Speaking is Believing
The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve.
(Buddha)
For the past ten years,I have been a speaker on the international circuit, presenting papers and facilitating sessions at the Global Editors Network (GEN), Eurasian Media Form and MENA (Middle East North Africa) Journalism Forum.
Topics include:
* Film Festival Talks
* Women in War zones
* Behind the lens of the Middle East
* Has the Arab Spring turned to winter?
* Journalism 2.0 : the rise of the citizen journalist
* Behind the headlines: cutting it out and keeping it in
Feedback
Please accept my sincere gratitude for your participation and involvement in this year’s National Arts Festival. Your presentations and inputs at the discussion panels have been the highlight of the Think!Fest programme and have contributed greatly to promoting Russia Today here in South Africa.
(H.E. Ambassador M.Petrakov, Russian Ambassador to South Africa)
Your presentation last night was brilliant. You explained a hugely complicated situation in a credible way, and the audience were captivated by your personal account.
(Joan Joffe, South African Entrepreneur and Businesswoman, Former Vodafone South Africa GM Marketing, Corporate Affairs)
I sobbed right through the documentary and your speech but then again most people did.
(Howard Sackstein, Director, Saicom Holdings)
I can’t tell you how much I (and everyone in the room) loved your talk today. I haven’t stopped thinking about some of your stories. Crazy. Mad. Inspiring.
(Mark Levy, Managing Director, Digital Planet)
It was great to meet a South African that is on the frontlines and hear your awesome stories.
(Nasief Manie, SA Photographer)
It is always such a thrill to have you talk at the Centre & provide us with the human side of life in the Middle East. Once again thank you for taking some time from your very busy schedule here to afford our audience these precious insights. I have had fantastic feedback – you are a very engaging speaker and people loved hearing your stories.
(Hazel Cohen, Operations Director Rabbi Cyril Harris Community Centre, Johannesburg)