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When Jane visited Holland she developed a number of handouts that participants would be able to utiilize. On the following handouts page participants can download the appropriate handouts. (Handouts page) This trip, Jane's latest, took her back to Africa--her seventh trip since 1997--to work with teachers. The trip was organized by the African International School Association (AISA) to provide professional development opportunities for teachers. Jane visited three regions of Africa, stopped in Paris, and experienced a safari. Finally Jane would make her trip to the Middle East -- a trip postponed by the outbreak of the Iraq war. She had waited for two years to visit this part of the world and now she and her husband, Leonard, set out to make a stop in Ethiopia to see their son, Jonathan, daughter Rebekah, and niece, Erin. The three of them were volunteering at the Ethiopian Children's Book Center in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Jane was to visit schools in the Arabian Gulf region (Persian Gulf region). |
“A novel is not an allegory. It is the sensual experience of another world. If you don’t
enter that world, hold your breath with the characters and become
involved in their destiny, you won’t be able to empathize, and empathy
is at the heart of the novel. This is how you read a novel: you inhale
the experience. So start breathing. I just want you to remember
this.”
-- Azar Nafisi
Reading Lolita In Teheran |