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
Iraq
United-states
Egypt
Baghdad
Washington
Lebanon
Yemen
Saudi-arabia
Virginia
Syria
Michigan
France