For immediate release: Tuesday 26 October 2010
MEDIA RELEASE
Ambassador of Afghanistan attends Charity High Tea to launch book
by author and humanitarian Kay Danes
In a book to be launched today at a Charity High Tea on the Gold Coast, his Excellency
Dr Amanullah Jayhoon, Ambassador for the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to Australia
recognises the bravery and contribution of local Brisbane author and humanitarian Kay
Danes, who is the Australian Liaison for the Childlight Foundation for Afghan Children
and Ambassador for the Peace for the Children.
Beneath the Pale Blue Burqa: One Woman’s Journey through Taliban Strongholds
is Kay’s incredible story of travelling the ancient silk route in a dusty Toyota mini-van
amidst kidnappings, suicide bombings, carnage and chaos, to deliver life changing
opportunities and aid to people devastated by war.
“Afghanistan, despite being dangerous is, as Kay says, an amazing place. Very few
people get an opportunity to do what she did. She took to the roads, walked the streets,
visited schools and prisons. She did not use the painful and tragic existence of the
Afghan women as snapshot photography of a passerby. You will see my country through
the eyes of one foreign woman who now has the dust of Afghanistan in her veins,” says
Dr Jayhoon.
Today’s Charity High Tea and book launch will aid Peace for the Children. Master of
Ceremonies Tania Zaetta will be joined by entertainers and guests Normie Rowe,
Australian Idol contestant Sabrina Mitwali, Bessie Bardot and Geoff Barker, Private
Damien Thomlinson Commando Regiment soldier and Keysar Trad, spokesperson for
the Islamic Friendship Association of Australia.
“The western media tend to give a snapshot of Afghanistan that focuses only on one
aspect, the war. I want to show people the other side, the progress being made. I’ve
seen exactly what's been achieved as a result of stabilisation in certain areas. We have
thousands of children in schools getting educated, young men and women in university
and medical clinics getting funded,” says Ms Danes.
Book titled: Beneath the Pale Blue Burqa: One Woman’s Journey through Taliban
Strongholds by Kay Danes, Big Sky Publishing, $34.99. www.bigskypublishing.com.au.
Event at 3.30pm at Jupiter’s Gold Coast on Tuesday 26 October
Kay Danes is available for interview.
Media Contact: Jackie Evans, JEP: 0407 776 222 jep.pub@bigpond.net.au
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