The Ordinary Chaos of Being Human

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Tuesday, 2nd July 2024 | 18:30-20:30

 

 

An open dialogue about this ambitious collection of short memoirs from 35 countries. The ensemble offers a contemporary view of the diversity of Muslim cultures around the world, while each story offers a depth of human experience that brings you to recognize your own. The editor, Marguerite Richards, will speak with contributing Iranian author and journalist Kamin Mohammadi about what it means to broaden the literary canon of global voices through personal stories from the heart. The book launches June 29.

 

About the book. 
Two schoolgirls in Yemen skip class, and wander into a yellow circus tent. A woman in Beirut is heartsick, waiting for her kidnapped parrot to return. A Jordanian man curses his loud, ignorant neighbors during a maddening, hot summer stuck in his Amman apartment. A young lady retells a seaside summer love story in Alexandria, Egypt. An antidote to apathy in a world increasingly at odds with its own values, The Ordinary Chaos of Being Human is a book we didn’t know we needed until we found it.

 

 

 

SPEAKERS:

Editor, Marguerite Richards 
Based in Sri Lanka, Marguerite Richards is an American writer and memoir editor, working with people all over the world to tell their life stories. She holds degrees in literature and translation, has taught in France and Chile, and fell in love with magazine publishing in New York. She has worked on articles and essays published in many places, but she has found her calling with books. The second edition of her debut short memoir collection, The Ordinary Chaos of Being Human is set to launch worldwide June 2024.

 

Author-Contributor, Kamin Mohammadi 
Kamin Mohammadi is an author, award-winning journalist, broadcaster, human rights activist, writing and yoga teacher and passionate public speaker. She talks on topics as diverse as Iranian women’s rights, and the importance of living well and in harmony with the earth and ourselves. Born in Iran, she and her family moved to the UK during the 1979 Iranian Revolution. As a journalist she has written for the British and international press including The Times, the Financial Times, Washington Post, The Sunday Times (UK) The Guardian, The Observer, and many others. Most recently her journalism on Iran has won two prizes from the LA Press Club, and previously has been nominated for an Amnesty Human Rights in Journalism award in the UK, and for a National Magazine Award by the American Society of Magazine Editors in the U.S.

 

Moderator: Pooneh Ghoddoosi
Pooneh Ghoddoosi is a seasoned media professional working in international media strategy. With many years of experience in broadcast journalism, presenting, making documentaries, and editing at the BBC, Pooneh now manages Global Partnerships between the BBC World Service and external funders and philanthropic institutions among which are the Gates and the Nobel Foundations. She looks after a portfolio of nearly 5 million USD of funding secured to design and deliver educational programmes. Pooneh is well-known internationally as one of the BBC’s select group of multilingual presenters. She is also an experienced senior media trainer and editorial leader. Before the BBC, she worked with the New York Times, Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal. 

 

 

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