BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:30768@arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20230401T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20230505T000000 DTSTAMP:20230328T031453Z URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/231728/ SUMMARY:NATIONAL ARAB AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH DESCRIPTION:"NATIONAL ARAB AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH\n\nTENTH ANNUAL CELEBRAT ION- CULTIVATING IDENTITY\nEvents schedule\nSaturday\, April 1\, 7:00pm: O pening Night- Ramadan Iftar\nJoin us for a cultural celebration of Ramadan in the Arab World: traditional Dinner and Dessert\, live Instrumental Oud playing\, mesmerizing Tannoura performance\, cute kids مسحراتي par ade\, and engaging Riddle competition with prizes\n\nSaturday\, April 1\, 7 p.m. at the ACC\n\nTickets: Purchase Tickets\n\nThanks to our sponsors:\ n\nFood: Fadi's Mediterranean Grill\n\nLive Music: Mr. Adnan and Mr. Adel Hamdan\n\nSaturday\, April 8\, 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.: Easter Egg Hunt and Book Reading &\; Signing- A Family Event\nFree Admission but RSVP highly re commended for planning Purposes\n\nJoin us for fun activities and program! \n\nBook Reading and Signing Event: Elissa and the World of Olives by Auth or Nancy Zakhour\nEaster Egg Hunt\nKids activities Corner: Easter Cookie d ecorating\nFREE picture with Easter Bunny\nFun songs and dance in Arabic a nd English!\nFree refreshments\nSaturday\, April 8\, 12 p.m. at ACC\n\nFor more details and for RSVP: https://EasterACC.eventbrite.com\n\nSaturday\, April 15\, 12:00 pm: Broadcast: A Conversation with Maestro Michael Ibrah im\nTune into a candid conversation between National Arab Orchestra's Cond uctor Michael Ibrahim and the ACC Arabic School students regarding the uni queness of Arabic Music and what sets it apart from Western Music\n\nTo wa tch the broadcast\, login to the ACC Facebook: CLICK HERE FOR ACC FACEBOOK \n\nSaturday\, April 22\, 12 pm: Eid El Fitr Celebration Party in Partners hip with PACC (The Palestinian American Cultural Center)\nJoin PACC and AC C for a day of fun activities for Kids and family. More details will follo w\,\n\nSaturday April 22\, starting 1 p.m. till 8 p.m. at ACC\n\nMORE INFO TO FOLLOW\n\nWednesday\, April 26\, 5:00 pm: Curated Tour of the Art of t he Islamic World at the MFAH- Kinder Building\nJoin Dr. Aimée Froom\, cur ator of Art of the Islamic Worlds\, on a tour of the exquisite galleries f or Islamic Art at the MFAH. The galleries\, which include works from the a l-Sabah Collection\, one of the greatest collections of Islamic art in the world\, and the Hossein Afshar Collection\, a significant selection of Pe rsian masterworks on extended loan to the museum\, is due to the launch of a 2007 initiative at the museum spearheaded by a group unique to Houston\ , philanthropists with strong cultural-heritage links to historically Isla mic lands. The MFAH has devoted permanent gallery space to Islamic art sin ce 2012\, and the new Hossein Afshar galleries nearly double previous disp lay space for Islamic art. Hundreds of objects spanning more than 1\,000 y ears reflect the breadth of historic Islamic lands\, including present-day Afghanistan\, Egypt\, India\, Iran\, Iraq\, Morocco\, Pakistan\, Spain\, Syria\, Tunisia\, Türkiye\, and Uzbekistan" (https://www.mfah.org/exhibit ions/galleries/galleries-art-islamic-worlds).\n\nSpace is limited and will fill up on a first come first serve basis. Don't delay signing up.\n\nMee ting Time: 4:30 p.m.\n\nTour starts: at 5 p.m. sharp. The tour will last a pproximately 1 hour.\n\nMeeting Place: Guests\, please park in the Kinder Garage and meet on the lower level of Kinder. The entrance to the garage i s on Main Street\, just behind the Kinder Building\n\nThis event is free b ut RSVP is required as the space is limited to less than thirty.\n\nRSVP F OR TOUR HERE\n\nFriday\, April 28th\, 7:30 pm: Comedy Night with Amer Zahr \nJoin us for a night of fun with renowned Comedian Amer Zahr presenting h is new show: THE TRUTH\n\nWith special guests Bilal Sharmoug &\; Tarek Muhammad\n\nFriday April 28\, starting 7:30 p.m. at ACC\n\nTickets start a t $30\n\nVIP AVAILABLE\n\nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE!\n\nFriday\, May 5\, 7:30 pm: Arabic Movie Night (with English Subtitles)\nFree Admission but RSVP r equired for seating planning purpose\n\nMovie: Laila's BirthdayDirector: R ashid MasharawiGenre: Comedy\, Drama\n\nFor more details and to reserve yo ur seat: RESERVE YOUR MOVIE SEAT\n\nSpecial Thanks to:\n\nDirector Rashid Masharawi\n\nPalestinian Film Critic Ola Alsheikh\n\n_____________________ __________________________________________\n\nAll events\, Except the virt ual broadcasted events and the Museum Islamic Art Gallery tour\, are held at the Arab American Cultural and Community Center (ACC) 10555 Stancliff R oad\, Houston\, Texas 77099\n\nUnless indicated as ticketed\, events are f ree and open to the public\, but registering (RSVP) is required so we can plan accordingly.\n\nFor more details or questions please contact the ACC at 832-351-3366" ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2 023/03/https___cdn.evbuc_.com_images_473860109_139923218955_1_original.jpe g CATEGORIES:#arabic,Arab American Heritage Month,Community,culture,Food,Fundraiser,Religous LOCATION:The Arab American Cultural & Community Center Farouk Shami Hall\, 10555 Stancliff Rd\, Houston\, TX \, 77099\, United States GEO:29.656386;-95.566035 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=10555 Stancliff Rd\, Housto n\, TX \, 77099\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=The Arab Americ an Cultural & Community Center Farouk Shami Hall:geo:29.656386,-95.566035 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR