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January 3, 2007

7:30 p.m.

First Unitarian Universalist Society, 152 Pearl Street (at the top of Church Street) Burlington.

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Farzana Hassan-Shahid

Farzana Hassan-Shahid author of the recent book "Islam, Women and the Challenges of Today", is a political scientist, writer and commentator on Islam and gender issues. Originally from Pakistan, she earned a Masters Degree in Political Science  from Punjab University and  a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts.  For the past five years she has been actively involved in ecumenical and interfaith dialogue and was the President of the pacifist group “Muslims Against Terrorism.” 

She is also the author of a novel on human trafficking in South Asia entitled Echoes from the Abyss For her efforts in promoting better relations between faiths, the National Christian-Muslim Liaison Committee of Canada gave their annual service award to her in 2004. She has been a speaker at the Canadian Jewish Congress as well as the United Church of Canada. Media appearances include interviews with the BBC World Service, The Voice of America and Le Monde.

She now heads the Muslim Canadian Congress.