Kathleen Foster
Kathleen Foster, British born, New York-based documentary filmmaker.
Since the mid-1980's she has been making films for community organizations and producing independent documentaries that combine elements of history, current events and individual stories and focus on grass roots struggles for change.
Her films have received wide distribution and have been screened at such prestigious showcases as the Museum of Modern Art, the Asia Society, Queens Museum, Anthology Film Archives, and Brecht Forum. She has spoken and lectured at screenings of her films at universities around the country including NYU, Columbia, Boston, MICA, UCLA, Howard and Princeton.
She has received numerous grants including the New York State Council on the Arts, the Funding Exchange, The Paul Robeson Fund, the Yip Harburg Foundation, Lifebridge Foundation, and the Experimental Television Center and is the recipient of Women In Islam's 2006 Compass Award, given to women, in celebration of the example and legacy of Dr. Betty Shabazz, who through their exceptional dedication mark as well as forge a clear direction for our communities.
She studied photography at the New School for Social Research with Lisette Model. Her photos appeared in publications such as the New York Times, Scholastic Magazines, Time, Village Voice, Food and Wine Magazine, Fortune Magazine, Institutional Investor and Z Magazine. Her work is represented in the collections of the Chase Manhattan Bank, The Museum of the City of New York, York College and private collectors.
Her photographs of Afghanistan were exhibited at the Leedell Gallery in Soho and portfolios were published in various photography magazines such as Creative Camera and British Journal of Photography.
Fahima Vorgetts
Fahima VorgettsFahima Vorgetts, as director of the Afghan Women's Fund, raises money to build schools for women and girls in Afghanistan and travels to Afghanistan 2 or 3 times a year. She was a consultant for Women For Afghan Women: Shattering Myths and Reclaiming The Future, edited by Sunita Mehta and Behind The Burqa, by Batya Swift Yasgur. She frequently speaks at conferences, universities, religious organizations and on national and international television and radio stations, including BBC and NPR and has featured in such publications as the Baltimore Sun, the Washington Post and Huffington Post. For her work as a human rights advocate she has received numerous awards including, the Lifetime Achievement Award "for Extraordinary Contribution to Peace and Justice" awarded by the Ann Arundel Peace Action Organization, the Salem Award for Human Rights and Social Justice and the Human Right Community Award by the UN Association of the National Capital Area.
Fawzia Afzal-Khan
Fawzia Afzal-KhanFawzia Afzal-Khan is Professor of English, University Distinguished Scholar and Director of Women's and Gender Studies at Montclair State University. She is author of two books on Cultural Imperialism and Pakistani Political Theatre, as well as \Editor of books on Postcolonial Theory and Muslim Women. Her memoir, Lahore With Love: Growing Up with Girlfriends Pakistani-Style, was published in 2010. Dr. Afzal-Khan has written and published extensively on women's rights and Talibanization in Pakistan in Counterpunch and other journals, and is a trained vocalist and performer in the North Indian Classical tradition. She is winner of the Elizabeth Cady Stanton "The World Is Moving" Award from the NJ Women's Rights Information Center, NJ.