Photojournalist Scout Tufankjian, whose new book about the Armenian Diaspora has recently been released, will be the luncheon speaker at the Annual Meeting of the Armenian International Women’s Association (AIWA) in Winchester City of Massachusetts on June 27, Armenian Weekly reports.

Famous for her work documenting Barack Obama’s presidential campaigns, Tufankjian has spent most part of her career working in the Middle East, covering the second intifada from Gaza and the Arab Spring in Egypt.

Released in April, her book There is Only the Earth: Images from the Armenian Diaspora Project is the culmination of 6 years spent documenting the Armenian communities in more than 20 different countries. According to the author, it was designed as an Armenian Genocide Centennial project to show “that we could celebrate our survival and accomplishments at the same time that we were mourning our losses.”

Special reports will be presented regarding AIWA programs in Armenia. Scholarship awards to female students in higher educational institutions around the world will be announced.