Wednesday, February 20

Noor Akbar
Honor Killing in Pakistan
Levermore Lounge, Science Building Room 108
2:30 PM

About the Speaker
Noor Akbar completed his graduate studies in Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of Peshawar, Pakistan in 2002. Since then he has been serving as Communication Officer at Just Peace International (JPI), an NGO, which is working for peace education, tolerance, conflict resolution and human rights in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The organization is the first of its nature to work for peace, nonviolence and human rights in the Pukhtoon community, which is famous for their fundamentalist and extremist outlook. Noor is currently an international guest of the International Center for Tolerance Education, An Initiative of the Third Millennium Foundation.

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