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ITQAN at MAS: Excellence in Studying the Qur'an 1 - for Sisters

Sep 16, 2018 - Sep 16, 2019

ALEXANDIRA, VIRGINIA ITQAN at MAS Excellence in Studying the Qur’an 1 - for Sisters WHAT: The study of Surat Al-Fatihah and from Surah An-Nas until Ad-Duha(...)

Liberation Logic Workshop

Feb 8, 2019 - Apr 7, 2019

WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA In this 2.5 day workshop, Rebecca Mintz and Aaron Goggans of Insight-Cite Consulting offer a framework of "Liberation Logic." The central(...)

Jillina's BDE Community Classes: March with Lauren

Mar 5, 2019 - Mar 26, 2019

North Hollywood, CA Description Join Lauren in the studio for an open level exploration of Middle Eastern Dance, Movement, and Percussion. We will begin each(...)

The General Union of Palestine Students Presents: Palestine Awareness Week 2019

Mar 18, 2019 - Mar 22, 2019

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA March 18th-March 22nd The General Union of Palestine Students Presents: Palestine Awareness Week 2019 The General Union of Palestine Students (GUPS) invites(...)

(The Arab American Dialogue Center in Metro-Washington, DC)

Mar 20, 2019 - Mar 20, 2019

WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   Upcoming Events at Al-Hewar Center (The Arab American Dialogue Center in Metro-Washington, DC) http://www.alhewar.com/newevents.html NOTICE:  Our IN-PERSON meetings are held approximately once(...)

Meet artist Lina Alattar at the opening of her latest show "Unlikely Places"

Mar 21, 2019 - Apr 11, 2019

WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 21 March - 11 April, 2019 LINA ALATTAR UNLIKELY PLACES Opening reception to meet the artist March 21 at 6 pm(...)

Women Leading Nonviolent Movements

Mar 22, 2019 - Mar 22, 2019

Women Leading Nonviolent Movements Details: Women have often been the invisible actors in history—sidelined from formal political and social spaces—but creating their own spaces for(...)

The Curve: Concert with Iraqi composer/musician Ameen Mokdad & Cuatro Punto

Mar 23, 2019 - Mar 23, 2019

HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT   He defied ISIS by playing and composing music in his hometown of Mosul, Iraq during its years of occupation. Now Ameen Mokdad(...)
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'Fix Your Nose and Get Rid of Your Body Hair': Lebanese Artist Rails against Arab Beauty Standards

Mar 18, 2019

Christina Atik began creating poignant illustrations after her mother made a comment about her sister's nose SOURCE: THE NATIONAL BY:(...)

The Tunisian-Italian Rapper Who Won Over Europe’s Most Anti-Immigrant Country

Mar 18, 2019

How Italy fell for Ghali SOURCE: THE ATLANTIC BY: RACHEL ALLEN One rainy Monday evening in October, a cheering crowd welcomed(...)

Cultural Complications: A Q-and-A with Etaf Rum on “A Woman Is No Man”

Mar 18, 2019

SOURCE: LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS BY: Eleanor J. Bader interviews Etaf Rum WHEN ETAF RUM was growing up in Brooklyn, New York,(...)

Syrian Eatery Aleppo Sweets Draws Crowd to Ives Street

Mar 18, 2019

Feb. 24 marked the one-month anniversary of Aleppo Sweets’ opening on Ives Street. SOURCE: THE BROWN DAILY HERALD BY: EMILY(...)

'Legacy In Stone' Captures Images Of Syria Before War

Mar 18, 2019

Legacy in Stone, Syria Before War, by Kevin Bubriski. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR) SOURCE: WBUR BY: ROBIN YOUNG In 2003, photographer Kevin Bubriski traveled(...)

New Zealand Massacre Victims Include Syrian Refugees, Toddlers and Teenagers

Mar 17, 2019

As the names of those killed in the New Zealand mosque shooting start to emerge, they paint a picture of(...)

There Is Now a 100% Lebanese-Made Vodka Brand

Mar 17, 2019

We have now our vodka to claim ours from the basics to its last drop. @The961 SOURCE: THE 961 BY:(...)

6 Lebanese Geniuses That Make Us Proud

Mar 17, 2019

From mastermind politicians to kid-geniuses, we are counting them all! @the961 SOURCE: THE 961 BY: MARYAM SROUR On March 14th(...)
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