Book Launch: When the Almond Trees Bloom by Samina Vabo Ansari
🌸 Book Launch Gathering: When the Almond Trees Bloom
You are warmly invited to celebrate the launch of When the Almond Trees Bloom, a political, poetic, and deeply transformational journey through one of the world’s most charged landscapes.
Held on the threshold of the Winter Solstice, this afternoon honors a turning point in nature: the moment when darkness begins to lift and a new cycle of light emerges.
Doors open at 13:30
Program starts at 14:00
✨ What to Expect
📖 14:00 — Reading from the Book
I will open the space with a passage revealing the mystical layers of the almond tree, the symbol at the heart of the story.
🕊 14:30 — Dialogue on Power, War & Human Transformation
Following the reading, a rich conversation guided by me, together with distinguished guests whose lives embody the intersections explored in the book:
• Eirik Kristoffersen
Norway’s Chief of Defence. The nation’s most decorated military leader, rising from the Special Forces to command the Army and now the Armed Forces.
• Dag Hareide
Knight First Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav. An author, humanitarian, and environmental pioneer, a bridge-builder between peace work, ecology, and human dignity.
🌗 15:30–19:00 — Solstice Celebration
As the dialogue concludes around 15:30, we transition into a warm, luminous gathering in honor of returning light:
•DJ sets by Viljar Rystad and Paul White
•Space to meet, share, and connect
•Signed books available
•Wholesome light refreshments served
•Drinks available from the bar
🎟 Reserve your free ticket here.
🌙 I look forward to welcoming you into this circle of renewal.
// Samina