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Return to Afghanistan: In Conversation with Mellissa Fung
May 12, 2014
Last year, Mellissa returned to Afghanistan for the first time since her captivity – and on May 12, Aga Khan Foundation Canada and the Canadian Association of Journalists were pleased to host Mellissa in Ottawa for a live, webcast event.
Using images and video she collected on her most recent trip, Mellissa explored the Afghan people’s success and challenges, and explained why the international community must continue to invest at this crucial moment for the country.
Mellissa made brief remarks, followed by a moderated discussion hosted by Don Martin, host of CTV’s Power Play. Refreshments followed.
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Mellissa Fung
Award-winning journalist and former CBC correspondent Mellissa Fung has been on the frontlines of a wide range of stories on both Canadian and world affairs. She covered the Beijing Olympics and the war in Afghanistan among other events, and produced the award-winning documentaries Canada’s Ugly Secret and No Country for Horses. Her bestselling first book, Under an Afghan Sky, chronicles her experience as a hostage after she was kidnapped while on assignment in Afghanistan in 2008. Fung lives in Washington, DC.
Read her October 2013 article in The Walrus – “Afghanistan Undone”.
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