Join The Women’s Museum and World Affairs Council for an evening with Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, author of The Dressmaker of Khair Khana and deputy director of the Women and Foreign Policy Program for the Council on Foreign Relations. Ms. Lemmon will speak about her New York Times bestselling book, The Dressmaker of Khair Khana.

The Dressmaker of Khair Khana tells the true story of Kamila Sadiqi, who was only a teenager when the Taliban seized control of her hometown of Kabul. When her father and brother were forced to flee the city, Sadiqi was left to fend for her family. Despite the odds, she was able to start a successful dressmaking business that supported her family and gave hope to her neighborhood. Lemmon, who spent years on the ground reporting on Sadiqi’s story, provides a unique look at the daily lives of Afghan women in this book.

Ms. Lemmon is a New York Times bestselling author and the deputy director of the Council on Foreign Relations’ Women and Foreign Policy program. Prior to joining the Council, she covered public policy and emerging markets for the global investment firm PIMCO after working for nearly a decade as a journalist with the ABC News Political Unit and “This Week with George Stephanopoulos.” Lemmon has reported on entrepreneurs in conflict and post-conflict regions for the Financial Times, The New York Times, International Herald Tribune and Christian Science Monitor, among other publications.

Program Details:

Wednesday, May 18
6 PM Registration and Reception
6:30 PM Program and Book Signing

Rosewood Crescent Hotel
400 Crescent Court
Dallas, TX 75201

$20 Members of The Women’s Museum and World Affairs Council
$35 Non-members
For more information and to register for this event, visit www.dfwworld.org.