Listen to 90.0 WBUR in Boston’s profile of “Sisters in War”: http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2011/01/06/sisters-in-war In her new book, “Sisters in War,” journalist Christina Asquith profiles Zia and Nunu, two Iraqi sisters whom Christina met while covering the second Gulf War. Initially hopeful about the fall of Saddam Hussein, Zia goes to work as a translator in the [...]
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NPR’s Weekend Edition interviews Christina Asquith
March 17, 2010 – 8:09 pm
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124414117
ABC News segment on Sisters in War
March 17, 2010 – 8:07 pm
abcnews.go.com/International/ video/womens-roles-changing-iraq-9997793
Profile of Christina Asquith in New Hampshire newspaper
January 23, 2010 – 8:55 pm
The Wire New Hampshire
Latest review of Sisters in War
January 9, 2010 – 9:33 pm
Feminist Review says “Sisters in War is a brilliant, convincing, and powerful story”. http://feministreview.blogspot.com/
Seven Days Weekly review of Sisters in War
December 15, 2009 – 10:30 am
http://www.7dvt.com/2009sisters-without-borders
Al Jazeera interview
December 1, 2009 – 5:09 pm
Interviewed by Riz Khan on the fate of Iraqi women (11.25.2009) Part 1: Part 2:
CSPANTV interview with Christina at the National Press Club
November 24, 2009 – 4:18 pm
Here is a four minute video interview with the author in November at The National Press Club. C-SpanTV
Financial Times says Sisters in War offers “rare, beautifully written insight . . .
November 11, 2009 – 9:13 pm
“A rare, beautifully written insight into the haunting ways in which women have been affected by the conflict,” – The Financial Times, Nov. 07 200