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Events Wed May 11 2011

Kim Barker Does the Middle Eastern Correspondent Shuffle

Kim Barker brings to life her at times black-humored experiences as a correspondent covering the rising militancy in both Pakistan and Afghanistan in The Taliban 
Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan. She was also the Tribune's South Asia bureau chief from 2004 to 2009, and on Tuesday, May 17 she'll be at After-Words (23 East Illinois
) at 7pm, telling stories, taking questions, and signing.

 
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