One City One Book Launch Day
Saturday, September 6

Ansary’s memoir West of Kabul, East of New York has been selected by San Francisco for its One City One Book program this year. The program will be launched with an event at the San Francisco Ferry Building from 10 a.m. to noon, followed by a city bookstores tour and a celebration from 5:30 to 6:30 in the Mission District at a venue to be named later. For information check the One City One Book website here.
 

Radio Interview
Saturday, September 6

West Coast Live with Sedge Thompson
KQED
 

Reading and Discussion
Thursday, September 11, 7 pm

Ansary reads from West of Kabul, East of New York and fields questions.

Booksmith
1644 Haight Street
San Francisco
Contact: Thomas Gladysz – 863.8688
 

An Evening of Fundraising
Friday, September 19, 7 to 10 pm

Ansary delivers an address at “Reason For Hope,” an evening devoted to raising funds for the Amin Institute in Kabul, Afghanistan, a project to help some of the roughly 2 million orphans in the country rebuild (or merely build) lives. Hosted by CSU professor Farid Senzai, the evening features a buffet dinner, a children’s program, and interviews with Kabul street children taped by Afghan filmmaker Affandy Yacoob. Ansary will speak on the past and future of Afghanistan.

Chandni Restaurant
5748 Mowry School Rd
Newark, CA 94560
Contact Shamsia Razaqi at shamsia@omeid.org
 

Reading and Conversation
Saturday, September 20 , 2 pm
San Francisco Public Library
Western Addition Branch
1550 Scott Street
San Francisco
Contact: Linda Suzuki – 355.5727
 

Reading and Conversation
Sunday, September 21, 2pm

Book Passage
1 Ferry Building
San Francisco
Contact: Kate Ferguson or Roger Pentano at 415.835.1020
 

Reading and Conversation
Wednesday September 24 at 7pm

The Excelsior branch of the San Francisco Public Library hosts an Arts & Culture Salon featuring Tamim Ansary.

Public Library
4400 Mission Street
San Francisco
Contact: Elizabeth Thacker and Lisa Dunseth – 355.2868
 

Carmel Authors and Ideas Festival
Friday-Sun, September 26-28

Ansary joins a line-up of wonderful writers including Reza Aslan, Greg Mortenson, Lolly Winston, Kemble Scott, and over 30 others at Carmel-by-the-Sea for two days of literary intensity.

Sunset Community Center Theater
Carmel, California
For information: http://www.carmelauthors.com/

 

 

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Instant Book Club
Thursday, October 2 at 6:30pm

Books Inc.
Opera Plaza
601 Van Ness Ave., SF, 415.776.1111

Moderator/librarian Lauren John will lead a discussion about literature and life with Ansary in attendance.
Contact: Calvin Crosby at Books Inc.
 

Panel Discussion
Monday, October 5 at 6pm

Litquake presents “East of Istanbul: Voices from the Muslim World” featuring Tamim Ansary, Anita Amirrezvani, Persis Karim, and Niloufar Talebi. Moderated by Sandip Roy.

Mechanics Institute
57 Post Street
San Francisco
415.393.0101
 

Class: “Hot Spots–Islam and the West Today”
Every Monday, October 6 - November 20
12:15-2:15

Sponsored by the Osher Institute for Lifelong Learning, this course explores six “hot spots” in today’s interaction between the Islamic world and the West: Iraq, Afghanistan, Israel/Palestine, Pakistan/India, Iran, and one hot spot to be decided by the class. The class focuses on cultural, political, historical, and strategic factors that contribute to the situation today and possible solutions to the conflict.

Osher Insitute/SF State
Downtown Campus
835 Market Street, 6th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94103
415-817-4243
 

Panel Discussion:
Art and Literature in Today’s Afghanistan
Wednesday, October 15 at 6:30pm

Ansary moderates a panel discussion with special guests Mo Qayoumi, president of California State University: East Bay; UC Berkeley professor of literature Wali Ahmadi; photographer Joseph N. Hoyt, and Humaira Ghilzai, president of Afghan Friends Network.
Main Library, Koret Auditorium
100 Larkin St. (at Grove)
5:30-6:30pm: L/H – pre-reception and booksales
6:30-7:30pm: Panel in Koret
7:30pm-7:45pm booksigning
(415) 557-4277
 

In Conversation with Oscar Villalon
Wednesday, October 22, 6:30pm

Ansary discusses the writing life with One City One Book author and San Francisco Chronicle Book Editor Oscar Villalon.

Main Library – Koret Auditorium
100 Larkin St. (at Grove)
(415) 557-4277
 

“Tea and Talk with Tamim”
Saturday, October 25 at 2pm

The Noe Valley Branch of the San Francisco Library and Cover-to-Cover Bookstore present an afternoon of informal conversation with Ansary.

451 Jersey Street
San Francisco
415.355.5707
Contact: Alice McCloud and Tracy Wynne
 

Living in Afghanistan: a Multimedia Presentation
Sunday, October 26, 12 noon

Ansary talks about living in Afghanistan in the old days and now as part of the Asian Art Museum’s Family Festival

Asian Art Museum
Larkin Street (north of the Main Library)
 

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