Selected Previous Engagements

Television appearances

• Oprah Winfrey Show
• Bill Moyers, In Conversation with
• KTLA, Los Angeles
• KRON, San Francisco
• Al Jazeera, The Riz Kjhan Show
• The News Hour with Jim Lehrer
• Ariana TV
• Noor TV

Radio Shows

• The Michael Krasny show, KQED
• The Ronn Owens Show, KGO
• The Gene Burns Show, KGO
• World History Through Islamic Eyes, a 6-week series on KALW
• NPR stations around the country

Speaking Engagements

• Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
• Dartmouth University, Hanover, New Hampshire
• Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
• Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts
• Reed College, Portland, Oregon
• Albion College, Albion, Michigan
• Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesotta
• Mills College, Oakland, CA
• Baylor University, Waco Texas
• Central Washington University, Ellensburg, Washington
• University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
• University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
• University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado
• University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
• U.S. Air Force Special Operations School, Hurlburt Field, FL
• California State University, Hayward, CA
• Sonoma State University, Sonoma, CA
• Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, Connecticut
• Cy-Fair College, Cypress, Texas
• Ferrum College, Ferrum, West Virginia
• LaGuardia Community College (CUNY), New York, NY
• College of Alameda, Alameda, CA
• Flathead Valley Community College, Kalispell, Montana
• Houston Community College, Houston, Texas
• Canada College, Redwood City,  CA
• Lee College, Baytown, Texas
• McLennan Community College, Waco, TX
• Paradise Valley Community College, Phoenix, AZ
• San Francisco City College, San Francisco
• Union College, Barbourville, Kentucky
• Berkeley High School, Berkeley, CA
• Lick Wilmerding High School, San Francisco, CA
• The Lovett School, Atlanta, GA
• The Urban School, San Francisco, CA
• Colorado Rocky Mountain School, Carbondale, Colorado
• Washington High School, San Francisco, CA
• Carmel Authors and Ideas Festival, Carmel, CA
• Colorado Association of Teachers of Foreign Languages 
• The Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA
• World Affairs Council of San Francisco, CA
• World Affairs Council, Houston, TX
• Commonwealth Club of Northern California
• Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California
• Juniper Creek Writers Conference, Carson City, NV
• Books by the Bay, San Francisco, CA
• Afghan Public Library Foundation, San Jose, CA
• Los Angeles Public Library, Los Angeles
• Mechanics Institute Library, San Francisco, CA
• San Francisco Library, various branches
• Berkeley Public Library, Berkeley, CA
• Larkspur Library, Larkspur, CA
• Pleasanton Public Library, Pleasanton, , CA
• Redwood City Libraries
• Foster City Library, Foster City, CA
• Litquake, San Francisco, CA
• Porchlight Storytelling Series, San Francisco, CA
• Malibu Jewish Center and Synagogue, Los Angeles, CA
• New Hampshire Humanities Council, Manchester, New Hampshire
• Osher Institute, SF State University, San Francisco, CA
• Osher Institute, U. C. Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
• Partnership for Education of Children in Afghanistan, St Paul, MN
• Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, Jackson, MS
• World Affairs Council of San Francisco
• Sequoia Senior Center, San Francisco, CA
• San Francisco State Poetry Center, San Francisco, CA
• Stanford University Student Assocation, Palo Alto, CA  
• Harvard University Club, San Francisco, CA
• Stanford Women’s Club, San Francisco. CA