Reading & Discussions
| December 2010 | |
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| Sunday, December, 19, 6:00 pm | Great Conversations: An Evening with Renowned South African Poet Breyten Breytenbach |
| Thursday, December, 2, 7:00 pm | Dramatic Readings of Excerpts from the Plays of Jalila Baccar |
| November 2010 | |
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| Tuesday, November, 23, 7:00 pm | The Poetry of Najwan Darwish - Followed by a Discussion with Poet Moderated by Bashir Abu Manneh |
| October 2010 | |
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| Saturday, October, 30, 6:00 pm | Syrian Poet ADONIS - Moderated by Khaled Mattawa |
| Thursday, October, 14, 7:00 pm | Ka’annani Ana (As if I Were Myself) by Omar Khalifah |
| August 2009 | |
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| Thursday, August, 6, 7:30 pm | Spoken Word and Free Verse with Poet Hind Shoufani |
| April 2009 | |
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| Wednesday, April, 15, 7:00 pm | An Evening of Contemporary Arab Literature |
| March 2009 | |
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| Monday, March, 30, 7:00 pm | Jean Genet's "Un Captif Amoureux" (Prisoner of Love) with an Introduction by Ahdaf Soueif |
| December 2008 | |
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| Wednesday, December, 10, 6:00 pm | Accountability for Torture and Rendition with David Cole, Moderated by Issa Mikel |
| September 2008 | |
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| Tuesday, September, 30, 7:30 pm | Israel-Palestine: Beyond the Headllines with Alison Weir Moderated by Brian Drolet |
| May 2006 | |
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| Thursday, May, 11, 7:30 pm | Ismail Khalidi |
| December 2005 | |
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| Tuesday, December, 6, 7:00 pm | Lawrence Joseph |
| July 2005 | |
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| Wednesday, July, 13, 7:00 pm | Betty Shamieh |
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March 23, 2012Musical Performance:Tunisian Vocalist Sonia M'Barek Sings Andalusian Muwashahat |
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April 29, 2012Musical Performance:Marcel Khalife's Homage to the Palestinian Poet Mahamoud Darwish and the Arab People |
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Classes
- Iraqi Maqam: repertoire and variation with Amir ElSaffar
- Womens' Choir with Gaida
- Arabic Percussion with Zafer Tawil
- Group and Private Music Instruction
- Maqam Theory and Practice: Maqam Rast in Early 20th Century Egypt with Sami Abu Shumays
- Modern Standard Arabic I, Spring 2012
- Elementary Levantine Arabic, Spring 2012
- Iqa'at wa harakat: Rhythms and Dances of the Middle East and North Africa
- Modern Standard Arabic II / III, Spring 2012
- Advanced Levantine Arabic, Spring 2012
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