Remembering Amir Moradi: Marking one year since Queen’s student lost in Ukrainian plane crash

KFPL celebrates World Refugee Day with author Maryam Rafiee

January 8, 2021January 8, 2021 Tori Stafford 0 Comments Amir Moradi, Doug Ford, Flight PS752, Iran, Iranian plane crash, Iranian Student Memorial Scholarship, Kingston, one year anniversary, plane crash in Iran, Queen's student, Queen's University, Tehran, Ukraine Airlines Flight 752, Ukrainian plane crash

It was one year ago today that people around the world were shocked and saddened by the Ukrainian crash of Flight PS752. That tragic incident took the lives of 176 people, including 63 Canadians – among them, Queen’s University student Amir Moradi. A 21-year-old student in the Faculty of Arts

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June 17, 2019June 17, 2019 Jessica Foley 0 Comments books, Central Branch, Dear Baba, events, father, immigration, Iran, Kingston, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (KFPL), Maryam Rafiee, prison, public reading, World Refugee Day

In honour of World Refugee Day (June 20), the Kingston Frontenac Public Library (KFPL) is hosting Author Maryam Rafiee on Saturday, Jun. 22, 2019. Rafiee has written about her experiences attempting to communicate with her father during his imprisonment in Iran. Her book, Dear Baba, shares Rafiee’s letters she was