Featured Readings, Lectures, Photography: (Partial listing)

2012

• “Travel Writing: Enriching your Travels through Writing,” February 8-March14, San Francisco State University, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

2011

• Left Coast Writers, Book Passage, Ferry Building, San Francisco. March 14
• Gallery 333, Sausalito, January 13

2010

Readings

• Paris, Village Voice Bookstore, June 1, “Best Women’s Travel Writing 2010”
• Central Coast Writers Conference, 3 seminars on Travel Writing, Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, September 17-18

Lectures and slide shows:

• Travels in Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon:, Foreign Travel Club and Bay Area Travel Writers, SF.
• Afghan Youth Association, Davis, California
• Concord Rotary Club, “Off the Beaten Track: A World Tour of Exotic and Unusual Places” with photographer John Montgomery

Photography exhibitions:

• Selected Afghan photos. Afghan Education for a Better Tomorrow Association, Washington, D.C., UCLA, and UC Berkeley

2009

• Palermo, Sicily, Italy: talk and slide show on food, wine, and tourism of the San Francisco Bay Area, with photographer John Montgomery at International Tourism, Culture, and Food Conference.

2008

• “Women of Afghanistan and the World: Stories and Photos from the Road” Odd Monday Series, Noe Valley Ministry, San Francisco,

2007

• Greece: A Love Story: Women Write about the Greek Experience; Cody’s Books, Berkeley; Book Passage, Corte Madera; and Get Lost Books, San Francisco
• “Images and Stories” from trips to India, Bhutan, and Micronesia, with photographer John Montgomery. Odd Monday Series.
• 2007 Zagoren Lecturer, Douglass College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J. “Women of Afghanistan and The World: Photos & Stories From the Road.”
• Travel Writing classes, Books Inc., SF

2006

• Global Tourism, UC Berkeley, International House.

2005

• Global Fund for Women, SF, Women in Afghanistan
• “The Fisher Baron’s Secret,” was broadcast on the radio at Traveling Music.
• “From Mortar Shells to Geraniums: Afghan Women Foment Rebellion. “National Women’s Studies Association, Oakland, California.

2004

• Turning Adventures into Stories: Life as a Freelance Travel Writer and Photographer. Wild Writing Women Literary Salon Presents: Diane Lebow As Guest Speaker
• “Escape the Mundane …” Readings on travel erotica.
• “France, A Love Story, women write about the French experience” readings.