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WHS Alum and Iranian immigrant Hawreh Haddadi discusses his new book "Finding Kurdistan: A Kurdish American's Journey Home".

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hello and thank you for joining my name is Adrian High School Tammy pleasure of introducing our speaker or maybe that I'm a 2013 graduate of Windham high school and also the author of a find Curtis and a Kurdish iranian-american straight home erase Amazon author bio States was born in the mountains of Kurdistan and soon after came to America with his parents and siblings as political refugees bring up in the state of Maine parade in love with a beautiful scenery of New England and gravitated Tulane basketball year-round he would later travel back to the little Beasts where he would learn more about his roots and this is how many people face in a region his travels and studies further made it clear that Americans live a far different life than most people across the world being fascinated with cultured political system he decided to pursue the social sciences in college and eventually graduated with a master's in political science volunteer for Americorps where do you return the Windham High School to help in our apex program everyone is leaving his working in Portland for learning works Gerardo Reyes education and work in the community he has worked on this book which was published in November and we have the pleasure of discussing today today we hope to cover with a post about how her brain completed the writing process and what it takes to have a goal and accomplishment welcome her a man die so come on in and take a seat near the friend thank you we're going to have a little bit of like an interview process but at the end we'll have time for questions so we're at can you tell us a think about your experience growing up in Maine and here with my school greatschool free diapers with the folks here in sophomore or Junior seniors may his Great temple of the six season are state she's quite obvious and name is freeway so Funk Fest set out at the play basketball High School the Boston First Flight of DeShaun Watson watch Wednesday to make that have to come back but I don't see was a high school set alarm to call volume wonder book is Finding Dory Stan Kurdish Iranian Americans during a whole can you tell us a little bit about a bit about what it means to be furnished and radium till the a description pasito Perron is located in Middle East Country inspection so ABC Rental in case there's a lot of to some people that included in that which makes it full cast identify the weather's curtilage Sonic's on forehead how to say that the title had a real cell. talk to me to pick we want to live already settled kind of that now because of these protections legal soccer videos and I was wondering if you could explain is designated there so there tonight in French settings are still there the people who live in that part of the volume of refer to it as courtesy and never hurts and falls right in the middle of the Middle East Chucky pictures of Chucky makeup Halloween China Garden iranproud serial so you also see that is ruled by mist and I country predominantly Society unique situation of stream is it a religious Fanatics and this is an unfortunate situation too annoyed because it has to be the same the heart of pure are there are tensions religious sensitivities that isn't that far along I think we have some of that in this country but it's definitely not the same degree right now we have some conversation without brakes tomorrow, so our situations about religion in America. 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The water compare hours Fireball over and Diversity 2, which is good optometrist Springfield Missouri 5-0 is in the sauce and it's not just the apple orchard apple cider and see everything from River has two parts of the queen of the South come on down the road vegetation around Farms so during your trip you had a lot of positive experiences of Federation of the culture of Iran and extended family near also talks about a very jarring experience and these were all at some point but little bit about that experience send a system where we started as activism is playing at you draw direction today call Rana Hollywood experience Navigator by the government high school students for now just showed that I was willing to do whatever I need to do to make a point because we have US passports I will be there forever what is a very scary movie, no spoiler for the readers what no I think it's cuz I want what I really wish you would like more because you just don't know what it was I did not spell it out and this is unfortunate that there are many thousands of people suffering from the truth about the US government and given the opportunity Springfield New York US citizen but to the government was as we know what people are not saying just like being something that isn't the same from going to be treated to place Liberties protection Doritos price at Costco so you keep a call when you are coming to yourself where your of Windham high school and at some point you were writing about a book a little bit about that so I was going back and forth with my peers might as well teammates of a quarter section 2 teachers at a time somebody once in awhile how tall is the timer celebrity change yourself so and so what is the best part of it is it's not like I was in one country music please smallest city in America to speak freely about something that happened because he's coming after me I don't have to fear for the Kurdish flag that has to purchase you can see my organs or different to that I can lose my Reserve that's what we was talking about they don't do that. Singapore missing for infection spread and so I guess just a repeat that we have here in Scottsdale so it stopped raining High School in Las Vegas but it's like if you were writing this with all your dreams soccer results customer self homeless tell your story and also teach people about Irish culture so what was step one season high school or college what did you do to get past that your purpose in it tell me where the Hobby Center play all I have to do is a unique story and goes up situation that took place at the Concord Regional the Kurds are a minority how am I supposed to Sting rahxephon with no pictures just thought it's not about Missy. If you need to set the appointment it's just so much going on at once upon a time to take on this phone what is overall response Apartments the present weather in Ann Arbor but they didn't work together. I wish I had an appointment I guess I don't expect things to happen if my parents that's what someone else I know how to myself Better lyrics turn on the Patrick drive out of breaking down so you can know once we break up right now I think it's time for some questions from the audience so what questions are students or teachers have about either the book or the writing process how long is a musically so it wasn't the question that was asked was about how long did it take to write the book and what was the process to polished I think positive call Harry outside so it's kind of Which chapter is it took someone from short back and didn't give chapters that are present leader of course all the others to start things you say you're having sentences of paragraphs will resident Southern States because of this trip temperature U-Haul on a German phrase whether it's a fight at colleges with its I don't know they're going to use for Germans and struggles a different world What Was I Thinkin just consistently all the way through with the goals I had already on the process but that's part of it because it is amazing. timer so happy about today rather than those other happen then it's always a bad time to go I really have a strong structure I'm always working with a larger Island set alarm for 20 minutes SNL psychologist some benefits accounts from the Carson job application makes sense for you to make sure that was supposed to home counselor reading ocean sounds music. where are the Russian translate especially in this world anymore speakers Facebook wasn't that evolve antibiotics raise volume full-size machine talk about government actions without your the women on the cover of hotel from the perspective of your relatives and how old was the oldest religion and beliefs are what kind of fruit basket with the general I don't want to make a shopping list like I said we have different forms of ethnic groups in the Middle East has moved for tomorrow so we understand how the argument in support of the prettiest flower it's quite upset about the culture with that I don't know where is her body style Kids America set appointment a person that appearance is always in a certain benefits of appreciation for each time. three different to speak with them and be like it when it's around coming from that is causing the girls and then it should because they can realize that the selection censorship in the country Snapchat for a good religion or politics or I'll tell you what to do and what somebody wants. I think it was just something that I don't know just the situation lyrics you don't even know how bad this week because they've never seen a better person in the world the 240 German struggle that conversations are the world VIP timing kitchen take place in 5 or 10 years has a long-term but now we're heading into that part of it I don't know you can buy beer on Chesapeake Bay in private bathrooms it's hard to you too. Any last questions well I like to thank her we're coming back to Windham High School thanks for joining us go ahead baseball games Elsa with LinkedIn meet me at the boat on Amazon I don't we all I think should be having a copy in our own Library as well so thanks for coming and being green aliens

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