{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Fiction as a Pathway to explore History and Conflict","description":"   In this episode, we bring you a talk from Ava Homa, the first Kurdish woman writer to publish a novel in English. In September 2024, Homa spoke at the Middlebury Institute for International Studies at Monterey. Professor Sharad Joshi provides an introduction.&amp;nbsp;  Homa is an acclaimed author, speaker, activist, and faculty member at California State University, Monterey Bay. Her debut novel, Daughters of Smoke and Fire&amp;nbsp;(HarperCollins &amp;amp; Abrams, 2020), was featured in Roxane Gay's Book Club, the Unplugged Book Box, and Women for Women International.  Learn more here: https:\/\/www.avahoma.com\/bio&amp;nbsp;  This event was co-sponsored by BIPOC Voices at MIIS and the CT Collaborative.   ","author_name":"Opening Up: A Conflict Transformation Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/sites.libsyn.com\/209063\/site","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/35920650\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/35920650"}