Home

About AV
Contact Us
Archives
Calendar
KPFT
Pacifica
Feedback
Arab World
Arab Americans
Resources
Links

Mentioned On-Air

Search
Subscribe
Listen LIVE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
^ back to top
 

 

 

Arab Voices Community Calendar/Announcements
The events listed below are not necessarily endorsed or sponsored by Arab Voices. Listing them on this site is a service to the community to be aware of activities and events in the Greater Houston Area. To include an event on this calendar, send e-mail to info@arabvoices.net.

 
 Events / Announcements
  Last updated February 3, 2012

Click here for a list of PREVIOUS events.

 
 
February 3, 2012  -  Palestine - What is the Future of Partition?
 
Maryknoll and the University of St. Thomas Social Justice Studies Program present Fr. Maurice Restivo, CSB, Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Angleton, Texas.
 
Palestine has requested acceptance as a member of the United Nations. Most of the nations of the world are in agreement with this request. What is the status of this request now? What is the situation of the Palestinians now?
 
Fr. Maurice Restivo, CSB, has been actively involved in this situation in Israel and Palestine. He will guide us in a discussion of the future of Palestine.
 
When: Friday, February 3, 2012
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Ahern Room, Crooker Center, 3909 Graustark
 
Free and open to the public. Parking Available in Moran Center, Graustark and West Alabama
 
For more information, contact Hope Coburn at 713-535-3812.
 
Event Flyer.
 

 
February 4, 2012  -  No War on Iran Rally / National Day of Action
 
When: February 4, 2012
Time: 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Location: Corner of Westheimer and Post Oak (Galleria area), Houston, Texas
  
For more information, visit www.iacenter.org.
 
Event flyer.
 

 
February 8, 2012  -  The Struggle for Egypt: Roots of the Revolution; Prospects for the Future
 
By Steven Cook, Council on Foreign Relations
 
The recent revolution in Egypt has shaken the Arab world to its roots. The most populous Arab country and the historical center of Arab intellectual life, Egypt is a linchpin of the US's Middle East strategy. Now, at this transformative moment in history, Egyptians have an opportunity to create a country for the modern age. What kind of society will Egyptians build? How will they forge relations with Israel, Iran, and Turkey? Steven Cook will discuss the recent history of Egypt, current challenges, and what must be done to build an economically and politically vibrant society.
 
When: Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Time: Registration: 6:00 p.m., Program: 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Location: The Westin Oaks Hotel, 5011 Westheimer, Houston, Texas 77056
 
Steven A. Cook is senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Prior to joining CFR, Dr. Cook was a research fellow at the Brookings Institution and at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. His articles have been published in Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Financial Times, and the International Herald Tribune. He is also a frequent commentator on radio and television and writes the blog, “From the Potomac to the Euphrates.” His latest book The Struggle for Egypt: From Nasser to Tahrir Square will be available at the program.
  
For more information and/or to register, visit www.wachouston.org.
 

 
February 11, 2012  -  Palestinian American Bridge Annual Banquet
 
The Keynote speakers will be Ms. Alison Weir, President, Council for the National Interest and Executive Director, If Americans Knew and Mr. Nihad Awad, National Executive Director, Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). The entertainment section will be performed by our established standup Comedian from Houston : Mr. Mohammed "MO" Amer.
 
If you are interested in reserving a table (Platinum $10,000, Gold $5,000 or Silver $2,500) or to advertise for your business during the function to benefit the student scholarship fund (Dr. Ibrahim Uwaydah Scholarship) or any other PAB projects (details will be presented at the banquet event) as your "sadaqa jaria" and part of your "zakat ul mal" or just to buy tickets, please call the phone number on the flyer or e-mail us at pab-usa@hotmail.com.
 
In the last 2 years, 16 Student scholarships (Dr. Uwaydah Scholarship) were awarded by the Palestinian American Bridge Organization (PAB) to outstanding Palestinian students in the Houston Metropolitan Area. This year, and with your help and contributions to the Scholarship Fund we are planning to increase the number of scholarships.
 
Also, the Board of Directors has unanimously approved the UNRWA's proposal to expand the scholarship program to include Palestine and the Diaspora (Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, West Bank and Gaza) directly through the UNRWA Fields in these countries.
  
When: February 11, 2012
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Location: Westin Galleria / Plaza Ballroom, 5060 West Alabama, Houston, Texas 77056

    
Free Babysitting Available.
 
Click here for event flyer.
 

For more information, visit www.pab-usa.org.
 

 
February 25, 2012  -  Eighth Biennial Ben Qurrah Award Gala
 
The Arab American Medical Association Houston Chapter and Board of Directors Invite you to  attend our EIGHTH BIENNIAL BEN QURRAH AWARD GALA HONORING:

Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH
Professor of Clinical Medicine and Epidemiology, Columbia University
Chief of Infectious Diseases, Harlem Hospital Center, New York
 
Michel Mawad, MD
Professor and Chair, Department of Radiology, Baylor College of Medicine
Director, Neurovascular Service, St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital Houston, TX
 
When: Saturday, February 25, 2012
Time: Reception 7:00 p.m., Dinner 8:00 p.m.
Location: Hilton Post Oak, 2001 Post Oak Boulevard, Houston, Texas
 
Black Tie • Valet Parking
 
*The proceeds of the 8th Ben Qurrah Award Gala will go toward the Arab American Medical Association Houston Chapter Medical Student Scholarship Fund and other charitable and humanitarian needs.

 

 
March 10, 2012  -  ILLUMINATION 2012: Step It Up!
 
Theme: YOUth Empowerment
 
Join MAS for an exhilarating evening of ILLUMINATION! With comedy, nasheed, poetry, special speakers, and first-class performances, you'll be moved in a way you've never experienced before.
 
ILLUMINATION - Opening our Eyes, Empowering our Thoughts, and Inspiring our Hearts.
 
Invited Guests:
   Yousef Erakat from FouseyTube
   Sh. Omar Sulaiman-TBC
   Yasmin Mogahed-TBC
   Suhaib Webb-TBC
   Mujahid Fletcher-TBC
   Hometown Performers!

When: March 10, 2012
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Location: Houston Room, UC, University of Houston-Main Campus
 
Don't miss out!  Register now!!!!
  
For more information, visit www.mashouston.org.
 

 
March 17, 2012  -  PACC 2nd Anniversary Gala
 
The Palestinian American Cultural Center (PACC) invites you to attend its 2nd Anniversary Gala on Saturday, March 17, 2012 honoring the late Dr. Edward Said.
 
More information will be posted as it becomes available.
 

 
March 24-25, 2012  -  Annual Model Arab League Conference
 
The Bilateral US-Arab Chamber of Commerce is honored to present the 5th Annual Model Arab League Conference (MAL). Students participating in the 2012 MAL will learn about the social, political, economic and security challenges of the Arab nations. While developing valuable skills in diplomacy, negotiation, argumentation, critical thinking, research, writing and public speaking, students also gain personal insight and meaningful understanding of issues underlying US-Arab relations.
 
In addition to awards, outstanding 2012 MAL participants are given preferential consideration for Bilateral US-Arab Chamber of Commerce and National Council on US-Arab Relations internships in Houston and Washington, D.C., respectively, and for participation in our study abroad programs in Egypt, Kuwait, and Morocco.
  
When: March 24-25, 2012
Location: University of Houston, Honors College, 4800 Calhoun Road, 212 MD Anderson Library, Houston, Texas 77004
 
For more information about the program click here or contact Hala at hala@bilateralchamber.org.
 
Click Here To Register.
 

 
March 31, 2012  -  Civil Rights Conference
 
In September 2011, CAIR Texas, Houston launched it's initiative to build a civil rights coalition consisting of major civil rights organizations in the Greater Houston area. The Civil Rights Coalition includes: American Civil Liberties Union-Texas (ACLU-TX), Black Heritage Society, CAIR Texas - Houston Chapter (Council on American-Islamic Relations), Central American Resource Center (CRECEN), Houston Interfaith Workers Justice Center, Houston Peace and Justice Center, Houston United - Houston Unido, League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) - Houston, Shades of White (SOW), Texas Criminal Justice Coalition, Texas Families of Incarcerated Youth, and Think Peace International Inc.
 
The Coalition is hosting it's first annual Civil Rights Conference highlighting the major issues of today, including: Islamophobia, Immigration Reform and Criminal Law Reform.
   
When: March 31, 2012
Location:
Houston Community College - West Loop Campus
   
For more information, visit www.cairhouston.org.
 

 
March 31-April 1, 2012  -  The 2nd Palestinian Festival - Houston
 
The 2nd Houston Palestinian Festival Presented by PACC, The Palestinian American Cultural Center will take place the last week of March. Great weather, great food, great fun of folkloric and contemporary art and music.

In this a unique event where there is something for everyone.
  - Have a taste of healthy Palestinian Cuisine
  - Enjoy and dance at the rhythm of the live Palestinian folkloric music and songs
  - Shop at the live Bazaar from Jerusalem & Bethlehem with Palestinian art, craft & products
  - Enjoy the Palestinian Art exhibit with top local and national artists
  - Enjoy the art of the Palestinian embroidery at the traditional dress show.
  - Be part of a real wedding that will take you back to the streets of the Palestinian village.
  - Live the Palestinian Traditional and modern kids games
  - Great gathering for families, youth, scholars and all Americans to live and taste and breathe the holy land in downtown Houston.
 
OUR MISSION
The mission of Houston Palestinian Festival is to share and educate the culture and heritage of the Palestinian people within the Houston community and the US and to provide a form of celebration unity and entertainment to the community at large.
  
Come join us for an unforgettable event..
   
When: Saturday, March 31 at 12:00pm until Sunday, April 1, 2012 at 10:00pm
Location:  Jones Plaza, 600 Louisiana, Houston, TX 77002
 
For more information, click here.
 

 
Now through April 15, 2012  -  Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs
 
The acclaimed traveling exhibition Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs features more than 100 artworks, most of which had never been shown in the United States prior to this tour. These spectacular treasures—more than half of which come from the tomb of King Tutankhamun—include the golden sandals found on the boy king´s mummy; a gold coffinette that held his stomach; golden statues of the gods; and King Tut's rings, ear ornaments, and gold collar.
 
Also showcased are objects associated with the most important rulers of the 30 dynasties that reigned in Egypt over a 2,000-year span. The exhibition explores the splendor of the pharaohs, their function in both the earthly and divine worlds, and what "kingship" meant to the Egyptian people. Among the highlights is the largest likeness of King Tut ever discovered: a 10-foot statue of the pharaoh found at the remains of a funerary temple.
 
When: October 16, 2011-April 15, 2012
Location: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1001 Bissonnet Houston, Texas 77005
 
For more information, visit www.mfah.org/exhibitions/tutankhamun-golden-king-and-great-pharaohs/.
 

 
April 20, 2012  -  Marcel Khalife and Al Mayadine Ensemble
 
In the Presence of Absence: An Homage to Mahmoud Darwish
 
Lebanese Master Marcel Khalifé will perform the prophetic poems of the Arab World’s most renowned and beloved poet, Mahmoud Darwish, in tribute to the Arab Spring.

The poetry of Mahmoud Darwish, the melodies of Marcel Khalife, resonating across the Arab world from the Middle East to North Africa, resounding above the din of conflict and poverty, singing instead of the shade of grapevines, the bright eyes of loved ones, the heartache of divisions and decline that could be healed, love that could be returned.
 
When:  Friday, April 20, 2012
Time:  8 pm
Location:  Jesse H. Jones Hall, 615 Louisiana Street, Houston, Texas 77002-2796
 
Marcel Khalifé, Lebanese master of the oud (Arabic lute), evokes this world, honoring the spirit of his late friend and associate Mahmoud Darwish a strikingly original Palestinian poet born in Palestine whose poetry has been translated to more than 25 languages worldwide and extensively published in the US. Khalifé’s new concert program, In the Presence of Absence: An Homage to Mahmoud Darwish, revisits and re-imagines the ties that bound these two powerful advocates of Arab culture, one that weaves the rich complexities of its great history, the diversity of its cultures with the humanity and longing of today and deeply expressed by the dawn of the current monumental Arab spring sweeping the Arab world.
 
Presented and sponsored by The Arab-American Educational Foundation in association with Society for the Performing Arts.
 
For more information or to purchase tickets, click here.
 
Event Flyer.
 
ANNONCEMENTS:
 
Endowment Campaign for Chair for Arab History at the University of Houston (posted on December 13, 2010)
 
  From the The Arab American Educational Foundation (AAEF):
 
The Arab American Educational Foundation (AAEF) would like to proudly announce during the occasion of the end of year holidays the launch of a campaign to endow a chair for Arab History at the University of Houston. The University of Houston campaign will consist of several steps spanning five years. The first step will be the hiring of a professor of Arab History part of whose charge will be to form the nucleus of a large multidisciplinary Center for Arab Studies.

UH serves 61,000 students in the Greater Houston Area. This population and the larger community to which these students are connected will benefit from the activities of such a center by enjoying a broadened knowledge of Arab history and culture, topics which are often misrepresented in the media. 

The emphasis of the Arab History program will be on contemporary Arab history and affairs. The center will conduct annual symposia in Houston about the Arab world. Another focus of the Center for Arab Studies will be to plan and sponsor a deep exchange of knowledge between the UH and the educational institutes in the Arab world, which will enlighten the public on both sides of the Atlantic about the importance of strong American-Arab interactions and relations.
 
To achieve this first step of hiring a professor to teach Modern Arab History and establish a Center for Arab Studies will require an endowment of two million dollars. Fundraising activities will start soon.

Establishing a Chair of Modern Arab History and the Center for Arab Studies at the University of Houston will be a tremendous legacy for future generations of Arab-Americans locally and beyond.  Our future generations will have an additional source of pride in their heritage and contributions, and will feel encouraged to own their identity rather than shying away.

We encourage you to be part of this historic mission. Contributions to the Arab American Educational Foundation, a 501(c)(3) corporation, are tax deductible as allowed by law. Donations made by December 31 will be deductible on your 2010 tax return.  
 
More information will be coming soon. 

To donate to the endowment campaign, visit our website at http://www.theaaef.org and view the options on our "Support AAEF" page. Please note "UH Endowment" on your check memo line or PayPal form.