and by total luck, i was doing an event that very day at wellesley college.which was a mere 15 minute drive from the girl's school. and so of course, i had to. i pumped in just to say hello to the new ruth nichols. am i really do think about these women. a good bit, actually. and always when i fly. and i think a lot about ruth nichols. you'll see here on her pilots license from 1930, it's signed, of course by orville wright. and this book first came out, i was in new york city for the launch for the first day. i had a busy day. that morning wasn't scheduled. and so i decided to do something that morning that i had never had a chance to do during the actual research for the book. that is i left my hotel in manhattan and i got on a train and i went to the bronx to visit ruth nichols grave. she is buried in a place called wood lawn cemetery which is a massive and important cemetery in new york city. you know, if you are of money or of fame in the 19th or 20th centuries and you lived in new york, chances are, you are buried at wood lawn. and -- i took the train u

ah, women from is women processes are women. market says how we dos wellesley to farming out fragments. we men and a single mother. and we realize that it's extended beyond the up our families with our communities, changing our livelihood and being an inspiration. and 7 us men says even within the our communities once they complete training, the women are awarded seeds and a pair of rubber boots, shut it off, and they'll be going home to plant tomatoes, okay, onions and peppers. if their vegetable patches flourish, they'll even have enough produce to sell. so. now funny i didn't, those would have learned here will benefit me a lot because some guy can make some money with what we've been trained to do as of and with thoughts on a school. it will also help mothers feed their children after every harvest. why this could be very good business school. me got business own mooney. in recent years, food prices have doubled, even at global markets. the corona virus crisis has caused ongoing supply chain problems. alberta casa, is keen to make agriculture a more stable sector. she believes that

she joins me tonight from wellesley college in massachusetts, in the us, where she is a fellow at the center for women. it's good to have you with us. you know, we just saw images there of children on the, on the playground. happy children and happy boys and girls, we want to imagine that that's what they are. do we have though, a clear picture of how education for girls in afghanistan has changed since the taliban returned them? i for shedding later on this important topic before coming to this interview just a few seconds before i was checking manager. and the 1st thing that i saw was, of course, we all know that the schools are closed right now. i'm actually at closing down english language courses and come teacher say a schools are close to that because that is more like a coaching center. they're closing them now. so right now, if you want to clear that back to the clear picture for you, any place that you use socialization mobilization, educational opportunity for a young teenager, they're stopping it, they are banning it and they're closing it down. and it was hoped a year ago

he's been visiting fellow at wellesley college and he has been a columnist for about a decade for the two turkish newspapers and joined the cato institute several years ago after he it became difficult and indeed impossible and unsafe for him to do his work in turkey. also mustafa is a very nice guy. welcome, mustafa. >> thank you so much. that's a very generous introduction. it really plays into this forum and thank you to jack who will speak out after me. i'm grateful to him for writing a powerful endorsement for my book which the readers can see on the cover. greetings to everybody watching today. i say this because this is the first day of the holy month of ramadan this year which means hundreds of millions of muslims were around the world will be fasting in the next days. that means that from sunrise to sunset people will not eat or drink anything. so it's hard. but there's a lot of beauty in ramadan and fasting. i grew up with that culture in turkey. you anxiously wait for the breaking and there's entertainment for kids. there's a lot of beauty in ramadan which i'm sure we will

he is been a visiting fellow at wellesley college. he has been a columnist for about a decade for two turkish newspapers. and he joined the cato institute several years ago after it became difficult and indeed impossible ae and unsafe to do s work in turkey. also he is a very nice guy. welcome mustafa akyol. >> thank you so much. that is very kind of you and very generous introduction. it's really a pleasure for this form with you. thanks who currently joins also grateful to him for writing a very old or right book readers can see on the cover. everybody was watching us today. the aroma and i'll be blessed. i say that this is the first day of the holy month of robert of this year hundreds of mental world will be passing in thehe next 30 days. now, that is not a simple matter that sunrise to sunset people or anything. it is hard. there is a lot of beauty ramadan fasting. i open the culture in turkey. you anxiously await the whole family gathers, as entertainment for kids, there is a lot of spiritual communal unity venture beauty around

he has been a visiting fellow at wellesley college. he has been a columnist for decades for two turkish newspapers and he joined the cato institute several years ago after it became difficult and indeed impossible and unsafe for him to do his work win turkey . also mustapha is a very nice guy. welcome, mustapha. >> thank you so much ian. that's very kind of you and a generous introduction. it's a pleasure to be invited to this forum and thank you to jack who finally joined this morning. i'm grateful to him for writing a powerful endorsement for my book which readers can see on the cover. when greetings to everybody who's watching us today and may your ramadan be blessed. i'm saying that because this is the first day of the holy month of ramadan this year which means hundreds of millions of muslims around the world will be fasting in the next 30 days . that is not a small matter. indians from sunrise to sunset people will not eat or drink anything. so it's hard. but there's a lot of beauty in ramadan and fasting. i grew up with that cul

and so on are trying to bury— and wellesley and so on are trying to bury their head in the sand andghtly wider elite in order— difficult that slightly wider elite in order to try and move the dial, if in order to try and move the dial, it you _ in order to try and move the dial, it you like — in order to try and move the dial, if you like internally and russian politics — if you like internally and russian olitics. ., ., , if you like internally and russian olitics. ., ., politics. you would say when you look at the _ politics. you would say when you look at the population _ politics. you would say when you look at the population here - politics. you would say when you look at the population here in . look at the population here in london is more the elite than those fleeing russia and the oppression that they see there? it’s fleeing russia and the oppression that they see there?— fleeing russia and the oppression that they see there? it's a mixture. this is the problem. _ that they see there? it's a mixture. this is the problem. you _ that they see there? it's a mixture. this is th

jackson who was not available to join us this morning, but she is a professor of african studies at wellesleyy do you think that it is so important, nikki, to take things that happened in the past and apply them to today? why is that an important part of the conversation you guys have? guest: one, it is important in terms of figuring out how we got to. where we are. to take a step back, it is not so confusing how we got from there to here. tensions can be high when there's a lot of polarization. sometimes history allows us a way out of the immediacy of the moment to ask the bigger questions and come at it from a different angle that might be able to get us over the hump of some of our contemporary blips. guest: i was going to say, on that front, something that i learned from nikki and kelly is that you can do that thing where you look at history and say that was an interesting story or you can say look at the parallels to today. that is satisfying and may be teaches you something. the next level and what we are trying to get to is a real understanding of how the present is a product of the pa

jackson who was not available to join us this morning, but she is a professor of african studies at wellesleywhy do you think that it is so important, nikki, to take things that happened in the past and apply them to today? why is that an important part of the conversation you guys have? guest: one, it is important in terms of figuring out how we got to. where we are. to take a step back, it is not so confusing how we got from there to here. tensions can be high when there's a lot of polarization. sometimes history allows us a way out of the immediacy of the moment to ask the bigger questions and come at it from a different angle that might be able to get us over the hump of some of our contemporary blips. guest: i was going to say, on that front, something that i learned from nikki and kelly is that you can do that thing where you look at history and say that was an interesting story or you can say look at the parallels to today. that is satisfying and may be teaches you something. the next level and what we are trying to get to is a real understanding of how the present is a product of the