The power of your no, the authority of your yes | Reema Zaman | TEDxUNC

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In this talk, Reema Zaman, an award-winning writer, speaker, actress, and screenwriter, shares what she learned from taking an indefinite vow of abstinence from dating culture, sex, romance, texting, and flirting - to instead date her ambition. Reema Zaman is an award-winning writer, speaker, actress, screenwriter, and author of the critically acclaimed memoir I Am Yours, and the forthcoming dystopian novel, Paramita. I Am Yours has been adopted into the curriculum of several high schools through an Innovation Grant from the Oregon Department of Education, and is being adapted into a movie. The New York Times states that "Zaman writes beautifully of the pain and frustration of being a woman in a man's world, an immigrant in a world suspicious of outsiders."
Born in Bangladesh and raised in Thailand, Reema graduated with degrees in Theater and Women's Studies from Skidmore College, and currently lives in Portland, Oregon, with her rescue chihuahua, Fia the Fierce. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx