NEWS RELEASE
Feb. 10, 2010 Contact: Erica Jesberger, 544-4916
A lecture about geography, civil society, and development in Pakistan will be held Tuesday, February 16 at 7 p.m. in the HUB on the Columbia Basin College Pasco campus.
Dr. Craig Feeney, a local radiologist who recently completed a two-week tour of the mountains of Pakistan, will speak about the geography of the region and show slides of his trip up Biafo Hispar in Pakistan and Biafo Glacier in Kashmir. This part of the lecture will inform people about how foreboding and unforgiving the landscape is in the region.
CBC Sociology instructor, Dr. Omar Chaoura Bourouh, PhD, will then speak about the development of society in Pakistan and its complex culture. The lecture will be followed by a question and answer session.
This event is one of several events hosted by the CBC Reads committee. CBC Reads has chosen the book Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin to feature this year.