Visit us at www.arabculturalcenter.org
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Opening Night and Noor Awards CeremonyThis year's opening night film, Masquerades, is Algeria's 2009 official entry for the Academy Awards and winner of many prestigious awards including Best Feature at the Dubai International Film Festival and Best Arabic Film at the Cairo International Film Festival.Thursday, October 14thCastro Theatre, San Francisco
6:00pm: Opening Night Reception (by Invitation only)
7:30pm: Noor Awards Ceremony and
Opening Night Film: Masquerades TICKETS
Los Angeles Centerpiece Event
The Arab Film Festival opens its fourth season in Los Angeles with the LA premier of Algeria's 2009 official entry for the Academy Awards, Masquerades, winner of many prestigious awards including Best Feature at the Dubai International Film Festival, and Best Arabic Film at the Cairo International Film Festival.
Friday, October 22nd
WGA Theater, Los Angeles
6:30pm:Centerpiece Reception
8:00pm: Centerpiece Film: Masquerades TICKETS
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Golden Thread Productions Presents The Gaza Monologues  Staged Readings of Biographical Writings by Youth in Gaza A Global Action Project Developed by ASHTAR Theatre of Palestine in association with the Arab Film Festival, Arab Cultural & Community Center, Middle East Children's Alliance, Sunbula Arab Women for Change, ZAWAYA and ASWAT Music Ensemble and La Pena Cultural Center. October 20th at 7pm La Pena Cultural Center 3105 Shattuck Ave in Berkeley Box Office (510) 849-2568 Suggested Donation $10 *Sneak Preview on October 17th at the Arab Film Festival, Castro Theatre We proudly present The Gaza Monologues, writings by Palestinian youth in the aftermath of the January 2009 attacks on Gaza and its continued blockade. Part of a global project involving 30 cities, The Gaza Monologues, kicks off on October 17th in Gaza followed by performances around the world, some of which will be connected via satellite. The presentations in the Bay Area are being performed by high school students one of whom will join the culminating international performance on November 29th at the United Nations. Golden Thread Productions has partnered with Moreau High School in Hayward, Mercy High School and International Studies Academy in San Francisco. The writings will be performed in diverse styles generated by the teens and accompanied by the live singing of Yasmeen Daifallah. For more information, please visit us at www.goldenthread.org ***************************************************** La Pena presents
EL HAMEEDEEN
|  ******************************************************* Islam and Authors Event: Sumbul Ali-Karamali, author of "The Muslim Next Door: The Quran, the Media, and that Veil Thing," in conversation with playwright Wajahat Ali and Jason van Boom, Saturday, Oct 30 at 6:00 pm at ICCNC, Oakland Sumbul Ali-Karamali combines scholarship and storytelling in "The Muslim Next Door." This book responds to the questions Muslims get in daily life from friends, co-workers, and strangers. It makes scholarship about the real principles of Islam, and the history of Islamophobia, accessible to everyone. "This book is basically what you wish you can give to those people who ask you all those questions that you have to answer over and over again. Now you can just hand them this book and trust that it'll answer their questions." - Muslimah Media Watch "The Muslim Next Door" won the Bronze Medal Award in the 2009 National Independent Publisher Book Awards in the multicultural adult non-fiction category. Islam and Authors is sponsored by Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California, Center for Islamic Studies at Graduate Theological Union, California Institute of Integral Studies, Islamic Scholarship Fund, Council for American Islamic Relations- San Francico Bay Area, ILLUME Magazine, Islamic Networks Group, UC Berkeley Islamophobia Research and Documentation Project. Date and Time: Saturday, October 30, 2010 at 6 pm
Location: Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California
1433 Madison Street (between 14th and 15th streets), Oakland, 94612
Tickets: $10 general, $5 students
Website: www.islamandauthors.org
Email: islamandauthors@iccnc.org
Phone: (510) 832-7600
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US Popular Palestinian National Conference
Palestine: One Land, One People, One Destiny
October 29-31, 2010 - Chicago, IL
Web: http://www.palestineconference.org + Email: uspcn@palestineconference.org + Twitter: http://twitter.com/uspcn
The second Palestinian Popular Conference is fast approaching. Check out www.palestineconference.org to register and preview the exciting speaker lineup and program. Ghassan Ben Jiddo and Aljazeera Arabic will be broadcasting LIVE from the conference on Saturday afternoon, along with exciting women's and student tracks, an evening with Marcel Khalife, community general assemblies and more!
Register today for the Popular Conference!
Register online for the 2nd Palestinian Popular Conference - don't miss out on our special student registration rate and a discount for making two reservations at once!
Your donations are essential for the success of the 2nd Popular Conference
On behalf of the 2nd Palestinian Popular Conference's organizing committee, and in order to enable us to provide scholarships for students and low-income Palestinians to attend the conference, to help defray the costs of bring our international guests and speakers to the US, and to ensure that the conference is well-publicized and attended, we are calling on community members across the country to donate by clicking http://popular.palestineconference.org/donate/ .
Volunteer at the Popular Conference!
On behalf of the 2nd Palestinian Popular Conference's Host Committee in Chicago, we are calling on community members across the country to volunteer at the conference on the weekend of October 29-31, 2010.
Dozens of community volunteers helped make our 1st conference in 2008 an incredible success and we need all of you once again. Please see this list of volunteer tasks at our volunteer page, check on one or more that you are interested in helping with, and our volunteer coordinator will get back to you with your assignment. Thank you! http://popular.palestineconference.org/volunteers-needed/
Reach the Arab and Palestinian Community at the Popular Conference Bazaar!
The Popular Palestinian Conference, taking place from October 29-31, will feature a bazaar with tabling available to businesses and nonprofit organizations. Join us at the bazaar to reach a large crowd of Palestinians in the United States! Submission deadline for tables is October 15, 2010.
http://popular.palestineconference.org/bazaar-and-tabling/
Advertise in the conference Ad Book!
The Popular Conference in 2008 attracted over 1,200 Arabs and Palestinians; this year, it promises to bring even more. Purchase an advertisement in the conference ad book to promote your organization or business and support the conference!
http://popular.palestineconference.org/ad-book/
Sponsorship of the conference is also available. Learn more here: http://popular.palestineconference.org/sponsorship/
Thank you so much for your support. Remember, this conference belongs to all Palestinians and Arabs in the U.S., so every day until October 29-31, 2010, send all of your friends, family, and colleagues to www.palestineconference.org, print out posters and postcards to distribute (popular.palestineconference.org/poster/), and SPREAD THE WORD!
Web: http://www.palestineconference.org
Email: uspcn@palestineconference.org
Twitter: http://twitter.com/uspcn
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Register today for the 2nd Palestinian Popular Conference
October 29-31, 2010
Chicago, IL
http://www.palestineconference.org/
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