From Kabul to Sydney
Three young Afghanistan women

Marwa Moeen, a young Afghan woman, came to Australia under exceptional duress in a bid to safeguard her future from Taliban rule. Marwa played a pivotal role in the escape from Afghanistan with her family and 15 other young female university friends. Her story is shared in the recently released film ‘Die. Or Die Trying. Escaping the Taliban’ made by the Addison Road Community Group. Click here to watch it. 

Marwa will speak at our forthcoming in-person panel 'Who Should Tell Stories About Conflict?' hosted by the Centre and International Committee of the Red Cross on Friday, 19 August at 12pm at UTS. In this panel, we will look at language, perspective and the role of race, gender and privilege in conflict reporting.The panel will be chaired by Dr Sacha Molitorisz and other panellists include: 

  •  Anthony Galloway, a political correspondent for The Sun-Herald & The Sunday Age.  
  • Dr Kathryn Greenman, UTS Law lecturer. 

For more information and to register, click here. 

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