Educational Strategies for Youth Empowerment in Conflict Zones
A Book Discussion on ‘Educational Strategies for Youth Empowerment in Conflict Zones‘ by Nyla Ali Khan.
#IMPRI Center for Human Dignity and Development (CHDD), IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, invites you to an IMPRI #WebPolicyTalk:
A Book Discussion on
Educational Strategies for Youth Empowerment in Conflict Zones
Details of the #WebPolicyTalk:
Date: December 6, 2021
Time: 7:00 p.m. IST
Platform: Zoom and Facebook Live
Author and Speaker:
Prof Nyla Ali Khan
Professor,
Oklahoma City Community College,
University of Oklahoma, USA
Dr. Nyla Ali Khan is a professor at Rose State College, Midwest City, OK and taught as a Visiting Professor at the University of Oklahoma. Formerly, she was a professor at the University of Nebraska-Kearney. She received her Ph.D. in English Literature and her Masters in Postcolonial Literature and Theory at the University of Oklahoma.
Author of several published articles, book reviews and editorials, she has edited Parchment of Kashmir, a collection of essays on Jammu and Kashmir, written four books, including The Fiction of Nationality in an Era of Transnationalism and Islam, Women, and Violence in Kashmir: Between Indian and Pakistan. Several of her articles have appeared in academic journals, newspapers and magazines in the United States and South Asia. They focus heavily on the political issues and strife of her homeland, Jammu and Kashmir, India, where she visits frequently. She has reading competence in Arabic and Hindi and is fluent in Urdu and Kashmiri.
Dr. Khan has presented lectures on the subject of Kashmir at several universities including American University, Columbia University and New York University. She is an Oklahoma Humanities Scholar presenting public talks statewide, including women’s correctional facilities, where she focuses on education and women’s empowerment.
Dr. Khan was recognized at the OK State Capitol for her human rights work in 2018 and honored by the Oklahoma League of Women Voters as one of the 100 Trailblazers for 2018. She was recently awarded the President’s Volunteer Service Award & Silver Medal for her national public speaking and her bridge building work at the community and grassroots level in the state of Oklahoma. Dr. Khan currently resides in Edmond, Oklahoma.
Discussants:
Sadam Hanjabam
Founder, Ya_All: The Youth Network, Manipur
Dr Leena Wadia
Senior Fellow, Observer Research Foundation (ORF), Mumbai
Patrick B. McGuigan
Reporter, Writer, and Analyst, The Oklahoma City Sentinel
About the Book – Educational Strategies for Youth Empowerment in Conflict Zones
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-66226-4
Live Video: https://fb.watch/9JW36nLpKi/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DN_tM844O0
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Organizer
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