Erum hassan biography samples

Within a single 24-hour period in October 2017, 12 million people shared their experiences of sexual assault and harassment on social media, sparking an unprecedented display of empathy and solidarity.

Erum Hasan, Artsci’02, watched the birth of the #MeToo movement with fascination. After all, she had just finished writing a novel that touched on similar themes. 

We Meant Well, now available through ECW Press, tells the story of Maya, an international aid worker who travels to a small developing country to contain a scandal: a male colleague is accused of sexually assaulting a young local woman in an orphanage her agency runs.

Erum hassan biography samples

How does Maya reconcile the victim’s experience with what she thought she knew about her colleague? How will the allegations impact the charity they work for? Whose side is she even on? 

An environmental consultant and a 15-year veteran of the international aid scene, Ms.

Hasan has long grappled with the contradiction