Gabe Huck and Theresa Kubasak will share historical analysis and ethnographic insights from their new book, Never Can I Write of Damascus: When Syria Became Our Home. Beginning in 1999, these educators and peace activists witnessed what severe UN sanctions did to every aspect of Iraqi life. When the US moved from sanctions to invasion and occupation, they made a critical decision to move from New York to Damascus in 2005 and to live and teach where a million Iraqis had sought safety. Over the next seven years, they became part of the multi-faith fabric and the intellectual life of Damascus. In this talk, Huck and Kubasak will share their experience, what they came to hold dear, and why they came back to the US.

More information on the book can be found on the Just World Books website.

Co-sponsored by the UNC Department of Religious Studies.