BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:21043@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:When the Almond Trees Bloom DTSTAMP:20260421T183348Z DTSTART:20260521T180000Z DESCRIPTION:In conversation with Samina Vabo Ansari\, the author of When th e Almond Trees\nBloom.\n\nSomething is shifting in the world. What once fe lt stable is beginning to crack.\nOld stories no longer hold. For too long \, many worlds have reached us filtered\nthrough conflict\, reduced to a d ateline\, a threat assessment\, a refugee\nstatistic. When the Almond Tree s Bloom: Alchemising War\, Crisis\, and Chaos is a\npowerful and haunting book that cuts to the heart of what it means to endure\nextreme upheaval\, what the author calls “the permanent system of war”\, and to be\ntransfor med by it. Moving between poetry and testimony\, the personal and the\npol itical\, Samina Vabo Ansari writes from the epicentre of Afghanistan’s war s\,\nweaving together memory\, geopolitical insight and mysticism into a n arrative\nthat is as intimate as it is universal. Far more than a story of exile or\nconflict\, the book explores what happens when entire systems\, nations\,\ninstitutions\, identities\, collapse under the weight of truth \, and how the\ninsight forged in extreme circumstances can be carried for ward into responsible\naction and mature leadership. The almond tree bloom s in the cold\, before anyone\nis ready\, because that is its nature. This book is written in that same\ndefiance.\n\nIn conversation with Samina Va bo Ansari Lawyer\, peacebuilder\, storyteller &\ncommunity weaver [https:/ /www.instagram.com/samina.vabo.ansari/]\n\n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR\n\nSamina Va bo Ansari is an Afghan-Norwegian lawyer\, peacebuilder\, storyteller\,\nfo under and community weaver whose journey stretches from the war-marked str eets\nof Kabul to the stillness of the Norwegian fjords. Trained in law an d guided by\na lifelong devotion to culture and justice\, she has worked a t the crossroads of\ndiplomacy\, entrepreneurship and innovation alongside global institutions such at\nthe United Nations and the European Union. S he has safeguarded Afghan heritage\nalong the ancient Silk Road\, advised governments and social enterprises\, and\nbrought the voices of artists\, storytellers\, and systems thinkers to\ninternational forums. Her work has been featured in the New York Times\, France\n24\, Der Spiegel\, and Vogu e. When the Almond Trees Bloom is her debut book and\nher most intimate ac t of remembrance yet. URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/when-the-almond-trees-bloom GEO:52.376857;4.9220756 LOCATION:Pakhuis de Zwijger - Piet Heinkade 179\, 1019 HC Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:amsterdam-centrum,books,community,eastern docklands,poetry,refug ees,social,stories X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:In conversation with Samina Vabo Ansari, the a uthor of When the Almond Trees Bloom.

Something is shifting in the worl d. What once felt stable is beginning to crack. Old stories no longer hold . For too long, many worlds have reached us filtered through conflict, red uced to a dateline, a threat assessment, a refugee statistic. When the Alm ond Trees Bloom: Alchemising War, Crisis, and Chaos is a powerful and haun ting book that cuts to the heart of what it means to endure extreme upheav al, what the author calls “the permanent system of war”, and to be transfo rmed by it. Moving between poetry and testimony, the personal and the poli tical, Samina Vabo Ansari writes from the epicentre of Afghanistan’s wars, weaving together memory, geopolitical insight and mysticism into a narrat ive that is as intimate as it is universal. Far more than a story of exile or conflict, the book explores what happens when entire systems, nations, institutions, identities, collapse under the weight of truth, and how the insight forged in extreme circumstances can be carried forward into respo nsible action and mature leadership. The almond tree blooms in the cold, b efore anyone is ready, because that is its nature. This book is written in that same defiance.

In conversation with Samina Vabo Ansari Lawye r, peacebuilder, storyteller & community weaver

About th e author

Samina Vabo Ansari is an Afghan-Norwegia n lawyer, peacebuilder, storyteller, founder and community weaver whose jo urney stretches from the war-marked streets of Kabul to the stillness of t he Norwegian fjords. Trained in law and guided by a lifelong devotion to c ulture and justice, she has worked at the crossroads of diplomacy, entrepr eneurship and innovation alongside global institutions such at the United Nations and the European Union. She has safeguarded Afghan heritage along the ancient Silk Road, advised governments and social enterprises, and bro ught the voices of artists, storytellers, and systems thinkers to internat ional forums. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, < em>France 24, Der Spiegel, and Vogue. When the Almond Trees Bloom is her debut book and her most intimate act of rem embrance yet.

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