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We are offering a pair of FREE tickets to a concert this coming Wednesday at the Great American Music Hall - read ahead to find the details!
This is an exciting month at the ACCC! We are hosting a panel discussion on justice in the Arab world TONIGHT at 7 pm, and on March 12th we are proud to present the Fourth Annual Bay Area Arab Women's Conference. On March 19th, we will screen an award-winning documentary about the 2004 invasion of Falluja at the center. We look forward to seeing you at all these events! |
| | Khaira Arby in Concert with the Sway Machinery Legendary Malian singer performs in San Francisco
At the Great American Music Hall
859 O'Farrell Street, San Francisco Wednesday, March 9th at 8 pm (doors open at 7:30 pm) $16 General admission FREE TICKET GIVE-AWAY: The first person to email us his or her full name at info@arabculturalcenter.org will receive two free tickets to this concert!
 Khaira Arby hails from the desert village of Abaradjou, north of Timbuktu. She expresses her unique background (Arby is half Songhai and half Arab-Berber) in her music, which she performs in Arabic, Songhai, Tamashek and Bambara. Through the platform of her song, Arby addresses personal, local and international issues. She sings in praise of God, narrates elegies to celebrated heroes of the Sahara, and tells the story of the Tarab and Tamashek people. She has also taken on the specter such issues as female circumcision and dreams of inspiring other women to speak out, explaining: "I want to struggle against war, sickness and poverty by recording in all the languages I can. I want to teach the daughters of the world, teach them to think, to value themselves, to sing." Arby performs next Wednesday with the Sway Machinery, a band made up of accomplished musicians who are also involved in such projects as Balkan Beat Box, Arcade Fire and Antibalas. Find more information on the concert here. |
| Arab Youth Perspectives: The History and Future of Justice in the Arab World A panel discussion at the ACCC
2 Plaza Street, San Francisco
March 4 at 7 pm Free to all
 The historic events that have roiled the Arab world since January of this year will continue to influence the entire world for years to come. Please join us at the center on March 4th for a panel discussion on activism, repression and justice through the perspective of Arab youth in San Francisco. The speakers will discuss topics as varied as: the role of the internet in fostering free speech, perceptions of justice in Arab countries, personal experiences as activists and as Arab-Americans, and the role of youth movements in fostering long-term change.
Audience members will then be invited to participate in a question and answer session with the speakers.
For more information and to see the list of speakers, visit our Facebook event page. |
| Diana Buttu Speaks in Berkeley March 8th at 7 pm A benefit for MECA's Maia Project Tickets $15, $10 low-income/students
Buy tickets through Brown Paper Tickets online or by calling 1-800-838-3006
Diana Buttu will speak with poet/activist Maria Poblet on Tuesday, March 8th at 7 pm in the First Congregational Church in Berkeley, 2345 Channing Way.
Diana Buttu was the legal advisor to the PLO negotiating team with Israel 2000-2005 (and the only woman present). She is a Palestinian commentator on CNN, BBC, MSNBC, Al Jazeera and currently works at the Kennedy School of Government. She will speak on uprisings in the Arab world and discuss what's behind the negotiations. There will be a special guest performance by Maria Poblet, a queer Latina poet (formerly with June Jordan's Poetry for the People) and a tenant organizer with Causa Justa/Just Cause. For more information, visit the website of the Middle East Children's Alliance. |
| Israel Apartheid Week at UC Berkeley A full week of educational events
March 1 - 9th Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) is an annual, international series of events held in cities and campuses across the globe. The aim of IAW is to educate people about the nature of Israel as an apartheid system and to build Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaigns as part of a growing, global BDS movement. Last year, IAW took place in more than forty cities across the globe. In Berkeley, lectures, films, performances, and actions will highlight recent successes along with the many injustices that continue to make BDS so crucial in the battle to end Israeli Apartheid. For the schedule of events, visit their Facebook event page. |
| Poetry and Performances at La Peña Arab women perform poetry and read memoirs
3105 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley March 8th and 9th at 7:30 pm In honor of International Women's Day, La Peña presents two nights of events. The program on the 8th will include Palestinian poet, Deema Shehabi's reading selections from her new collection; poets Haleh Hatami and Esther Kamkar's Zolmat (Darkness), a collaboration in image and poems; a staged reading of Cracking Mud is Pinching Me by Jordanian playwright, Haya Husseini, which follows the surprising relationship and contradictory images of three generations of women. The evening will close with a group rendition of the poem "I will rebuild you, Homeland!" by Iranian poet, Simin Behbehani.
On the 9th, short excerpts will be read from "Prison Memoirs" by world renowned Egyptian feminist writer and activist, Nawal el Saadawi, as well as from "Prison Memoirs" by Iranian novelist and Bay Area resident, Shahrnush Parsipur. The readings will be followed by an expert panel addressing the sweeping changes across the Middle East. Panelists include Noha Radwan, an Egyptian-born professor of Arabic and Comparative Literature at the University of California-Davis who was in Cairo during the uprisings. Dr. Radwan will share her eyewitness account of the uprisings in Cairo and how she was "'beaten half to death' by Mubarak thugs" on February 2nd after a live interview with Democracy Now.
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| Egypt & The Middle East: Revolutions 2.0 A panel discussion at the Commonwealth Club
March 10
595 Market Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco
Doors open at 6:30; the event will be followed by a reception
$12 for members, $20 for non-members, $7 for students
Tickets available here.
Join journalists, political commentators and Middle East experts in a discussion of the on-the-ground realities, role of social media and debates about the future of the Arab world. Speakers include: Jamal Dajani, Vice-President of Middle East, North Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Internews Network; Stephen Zunes, Professor and Chair of Middle East Studies at USF; Nour Ahmadein, Egyptian-born USF student and member of Yalla! Students in Solidarity; Ayman Mohyeldin, correspondent for Al Jazeera English (via Skype from Egypt). The moderator will be Mariana Van Zeller, Vanguard Correspondent for Current TV. |
| Fourth Annual Bay Area Arab Women's Conference Saturday March 12th at the San Mateo Public Library 55 West 3rd Avenue, San Mateo Registration deadline is March 9th, 2011. You may also register by calling the ACCC during normal Business Hours. Registration Fees are $25 for general admission and $15 for students. To register for the Arab Women's Conference download the registration form located at www.arabculturalcenter.org.
 In the spirit of International Women's Month, the ACCC would like to invite you to the Fourth Annual Bay Area Arab Women's Conference.
This year, the Arab Cultural and Community Center's Arab Women's Conference aims to highlight the voices and experiences of Arab women as told in their own words. The conference will examine and address challenges impacting Arab women on various issues including, but not limited to mental health, political activism, artistic expression, familial relationships, community constructions of gender, and the relationships between Arab women in the US and their homelands.
The conference will feature a keynote address, live musical performances, a workshop on Arab Women's health, a photo exhibit, poetry and a one-woman play. Through these forms of expression, we will indeed address the many intersections of oppression facing Arab women, while also stimulating a community conversation about our role as women in holistic community building. The conference will illuminate diverse, powerful and non-conventional narratives of Arab women that have committed their life's work to challenging injustice through various mediums and who have become inspirational to our community. The ACCC is privileged to host an exceptional group of Arab women and to honor their contributions to our community.
Men and non-Arabs are welcome and encouraged to participate!
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| Change Our World Youth Summit Educational and networking event at UC Berkeley
UC Berkeley-International House 2299 Piedmont Ave. Berkeley, CA 94720 Thursday, March 17, 2011 8 am - 5 pm Registration: $10 for members/$15 for non-members, NO COST for those attending the AGM! Registration is open until March 11 and there will also be Same-DayRegistration options available on the 17th!
On March 17, 2011, Amnesty International will be commemorating its 50th anniversary with the Change Our World Youth Summit at the University of California - Berkeley. This event will kick-start their Annual General Meeting to be held from March 18 - 20, 2011 at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco. Amnesty International's Youth Summit will celebrate the power of collective action, and inspire hundreds of young people to join our global movement. The summit invites youth leaders (14-25) and educators from across the nation to take part in a call to action on human rights activism. Each participant will receive training on leadership and activism and connect with experts, Amnesty activists and youth leaders from around the world (Mexico, Canada, Egypt, Iran and across the United States). Each activist will return home as a Human Rights Ambassador, with the tools to become a catalyst for human rights change. |
| "Falluja: April 2004" Screening at the ACCC Documentary film about the invasion of Iraq
2 Plaza Street, San Francisco March 19th at 7 pm Suggested donation of $5 - $10
 In April 2004, Falluja, Iraqi was besieged and invaded by thousands of U.S. troops. Ten days after the siege had been lifted, Japanese journalist Toshikuni Doi entered the beleaguered city with his video camera. Doi edited his footage into a 55-minute documentary film, "Falluja: April 2004." With no added music or voice-overs, the film is intended to be a sheer record of facts. Facts like these speak for themselves. Toshikuni Doi is an award-winning Japanese independent journalist, documentarian and author. Since 1985, he has visited and lived in the occupied, reporting extensively from Palestinian villages and refugee camps, in addition to covering humanitarian crises in locations across the Middle East and Asia. |
| Arabs Gone Wild in San Francisco Stand up comedy at Cobbs Comedy Club 915 Columbus Avenue San Francisco
Arabs Gone Wild is coming to Cobbs Comedy Club for a full weekend (4 nights) of shows - March 24-27, 2011 3/24 at 8 pm, $18.50 3/25 at 8 pm and 10.15 pm, $20.50 3/26 at 8 pm and 10.15 pm, $22.50 3/27 at 8 pm, $18.50
The performance features three of the country's top Arab-American comedians: Dean Obeidallah, Aron Kader and Maysoon Zayid. The comedians take on topics from politics to pop culture to more personal stories like crazy mothers-in-law, all from an Arab-American point of view. As Obeidallah says: "The comedy is written for everyone to get - but if you are of Middle Eastern heritage, you not only will laugh, you will also relate to it." |
| Naser Musa Performs in Sunnyvale Guest musicians and a dance performance round out a great show
March 26th at 8 pm in the Sunnyvale Theatre 550 E. Remington Drive General admission tickets are $28. Discount tickets for students and seniors are $22.
Musa's show will feature music from many different Arab countries, including Egypt, Iraq and Jordan, performed on traditional Arabic instruments, along with stories about the traditions and cultures represented. Naser will be accompanied by Georges Lamman on violin, Loay Dahbour and Faisal Zedan on percussion instruments, and by local belly dance instructor Alcina. |
| From Coexistence to Conquest A speaking event at Stanford
March 28th at 12 pm
Students Confronting Apartheid by Israel welcome Victor Kattan, a teaching fellow at SOAS and author of From Coexistence to Conquest: International Law & the Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict 1891-1949, and Noura Erakat, an adjunct professor of international human rights law in the Middle East at Georgetown and BADIL's US-based Legal Advocacy Coordinator. They will speak on Democracy, Legitimacy and Palestinian Institutions. For more information, visit SCAI's website.
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| Casting Call for Plays and Staged Readings Golden Threads is looking for people from all backgrounds
March 19, 11am to 2pm General Auditions March 31, 2-5pm Open Call for Night Over Erzinga by Adriana Sevahn Nichols Run Dates: September 15 to October 9 April 10, 11am to 12:30pm Open Call for Language Rooms by Yussef el Guindi Run Dates: November 10 to December 4 We'll be casting for our staged reading series as well, so there are many opportunities to get involved. e-mail gtpauditions@gmail.com to make an appointment or request more information, or check out their website. |
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