See what else is on deck for the coming months. Before we begin we ask that anyone silences their cell phones so that theres no unwanted distractions during the talk and subsequent q a. During the q a portion we have a handheld microphone to pass around. Plus when recording tonight event and its important to your questions on the audio. After the talk to be a signing in this room. If you already purchased the book we have many copies for sale behind the registers. And now im delighted to introduce the knights guests, zahra , zahra hankir, a lebanese british journalist who writes about the intersection of politics, culture and society in the middle east. She is also the editor of the essay collection shes here to present tonight, our women on the ground arab women reporting from the arab world. As the editor, she provides a far too rare platform for arab female journalist to share in their own words, their expenses reporting in the middle east. The 19 essays in this collection are at tu
Surrounding it. Where there may be an opportunity to use mohammed, just the fact of having that in the cartoon would overshadow the point i was trying to make and take away from the effectiveness of the cartoon. So it is not that i am not opposed to using mohammed but i am more for ensuring the mess age that i am trying to communicate to the audience. Brian this is a personal question. We will talk about your book. Are you really the brother to two sisters that are medical doctors and two brothers as well . Michael i am. And their spouses are as well. We have like nine people that are closely related better all doctors. The only way i can get them to show up at family reunions is i say i deal with politicians and congress, so i am sort like a proctologist. Them a sort of let me into the family reunion. Brian go back to this, two sisters and two brothers are medical doctors. And how many of their spouses are . Michael my older brother is a fertility specialist. His wife is not a doctor.
I think where there may be an opportunity to use mohammed, just the fact of having that in the cartoon would overshadow the point i was trying to make and take away from the effectiveness of the cartoon. So it is not that i am not opposed to using mohammed but i am more for ensuring the message that i am trying to communicate to the audience. Gets to the audience. Brian this is a personal question. We will talk about your book. Are you really the brother to two sisters that are medical doctors and two brothers as well . Michael i am. And their spouses are as well. We have like nine people that are closely related better all that are all doctors. The only way i can get them to show up at family reunions is i say i deal with politicians and congress, so i am sort like a proctologist. Them a sort of let me into the family reunion. Brian go back to this, two sisters and two brothers are medical doctors. And how many of their spouses are . Michael my older brother is a fertility specialist.
Brian michael ramirez, have you ever drawn a cartoon of mohammed, and if you have not, would you . Michael you know, i havent. And i probably would not comment to be honest with you. I dont do controversial cartoons just for the sake of controversy. The point of editorial cartooning is to reach a message to the audience that will not be overshadowed by the controversy surrounding it. Where there may be an opportunity to use mohammed, just the fact of having that in the cartoon would overshadow the point i was trying to make and take away from the effectiveness of the cartoon. So it is not that i am not opposed to using mohammed but i am more for ensuring the message that i am trying to communicate gets to the audience. Brian this is a personal question. When i read this, it was the first thing i wanted to ask you about. We will talk about your book. Are you really the brother to two sisters that are medical doctors and two brothers as well . Michael i am. And their spouses are as well.
Democratic peoples republic of korea amends constitution to bolster its Nuclear Power status to deter us provocations. War welcome to our studios in the capital tefan. This is prest tv news. Thanks for joining us. Irans president has hailed the successful launch of new satellite into orbit despite sanctions imposed western states and crippling the Islamic Republic space program. Raic said the launch has once again proven that threats and sanctions have no effect on irans determination to progress. He also thanked organizations and people involved in the satellite launch while urging them to pave the way for the countrys rapid growth in space industry. On wednesday the Aerospace Division of irans Islamic Revolution guard score black. Imaging satellite aboard a carrier dubbed, cassette or messenger. It was placed into orbit 450 km above the earths surface. The irc had successfully launched the home grown nour one and noor two satellites in 2020 and 2022 respectively. Iraqi Security Force