Date: Tuesday, December 4 Time: 7:00 p.m. Location: Summit United Methodist Church at 82 E. 16th Ave., Columbus, OH
Dr. Margaret Mills is chair of the Department of Near East Languages and Cultures at the Ohio State University. Her book, _Rhetorics and Politics in Afghan Traditional Storytelling_, won the 1993 Chicago Folklore Prize for best academic work in folklore. She is the author or co-editor of four additional books, with two others in preparation, as well as numerous other publications.
A scholar who has lived in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran, and conducted additional research in south and central Asia, Dr. Mills is an expert in the cultural politics of Afghanistan and surrounding nations. She says many of the problems facing the United States today might have been mitigated with a Marshall Plan-style aid package to help stabilize Afghanistan and rebuild civil society after the Soviet Union left that nation.
Dr. Mills advises against any U.S. military presence in the nation. Instead, she says the country might be moved away from the Taliban with major food and medicine aid delivered to designated no-fire zones by a regional, U.N. or OIC-based coalition. She also cites the need for the formation of a global coalition of support that would address the grievances that provide a social base for rage and terror....
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For more info, contact Pejmaan Fallah at <pejmaan at yahoo.com>. For contact info about Margaret Mills, visit <http://www.osu.edu/osu/newsrel/Archive/01-09-20_Faculty_experts_on_the_Middle_East.htm>. -- Yoshie
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