BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN
TZID:America/Detroit
X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:35983@arabamerica.com
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T114500
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260323T133000
DTSTAMP:20260304T022037Z
URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/eternal-sentinel-film-screening-and
 -qa/
SUMMARY:Eternal Sentinel: Film Screening and Q&A
DESCRIPTION:Philadelphia\, PA \n\n\n\n\n\nPhotographer and director Maryam
  Ashrafi screens her new film\, Eternal Sentinel\, following war correspon
 dents wounded in Iraq and Syria.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease note: Lunch will be s
 erved prior to the film screening at 11.45am. Food will not be permitted d
 uring the screening of the film.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Eternal Sentinel” follo
 ws Maryam Ashrafi’s journey as she meets journalists who have been wound
 ed or have witnessed deadly incidents involving landmines and Improvised E
 xplosive Devices (IEDs) in Iraq and Syria. Through personal stories—incl
 uding Maryam’s own trauma—the film sheds light on the urgent issue of 
 landmines and IEDs\, which claimed the lives of 31 journalists in Iraq and
  14 in Syria between 2000 and 2022.\n\nBy sharing these experiences\, the 
 film aims to open a conversation about the mental health challenges faced 
 by journalists working in conflict zones\, while also highlighting the lon
 g-term consequences of war—particularly the persistent threat posed by l
 andmines and IEDs.\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Author\n\n\n\n\n\nMaryam Ashrafi i
 s a Paris-based Iranian photographer. Born in Tehran during the Iran and I
 raq war\, Maryam is passionate for sociology which led her to focus her in
 terest in social and socio-political issues in countries around the world.
  For several years\, she has been working on different subjects: refugees 
 in Paris\, mobilization of the Kurdish and Iranian diasporas\, the Indigna
 nt Movement in Paris and riots in Paris following different social and pol
 itical issues around the world. Above all\, as a freelance independent pho
 tographer\, she has covered the aftermath of wars from Kobane in Northern 
 Syria to Sinjar in Iraqi Kurdistan\, until 2018. Her work on Kurdish resis
 tance movements has been the subject of several exhibitions and publicatio
 ns\, including the Guardian.\n\n\n\n\n\n&nbsp\;
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2
 026/03/image-29-1.webp
CATEGORIES:#arabic,Community,culture,Discussion
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/Detroit
X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
DTSTART:20260308T030000
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
END:DAYLIGHT
END:VTIMEZONE
END:VCALENDAR