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To discuss their experiences in afghanistan, syria and other conflict zones. First, at my far right is janine dye giovanni, since then shes reported on turmoil and conflict in the middle east and beyond. The morning they came for us, she chronical it is war in syria by using seven different perspectives she provides picture of a nation as experienced by its citizens. Among them a nun, doctor, and a student. Next to janine is cristina lamb, chief correspondent for the sunday times. Like janine, c...

Diseases as typhus and polio. Next is Christina Lamb with the sunday times. Like janine, christinas introduction to conflict reporting also came in the late 1980s, but in pakistan and afghanistan. Came in the 1980s but in pakistan and afghanistan. Her journalism has taken her far and wide including brazil, south africa, zimbabwe and iraq but since the 9 11 attacks she spent quite a bit of time in afghanistan. She cowrote i am melilla and her new book farewell kabul from afghanistan to a more dan...

It is really a great conference, something that really needed to be done in the country. I just said to a couple of people that the best memory is to write it down. And so, this important history, the people on this panel have been writing it down so that it will be preserved, not just for us, but for the next generation and the next generation. One german historian said that history always must be revised. It must always be rewritten, because even we in this generation cannot write the final pa...

History always must be revised. It must always be rewritten, because even we in this generation cannot write the final part of the story. Because new resources are coming up, new interpretations, and consequently we must keep working at the same topics and subtopics until we get it, and till we get it right. Frederick douglas visited tennessee three times before he died in 1895. He came in 1873, 1882, and in 1892, 3 years before he died. He did not come to memphis in 1892 because of the riots. A...

Authors, all journalists, seasoned intrepid war reporters, they have written memoirs, in afghanistan, syria and other conflict zones. First, janine, janine di giovanni, newsweeks contributing editor at vanity fair. At the start of her journalistic, the first palestinian intifada in the late 1990s. Then, reported on turmoil and conflicts in the middle east and beyond. Her latest book, the morning they came for us dispatches from syria she chronicles the war in syria. The ravaged nation experience...

The reinhart award presented each year at the festival specializing in nonfiction. This is all little under one hour. What we did with the festival whiz we started for awards for freedom poetry for Lifetime Achievement in now giving away the award for nonfiction tonight. The goal to create the award was to try to focus attention on the reporting in those writers who bring those readers together in a celebratory parcelled the way the festival is about. Teaching at northwestern in chicago has won ...

Fairfax prize for Lifetime Achievement in fiction, and tonight were giving away the Mary Roberts Rinehart award for a woman who writes in nonfiction. The goal in creating the award was to try to focus attention on works that were important. Addon writers whose works are important. And to bring riders and readers together. So this is celebratory but also very much part and parcel of what the festival is about. Eula biss who teaches at northwestern has won numerous other awards, called sandburg li...

Hello, everyone. Welcome to the early sunday morning to the brooklyn book festival being hosted here at Brooklyn Law School. Our dean nick allard is here to welcome you. That dean has been a really wonder for bridge between the law school in brooklyn and the brooklyn book festival. Its on like to introduce nick allard to you all. [applause] thank you, professor. Well, welcome to all of you. Were so proud to be able to host part of the largest free letter very festival in new york city in one of ...

That is in a part sort of a National Psychology examination to get a good answer for it. I dont have a good answer but its totally different circumstance because of the outcome of the war. The points scott got to about the different ways that we americans mayry, err on the side of forgetting history but on the other side we do not make a fetish of history. Can he best answer i [no audio] ok, lets leave it there. Sorry. Larry from csis. For is for. Your this is doctor lee. Acrossorean officials t...

It is the duty of our government to do things for people that they cannot do themselves. The rich can do for themselves. The poor people cannot. Ill hang up and listen. Host lets go to curtis dubay. Guest we keep hearing about infrastructure investment. But the way we do that is federal gaps. The 65 cents of every dollar raised for the federal gas tax actually goes to roads and bridges and highways. The rest of it goes to things that are not supposed to be funded by the attacks. Sustainability p...