Recent Public Talks (past two years)
*Interviewed by major media organizations regarding the political Emergency in Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto’s assassination, February 2008 elections in Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf’s stepping down as President August 2008, Asif Ali Zardari’s election as President, the U.S. government’s decision to triple its aid package to Pakistan, and the crisis in Malakand and Swat, ongoing; recent print media quoted includes: L.A. Times, Chicago Tribune, New York Times, Washington Post; radio interviews include NPR, KPFA, Chicago Public Radio, KBOO, “Sunday at Noon” on KLCC, WPKN (Connecticut), Uprising Radio, NPR @ SUNY Stony Brook, The Breakfast Club (Jamaica), Voice of the Cape (Capetown, S.A.), Revista Semana (Colombia), KPOJ, Netherlands press, Air New Zealand, and Voice of America; recent television interviews include al-Jazeera and The News Hour with Jim Lehrer (PBS), 14 April 2009, News 1 Islamabad, 3 February 2010, and Jamhoor with Javed Jabaar Samaa TV, 7 February 2010

*“The Impact of US Foreign Policy on Domestic Politics in Pakistan” OLLI (Olsen Lifelong Learning Institute), University of Oregon, 18 November 2011
*“The Impact of US foreign policy and drone use on the Internal Dynamics inside Pakistan” Lane Community College, 24 October 2011
*“Crisis and Reconciliation in Swat, Pakistan, through the Eyes of Women” Middle East/South Asia Studies, UC Davis, October 8, 2010
*“Women in Islam” George Fox University, Newberg, Oregon, October 4, 2010
*“Nation-Building in Pakistan: Women's Rights, the Rule of Law, and the Lessons of Swat" presented at Rutgers University, 9 March 2010
*“Moving Forward with the Legal Empowerment of Women in Pakistan?” presented at the Seminar on South Asia, Columbia University, 8 March 2010
*“Confronting Miltarism: Democracy vs Empire” Lane Peace Symposium 2010, Lane Community College, March 5, 2010
*“Iraq & AfPak: an Analysis of the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan-Pakistan” Community Conversations Series, University of Oregon, March 2, 2010
*“Pakistan and Afghanistan: Connecting the Problems and the Solutions” OLLI (Olsen Lifelong Learning Institute), University of Oregon, 11 November 2009, and at the University of Oregon Knight Law School, sponsored by CALC (Community Alliance of Lane County), 12 November 2009
*“The Crisis of the State in Pakistan” Dubai School of Government, May 11, 2009
*“Women’s Rights in Pakistan” Middle East Institute, Washington, D.C. February 17, 2009

This page updated September 30, 2011