Performances, films and more in San Jose April 4th through the 13th
The 11th Annual Middle Eastern Heritage Celebration at San Jose City College includes films, dance performances and classes geared at promoting cross-cultural understanding. Highlights of their schedule include:
April 7th at 6:15 pm: A screening of “The Lemon Tree” at the Student Center
April 12 at 6:15 pm: An celebration of Middle Eastern poetry in Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Turkish and Bengali; food and refreshments provided in the Student Center
April 14th at 12:15 pm: Sharing the Joy of Dance with Hala Folk Dance Troupe in the Student Center
For more information and a complete schedule, contact Sami A. Ibrahim (sami.ibrahim@sjcc.edu). San Jose City College is located at 2100 Moorpark Ave., San Jose, CA 95128 |  April events at Stanford's Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies The Abbasi Program announces its slate of educational events for April. A full schedule is available on their website, and here are some highlights: April 7 - 8: The conference "Muslim Identities and Imperial Spaces: Networks, Mobility and the Geopolitics of Empire and Nation (1600 - 2011) in the Lucas Conference Center. April 12th at 7:30 pm: Tariq Ramadan (Professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies at Oxford University) presents "The Quest for Meaning: Developing a Philosophy of Pluralism" in the Cubberley Auditorium. April 20th at 5:30 pm: Christopher Davidson (School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University) presents "Dubai, the UAE and the Gulf States: Autocracy in Question" in Levinthal Hall. April 29th from 8 am to 5:30 pm: "Conference on Democratic Transition in Egypt," featuring Joel Beinin, Lisa Blaydes, Larry Diamond and Lina Khatib of Stanford, among others. This conference is free and open to the public. RSVP on the event's website. |  Two Panel Events at the ICCNC April 16th at 6 pm: Jonathan A.C. Brown, author April 23 at 5:30 pm: Panel Event "Regain Control of the Muslim-American Narrative through Islamic Scholarship" On April 9 th, Jonathan A.C. Brown (Assistant Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Washington) speaks with Shaykh Abdullah Hamid Ali of Zaytuna College and Jason van Bloom of the Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California (ICCNC) about his book “Hadith: Muhammad’s Legacy in the Medieval and Modern World.” Tickets are $10 for general admission and $5 for students. More information is available on the ICCNC’s Islam and Authors website. Speakers at the April 23 rd panel event include: Michael Wolfe, President and Executive Producer of Unity Production Foundation; Sumbul Ali-Karamali, author of “The Muslim Next Door: The Qur’an, the Media and That Veil Thing”; Munir Jiwa, Founding Director of the Center for Islamic Studies at the Graduate Theological Union; Wajahat Ali, writer, humorist and attorney and Gabrielle Wilson, legal affairs reporter at KPFA. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for students; children and childcare are free. For more information and to see the panelists’ complete bios, visit the ICCNC’s website. The ICCNC is located at 1433 Madison Street, Oakland. | | MIRAL opens in the Bay Area Based on the autobiographical novel of the same name by Rula Jebreal, Julian Schnabel’s new film "MIRAL" is a poignant and powerful drama that chronicles nearly four decades of change in the Middle East, told entirely from the unique perspective of a young Palestinian girl named Miral, from the late 1940s onward.
Miral is now playing in the Bay Area at Landmark Embarcadero Cinemas in San Francisco and Century Regency theater in San Rafael. More information is available on the film's website. | San Francisco Int'l Women's Film Festival presents "Three Veils" April 10th at 7:30 pm
Roxie Theater, San Francisco
The April festival features films by women and about women, including Rolla Selbak's "Three Veils," which tells the intertwining stories of three Arab women as they attempt to move away from tradition and mold their own lives. The films' schedule and more information are here. |  Two anti-war events in San Francisco April 9th at the Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist (15th and Julian Streets, San Francisco), starting at 6 pm April 10th in Dolores Park at 11 am On April 9th, the Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC) presents an evening with Malalai Joya entitled "Ending the War in Afghanistan." Joya has been called "the bravest woman in Afghanistan." She was the youngest member elected to the Afghan Parliament but was suspended for denouncing the warlords and the US/NATO war and occupation. The evening will include music by Kaylah Marin and light refreshments. There is a suggested donation of $10 - $25, but no one will be turned away. On April 10th, AROC will lead a Rally Against the Wars at Home and Abroad, also featuring Malalai Joya. This rally is a call to: bring home U.S. Troops; stop threats of war against Iran, North Korea and Yemen; end U.S. support for the occupation of Palestine; end to FBI raids and persecution of minority communities, and will serve as a demand for jobs, education and social services in America for all people. Check out their Facebook page. | |
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