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Professor Parin Dossa launches her book Afghanistan Remembers at Ismaili Centre
Parin Dossa signing her books at the Ismaili Centre in Vancouver. Sultan Baloo
The Ismaili Centre Burnaby
Canada
Vancouver, 27 November 2014 — Dr Parin Dossa, Professor of Anthropology and Associate Member in the Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies at Simon Fraser University, launched her book Afghanistan Remembers: Gendered Narrations of Violence and Culinary Practices at the Ismaili Centre.
During her presentation, Professor Dossa spoke about the importance of acknowledging the impact of violence on the familial lives of Afghan women along with their attempts at recovery. She also called on the audience to recognise and bear witness to deeper forms of violence.
Informed by her own story of family migration and loss, Professor Dossa’s new book is a poignant ethnographic account of the trauma of war.
