{"id":20718,"date":"2024-04-21T19:27:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T00:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maraahmed.com\/wp\/?p=20718"},"modified":"2024-04-22T19:29:38","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T00:29:38","slug":"return-to-sender-panelists-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maraahmed.com\/wp\/2024\/04\/21\/return-to-sender-panelists-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Return to Sender: Panelists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We will have an amazing discussion after the premiere of \u2018Return to Sender\u2019 in Rochester, NY, on May 4th, 12pm, at the Cinema.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Buy tickets <a href=\"https:\/\/neelumfilms.ticketleap.com\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Post-screening panelist Sumayia Islam:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sumayia graduated from Nazareth University with a Bachelor\u2019s degree in Social Science. She is currently working as a Community Impact Coordinator for a Philanthropic Foundation. Sumayia is one of the brilliant women featured in the film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Panelist Hernease Davis:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hernease is a photo-based artist and an Assistant Curator at the Visual Studies Workshop where she develops programming that addresses contemporary conversations in the photographic arts. Hernease earned her B.A. in Biology from Swarthmore College and her M.F.A. in Advanced Photographic Studies from Bard College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Panelist Urvashi Bhattacharya:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Urvashi spent the first 26 years of her life in India and professes an unwavering loyalty to the Indian cricket team and vegetarian food. While in India, she got her Masters in International Economics and an MBA but moved to the United States before embarking on her professional journey. She currently works at Syracuse University where she is Director of Strategic Initiatives and Project Management. Urvashi stars in the film along with Sumayia Islam and Fatimah Arshad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maraahmed.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1713831476903.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/maraahmed.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1713831476903-1024x698.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maraahmed.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1713831476903-1024x698.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/maraahmed.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1713831476903-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maraahmed.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1713831476903-768x523.jpg 768w, https:\/\/maraahmed.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1713831476903-1536x1046.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/maraahmed.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1713831476903.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We will have an amazing discussion after the premiere of \u2018Return to Sender\u2019 in Rochester, NY, on May 4th, 12pm, at the Cinema. Buy tickets here. Post-screening panelist Sumayia Islam: Sumayia graduated from Nazareth University with a Bachelor\u2019s degree in Social Science. She is currently working as a Community Impact Coordinator for a Philanthropic Foundation. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/maraahmed.com\/wp\/2024\/04\/21\/return-to-sender-panelists-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Return to Sender: Panelists<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maraahmed.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20718"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maraahmed.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maraahmed.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maraahmed.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maraahmed.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20718"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/maraahmed.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20721,"href":"https:\/\/maraahmed.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20718\/revisions\/20721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maraahmed.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maraahmed.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maraahmed.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}