New York (CUNY).
DTSTART:20090214T150000
DTEND:20090214T180000
SUMMARY:Don Gomez
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9936jEt6FP@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:Sawsan Al-Dawodi was trained as an engineer at the University o
f Baghdad. Al-Dawodi was the head of the first feminist Iraqi delegation t
o the Secretary of Labor in Washington DC. After that\, she worked on a U.
S. AID-sponsored project in Baghdad. Al-Dawodi and her family went into ex
ile in Egypt. While in Cairo\, Al-Dawodi became a volunteer in the Center
for Migration and Refugee Studies at the American University\, which offer
s legal aid\, case advocacy\, and referrals to relevant service providers
for Iraqi refugees in the resettlement process. Because of her experience
in a refugee camp in Egypt Al-Dawodi’s interests have shifted from engin
eering to humanitarian causes. Al-Dawodi now lives in New Jersey.
DTSTART:20090215T120000
DTEND:20090215T150000
SUMMARY:Sawsan M. Al-Dawodi
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9937h6oHmG@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:Born in Iraq\, Esam Pasha is a translator\, artist and journali
st who has worked as an interpreter for the British Embassy in Baghdad and
the Coalition in Iraq\, including military groups such as the 101st Airbo
rne and the Florida National Guard. Pasha has also been an interpreter at
publications such as *The Boston Globe* and *The Christian Science Monitor
*. He was a freelance journalist for the United Nations Integrated Regiona
l Information Network and has written articles on art for international jo
urnals such as *The Art Newspaper*. Pasha\, who is a well-known artist in
Iraq\, has also exhibited in the United States and Europe. In 2003\, he ex
ecuted the first post-war mural in Iraq\, which is located in Baghdad.
DTSTART:20090215T150000
DTEND:20090215T180000
SUMMARY:Esam Pasha
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9938Dk3CKI@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:Nour Al-Khal is a translator from Baghdad. Al-Khal holds a BA i
n English Literature from Baghdad University. In 2003\, she began working
for the United States Agency for International Development as a translator
helping the local government in Basra. She also worked as a translator fo
r British and American reporters\, one of whom was Steven Vincent. A death
squad kidnapped Al-Khal and Vincent in August 2005 in Basra. They were bo
th shot multiple times. Vincent died\, Al-Khal survived. Al-Khal and Vince
nt’s widow\, Lisa Ramaci\, co-edited Vincent’s book *In the Red Zone:
A Journey into the Soul of Iraq*\, which will be published in September 20
09.
DTSTART:20090218T120000
DTEND:20090218T150000
SUMMARY:Nour Al-Khal
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9939OmsSmu@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:Khalid Rashid Al-Doori has been an architect for sixteen years.
He is currently based in New York\, but has participated in numerous buil
ding projects in Baghdad. Al-Doori was a Senior Architectural Engineer for
Associated Architects in Baghdad from 1999 – 2003 and the Project Manag
er for Dijlah Housing Company in Amman\, Jordan\, from 2004 – 2006. He r
eceived his Bachelor of Science in Architectural Engineering from the Univ
ersity of Baghdad in 1989 and his Masters Degree of International Business
in Tarragona\, Spain.
DTSTART:20090218T150000
DTEND:20090218T180000
SUMMARY:Khalid Rashid Al-Doori
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-99392MKtin@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:A New York native\, Brian Laguardia joined the Army after gradu
ating from the University of Chicago. He soon found himself at the United
Nations Security Battalion Joint Security Area unit that maintained securi
ty in the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea. Laguardia fini
shed the first stint of his military service in 2000 and returned to teach
ing for three years first in New York and then in South Korea. Two years o
f working in non-profit organizations throughout Asia\, including Thailand
and Nepal\, followed. In 2005\, the Army called him off of Individual Rea
dy Reserve and deployed him to Iraq. During his military service\, Laguard
ia became a Staff Sergeant and won numerous awards\, including three Army
Commendation Medals\, three Army Achievement Medals\, and a Combat Action
Badge. He is currently working toward his Masters in Global Affairs with a
n emphasis on Human Rights at NYU’s Center for Global Affairs.
DTSTART:20090219T120000
DTEND:20090219T150000
SUMMARY:Brian Laguardia
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9941Ad6dzj@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:Carole Basri is President of the Corporate Lawyering Group LLC
and Adjunct Professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School in New
York. Basri is also a film director and producer. *Searching for Baghdad:
A Daughter’s Journey*\, released in 2002\, depicts the filmmaker’s que
st for her Baghdadi heritage. In 2005\, she completed *The Last Jews of Ba
ghdad: End of an Exile\, Beginning of a Journey*\, which documents the esc
ape of over 160\,000 Iraqi Jews between 1940 and 2003. From July 2003 to J
uly 2004\, she was a member of the Iraqi Reconstruction Development Counci
l of the Provisional Authority. Since then\, she has given numerous talks
about anti-corruption and transparency issues in Iraq and the Middle East.
DTSTART:20090219T150000
DTEND:20090219T180000
SUMMARY:Carol Basri
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9941j7cIEL@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:Iman Saleh was born in Baghdad and grew up between Manchester a
nd Baghdad. She is a translator and editor and has taught in Iraq and the
U.S. In 2004 she graduated from the University of Baghdad with a major in
English. She was the recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship and completed a
Masters Degree in Literature at SUNY Binghamton. Her master’s thesis exa
mined intercultural dialogues between Middle Eastern and Western cultures.
Saleh is a member of the Iraqi Independent Women’s Group\, which is ded
icated to securing the political\, professional\, and economic rights of I
raqi women.
DTSTART:20090219T180000
DTEND:20090219T210000
SUMMARY:Iman Saleh
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-99429RtWZR@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:Iman Saleh was born in Baghdad and grew up between Manchester a
nd Baghdad. She is a translator and editor and has taught in Iraq and the
U.S. In 2004 she graduated from the University of Baghdad with a major in
English. She was the recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship and completed a
Masters Degree in Literature at SUNY Binghamton. Her master’s thesis exa
mined intercultural dialogues between Middle Eastern and Western cultures.
Saleh is a member of the Iraqi Independent Women’s Group\, which is ded
icated to securing the political\, professional\, and economic rights of I
raqi women.
DTSTART:20090220T120000
DTEND:20090220T150000
SUMMARY:Iman Saleh
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9942zkj0vh@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:Don Gomez is a former Army Sergeant and a member of the Iraq an
d Afghanistan Veterans of America\, which is the country’s first and lar
gest non-profit\, nonpartisan group for veterans of the wars in Iraq and A
fghanistan. He was deployed to Iraq in 2003\, where he participated in the
initial invasion as a Team Leader\, spending the remainder of his time pa
rticipating in security operations in Baghdad.He returned to Iraq in 2005
as a driver for the Deputy Commanding General of Multi-National Corps. Gom
ez has received more than a dozen military awards\, including the Army Com
mendation Medal\, a Presidential Unit Citation\, and a Joint Service Comme
ndation Medal. He is currently studying International Studies with a conce
ntration in Middle Eastern Studies at the City College of New York (CUNY).
DTSTART:20090220T150000
DTEND:20090220T180000
SUMMARY:Don Gomez
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9943sH2ZIs@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:Yousif Ahmed Khalaf is a translator from Iraq who is now based
in New York. He has translated for the Washington Group Corp. in Iraq and
was a cultural advisor and translator for the U.S. Army and local citizens
of Iraq for more than three years. Khalaf has also worked with CPATT Inst
ructors and local Iraqi trainees at Q-West IPA (Iraqi Police Academy)\, tr
anslating documents and rosters. He received his BA in English from Baghda
d University in 2005.
DTSTART:20090220T180000
DTEND:20090220T210000
SUMMARY:Yousif Ahmed Khalaf
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9944ObcRJZ@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:Salam Talib is a journalist and computer engineer from Iraq who
left Iraq in 2006 and attended graduate school in San Francisco. Independ
ently and in collaboration with other freelance journalists\, he has filed
hundreds of stories with Free Speech Radio News-Pacifica Radio Network ab
out the situation on the ground in Iraq. His writings have been featured i
n *The Nation*\, *Common Dreams*\, and Antiwar.com. Since the most recent
invasion of Iraq began\, Talib has also been actively designing databases
for numerous NGOs\, which work with disabled Iraqis. He recently worked to
build a wheelchair factory in Iraq with an NGO cooperating with Whirlwind
Wheelchair of San Francisco State University to help disabled Iraqis.
DTSTART:20090221T120000
DTEND:20090221T150000
SUMMARY:Salam Talib
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9945vRz4kh@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:Iman Saleh was born in Baghdad and grew up between Manchester a
nd Baghdad. She is a translator and editor and has taught in Iraq and the
U.S. In 2004 she graduated from the University of Baghdad with a major in
English. She was the recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship and completed a
Masters Degree in Literature at SUNY Binghamton. Her master’s thesis exa
mined intercultural dialogues between Middle Eastern and Western cultures.
Saleh is a member of the Iraqi Independent Women’s Group\, which is ded
icated to securing the political\, professional\, and economic rights of I
raqi women.
DTSTART:20090221T150000
DTEND:20090221T180000
SUMMARY:Iman Saleh
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9945Kwg5cH@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:Ruthie Epstein is the project coordinator of Iraqi refugee advo
cacy at Human Rights First (HRF) and has traveled to Syria and Jordan to u
ndertake research on the humanitarian crisis facing displaced Iraqis. Prev
ious to this work\, she was a program associate in HRF's Refugee Protectio
n Program\, helping to run the pro bono legal representation program for a
sylum seekers. She also worked for six years as a freelance copyeditor for
several major magazines in New York while performing on the downtown expe
rimental dance scene. Epstein holds a Master's of International Affairs fr
om Columbia University and an AB from Washington University in St. Louis.
DTSTART:20090222T120000
DTEND:20090222T150000
SUMMARY:Ruthie Epstein
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-99461kh1b7@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:Iman Saleh was born in Baghdad and grew up between Manchester a
nd Baghdad. She is a translator and editor and has taught in Iraq and the
U.S. In 2004 she graduated from the University of Baghdad with a major in
English. She was the recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship and completed a
Masters Degree in Literature at SUNY Binghamton. Her master’s thesis exa
mined intercultural dialogues between Middle Eastern and Western cultures.
Saleh is a member of the Iraqi Independent Women’s Group\, which is ded
icated to securing the political\, professional\, and economic rights of I
raqi women.
DTSTART:20090222T150000
DTEND:20090222T180000
SUMMARY:Iman Saleh
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9947jbVir0@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:Born in Iraq\, Esam Pasha is a translator\, artist and journali
st who has worked as an interpreter for the British Embassy in Baghdad and
the Coalition in Iraq\, including military groups such as the 101st Airbo
rne and the Florida National Guard. Pasha has also been an interpreter at
publications such as *The Boston Globe* and *The Christian Science Monitor
*. He was a freelance journalist for the United Nations Integrated Regiona
l Information Network and has written articles on art for international jo
urnals such as *The Art Newspaper*. Pasha\, who is a well-known artist in
Iraq\, has also exhibited in the United States and Europe. In 2003\, he ex
ecuted the first post-war mural in Iraq\, which is located in Baghdad.
DTSTART:20090225T120000
DTEND:20090225T150000
SUMMARY:Esam Pasha
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9948ocKuGu@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:After more than thirty years of work at the United Nations Deni
s Halliday (who\, at the time\, was the Assistant Secretary-General for th
e U.N. humanitarian program in Iraq) resigned in protest in 1998 when sanc
tions were put into place in Iraq. He had started the “Oil for Food prog
ram” in Iraq which allowed Saddam Hussein to sell oil for humanitarian s
upplies. When he resigned\, Halliday stated\, “The incompatibility with
the spirit and the letter of the charter constitutes a tragedy for the Uni
ted Nations itself\, and severely threatens to undermine the U.N.’s cred
ibility and legitimacy as a benign force for peace and human well-being th
roughout the world.” Halliday has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize
and received the Gandhi International Peace Award. Since resigning from t
he U.N.\, Halliday has lectured on international relations at Trinity Coll
ege (Dublin) and is a visiting professor for peace studies at Swarthmore C
ollege. He has a Masters degree from Trinity College and an honorary PhD f
rom Swarthmore.
DTSTART:20090225T150000
DTEND:20090225T180000
SUMMARY:Denis Halliday
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9948Wi7sNJ@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:A New York native\, Brian Laguardia joined the Army after gradu
ating from the University of Chicago. He soon found himself at the United
Nations Security Battalion Joint Security Area unit that maintained securi
ty in the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea. Laguardia fini
shed the first stint of his military service in 2000 and returned to teach
ing for three years first in New York and then in South Korea. Two years o
f working in non-profit organizations throughout Asia\, including Thailand
and Nepal\, followed. In 2005\, the Army called him off of Individual Rea
dy Reserve and deployed him to Iraq. During his military service\, Laguard
ia became a Staff Sergeant and won numerous awards\, including three Army
Commendation Medals\, three Army Achievement Medals\, and a Combat Action
Badge. He is currently working toward his Masters in Global Affairs with a
n emphasis on Human Rights at NYU’s Center for Global Affairs.
DTSTART:20090226T120000
DTEND:20090226T150000
SUMMARY:Brian Laguardia
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9949xrSlV8@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:Nour Al-Khal is a translator from Baghdad. Al-Khal holds a BA i
n English Literature from Baghdad University. In 2003\, she began working
for the United States Agency for International Development as a translator
helping the local government in Basra. She also worked as a translator fo
r British and American reporters\, one of whom was Steven Vincent. A death
squad kidnapped Al-Khal and Vincent in August 2005 in Basra. They were bo
th shot multiple times. Vincent died\, Al-Khal survived. Al-Khal and Vince
nt’s widow\, Lisa Ramaci\, co-edited Vincent’s book *In the Red Zone:
A Journey into the Soul of Iraq*\, which will be published in September 20
09.
DTSTART:20090226T150000
DTEND:20090226T180000
SUMMARY:Nour Al-Khal
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9950JsguGv@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:David Enders is a freelance journalist and the author of *Baghd
ad Bulletin* (2005\, University of Michigan Press)\, a street-level accoun
t of the war that highlights its complexity\, including how it affects the
daily rhythms of life in Iraq. The book shares its name with the now defu
nct English-language news outlet Enders co-founded in Iraq. He also has re
ported for the BBC and has co-produced pieces for Al Jazeera English’s
People and Power” and PBS’s “Foreign Exchange.” Enders has writt
en for *The Nation\, Mother Jones\, The Progressive\, The Washington Times
\, Rolling Stone* and *New York Magazine*.
DTSTART:20090226T180000
DTEND:20090226T210000
SUMMARY:David Enders
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9951R7Av8m@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:Salam Al-Iraqi was born in Baghdad and is a physician who speci
alizes in general surgery. He graduated from the Mosul College of Medicine
in 2002 and has worked as a resident in several hospitals in Baghdad sinc
e graduation. While working in one of the most dangerous areas south of Ba
ghdad between 2006 and 2007\, Al-Iraqi treated Iraqis who had been injured
by terrorist attacks. He has worked together with American forces to secu
re urban infrastructure and to fight corruption in Iraqi hospital administ
ration. He is currently writing an autobiography and a guide to Iraq. Al-I
raqi left Iraq in 2007 and now lives in the U.S.
DTSTART:20090227T120000
DTEND:20090227T150000
SUMMARY:Salam Al-Iraqi
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9952fUvgx8@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:Peter Buotte is a sculptor and humanitarian efforts officer. He
graduated in 2005 with an MFA from Maine College of Art. Buotte has eight
een years of military experience and has served two years in Iraq\, in 200
3 and in 2008. While in Iraq\, Buotte coordinated civilian affair projects
that included hiring linguists\, repairing schools\, and mentoring govern
ance leaders in the Mahmudiyah region to the south of Baghdad. He has part
icipated in several panels and lectures about the Iraq war. In his current
sculptural work\, an attempt to update the notion of classic statuary\, B
uotte works with volunteer veterans who have been severely wounded while d
eployed in Iraq.\n\nSteve Mumford made his first trip to Iraq in April of
2003 with a press pass from artnet.com\, with the intention of documenting
the war through drawing. Since then he’s made five more trips\, embedde
d with military units as well as living in Baghdad outside the Green Zone.
In 2005 he published a book\, *Baghdad Journal (Drawn & Quarterly)* \, fe
aturing a collection of his drawings\, watercolors and essays originally p
ublished on artnet.com. Steve has also drawn wounded and recovering soldie
rs at Walter Reed and the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio. Steve
’s work is represented by Postmasters Gallery in New York City. Steve ha
s taught at the Cooper Union and Montclaire State College\, and lives with
his wife Inka Essenhigh in New York City.
DTSTART:20090227T150000
DTEND:20090227T180000
SUMMARY:Peter J. Buotte and Steve Mumford
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9953sovb5s@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:A PhD student in the Anthropology Department at Columbia Univer
sity\, Zainab Saleh is interested in issues of nationalism\, identity\, an
d governance among Shiites in Iran and Iraq\, including the unique dynamic
s and networks specific to these groups. In addition to her PhD research\,
Saleh contributed to the book *Powers of the Secular Modern: Talal Asad a
nd His Interlocutors* (2006)\, which was edited by David Scott and Charles
Hirschkind.
DTSTART:20090227T180000
DTEND:20090227T210000
SUMMARY:Zainab Saleh
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9954k5wXAF@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:Salam Al-Iraqi was born in Baghdad and is a physician who speci
alizes in general surgery. He graduated from the Mosul College of Medicine
in 2002 and has worked as a resident in several hospitals in Baghdad sinc
e graduation. While working in one of the most dangerous areas south of Ba
ghdad between 2006 and 2007\, Al-Iraqi treated Iraqis who had been injured
by terrorist attacks. He has worked together with American forces to secu
re urban infrastructure and to fight corruption in Iraqi hospital administ
ration. He is currently writing an autobiography and a guide to Iraq. Al-I
raqi left Iraq in 2007 and now lives in the U.S.
DTSTART:20090228T120000
DTEND:20090228T150000
SUMMARY:Salam Al-Iraqi
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9955sXgbau@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:Susan Meiselas holds a BA from Sarah Lawrence College and a MA
in Visual Education from Harvard University. She joined Magnum Photos in 1
976 and has worked as a freelance photographer since then. She is best kno
wn for her coverage of the insurrection in Nicaragua and her documentation
of human rights issues in Latin America. She also contributed to the book
*El Salvador: The Work of Thirty Photographers* (1983) and edited *Chile
from Within* (1991). Meiselas has co-directed two films: *Living at Risk:
The Story of a Nicaraguan Family* (1986) and *Pictures from a Revolution*
(1991). In 1997\, she curated a photographic history of Kurdistan\, and in
tegrated her own work into the book entitled *Kurdistan: In the Shadow of
History*. In connection to this project\, she created an online archive of
collective memory\, as well as an exhibition that traveled to venues in t
he United States and Europe.
DTSTART:20090228T150000
DTEND:20090228T180000
SUMMARY:Susan Meiselas
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9956TuZ8o9@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:Peter Buotte is a sculptor and humanitarian efforts officer. He
graduated in 2005 with an MFA from Maine College of Art. Buotte has eight
een years of military experience and has served two years in Iraq\, in 200
3 and in 2008. While in Iraq\, Buotte coordinated civilian affair projects
that included hiring linguists\, repairing schools\, and mentoring govern
ance leaders in the Mahmudiyah region to the south of Baghdad. He has part
icipated in several panels and lectures about the Iraq war. In his current
sculptural work\, an attempt to update the notion of classic statuary\, B
uotte works with volunteer veterans who have been severely wounded while d
eployed in Iraq.
DTSTART:20090301T120000
DTEND:20090301T150000
SUMMARY:Peter J. Buotte
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9957UuVPxP@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:Salam Al-Iraqi was born in Baghdad and is a physician who speci
alizes in general surgery. He graduated from the Mosul College of Medicine
in 2002 and has worked as a resident in several hospitals in Baghdad sinc
e graduation. While working in one of the most dangerous areas south of Ba
ghdad between 2006 and 2007\, Al-Iraqi treated Iraqis who had been injured
by terrorist attacks. He has worked together with American forces to secu
re urban infrastructure and to fight corruption in Iraqi hospital administ
ration. He is currently writing an autobiography and a guide to Iraq. Al-I
raqi left Iraq in 2007 and now lives in the U.S.
DTSTART:20090301T150000
DTEND:20090301T180000
SUMMARY:Salam Al-Iraqi
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-99585Rxb8j@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:Arun Gupta has written extensively on the Iraq War for various
publications and at his blog about the Iraq War. He has been a writer and editor for
the *Independent* since 2000 and was the International News Editor for the
*Guardian Newsweekly* from 1989-1992. Gupta has also written for *Z Magaz
ine\, Left Turn\, Common Dreams*\, and has been a frequent guest on “Dem
ocracy Now!” He is currently working on a book about the history of war.
His most recent writings focus on the economy\, especially commodity pric
es and their connection to U.S. involvement in Iraq.
DTSTART:20090304T120000
DTEND:20090304T150000
SUMMARY:Arun Gupta
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-99594uUuA9@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:After more than thirty years of work at the United Nations Deni
s Halliday (who\, at the time\, was the Assistant Secretary-General for th
e U.N. humanitarian program in Iraq) resigned in protest in 1998 when sanc
tions were put into place in Iraq. He had started the “Oil for Food prog
ram” in Iraq which allowed Saddam Hussein to sell oil for humanitarian s
upplies. When he resigned\, Halliday stated\, “The incompatibility with
the spirit and the letter of the charter constitutes a tragedy for the Uni
ted Nations itself\, and severely threatens to undermine the U.N.’s cred
ibility and legitimacy as a benign force for peace and human well-being th
roughout the world.” Halliday has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize
and received the Gandhi International Peace Award. Since resigning from t
he U.N.\, Halliday has lectured on international relations at Trinity Coll
ege (Dublin) and is a visiting professor for peace studies at Swarthmore C
ollege. He has a Masters degree from Trinity College and an honorary PhD f
rom Swarthmore.
DTSTART:20090304T150000
DTEND:20090304T180000
SUMMARY:Denis Halliday
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9960VUUl8Z@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:Gil Anidjar teaches in the Department of Middle East and Asian
Languages and Cultures and in the Department of Religion at Columbia Unive
rsity. His latest book is entitled *Semites: Race\, Religion\, Literature*
(Stanford University Press\, 2008).
DTSTART:20090305T120000
DTEND:20090305T150000
SUMMARY:Gil Anidjar
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9962Mv71sb@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:Alaa Majeed is a reporter\, producer\, and translator. She rece
ived her BA from Al Mustansiriya University in Baghdad. Majeed has co-prod
uced segments for Al-Jazeera International and PBS. She has also reported
for United Press International\, Pacifica Radio\, the BBC\, National Publi
c Radio\, “60 Minutes\,”and *The Sunday Times (London)*. Her experienc
e as a translator includes work with news services\, conducting/translatin
g classes for Iraqi civil servants\, and a position with Nature Iraq\, a n
on-governmental\, environmental organization. She is currently also workin
g as a researcher\, monitoring news wires\, documenting press freedom viol
ations\, and conducting investigative interviews with journalists overseas
for the Committee to Protect Journalists\, which is based in New York. In
2007\, she received the International Courage in Journalism award from th
e International Women’s Media Foundation.
DTSTART:20090305T150000
DTEND:20090305T180000
SUMMARY:Alaa Majeed
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9963BM5UOi@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:David Enders is a freelance journalist and the author of *Baghd
ad Bulletin* (2005\, University of Michigan Press)\, a street-level accoun
t of the war that highlights its complexity\, including how it affects the
daily rhythms of life in Iraq. The book shares its name with the now defu
nct English-language news outlet Enders co-founded in Iraq. He also has re
ported for the BBC and has co-produced pieces for Al Jazeera English’s
People and Power” and PBS’s “Foreign Exchange.” Enders has writt
en for *The Nation\, Mother Jones\, The Progressive\, The Washington Times
\, Rolling Stone* and *New York Magazine*.
DTSTART:20090305T180000
DTEND:20090305T210000
SUMMARY:David Enders
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9963RvdpSU@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:Nour Al-Khal is a translator from Baghdad. Al-Khal holds a BA i
n English Literature from Baghdad University. In 2003\, she began working
for the United States Agency for International Development as a translator
helping the local government in Basra. She also worked as a translator fo
r British and American reporters\, one of whom was Steven Vincent. A death
squad kidnapped Al-Khal and Vincent in August 2005 in Basra. They were bo
th shot multiple times. Vincent died\, Al-Khal survived. Al-Khal and Vince
nt’s widow\, Lisa Ramaci\, co-edited Vincent’s book *In the Red Zone:
A Journey into the Soul of Iraq*\, which will be published in September 20
09.
DTSTART:20090306T120000
DTEND:20090306T150000
SUMMARY:Nour Al-Khal
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9964kHOU3f@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:Don Gomez is a former Army Sergeant and a member of the Iraq an
d Afghanistan Veterans of America\, which is the country’s first and lar
gest non-profit\, nonpartisan group for veterans of the wars in Iraq and A
fghanistan. He was deployed to Iraq in 2003\, where he participated in the
initial invasion as a Team Leader\, spending the remainder of his time pa
rticipating in security operations in Baghdad.He returned to Iraq in 2005
as a driver for the Deputy Commanding General of Multi-National Corps. Gom
ez has received more than a dozen military awards\, including the Army Com
mendation Medal\, a Presidential Unit Citation\, and a Joint Service Comme
ndation Medal. He is currently studying International Studies with a conce
ntration in Middle Eastern Studies at the City College of New York (CUNY).
DTSTART:20090306T150000
DTEND:20090306T180000
SUMMARY:Don Gomez
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9965ZVFKEg@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:Amelia Templeton is a refugee policy analyst at Human Rights Fi
rst (HRF). She works to advance policy solutions that address the plight o
f Iraqi refugees. Her work includes research missions to Syria and Jordan
as well as government advocacy in Washington\, DC. Amelia helped Human Rig
hts First pressure the Bush administration to appoint Senior Coordinators
for Iraqi refugees at the State Department and Department of Homeland Secu
rity. She led the HRF campaign in support of the bi-partisan “Refugee Cr
isis in Iraq Act\,” which became law in 2008. Before coming to HRF\, Ame
lia worked for Marketplace radio and as a freelance journalist\, contribut
ing stories to American Public Media and National Public Radio. Amelia als
o conducted a needs assessment of Iraqi refugees for Mercy Corps. While a
student at Swarthmore College\, Amelia helped found War News Radio\, which
focused on first-hand and civilian accounts of the Iraq War.
DTSTART:20090306T180000
DTEND:20090306T210000
SUMMARY:Amelia Templeton
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9966kRxbm7@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:Gil Anidjar teaches in the Department of Middle East and Asian
Languages and Cultures and in the Department of Religion at Columbia Unive
rsity. His latest book is entitled *Semites: Race\, Religion\, Literature*
(Stanford University Press\, 2008).
DTSTART:20090307T120000
DTEND:20090307T150000
SUMMARY:Gil Anidjar
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-99678ZIRVj@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:Max Krafft is a former U.S. Army Sergeant. He enlisted in the a
rmy in June 2004 as member of the 389th Army Brass Band. During the three
years he served in the Army he spent time in Iraq\, Afghanistan\, Saudi Ar
abia\, Kuwait\, and Qatar. The majority of his time in Iraq was spent at C
amp Anaconda\, near Balad\, with shorter trips to Baghdad\, Nasiriyah\, an
d several small bases along the Iran/Iraq border. In 2007 he published a l
etter in the *Army Times*\, in which he publicly revealed his sexual orien
tation and called for the end of the Army’s “Don’t Ask\, Don’t Tel
l” policy. After his discharge from the Army he returned to Wesleyan Uni
versity where he is currently completing a Bachelor’s Degree in English.
Krafft has also written on music and has published a photo-essay on his d
eployment to Iraq.
DTSTART:20090307T150000
DTEND:20090307T180000
SUMMARY:Joseph Maximilian (“Max”) Krafft
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9967Su79z3@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:24 year old Iraqi journalist Haider Hamza lived through the 200
3 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. During major combat operations in 2003\, he d
ecided to join the mainstream media covering the events in his country. At
the age of nineteen he worked as a full time TV producer and photo editor
for Reuters\, ABC News\, and others. For months\, Haider was embedded wit
h U.S. military units covering combat operations throughout Iraq. He also
covered the perspective of Iraqi armed resistance to learn more about thei
r mindset and goals. While in Iraq\, Haider was arrested\, shot at\, and h
eld captive. He also lost several friends and family. He graduated from Ba
ghdad University in 2006. One year later\, he won a Fulbright scholarship
and moved to the United States where he obtained a Master’s degree in Gl
obal Security and Media. New to America\, Haider decided to travel across
the U.S. to talk to people about the war in his country. He drove through
35 states setting up a mobile booth with a sign that says “Talk to an Ir
aqi.” His project was featured on Showtime\, and was presented in over 3
00 cinemas nationwide.
DTSTART:20090308T120000
DTEND:20090308T150000
SUMMARY:Haider Hamza
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9968Owhkf3@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:Gil Anidjar teaches in the Department of Middle East and Asian
Languages and Cultures and in the Department of Religion at Columbia Unive
rsity. His latest book is entitled *Semites: Race\, Religion\, Literature*
(Stanford University Press\, 2008).
DTSTART:20090308T150000
DTEND:20090308T180000
SUMMARY:Gil Anidjar
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9969vvN79m@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:Nour Al-Khal is a translator from Baghdad. Al-Khal holds a BA i
n English Literature from Baghdad University. In 2003\, she began working
for the United States Agency for International Development as a translator
helping the local government in Basra. She also worked as a translator fo
r British and American reporters\, one of whom was Steven Vincent. A death
squad kidnapped Al-Khal and Vincent in August 2005 in Basra. They were bo
th shot multiple times. Vincent died\, Al-Khal survived. Al-Khal and Vince
nt’s widow\, Lisa Ramaci\, co-edited Vincent’s book *In the Red Zone:
A Journey into the Soul of Iraq*\, which will be published in September 20
09.
DTSTART:20090311T120000
DTEND:20090311T150000
SUMMARY:Nour Al-Khal
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9970R1eaV7@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:Khalid Rashid Al-Doori has been an architect for sixteen years.
He is currently based in New York\, but has participated in numerous buil
ding projects in Baghdad. Al-Doori was a Senior Architectural Engineer for
Associated Architects in Baghdad from 1999 – 2003 and the Project Manag
er for Dijlah Housing Company in Amman\, Jordan\, from 2004 – 2006. He r
eceived his Bachelor of Science in Architectural Engineering from the Univ
ersity of Baghdad in 1989 and his Masters Degree of International Business
in Tarragona\, Spain.
DTSTART:20090311T150000
DTEND:20090311T180000
SUMMARY:Khalid Rashid Al-Doori
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9971MzLc2o@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:A New York native\, Brian Laguardia joined the Army after gradu
ating from the University of Chicago. He soon found himself at the United
Nations Security Battalion Joint Security Area unit that maintained securi
ty in the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea. Laguardia fini
shed the first stint of his military service in 2000 and returned to teach
ing for three years first in New York and then in South Korea. Two years o
f working in non-profit organizations throughout Asia\, including Thailand
and Nepal\, followed. In 2005\, the Army called him off of Individual Rea
dy Reserve and deployed him to Iraq. During his military service\, Laguard
ia became a Staff Sergeant and won numerous awards\, including three Army
Commendation Medals\, three Army Achievement Medals\, and a Combat Action
Badge. He is currently working toward his Masters in Global Affairs with a
n emphasis on Human Rights at NYU’s Center for Global Affairs.
DTSTART:20090312T120000
DTEND:20090312T150000
SUMMARY:Brian Laguardia
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9972mciCWK@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:Alaa Majeed is a reporter\, producer\, and translator. She rece
ived her BA from Al Mustansiriya University in Baghdad. Majeed has co-prod
uced segments for Al-Jazeera International and PBS. She has also reported
for United Press International\, Pacifica Radio\, the BBC\, National Publi
c Radio\, “60 Minutes\,”and *The Sunday Times (London)*. Her experienc
e as a translator includes work with news services\, conducting/translatin
g classes for Iraqi civil servants\, and a position with Nature Iraq\, a n
on-governmental\, environmental organization. She is currently also workin
g as a researcher\, monitoring news wires\, documenting press freedom viol
ations\, and conducting investigative interviews with journalists overseas
for the Committee to Protect Journalists\, which is based in New York. In
2007\, she received the International Courage in Journalism award from th
e International Women’s Media Foundation.
DTSTART:20090312T150000
DTEND:20090312T180000
SUMMARY:Alaa Majeed
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9973v0W6Ls@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:David Enders is a freelance journalist and the author of *Baghd
ad Bulletin* (2005\, University of Michigan Press)\, a street-level accoun
t of the war that highlights its complexity\, including how it affects the
daily rhythms of life in Iraq. The book shares its name with the now defu
nct English-language news outlet Enders co-founded in Iraq. He also has re
ported for the BBC and has co-produced pieces for Al Jazeera English’s
People and Power” and PBS’s “Foreign Exchange.” Enders has writt
en for *The Nation\, Mother Jones\, The Progressive\, The Washington Times
\, Rolling Stone* and *New York Magazine*.
DTSTART:20090312T180000
DTEND:20090312T210000
SUMMARY:David Enders
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9974M8OE6L@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:Nour Al-Khal is a translator from Baghdad. Al-Khal holds a BA i
n English Literature from Baghdad University. In 2003\, she began working
for the United States Agency for International Development as a translator
helping the local government in Basra. She also worked as a translator fo
r British and American reporters\, one of whom was Steven Vincent. A death
squad kidnapped Al-Khal and Vincent in August 2005 in Basra. They were bo
th shot multiple times. Vincent died\, Al-Khal survived. Al-Khal and Vince
nt’s widow\, Lisa Ramaci\, co-edited Vincent’s book *In the Red Zone:
A Journey into the Soul of Iraq*\, which will be published in September 20
09.
DTSTART:20090313T120000
DTEND:20090313T150000
SUMMARY:Nour Al-Khal
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9975TnShmT@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:Anthony Arnove has written and contributed to numerous books ab
out Iraq and other political topics. He is currently co-producing a televi
sion adaptation of the book he edited with Howard Zinn titled *Voices of a
People’s History of the United States* which\, Jon Stewart calls “gut
-wrenching” and Salon.com describes as “compelling and indispensable.
Arnove also wrote *Iraq: The Logic of Withdrawal* and was the editor of
*Iraq Under Siege: The Deadly Impact of Sanctions and War *and* Terrorism
and War*\, a collection of post 9/11 interviews with Howard Zinn. His mos
t recent book is *The Essential Chomsky* (February 2008). He earned a PhD
and MA from Brown University in Modern Culture and Media Program\, and a B
A from Oberlin College in English and Religion. He has traveled to Iraq\,
Palestine\, and Israel. Arnove recently toured France\, Australia\, Bosnia
\, Austria\, and the United Kingdom as an anti-war speaker.
DTSTART:20090313T150000
DTEND:20090313T180000
SUMMARY:Anthony Arnove
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9976jbxzmU@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:Arun Gupta has written extensively on the Iraq War for various
publications and at his blog about the Iraq War. He has been a writer and editor for
the *Independent* since 2000 and was the International News Editor for the
*Guardian Newsweekly* from 1989-1992. Gupta has also written for *Z Magaz
ine\, Left Turn\, Common Dreams*\, and has been a frequent guest on “Dem
ocracy Now!” He is currently working on a book about the history of war.
His most recent writings focus on the economy\, especially commodity pric
es and their connection to U.S. involvement in Iraq.
DTSTART:20090313T180000
DTEND:20090313T210000
SUMMARY:Arun Gupta
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9977u9FjMo@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:Carne Ross is a former British diplomat who resigned after givi
ng then-secret evidence to an official inquiry into Iraqi WMD. His evidenc
e stated that the intelligence the UK held on Iraq did not justify the gov
ernment's claims that Iraq posed a threat. Ross’s evidence also stated t
hat the UK and US had ignored available non-military alternatives to the 2
003 invasion.\n\nWhile a diplomat\, Ross was responsible for Iraq and the
Middle East on the British delegation to the UN Security Council (1998-200
2). He has also worked as speechwriter to the British foreign secretary\,
and on issues including terrorism\, climate change and the Arab-Israeli co
nflict. He now runs the world's first non-profit diplomatic advisory group
\, Independent Diplomat\, based in New York\, with offices in four other d
iplomatic centres. His book\, Independent Diplomat: Dispatches from an Una
ccountable Elite was published in 2007. He is currently working on a book
about anarchism and the contemporary world.
DTSTART:20090314T120000
DTEND:20090314T150000
SUMMARY:Carne Ross
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-99782voVGS@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:24 year old Iraqi journalist Haider Hamza lived through the 200
3 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. During major combat operations in 2003\, he d
ecided to join the mainstream media covering the events in his country. At
the age of nineteen he worked as a full time TV producer and photo editor
for Reuters\, ABC News\, and others. For months\, Haider was embedded wit
h U.S. military units covering combat operations throughout Iraq. He also
covered the perspective of Iraqi armed resistance to learn more about thei
r mindset and goals. While in Iraq\, Haider was arrested\, shot at\, and h
eld captive. He also lost several friends and family. He graduated from Ba
ghdad University in 2006. One year later\, he won a Fulbright scholarship
and moved to the United States where he obtained a Master’s degree in Gl
obal Security and Media. New to America\, Haider decided to travel across
the U.S. to talk to people about the war in his country. He drove through
35 states setting up a mobile booth with a sign that says “Talk to an Ir
aqi.” His project was featured on Showtime\, and was presented in over 3
00 cinemas nationwide.
DTSTART:20090314T150000
DTEND:20090314T180000
SUMMARY:Haider Hamza
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9979jW7ESW@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:Marie-Hélène Carleton is a writer\, photographer\, and filmma
ker\, based in New York. She has worked extensively overseas\, including P
akistan\, Lebanon\, and Iraq and is the co-founder of Four Corners Media\,
a documentary organization working in photography\, video\, and print med
ia. Carleton co-authored *American Hostage* with Micah Garen\, which is a
memoir of Garen’s experiences working in Iraq as a filmmaker and reporte
r and his subsequent kidnapping. Author Evan Wright calls the book as 'An
astonishing read. What unfolds from the terrifying drama of Micah Garen's
kidnapping by Iraqi militants is a complete surprise: a moving\, sympathet
ic portrait of Iraq and its people struggling against the chaos unleashed
by the American liberation. *American Hostage* explores some of the darkes
t terrain in the human condition and emerges with hope still beating.' Med
ia outlets that have featured writing\, photography\, and films by Carleto
n and Garen include the *New York Times\, Associated Press*\, and PBS.
DTSTART:20090315T120000
DTEND:20090315T150000
SUMMARY:Marie-Hélène Carleton and Micah Garen
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9979zN9H6k@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:Khalid Rashid Al-Doori has been an architect for sixteen years.
He is currently based in New York\, but has participated in numerous buil
ding projects in Baghdad. Al-Doori was a Senior Architectural Engineer for
Associated Architects in Baghdad from 1999 – 2003 and the Project Manag
er for Dijlah Housing Company in Amman\, Jordan\, from 2004 – 2006. He r
eceived his Bachelor of Science in Architectural Engineering from the Univ
ersity of Baghdad in 1989 and his Masters Degree of International Business
in Tarragona\, Spain.
DTSTART:20090315T150000
DTEND:20090315T180000
SUMMARY:Khalid Rashid Al-Doori
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9980ZAlvZ3@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:Elizabeth Rubin is a freelance reporter and regularly contribut
es to journals and newspapers including *The New York Times Magazine*\, *T
he Atlantic Monthly*\, *Harper’s *and the *New Republic*. Elizabeth has
a BA from Columbia University and a MPhil in Renaissance Literature from O
xford University. Since October 2001\, she has reported extensively from A
fghanistan on the overthrow of the Taliban\, life and politics under Presi
dent Hamid Karzai\, the rise of the new Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakista
n\, and American counterinsurgency efforts. For the past decade she has wo
rked as a foreign correspondent\, writing from Iraq\, Iran\, Saudi Arabia\
, Afghanistan\, Russia\, the Caucasus\, the Middle East\, Africa\, and the
Balkans. She won the Kurt Schork Award in International Journalism in 200
3 and is currently the Edward R. Murrow Press Fellow at the Council on For
eign Relations.
DTSTART:20090318T120000
DTEND:20090318T150000
SUMMARY:Elizabeth Rubin
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9981Nkz1R7@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:A PhD student in the Anthropology Department at Columbia Univer
sity\, Zainab Saleh is interested in issues of nationalism\, identity\, an
d governance among Shiites in Iran and Iraq\, including the unique dynamic
s and networks specific to these groups. In addition to her PhD research\,
Saleh contributed to the book *Powers of the Secular Modern: Talal Asad a
nd His Interlocutors* (2006)\, which was edited by David Scott and Charles
Hirschkind.
DTSTART:20090318T150000
DTEND:20090318T180000
SUMMARY:Zainab Saleh
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9981ITFXVl@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:A New York native\, Brian Laguardia joined the Army after gradu
ating from the University of Chicago. He soon found himself at the United
Nations Security Battalion Joint Security Area unit that maintained securi
ty in the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea. Laguardia fini
shed the first stint of his military service in 2000 and returned to teach
ing for three years first in New York and then in South Korea. Two years o
f working in non-profit organizations throughout Asia\, including Thailand
and Nepal\, followed. In 2005\, the Army called him off of Individual Rea
dy Reserve and deployed him to Iraq. During his military service\, Laguard
ia became a Staff Sergeant and won numerous awards\, including three Army
Commendation Medals\, three Army Achievement Medals\, and a Combat Action
Badge. He is currently working toward his Masters in Global Affairs with a
n emphasis on Human Rights at NYU’s Center for Global Affairs.
DTSTART:20090319T120000
DTEND:20090319T150000
SUMMARY:Brian Laguardia
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9982bBJvJV@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:Alaa Majeed is a reporter\, producer\, and translator. She rece
ived her BA from Al Mustansiriya University in Baghdad. Majeed has co-prod
uced segments for Al-Jazeera International and PBS. She has also reported
for United Press International\, Pacifica Radio\, the BBC\, National Publi
c Radio\, “60 Minutes\,”and *The Sunday Times (London)*. Her experienc
e as a translator includes work with news services\, conducting/translatin
g classes for Iraqi civil servants\, and a position with Nature Iraq\, a n
on-governmental\, environmental organization. She is currently also workin
g as a researcher\, monitoring news wires\, documenting press freedom viol
ations\, and conducting investigative interviews with journalists overseas
for the Committee to Protect Journalists\, which is based in New York. In
2007\, she received the International Courage in Journalism award from th
e International Women’s Media Foundation.
DTSTART:20090319T150000
DTEND:20090319T180000
SUMMARY:Alaa Majeed
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9982lt8wdV@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:David Enders is a freelance journalist and the author of *Baghd
ad Bulletin* (2005\, University of Michigan Press)\, a street-level accoun
t of the war that highlights its complexity\, including how it affects the
daily rhythms of life in Iraq. The book shares its name with the now defu
nct English-language news outlet Enders co-founded in Iraq. He also has re
ported for the BBC and has co-produced pieces for Al Jazeera English’s
People and Power” and PBS’s “Foreign Exchange.” Enders has writt
en for *The Nation\, Mother Jones\, The Progressive\, The Washington Times
\, Rolling Stone* and *New York Magazine*.
DTSTART:20090319T180000
DTEND:20090319T210000
SUMMARY:David Enders
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9983AU9bP6@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:Christian Parenti is a correspondent for *The Nation* and has a
lso written for *Fortune\, Playboy\, Mother Jones*\, and the *Brooklyn Rai
l.* He is author of *The Freedom: Shadows and Hallucinations in Occupied I
raq* (New Press\, 2004)\, which received rave reviews such as this one fro
m the *San Francisco Bay Guardian*: “When…historians of tomorrow start
writing\, they will doubtless have copies of *The Freedom* close at hand.
” Parenti’s two previous books are *The Soft Cage: Surveillance in Ame
rica from Slavery to the War on Terror*\, (Basic Books\, 2003) and *Lockdo
wn America: Police and Prisons in the Age of Crisis*\, (Verso\, 2000). Par
enti has a PhD in sociology from the London School of Economics. He has be
en a Soros Senior Justice fellow and a Ford Foundation Fellow at the CUNY
Graduate School's Center for Place\, Culture\, and Politics.
DTSTART:20090320T120000
DTEND:20090320T150000
SUMMARY:Christian Parenti
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9984IbpthA@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:Don Gomez is a former Army Sergeant and a member of the Iraq an
d Afghanistan Veterans of America\, which is the country’s first and lar
gest non-profit\, nonpartisan group for veterans of the wars in Iraq and A
fghanistan. He was deployed to Iraq in 2003\, where he participated in the
initial invasion as a Team Leader\, spending the remainder of his time pa
rticipating in security operations in Baghdad.He returned to Iraq in 2005
as a driver for the Deputy Commanding General of Multi-National Corps. Gom
ez has received more than a dozen military awards\, including the Army Com
mendation Medal\, a Presidential Unit Citation\, and a Joint Service Comme
ndation Medal. He is currently studying International Studies with a conce
ntration in Middle Eastern Studies at the City College of New York (CUNY).
DTSTART:20090320T150000
DTEND:20090320T180000
SUMMARY:Don Gomez
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-99847UbAIt@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:Kate Armel is the wife of an active duty Marine artillery offic
er with 28 years' service. Last March he returned from a one-year tour of
duty in Baghdad. She is an IT metrics analyst and in her spare time writes
online and is a founding director and treasurer of Honor Their Service\,
Inc.\, a non-profit organization devoted to assisting wounded warriors and
their families.\n\nCarrie Costantini has been a Marine Infantry wife for
23 years. In 2003\, her husband was deployed to Iraq and then again in 200
4\, as a battalion commander in charge of over 700 families. Carrie was th
e advisor for the families' support network. In 2008\, her son was deploye
d to Iraq and again she was the advisor for her son's family network. Carr
ie has been a case volunteer for a prestigious Marine support organization
since 2006. She has also been a director for hospital outreach for the Ma
rine Corps Family Foundation. Currently\, she is the president of Honor Th
eir Service\, Inc.\, a military support organization that focuses on wound
ed service members and their families at Walter Reed\, Bethesda\, Brooke\,
and Balboa medical centers.
DTSTART:20090320T180000
DTEND:20090320T210000
SUMMARY:Kate Armel and Carrie Costantini
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9985tvlDDx@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:Donny George Youhkanna is the former Director of the National M
useum in Baghdad. He received his PhD in Archeology from the University in
Baghdad in 1995 and participated in many excavations in Iraq since 1976.
After his departure from Iraq in 2006\, he became a visiting professor at
the Department of Asian and Asian American Studies at SUNY Stony Brook. He
wrote the foreword to *The Looting of the Iraq Museum\, Baghdad: The Lost
Legacy of Ancient Mesopotamia* (2004) and has participated in many semina
rs in the U.S. and Europe on the recovery of Iraqi antiquities.
DTSTART:20090321T120000
DTEND:20090321T150000
SUMMARY:Donny George Youkhanna
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9986uivm1v@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:24 year old Iraqi journalist Haider Hamza lived through the 200
3 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. During major combat operations in 2003\, he d
ecided to join the mainstream media covering the events in his country. At
the age of nineteen he worked as a full time TV producer and photo editor
for Reuters\, ABC News\, and others. For months\, Haider was embedded wit
h U.S. military units covering combat operations throughout Iraq. He also
covered the perspective of Iraqi armed resistance to learn more about thei
r mindset and goals. While in Iraq\, Haider was arrested\, shot at\, and h
eld captive. He also lost several friends and family. He graduated from Ba
ghdad University in 2006. One year later\, he won a Fulbright scholarship
and moved to the United States where he obtained a Master’s degree in Gl
obal Security and Media. New to America\, Haider decided to travel across
the U.S. to talk to people about the war in his country. He drove through
35 states setting up a mobile booth with a sign that says “Talk to an Ir
aqi.” His project was featured on Showtime\, and was presented in over 3
00 cinemas nationwide.
DTSTART:20090321T150000
DTEND:20090321T180000
SUMMARY:Haider Hamza
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9987I6ISdW@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:Born in Iraq\, Esam Pasha is a translator\, artist and journali
st who has worked as an interpreter for the British Embassy in Baghdad and
the Coalition in Iraq\, including military groups such as the 101st Airbo
rne and the Florida National Guard. Pasha has also been an interpreter at
publications such as *The Boston Globe* and *The Christian Science Monitor
*. He was a freelance journalist for the United Nations Integrated Regiona
l Information Network and has written articles on art for international jo
urnals such as *The Art Newspaper*. Pasha\, who is a well-known artist in
Iraq\, has also exhibited in the United States and Europe. In 2003\, he ex
ecuted the first post-war mural in Iraq\, which is located in Baghdad.
DTSTART:20090322T120000
DTEND:20090322T150000
SUMMARY:Esam Pasha
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:20260407T114506CEST-9988hVa8oL@newmuseum.org
DTSTAMP:20260407T094506Z
DESCRIPTION:Max Krafft is a former U.S. Army Sergeant. He enlisted in the a
rmy in June 2004 as member of the 389th Army Brass Band. During the three
years he served in the Army he spent time in Iraq\, Afghanistan\, Saudi Ar
abia\, Kuwait\, and Qatar. The majority of his time in Iraq was spent at C
amp Anaconda\, near Balad\, with shorter trips to Baghdad\, Nasiriyah\, an
d several small bases along the Iran/Iraq border. In 2007 he published a l
etter in the *Army Times*\, in which he publicly revealed his sexual orien
tation and called for the end of the Army’s “Don’t Ask\, Don’t Tel
l” policy. After his discharge from the Army he returned to Wesleyan Uni
versity where he is currently completing a Bachelor’s Degree in English.
Krafft has also written on music and has published a photo-essay on his d
eployment to Iraq.
DTSTART:20090322T150000
DTEND:20090322T180000
SUMMARY:Joseph Maximilian (“Max”) Krafft
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR