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AWESOME TALK TONIGHT

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Julia Steinberger)
Fri Nov 16 15:43:27 2001

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To: peace-list@MIT.EDU, utr-announce@MIT.EDU, greens-annouce@MIT.EDU
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 15:43:17 -0500
From: Julia Steinberger <julias@MIT.EDU>


instead of Friday movie. My friend Kamal said this would be great and
it would make him personally feel better about the world if very many
people showed up. So please do! For Kamal!

WHAT: "A View from Islamabad"
WHO: Pervez Hoodbhoy  (Physics professor at Qaid-e-Azam University, 
                       Islamabad. PHYSICISTS ARE COOL!)
WHERE: 1-190
WHEN: 7 PM TONIGHT

About the Speaker:

Pervez Hoodbhoy is a theoretical physicist, and one of Pakistan's
notable peace activists. He has published extensively in physics and
in issues relating to science and society. Professor Hoodbhoy has been
actively involved in raising awareness about democratic freedoms,
education, nuclear non-proliferation, arms control and disarmament,
especially in the context of Pakistan and South Asia.

Co-sponsored by The Alliance for a Secular and Democratic South Asia

The seminar is open to public.

Please e-mail asur@mit.edu for further information.

Here is an article Pervez wrote soon after the events of 9/11/2001 in Dawn
that also appeared on the Z Magazine website:

BLACK TUESDAY: THE VIEW FROM ISLAMABAD

by Pervez Hoodbhoy

http://www.zmag.org/hoodcalam.htm

To find out more about Pervez and for a more complete collection of Pervez's
articles, go to Chowk:

http://www.chowk.com/bin/shows.cgi?sec=features&nn=phoodbhoy



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