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PRFDHR, GHS and CRH Film: The Neighborhood Storyteller - Movie Screening and Q&A with Protagonist Asmaa Rashed and Film Director Alejandra Alcalá

THE NEIGHBORHOOD STORYTELLER is the inspiring and heroic story of Asmaa Rashed, a determined young Syrian mother of four living as a refugee in Zaatari camp, Jordan, who for the last seven years has been using the art of reading aloud for pleasure to children as a bridge to tackle issues within her community.

Available on Tuesday, January 24th, 2023 - Monday, January 30th, 2023 (on-demand film screening) and on Friday, January 27th, 2023 (in-person; 50mn) followed immediately by Q&A session (hybrid; 70mn).

Panelists include:
Asmaa Rashed - protagonist
Alejandra Alcalá - film director
Catherine Panter - Brick | Bruce A. and Davi-Ellen Chabner Professor of Anthropology, Health, and Global Affairs at Yale University
Rana Dajani - Professor of Molecular Cell Biology at The Hashemite University and Visiting Professor at MIT Refugee Action Hub (ReACT)

Sponsored by the Yale Program on Refugees, Forced Displacement, and Humanitarian Responses (PRFDHR) ; Global Health Studies Program ; Conflict, Resilience, and Health Program (CRH)

Jan 27, 2023 12:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)