Hadani Ditmars, an international journalist based in Canada, will show videoclips of her journey andread from her bestseller, Dancing in the No Fly Zone: A Woman's Journey Through Iraq, at the Gibsons Public Library on Saturday, April 8, at 2 p.m.
Ditmars, an independent reporter whose mixed Euro-pean and Middle Eastern ancestry allowed her to pass as an Iraqi, traversed the distance that separates most Western journalists from their subjects, travelling between two worlds in dangerous and revealing ways. Dancing in the No-Fly Zone is the story of that journey, interwoven with tales from her earlier visits. The book has been called "a remarkable and exemplary document written with elegance, wisdom and compassionate humour a unique triumph." The former UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq, Denis Halliday,commented, "This book gives important insight into the Iraq that the author remembers, knows and dreams of emerging from a long nightmare."
Ditmars' work has been published in the New York Times, Time, Newsweek, The London Independent, Globe and Mail and Vanity Fair and broadcast on BBC and CBC radio and television. She is a passionate and informed speaker who gives voice to ordinary Iraqis, articulating both their terrible plight and their cultural heritage.
Register for this free event at 604-886-2130 or in person at the Gibsons Library.
