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URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/starstruck-an-evening-with-sarafina
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SUMMARY:Starstruck: An Evening with Sarafina El-Badry Nance
DESCRIPTION:"As a child\, Sarafina El-Badry Nance spent nearly every evenin
 g with her father gazing up at the flickering stars and pondering the secr
 ets held by the night sky. She dreamt of becoming an astronomer from the a
 ge of five\, but it wasn’t long before she was told—in ways both subtl
 e and explicit—that girls just aren’t cut out for math and science. In
  her phenomenal debut memoir\, STARSTRUCK: A Memoir of Finding Light in th
 e Dark (Dutton\, June 6\,2023) Egyptian-American astrophysicist El-Badry N
 ance shares her journey through the challenges she faced as a woman and pe
 rson of color in spaces not designed for her.\n\nCome celebrate and learn 
 more about this memoir with Sarafina herself.\n\nSCHEDULE:\n\n6:00 - 6:45p
 m : Arrive\, check-in\, networking\n\n6:45 - 7:40pm : Fireside discussion 
 with Sarafina\n\n7:40 - 8:30pm : Book signing\, networking\n\nLocal San Fr
 ancisco bookstore\, Books\, Inc. will be selling books on site.\n\nBIOGRAP
 HY:\n\nSarafina El-Badry Nance is an Egyptian-American astrophysicist\, an
 alog astronaut\, and women’s health advocate. She has been awarded fello
 wships by the National Science Foundation and her work has been featured b
 y the BBC\, NPR\, National Geographic\, and more. Sarafina is one of Forbe
 s’ “30 Inspirational Women” and was on Forbes’ list of “30 Under
  30” and the Arab American Foundation’s “40 Under 40.” She lives i
 n Berkeley\, California\, with her partner and their dog\, Comet.\n\nFOLLO
 W SARAFINA:\n\nTwitter:@starstrickenSF\n\nInstagram: @starstrickenSF\n\nTi
 kTok @starstrickenSF"
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CATEGORIES:#arabic,Book Talk,Books,Community,culture,Discussion,Egyptian
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