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SUMMARY:Sparks Like Stars! with Nadia Hashimi
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DESCRIPTION:Bold\, illuminating\, heartbreaking\, yet hopeful\, Sparks Lik
 e Stars is a story of home\, of America\, Afghanistan\, tragedy\, survival
 \, reinvention and remembrance\, told in Nadia Hashimi’s singular v
 oice. \n.\nhttps://mcpl.libnet.info/event/7304241
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>**** MAKE SURE YOU ADJUST YOUR MAX
 IMUM ATTENDEES !!! ****</strong></p>\n<p><span style="color: #ff0000\;">NE
 W: You will need to be signed into Zoom to attend this program via the web
 .</span></p>\n<p><span style="color: #ff0000\;">To sign in\, you must firs
 t create a free account: <a href="https://zoom.us/signup">https://zoom.us/
 signup</a></span></p>\n<p><span style="color: #ff0000\;">Once you are sign
 ed in on Zoom\, return to this page and click on the link below to join th
 e program.</span></p>\n<p>An Afghan American woman returns to Kabul to lea
 rn the truth about her family and the tragedy that destroyed their lives i
 n this brilliant and compelling novel from the bestselling author of&nbsp\
 ;The Pearl That Broke Its Shell\, The House Without Windows\, and&nbsp\;Wh
 en the Moon Is Low.</p>\n<p>Nadia was born and raised in New York and New 
 Jersey. Both her parents were born in Afghanistan and left in the early 19
 70s\, before the Soviet invasion. Her mother\, granddaughter of a notable 
 Afghan poet\, traveled to Europe to obtain a Master&rsquo\;s degree in civ
 il engineering and her father came to the United States to realize their A
 merican dream.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Nadia graduated from Brandeis University w
 ith degrees in Middle Eastern Studies and Biology. She studied medicine in
  Brooklyn\, and then completed her pediatric residency training at NYU and
  Bellevue hospitals before moving to Maryland with her husband. On days of
 f from a busy emergency room and after years of avid reading\, she began c
 rafting stories that drew on her heritage and the complex experiences of A
 fghans.</p>\n<p>In 2003\, she made her first trip to Afghanistan with her 
 parents who had not returned to their homeland since leaving in the 1970s.
  She continues to serve on boards of organizations committed to educating 
 and nurturing Afghanistan&rsquo\;s most vulnerable children and empowering
  the female leaders of tomorrow. She is a member of the US-Afghan Women's 
 Council\, the Afghan-American Foundation\, and part of the national leader
 s of Welcome.us.</p>\n<p><br /><br /></p>\n<p><strong>NEW:</strong> You wi
 ll need to be logged in to Zoom to attend this program. You can create a f
 ree account on Zoom using the sign up link on the Zoom website - <a href="
 https://zoom.us/signin">https://zoom.us/signin</a>. Once you are signed in
  on Zoom\, return to this page and click on the link below to join the pro
 gram.</p>\n<p><a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87364148026">https://us06
 web.zoom.us/j/87364148026</a></p>\n<p></p>\n<hr />\n<p></p>\n<p>Co-hosted 
 with Bethesda Metro Area Village. BMAV is a volunteer organization providi
 ng services and community support to allow people to remain in their homes
  as they age.&nbsp\;<a href="http://www.bmavillage.org/">http://www.bmavil
 lage.org/</a></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p style="border: 5px solid 
 black\; padding: 50px\; background-image: linear-gradient(to right\, #f1d4
 5e\,#F2CD37\,#f1d45e)\;"><strong>By joining this Virtual MCPL program\, yo
 u agree to abide by our&nbsp\;<span style="text-decoration: underline\;"><
 a href="https://montgomerycountymd.gov/library/policies/behavior.html">rul
 es of conduct</a>.</span>&nbsp\;Library staff has the authority to remove 
 you from this program if we deem your behavior to be inappropriate\, to en
 sure the safety of staff and customers.<br /><br /><span style="text-decor
 ation: underline\;"><a href="https://montgomerycountymd.gov/library/polici
 es/zoom.html">Learn about MCPL's Zoom Security Settings</a></span></strong
 ></p>\n<p>Accommodation Requests</p>\n<p>Please <a href="https://montgomer
 ycountymd.gov/Library/accessibility/interpreter.html">place your request f
 or English-language captioning or sign language interpretation</a> at leas
 t five days before the library-sponsored program you plan to attend. Conta
 ct the Assistant Facilities and Accessibility Program Manager at 240-777-0
 002 with all other accommodation requests.</p>\n<p><sub><em>SML BUS 1.1 01
 /06/2022</em></sub></p>\nhttps://mcpl.libnet.info/event/7304241
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