#JFSALON #RSVP The Last Free Women: A Daring Escape from Afghanistan and Coming of Age in America Date: October 16th, Friday, 6:00–7:30 PM｜In English RSVP: zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/jf… A Conversation with Rebecca Blumenstein (NBC News President, Editorial) , NBC News President, Editorial, and author Diana Kapp discuss The Last Free Women: A Daring Escape from Afghanistan and Coming of Age in America. Blumenstein, a top editor at The New York Times during the fall of Kabul in 2021, oversaw a mad scramble to evacuate 200 individuals to safety, part of the largest wave of refugees since the Vietnam War. Told through the journeys of four Afghan women, The Last Free Women is a story of unflinching hope that explores duty, the basic rights of women, and the humanity that links us all. About the Speakers Rebecca Blumenstein is President, Editorial of NBC News, where she manages newsgathering and operations around the world, digital and flagship shows including NBC Nightly News, Meet the Press, and Dateline. From 2017 to 2023, she was a Deputy Managing Editor at The New York Times and worked closely with New York Times Publisher A.G. Sulzberger as Deputy Editor, Publisher's Office. She spent 22 years as a reporter and editor at The Wall Street Journal, rising to Deputy Editor-in-Chief. She led the China team that won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for international reporting. She was named chair of the board of the Columbia Journalism Review in August 2022 and was named to the Aspen Institute's Henry Crown Fellowship in 2009. Fahim Abed is an investigations editor with Lighthouse Reports and a 2023 Nieman fellow at Harvard. He was a reporter for The New York Times in Afghanistan until the Taliban takeover of the country in August 2021. NBC 新聞編輯總裁 Rebecca Blumenstein 將與作家 Diana Kapp 對談新書《The Last Free Women: A Daring Escape from Afghanistan and Coming of Age in America》（Grand Central Publishing，2026年9月8日出版）。2021年喀布爾陷落之際，時任《紐約時報》高層編輯的 Blumenstein 主導了一場爭分奪秒的緊急撤離，將200人送往安全之地——這是越戰以來規模最大的難民潮的一部分。本書透過四位阿富汗女性的旅程，講述一個關於不屈希望的故事，探討責任、女性的基本權利，以及連結你我的共同人性。對談由前《紐約時報》駐阿富汗記者、現任 Lighthouse Reports 調查編輯 Fahim Abed 主持。