Around this moment

• Beirut
• 2002
• Space Age
• Post-war Lebanon visitKofi AnnanBeirut · 3 years apart
• Regular jazz singing at the Cobden ClubAmy Winehouse
• Photograph at Canadian Consulate residenceAlice Munro
• McCluskey Fellowship at YaleWangarĩ Maathai
• Teaching at Episcopal Divinity SchoolDesmond Tutu
• Meeting President Bush at Prairie Chapel RanchAbdullah of Saudi Arabia
• President of Moscow film-festival juryChinghiz Aitmatov
• Meeting with George W. BushJiang Zemin
• Nadine Gordimerthe same years