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DESCRIPTION:SAND QUEEN is a startling, moving, riveting and disturbing story that 
 unfolds in and around a U.S. military prison in the desert in Iraq. It is 
 told from the points of view of two women: one a  U.S. soldier and the 
 other an Iraqi medical student.\n\nThe novel is based on Benedict’s 
 research for her most recent nonfiction book, THE LONELY SOLDIER: THE 
 PRIVATE WAR OF WOMEN SERVING IN IRAQ which has won several awards, 
 including the EMMA (Exception Merit in Media Award) from the National 
 Women's Political Caucus and the Ken Book Award, both in 2010.\n\nBenedict 
 has testified twice to Congress on behalf of women soldiers, and lectures 
 at colleges and military academies around the country about gender justice 
 and the military. Her book and play about women soldiers inspired the the 
 February 2011 class action suit against the Pentagon and Secretaries of 
 Defense Rumsfeld and Gates on behalf of military women who have been 
 sexually harassed or assaulted while serving.\n\nA play Benedict wrote 
 based on her interviews with women soldiers, THE LONELY SOLDIER MONOLOGUES, 
 was produced in 2009 and 2010 at two New York City Theaters, The Theater 
 for the New City and La Mama Experimental Theatre Club, and is currently 
 being performed at several campus theaters around the country. The play is 
 available for further productions. See Helen Benedict's website to find out 
 about her other books and projects http://www.helenbenedict.com/\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/09/04/18689456.php
SUMMARY:Revolution Books welcomes Helen Benedict, author of "Sand Queen"
LOCATION:Revolution Books\n2425 Channing Way(in the Sather Gate Parking Mall off of 
 Telegraph Avenue). Wheelchair accessible, donations accepted.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/09/04/18689456.php
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