voices

"Our voices are often shut out of the COP29 negotiating rooms. Which means we will get outcomes that don’t reflect the lived realities of women in climate-hit areas," she said.

In one early scene, she voices her preference for maneuvering around Shiz University, where she’s just enrolled, without help — a desire wholly understood by her sister, if not their overbearing father or the campus staff.

In the live performance, the musicians collided with a soundtrack of overly amplified spoken voices and environmental sounds.

Why did you include all the other voices in your book?

They are far from the only voices in Washington that see China as a threat to US security and its economy – a view that surprises the average person in Beijing.