Journalist Peter Eichstaedt described his encounters with Afghans from all walks of life, and what we can learn from them. Most books about the war in Afghanistan examine the conflict from the perspective of a foreign correspondent, political analyst, or US soldier. Instead, Peter Eichstaedt draws out Afghans from all walks of life: a former warlord, a Taliban judge, victims of self-immolation, courageous women parliamentarians, would-be suicide bombers, besieged merchants, frightened mullahs, and desperate archaeologists. Peter Eichstaedt is a veteran journalist who has reported from locations worldwide, including Slovenia, Moldova, Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, and Uganda. He worked most recently as the Afghanistan Country Director of the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, during which time he managed six journalism development programs, including the Afghan Investigative Journalism Fund, a one-year project to build investigative journalism reporting capacity. He is the author of Consuming the Congo, First Kill Your Family, If You Poison Us, and Pirate State. He lives in Denver, Colorado. Learn more about this event: cis.uchicago.edu/abovethedin -- Part of the World Beyond the Headlines lecture series presented by the Center for International Studies. This event was cosponsored by the Seminary Co-op Bookstores, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, and the Committee on Southern Asia Studies (COSAS). cis.uchicago.edu

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