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The Global Strategy Project and the Afghanistan World Foundation
Invite you to a documentary film
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| (Embedded image | The Bread Winner |
| moved to file: | Produced and Directed By Sonia Nassery |
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| | Discussion moderated by Marco Vicenzino |
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| | In April 2004, Sonia Nassery Cole lead an |
| | AWF group to Kabul, Afghanistan to advance |
| | her work in rebuilding schools and to |
| | coordinate with the various Ministries and |
| | other charitable organizations working in |
| | Afghanistan. |
| | |
| | |
| | Arriving in Kabul and caught in traffic on |
| | her way to the hotel, Sonia heard a knock |
| | on the car window and rolled it down to |
| (Embedded image | have a huge calendar thrust towards her. |
| moved to file: | Gently pushing it aside, Sonia gazed at a |
| pic12189.jpg)The | beautiful face which belonged to a very |
| Breadwinner DVD | young newspaper and calendar seller. |
| Cover Art | |
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| | The smile that broke out on this little |
| | boy?s charming face when Sonia purchased |
| | the paper with a US dollar bill haunted |
| | her all evening. Determined to set her |
| | eyes on him again, Sonia returned to the |
| | heavy traffic on the dusty airport road |
| | for the next three days until she found |
| | him again. |
| | |
| | |
| | The documentary, "The Bread Winner", |
| | directed and produced by Sonia Nassery |
| | Cole, is the heart wrenching story about a |
| | day in the rigorous life of a nine-year |
| | old Afghan boy, Farouk, who supports his |
| | parents and siblings by selling newspapers |
| | and calendars. |
| | |
| | |
| | The breadwinner has been officially |
| | accepted at the 2007 Milano Film |
| | Festival. |
| | |
| | Monday, March 19, 2007 from 12:00pm - |
| | 2:00pm |
| | World Bank J Building - JB1- 080 |
| | (downstairs Auditorium) |
| | (701 18th St. NW corner of 18th St. and |
| | Pennsylvania Ave.) |
| | |
| | Event is followed by a light lunch |
| | reception |
| | For non bank Staff, Please RSVP to |
| | InfoShopevents@worldbank.org |
| | __________________________________________ |
| | __________________________ |
| | |
| | Moderated by: |
| | Marco Vicenzino |
| | Director, Global Strategy Project |
| | Marco Vicenzino is the founder and |
| | director of the Global Strategy Project. |
| | Mr. Vicenzino served as Deputy Executive |
| | Director of the International Institute |
| | for Strategic Studies-US (IISS-US) in |
| | Washington, DC, and is an international |
| | attorney. Mr. Vicenzino has taught |
| | International Law at the School of |
| | International Service of American |
| | University. As a strategic policy |
| | analyst, commentator and regular guest |
| | speaker on foreign affairs, he has |
| | contributed to various international media |
| | outlets, including BBC World News, |
| | CNN International, CNN Spanish, Al |
| | Jazeera, Univision, RAI, Financial |
| | Times, Le Figaro, El Mundo, Al Hayat, FT |
| | Deutschland, El Universal and Folha de |
| | Sao Paulo. Mr. Vicenzino has also served |
| | as an advisor to the World Bank. |
| | |
| | Presented by |
| | Sonia Nassery Cole |
| | Chairman & Founder, Afghanistan World |
| | Foundation |
| | Immediately following the Soviet invasion |
| | of Afghanistan in 1979, Sonia Nassery |
| | escaped to the United States, where she |
| | eventually began efforts to help Afghan |
| | refugees forced to flee their homeland. |
| | She provided Congressional testimony |
| | backing support of US aid to the |
| | indigenous Afghan resistance and joined |
| | the Board of the Afghan Relief Committee |
| | in New York. To raise public awareness and |
| | funds for the Afghan people, she regularly |
| | has organized high profile events since |
| | the 1980's. In 2002, Sonia founded the |
| | Afghanistan World Foundation (AWF) to |
| | support the post-war reconstruction |
| | process in Afghanistan. |
| | Comments by |
| | Mr. Alastair J. McKechnie |
| | Country Director, Afghanistan, Bhutan and |
| | Maldives, World Bank Group |
| | |
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About Global Strategy Project
The Global Strategy Project is a non-profit, nonpartisan
organization, based in Washington, DC, that strives to bring
foreign affairs to the center of public debate. Its purpose is
to provide a global audience with an objective understanding,
through analytical publications and other activities, of events,
developments and issues that impact international peace and
security; to convene public and private actors in forums to
improve dialogue and relations and promote the understanding of
issues that impact international peace and security; and to
contribute to a process that fosters and advances international
peace and security. For more information, visit:
http://www.globalstrategyproject.org.
About the Afghanistan World Foundation (AWF)
The mission of the Afghanistan World Foundation (AWF) is to provide
multi-level broad-based support to both the scale and scope of the
Reconstruction and Development of Afghanistan, pursuant to the
Afghan National Development Framework (NDF) mandate. Although there
are over 20 defined sectors of reconstruction, AWF action programs
are based on high priority survival needs in Afghanistan such as
education and emergency health services.The educational system in
Afghanistan has been left in dire state of neglect after over two
decades of war. Military devastation of the country has destroyed
over 70% of the schools and coupled with the repressive regime of
the Taliban, the task of rebuilding the educational system is quite
urgent. Quality education will be the pillar for building a strong
civil society and a vibrant democracy in Afghanistan. AWF will
invest in rebuilding schools and teacher training programs to
deliver an educational system relevant to the needs of twenty first
century Afghanistan as it embarks upon its promising future.
For more information, visit: www.afghanistanworldfoundation.org
About the InfoShop
The InfoShop is the public information center and development
bookstore of the World Bank. It functions as the only publicly
accessible space at headquarters, providing internal and external
audiences access to over 6000 titles published by the World Bank,
other international organizations, and other publishers on
development issues. It is a space where information and documents
on World Bank development operations, economic data, and strategies,
can be read easily and comfortably at workstations designed for
public use. In addition, the InfoShop hosts book launches,
exhibits, seminars, receptions, and other community outreach events,
and also carries videos, posters, CD-ROMs, and gift items.
For more information, visit: http://www.worldbank.org/infoshop
Thursday, March 15, 2007
"Protestantism and Environmentalism: In Quest of a Weberian Approach to Eco-History" discussed at the InfoShop on March 20, 2007, 3:00pm in J1-050
InfoShop, Goethe-Institut and the Delegation of the European Commission to the
USA, the German Presidency
Invite you to a discussion
"Protestantism and Environmentalism: In Quest of a Weberian Approach to
Eco-History"
The "Weber thesis" on the affinity between Protestantism and capitalism is
famous all over the world. But today one could ask whether we need a new version
of this thesis: an interpretation of the affinity between Protestantism and
environmentalism. To be sure, today we have a lot of literature on the
"environmental movement" and "environmental politics"; but we are told quite
different stories, without a clear agreement as to how environmentalism has
evolved. Joachim Radkau has written both an environmental history of the world
("Nature and Power") and a biography of Max Weber. He tries to show that there
are various Weberian approaches which may lead to a more comprehensive and
analytical study of environmentalism.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Tuesday, March 20, 2007 from 3:00pm - 4:30pm
World Bank J Building - J1- 050 (701 18th St. NW corner of 18th St. and
Pennsylvania Ave.)
For non bank staff, please RSVP to InfoShopevents@worldbank.org
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Presented by
Joachim Radkau
Joachim Radkau's work, the first comprehensive biography of Max Weber, deals in
detail with Weber's personal life and his work. Widely discussed and debated in
Germany today, the biography brings Max Weber?s life, works and era together to
create a lively panorama of a time whose changes are still felt today. Radkau is
professor for modern history at the University of Bielefeld. He is an author of
numerous books, including The Age of Unrest (1998).
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
About the InfoShop
The InfoShop is the public information center and development bookstore of the
World Bank. It functions as the only publicly accessible space at headquarters,
providing internal and external audiences access to over 6000 titles published
by the World Bank, other international organizations, and other publishers on
development issues. It is a space where information and documents on World Bank
development operations, economic data, and strategies, can be read easily and
comfortably at workstations designed for public use. In addition, the InfoShop
hosts book launches, exhibits, seminars, receptions, and other community
outreach events, and also carries videos, posters, CD-ROMs, and gift items.
For more information, visit: www.worldbank.org/infoshop
About The Goethe-Institut
The Goethe-Institut Washington organizes and supports cultural events that
present German culture abroad and that further intercultural exchange. Of
special interest to us are film and exhibition projects. Our language department
offers German courses, workshops and seminars for teachers of German as a
Foreign Language, as well as a wide-ranging testing program to prove proficiency
in German. The Goethe-Institut Washington is responsible for providing cultural
programs and pedagogical and language services to the District of Columbia and
to the states of Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Delaware. A special,
wider-ranging focus of our work involves projects using the electronic media
(internet, radio, and television) for audiences in the USA, Canada, Mexico, and
Cuba. We organize and provide advice about electronic media projects in the
areas of cultural programming, language services, and information on behalf of
the Goethe-Institut locations in these countries.
For more information, visit: http://www.goethe.de/enindex.htm
USA, the German Presidency
Invite you to a discussion
"Protestantism and Environmentalism: In Quest of a Weberian Approach to
Eco-History"
The "Weber thesis" on the affinity between Protestantism and capitalism is
famous all over the world. But today one could ask whether we need a new version
of this thesis: an interpretation of the affinity between Protestantism and
environmentalism. To be sure, today we have a lot of literature on the
"environmental movement" and "environmental politics"; but we are told quite
different stories, without a clear agreement as to how environmentalism has
evolved. Joachim Radkau has written both an environmental history of the world
("Nature and Power") and a biography of Max Weber. He tries to show that there
are various Weberian approaches which may lead to a more comprehensive and
analytical study of environmentalism.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Tuesday, March 20, 2007 from 3:00pm - 4:30pm
World Bank J Building - J1- 050 (701 18th St. NW corner of 18th St. and
Pennsylvania Ave.)
For non bank staff, please RSVP to InfoShopevents@worldbank.org
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Presented by
Joachim Radkau
Joachim Radkau's work, the first comprehensive biography of Max Weber, deals in
detail with Weber's personal life and his work. Widely discussed and debated in
Germany today, the biography brings Max Weber?s life, works and era together to
create a lively panorama of a time whose changes are still felt today. Radkau is
professor for modern history at the University of Bielefeld. He is an author of
numerous books, including The Age of Unrest (1998).
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
About the InfoShop
The InfoShop is the public information center and development bookstore of the
World Bank. It functions as the only publicly accessible space at headquarters,
providing internal and external audiences access to over 6000 titles published
by the World Bank, other international organizations, and other publishers on
development issues. It is a space where information and documents on World Bank
development operations, economic data, and strategies, can be read easily and
comfortably at workstations designed for public use. In addition, the InfoShop
hosts book launches, exhibits, seminars, receptions, and other community
outreach events, and also carries videos, posters, CD-ROMs, and gift items.
For more information, visit: www.worldbank.org/infoshop
About The Goethe-Institut
The Goethe-Institut Washington organizes and supports cultural events that
present German culture abroad and that further intercultural exchange. Of
special interest to us are film and exhibition projects. Our language department
offers German courses, workshops and seminars for teachers of German as a
Foreign Language, as well as a wide-ranging testing program to prove proficiency
in German. The Goethe-Institut Washington is responsible for providing cultural
programs and pedagogical and language services to the District of Columbia and
to the states of Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Delaware. A special,
wider-ranging focus of our work involves projects using the electronic media
(internet, radio, and television) for audiences in the USA, Canada, Mexico, and
Cuba. We organize and provide advice about electronic media projects in the
areas of cultural programming, language services, and information on behalf of
the Goethe-Institut locations in these countries.
For more information, visit: http://www.goethe.de/enindex.htm
Infoshop Events
This website is dedicated to the listing of events at and/or sponsored by the World Bank Infoshop located at:
World Bank J Building - J1- 050
701 18th St. NW corner of 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.
For non bank staff, please RSVP to InfoShopevents@worldbank.org
World Bank J Building - J1- 050
701 18th St. NW corner of 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.
For non bank staff, please RSVP to InfoShopevents@worldbank.org
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