Sadia lectures frequently about her experiences growing up with a Muslim mother, Christian father and Jewish grandmother and her search to reconnect with the Bene Israel community of Western India. This journey is the subject of her memoir The Girl From Foreign and her documentary film In Search of The Bene Israel. Other speaking topics include: The Craft of Memoir Growing Up with Multiple Faiths India, Pakistan, and Partition Documentary Filmmaking The History of Jews in India Contemporary South Asian Literature |
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She is available to speak at cultural events, book clubs, schools, colleges, and fundraisers. Recent and upcoming events include:
DSC Jaipur Literature Festival (Jaipur, India)
Skirball Cultural Center (Los Angeles, CA)
First Person Arts Festival (Philadelphia, PA)
Wesleyan Writer's Conference (Middletown, CT)
Johnson & Wales University (Providence, RI)
Convent of the Sacred Heart (Greenwich, CT)
University of Lucknow (Lucknow, India)
American Center, (New Delhi, India)
The Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies (Chicago, IL)
Barnard College (New York, NY)
Miami Book Fair (Miami, FL)
Edinburgh Int'l Book Festival (Edinburgh, Scotland)
For speaking requests please contact:
Jacqueline Fischetti / Director / Penguin Speakers Bureau
375 Hudson Street . New York, NY 10014
(212) 366-2271 (voice) / (212) 366-2755 (fax)
Jacqueline.Fischetti@us.penguingroup.com
www.penguinspeakersbureau.com
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