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.

She is available to speak at cultural events, book clubs, schools, colleges, and fundraisers.

Her film In Search of the Bene Israel can be screened as part of her presentation.

Recent event venues include:


DSC Jaipur Literature Festival (Jaipur, India)
Karachi Literature Festival (Karachi, Pakistan)
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:
Megan Halpern / Penguin Speakers Bureau
375 Hudson Street . New York, NY 10014
212.366.2263 (voice) / (212) 366-2755 (fax)
megan.halpern@us.penguingroup.com
www.penguinspeakersbureau.com