Upcoming Events
Class: Alwan Arabic Classes, Fall 2010 Term
Wed, September 8, 2010 6:00 pm at Alwan for the Arts
Alwan's Fall Arabic classes start right after Labor Day, September 8 and September 9.
We are offering Modern Standard Arabic classes and Levantine colloquial conversation classes at our space on Beaver Street.
Registration is open until the first class meeting. Please email classes@alwanforthearts.org to confirm your intent to take the class and bring a check to the first meeting.
Four different classes are being offered, 10 sessions each:
Arabic I: Wednesdays, Sept. 8 - Nov. 10, 6:15-8:00 pm
Arabic II: Thursdays, Sept. 9 - Nov. 11, 6:15... Read more
Book Reading/Signing: The Night Counter: A Novel by Alia Yunis
Thu, September 9, 2010 7:00 pm at Alwan for the Arts
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Free and Open to the Public
Chicago Tribune pick as Best of Summer (2009)
Boston Phoenix pick as Best of Summer (2009)
The Night Counter: A Novel by Alia Yunis (Three Rivers Press/Crown, 2010)
After eighty-five long years, Fatimah Abdullah is dying, and she knows when her time will come. In fact, it should come just nine days from tonight, the 992nd nightly visit of Scheherazade, the beautiful and immortal storyteller from the epic The Arabian Nights.


Just as Scheherazade spun magical stories for 1,001 nights ... Read more
Play: No Place Called Home
Fri, September 10, 2010 8:00 pm at Alwan for the Arts
Free and open to the public.
Doors open at 7:30 pm
A new play written and performed by Kim Schultz
Directed by Sarah Cameron Sunde
Music by Amikaeyla Gaston
Prior to the opening of a nomadic NYC run of this show in October, Kim Schultz will be reading a piece of the play and also be sharing experiences with the audience about her trip and the Iraqi refugee crisis as it stands today. It will be followed by a Q&A/discussion.
Traveling to the Middle East to interview Iraqi refugees and hear their stories, Kim accidentally falls in love... Read more
Dance Performance: Eid Night with Yasser Darwish and the Egyptian Celebration Dance Company
Sat, September 11, 2010 9:00 pm at Alwan for the Arts
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Join us for an evening of dance, music, and helaweyat (sweets) featuring Egyptian dances and music of Eid al Fitr -- a celebration of the conclusion of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.with
Yasser Darwish and the Egyptian Celebration Dance Company
and featuring
Zafer Tawil - Oud, Violin, Percussion
and other talented musicians
Yasser and Company open the program with upbeat dances from the repertoire of Egyptian folklore, including the tahtib (stick) and saidi dances, the tannoura... Read more
Book Reading/Signing: Masculine Identity in the Fiction of the Arab East since 1967, by Samira Aghacy
Wed, September 15, 2010 7:00 pm at Alwan for the Arts
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Free and Open to the Public
While Western scholars and media notoriously scrutinize the role of women and feminine identity in Arab literature and culture, Samira Aghacy's new book, Masculine Identity in the Fiction of the Arab East since 1967 (Syracuse University Press, 2009), is groundbreaking in its exploration of masculinity and male identity in Arab literature over the past four decades.
This book offers an exploration of masculinity in the literature of Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, and Iraq in the context of a specific set o... Read more
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