December 30, 2006 - Eid Al-Adha
(Eid Mubarak)
Eid Al-Adha Salat/Prayer times at ISGH
Mosques:
|
CENTER |
First Salat |
Second Salat |
|
Main Center |
9:00 AM |
- |
|
Masjid Bilal @ Adel Road |
8:00 AM |
9:15 AM |
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Masjid As-Sallam @ Champions |
8:00 AM |
9:15 AM |
|
Masjid Al-Mustafa @ Bear Creek |
8:00 AM |
9:30 AM |
|
Masjid As-Sabireen @ Brand Lane |
9:00 AM |
10:00 AM |
|
Masjid Al-Mai’dah @ Medical Center |
8:00 AM |
- |
|
Masjid Hamza @ Mission Bend |
7:45 AM |
9:00 AM |
|
Masjid Attaqwa @ Synott Road |
8:00 AM |
9:30 AM |
|
Masjid Maryam @ New Territory |
8:30 AM |
- |
|
Masjid Abubakr Siddique @ HWY 3 |
9:00 AM |
- |
|
Masjid Ar-Rahmah @ Baytown/North Shore |
9:00 AM |
- |
|
Alvin/Pearland |
9:00 AM |
- |
Prayers will also be held at other
mosques in the greater Houston area.
December 29, 2006 - Eid Al-Adha
Celebration
The American Druze Society Houston
Chapter Requests the Pleasure of Your
Company To Eid Al-Adha Celebration.
When: Friday, December 29, 2006
Time: Doors Open at 7:30
PM, Dinner at 8:00 PM
Where: Omni Place,
12121 Westheimer
Rd., Houston, Texas 77077
Family Event, Lavish Dinner, Chocolate
Fountain & More, Professional Magic Show by
the Award Winning Magic of Mr. Jamie Salinas
& Music By D J Issa.
Adult Ticket $40, Child Ticket (12 & Under)
$10. NO Tickets Sold at the Door.
Your RSVP card must be Postmarked by
December 18, 2006. We will contact you
to confirm your payment.
Any questions contact ADS at: 713-269-1542
or
adschapter@houston.rr.com.
Click
here for flyer and RSVP card.
December 28, 2006 -
Israel and Palestine: The Human Cost of the
Occupation
A special 3-hours documentary by Dr.
Seema Jilani, MD
When: Thursday, December 28, 2006
Time: 12 noon - 3:00 p.m.
Where: Broadcast on KPFT Houston, 90.1
FM Radio
December 22-26, 2006 - Texas Dawah
Convention VI
Conference Theme:
Islam: A Light for the Ages
When: December 22-26, 2006
Where:
George R. Brown Convention
Center,
1001 Avenida de las Americas,
Houston
For more information, visit
www.texasdawah.org.
December 20,
2006 - "Justice for the Palestinians"
Freeway Blogging
When: Every Wednesday
Time:
4:45 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.
Where: Woodhead Street Bridge
over Freeway US 59
The purpose is to challenge our
nation's unqualified support of Israel's
oppression, evictions, imprisonments and
killings of Palestinians in the occupied
territories, which will not stop until the
U.S. tells Israel to make a just peace.
For more information, contact Bob
Carter at 713-771-9439,
rwcsr1@yahoo.com.
December 19, 2006 - "Anti-war" Freeway Blogging
When: Every Tuesday
Time: 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Where: Dunlavy Bridge & Woodhead Bridge over Freeway US 59
Anti-war and impeachment activists are holding up signs on the Dunlavy Bridge and Woodhead Bridge over Highway 59 in Houston. There's a huge amount of slow-moving rush hour traffic then. People are welcome to bring the issues and signs they wish.
December 6-17, 2006 -
The Twelve Nights of Christmas
The Arab American Cultural &
Community Center will be hosting the Twelve
Nights of Christmas, starting Wednesday,
December 6th until Sunday, December 17th.
Each night, there will be 2 hosts, members
of our community. They will be available as
Hosts, and they will sponsor an evening of
activities.
The hosts will provide complimentary coffee,
tea, refreshments, and may provide deserts &
food if they wish. Organizations and
Groups can be a host for one or more nights.
Various restaurants and other business
establishments can host a night.
This invitation is open to all the Houston
Community, and we would appreciate your
effort in promoting it among your friends
and associates on behalf of ACC. Below are
the events & hosts as of the day of this
email.
Wednesday, December 6 - Decoration Day 11 am
- 1 pm & 6 pm - 8 pm
Thursday, December 7 - Movie Night - 4 pm -
7 pm (Albert Haddad)
Friday, December 8 - Teen Dance & Karaoke -
7 pm - 12 am (Ammar Selo & Zaid)
Saturday, December 9 - Games, desert &
coffee (Mourhaf Sabouni & Ahmed Alyasin)
Sunday, December 10 - Kids Day - 11 am - 4
pm - Games & Pizza (Sara, Rania, Louisa)
Sunday, December 10 - Teta & Jeddo Night - 5
pm - 8 pm (Health Talk by Dr. Fustok)
Monday, December 11 - 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm -
Need a host
Tuesday, December 12 - 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm -
Need a host
Wednesday, December 13 - Ramallah Night -
7-9 pm (Brigitte, Jihad & Dr. George Zabaq)
Thursday, December 14 - 11:00 am - 3:00 pm -
Ladies Pot Luck (Ladies Group)
Friday, December 15 - 7:00 pm - Midnight -
Open (Jabour)
Saturday, December 16 - Family Day - 11 am -
7 pm coffee, DJ Rami, Ayman (Arab Roots)
Sunday, December 17 - Christmas Party - 3:00
- 6:00 pm - Choir, snacks, bake sale (Ladies
Group)
If you would like to host one night or more,
please contact ACC, 832-351 3366.
Christmas is a wonderful time to promote a
sense of family and community. So bring the
family & friends and join us.
December 16, 2006 - First Annual Arab Roots Winter Fest
Arab Roots Youth Group is approaching its
one year anniversary this month. You are
invited to the First Annual WINTER FEST.
When:
Saturday, December 16, 2006
Time: 1:00 pm - 7:00pm
Where: Arab American Cultural &
Community Center, 10555 Stancliff Rd.,
Houston 77099
This event is an important milestone for the
newly founded youth group who as been active
over the past year in community service
projects as well as social networking
events. The Arab Roots community would like
to extend an invitation from the Arab
community to the Houston community at large
to participate in this youth event which
will have food, entertainment, sports and
games for the entire family.
As a part of our dedication to community
service we plan on having a blood donor van
present (1 pm - 5 pm) for those interested in donating
blood during this holiday season.
For information about the
blood drive, contact Amal Al-Kalla at
281-235-6761. Appreciation Gifts and
Refreshments Provided for Donors.
December 1-6, 2006 -
Texas/Libya Bilateral Trade and Business Development MissionThe Bilateral US Arab Chamber of Commerce in cooperation with Members of the U.S. Congressional Delegation from Texas, Texas Governor's Office of Economic Development and Tourism, Senate of the State of Texas, U.S. Commercial Service Houston Export Assistance Center, City of Houston and the Greater Houston Partnership are pleased to announce the Texas/Libya Bilateral Trade and Business Development Mission.
When: December 1-6, 2006
The overall focus of the mission will be to:
• Promote trade and investment between Texas and Libya,
• Identify commercial opportunities for Texas companies, and
• Enhance relations with the Libyan government.
Delegates will be able to participate in Project Libya, an exhibition conference highlighting US-Libya Oil, Gas, Energy and Infrastructure Projects.
For more information, visit www.bilateralchamber.org.
December 2, 2006 -
El-Nashama Palestinian Folkloric Dance TroupEl-Nashama Palestinian Folkloric Dance Troup will be performing at the annual Holiday in the Plaza – Your Passport to the World. It is planned to celebrate the cultural diversity of the community and the Fort Bend Independent School District, where 11 countries will be presented with displays from these countries' art, architecture, traditions, foods, posters, flags and much more.
When: Saturday, December 2, 2006
Time: 2 - 5 pm
Where: Sugar Land’s Town Center
This event is sponsored by the Fort Bend Education Foundation
In addition to the folkloric performance, there will be a booth for the Middle East organized by Abla Amin and Lina Sabouni.
December 1, 2006 - ADC-Houston Nomination Deadline for Board Elections
We are sending out a call for nomination for the board of the American Arab Anti Discrimination Committee-Houston Chapter. The board elections will be held on 12.10.2006, 4:00 pm at the Arab Community Center, and all ADC members in Houston are eligible for voting.
Over the years the ADC has been active at the local and national levels in advancing the case for civil liberties for all individuals. Our scope of activities included defending Arabs and non-Arabs in cases of discrimination, countering negative stereotypes in the media, positive engagement of media outlets and promoting the Arab cultural heritage.
In Houston, the ADC steering committee has been active in engaging congress members on issues relating to the Middle East conflict, raising funds for relief efforts in Palestine and Lebanon and co-sponsoring cultural events that provide an alternative positive image of our community. Many more events are on the agenda for the upcoming year.
Becoming a member is easy. Go to www.adc.org. With as little as 10 dollars per year you can become a voting member.
To nominate yourself or someone you know for the board please contact Abir Sarhan at houstonadc@yahoo.com by December 1st, 2006.
In order to qualify as a nominee, candidates must meet the criteria below:
* be 18 years or older
* be a current ADC member
* be interested in the betterment of the Arab-American
community
* be willing to commit to participate in scheduled ADC
board meetings.
Once nominations are received, nominees will be contacted to confirm acceptance of the nomination. The voting process will then begin.
November 30, 2006 -
What’s Next for Israel?By Joseph Olmert, The Israel Project
When: Thursday, November 30, 2006
Time: Registration: 6:00 p.m., Program: 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Where: The Junior League, The Ballroom, 1811 Briar Oaks Lane, Houston
HWAC members Free, non-members $20.
As is a leading journalist, top Middle East scholar, and political insider, Dr. Yossi Olmert has unparalleled access to Arab and Israeli leaders. He will discuss the recent conflict the Middle East, its impact on the government of Israel and on the chances for peace.
Dr. Olmert, who holds a Ph.D. in Middle East History from the London School of Economics, headed the Syria and Lebanon desks at Tel Aviv University's Faculty of Middle East Studies until 1989. He has been a visiting scholar at numerous universities and think tanks, including Cornell University, York University in Toronto, and City College New York.
For more information, visit www.hwac.net.
November 29, 2006 -
"Understanding the Sunni-Shi'i Divide in Iraq" by Dr. Dina R KhouryBy Dr. Dina R Khoury, Associate Professor of History and International Affairs George Washington University
When: Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Where: Rice University, Farnsworth Pavilion RMC/Ley Student Center, 6100 Main Street
This lecture is part of The Arab World, History, Politics, and Culture Lecture Series organized by Professor Ussama S. Makdisi.
For more information on the lecture series, visit www.history.rice.edu/calendar.cfm.
Paid self-parking is available near the event. For complete location and parking details and downloadable maps, go to www.rice.edu/maps.
November 28, 2006 -
Combatants for Peace
Combatants for Peace will be in Houston talking about their endeavors to change their landscape and perhaps that of the world.
When: Tuesday, NOvember 28, 2006
Time: 7 pm
Where: Rice University, Herring Hall, Room 100
More info will be posted as it becomes available.
November 28,
2006 -
The conflict serves as the ongoing narrative in the film, but the focus is on the people who are living through what has been termed a genocide. Through the voices of refugees, displaced persons, and in particular women and children, who are always among the most vulnerable in any conflict situation, this film seeks to provide space for the marginalized victims of atrocities to speak and to engage with the world. Additionally, the film probes the history, culture, and heritage of Darfur as a means of deepening understanding of the crisis and complicating easily assumed perceptions of the conflict (such as a matter of race, ethnicity or religion).
When: Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Time: 5:00 - 6:35 p.m.
Where: Mediterranean Room at the University Center Underground at UH
Sponsored by the Amnesty International and UNICEF chapters at UH.
Islam 2006: Restructuring the Mind and
Enlightening the Heart!
When: Thursday November 23, 2006
at 2 pm – Saturday November 25, 2006 at
10 pm.
(Thanksgiving
weekend)
Where: Houston Grand Plaza Hotel,
8686 Kirby Drive, Houston, TX 77054
For more information, visit
www.mashouston.org/Convention.aspx.
Featuring Iraqi Oud Musician and
Composer Rahim Alhaj,
and Poets Fady Joudah and Marian Haddad.
When: Sunday, November 19, 2006
Time: 7 p.m.
Where: Charles P Rhinehart Music
Auditorium, Texas Southern University,
3100 Cleburne
$20 adults, $15 students
For more information, call
713-402-8373 or send e-mail to
yadania1@hotmail.com or
helsahly@hotmail.com.
Proceeds got to relief efforts in the
Middle East.
Click here for event flyer.
November 19, 2006 -
Health Fair by Houston Shifa Clinic
When: Sunday, November 19,
2006
Time: 10 AM – 2 PM
Where: Shahnai Restaurant
Fasting Blood Sugar, Vascular
Screening, Flu Shots, Eye, ENT,
Internal Medicine
November 16, 2006 -
Interfaith Thanksgiving Service
When: Thursday, November 16,
2006
Time:
7:30 p.m.
Where:
Rothko Chapel, 1409 Sul Ross
The Rothko Chapel presents the 22nd
annual Houston Interfaith
Thanksgiving Service, an event
celebrating Thanksgiving and
bringing together representatives of
the many religious traditions
practiced in the Greater Houston
area. Participants include
representatives from Christianity,
Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism,
Sikhism, Jainism, and the
Zoroastrian religion.
This service was the first widely
inclusive religious prayer event to
be held in the city. It was first
held by the inter-religious
community in response to the bombing
of a mosque in 1984.
For more information, call
713-774-0097.
November 16, 2006 - "Shut
Up & Sing" Screening
This special screening of a
documentary about the suppression of
dissent in the U.S., including the
experience of the Dixie Chicks when
they opposed the invasion of Iraq,
is hosted by the ACLU of Texas.
When:
- Thursday, November 16, 2006
Time:
7 p.m.
Where: Landmark Theatre, 5
Greenway Plaza
There'll be a Q & A
after the film, then a reception at
Mykonos Restaurant, 2181 Richmond.
ACLU members free, $20 for others.
Reception at 9:30 p.m. RSVP to
http://acluscreenin
November 15, 2006 -
"Chain of Command: The Road from
9/11 to Abu Ghraib" by
Seymour Hersh
This is a lecture by Pulitzer-Prize
winning investigative journalist
Seymour Hersh, one of the most
influential reporters of our time.
His groundbreaking reports include
many landmark events in American
journalism: coverage of the Abu
Ghraib prison abuse in Iraq, the My
Lai massacre in Vietnam, the CIA's
bombing of Cambodia, Henry
Kissinger's wiretapping of his own
staff, and the CIA’s efforts against
Chile's assassinated president
Salvador Allende. Recently,
Hersh's articles in The New Yorker
have probed the underside of the
Iraq war and the intelligence and
military quagmire caused by the
conflict.
When: Wednesday, November 15,
2006
Time: 8 p.m.
Where: Grand Hall, Rice
Memorial Center, Rice University
Free and open to the public.
For more information, call
713-348-5585 or email
ricepls@rice.edu.
November 11, 2006 - ACC Annual "Unity & Friendship" Gala
The Arab American
Cultural & Community
Center Board of
Directors Requests
the Honor of Your
Presence at the The
Eleventh Annual
"Unity & Friendship"
Gala Celebrating
"Building Bridges,
Sharing Dreams", and
Honoring:
- Mayor Bill White & Judge Robert Eckels, Joint Outstanding Leadership
Award
- Dr. Malcolm Gillis, Rice University, Philanthropic Award
- Mr. Farouk Shami of Farouk Systems, Inc., Outstanding Businessman
When:
Saturday, November
11, 2006
Time:
Reception & Silent
auction 7:00 p.m.,
Dinner 8:00 p.m.
Where:
Houston Marriott
Westchase
- Grand Ballroom,
2900 Briarpark,
Houston
Mistress of
Ceremony: Ms. Donna
McKenzie,
KHJZ-Middays
Musical
Entertainment:
Jabour, Hani Issa &
Musical Ensemble
For reservations and
tickets, contact the
ACC at 832-351-3366.
November 10, 2006 - Arab
American Medical Association Meeting
For more information, visit
www.aama-houston.com.
November 9, 2006
- "The Palestinian
Struggle for Statehood" by
Dr. Rashid Khalidi
When: Thursday,
November 09, 2006
Time:
Registration: 6:00 p.m., Program: 6:30 -
7:30 p.m.
Where: The Junior League, The
Ballroom,
1811 Briar Oaks Lane, Houston
HWAC members Free, non-members $ 20.
The story of the Palestinian search to
establish a state begins in the period
between the two world wars, when British
colonial control of the region became
increasingly unpopular and power began
to shift toward the United States.
Palestinian leaders were unable to
achieve the long-cherished goal of
establishing an independent nation—a
critical failure that set the stage for
many of the problems occurring in the
decades since 1948. By frankly
discussing the reasons behind this
failure, Khalidi offers a much-needed
perspective for anyone concerned about
peace in the Middle East.
Rashid Khalidi is the Edward Said
Professor of Arab Studies and director
of the Middle East Institute at Columbia
University. He previously taught at the
University of Chicago and has written
more than eighty articles on Middle
Eastern history and politics. His study
includes the role of the press in the
formation of a sense of identity and
community and in the way narratives of
self and others have interacted over the
past two centuries in this conflicted
region. His latest book, The Iron Cage:
The Story of the Palestinian Struggle
for Statehood, published by Beacon
Press, will be available for purchase
and signing at the program.
For more information, visit
www.hwac.net.
November 9,
2006 - Iraq
for Sale: The War Profiteers
When:
Thursday, November 9,
2006
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Where:
First
Unitarian Universalist Church, Rm. 301,
5200 Fannin Street,
Houston
The Houston Peace Forum will screen
Robert Greenwald's new film "Iraq for
Sale: The War Profiteers." Greenwald is
the maker of the previous movies
"Outfoxed" and "Wal-Mart: The High Cost
of Low Prices."
The documentary takes viewers inside the
lives of soldiers, truck drivers,
widows, and children who have been
changed forever as a result of
profiteering in the reconstruction of
Iraq. The film uncovers the
connections between private corporations
making billions in Iraq and the decision
makers who let it happen. Discussion
follows.
For more information, contact Pat
Nichols at 713-681-6267.
November 9,
2006 - Terrorism,
Intelligence, and Democracy
Professor
Ami Pedahzur
will address four questions: 1) do
counter-terrorist intelligence
operations subvert the foundations of
democracy, and can they be justified; 2)
how can intelligence agencies of
different countries cooperate in the
global fight against terrorists; 3) how
might our domestic intelligence agencies
cooperate better with one another and
with elected leaders; and 4) are
intelligence tools developed during the
Cold War relevant for coping with
terrorism today?
Ami Pedahzur is an associate professor
in the departments of government and
Middle Eastern studies at the University
of Texas at Austin. He is a senior
fellow at the National Security Studies
Center at the University of Haifa,
Israel, where he earned his doctorate.
His book, Suicide Terrorism,
was published by Polity Press in 2005.
An edited volume, Suicide Attacks:
Root Causes of the Culture of Death,
is forthcoming (Routledge, 2006).
Currently he is co-authoring a book to
be entitled The Weapon of the Weak?
The Paradox of Jewish Terrorism in
Israel.
When: Thursday, November 9, 2006
Time:
7:00 pm - 08:30 pm
Where:
Compass Bank Building, 2d Floor,
2001
Kirby at San Felipe, Houston, Texas
For more information, call 713-666-9000
or visit
www.houstonseminar.org.
November
7, 2006
- "Iraq's Tragedy: People
In The Shadow of America's War" by
Anthony Shadid
By Anthony Shadid,
Writer and Middle East Correspondent
for the Washington Post, Winner of the
Pulitzer Prize for International
Reporting
When: Tuesday, November 7, 2006
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 10 p.m.
Where: Rice
University,
100 Keck Hall,
6100 Main Street,
Houston, Texas
This lecture is part of
The Arab
World, History, Politics, and Culture
Lecture Series organized by Professor Ussama
S. Makdisi. It is
sponsored by Rice University’s
Department of History, the Boniuk Center
for the Study and Advancement of
Religious Tolerance, and the James A.
Baker III Institute for Public Policy.
For more information on the lecture
series, visit
www.history.rice.edu/calendar.cfm.
Paid self-parking is available near the
event. For complete location and parking
details and downloadable maps, go to
www.rice.edu/maps.
Click here for event flyer.
November
7, 2006
- Iraq and Back: Inside the
War to Win the Peace
By Kim Olson, United States Air Force
(ret)
When: Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Time:
Registration: 11:30, Program:
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Where: The Westin Galleria Hotel,
5060 West Alabama, The Monarch Room
HWAC members $30, non-members $40. Table
Cost $500.
Air Force colonel Kim Olson came to Iraq
shortly after the end of the initial
military campaign. As Jay Garner’s
executive officer, she was part of the
senior leadership circle charged with
three tasks: to reconstruct Iraq’s
infrastructure, provide humanitarian
assistance, and lay the foundation for a
democratic process to take hold.
Colonel Olson tells what went right and
what went wrong, in a gripping,
first-hand account of the early days of
the reconstruction effort. From the
decisions of political leaders and
military commanders to everyday
encounters with the Iraqi people and
informal conversations with soldiers,
Olson weaves together military,
political, and humanistic insights.
Many of the stories she tells are known
to only the handful of people involved,
including details of early meetings with
tribal leaders to discuss building a
coalition government. Her haunting
descriptions of Saddam’s killing fields
and malnourished children in the town of
Umn Qasr, untouched by the Oil-for-Food
program, will remain with readers long
after they close the book.
For more information, visit
www.hwac.net.
November 7, 2006 - Panel Discussion: Covering Muslims after
9/11
Voices Breaking Boundaries presents
Cultural Narratives: Anthony Shadid
Covering Muslims after 9/11: a panel
discussion
This exciting and enlightening panel
discussion will be moderated by UH
Professor Dina Al-Sowayel and feature
the insights of both local journalists
and special guest, Pulitzer Prize
winning Washington Post correspondent
Anthony Shadid. The panel members will
present their experiences as
international correspondents and discuss
how international news is made by news
organizations inside the United States,
with special attention to Iraq and the
Middle East conflict. Author of Night
Draws Near: Iraq's People in the Shadow
of America's War (2005), Shadid is
fluent in Arabic. He reported from Iraq
throughout the invasion and first years
of the occupation and will offer his
indispensable and timely insights.
Joining him on the panel will be Houston
Chronicle editor Claudia Kolker, Houston
Chronicle feature writer Barbara Karkabi,
and Emmy award winning local TV
personality Art Rascon of KTRK Channel
13.
When: Tuesday, November 7, 2006
Time: 2:30 p.m.
Where:
Rockwell Pavilion,
MD Anderson Library, University of
Houston
Parking Directions: Enter campus through
Entrance 1 and ask for a visitor's pass,
or park in the new UH parking garage at
the corner of Calhoun and University
Drive.
General admission: Free
Covering Muslims after 9/11 is a
collaboration with the University of
Houston’s English Department and the
project is funded in part by the Houston
Endowment and the Texas Commission on
the Arts.
For more information, contact VBB
Co-Director Oskar Sonnen (713-524-7821,
oskar@vbbarts.org,
www.vbbarts.org).
November
4, 2006
- Peace Festival
When: Saturday, November 4, 2006
Time:
9 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Where: Live Oak Friends Meeting
House,
1318 W. 26th St. (between Ella
and Shepherd)
Live Oak Friends Meeting is holding an
all-day Peace Festival. There will be
adult and youth workshops, children's
activities and games, music, art,
performance, spoken word, dance, and a
potluck lunch.
The day will close with a peace witness
at sunset under the open James Turrell
Skyspace in the meeting house.
For more information, email
lidneymolnari@yahoo.com or visit
www.friendshouston.org.
November
3, 2006
-
Interrogation & Detention in Wartime
John Woo, the primary author of the
notorious Patriot Act, will participate
in a panel discussion of "Interrogation
& Detention in Wartime." Other
panelists will be intelligence expert
Donald Goldstein and military law
scholar Jordan Paust. Woo will also be
signing copies of his new book, War by
Other Means.
When: Friday, November 3, 2006
Time: 4 - 6 p.m.
Where: Baker Hall at Rice
University
For directions, visit
www.rice.edu/maps/maps.html.
November 2, 2006 -
Mayor's Airport Task Force Sub Committee
Meeting
The Council on American-Islamic
Relations Houston Chapter is requesting
your attendance at the Mayor's Task
Force Sub Committee Meeting.
When: Thursday, November 2, 2006
Time: 5:00 p.m.
Where: Annex Building, City Hall,
900 Bagby, Houston, Texas 77002
The meeting will consist of a panel, and
testimonies from Muslim Americans who
have been given port of entry issues.
Your attendance and participations is
greatly appreciated.
November 2, 2006
- Women and Islam in the Middle
East Today
Political crisis has turned a critical
Western eye toward Arab and Muslim
societies. Among the many objects of
curiosity is the veiled, ostensibly
oppressed Muslim woman. Professor
Alsowayel will consider these topics:
why Muslim women are the subject of such
scrutiny, what their roles are in
society, whether it is religion that
defines the role of women, and whether a
modern society can exist where there is
no professed equality between men and
women.
Dr. Dina Alsowayel will offer a broad
historical and analytical overview of
the Middle East, focusing on critical
events that underlie today's polemics.
Dr. Alsowayel, who previously worked for
20 years for a Saudi-based oil company,
is associate director of the Women's
Studies program at the University of
Houston and an instructional assistant
professor in the history department.
When: Thursday, November 2, 2006
Time:
7:00 pm - 08:30 pm
Where:
Compass Bank Building, 2d Floor,
2001
Kirby at San Felipe, Houston, Texas
For more information, call 713-666-9000
or visit
www.houstonseminar.org.
When: Wednesday, November 1, 2006
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p m.
Where: Outside stage at the UC Satellite.
UH faculty will speak about "US Imperialism Past and Future: How It affects you.
November 1, 2006 -
"Justice for the Palestinians" Freeway Blogging
When: Every Wednesday
Time: 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Where: Woodhead Street Bridge
over Freeway US 59
The purpose is to challenge our
nation's unqualified support of Israel's
oppression, evictions, imprisonments and
killings of Palestinians in the occupied
territories, which will not stop until
the U.S. tells Israel to make a just
peace.
For more information, contact Bob
Carter at 713-771-9439,
rwcsr1@yahoo.com.
November 1, 2006 -
Know Your Rights Interactive
Workshop
When: Wednesday, November 1, 2006
Where: Mission Bend Masjid,
6233 Tres Lagunas Houston , TX 77083
Time: From Maghrib to Esha
The Council on American-Islamic
Relations-Houston Chapter will be
conducting Know Your Rights Workshops in
coordination with the American Civil
Liberties Union (ACLU). This Workshop is
designed to inform the Muslim Community
about their rights are as Muslim
Americans
October 30, 2006 - The Secret Story of the World’s Most
Intriguing Royal Prince Bandar Bin
Sultan
The University of St. Thomas presents
William Simpson, author of "THE PRINCE,
The Secret Story of the World’s Most
Intriguing Royal PRINCE BANDAR BIN
SULTAN".
When: Monday, October 30, 2006
4:30 p.m.: Lecture & Discussion,
Cullen Hall, Cullen Auditorium, 4001 Mt.
Vernon Street
5:30 p.m.: Book Signing &
Reception, Crooker Center, Ahern Room,
3909 Graustark St.
RSVP by October 27 to 713-831-7241.
Click here for event flyer.
University of St. Thomas Map
October 30, 2006 -
David Rovics Concert
When: Saturday, October 28, 2006
Where: Dan Electro's Guitar Bar, 1031 E. 24th Street
"David
Rovics is the musical version of
Democracy Now!" - Amy Goodman
"David Rovics is the peace poet and
troubador for our time" - Cindy Sheehan.
"David Rovics is a guy George W. Bush
would probably like to clamp in chains
at Guantanamo Bay--the last American
protest singer (or so it seems)" - Andy
Kershaw, BBC Radio 3.
Rovics is on tour in connection with the
recent release of his CD/DVD
"Halliburton Boardroom Massacre." On the
CD are 12 new songs, including "New
Orleans," "Song for Cindy Sheehan," "How
Far Is It From Here to Nuremberg," and
the title track. You can listen to these
songs at
www.soundclick.com/davidrovics.
For the start time and other
information, contact Don Cook at
zenblews@hotmail.com.
October 30, 2006 - War,
Conflict and the Global Balance of Power
Max Boot, Council on Foreign Relations
When: Monday, October 30, 2006
Time: Registration: 6:00 p.m., Program: 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Where: The Junior League, 1811 Briar Oaks Lane, The Ballroom
HWAC members Free, non-members $ 20. Table Cost n/a.
What does history teach us about future combat and the struggle against groups such as al-Qaeda, Hamas, and Hizbollah? Historian Max Boot explores how innovations in weaponry and tactics have not only transformed how wars are fought and won but also have guided the course of human events. From the formation of the first modern states 500 years ago, to the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the coming of al-Qaeda, Boot offers his view on what America must do to survive and prevail in the Information Age.
Boot is a historian and author of the award-winning The Savage Wars of Peace: Small Wars and the Rise of American Power. A senior fellow in national security studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and a weekly foreign-affairs columnist for the Los Angeles Times; he lectures regularly at numerous military schools and advises the Department of Defense on transformation issues. His latest book, War Made New: Technology, Warfare, and the Course of History, 1500 to Today, will be available for sale and signing at the program.
This program is co-sponsored with the Council on Foreign Relations.
For more information, visit www.hwac.net.
October 29,
2006 - Eid Party at ACC
Come celebrate the Eid with us.
Please bring your friends and family and
come enjoy a wonderful evening.
When: Sunday, October 29, 2006
Time: 12:00 noon
Where:
Arab American Cultural & Community
Center,
10555 Stancliff Rd, Houston
Free food, drinks and parking, gifts for
the children, live music by Jabour
Lunch will be served from 2:00 p.m.
until 4:00 p.m.
This invitation is open to all.
The Eid Party is sponsored by Mr. Ahmed
Alyasin
For more information, visit
www.acchouston.org, or call the ACC
at
832-351-3366.
October 29,
2006 - Eid Festival at
Elfarouq Mosque
Fun, moonwalk, food, slides, family
activities, rides, and more.
When: Sunday, October 29, 2006
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Where:
Elfarouq Mosque,
1207 Conrad Sauer, Houston, TX 77043
For more information, call 713-465-2020.
October 26, 2006
- Does Al-Jazeera Set the
Tone? Media and Public Opinion in the
Middle East
Mass media play a role in all aspects of
our daily lives, including our
perception of “others.” This is
particularly true in the Middle East,
where al-Jazeera and other major media
outlets help to shape political
realities. Professor Kamalipour will
discuss the media’s effect on public
opinion in this volatile region and its
implications for the international
situation.
Yahya Kamalipour is professor of mass
communication and head of the department
of communication and creative arts at
Purdue University at Calumet. He earned
a doctorate at the University of
Missouri and has written or edited
numerous books including Mass Media in
the Middle East and Bring ‘Em On: Media
and Politics in the Iraq War.
Dr. Kamalipour is founder and managing
editor of the globally acclaimed
open-access online Global Media Journal
which boasts African, American, Arabic,
Australian, Chinese, Indian, Persian,
Polish, Spanish, Mediterranean, and
Turkish Editions. He is also editor of
Global Media Monitor, My Global Village,
and co-editor of Journal of
Globalization for the Common Good.
When: Thursday, October 26, 2006
Time:
7:00 pm - 08:30 pm
Where:
Compass Bank Building, 2d Floor,
2001
Kirby at San Felipe, Houston, Texas
For more information, call 713-666-9000
or visit
www.houstonseminar.org.
October 26, 2006 -
An Evening with Susan Nathan
Houston Chapter of the Palestinian
American Congress invites you to join us
for an evening with Susan Nathan, author
of The Other Side of Israel: My Journey
Across the Jewish-Arab Divide, with a
commentary from Rabbi Yisroel Dovid
Weiss, Yeshiva Beis Yehudi, Monsey, N.Y,
Neturei Karta International.
Exploring the issues facing Arab
citizens in Israel in the contemporary
context of the Middle East. Seeking
practical solutions that can provide a
more Just society for all.
When: Thursday, October 26, 2006
Time: 7 p.m.
Where:
Arab American Cultural & Community
Center,
10555 Stancliff Rd, Houston
For more information, call 832-351-3366.
Co-Sponsoring Organization: The Boniuk
Center for Religious Tolerance at Rice
University,
www.boniukcenter.org.
Click here for event flyer.
October 25, 2006 -
"The Other Side of Israel" by
Susan Nathan
A Jewish woman from England who followed the Jewish Law of
Return and moved to Israel, but ended up choosing to live as
the only Jew in Tamra, a Palestinian village in Israel, and
author of the book "The Other Side of Israel:
My Journey Across the Jewish/Arab Divide".
Susan will discuss the history and
current political and cultural forces
that have created a situation little
recognized in the ongoing debates about
the future of Israel and the Middle
East. This talk is part of the
lecture series of Rice University's
Boniuk Center for Religious
Tolerance. Co-sponsors are
Bridget's Place and the Rothko Chapel.
When: Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Time: 7:00 pm
Where: Great Hall meeting room at
Christ Church Cathedral,
1117 Texas Avenue,
Houston
This event is sponsored by The Boniuk
Center for the Study and Advancement of
Religious Tolerance at Rice University,
The Rothko Chapel, and Brigid's Place.
Admission is fee.
For more information, call 713-590-3333.
October 25, 2006 -
"Justice for the Palestinians" Freeway Blogging
When: Every Wednesday
Time: 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Where: Woodhead Street Bridge
over Freeway US 59
The purpose is to challenge our
nation's unqualified support of Israel's
oppression, evictions, imprisonments and
killings of Palestinians in the occupied
territories, which will not stop until
the U.S. tells Israel to make a just
peace.
For more information, contact Bob
Carter at 713-771-9439,
rwcsr1@yahoo.com.
October 25, 2006
-
"Bashu: The
Little Stranger" Film
Directed by
Bahram Beizai (1992) and presented by
Dr. Stella Grigorian (Anthropology).
Bashu, a young boy, flees the battle
zone of the Iran-Iraq war, taking secret
refuge in a truck that carries him to
the far north of Iran. The film details
life in a rural Iranian community when a
village woman, mother of her own two
children, takes Bashu under her wing.
Camerawork provides extraordinary views
of Iranian mountain scenery and of
everyday community life and the tension
involved with Bashu's ethnic
differences. 117 minutes
When: Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Time: 12:30 p.m.
Where: Eagle Room at HCC's Town &
Country Campus,
1010 W. Sam Houston Pkwy
N.
The Anthropology Program of Houston
Community College System is sponsoring
this event. Critical discussion
led by an HCC faculty member will follow
the films.
For more information, contact Ann
Bragdon (713-718-5642,
ann.bragdon@hccs.edu).
October 24, 2006 - A History of Israeli
Citizenship from the Margins
By Dr. Shira Robinson,
Assistant Professor of Middle East
History, University of Iowa
When: Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Time: 4:30 p.m.
Where: Rice
University, 117 Humanities Building,
6100 Main Street,
Houston, Texas
This lecture is part of
The Arab
World, History, Politics, and Culture
Lecture Series organized by Professor Ussama
S. Makdisi.
For more information on the lecture
series, visit
www.history.rice.edu/calendar.cfm.
Paid self-parking is available near the
event. For complete location and parking
details and downloadable maps, go to
www.rice.edu/maps.
Click here for event flyer.
October 23, 2006
- "Iraq in Fragments" Documentary
Screening
A special pre-release Texas tour of
James Longley's documentary, which won
three top awards at the 2006 Sundance
Film Festival. It "takes us inside this
fractured country, letting us feel what
its like from the inside from three
points of view --Sunni, Shiite and
Kurd."
When: Monday, October 23, 2006
Time: 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.
Where: Angelika Film Center,
510
Texas Avenue in Downtown Houston.
Presented by
Taking Back Texas.
October 23, 2006
-
Literary Voices from Iraq
Dr. Sinan Antoon and Dunya Mikhail,
renowned literary scholars from Iraq,
will weave their experiences together to
present the challenges writers and poets
face both in Iraq and in exile. They
will discuss the history of literature
in their native country, how it has been
carried through to the culture today,
and will share their own poetry.
Poet, novelist, filmmaker and
translator, Dr. Sinan Antoon produced
the film, “About Baghdad,” a journey
into the lives of Iraqis after decades
of oppression, violence, and wars. He
was born in Baghdad, but left shortly
after the Gulf War. A senior editor at
Arab Studies Journal, he received his
Ph.D. from Harvard and currently serves
on the faculty at New York University,
where he focuses on Iraqi literature and
culture studies.
Dunya Mikhail has published four
collections of poetry in Arabic,
including The War Works Hard, and one
lyrical, multi-genre text, The Diary of
a Wave Outside the Sea. Facing
increasing threats from the Iraqi
authorities in the late 1990s, she fled
first to Jordan, then to the United
States, where she received a master’s
degree in Near Eastern studies from
Wayne State University. In 2001, she was
awarded the U.N. Human Rights Award for
Freedom of Writing. She speaks and
writes in Arabic, Aramaic, and English.
When: Monday, October 23, 2006
Time: 7:30 PM
Where:
The Rothko
Chapel,
1409 Sul Ross at Yupon, Houston,
Texas (713-524-9839)
For more information, visit
www.rothkochapel.org.
David Lewis, Producer, FRONTLINE/World
When: Monday, October 23, 2006
Time: Registration: 6:00 p.m., Program:
6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Where: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,
Brown Auditorium Theater, The Caroline
Weiss Law Building,
1001 Bissonnet
Street
HWAC members Free, non-members $ 20.
Table Cost n/a.
6:30 p.m. Documentary film excerpt,
“Party of God”
7:00 p.m. Meet the director and Q&A
Hizbollah has long been identified as a
terrorist group by the state department,
responsible for waves of kidnappings,
suicide bombers and attacks against the
United States and Israel. It was
originally established in 1982 by the
Iranian Revolutionary Guards as a
militia group in Lebanon, part of their
policy of exporting the Islamic
revolution. But Hizbollah or the “Party
of God” has now also entered mainstream
society – complete with its own
uniformed army, political party,
schools, and a satellite TV network. It
receives substantial amounts of
financial and training assistance from
Iran and Syria, estimated to be worth
about $25-50 million per year, and has
widespread acceptance in Lebanon. What
are the goals of Hizbollah? What is its
attraction and how has it broadened its
influence?
Lewis has two decades of experience as
an investigative reporter, correspondent
and producer of broadcast news. He
worked for 11 years as a
reporter/producer of magazine and
documentary pieces at CNN and before
that in the documentaries and
investigative unit at ABC News. His
production company, David Lewis
Productions, was launched in 2001. His
work has received numerous journalism
awards, including CableACE, Emmy awards
and the Joan Shorenstein-Barone award.
For more information, visit
www.hwac.net.
October 22, 2006 - Ramadan
Night at ACC
The Arab American Cultural and Community
Center
will be hosting a series of Ramadan
Nights, Family Style.
When: Sunday,
October 22, 2006
Time: 7 p.m. - 12 a.m.
Where:
Arab American Cultural & Community
Center,
10555 Stancliff Rd, Houston
Hosted by:
Mr. &
Mrs. Burhan Ajouz and
Mr. & Mrs. Mourhaf Sabouni
Click here for more details.
October 21, 2006 -
Dialogue: Racism
The Center for the Healing of Racism
continues its celebrated work
sensitizing people to the nature and
pervasiveness of racism. C-director
Sandra Boyd notes that there will be
some compelling new videos to go with "a
couple of classics."
When: Saturday, October 21, 2006
Time: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Where: HCC's Central College in
EDC Bldg., Rm. 151. Enter from the
Caroline St. side, just south of Elgin
and two blocks east of Fannin.
Call the Center's office at
713-520-8226, and leave the name(s) and
phone number(s) of those attending.
October 20, 2006 - Rally for the Liberation of Palestine (Quds Day)
The Day of Quds is the day of the oppressed. People of conscience worldwide, gather to express solidarity with the oppressed and exploited of the world in general and Palestine in particular.
You are invited to come and voice your opposition to the unjust, illegal, and inhumane occupation of the Holy Land by the usurping Zionist entity.
Quds Day is held annually on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan, and is organized by the Worldwide Movement for Justice and Peace (WMJP).
Click here for event flyer.
October 20, 2006 - Ramadan
Night at ACC
The Arab American Cultural and Community
Center
will be hosting a series of Ramadan
Nights, Family Style.
When:
Friday,
October 20, 2006
Time: 7 p.m. - 12 a.m.
Where:
Arab American Cultural & Community
Center,
10555 Stancliff Rd, Houston
Hosted by:
Dr. Rezik
Saqr & the
Saqr
Families
Click here for more details.
October 19, 2006
- An Insider’s Perspective: Israel
and Palestine
Flying in from Israel to share her
insights, Professor
Galia
Golan will discuss the current
outlook for peace in the Middle East
with a special focus on the Israeli
Palestinian conflict.
Born in the United States, Galia Golan
has a bachelor’s degree from Brandeis
University and a doctorate from Hebrew
University of Jerusalem. She emigrated
to Israel in the 1960s and is now a
professor in the Lauder School of
Government, Diplomacy, and Strategy in
Herzliya, Israel. Golan is a leader of
Peace Now, an organization that
works to bring about an
Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement. A
frequent media commentator, she is a
former consultant to the Israeli Defense
Forces and the Israeli Foreign Ministry.
She has been a MacArthur Foundation
Fellow and a Ford Foundation Fellow and
has written extensively on the Arab
Israeli conflict. Her forthcoming book
is entitled Middle East Peace Plans
from Oslo to Disengagement.
When: Thursday, October 19, 2006
Time:
7:00 pm - 08:30 pm
Where:
Compass Bank Building, 2nd Floor, 2001
Kirby at San Felipe, Houston, Texas
For more information, call 713-666-9000
or visit
www.houstonseminar.org.
October 18, 2006 -
"Justice for the Palestinians" Freeway Blogging
When: Every Wednesday
Time: 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Where: Woodhead Street Bridge
over Freeway US 59
The purpose is to challenge our
nation's unqualified support of Israel's
oppression, evictions, imprisonments and
killings of Palestinians in the occupied
territories, which will not stop until
the U.S. tells Israel to make a just
peace.
For more information, contact Bob
Carter at 713-771-9439,
rwcsr1@yahoo.com.
October 18, 2006
-
"Global Neighbors: Views of a
Documentary Photographer"
Alan Pogue, Texas Center for Documentary
Photography, will speak on "Global
Neighbors: Views of a Documentary
Photographer." A native Texan, Pogue
began his work photographing "humanity"
as a battlefield medic in Vietnam. His
images have illuminated lives and
conditions of migrant agricultural
workers in Texas and the U.S., peoples
of Haiti, Central America, and the
Middle East - including Palestine, Iraq,
and Afghanistan.
He will describe his craft and objective
as an artist and humanitarian.
Black and white prints will be for sale
after the presentation.
When: Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Time: 1 p.m.
Where: Eagle Room at HCC's Town &
Country Campus, 1010 W. Sam Houston Pkwy
N.
The Anthropology Program of Houston
Community College System is sponsoring
this event. Critical discussion
led by an HCC faculty member will follow
the films.
For more information, contact Ann
Bragdon (713-718-5642,
ann.bragdon@hccs.edu).
October 15, 2006 - Ramadan
Night at ACC
The Arab American Cultural and Community
Center
will be hosting a series of Ramadan
Nights, Family Style.
When:
Sunday,
October 15, 2006
Time: 7 p.m. - 12 a.m.
Where:
Arab American Cultural & Community
Center,
10555 Stancliff Rd, Houston
Hosted by:
Mr. Jamal Marzouki
Click here for more details.
October
14, 2006 -
“Meet Your Candidate”
Town Hall Meeting
The Arab American Voters Coalition is
holding a town hall meeting
in
preparation for the November 7
elections to meet your representative.
When: Saturday, October 14, 2006
Time: 2:00 pm
Reception, 3:00 pm - 5:30 pm Addresses
by Candidates
Where:
Arab American Cultural & Community
Center,
10555 Stancliff Rd, Houston
Candidates and Incumbents will be at the
meeting to meet and address our
Community Members - prior to the 2006
Elections.
This Meeting is Co-Sponsored by AAI
(Arab American Institute, D.C.).
Candidates are from the (8) Different
Congressional Districts in the Greater
Houston Area. (Districts 2, 7, 8, 9, 14,
18, 22 & 29).
Your assistance would also be great here
as well. (coordination with candidate
offices, preparation of one or two
flyers to distribute at the event,
organizing the schedule etc.)
Click here for event flyer.
For more information, visit
www.votercoalition.org.
October 14, 2006 -
Palestinian-Israeli Performing Arts
Programs:
A vehicle for Intercultural
Understanding.
The process of artistic collaboration
provides a structure within which people
from diverse populations can cooperate,
reaching new levels of awareness,
tolerance, and understanding. In this
presentation, Dr. Sharon Joy will
discuss musical and theatrical projects
that bring together Arabic and Jewish
artists and musicians. She will share
personal experiences with such projects
in Jerusalem, research about recent
theatrical productions, and information
about her current role as facilitator of
the Houston Palestinian-Jewish Dialogue
Group. These programs are important
models for intercultural education, for
they begin with expression and
interchange, and lead to understanding
of the common human experience.
Event Speaker: Sharon Joy
Founder and facilitator of the Houston
Palestinian-Jewish Dialogue Group, which
has met monthly since September 11,
2005. She recently presented a
paper on the Use of the Performing Arts
in the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
to the International Studies Association
annual conference in San Diego. She has
also made presentations at the Phi Beta
Delta (Society for International
Scholars) conference and recently served
as president of the University of
Houston chapter of the Society. She is
the recipient of the 2005 Phi Beta Delta
Outstanding Faculty Award for
International Scholars.
When:
Saturday,
October 14, 2006
Time: 9:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Where:
Upper Kirby District Center, 3015
Richmond Ave., Houston, TX 77098
For more information, visit
www.sietarhouston.org.
October 14, 2006 -
Dialogue: Racism
The Center for the Healing of Racism continues its celebrated work sensitizing people to the nature and pervasiveness of racism. C-director Sandra Boyd notes that there will be some compelling new videos to go with "a couple of classics."
When: Saturday, October 14 & October 21, 2006
Time: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Where: HCC's Central College in EDC Bldg., Rm. 151. Enter from the Caroline St. side, just south of Elgin and two blocks east of Fannin.
Call the Center's office at 713-520-8226, and leave the name(s) and phone number(s) of those attending.
October 14, 2006 - Ramadan
Night at ACC
The Arab American Cultural and Community
Center
will be hosting a series of Ramadan
Nights, Family Style.
When:
Time: 7 p.m. - 12 a.m.
Where: Arab American Cultural & Community Center, 10555 Stancliff Rd, Houston
Hosted by: Dr. Aziz Shaibani & Mrs. Manal Broeklemann
Click here for more details.
October 12-13, 2006 - Sheikh
Rashad Khalil's Funeral
and Condolences
The dear
beloved brother, shiek, teacher,
murabbi, daiyah and father breathed
his last and met his Creator.
Battling cancer, Dr. Sheikh Rashad
Khalil passed away at 3:00 AM on
Thursday, 10/12/2006 at his home in
Sugar Land, Texas. He is survived by
his wife, son, and two daughters.
Sheikh Rashad was a pillar of the
Houston Community being involved in
all facets of Islamic work both at
the local and national level. He
served as ISGH Main Center Imam,
President of MAS National, Founder
of the Islamic Dawah Center, and
Founding member of Iman Academy.
His funeral (janazah) prayer will be
held at 2:00 PM on Thursday,
10/12/206 at ISGH Southeast (Abu
Baker Assidiq Masjid after which the
congregation will proceed to the
cemetery located on Almeda for the
burial. May Allah have mercy on his
soul.
His family and members of the Muslim
American Society will receive
condolences ('Aza) for two days
following the burial at the Islamic
Dawah Center – Downtown on Thursday
10/12/2006 and Friday 10/13/2006
from 6:00 PM until 10:00 PM. Please
respect the privacy of the family
and do not visit the home during
this time.
May Allah grant Sh. Rashad Khalil
the highest in Paradise. Ameen.
October 13,
2006 -
"The Ground Truth"
Film about Iraq Vets and the
Realities of War
Showing of "The Ground Truth"
followed by a panel discussion.
Sponsors are Military Families Speak
Out and Veterans for Peace.
When: Friday, October 13, 2006
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Where:
The Artery, 5401 Jackson corner
Prospect in the Museum District
Suggested $10 donation (MFSO and VFP
members and families free) but no
one turned away.
For more information, contact Mikal
Hutto (713-472-3711,
Miklhut@aol.com).
October 13, 2006 - Ramadan
Night at ACC
The Arab American Cultural and Community
Center
will be hosting a series of Ramadan
Nights, Family Style.
When:
Friday,
October 13, 2006
Time: 7 p.m. - 12 a.m.
Where:
Arab American Cultural & Community
Center,
10555 Stancliff Rd, Houston
Hosted by:
Mr. & Mrs. Maher Qaddumi
Click here for more details.
October 12, 2006 - The
Middle East Tinderbox: A 20th-Century
Overview
Headlines suggest the United States is
entangled in the web of Middle Eastern
chaos. Is there a path through this
apparent maze? Can we find ways to
understand it?
Dr. Dina Alsowayel will offer a broad
historical and analytical overview of
the Middle East, focusing on critical
events that underlie today's polemics.
Dr. Alsowayel, who previously worked for
20 years for a Saudi-based oil company,
is associate director of the Women's
Studies program at the University of
Houston and an instructional assistant
professor in the history department.
When: Thursday, October 12, 2006
Time:
7:00 pm - 08:30 pm
Where:
Compass Bank Building, 2d Floor, 2001
Kirby at San Felipe, Houston, Texas
For more information, call 713-666-9000
or visit
www.houstonseminar.org.
The Houston Chapter of the United Nations Association is holding a fundraising dinner. Keynote speaker will be Gail Martin Sorensen, who served as Assistant Secretary-General for External Relations under Kofi Annan from 1997 to 2003. She studied at Smith College and the Sorbonne, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Women’s Forum, and the Women’s Foreign Policy Group. Her talk is entitled, "The 21st Century UN: Global Challenges and opportunities."
Tickets are $50, $35 for students. Business attire
When:
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Time: 6 p.m. silent auction and
cash bar, 7 p.m. dinner
Where: Houston Raquet Club, 10709
Memorial Dr.
For more information, contact the UNA
(713-667-7044,
info@unahouston.org).
October 12, 2006
- Ramadan Night at ACC
The Arab American Cultural and Community
Center
will be hosting a series of Ramadan
Nights, Family Style.
When:
Thursday,
October 12, 2006
Time: 7 p.m. - 12 a.m.
Where:
Arab American Cultural & Community
Center,
10555 Stancliff Rd, Houston
Hosted by: Arab
Roots (Traditional dress night)
Click here for more details.
October 11, 2006 - Between
Hamas and Hizbollah: Issues and
Challenges for Israel and the United
States
Rami Khouri, Editor, Lebanon Daily Star
When: Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Time: Registration: 6:00 p.m., Program:
6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Where: The Junior League, 1811 Briar
Oaks Lane, The Ballroom
Co-sponsored with the Bilateral US/Arab
Chamber of Commerce
The rise of Hamas and Hizbollah pose
significant new challenges for the
United States and Israel. Both once
regarded as Islamic resistance movements
on the fringes of their societies, they
have now secured both broad acceptance
and considerable political power. Their
success, writes Khouri, reflects the
perceived response by each to the real
needs of their constituents. Will they
now shift from guns to governance? What
issues and challenges do the United
States and Israel face in light of the
rise of these and other fundamentalists
groups?
A Palestinian-Jordanian, who was
educated in both the Middle East and the
United States, Khouri is currently the
executive editor of the Beirut-based
newspaper, The Lebanon Daily Star.
Khouri was the editor-in-chief of The
Jordan Times for seven years and, during
that time, wrote articles for The
Financial Times, The Boston Globe, and
The Washington Post. A frequent
commentator on CNN, C-SPAN and other
television programs, Khouri is also a
senior associate at the Maxwell School
of Citizenship and Public Affairs at
Syracuse University and a fellow of the
Palestinian Academic Society for the
Study of International Affairs in
Jerusalem.
When: Monday, October 9, 2006
Time: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Where: Houstonian Hotel, 111 North Post Oak Lane
Cost: $35 Members; $50 Non-Members - Reservations are Required
Contact the Bilateral Chamber at 713-880-8168 or programs@bilateralchamber.org to register.
Featuring: H.E. Samir Shakir Mahmood Sumaida’ie, Ambassador of Iraq to the United States of America
Cosponsored with The Houston Forum and the World Affairs Council.
The issue of Iraq is dominating our nation’s political debates in what promises to be a pivotal election year this November. Please join us as the Ambassador of Iraq shares his nation’s perspective on the future of his country. With announcements from the finance minister that Iraq will invest $4bn in oil infrastructure and refineries and a planned 2007 budget of $33bn, Iraq presents tremendous opportunities for US companies. But will the coalition government be able to maintain security and prevent the spread of civil war and what role will US troops play now that the responsibility has been officially handed over to the present government?
Appointed in April 2006, Ambassador Sumaida’ie became the first Ambassador of Iraq to the United States. He has been in opposition to the Baathist regime for many years. He founded numerous political organizations and conferences highlighting the Iraqi opposition movement. His private sector career spans two continents representing firms doing business between the UK and China since 1978.
October 8, 2006 -
Ramadan Night at ACC
The Arab American Cultural and
Community Center
will be hosting a series of Ramadan
Nights, Family Style.
When: Sunday, October 8, 2006
Time: 7 p.m. - 12 a.m.
Where:
Arab American Cultural & Community
Center,
10555 Stancliff Rd, Houston, TX
77099
Hosted by: The Moroccan
Society (Iftar)
Click here for more details.
The Arab American Cultural and Community Center is hosting a series of Ramadan Nights, Family Style.
When: Friday, October 6, 2006
Time: 7 p.m. - 12 a.m.
Where: Arab American Cultural & Community Center, 10555 Stancliff Rd, Houston, TX 77099
Hosted by: ACC Ladies Group
Click here for more details.
October
5, 2006
-
Saving Iraqi Culture
Dr. Nada Shabout, Assistant Professor of
Art History at the University of North
Texas, will discuss the damage inflicted
on Iraq’s cultural artifacts by the
current war and the need for their
restoration. Considered one of the
world's leading authorities on
contemporary Iraqi art, Dr. Shabout
traveled to Iraq in 2003 to construct a
list of artworks missing and stolen from
the Iraqi Museum of Modern Art which was
damaged after the US invasion. There are
up to 8,000 pieces of art missing from
this Baghdad museum. However, only about
1,300 are accounted for, many of which
are badly damaged. She recently received
a $10,000 grant from the American
Academic Research Institute to continue
her research and, as she says,
“reconstruct an archive out of nothing.”
When: Thursday, October 5, 2006
Time: 7:30 PM
Where:
The Rothko
Chapel, 1409 Sul Ross at Yupon, Houston,
Texas (713-524-9839)
For more information, visit
www.rothkochapel.org.
October 3, 2006 -
Arab American Voters Coalition
Executive Board Meeting
When: Tuesday, October 3, 2006
Time: 6 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Where:
Mezza
Restaurant, 6100 Westheimer (Greenbriar
Shopping Center, 713 334-2000)
For more information, visit
www.votercoalition.org.
October
2, 2006 -
Queen Noor of Jordan in Houston
When: Monday, October 2, 2006
Time:
7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Where:
The Hobby Center,
Sarofim Hall,
800 Bagby
Street, Houston, TX 77002
Cost: $35, $75, $125
Contact the Bilateral Chamber at
713-880-8168 or
programs@bilateralchamber.org
to register.
Her Majesty Queen Noor was born Lisa
Najeeb Halaby on 23 August 1951, to an
Arab-American family distinguished for
its public service. Their Majesties,
King Hussein and Queen Noor, were
married on 15 June 1978.
Since 1978, Queen Noor has initiated,
directed, and sponsored projects and
activities in Jordan to address specific
national development needs in the areas
of education, culture, women and
children’s welfare, human rights,
conflict resolution, community
development, environmental and
architectural conservation, public
architecture, and urban planning. She is
also actively involved with
international and UN organizations that
address global challenges in these
fields. Queen Noor has played a major
role in promoting international exchange
and understanding of Middle Eastern
politics, Arab-Western relations, and
humanitarian and conflict prevention,
and recovery issues throughout the
world, such as youth drug abuse,
refugees, and disarmament.
October 1, 2006 - 1000 Lights for Peace
The annual celebration of Gandhi Week,
sponsored by the Mahatma Gandhi Library
and more than 50 local organizations,
will culminate with a celebration called
1000 Lights for Peace. It will be a
cultural program and candle lighting
ceremony on the steps of City Hall,
featuring an address by Mayor Bill White
and preceded by a torch relay from the
Gandhi Statue in Herman Park to City
Hall. 7 p.m. For more information, visit
www.gandhilibrary.org.
|
Peace Torch
Relay Date: Oct. 1 @ 3:30 p.m. Place: Mahatma Gandhi Statue Hermann Park |
September 30, 2006 -
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Sixth Annual Gala
When: Saturday, September 30, 2006
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Where: InterContinental Hotel,
Houston
Honorees: Mr. and Mrs. James A. Baker,
III
Honorary Chairs: Mr. and Mrs. Nijad I.
Fares
Special Guest: Honorable
John H. Sununu
Mistress of Ceremonies: Deborah Duncan,
KHOU TV
Chairs: Cindi Albina and Nouha Zacca
Open to the Public.
For more information, contact Heather
Weber (713-599-1441,
heather.weber@stjude.org).
September 28, 2006 - ALNM
September General Meeting
The American Lebanese National Mission
cordially invites you to its September
general meeting.
Guest Speaker: Drug Enforcement
Agency (DEA)
Safeguard your children from drugs,
protect your family from drug dealers,
learn the warning signs of trouble, who
and what is Drug Enforcement Agency, why
is it so important for you to know the
answers?
When: Thursday, September 28, 2006
Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Where: Fadi’s Mediterranean
Cuisine, 8383 Westheimer (corner of
Westheimer & Dunvale)
RSVP by Tuesday, September 26. E-Mail:
pio@alnm.net.
September 27, 2006 -
Justice for the Palestinians Freeway
Blogging
When: Every Wednesday
Time: 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Where: Woodhead Street Bridge
over US 59
The purpose is to challenge our
nation's unqualified support of Israel's
oppression, evictions, imprisonments and
killings of Palestinians in the occupied
territories, which will not stop until
the U.S. tells Israel to make a just
peace.
For more information, contact Bob
Carter at 713-771-9439,
rwcsr1@yahoo.com.
September 25, 2006 -
American Fascists: The Christian Right
and the War on America
Renowned war correspondent and author,
Chris Hedges, will speak on the topic of
his upcoming book American Fascists: The
Christian Right and the War on America.
Hedges is the author of the National
Book Critics Circle Award finalist, War
is a Force that Gives Us Meaning and
What Every Person Should Know About War.
His newest book will be published in
January 2007 by Free Press.
Hedges was a foreign correspondent for
fifteen years. He joined the staff of
The New York Times in 1990 and
previously worked for The Dallas Morning
News, The Christian Science Monitor, and
National Public Radio. He holds a B.A.
in English Literature from Colgate
University and a Master of Divinity from
Harvard Divinity School. He has taught
at Columbia University, New York
University, and Princeton University.
Hedges was a member of The New York
Times team that won the 2002 Pulitzer
Prize for Explanatory Reporting for the
paper’s coverage of global terrorism,
and he received the 2002 Amnesty
International Global Award for Human
Rights Journalism.
When:
Monday, September 25, 2006
Time: 7:30 PM
Where:
The Rothko
Chapel, 1409 Sul Ross at Yupon, Houston,
Texas (713-524-9839)
For more information, visit
www.rothkochapel.org.
September 22, 2006 -
ACC Cinema presents Family Night
ACC Cinema presents Family Night
- The Black & White Movies Series.
Come enjoy the classic Arabic movies
and meet members of our community.
When: Friday, September 22, 2006
Time: 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Where:
Arab American Cultural & Community
Center,
10555 Stancliff Rd, Houston, TX
77099
Falafel sandwiches & soda are
available for $4.00 per person.
Tickets: Donation of $10 per family
or $5 per person. Membership is not
required.
September 21, 2006 -
International Day of Peace
Decade of Nonviolence-Houston will
sponsor an observance focused on
interfaith respect and
understanding. Area schools
are being encouraged to promote
those goals during the week of
September 18-22, and organizations
that have endorsed the Decade have
been asked to observe Peace Week
with activities appropriate to their
missions and programs.
This annual
global observance sponsored by the
United Nations has been promoted in
Houston by the Decade of
Nonviolence-Houston. Joined by the
Rothko Chapel, the Decade is asking
everyone to pause at noon in
solidarity with the world-wide
yearning for peace. The Dominican
Sisters will toll their bell at
noon, and other religious groups
with bells are asked to do likewise.
At 5:30 p.m. the Dominican Sisters
invite the public to join their
community in a Labyrinth Walk for
Peace at their facility at 6501
Almeda.
When: Thursday, September 21,
2006
For more information, contact
Richard Wahl at 713-868-9209 x304,
rawahlcsb@yahoo.com.
September 20, 2006
-
Diplomacy: Persuasion, Trust & Values
Speaker:
General Colin Powell, 65th Secretary of
State
When:
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Time:
Registration 11:30 a.m., Program 12:00 -
1:30 p.m.
Where: The Junior League, 1811
Briar Oaks Lane, The Ballroom
Colin Powell will speak to the members
of the World Affairs Council on
September 20, 2006. We invite your
company to participate as event sponsor.
All proceeds will be dedicated to the
Permanent Fund for Education of the
World Affairs Council.
For more information, visit
www.hwac.net.
September 20, 2006
-
Where Do You
Stand?
Islam's Relation to
Christianity and Judaism
A lecture by University of Houston
Professor Abdul Hye called "Where Do
You
Stand?" It will be about the
"true nature" of Islam and how it
relates to
Christianity and Judaism. Includes a
PowerPoint presentation.
When:
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Time: 6:30
p.m.
Where: Forum at Cypress Creek
Christian Church, 6823 Cypresswood
Dr., Spring, TX.
For more information, call
281-376-7113.
September 16, 2006
-
Peace, Art & Music Festival
When: Saturday, September 16,
2006
Time: 12 pm - 10 pm
Where: Cypresscreek Community
Center,
6823 Cypresswood Drive, Spring,
Texas 77379
For more information, visit
www.yallstock.com.
Click here for event flyer.
September 13, 2006 -
Amy and David Goodman in Houston
The renowned host of Democracy Now!
and her co-author brother have
followed up their bestseller The
Exception to the Rulers with Static:
Government Liars, Media
Cheerleaders, and the People Who
Fight Back. Again, they synthesize
radio interviews and commentary with
secondary sources on charged issues
that the corporate media overlook or
spin. Sponsored by KPFT.
When: Wednesday, September 13,
2006
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Where:
The Scottish Rite Center, 7575
Brompton (corner Braeswood just west
of Kirby Dr.)
Tickets $20, $15 for KPFT members,
students, seniors, fixed income. A
$250 sponsorship admits holder to a
reception with the Goodmans prior to
the event, plus light refreshments,
a copy of the new book, and reserved
seating.
The authors will sign books in the
lobby area following their
presentation. Copies can be
purchased at Brazos Bookstore. 7-9
p.m. at The Scottish Rite Temple,
7575 Brompton corner Braeswood just
west of Kirby Dr.
To purchase tickets on-line, go to
www.kpft.org.
Click here for event flyer.
September 13, 2006 - Winning the War, Winning the Peace: Defining Priorities for America in the Middle East
Speaker: Dennis Ross, Washington Institute for Near East Policy
When: Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Time: Registration: 6:00 p.m., Program: 6:30 -7:30 p.m.
Where: The Junior League, 1811 Briar Oaks Lane, The Ballroom
Over the last twelve years Ross has played an integral role in the Middle East Peace process. Serving as the point man for both the George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton administrations Ross has been instrumental in the success of numerous peace agreements, in the region. He worked with the Israelis and Palestinians to reach the 1995 Interim Agreement, brokered the 1997 Hebron Accord, and facilitated the 1994 Israel-Jordan peace treaty.
HWAC members Free, non-members $ 20.
For more information, visit www.hwac.net.
September 12, 2006 -
FREE Dinner and Discussion of Recent
Events
RISA (Rice International Student
Association) and the Houston Chapter
of ADC invite you to a FREE dinner
featuring Mjadara, a traditional
Lebanese lentils dish, followed by a
discussion of recent events with
Professor Ussama Makdisi of Rice
University's History Department.
When: Tuesday, September 12,
2006
Time: 7:00 pm
Where: Kelley Lounge in RMC,
Rice University
Click here for event flyer.
September 12, 2006 -
Israel’s Search for Security and a
Lasting Peace
Speaker: Daniel Ayalon, Ambassador of
Israel to the US
When: Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Time:
Registration 11:30 a.m., Program 12:00 -
1:30 p.m.
Where: The Hyatt Regency Hotel,
The Imperial Ballroom, 1200 Louisiana
Private reception for supporting Council
members only in the Magnolia Room 11:30
to noon
The protracted conflict in the Middle
East boiled over in July with an
escalation in fighting between Israel
and the Hezbollah. As the hostilities
continue, the suffering on all sides
underscores the need to find security
for all and durable solutions.
HWAC members $30, non-members $40. Table
Cost $500.
For more information, visit
www.hwac.net.
September 9, 2006 - ACC
Arabic School Registration
When: Saturday, September 9, 2006
Time: 11:00 a.m. until 1:00
p.m.
Where:
Arab American Cultural & Community
Center,
10555 Stancliff Rd, Houston,
TX 77099
Classes will begin on Saturday,
September 16, 2006 at 10:00 a.m.
Three levels of language classes
will be offered for beginners,
intermediate and advanced students.
Also, there will be a language class
for teenagers and adults. A
placement entry test will be given
to new students.
Monthly Fees: ACC members: First
child $50; second child $40; third
child $30
Monthly Fees: ACC non-members: First
child $60; second child $50; third
child $40
Children classes are held on
Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00
p.m.
September 9, 2006 - CAIR
Houston 2006 Annual Fundraising
Banquet
The theme of this year's banquet is
Connecting and Sharing. The
banquet will include an majestic
assortment of fine dishes all
prepared in accordance with Islamic
principles and guidelines, along
with entertainment and lectures from
renown speakers.
Speakers:
Chip Pitts,
Amnesty International USA Chairman
of the Board
Shaikh Zobair,
Islamic Scholar from the Islamic
Society of Greater Houston
Shaikh Muhammad Alshareef, Director
of Al Maghrib Institute
Mayor David Wallace, Esteemed Mayor
of Sugarland
Dennis J. Storemski, Director f
Mayor's Office of Public Safety and
Homeland Security
Craig E. Ferrell, Jr., Deputy
Director Houston Police Department
Political Representatives from
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee &
Congressman Al Green
When: Saturday, September 9,
2006
Time: 7 pm
Where: Westin Oaks Galleria,
5011 Westheimer at Post Oak,
Houston, Texas 77056
Tickets: $50
For more information, visit
www.cairhouston.org.
September 9, 2006 - Arab American Medical Association Meeting
For more information, visit www.aama-houston.com.
September 8, 3006 - Teta &
Jeddo (Grandparent's) Night at ACC
A monthly social
event for the seniors in the Arab
American community which includes
Health Talk.
This will be a great way for our senior
citizens to meet each other. Desert &
coffee and some good home cooking will be
served. Come celebrate birthdays and
anniversaries with our seniors.
Everyone is encouraged to come with their
grandchildren, children, family and friends.
Come dress in your traditional dress or
costume. Bring your favorite dish or
desert & share with us. It will be a
lot of fun!
When: Friday, September 8,
2006
Time: 6:00 - 7:30 PM
Where:
Arab American Cultural & Community
Center,
10555 Stancliff Rd, Houston,
TX 77099
September 5, 2006 -
Roundtable Discussion: The Global
Challenge of Workforce Development
in Emerging Middle East Markets
Featuring: Dr. Ibrahim Guider,
Director General, Arab Labor
Organization
The low productivity of workers is
considered the major challenge
facing workforce development in the
Middle East. The weakness of
education and training systems
created a gap between the new
demands of labor markets and the
outputs of education and training;
this requires taking a number of
procedures to close this gap.
For twenty years, Dr. Ibrahim Guider
has worked as a Secretary General
and/or Minister in different posts
in the Libyan government. He has
many writings in the field of human
resources development, social
protection and their branches. Dr.
Guider is now the fourth Director
General of the Arab Labor
Organization, a post he has occupied
since 1999.
When: Tuesday, September 5,
2006
Time: 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.
Where: Greater Houston
Partnership, 1200 Smith, Suite 700
Cost: Free for members; $10 for
non-members
Registration: Contact Lynnae
Willette at 713-880-8168 or
programs@bilateralchamber.org.
For more information, visit
www.bilateralchamber.org.
Click here for flyer.
September 1, 2006 - Fundraiser for Middle East
Humanitarian Crisis
The humanitarian crisis in the
Middle East continues to intensify.
Hundreds of Lebanese civilians have
died and thousands have been
injured. A quarter of the entire
Lebanese population has been
displaced, fleeing their homes in
search of safety.
Islamic Relief has launched an
emergency appeal to assist the
victims of the Middle East
Humanitarian Crisis in Lebanon and
the West Bank and Gaza Strip in
Palestine.
Guest Speakers:
- Anwar Khan , National Development Director Islamic Relief
- Bassel Choucair, Eyewitness account
When: Friday, September 1,
2006
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Where: University of Houston,
Houston Room,
4800 Calhoun Road, Houston, TX 77004
Tickets: $10 per Person, $40
per Family (babysitting will be
offered)
Co-Sponsors: University of Houston -
MSA, Crescent Youth, ISGH, El-Farouq
Islamic Center
For more information, please contact
Raheel Ramadan at (832) 549-5940 or
Shariq Abdul Ghani at (713)
344-1108.
August 26, 2006 -
The Muslim
Comedy Tour
Muslim
Comedian
Preacher
Moss will
have a
comedy show
in Houston.
Allah Made
Me Funny The
Muslim
Comedy Tour
in Houston,
Texas on
August 26.
The Muslim
Comedy Tour
with Special
Guest: Mo
Amer
Starring
Professional
Comedians:
Azeem,
Preacher
Moss, and
Azhar Usman.
When:
Saturday,
August 26,
2006
Time:
7PM and 9PM
Where:
Arab American Cultural & Community Center,
10555 Stancliff Rd, Houston, TX 77099
Tickets: $20
-
Purchase
your tickets
online at
www.AllahMademefunny.com.
For more
information,
send e-mail
to
info@Allahmademefunny.com.
August 5-25, 2006 - Painting
for Peace Art exhibit
Houston Muslims are working with their
fellow non-Muslims to paint a mural
representing Peace and Unity. The
exhibition will remain at Rice University
through August 25, 2006. There is no
admission fee.
When: August 5-25, 2006
Time: 11 a.m.
Where: Rice
University Ley Student Center (Farnsworth
Pavilion)
The project was created by Imrana Malik, a
Houston physician. “As a Muslim, I feel very
heavy-hearted about the negative view of
Muslims and of Islam today,” Dr. Malik
said. “Working with our fellow neighbors to
paint this painting is an expression of our
stand for Peace and Unity.” Dr. Malik
developed this project while participating
in a Landmark Education leadership program,
the coursework for which included creating a
project that benefits the community.
The project is being conducted in
conjunction with the Muslim American
Society, with the help of Interfaith
Ministries of Greater Houston, Boniuk
Center, Rothko Chapel, and Mahatma Gandhi
Library and KPFT.
For more information, call 832-563-0199 or
email
imranam@hotmail.com.
August 24, 2006 - A
Background on Lebanon: The Political,
Historical, and Religious Landscape of a
Country in Turmoil
When: Thursday, August 24, 2006
Time: 1:00 - 2:15 pm
Where: University of Houston Main
Campus, Melcher Hall
Speakers:
Clement Moore Henry , University of
Texas: PhD, Harvard University,
Political Science. Specializes in
Politics and Financial Institutions in
the Middle East & North Africa.
Hamid Kantara, D.C., American Lebanese
National Mission, Chairman. Former
Council Member and Mayor Pro-Tem, League
City, and Director of Cultural Outreach,
Texas Young Republican Federation
Ussama Makdisi, Rice University: PhD,
Princeton University, Political Science.
Specializes in US-Middle East policy and
the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Panel Discussion and Q & A.
Sponsored by the Bilateral US-Arab
Chamber of Commerce.
For more information, contact Stephen
Vega at 713-880-8168.
Click here for event flyer.
August 24, 2006 - ALNM
August General Meeting
The American Lebanese National Mission
cordially invites you to its August
general meeting.
Guest Speaker: Judge Jay Karahan,
Harris County Criminal Court at Law
When: Thursday, August 24, 2006
Time: 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Where: Fadi’s Mediterranean
Cuisine, 8383 Westheimer (corner of
Westheimer & Dunvale)
RSVP by Tuesday, August 22. E-Mail:
pio@alnm.net.
Click here for event flyer.
August 24, 2006 - The Point of No Return: Iran's Path
to Democracy
Speaker: Mohsen Sazegara, Yale
University for International and Area
Studies
When: Thursday, August 24, 2006
Time:
Registration 6:00 p.m., Program 6:30
-7:30 p.m.
Where: The Junior League, 1811
Briar Oaks Lane, The Ballroom
Mohsen Sazegara, a leader of the Iranian
student movement against the Shah,
returned to Iran in 1979 at the side of
Ayatollah Khomeini. After Ayatollah
Khomeini gained control of the Iranian
government Sazegara served as the
founder of the Iranian Revolutionary
Guard Corps and as managing director of
the National Radio of Iran. After
working in several government positions
throughout the 1980s Sazegara left the
Iranian government in 1989 disillusioned
with the revolutionary government. Since
then Sazegara has worked to bring reform
to Iran. In 2001 Sazegara attempted to
run for President but his candidacy was
rejected by the Guardian Council. After
this rejection Sazegara attempted to
initiate a referendum on replacing the
Iranian constitution. He was
subsequently arrested in 2003 where he
underwent several hunger strikes which
led to a deterioration of his health and
in 2004 he was permitted to go to London
for medical treatment. Sazegara
continues to work on a National
referendum for constitutional reform and
helped to launch an online petition
which has garnered the support of more
than 35,000 signatories as well as 300
political and cultural activists in Iran
and abroad.
HWAC members Free, non-members $ 20.
For more information, visit
www.hwac.net.
August 20, 2006 - Texas Annual Symposium on Prison Dawah
When: Sunday, August 20, 2006
Time: 8 AM - 3 PM
Where: ISGH Main Center, 3110 Eastside, Houston, Texas 77098
For more information, visit www.isgh.org.
The Arab Roots Youth Group would like to invite you to their Humanitarian Relief drive for the people of Lebanon
When: Saturday, August 19, 2006
Time: 12:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M.
Where: Arab American Cultural & Community Center, 10555 Stancliff Rd, Houston, TX 77099
Arab Roots call on all Houstonians to join this humanitarian effort as the community continues to work diligently to collect food, clothes, baby items, and much needed medical and personal hygiene supplies to send to the displaced civilians in Lebanon. The items collected will be shipped to Lebanon under the supervision of the United Nations.
Please help us make a difference. Your Support Saves Lives!
Form more information, send e-mail to arabroots@yahoo.com.
August 19, 2006 -
Young Global Leaders Summit: The Future
of U.S.-Islamic World Relations
Students and young professionals wishing
to make a difference in the world are
invited to apply for the Young Leaders
Summit on the Future of U.S.-Islamic
World Relations. The summit will bring
together young global leaders from
across the South and Midwest for a day
of workshops, speakers, and discussions
on how young people can take positive
action to improve U.S.-Muslim relations.
Students will hear from top experts and
then have the chance to weigh in with
their own view on the future of this
critical global relationship.
When: August 19, 2006
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (Breakfast
and Lunch provided)
Location: University of St. Thomas, 3800
Montrose Blvd, Houston, Texas (directions)
For more information, visit
http://www.aidemocracy.org/august19.cfm.
August
18, 2006 -
Demonstration in front of the Israeli
Consulate
During the past
month, the U.S.-backed Israeli invasion of
Lebanon has killed more than one thousand
people, injured more than three thousand
people, and displaced almost one million
people. Despite the grave humanitarian
crisis, Israel continues to attack relief
aid convoys along with many other civilian
targets. Although the United Nations
Security Council has passed a resolution
calling for an end to the fighting, Israel
appears determined to kill and injure as
many people as possible before any
cease-fire takes effect.
The Houston Emergency Coalition Against
Israeli Aggression is calling a
demonstration. The focus of the
protest will be the victims of Israeli
aggression in Lebanon and Palestine, with
special remembrance of the massacre at Qana.
The Coalition demands that Israel
immediately withdraw from Lebanon and cease
all military attacks on Gaza. We demand
that Israel pay reparations for the
catastrophic destruction it has caused in
Lebanon. We further demand that the US cut
off military aid to Israel in light of its
violations of the US Arms Export Controls
Act. The Coalition supports the right of
self-determination for the Palestinian
people and the end to the illegal occupation
of Palestine.
We urge the broadest possible participation
in the protest. Please join us and show your
solidarity with the people of Lebanon and
Palestine.
When: Friday,
August
18, 2006
Time: 5:30 pm
Where: in front of the Israeli
Consulate (24 Greenway Plaza, on Weslayan
between Richmond and SW Freeway 59, next to
Edwards Cinema).
For more information, call (832) 692-2306 or
(713) 528-1817.
Click here for event flyer.
August 16, 2006 - Islamic
Meditation Practices
When: Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Time: 12 pm - 1 pm
Where:
The Rothko
Chapel, 1409 Sul Ross at Yupon, Houston,
Texas (713-524-9839)
Dr. Basheer Khumawala will explain the
significance of the five daily prayers in
the context of the teachings of Islam. He
will explain their divinely chosen times
during the day, provide the meaning of the
call to prayer and what is said in these
prayers and demonstrate the form of the
prayer. He will also lead the audience in
prayer and answer any questions from the
guests.
Dr. Basheer Khumawala is a member of the
Islamic Society of Greater Houston and is
very active with Interfaith work in the
city. He is past board member of the
Interfaith Ministries of Greater Houston and
is a frequent speaker on Islam at various
religious, educational and social
organizations. He has participated in
several open houses at area mosques and has
hosted a number of groups from churches,
synagogues, temples, schools, colleges, etc.
Dr. Khumawala is a John & Rebecca Moores
Professor in the C.T. Bauer College of
Business Administration at the University of
Houston.
For more information, visit
www.rothkochapel.org.
August 16, 2006 -
Pre-Congressional Hearing Press
Conference
Houston's Unity Effort on Comprehensive
Immigration Reform.
When: Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Time: 9 a.m.
Where: Steps of Harris County
Civil Courts Building, 201 Caroline St.
Houston, TX 77002
For more information, contact Catholic
Charities at 713-874-6570.
August 16, 2006 -
Immigration Field Hearing: "Criminal Activity and Violence along the
Southern Border"
U.S. House of Representatives Committee on
Homeland Security, Subcommittee on
Investigations
Houston's Unity Effort on Comprehensive
Immigration Reform.
When: Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Time: 9:30 a.m.
Where: 17th Floor Harris County
Civil Courts Building, 201 Caroline St.
Houston, TX 77002
For more information, contact Catholic
Charities at 713-874-6570.
August 15, 2006 - Israel Out of
Lebanon Protest
When: Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Time: 5:30 pm
Where: Woodhead Bridge over HWY 59 in
Houston
Theme: ISRAEL OUT OF LEBANON
All
signs will be devoted to this issue.
For more information, contact Bob Carter at
rwcsr1@yahoo.com.
Click here for event flyer.
August 15, 2006 - Alternative
Perspectives
Alternative
Perspectives on Channel 17 on Time Warner
Cable in Houston will have a live call in
show. Host Jackie Carpenter will
welcome three guests, among them Sahar
Abusada of Palestinians for Peace and
Democracy who will talk about her work, and
Mohammad Alatar's newly released
documentary, The Iron Wall. Scenes from the
documentary will air on the program.
When: Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Time: 9 p.m.
Where: Cable channel 17
August 15, 2006 -
Community Hearing "Houston, a Global
City: Contributions & Challenges of
Comprehensive Immigration Reform"
Houston's Unity Effort on Comprehensive
Immigration Reform.
When: Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Time: 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Where: University of
Houston, University Center, 2nd
Floor - The Houston Room
For more information, contact Catholic
Charities at 713-874-6570.
August 15, 2006 -
Inter-Faith Candlelight Prayer Vigil:
"Moral Compassion for Comprehensive
Immigration Reform"
Houston's Unity Effort on Comprehensive
Immigration Reform.
When: Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Where: The Steps of Houston City
Hall
For more information, contact Catholic
Charities at 713-874-6570.
August 11, 12 & 13, 2006
- Middle East Relief Drive
Middle East Relief Drive for Lebanon &
Palestine
Arab Roots youth group urge you to help and
never forget our roots!!!
Drop off Places, Dates and times:
| 1. |
Date: Friday, August 11, 2006 Time: 2:00 to 4:00 pm Where: Elfarouq Foundation, 1207 Conrad Sauer, Houston, Texas 77043 www.elfarouq.org |
| 2. |
Saturday, August 12, 2006 Time: 4:00 to 6:00 pm Where: ACC - The Arab American Cultural Center www.acc-houston.com |
| 3. |
Date: Sunday, August 13, 2006 Time: 2:00 to 4:00 pm Where: St.George Orthodox Church, 5311 Mercer St., Houston, Texas 77005 www.StGeorgeHouston.com |
Cloths, Food, Toys, Medical supplies ... etc
could be dropped at any of the above
locations.
Checks and money donations please make
payment out to "ACC – Lebanon Relief Fund".
Click here for flyer.
Form more information, send e-mail to
arabroots@yahoo.com.
February 24 through August 13, 2006
- The
Royal Tombs of Ur: Ancient Treasures
from Modern Iraq
In the new special exhibition, The Royal
Tombs of Ur: Ancient Treasures from
Modern Iraq, stunning jewels from the
far reaches of the ancient world,
fearsome weapons wrought from precious
metals and gilt objects of everyday
grandeur created by this ancient and
highly advanced Mesopotamian
civilization are presented alongside
compelling evidence of human sacrifice.
From the University of Pennsylvania
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology,
the exhibit is on display at the Houston
Museum of Natural Science from Feb. 24
through Aug. 13, 2006.
A free podcast audio tour for the
special exhibition The Royal Tombs of
Ur: Ancient Treasures from Modern Iraq
will be available on the Museum’s Web
site,
www.hmns.org, when the exhibit opens
on Feb. 24, 2006. Visitors can download
this podcast, a series of MP3 files that
walks the listener through the exhibit
and provides additional insight into
this fascinating culture, onto a
portable MP3 player and bring it with
them on a tour through the exhibit.
This exhibition was organized by the
University of Pennsylvania Museum of
Archaeology and Anthropology. Located in
the Albert and Ethel Herzstein Hall of
Special Exhibitions, it is underwritten
locally by the George and Mary Josephine
Hamman Foundation.
For more information, visit
www.hmns.org.
August 12, 2006 - 2nd
Major Support Event for the People
of Lebanon
The Lebanese American and Arab American
community leaders in Houston would like to
invite you to its 2nd Major
Fundraising event for the
people of Lebanon.
When: Saturday, August 12, 2006
Time: 4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Where:
Arab American Cultural & Community Center,
10555 Stancliff Rd, Houston, TX 77099
Please help us in this humanitarian
effort! As you all know the tragedy is
overwhelming and the needs are tremendous,
your participation in this event will be
highly appreciated, for this is something
that we all can do to alleviate the human
suffering in Lebanon.
Please make your generous and needed
donation payable to "ACC-LEBANON RELIEF
FUND".
This event is open to all Houstonians of
all ethnic and religious backgrounds. The
program will begin at 4 pm with a moment of
silence, followed by PowerPoint
presentations and possibly a Panel from the
congressmen’s offices.
Those who desire to make contributions
but are not able to attend are urged to
contact Brigitte Zaback at ACC for guidance
at 832-351-3366.
For more information, contact the ACC at
832-351-3366.
August 10, 2006 - Why
We Fight
The Houston Peace Forum continues its
summer film series with a screening of
"Why We Fight," which was a winner at
the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. It's a
nonpartisan inquiry into the forces -
political, economic and
ideological--that drive America to
engage in so many wars.
When: Thursday, August 10, 2006
Time: 7:15 p.m.
Where: First Unitarian
Universalist Church, 5200 Fannin, Room
302.
Refreshments will be served. For further
information, call Pat Nichols at
713-681-6267.
August 8, 2006 - Israel Out of
Lebanon Protest
When: Tuesday, August 8, 2006
Time: 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Where: Woodhead Bridge over HWY 59 in
Houston
Theme: ISRAEL OUT OF LEBANON
All
signs will be devoted to this issue.
For more information, contact Bob Carter at
rwcsr1@yahoo.com.
Click here for event flyer.
August 1, 2006 - Israel Out
of Lebanon Protest
When: Tuesday, August 1 & 8, 2006
Time: 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Where: Woodhead Bridge over HWY 59 in
Houston
Theme: ISRAEL OUT OF
LEBANON
All
signs will be devoted to this issue.
For more information, contact Bob Carter at
rwcsr1@yahoo.com.
July 5-August 2, 2006 - Learn
Arabic in 4 Weeks at ACC
The Bilateral US-Arab
Chamber of Commerce and the Arab American Cultural &
Community Center (ACC) are presenting
INTENSIVE ARABIC 101 (1 Year of Arabic in 4
weeks).
Instructor: Maria Luis-Perez
Where:
Arab American Cultural & Community
Center,
10555 Stancliff Rd, Houston,
TX 77099
Time: Beginning July 5, 2006; Ending August
2, 2006
Monday - Friday (1:00 pm - 2:30 pm) or
Monday - Friday (7:00 pm - 8:30 pm)
Cost: $180 nonmembers, $80 for BUSACC & ACC
members
Supplies: Text will be provided
Reservation Required:
edu@bilateralchamber.org,
Phone: 713-880-8168, Fax:
713-880-8278
July 30, 2006 - Urgent
Lebanon Relief Fund
The Arab American
Cultural & Community Center in Houston
and several other organizations are organizing a special Fund Raising
Event for Lebanon.
When: Sunday, July 30, 2006
Time: 4 p.m.
Where:
Arab American Cultural & Community
Center,
10555 Stancliff Rd, Houston,
TX 77099
Please help us in this humanitarian
effort! As you all know the
tragedy is overwhelming and the needs
are tremendous, your participation in
this event will be highly appreciated,
for this is something that we all can do
to alleviate the human suffering in
Lebanon.
Please make your generous and needed
donation payable to "ACC-LEBANON RELIEF
FUND".
The event is open to all Houstonians of
all ethnic and religious background.
Those who desire to make contributions
but are not able to attend are urged to
contact Brigitte Zaback at ACC for
guidance at 832-351-3366.
For more information, contact the ACC at
832-351-3366.
Click here for flyer.
July 28, 2006 - Rally for
Peace & Justice for Palestine &
Lebanon
When: Friday, July 28, 2006
Time: 3 pm - 5 pm
Where: Federal Building (Downtown
Houston),
400 Rusk, Houston, Texas 77002
Join our peaceful rally to protest our
government's policies towards the human
crisis and the injustices that the
Palestinians and Lebanese are facing, and heighten
the American public awareness of the
political and humanitarian plight of the
Palestinian & Lebanese people and the need for
peace and stability in the region.
Sponsored by The Alliance for Peace &
Justice for Palestine, and the following
organizations: ACC, American
Veterans for Peace, APPM, Council on
Islamic-American Relations (CAIR),
Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA),
Islamic Education Center (IEC), Islamic
Society of Greater Houston (ISGH), MAS
Freedom Foundation, Palestinian American Congress
and other human rights, civil right and
faith communities..
For more information, call 713-524-6615.
Click here for flyer.
Summer 2006
- Arabic Classes at the University
of St. Thomas
This summer, Modern & Classical
Languages at the University of St.
Thomas is offering Arabic I and Arabic
II along with the Arabic Culture I and
II. These are offered back to back,
Monday through Thursday nights.
Summer I (five weeks beginning May
30-July 5) MACL 1331 Arabic I, MTWTh
5:30-7:30 p.m.
Listening, speaking, reading and
writing.
MACL 4393 Arabic Culture I (in English
mostly), MTWTh 8:00 -10:00 p.m.
Unique, one-time opportunity! A
Middle Eastern movies course taught by
well-known Iraqi actor Dr.
Kaied Hassan.
Arabic Culture II (Via The Movies) -
Taught in English
There is no prerequisite for the Arabic
Culture II (Via the Movies) course
during Summer II. Arabic Culture II
fulfills three hours of the foreign
language core requirement for non-native
English speakers or qualifies as an
upper-number or MLA elective for all
others.
Summer II (five weeks; July 10-Aug. 10)
MACL 4393/MLMLA 6393 Arabic Culture II,
TTh 5:30-8:30 p.m.
Elementary Arabic II (Language)
While some introductory linguisitic
ability with Arabic is necessary for the
Summer II continuing language course,
Arabic II, it can either be from Arabic
I during Summer I or another source.
Arabic II fulfills three hours of the
foreign language core requirement or
qualifies as an elective.
Summer II (five weeks; July 10-Aug. 10)
MACL 1332 Arabic II, MW 5:30-8:30 p.m.
For more information, visit
www.stthom.edu or contact Dr. Debra
D. Andrist, chair of the Department, at
andrist@stthom.edu.
July 27, 2006 - Press
Conference featuring Houstonians who
were either in Lebanon or Palestine
during the recent attacks or who have
family there
The Houston Emergency Coalition Against
Israeli Aggression asks all people of
conscience to join them at a press
conference to give voice to Houstonians
who were either in Lebanon or Palestine
during the recent attacks or who have
family there.
When: Thursday, July 27, 2006
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Where:
Arab American Cultural & Community
Center,
10555 Stancliff Rd, Houston,
TX 77099
Why: Israel's
overwhelming military force against the
people of Palestine and Lebanon has
already cost the lives of hundreds of
people and may provoke a horrific
regional or global war.
Who:
Said Mneimne, a Lebanese-American who is from Beirut. He was there when the Israeli offensive started and witnessed some of the rockets landing. Mneimne was part of the evacuation from Beirut to Cyprus.
Kaissar Najjar, a Lebanese-American with family still in Lebanon. Family is from Dar Chamazina. Najjar will speak about the effects of the conflict on his family.
Sousan Hammad, a Palestinian-American who recently attended the marriage of her sister in Palestine and was beaten by Israeli troops during a demonstration against Israel’s barrier.
Manal Broeckelmann, a Lebanese-American, who was evacuated from Beirut. After spending 18 hours on the deck of the “USS Nashville" and two days in Cyprus. Broeckelmann returned to Houston on Monday, July 24.
This event is sponsored by
the Houston Emergency Coalition against
Israeli Aggression. Additional endorsing
organizations include: the American Arab
Anti-Discrimination Committee-Houston; Free
Press Houston; Palestinian American
Congress-Houston and Palestinians for Peace
and Democracy in Houston.
For more information about the Houston
Emergency Coalition Against Israeli
Aggression or to set up local interviews,
call 832-692-2306 or 713-528-1817.
July 27, 2006 - ALNM
Evening with Dr. Shelley Sekula-Gibbs
The American Lebanese National Mission
cordially invites you to an evening with
Dr. Shelley Sekula-Gibbs, City of
Houston Council Members At Large and
Candidate for U.S. Congress District 22.
When: Thursday, July 27, 2006
Time: 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Where: Fadi’s Mediterranean
Cuisine, 8383 Westheimer (corner of
Westheimer & Dunvale)
RSVP by Tuesday, July 25. E-Mail:
pio@alnm.net.
July 23, 2006 - Muslim
Inter-Scholastic Tournament National
Awards Banquet
When: Sunday, July 23, 2006
Time: 4 PM
Where: University of Houston Main
Campus, University Center
For more information, visit
www.getmistified.com/houston/html/banquet.html.
July 22, 2006 - ADC
Meeting
The Houston Chapter of the American-Arab
Anti-Discrimination Committee is holding
a meeting to discuss several issues,
including
meeting with
representatives, press
conference, press release, and building
coalitions.
When: Saturday, July 22, 2006
Time: 11:30 a.m.
Where:
Arab American Cultural & Community
Center,
10555 Stancliff Rd, Houston,
TX 77099
For more information, visit
www.adchouston.org.
July 20, 2006 - Arab American
Voters Coalition Meeting
When: Thursday, July 20, 2006
Time: 6 pm
Where: Jungman Public Library, 5830
Westheimer (Between Chimney Rock &
Fountainview)
For more information, visit
www.votercoalition.org.
July
18, 2006 - Cultural Feast
Dinner "Dining in Mesopotamia"
When: Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Time: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Where: Kiran’s: 4100 Westhiemer
near Mid Lane
The river civilizations of ancient
Mesopotamia, Egypt and the Indus Valley
shared cultural similarities such as the
growth of urban centers, the development
of writing and the creation of a network
of long distance trade routes for
supplying luxury goods. The materials
used for many objects from the Royal
Tombs of Ur exemplify the extent of this
long distance trade - lapis lazuli from
Baluchistan, silver from Anatolia, and
carnelian beads from the Indus Valley,
the area of modern India and Pakistan.
Some scholars have further suggested the
possibility of foreign craftsmen living
and working in ancient Mesopotamia.
Join us for a dinner treat you will not
soon forget as well as learn of the
history and culture of Mesopotamia.
Organized by the Houston Museum of
Natural Science. For more
information, call 713-639-4629 or visit
www.hmns.org.
July
17, 2006 -
Demonstration in front of the Israeli
Consulate
The Houston Emergency Coalition Against
Israeli Aggression is calling a
demonstration in front of the Israeli
Consulate in Houston.
The Coalition demands that Israel
immediately cease all military attacks
on Gaza and Lebanon. We further
demand that the US cut off military aid
to Israel in light of its violations of
the US Arms Export Controls Act.
The Coalition supports the right of
self-determination for the Palestinian
people and the end to the illegal
occupation of Palestine.
When: Monday, July
17, 2006
Time: 4:30 pm to 6 pm
Where: in front of the Israeli
Consulate (24 Greenway Plaza, on Weslayan
between Richmond and SW Freeway 59, next to
Edwards Cinema).
For more information, call (832) 692-2306 or
(713) 528-1817.
July 16, 2006 - Eulogy to
the Late Writer & Journalist Nidal Zayed
CANCELLED
Arab Americans For Culture & Arts and
the Palestinian American
Congress-Houston Chapter invite you to
attend
Eulogy to the Late Writer
& Journalist Nidal Zayed.
When: Sunday, July 16, 2006
Time: 6:00 pm
Where:
Arab American Cultural & Community
Center,
10555 Stancliff Rd, Houston,
TX 77099
Coffee, soft drinks & snacks available.
July 15, 2006 -
Emergency Community Meeting about
Lebanon
In response to the massive amount of
calls and emails we have received
regarding the situation in Lebanon, the
American Lebanese National Mission (ALNM)
is calling for an Emergency Community
Meeting. The intent of this forum is to
help answer any questions you may have
and provide our families with any
assistance they may need.
When: Saturday, July 15, 2006
Time: 6:00 pm - 9 pm
Where: Fadi’s Mediterranean
Cuisine, 8383 Westheimer (corner of
Westheimer & Dunvale)
Participating via Teleconference:
Dr. Joseph Gebeily, Lebanese Information
Center, Wahington DC
Dr. James Zogby, Arab American
Institute, Washington DC
Dr. Mustapha Allouch, Member of
Parliament, Lebanon
Dr. Mazin Moufarij, ALNM Ambassador to
Lebanon, Lebanon
The American Lebanese National Mission (ALNM)
expresses grave concerns over the
ongoing “invasion” of Lebanon and the
loss of innocent lives that has resulted
from the “Act of war” against our
infrastructure.
We pray for the safety of all our
citizens in Lebanon and for an immediate
cease fire.
For more information, visit
www.alnm.net.
June 17-July 15, 2006 -
MAS Youth Leadership Training Program
A Muslim Youth Guide to Leadership
MAS Youth of Houston, which is the Youth
branch of Muslim American Society, is
pleased to announce to you “The MAS
Youth Leadership Training Program 2006”
which is sponsored by the MSA of
University of Houston. The
objectives of the program are to promote
the comprehensive way of understanding,
living, and promoting Islam based on the
teachings of the Quran and the Sunnah of
the Prophet Mohammad -AS-, to help our
Muslim youth develop leadership skills -
such as effective planning,
communication skills, public speaking,
time/stress/ human resources/ and
financial management - to enhance their
ability of serving our Dawa in a
professional manner, and to educate our
Muslim Youth about the Prophet –AS- as a
leader of our Ummah and study his
leadership model, especially the concept
of serving with sincerity, humbleness,
and wisdom.
When: Every Saturday June 17-July
15, 2006 (4 meetings)
Time: 9:30 am
Where: University of Houston
Topics are about “Youth Leaders
understanding of Aqeedah and Shareea’”,
“Management skills” such as time,
stress, financial, and human resources
management, “Youth Leaders and
challenges of the Western culture”,
“Activism and political involvement” and
other topics.
Some of the speakers are: Dr. Zoubir
Bouchikhi, Dr Hamed Ghazali, Br.
Mohammad Abbasi from New Jersey, Br
Amjad Muhtaseb,and the MAS and MSA Youth
Leaders.
Registration is on site, it is only $20
per meeting. Refreshments will be
served.
For more information contact Younoos
Latheef at 713-294-3301.
Click here for flyer.
July 10, 2006 - Al Raja
Palestinian Folkloric Dance Troupe in
Houston
When: Monday, July 10, 2006
Time: 7:30 pm
Where:
University of Houston, Cullen
Performance Hall
In Ramallah a group of young folk
dancers is anxiously awaiting the coming
of summer when they will travel to the
United States to share their culture and
help Americans understand who they are
and how they live. The teens are
members of the Al Raja Palestinian
Folkloric Dance Troupe. They will visit
congregations and special events of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA),
performing in Chicago, Omaha, San
Francisco, San Antonio, and other
cities.
Al Raja means “hope." The dancers are
Christian and Muslim teens from the
Evangelical Lutheran School of Hope in
Ramallah. The school is a ministry of
the Evangelical Lutheran Church in
Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL).
Members of the dance troupe are eager to
meet American youth and see how they
live. They have much to share with
Americans about life in Palestine. One
way these teens express their culture is
through traditional dance. They practice
for hours each week. The Al Raja Dance
Troupe is only about two years old, but
many children in Palestine learn the
traditional debka dancing from an early
age. In 2004 the dancers went to Norway.
Travel from the occupied Palestinian
lands is a challenge.
This event is co-sponsored by the Arab
American Students Association (AASA) at
the University of Houston, and the
Houston chapter of the
American Arab Anti-Discrimination
Committee (ADC Houston).
For more information, contact Brigitte
at 832-351-3366 or at
bzabak@acc_yahoo.com,
or contact
Chris Hicks
at
chrishicks@houston.rr.com.
About Al Raja Group:
www.electronicpeace.org/alraja.aspx
Al Raja Tour 2006 Schedule in the USA.
June 30, 2006 - Protest in
front of the Israeli Consulate in Houston
The Irish Unity Committee asks that all
persons of conscience join in one voice to
protest the Israeli aggression in the Gaza
Strip. As Palestinian people face the
terror of Israel's tanks and planes, send a
message that their struggle is our struggle.
When: Friday, June 30, 2006
Time: 5 p.m.
Where: In front of the Israeli
Consulate in Houston, 24 Greenway Plaza (on
Weslayan between Richmond and S.W. Freeway
(next to Edwards Cinemas).
BRING YOUR VOICE -- YOUR SIGNS -- AND YOUR
PALESTINIAN FLAGS.
June 30, 2006 - Afif Safieh,
Head of PLO Mission to Speak in Houston
When: Friday, June 30, 2006
Time: 8 pm
Where:
Arab American Cultural & Community
Center,
10555 Stancliff Rd, Houston,
TX 77099
This event will be in Arabic.
For more information,
click here for flyer.
June 29, 2006 - The Road
to Peace: The Future of Palestine Under
Hamas
Afif Safieh, Head of the PLO Mission to
Washington D.C.
When: Thursday, June 29, 2006
Time:
Registration: 6:00 PM,
Program: 6:30 - 7:30 PM
Where: The Consort Ballroom, The
Westin Oaks, 5011 Westheimer, Houston
As the Palestinians struggle to shape a
new Hamas-led government western nations
are forced to weigh their options and
evaluate their ability to support the
Palestinian people. One after another
nations are withdrawing their aid to the
Palestinians; meanwhile, the people of
Palestine have begun to sell off their
most valuable possession just to make
ends meet.
How will the outcome of this election
affect the peace process, the
relationship with President Mahmoud
Abbas, and the future economic
development of the West Bank and Gaza?
Ambassador Safieh will discuss the
election of Hamas, the status of
Palestinian-American relations and the
challenges facing the Palestinian
people.
Ambassador Safieh was appointed head of
the PLO Mission in Washington on October
27, 2005. He previously served as Deputy
Director of the PLO Observer Mission to
the United Nations in Geneva, staff
member in the office of President Yasser
Arafat, PLO representative to the
Netherlands (1987-1990), Palestinian
General Delegate to the United Kingdom
(1990-2005) and to the Holy See
(1995-2005). He is the author of
numerous articles on Palestinian and
general Middle Eastern affairs.'
Ambassador Safieh was once dubbed by
Israel's Haaretz newspaper as, “the most
articulate Palestinian diplomat in
Europe, and possibly the world.”
This is a Houston World Affairs Council
event (HWAC
members free, non-members $20).
For more information, visit
www.hwac.net.
June 29, 2006 -
ALNM & and ARYG Thursday
Night Mixer
The
American Lebanese National Mission and
Arab Youth Roots Group cordially invite
you to a Thursday Night Mixer.
When: Thursday, June 29, 2006
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Where: Cafe Layal,
6328 Richmond, Houston, Texas 77057
Join the
American Lebanese National Mission and the
Arab Youth Roots Group for a night of
specializing and great music by DJ RhYme on
the patio of Cafe Layal.
We will be showcasing a short outdoor movie
about the great achievements of Arabs and
their contributions to society. This
is a great opportunity to learn about the
Arabic culture.
For more information, email ARYG at
arabroots@yahoo.com or ALNM at
pio@alnm.net.
June 28, 2006 - Building
Bridges of Understanding: Interfaith
Dialogue & Discussion
When: Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Time: 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Where: Unity Church of
Christianity, Pyramid, 2929 Unity Drive,
Houston, TX 77057
For more information,
click here for flyer.
June 26-28, 2006 -
U.S.-Arab Economic Forum
More than 1,200 American and Arab
business, political and civic leaders
will gather in Houston June 26-28, 2006
for the U.S.-Arab Economic Forum (USAEF).
Supported by the U.S. Departments of
State and Commerce and USAID, the Arab
League and the Gulf Co-operation
Council, the USAEF 2006 will focus on
improving economic ties and economic
development as a source of societal
change. A biennial event originally
scheduled for 2005, the USAEF was
postponed until 2006 due to the
aftermath of hurricane Katrina and the
influx of tens-of-thousands of refugees
into the Houston area.
The USAEF 2006 will address transparency
and accountability, human capacity
building, trade infrastructure,
public-private partnerships and
empowering women through economics,
among other topics. USAEF 2006
proceeds, and related fund-raising
activities, will support ongoing
initiatives on many of these issues.
Participants will hear from Arab League
Secretary General Amre
Moussa and Qatari Oil
Minister Abdullah
bin Hamad al-Attiyah as well
as more than 90 economic leaders,
government officials, futurists and
healthcare and development experts from
the United States and Arab world.
The U.S.-Arab Economic Forum is
organized by the American
Middle East Economic Affairs Committee (AMEAC)
and co-presented by the Arab
Community Center for Economic and Social
Services (ACCESS), the American-Arab Chamber of Commerce,
the Bilateral U.S.-Arab Chamber of Commerce
and the Greater
Houston Partnership.
AMEAC is a not-for-profit,
non-governmental initiative that
addresses the challenges facing the
Middle East and North Africa by engaging
individuals, communities, businesses and
governments to facilitate economic
growth, trade and investment between the
U.S. and the Arab world.
Registration information is
available at
www.usaeforum.org. USAEF
proceedings are open to the media.
For more information, contact Jennifer
Salan at 202-494-9857 or at
jsalan@usaeforum.org.
June
27, 2006 - Progressive Women
from the Middle East
When: Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Time: 10:30 am - 11:30 am
Where: University of St. Thomas,
Cullen Hall, 3800 Montrose, Houston, Texas
77006
For more information,
click here for flyer.
June 27, 2006 - Social
Reform in Saudi Arabia
The Bilateral US-Arab Chamber of
Commerce and the Boniuk Center for the
Advancement of Religious Tolerance at
Rice University are presenting "Social
Reform in Saudi Arabia, and Inter-Faith
Dialogue".
When: Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Time: 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Where: Rice University, James A.
Baker III Hall, Kelly International
Conference Facility, 6100 Main Street,
Houston, Texas 77005
It is a forum led by a Delegation from
Saudi Arabia followed by a Question &
Answer session.
For More information and to RSVP,
contact Calvin Preece at
calp@rice.edu, 713-348-4536 (phone),
713-348-4537 (fax).
Click here for flyer
and more information.
June 26, 2006 -
"Education Reform & the Women of Saudi
Arabia"
When: Monday, June 26, 2006
Time: 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Where: Rice University, World
Geography AP Teachers, K-12
For more information,
click here for flyer.
June
26, 2006 - "Building Bridges:
Saudi Arabia & Houston, TX"
When: Monday, June 26, 2006
Time: 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Where: University of Houston Hilton,
Shamrock Rm, A., 4800 Calhoun Rd, Houston,
TX 77004
For more information,
click here for flyer.
June 24 2006 - ADC
Meeting
The Houston Chapter of the American-Arab
Anti-Discrimination Committee is holding
a meeting to discuss several issues,
including the recent ADC National
Convention.
When: Saturday, June 24, 2006
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Where:
Arab American Cultural & Community
Center,
10555 Stancliff Rd, Houston,
TX 77099
For more information, visit
www.adchouston.org.
June
19, 2006 - Meet and Greet Greg Palast in
Houston
Greg Palast
is an investigative journalist and
author of the New York Times bestseller,
"The Best Democracy Money Can Buy".
He is best known as the journalist who,
for the
Observer (UK), broke the story of how
Jeb Bush purged thousands of Black
Florida citizens from voter rolls before
the 2000 election, thereby handing the
White House to his brother George. His
reports on the theft of the 2004
election, the spike of the FBI
investigations of the bin Ladens before
September 11, and the secret State
Department documents planning the
seizure of Iraq's oil fields have won
him a record six "Project Censored"
awards.
When: Monday, June 19, 2006
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Where:
River Oaks Theater,
2009
West Grey Street
Ticket prices: $10 for KPFT members; $15
for non-members
Meet and
Greet Reception at 5:30 PM at River Oaks
Theatre. $100 tickets to reception
include reserved seating for the 7 PM
event, a copy of Palast's new book,
Armed Madhouse, and light refreshments.
Cash bar. Dress: business casual.
Visit
www.kpft.org for more information.
June 19, 2006 -
The Mysteries of Morocco
Travel Briefing
When: Monday, June 19, 2006
Time:
Registration: 6:00 PM,
Program: 6:30 - 7:30 PM
Where: Compass Bank, 2001 Kirby
Drive, The Meeting Room, 2nd Floor,
Houston
HWAC members Free, non-members Free.
For centuries travelers have been
trekking to Morocco, enticed by its
amazing living history, unique scenery,
and hospitable people. Join us as we
explore the souks, filled with local
goods, and medinas of imperial cities,
and learn about Berber life in the High
Atlas. Throughout this excursion we will
meet with community leaders to learn
about the land, its people and what the
future holds for Morroco.
This is a Houston World Affairs Council
event (HWAC
members free and non-members free).
Co-organized with the
Bilateral US/Arab Chamber of Commerce.
For more information, visit
www.hwac.net.
June 17,
2006 - Interfaith Disaster
Preparedness Conference
The 2006 Interfaith Disaster
Preparedness Conference is for families,
faith communities, and other groups.
Houston Mayor Bill White, Harris County
Judge Robert Eckels and other top
government officials, plus leaders from
front line disaster response
organizations, will brief participants
on comprehensive disaster preparedness,
safety, evacuations plans, and relief
responses to natural and man-made
disasters.
When: Saturday, June 17, 2006
Time: Doors open 8:00 a.m.,
Registration 8:30 a.m., Program 9:00
a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Where:
United Way Community Resource Center,
50 Waugh Drive, Houston, TX 77007
Registration: By June 12, 2006: $20.00,
After June 12, 2006: $30.00
Registration fee includes admission to
conference events and lunch. Lunch
cannot be guaranteed for registrations
received after June 10, 2006.
Speakers include Houston Mayor Bill
White, Harris County Judge Robert Eckels,
Houston Fire Dept. Chief Phil Boriskie,
Texas DPS Chief Jack Colley, KHOU
Meteorologist Dr. Neil Frank, KHOU
Sportscaster Giff Nielsen, Jim McIngvale,
Mark Sloan, HCCC
For more information, visit
www.imgh.org/disaster2006.htm.
June 16, 2006 - Town Hall Meeting with FBI Officials
Time: 8:30 PM- 9:30 PM (between Maghrib and Isha)
Where: Southwest Zone - Masjid Hamza, Mission Bend Center
FBI officials will come and talk to the community .
For more information, contact Aftab Silat at asilat@hotmail.com.
June 15, 2006 - What Way
Forward Now for Israel and Palestine?
David Makovsky, Director, Project on the
Middle East Peace Process
When:
Thursday, June 15, 2006
Time: Registration: 6:00 PM,
Program: 6:30 - 7:30 PM
Where: The Junior League, 1811
Briar Oaks Lane, The Ballroom
In January of this year,
Hamas, the party of the Palestinian
Islamic Resistance Movement, swept to
power. In doing so it replaced the
secular, nationalist party of Fatah, as
the majority party in the Palestinian
legislature. This dramatic shift has
created countless unanswered questions
as observers struggle to determine what
kind of impact Hamas’ ascension to power
will have on the region, and the world.
Furthermore, Ehud Olmert the Israeli
Prime Minister has pledged to implement
a plan of “consolidation” which would
lead to Israel's evacuating more than
60,000 settlers from 72 settlements and
giving up Israeli claims to over 90
percent of the West Bank. With Hamas
leading the Palestinian people and
Olmert pledging drastic changes the
future of the peace process in the
Middle East is faced with new and
complex challenges.
What changes will Hamas bring to the
Palestinian people? What effect will
this new majority have on the peace
process? How will the Israeli settlers
react to Olmert’s “consolidation” plan?
Will the new Hamas majority have a
catalytic effect on radical tendencies
in other Muslim countries in the region?
Will the Hamas government be willing to
accept Olmert’s scaled down Israel?
This is a Houston World Affairs Council
event (HWAC
members free, non-members $20).
For more information, visit
www.hwac.net.
June
8, 2006 - Arab American
Voters Coalition Meeting
When: June 8, 2006
Time: 6 pm
Where: Jungman Public Library, 5830
Westheimer (Between Chimney Rock &
Fountainview)
For more information, visit
www.votercoalition.org.
June 7, 2006 - Seminar on "Structural Failures - Lessons Learned"
When: Wednesday, June 7, 2006
Time: 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Where: University of Houston - Main Campus, UC Tejas Room 238
Our speaker will be Mr. Hakim Bouadi, PH.D., P.E. , Senior Associate Structural Diagnostics Services, Walter P. Moore.
Mr. Hakim Bouadi, PH.D., P.E., a graduate from the University of Texas at Austin is currently a practicing engineer in the Structural Diagnostics Services Group of Walter P. Moore and Associates. He has several years of experiences in design of new buildings and in evaluation and retrofit of existing building and forensic work.
The presentation will discuss real projects that did not perform properly due to a design or construction flaw. The main consequences of these flaws will be discussed. The presentation will also discuss potential steps that can be taken to avoid such problems.
Free Admission
Certificate of Completion for Professional Development Hours (PDH’s) will be Awarded
This event is co-sponsored by the Arab American Students Association (AASA) at the University of Houston.
Click here of flyer.
For more information, visit www.aaeaa-tx.org.
June 3, 2006 - ADC
Meeting
The Houston Chapter of the American-Arab
Anti-Discrimination Committee is holding
a general meeting to discuss future
plans for the ADC Houston chapter, and
also get some nominations for the
upcoming board elections.
When: Saturday, June 3, 2006
Time: 1 p.m.
Where:
Arab American Cultural & Community
Center,
10555 Stancliff Rd, Houston,
TX 77099
For more information, visit
www.adchouston.org.
May 29, 2006 -
Memorial Service for Nidal Zayed
Please Join the Arab-American Cultural &
Community Center for a Memorial Service
for Nidal Zayed.
When: Monday, May 29, 2006
Time: 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Where:
Arab American Cultural & Community
Center,
10555 Stancliff Rd, Houston,
TX 77099
Late Saturday, May 27, 2006, Nidal Zayed,
Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Sharq Garb
Arabic Newspaper unexpectedly passed
away in the hospital. He was
buried on Sunday, May 28 in Houston.
Nidal was a friend to many of us and a
community activist. He will be missed by
all.
The Arab American Cultural & Community
Center (ACC) extends its deepest
sympathy and condolences to Nidal's
family & friends.
Let us all join in and extend our
condolences to the Zayed family during
this difficult time.
WE ASK FOR GOD'S MERCY
May 28, 2006 -
1st ICNA-MAS South
Central Regional Conference
Rediscover Prophet Muhammad's (PBUH)
Message
All are Invited, Muslims and Non Muslims
Renowned National and International
Islamic scholars/speakers
Highlights of the Event:
- Lectures on Islamic
Values
- Interactive Workshops
- Special Youth and Sister's Program
- World Largest Quran Exhibition
- Ethnic Food (Asian/Arabic)
- Special Children Events
- Extensive marketplace
- Family Counseling Sessions
Registration:
Family $25, Individual $15 and Student
$10
Early Registration (Last date Saturday
May 20th, 2006)
Family $20, Individual $12 and Student
$8
Where: University Center,
University of Houston, Houston, Texas
For more information, visit
www.icnasouth.com.
March 25-May 28, 2006 -
Disappeared in America
Opening Reception on Saturday March 25th, 4-6pm
Project Row Houses, 2500 Holman Street, 3rd Ward, Houston TX
Free & Open to the Public
Press Contact: Robert Pruitt, 713-526-7662, robertpruitt@projectrowhouses.org
Visible Collective uses films,
installations, & lectures to trace
migration impulses, hyphenated
identities and security panic. The
majority of Muslim migrants detained in
post-9/11 sweeps for terrorists were
from the invisible underclass of cities.
They are the recent immigrants who drive
our taxis, deliver our food, clean our
restaurant tables, and sell fruit,
coffee, and newspapers. The only time we
"see" them is when we glance at the hack
license in the taxi partition, or the ID
card around the neck of a vendor.
The detained are usually men, in various
states of "illegal" status, easily
dismissed as "law breakers." Finally,
when deported, they cease to exist in
the American consciousness. This desire
to create a sinister insider-outsider
with dubious "loyalty" has a long,
vicious pedigree, witness the 1919
detention of 10,000 immigrants after
anarchists bombed the Attorney General's
home; the 1941 internment of 110,000
Japanese-Americans; the COINTELPRO
infiltration of the Black Panthers; the
surveillance and harassment of
African-American political groups like
Deacons for Defense; the trial and
execution of the Rosenbergs; and the
HUAC Communist Witch Hunts under Senator
McCarthy.
For more information, visit
www.DisappearedInAmerica.org.
May 25, 2006 -
ALNM General Meeting: The FBI
The American Lebanese National Mission
will hold a general meeting, where the
guest speaker will be the FBI.
What does the FBI Really
do? What role does it play in Homeland
Security? What role does it play in
investigating Fraud against US Citizens
and/or the Community? What role does it
play in the Patriot Act?
When: Thursday,
May 25, 2006
Time: 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Where:
Fadi's
Mediterranean Cuisine,
8383 Westheimer,
Houston, Texas
15% discount on your meal tickets.
RSVP by
Tuesday, May 23 to
pio@alnm.net.
May 25, 2006 - "Roads to You: A
Celebration of One World" Concert Tour
The Boniuk Center at Rice is the Houston
sponsor of the USA "Roads You: A
Celebration of One World" concert tour,
featuring Jordanian composer Zade Dirani
and an international,
multi-faith orchestra made up of very
talented young musicians who share a
deep commitment to peace and
international understanding, which they
seek to promote through the universal
language of music.
During their stay in Houston, the
orchestra members will speak and play
for free at schools, community centers,
companies, private homes, and other
locations.
When: May 25, 2006
Time: 8 PM
Where: Stude Hall at Rice
University, Houston, Texas
Ticket sales from this concert make
possible the free school
programs. Tickets for the May 25th
concert are available at www.boniukcenter.org.
You can read more about the tour at
www.roadstoyou.com.
Click here for flyer.
May 21, 2006 - Humanitarian
Solidarity Day with the Palestinian
People
The United Holy Land Fund (Houston
Chapter) cordially invites all who care
to attend a day of solidarity with the
Palestinian people and to help alleviate
their pain and suffering under
occupation. Don't let them down.
They are counting on you!
When: Sunday, May 21, 2006
Time: 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Where:
Arab American Cultural & Community
Center,
10555 Stancliff Rd, Houston,
TX 77099
Food, drinks, folkloric songs and dabka.
Please bring your family and friends.
For more information, call Abbas Yaaqubi
at 832-455-9399 or Hatem Abdalla at
713-539-8189.
May 20, 2006 - End of School
Year Party
ACC Ladies Group & the ACC Arabic
Language School are proud to honor all
students who have successfully completed
this school year in Elementary and
Middle grade levels.
When: Saturday, May 20, 2006
Time: 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Where:
Arab American Cultural & Community
Center,
10555 Stancliff Rd, Houston,
TX 77099
Tickets: Students - $6.00, Adults - $8.00,
children under 3 - Free (includes
dinner)
The program
includes a Reception, Dinner, sing along
Disney movie, Ballet & Tab dance,
Arabic school kids program, Teachers
recognition, Violin & dance
performances, Face painting,
certificates & medals awards, DJ music &
dance.
All Students will receive gifts donated
by the ACC Arabic School & ACC Ladies
Group.
For more information
or
if you wish for your kids
to be recognized, call the ACC at
832-351-3366.
May 20, 2006 -
Annual National Arab-American Service
Day
The Arab-American Cultural and Community
Center (ACC) is proud to announce its
involvement in the Second Annual
National Arab-American Service Day.
The Service Day is an annual event
sponsored by the National Network of
Arab-American Communities that fosters
leadership and community engagement
through volunteerism and service.
The ACC is partnering with the
Arab-American Student Association at the
University of Houston and the Syrian
Club to provide service to our
community. We will be volunteering with
the Children's Museum of Houston and
Project C.U.R.E.
If you would like additional information
about the service day or the
organizations, please contact Brigitte
Zabak at
bzabak_acc@yahoo.com.
When: Saturday, May 20, 2006
Time: 9 AM - 12 PM (both locations
- volunteers MUST arrive at the sites by
8:30)
For more information, call the ACC at
832-351-3366.
May 18, 2006 - Voters
Coalition Executive Board Elections
The Arab American Voters Coalition
is excited to announce the upcoming
elections for the AAVC Executive Board.
Anyone wishing to nominate an individual
for the Executive Board needs to send
his or her nomination by the 10th of May
to our nominating committee at
enews@votercoalition.com.
The Steering Committee will be electing
the Executive Board at the May 18th
meeting.
Where: Mykonos Restaurant, 2181
Richmond (between Greenbriar and
Shephard)
Time: Please arrive at 6 PM if you
would like to have dinner. Meeting will
begin at 6:30 PM
Anyone and everyone is invited and
encouraged to offer their nominations
and to attend this upcoming Elections
meeting, and future Executive Board
meetings.
For more information, visit
www.votercoalition.org.
May 15, 2006 - A Sitting
Target: America's Security Nightmare
By Clark Ervin, The Aspen Institute
When: Monday, May 15, 2006
Time: Registration: 6:00 PM,
Program: 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Where: The Consort Ballroom, The
Westin Oaks, 5011 Westheimer
The attacks of 9/11 have caused
American’s to consider our security in a
whole new way as the sheer determination
of the world’s terrorists forces nations
to be on constant alert. But are we
ready for the next attack? Or does our
open society make us vulnerable and a
sitting target? Mr. Ervin will evaluate
the state of security in the United
States. With an insider’s view of the
current systems, he will give an
assessment of our risk and suggest
possible improvements. Ervin will also
evaluate security concerns outside of
the U.S. and their possible effects on
U.S. interests.
A dynamic and engaging speaker, native
Houstonian Clark Ervin spent several
years in the Texas state government,
serving as the Assistant Secretary of
State, Deputy Attorney General, General
Counsel, and Director of Administration
in the office of then Texas Attorney
General John Cornyn. In December 2003
Clark Ervin became the first acting
Inspector General of the Department of
Homeland Security. Prior to his service
at the Department of Homeland Security,
Ervin was the Inspector General of the
US Department of State and the
Broadcasting Board of Governors. He is a
graduate of Harvard Law School and of
Oxford where he was a Rhodes Scholar.
This is a Houston World Affairs Council
event (HWAC
members free, non-members $20).
For more information, visit
www.hwac.net.
May 13, 2006 - Memorial
Bench for Rima's Children
Please join the students & staff of
Austin Parkway Elementary as we dedicate
the memorial bench for Omar and Emma
Alexander.
When: Saturday, May 13, 2006
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Where: Austin Parkway Elementary,
3434 Pheasant Creek Dr, Sugar Land, TX
77478
Let's share this special moment with
Rima and Dolly.
For more information, please call Mary
Prine at 281-634-4004.
May 12, 2006 - A Town Hall
Meeting on Immigration Reform: A Nation
at the Crossroads
By Michael McCaul, United States
Congressman, Tenth District of Texas
When: Friday, May 12, 2006
Time: Registration: 11:30 AM,
Program: Noon-1:30 PM
Where: The Hyatt Regency Hotel,
1200 Louisiana Street, The Imperial
Ballroom
We are in the midst of a national debate
about immigration in America. House
leaders have called for tighter
restrictions along the United States’
southern border, passing a bill that
cracks down on un-documented people,
with no mention of citizenship or guest
workers. A key Senate committee approved
a bill that would give our country's 12
million illegal immigrants a path to
citizenship, as well as create a guest
worker program. The Senate Bill will
have to be reconciled with the House
bill.
With passions running high on all sides,
legislators are divided over this
contentious issue and there is clearly
difficult work ahead. Please join the
World Affairs Council of Houston and
other area organizations as we seek
understanding of the difficult and
complex issue of immigration.
Congressman Michael McCaul was elected
in 2004 to represent Texas’ 10th
District in the United States Congress
and now serves on the following
committees: the Homeland Security
Committee, Committee on International
Relations, Chairman of the Subcommittee
on Investigations, and served as the
chief of Terrorism and National Security
in the United States Department of
Justice for the Western Judicial
District of Texas. He has introduced
bills to strengthen border security.
This is a Houston World Affairs Council event (HWAC
members $30, non-members $40).
For more information, visit
www.hwac.net.
May 9, 2006 - On the Ground
in Iran: What the Iranian People Want?
By Patrick Clawson, Deputy Director,
Washington Institute for Near East
Policy
When: Tuesday, May 09, 2006
Time: Registration: 6:00 PM,
Program: 6:30 - 7:30 PM
Where: The Consort Ballroom, The
Westin Oaks, 5011 Westheimer
On the one hand the government of Iran
is “ready to negotiate” following the
Security Council call for suspension of
Iran’s enrichment activities, while on
the other they continue to assert their
sovereign right to engage in
civilian-use nuclear programs. The back
and forth between Iran’s representatives
and those of other nations leaves one
wondering about the sentiments of those
most affected: the Iranian people.
Exploring continuities and changes,
Patrick Clawson provides the historical
backdrop crucial to understanding how
Iranian pride and sense of their history
combine to make current politics both
contentious and potentially dangerous.
Patrick Clawson is deputy director for
research of the Washington Institute for
Near East Policy. His previous positions
include five years as senior research
professor at the National Defense
University’s Institute for Strategic
Studies. Dr. Clawson has also spent four
years at each of the following
Institutions: Foreign Policy Research
Institute, World Bank, and International
Monetary Fund, where he worked as a
senior economist. He has published op-ed
articles in major newspapers including:
the New York Times, the Wall Street
Journal, and the Washington Post.
Clawson has authored more than 30
scholarly articles on the Middle East
This is a Houston World Affairs Council
event (HWAC
members free, non-members $20).
For more information, visit
www.hwac.net.
May 7, 2006 -
Iman Academy Annual Fundraising Dinner
When: Sunday,
May 7, 2006
Time: 4:30 PM
Where: Holiday Inn Select, 2712
S.W. Frwy (Hwy 59
& Kirby)
Special guest speaker: Sheikh Abdul Rauf
Al Khawaldeh
Together we can build a generation of
children.
Bring your family and friends.
Babysitting is available.
For more information, call Iman Academy
at SW 281-498-1345, SE at 713-910-3626,
or 832-640-0832.
May 7, 2006 -
Words for Peace 4:
Dramatic Reading of
Voices of a People's History
When: Sunday, May 7, 2006
Time: 7:00 pm
Where: DiverseWorks Artspace, 1117
East Freeway, Houston, TX 77002
“When I began work, five years ago, on
what would become the present volume,
Voices of a People’s History of the
United States, I wanted the voices of
struggle, mostly absent from our history
books, to be given the place they
deserve,” said Howard Zinn. In this
volume (for sale at the event), there
will be a dramatic reading from a
variety of Houston activists, artists
and community members including Hitaji
Aziz, Autumn Knight, Chuck Jackson and
many more. Works range from individuals
such as Frederick Douglass, George
Jackson, Chief Joseph, Martin Luther
King Jr., Plough Jogger, Sacco and
Vanzetti, Patti Smith, Bruce
Springsteen, Mark Twain, and Malcolm X,
to name just a few. Voices of a People’s
History of the United States is edited
by Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove -
Arnove will be present for this event!
Paralleling the twenty-four chapters of
Zinn’s A People’s History of the United
States, Voices of a People’s History is
the long-awaited companion volume to the
national bestseller. Zinn has written
short introductions to the texts, which
range in length from letters or poems of
less than a page to entire speeches and
essays that run several pages. Anthony
Arnove's newest book, Iraq: The Logic of
Withdrawal is available through New
Press and sold at bookstores everywhere;
Arnove edited Iraq Under Siege and
Zinn's Terrorism and War and is a
well-known activist and writer.
Tickets: $5.00
This is Voices Breaking Boundaries
event. For more information, visit
www.vbbarts.org.
May 6-7, 2006 -
20th Annual Mediterranean Festival
Come join the fun and enjoy a pleasant
May afternoon or evening with some very
good food and entertainment.
Mediterranean Food (Kibbe, stuffed Grape
Leaves, Tabouleh, Humus, Spinach pies,
Shish Kabob, pizza and all of your
favorite sweets and drinks.
Mediterranean wines, Live Music and
Dancing entertainment, Chorale
presentations of Church music, Tours of
the St. George Sanctuary, Donkey rides
for the children, Carry out food also
available
When: Saturday, May 6 (11:00 AM to
10:00 PM)
Sunday, May 7
(12:00 to 6:00 PM)
Where: St. George Orthodox
Christian Church grounds,
5311 Mercer at Bissonnet
(between Buffalo Speedway and Edloe).
Price: $10 advanced ticket sales
until April 30th include free admission
and ten (10) $1 tickets for food or
drinks. Tickets are available from any
member of St. George Parish or from the
Church Office at 5311 Mercer.
Admission at the door will be $3.
Children under 12 are free.
More Information, call St. George Church
Office at 713-665-5252 or visit
www.stgeorgehouston.com.
Click here for flyer.
May 6, 2006 - Texas ADC
Banquet 2006
ADC Houston & Austin/San Antonio
Chapters cordially invite you to our
Texas ADC Banquet 2006 Featuring Keynote
speaker Senator James Abourezk,
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination
Committee Founder, a presentation by
Hon. Mary Rose Oakar,
ADC National President, and
Comedy Performance by Maysoon Zayid,
National Arab-American Star.
When: May 6, 2006
Time: 6:30 PM Reception;
7:00 PM Dinner
Where: Sheraton Suites Houston (by
the Galleria),
2400 West Loop South,
Houston, TX 77027
$75 per ticket; $40 for students
For more Information, contact Dania at
832-605 8457 or via e-mail at
yadania1@hotmail.com.
May 5, 2006 - The Iron
Wall: An Obstacle to Peace
A documentary exposing the impact of the
wall on the Palestinian people and the
peace process. Let’s get together
to help the Palestinian women in their
struggle against occupation!
Program includes live music by folk
singer David Rovics, a 55-minute
documentary, and a discussion with
audience/Q & A.
Raffle tickets!! Prizes include TWO
Airline Tickets!!
Fundraising to Relocate the Tulkarem
Bakery.
When: Friday, May 5, 2006
Time: 7:30 pm
Where:
Arab American Cultural & Community
Center,
10555 Stancliff Rd, Houston,
TX 77099
Refreshments provided. Baby
sitters available and security present.
Ticket price $10.00 as a means of
fundraising.
For more info, call Sahar Abusada at
281-565-6161. Sponsored by
Palestinians For Peace and Democracy.
Click here for flyer.
May 3, 2006 - More Than
Humanitarianism: A Strategic Approach
Toward Africa
By Princeton N. Lyman and J. Stephen
Morrison
When: Wednesday, May 03, 2006
Time: Registration: 6:00 PM,
Program: 6:30 - 7:30 PM
Where: The Junior League, 1811
Briar Oaks Lane, The Ballroom
Africa is of growing strategic
importance to the United States in
addition to being a humanitarian
concern. But a policy based only on
humanitarian concerns alone serves
neither U.S. interests, nor Africa’s. A
recent Council on Foreign Relations task
force finds that critical interests
would be better served by a more
comprehensive approach toward the
challenges facing Africa.
How can the United States best partner
with Africa on critical issues such as
economic development, democracy and
halting the spread of disease and
terrorism?
Princeton Lyman is the former U.S.
ambassador to South Africa and Nigeria
and former Assistant Secretary of State
for International Organization Affairs.
Dr. Lyman has served as Executive
Director of the Global Interdependence
Initiative, Aspen Institute (1999-2003);
Senior Fellow, United States Institute
of Peace (1999-2000); Assistant
Secretary of State for International
Organization Affairs, U.S. Department of
State (1996-98); and Director of the
U.S. Aid Mission, U.S. Agency for
International Development, Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia (1976-78).
J. Stephen Morrison directs the Africa
Program at the Center for Strategic and
International Studies Dr. Morrison has
also served on the Secretary of State's
Policy Planning staff, where he was
responsible for African affairs and
global foreign assistance issues. He led
the State Department's initiative on
illicit diamonds and chaired a review of
the U.S. humanitarian programs. He has
written and spoken widely, and testified
before Congress frequently, on a range
of issues including the rising U.S.
stakes in Africa; and the transitional
challenges unfolding in Kenya, Nigeria,
and Zimbabwe.
This is a Houston World Affairs Council
event (HWAC
members free, non-members $20).
For more information, visit
www.hwac.net.
May 1, 2006 -
A Day Without an Immigrant, An Act of
Conscience
"A Day Without an Immigrant, An Act of
Conscience" is part of the continuing
effort to persuade Congress to adopt
legislation that acknowledges the
dignity and vital contributions of
illegal immigrants now residing in the
U.S.
There'll be a rally/gathering in
Memorial Park to hear testimonies of
immigrants, participate in workshops,
register voters, and write letters to
members of Congress in support of
permanent residency.
Bring food and water, and enjoy the
all-day festivities. Take off work if
you can. Refrain from all purchases.
Sponsored by CRECEN and other immigrant
support organizations.
When: Monday, May 1, 2006
Time: 11 a.m.
Where: 7300 Memorial Drive and
Picnic Lane
April 30, 2006 - New
Changes in Immigration Policy and Laws
The Arab-American Cultural & Community
Center invites you to join in an
invaluable discussion about new changes
in immigration policy and laws.
Two major and competing bills have
passed the House and Senate and
immigrants need to know their rights and
possibility of legalization.
Please join us to learn about the two
bills that might affect your immigration
rights or someone you might know.
The discussion panel will include Norma
Ayoub, Wafa Abdin and Elaine Prappas.
When: Sunday, April 30, 2006
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Where:
Arab American Cultural & Community
Center,
10555 Stancliff Rd, Houston,
TX 77099
For more information,
call the ACC
at 832-351-3366.
Click here for flyer.
April 30, 3006 - Teta &
Jeddo (Grandparent's) Night at ACC
A monthly social event for the seniors
in the Arab American community in
Houston.
This will be a great way for our senior
citizens to meet each other. Desert &
coffee and some good home cooking will be
served. Come celebrate birthdays and
anniversaries with our seniors.
Everyone is encouraged to come with their
grandchildren, children, family and friends.
Come dress in your traditional dress or
costume. Bring your favorite dish or
desert & share with us. It will be a
lot of fun!
When: Sunday, April 30, 2006
Time: 7:00 - 8:30 PM
Where:
Arab American Cultural & Community
Center,
10555 Stancliff Rd, Houston,
TX 77099
April 30, 3006 - Darul Arqam
(North Zone) Carnival
When: Sunday, April 30, 2006
Time: 11 AM - 5 PM
Where: Masjid Bilal @ Adel Road
Food, games, rides, fun-filled
activities.
April 29-30, 2006
- Middle Eastern Booth at IFest
Houston
AASA (Arab American Student Association)
will be hosting a booth/tent at the
International Festival of Houston in
Downtown on April 22,23 and April 29,30.
This will be a Middle Eastern themed
booth with educational items for display
and sale.
For more information about the
International Festival, visit
www.ifest.org.
April 29-30, 2006
- Houston Social Forum
When: Saturday and Sunday, April
29 -30, 2006
Where: Texas Southern University
The Houston Social Forum Is...
- a regional event that addresses local as well as global issues
- comprised of diverse groups building from common values
- nongovernmental, nonpartisan
- supportive of true participatory democracy
- nonviolent resistance to the world's injustice
- working toward mechanisms that value people over profit
For more information and to register,
visit
www.houstonsocialforum.org.
April 29, 2006 -
Career Panel Discussion
Career Panel
Discussion by Longhorn Muslim Alumni
Association
When: Saturday, April 29, 2006
Time: 12 -1 PM
Where: Tumbleweed Room, University
Center, University of Houston
High school students and their parents
are encouraged to attend to discuss
career options with successful Muslims
in a variety of different professions.
For more information, call 713-416-7586.
April 27, 2006 - ALNM
General Meeting: The Coast Guard
The American Lebanese National Mission
will hold a general meeting, where the
guest speaker will be the Coast Guard.
Is the Coast Guard part of Homeland
Security? Does it have any role to play
in the Patriot Act? What is so important
about Houston-Galveston area? Does it
play a role in the new immigration laws?
What does it really play in Man Made and
Natural Disasters? Why is it so
important for you to know the answers?
When: Thursday, April 27, 2006
Time: 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Where:
Fadi's
Mediterranean Cuisine,
8383 Westheimer,
Houston, Texas
RSVP by Tuesday, April 25 at
pio@alnm.net.
April 24, 2006 - Arab
Christians and Christian Zionism
Lecture by Dr. George Sabra, The Near
East School of Theology, Beirut, Lebanon
Lecture is from a series of lectures -
"The Arab World: History, Politics and
Culture"
When: Monday, April 24, 2006
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
(lecture begins at 7 p.m.)
Where: Farnsworth Pavilion RMC/Ley
Student Center, Rice University, 6100
Main St, Houston
Abstract Dr. Paul Silverstein - Reed
College-Department of Anthropology
Lecture is first from a Series of
lectures - "The Arab World:
History, Politics, and Culture" sponsored
by the Arab-American Educational
Foundation.
Sponsors:
Office of the Dean of Humanities
Department of History, Rice University
James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy
The Boniuk Center for the Study and Advancement of Religious
Tolerance
Arab American Educational Foundation
For more information on the lecture
series, visit
www.history.rice.edu.
Paid self-parking is available near the
event. For complete location and parking
details and downloadable maps, go to
www.rice.edu/maps.
Click here for flyer.
April 23, 2006 - Spring
Carnival at Mission Bend
When: Sunday, April 23, 2006
Time: 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Where: Masjid Hamza @ Mission Bend
For stall call Br. Asif Khan at
713-501-7925 or Br. M. Haq at
713-259-2408.
April 23, 2006 -
Advice on Becoming Positive Examples in
your Community
Speakers: Sh. Isam Rajab and Sr. Hanna
Gamal
When: Sunday, April 23, 2006
Time: 6 PM
Where: Masjid Hamza @ Mission Bend
April 22-23 & 29-30, 2006
- Middle Eastern Booth at IFest
Houston
AASA (Arab American Student Association)
will be hosting a booth/tent at the
International Festival of Houston in
Downtown on April 22,23 and April 29,30.
This will be a Middle Eastern themed
booth with educational items for display
and sale.
For more information about the
International Festival, visit
www.ifest.org.
April 2006 - PeaceJam at ACC
PeaceJam is an international education
program built around Nobel Peace Prize
Laureates, who work personally with
youth to pass on the spirit, skills, and
wisdom they embody. The goal of PeaceJam
is to inspire a new generation of
peacemakers who will transform their
communities, themselves, and the world.
PeaceJam is an opportunity for our youth
to connect with individuals who have
committed their time and efforts to
making the world a better place for all
of us.
Who can join?
Any high-school aged student who has an
interest in making a difference is
eligible to join!
How do I join?
Please contact Brigitte Zabak, ACC
Director at 832-351-3366 or
bzabak_acc@yahoo.com to learn more
about PeaceJam and how to join!
April 22, 2006 -
Spring Fundraiser Picnic
Arab American Cultural & Community
Center's ACC Ladies Group invites
all community kids to an outdoor picnic.
When: Saturday, April 22, 2006
Time:
12:00 - 3:00 PM
Where:
Arab American Cultural & Community
Center,
10555 Stancliff Rd, Houston, TX 77099
Games and fun for all kids,
egg hunt,
movies, face painting, coloring, gifts &
prizes for all kids, and raffle drawing.
$5 Admission Fee
For more information,
call the ACC
at 832-351-3366.
April 22, 2006 - Free Health
Fair by Muslim Health Professional
Society
When: Saturday, April 22, 2006
Time: 10 AM – 5 PM
Where: Multi Ethnic Cultural
Center,
9819 Bissonnet, Houston
For more information, call 832-283-4287
or 713-799-8768.
April 22, 2006 -
Celebration of the Prophet's Birthday
The Association of Islamic Charities
Project in Houston is holding a dinner
celebration in honor of the birth of the
Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
When: Saturday, April 22, 2006
Time:
8:30 PM
Where:
Arab American Cultural & Community
Center,
10555 Stancliff Rd, Houston, TX 77099
For information, call 713-785-5779.
April 22, 2006 - Muslims
Support Sheila Jackson Lee
Don't Let Partisan Politics Divide Our
Ummah! Join Us in a Show of
Support for Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a
Strong and Supportive Member in
Congress!
As Muslim Americans in this challenging
post 9-11 atmosphere of misunderstanding
it is imperative that we stand together
and take an active interest in the
institutions that shape our nation.
Become a part of the Houston Muslim
Alliance and stand with us in solidarity
to show support for Congresswoman Sheila
Jackson Lee this Saturday, April 22,
2006, at 3:00 pm.
In her 10 years as a member of Congress,
Sheila Jackson Lee has worked hard in
the House of Representatives to insure
that our voices can be heard!
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee takes
steps to make certain that no minority
is left disenfranchised. As a ranking
member of the House Committee on
Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration,
Congresswoman Jackson
Lee fights for the rights of those who
might not otherwise have a voice. The
Congresswoman's consistent votes against
the Patriot Act have proven her to be a
true champion for Muslim civil rights.
In addition to being actively outspoken
about the fallacies of the war in Iraq,
Congresswoman Jackson Lee also acts as
co-chair of the Congressional Pakistan
Caucus.
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee supports the
rights and cares about the issues that
affect the Muslim community.
What: Press Conference - Muslims
Support Sheila Jackson Lee
When: Saturday, April 22, 2006
Time: 3:00 PM
Where: The Islamic Dawah Center,
201 Travis Street (Downtown Houston)
For Information Please Contact Sahar
Wali at 832-606-8399.
April 18, 2006 - The Story
of Eman
"The Story of Eman" is an episode in an
eight-part series that explores whether
there is such a thing as a global
teenager. This episode looks at the life
of a Cairo girl's struggle to attain
higher education. A discussion follows.
When: Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Time: 7 p.m.
Where: Anderson Hall, Room 103 at
University of St. Thomas
For more information, contact Dr. Debra
Andrist at 713-525-3122.
April 17, 2006 -
Health Care For You
Eligibility Interviews
for the Gold Card: The Gold
Card provides financial
assistance for medical care
to Harris County residents
who qualify.
The
Harris County Hospital
District’s (HCHD) mission
statement says it serves all
County residents. While
medical care is not free at
their facilities, there is
financial assistance for
those who qualify. Based on
your household income, you
may qualify for full or
partial financial
assistance, on a sliding
scale, including: full pay,
half pay, co-pay or no-pay.
This financial assistance
for medical care is just one
of the many valuable
benefits of being a resident
of Harris County.
When: Monday, April 17,
2005
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Where:
Arab American Cultural &
Community Center,
10555 Stancliff Rd, Houston,
TX 77099
For more information on
requirements, visit
Harris County Hospital
District
or call the Community
Outreach Division at
713-566-6064.
April 13, 2006 - "Loose
Change 2nd Edition" Film
The Houston Peace Forum presents the
film "Loose Change 2nd Edition," which
contains the latest news relative to
investigations into the truth of 9-11.
That screening will be followed by a TSU
student speaking of his native nation,
Burundi, Africa. Burundi's political
situation is largely determined by the
same tribal rivalry between Hutus and
Tutsis as its neighbor Rwanda.
When:
Thursday, April 13, 2006
Time:
7:15
p.m.
Where: Room 302 of First Unitarian
Universalist Church, 5200 Fannin.
For more information, contact Pat
Nichols at 713-681-6267,
nicholspat@awesomenet.net.
April 13, 2006 - Arab
American Voters Coalition Meeting
The AA Voters Coalition is ready to start
this new 2006 election year with activism,
advocacy and action. We have several
goals lined up, and we’ll need your help,
support and involvement to see us through
it. AA Voters Coalition will be true
to our mission: working towards advancing
the aspirations, interests and political
strength of our community. We will do this
through education, involvement and
participation in the electoral process.
Our monthly meetings are open to all members
and supporters.
When: Thursday, April 13, 2006
Time: 6 pm
Where: Jungman Public Library, 5830
Westheimer (Between Chimney Rock &
Fountainview)
This meeting’s Agenda: Includes organizing
our efforts to specific goals, and
organizing action on a “District by
District” Basis in 2006.
For more information, visit
www.votercoalition.org.
April 12, 2006 - Debate about
the Legal Issues Raised by the "War on
Terrorism"
Abe Martinez - Assistant U.S. Attorney,
Chief of the Terrorism & National Security
Section of the U.S. Attorney's Office in the
Southern District of Texas
Alamdar S. Hamdani - Partner in the Houston
law firm, Borunda & Hamdani, and ACLU board
member and cooperating attorney who is very
active in civil rights issues in the
post-911 environment
When: Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Time: 1:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Where: University of Houston-Downtown,
One Main Street, Houston, TX 77002
Wilhelmina Cullen Robertson Auditorium (3rd
Floor)
April 11, 2006 - The Rise
of Torture as U.S. Policy
The Rothko Chapel in conjunction with
Houston's FotoFest 2006, will present
"The Rise of Torture as U.S. Policy"
with guest lecturer William H. Goodman.
He will focus on the violation of human
rights during the "war on terror".
As Legal Director for the Center for
Constitutional Rights, Goodman
supervises over 80 cases and coordinates
the Center's legal work with progressive
lawyers and organizations through the
United Sates. He also represents CCR in
legal proceedings.
Goodman has been involved with some of
the biggest landmark cases in history
including the first case to challenge
extraordinary rendition or outsourcing
torture, the first case to succeed in
having a portion of the Patriot Act
ruled unconstitutional, and most
recently, a suit challenging the
legality of the National Security
Agency's domestic surveillance program.
Goodman also represented the Guantanamo
detainees before the Supreme Court.
When: Tuesday, April 16, 2006
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Where:
The Rothko
Chapel, 1409 Sul Ross at Yupon, Houston,
Texas (713-524-9839)
For more information, visit
www.rothkochapel.org.
April 10-11, 2006 -
Ferial Masry in Houston (ACC, UH & UHCL)
Ferial Masry gains national attention in
breaking new ground running for the 37
Assembly District of California, 2006.
Masry could be the first Saudi born
women to hold an elected position in
America. A mother of a U.S. soldier
serving in Iraq, high school teacher,
former business owner, woman, immigrant
and first unveiled woman to make the
cover of a Saudi magazine are but a few
reasons why Ferial has made such a mark
in her race for election.
Receiving the 15th annual 2005 Human
Rights Award, and speaking for audiences
such as: the American Arab Anti
Discrimination Committee; the Saudi
National Day Celebration; the American
Association of University Women; the
Lions, Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs;
including many other progressive,
minority and women groups illustrates
how Ferial’s message is inclusive and
well received, portraying her genuine
passion for positive change.
Hear her story of courage that has
inspired men, women, Arabs, Muslims, and
freedom-seeking individuals all over the
world.
Presented by the
Arab American Cultural & Community
Center
When: Monday, April 10, 2006 at
7:30 pm
Where:
Arab American Cultural & Community
Center,
10555 Stancliff Rd, Houston,
TX 77099
Presented by the University of Houston
Women Studies Program
When: Tuesday, April 11, 2006
at 11:30 am
Where: University of Houston,
Agnes Arnold Hall, Room 09
Presented by the University of
Houston-Clear Lake (sponsored by Dr.
Everette Penn)
When: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 at
3:00 pm
Where: University of Houston-Clear
Lake, SSB 3302
For more information, call 713-880-8168.
RSVP not required but preferred at
edu@bilateralchamber.org.
Sponsored by the
Bilateral US-Arab Chamber of Commerce.
April 10, 2006 - March and
Rally for Just Immigration Reform
Local community, labor, religious, and
immigrant leaders will join the national
call to action on pending immigration
legislation. The event organizers also
urge everyone to contact their two U.S.
Senators. Urge them to support a pathway
to legalized status for our 11 million
hardworking undocumented immigrants; and
to say NO to the punitive House bill
(Sensenbrenner's HR 4437) that passed
and similar proposals now before the
Senate.
When: Monday, April 10, 2006
Marchers will assemble at 1:30 p.m. in
Guadelupe Park, corner of Jensen and
Navigation, then march to Allen's
Landing on Buffalo Bayou by UH-Downtown.
For more information, contact Maria
Jimenez,
dignidad@hotmail.com.
April 8, 2006 - AAMA Fifth Biennial "Ben Qurrah Award"
Gala
Arab American Medical
Association-Houston Chapter will hold
its 5th Biennial "Ben Qurrah Award"
Gala.
The 2006 Honorees:
|
Sir Magdi Habib Yacoub, FRS |
Huda Y. Zoghbi, M.D. |
When: Saturday, April 8, 2006
Where: Houston Intercontinental
Hotel
For more information, please contact
Amal Nassar at
azakhem@sbcglobal.net, or call
713-663-6684. More information is
also available at
www.aama-houston.com.
April 8, 2006 - Know Your
Rights
The Peoples Law School will hold a free
program designed to make the law "user
friendly." Class topics will
include Consumer Law, Employment Law,
Landlord/Tenant Law, Wills, as well as
many other areas of law.
When: Saturdday, April 8, 2006
Where: University of Houston Law
Center
More information about the free law
classes can be found at
www.law.uh.edu/peopleslaw/homepage.html.
April 8, 2006 - "Loose
Change 2nd Edition" Film
Screening of the 9/11 movie "Loose
Change 2nd Edition," one of the most
provocative and informative videos on
what may be the truth about those events
(80 minutes).
When: Saturday, April 8, 2006
Time: 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.
Where: Montgomery County Library,
104 I-45 North (feeder between 2854 &
105 in Conroe)
April 6, 2006 - Reconciling
the Dark Side of Religion
How can individuals who have a strong,
deep faith cope with the problem of a
church that has acted against their
personal morality? How can someone with
a moderate belief of the church's
teaching cope with a growing reputation
of extremist beliefs in the same
religion, particularly when personal
freedoms are challenged? Imam
Wazir Ali and Father Tom Doyle will
address the issue of how people can
reconcile their faith when the Church
has done something they cannot condone.
Imam Wazir Ali is the Chairperson of the
Mercy Community Center Project Task
Force and the Resident Imam of the
Houston Masjid of Al-Islam. He has been
active in the Houston Islamic community
for the last 14 years during which he
served as the assistant to Imam Qasim
Ahmed at the Islamic Learning Institute
where he co-translated the book Selected
Khutbah Introductions with Imam Qasim
Ahmed.
Father Tom Doyle is a Dominican priest
who served in the Air Force for close to
twenty years as both a chaplain and an
alcohol and drug counselor. In late 1984
he became involved with the issue of
sexual abuse of children by Catholic
clergy while serving at the Vatican
Embassy. In June of 2003 he was issued
an official commendation from the
Dominican Fathers for his "prophetic
work in drawing attention to clergy
sexual abuse and for advocating the
rights of victims and abusers." In July
2005 he was awarded the "Community
Champion Award" by the Civil Justice
Foundation of the Association of Trial
Lawyers of America.
When: Thursday, April 6, 2006
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Where:
The Rothko
Chapel, 1409 Sul Ross at Yupon, Houston,
Texas (713-524-9839)
For more information, visit
www.rothkochapel.org.
April 4, 2006 - Are We
Becoming a Theocracy?
A showing of the video, "Are We Becoming
a Theocracy?" Prepared by Theocracy
Watch, this documentary traces the rise
of the Christian Right and how far it
has gotten in its quest to impose on the
United States a radical social agenda. A
panel discussion will follow the 40
minute screening.
Sponsored by the Houston Chapter of
Americans United for the Separation of
Church and State and the Community
Involvement Committee of First Unitarian
Universalist Church.
When: Tuesday, April 4, 2006
Time: 7 p.m.
Where: The Church, 5200 Fannin
For more information, contact Larry
Jones at
larryjones001@sbcglobal.net.
April 2, 2006 - Moroccan
Society General Meeting & Elections
The Moroccan Society of Houston (MSH)
would like to inform all of its friends
that it will be holding its general
assembly Center on April 2nd of 2006.
The reasons for this assembly are to
elect a new board of trustees, and to
discuss the past and the future
framework for the MSH
association.
When: Sunday, April 2, 2006
Time: 1:00 pm
Where:
Arab American Cultural & Community
Center,
10555 Stancliff Rd, Houston,
TX 77099
For more information contact MSH at
election@moroccansociety.org.
April 1, 2006 - Health and
Healing Under Occupation
A Talk and Conversation
by Ibdaa Health Committee from the
Dheisheh Refugee Camp, West Bank,
Palestine.
When: Saturday, April 1, 2006
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Where:
Arab American Cultural & Community
Center,
10555 Stancliff Rd, Houston,
TX 77099
The event is sponsored by the Houston
Chapter of the Arab American
Anti-Discrimination Committee, the
Houston Chapter of the Arab American
Medical Association, and the
Arab-American Cultural and Community
Center.
Ibdaa Health
Committee (IHC) at Dheisheh Refugee
Camp is comprised of volunteer
Health and Mental Health
professionals, including nurses,
physicians, social workers,
psychologists, sociologists and
other interested volunteers. Members
of the IHC have pioneered numerous
programs and activities that promote
the welfare not only of the camp’s
children, but, also those who reside
in the greater Bethlehem area
despite the exceptional conditions
in the West Bank.
For more information contact Dania
at 832-605 8457 or
yadania1@hotmail.com.
Speakers:
Wisam Hasanat
Wisam
is the founding member and director
of the Ibdaa Health Committee. From
Dayr Duban Village, he was born and
raised in Dheisheh Refugee Camp.
Wisam received his practical nursing
degree in Hebron; he is currently
completing his BSN at Al Quds
University. He works at Bethlehem
Arab Society for Rehabilitation and
Surgery. His specialty areas include
surgical and emergency care. He has
worked and continues to work with
patients who were wounded by
gunshots, explosions and beatings by
Israeli settlers and soldiers. Wisam
is an active member of the Nursing
Union and Union of Palestine
Healthcare workers. He also provided
psychological support services to
those whose family members were
killed and/or imprisoned by Israeli
soldiers in addition to those whose
homes were demolished.
Areej Ja'fari
Areej is from Dary Rafat Village.
She was born and raised in Dheisheh
Refugee Camp. She is currently
completing her BS degree in
Computers and Information Systems.
Promoting gender equality and
empowerment of women constitutes her
primary political aim. Areej is an
active member of the Health
Committee where she works with the
Women's Health subcommittee. She
joined the first women's basketball
team and is currently the
coordinator of the Women's Committee
where she organizes educational
programs and other activities for
women such as English and computer
classes, and empowerment and
leadership training for female
youth.
Talal Shihadeh
Talal is a founding member of the
Ibdaa Health Committee and currently
serves as the Director of Public
Relations. Talal is from Faluja
Village. Following the 1948 Nekba,
his family fled to Hebron where they
lived until the 70s. Fearing for
their lives due to the Israeli
settlers and soldiers, they fled to
Dheisheh Refugee Camp. Talal was
politically active within the
resistance movement prior to and
during the first Intifada; he is a
former political prisoner. He
assumed a leadership role within the
student union at Bethlehem
University while working on his
nursing degree. Talal is a
nurse with more than 17 years of
experience. He currently works at
Beit Jala General Hospital. His
specialty areas include surgical and
emergency care and pediatrics. He is
also an active member in the Nursing
Union and Union of Palestine
Healthcare Workers. He is currently
completing his MA in Public Health
at Al Quds University.
More about Ibdaa:
www.dheisheh-ibdaa.net/home.htm.
March 26, 2006 - The
Nonviolent Struggle Against Myths,
Propaganda, Violence and Annexation in
Palestine and Israel
"The Nonviolent Struggle Against Myths,
Propaganda, Violence and Annexation in
Palestine and Israel," a report by
Episcopalian peace activists Jerry Levin
of the Christian Peacemaker Teams in
Hebron and Sis Levin, creator of The
Children Of Abraham Interfaith Education
for Peace Project in Bethlehem. Jerry is
a former CNN Middle East Bureau Chief
and was the first of the
so-called Forgotten American hostages in
Lebanon (1984). His wife, Sis, helped
engineer his escape. Jerry will
sign copies of his book "West Bank
Diary" following the presentation.
Sponsored by The Center at the
Cathedral, Bishop Hines Chapter of the
Episcopal Peace Fellowship, and Brigid's
Place.
When: Sunday, March 26, 2006
Time: 6 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Where: Christ Church Cathedral,
Great Hall, 1117 Texas Ave (free parking
in the lot at Texas and Main).
March 25, 2006 -
"A Door to the Sky"
Film at ACC
ACCinema Presents Maghreb Women in Film
Series.
"A Door to the Sky" by Farida Ben
Lyzaid / Morocco (107 minutes, 1989)
Presented by Dr. Aricha Lahlou
Synopsis: A story that addresses the
quest of a spiritual Muslim woman to
preserve her cultural and religious
identity.
When: Saturday, March 25, 2006
Time: 5 - 8 pm
Where:
Arab American Cultural & Community
Center,
10555 Stancliff Rd, Houston,
TX 77099
Free
Admission. The film will be
followed by a discussion mediated by
film critic Latif Adnane.
For more information, contact event
coordinator at
milud@msn.com.
March 25, 2006 -
Annual Interfaith Celebration of Unity
The annual Interfaith Celebration of
Unity, a day-long event that begins with
a morning program at Rothko Chapel.
Representatives of the Baha'i, Buddhist,
Christian, Hindu, Islamic, Jain, Jewish,
Sikh, and Zoroastrian faiths will offer
5 to 10 minute sharings that encourage
respect and tolerance. The Chapel will
be available for reflection and
meditation for the remainder of the day.
The afternoon activities will include
breaking bread and enjoying fellowship
with presenters and attendees. Lunch
(with vegetarian option) will be
available. There'll be literature
displays
and informational exchanges, prayers,
chants, and performances but no
proselytizing.
When: Saturday, March 25, 2006
Time: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Where: University of St.Thomas's
Guinan Residence Hall
Sponsored by the Houston Interfaith
Forum and Interfaith Ministries of
Greater Houston.
For more information, contact Penny
Bueker,
pbueker@sbcglobal.net.
March 23, 2006 -
Seymour Hersh in Houston
Seymour Hersh, author of "Chain of
Command, The Road from 9/11 to Abu
Ghraib," will speak under the auspices
of The Progressive Forum. He will reveal
his perspective on how we got from the
morning of 9/11 to a divisive war of
choice in Iraq. One of the most
acclaimed investigative reporters of our
time, Hersh won the Pulitzer Prize for
breaking the story of the My Lai
massacre during the Vietnam War. A
writer for The New Yorker, Mr. Hersh has
won over a dozen prizes for stories such
as Nixon's secret bombings in Cambodia,
Kissinger's wiretapping of newsmen, and
the growth of Pakistan's nuclear
arsenal.
When: Thursday, March 23, 2006
Time: 6:30 p.m. patron
reception, 7:30 program
Where: Hotel InterContinental,
Legend Room, 2222 West Loop South,
Housotn
Seats are $34 and $54. There are
discounts for students, seniors, and
groups. Patron seats are $100 and
include reception with Hersh, preferred
seat location, and an autographed book.
Tickets can be purchased by calling
713-315-2525 or visiting The Hobby
Center box office at 800 Bagby.
March 23, 2006 - "Arna's
Children" Film at Rice Cinema
A group of volunteers
and a couple of local organizations
(Houston Indymedia and the Houston
chapter of the Arab-American
Anti-Discrimination Committee) are
helping to make the following event
happen. This is a SHOCKING, MUST SEE
film!!
"ARNA'S CHILDREN" tells the story
of a theatre group that was established
by Arna Mer Khamis. Arna comes from a
Zionist family and in the 1950s married
a Palestinian Arab, Saliba Khamis. On
the West Bank, she opened an alternative
education system for children whose
regular life was disrupted by the
Israeli occupation. The theatre group
that she started engaged children from
Jenin, helping them to express their
everyday frustrations, anger, bitterness
and fear. Arna's son Juliano, director
of this film, was also one of the
directors of Jenin's theatre. With his
camera, he filmed the children during
rehearsal periods from 1989 to 1996.
Now, he goes back to see what happened
to them. Yussef committed a suicide
attack in Hadera in 2001, Ashraf was
killed in the battle of Jenin, Alla
leads a resistance group. Juliano, who
today is one of the leading actors in
the region, looks back in time in Jenin,
trying to understand the choices made by
the children he loved and worked with.
Eight years ago, the theatre was closed
and life became static and paralysed.
Shifting back and forth in time, the
film reveals the tragedy and horror of
lives trapped by the circumstances of
the Israeli occupation.
When: Thursday, March 23, 2006
Time: 8 p.m.
Where: Rice Cinema (Located at
Rice University, Entrance #8, corner of
Stockton & University)
For a preview of the film:
www.arna.info/Arna/movie.php?lang=pic
For a review of the film:
electronicintifada.net/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/7/2255
For more info, please email
hadeelassali@yahoo.com.
March
23, 2006 -
American Lebanese National
Mission
General Meeting
When: March 23, 2006
Time 7 p.m.
Where: Fadi's Mediterranean Cuisine, 8383 Westheimer,
Houston, Texas
The meeting is
open
to the public. Our guest speaker is a
well established Immigration Attorney.
He is ALNM Immigration Legal Advisor. He
will talk to us about the latest in
Immigration laws and updates. Should you
have a specific case or question, you
are encouraged to submit them to
Immigration@alnm.net.
Our guest speaker will make sure to have
answers for you. This is always an
important topic for our community.
Seating is limited to about 75 people.
So, make plans to arrive early. If you
live outside the area and have specific
questions, email them to us and we will
do our best to get you some answers.
Guest Speaker:
William Fong, Immigration Attorney
March 21, 2006 - 3 Years in
Iraq Vigil for Peace
Date: Tuesday,
March 21, 2006
Time: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Where: Dunlavy bridge
CANDLELIGHT VIGIL FOR PEACE
March 21 Dunlavy Bridge 6:30P
This week begins the fourth year of the
criminal war and occupation of Iraq. The
consequences have been enormous. Deaths
for U.S. service people now number
2,311. Officially, over 17,000 more U.S.
service people have been reported
wounded — unofficial estimates are
between 18,000 to 48,000 wounded. The
number of Iraqi civilian deaths are
reported at over 33,000 with an average
of 36 people per day. An additional $92
billion dollars of more U.S. taxpayer
money is slated to pass approval this
week for a new total of $400 billion
dollars being spent, there is no end in
sight. And the war has brought new
assaults on civil liberties and
democratic rights.
Demonstrate your AWARENESS.
Bring signs, banners, flags, flashlights
and candles to Dunlavy Bridge at I-59.
Click here for flyer.
March 20, 2006 - The Bush
Doctrine: Assumptions and Realities in
the Arab World
Lecture by Dr. As’ad AbuKhalil,
Department of Politics and Public
Administration, California State
University, Stanislaus
Lecture is from a series of lectures -
"The Arab World: History, Politics and
Culture"
When: Monday, March 20, 2006
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
(lecture begins at 7 p.m.)
Where: Farnsworth Pavilion RMC/Ley
Student Center, Rice University, 6100
Main St, Houston
Abstract Dr. Paul Silverstein - Reed
College-Department of Anthropology
Lecture is first from a Series of
lectures - "The Arab World:
History, Politics, and Culture" sponsored
by the Arab-American Educational
Foundation.
Sponsors:
Office of the Dean of Humanities
Department of History, Rice University
James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy
The Boniuk Center for the Study and Advancement of Religious
Tolerance
Arab American Educational Foundation
For more information on the lecture
series, visit
www.history.rice.edu.
Paid self-parking is available near the
event. For complete location and parking
details and downloadable maps, go to
www.rice.edu/maps.
Click here for flyer.
March
20, 2006 - What I Heard
About Iraq
The Houston premiere performance of
"What I Heard About Iraq." Using quotes
from politicians, military chiefs, U.S.
soldiers and Iraqi citizens, it unfolds
the human story behind the U.S. invasion
of Iraq. Los Angeles director and
producer Simon Levy adapted Eliot
Weinberger's article by the same title,
published in the London Review of Books
in March 2005. It was the most-visited
article ever on the magazine's website.
The Fountain Theatre, along with the
Berlin Literature Festival, is
coordinating performances of "What I
Heard About Iraq" in cities around the
world.
In Houston, Michael Woodson, English
instructor at San Jacinto Community
College and host of KPFT's “LivingArt,"
is directing a diverse cast and crew of
Houstonians in a reader’s theatre
version.
When: March 20, 2006
Time: 7 p.m.
Where: First Unitarian
Universalist Church, 5200 Fannin,
Houston
Excerpts will be read on "LivingArt"
Friday, March 17 at 11 a.m.
March 19, 2006 - Video of
the infamous “hooded” AbuGhraib prisoner
Please join the Irish
Unity Committee in actions planned in
Houston to end the criminal war in Iraq.
For three years, policy makers in DC
have hoped that they could outlast our
protests. Send them a message that they
are wrong.
When: Sunday, March 19, 2006
Time: 11 am First time video
showing in the US of interview given by
the infamous “hooded” AbuGhraib
prisoner.
Where: Nora & Dean’s home (603
Welch, Houston in the Montrose) – will
also have breakfast for folks.
IUC contact: Dean at 713-528-1817 or
713-412-8385; (email:
npdwyer@hal-pc.org)
March 19, 2006 - The Syrian Bride film
at the MFA
The Museum of
Fine Arts in Houston is proud to present
the screening of the movie “The Syrian
Bride”. In the Druze township of
Majdal Shams, occupied by Israel since
1967, the Salman family prepares for the
wedding of their beautiful,
second-eldest daughter (Clara Khoury) to
a Syrian TV star (Derar Sliman) she has
never met. Entering into an arranged
marriage is scary enough for the girl,
but the union carries some sorrow,
because once she crosses the border and
becomes a Syrian citizen she will never
be allowed to reenter Israel to see her
close-knit family."
When: Sunday, March 19, 2006
Time: 7:15 p.m.
Where: MFA, 1001 Bissonnet Street
(the phone for general questions is
713-639-7300
For more information, visit
www.syrianbride.com/english.html.
You may also listen to a story that NPR did on the film at www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4511808.
March 18, 2006 -
International Day of Solidarity Against
the War on Iraq
Please join
the Irish Unity Committee in actions
planned in Houston to end the criminal
war in Iraq. For three years, policy
makers in DC have hoped that they could
outlast our protests. Send them a
message that they are wrong.
Saturday, March 18, 2006
11 am: Demonstration & leafleting at the
VA Hospital, corner of OST and Almeda
1 pm: Rally at the Dominican Sisters
Center, 6501 Almeda
Coalition contact person(s): Gloria at
713-503-2633 or Mike at 713-868-2443
Sunday, March 19, 2006
11 am: First time video showing in the
US of interview given by the infamous
“hooded” AbuGhraib prisoner.
Location: Nora & Dean’s home (603 Welch,
Houston in the Montrose) – will also
have breakfast for folks IUC contact:
Dean at 713-528-1817 or 713-412-8385; (email:
npdwyer@hal-pc.org)
T-shirts that include the graphic from
the March 18th events are available for
purchase. Contact James Schriver at
email address
jamesschriver@mindspring.com for
details.
Click here for flyer.
March 18, 2006 -
"Rachida" Film at ACC
ACCinema Presents Maghreb Women in Film
Series.
"Rachida" by Yamina Bachir / Algeria
(100 minutes, 2002)
Presented by Carol Archer
Synopsis: A story that sheds light on
several problems that beset Algeria for
he bulk of the 1990s, including
terrorism.
When: Saturday, March 18, 2006
Time: 5 - 8 pm
Where:
Arab American Cultural & Community
Center,
10555 Stancliff Rd, Houston,
TX 77099
Free
Admission. The film will be
followed by a discussion mediated by
film critic Latif Adnane.
For more information, contact event
coordinator at
milud@msn.com.
March 17, 2006 -
Moroccan Artist
Lalla Essaydi Exhibits
Work in Houston
Open Invitation & Reception
When: Friday, March 17, 2006
Time: 6 pm to 9pm
Where: Anya Tish Gallery, 4411
Montrose Blvd, Houston, TX 77006
Lalla Essaydi is a Moroccan artist who
is gaining international fame through
her work. Lalla Essaydi received a
B.F.A. from Tufts University in 1999 and
an M.F.A. from the School of the Museum
of Fine Arts, Boston and Tufts
University in 2003. Essaydi's
current work consists of analog
photography, but she has also worked in
oil on canvas, mixed media, and video.
She has exhibited at the Schneider
Gallery, Chicago; the Howard Yezerski
Gallery, Boston; the Fries Museum, the
Netherlands; the Art Institute of
Chicago; and the Williams College Museum
of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts.
Essaydi was born in Morocco and lives in
Boston, Massachusetts.
For more information, visit
www.AnyaTishGallery.com.
Click here for flyer.
March 16, 2006 -
Nuclear Iran and the West: Intentions
and
Options
Charles D. Ferguson II, Fellow, Council
on Foreign Relations
Despite continued diplomatic efforts,
Iran has resumed work on its uranium
enrichment program. The move has alarmed
the US and its European allies,
resulting in a call for an emergency
session at the IAEA to refer Iran to the
UN Security Council. What is the likely
time table for Iranian nuclear
development and why is it doing so
against such strong world opposition?
What are the United States policy
options? Can European and U.S. diplomacy
influence Iranian actions?
Dr. Charles D. Ferguson II is a fellow
in science and technology at the Council
on Foreign Relations and an adjunct
professor in the Security Studies
Program at Georgetown University, where
he teaches a graduate level course
entitled “Nuclear Technologies and
Security.” His areas of expertise
include nuclear and radiological
terrorism prevention and response;
nuclear nonproliferation; and U.S. and
international nuclear policies. He is
lead author of the award winning report
Commercial Radioactive Sources:
Surveying the Security Risks.
When:
Thursday, March
16, 2006
Time: Registration at 6:00 p.m.,
Program at 6:30 p.m.
Where: The Junior League, 1811
Briar Oaks Lane, The Ballroom, Houston, Texas
HWAC members Free,
non-members $20.
For more information or to register, visit
www.hwac.net.
March 16, 2006 - Lebanese
Fun Night
Guest of Honor:
Dr. Mustapha Allouch, Member of
Lebanese Parliament
When: March 16, 2006
Time: 7 p.m. - 12 a.m.
Where: Mary'z Lebanese Cuisine, 5825 Richmond
Avenue, Houston, TX 77057
To RSVP, e-mail the American Lebanese National
Mission at
pio@alnm.net or call 713-589-4440.
March 14-19, 2006
- Bombs dropped in Iraq
explode over New Orleans
Veterans for Peace and Hurricane
Survivors March from Mobile to New
Orleans to coincide with the third
anniversary of the invasion. The march
has been organized by the Mobile
Veterans for Peace chapter to highlight
the links between the Iraq War and the
under funding of domestic needs
programs. The slogan is "Every bomb
dropped in Iraq explodes over New
Orleans."
The march will be in short stages (one
or two 7-8 mile segments per day) with
bus travel between starting points. The
website has the complete itinerary as
well as other information about the
event:
www.vetgulfmarch.org. Some
additional sponsors are Vietnam Veterans
Against the War, Military Families Speak
Out, and Gold Star Families for Peace.
March 14, 2006 - Service
Honoring the Victims of Terrorism in
Lebanon
American Lebanese National Mission
invites to a Memorial
Service Honoring the fallen martyrs
of 2005 and those who survived the
assassination attempts.
Keynote Speakers:
- Imam Yahya Hendi, PhD, Georgetown
University, Advisor to the White House
on Middle
Eastern Affairs / Spokesperson of the Islamic Jurisprudence Council of
North America
- Carole Keeton Strayhorn, State of
Texas Comptroller and Gubernatorial
Candidate
- Dr. Mustapha Allouch – Member of
Lebanese Parliament
- Dr. Philip Salem, M.D.
- M.J. Khan, City of Houston Council
Member
- Bret Griffin, Assistant District
Attorney, Galveston County
- Chris Stevens – Galveston County
Republican Party
When: Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Time: 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Where: Intercontinental Hotel,
2222 West Loop, Houston, TX 77027
(Galleria Area)
Seating is very limited. RSVP by
Friday, March 10.
Contact Dr. Hamid Kantara,
Chairman@alnm.net, 832-771-2442, or
Mohammad Schebaclo,
Parliamentarian@alnm.net,
281-236-7397.
March 11, 2006 - Cut Above
The Rest: A Glimpse into the lives of
the promised 6
The Speaker Dr. Basher Shala is going to
talk about the Description of the six
companions who were given the glad
tidings of Paradise in their lifetime.
Strong Muslims are capable of making a
choice of personality to mimic and
remain steadfast on it. While the weak
and ignorant are prone to get mislead.
So, more than ever, it is incumbent upon
us to talk to our youth, and even we
adults should reflect on the greatness
of our great Muslim heroes from our
Islamic past, who built the most
glorious and powerful civilization of
all, who took a crass society of measly
people and gave them Islam that
dramatically improved their lives. We
are hoping that you would find in it
great examples, persons and models to
follow and develop your own
personalities accordingly.
When: Saturday, March 11, 2006
Time: 2:00pm - 8:00pm
Where: El Farouq Mosque, 1207
Conrad Sauer, Houston, TX 77043
For more information or questions, call
832-858-6182.
March 11, 2006 -
"Honey and Ashes" Film
at ACC
ACCinema Presents Maghreb Women in Film
Series.
"Honey and Ashes" by Nadia Fares /
Tunisia (80 minutes, 1996)
Presented by Ms. Claudia Baba
Synopsis: A story that centers on three
women of different ages and social
backgrounds, caught between tradition
and modernity in a contemporary North
African Islamic country, as they try to
take control of their lives and their
relationships with men.
When: Saturday, March 11, 2006
Time: 5 - 8 pm
Where:
Arab American Cultural & Community
Center,
10555 Stancliff Rd, Houston,
TX 77099
Free
Admission. The film will be
followed by a discussion mediated by
film critic Latif Adnane.
For more information, contact event
coordinator at
milud@msn.com.
March 9, 2006 - Citizen
Diplomacy and America's Image in the
World
Ambassador Kenton Keith, Former US
Ambassador to Qatar
Ambassador Charles Ray, Former US
Ambassador to Cambodia
Please join us for this panel discussion
on citizen diplomacy and how Americans
can help meet the global challenges of
the 21st century. Ambassador Kenton
Keith became Senior Vice President of
Meridian International Center in 1997
after a career as a Foreign Service
Officer with the United State
Information Agency. At the time of his
retirement, Ambassador Keith was
Director of USIA's Office of North
African, Near Eastern and South Asian
Affairs. From 1992 to 1995 he served as
Ambassador to the State of Qatar.
Previous assignments include postings in
Cairo, Paris, Turkey, Iraq and Lebanon.
Kenton Keith was appointed the
Department of State’s Special Envoy to
Islamabad from November 2001 to January
2002.
Ambassador Charles A. Ray served as
United States Ambassador to the Kingdom
of Cambodia from 2002-2005. His active
intervention with the government of that
country led it to become the first Asian
country to destroy its entire arsenal of
man-portable, ground-to-air missiles, to
prevent diversion of any of them to
terrorist organizations. He guided an
innovative program of outreach to
Cambodia’s Muslim minority population,
and engaged the Cambodian government and
the international community in an
aggressive campaign to prevent
terrorism. Previous postings have been
in China, Thailand and Sierra Leone.
This is a Sister Cities of Houston event
co-sponsored with the Houston World
Affairs Council.
When:
Thursday, March 9, 2006
Time: Registration at 6:00 p.m.,
Program at 6:30 p.m.
Where: The Junior League, 1811
Briar Oaks Lane, The Ballroom, Houston, Texas
HWAC members Free,
non-members $20.
For more information or to register, visit
www.hwac.net.
March 9, 2006 - Arab American
Voters Coalition Meeting
The AA Voters Coalition is ready to start
this new 2006 election year with activism,
advocacy and action. We have several
goals lined up, and we’ll need your help,
support and involvement to see us through
it. AA Voters Coalition will be true
to our mission: working towards advancing
the aspirations, interests and political
strength of our community. We will do this
through education, involvement and
participation in the electoral process.
Our monthly meetings are open to all members
and supporters.
When: March 9, 2006
Time: 6 pm
Where: Jungman Public Library, 5830
Westheimer (Between Chimney Rock &
Fountainview)
When: April 13, 2006
Time: 6 pm
Where: Jungman Public Library, 5830
Westheimer (Between Chimney Rock &
Fountainview)
This meeting’s Agenda: Includes organizing
our efforts to specific goals, and
organizing action on a “District by
District” Basis in 2006.
For more information, visit
www.votercoalition.org.
Book signing in Houston -
date to be announced
“Marijean Boueri combines first-hand
experience of living in the Middle East
with love of children's literature and
appreciation of local artists to create
a new standard for children's books
about Lebanon and the Arab world.
In the mean time, the American Lebanese
National Movement in Houston invites you
to visit
www.marijean-boueri.com
and explore the
possibility of buying your own copy of
“Lebanon 1-2-3” and “Lebanon A-Z”.
February 28 - March 3, 2006
- Jerusalem
Between Pain & Hope
The Palestinian American Congress-Houston
Chapter is hosting
Sheikh Dr. Ekrima Sabri,
Mufti of Jerusalem and Palestine, and
senior Preacher of Al-Aqsa Mosque.
| February 28, 2006: |
-
Reception Dinner at 7 pm ($50/Person) Arab American Cultural & Community Center 10555 Stancliff Rd, Houston, TX 77099 |
| March 1, 2006: |
-
Al Iman Academy |
| March 2, 2006: |
- Maghrib Prayer at Masjid Almai’da/Medical
Center - Isha Prayer at Highway 3 Mosque |
| March 3, 2006: |
- Grand Opening of the new ISGH
Main Center/Mosque |
February 28, 2006 - The Peace Charade in
Palestine and Israel
Lecture by Dr. Ilan
Pappe from the
Department of History at Haifa
University
Lecture is from a series of lectures -
"The Arab World: History, Politics and
Culture"
When: Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
(lecture begins at 7 p.m.)
Where: Farnsworth Pavilion RMC/Ley
Student Center, Rice University, 6100
Main St, Houston
Abstract Dr. Paul Silverstein - Reed
College-Department of Anthropology
Lecture is first from a Series of
lectures - "The Arab World:
History, Politics, and Culture" sponsored
by the Arab-American Educational
Foundation.
Sponsors:
Office of the Dean of Humanities
Department of History, Rice University
James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy
The Boniuk Center for the Study and Advancement of Religious
Tolerance
Arab American Educational Foundation
For more information on the lecture
series, visit
www.history.rice.edu.
Paid self-parking is available near the
event. For complete location and parking
details and downloadable maps, go to
www.rice.edu/maps.
Click here for flyer.
February 28, 2006 - National
Call-in Day to stop further funding of
the U.S. occupation of Iraq
National Call-in Day to stop funding of
the U.S. occupation of Iraq, and war on,
Iraq. Bush has asked Congress for
another $72 billion supplemental
appropriation. Congress will vote on the
request in a week or two. Calling in
today will help flood the offices with
anti-war voices, but any time this week
is better than no call at all.
Congressional phone numbers (local and
D.C.) can be found on the Houston Peace
and Justice Center website (www.hpjc.org);
pull down "tools for activists" on the
menu bar.
February 26, 2006 -
"We won't be Neo-Conned...Again" by
Scott Ritter
A
Citizen's Response to Lying, Spying and
Dying for the "War on Terror". An
emergency public discussion about Iraq,
Iran and the America's constitutional
crises.
When:
Sunday, February 26, 2006
Time: 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Where:
Resurrection Metropolitan Church, 2025
11th St., Houston
Co-sponsored by KPFT 90.1 FM and Light
in the Darkness Publications.
Click here for flyer and more
information.
February 25, 2006 -
The Portrayal of a People
The Council on American Islamic
Relations (CAIR Houston) is organizing an annual
Black History Month event.
This year the Title is "The
Portrayal of a People" reflecting the
theme concerning the influence of media
on the image and perception of different
ethnic, racial or religious groups. The
event hopes to ask, and possibly come
closer to answering the question, "Is
History Repeating Itself"?
When: Saturday, February 25, 2006
Time: 1 p.m.
Where: Islamic Dawah Center, 201
Travis (Downtown Houston)
Light refreshments will be served.
February 23, 2006 -
Jordanian Ambassador Karim Kawar in
Houston
Bilateral Speaker Series: Jordanian
Ambassador, His Excellency Karim
Kawar
The Bilateral US-Arab Chamber of
Commerce, Consulate General of the
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in
Houston, Rotary Club of Houston and
the Greater Houston Partnership
cordially invite you to attend a
luncheon Featuring his Excellency
Karim Kawar, Ambassador of the
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the
United States.
When: Thursday, February 23,
2006
Time: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Where: The Junior League, 1811
Briar Oaks Lane, Houston
For more information or to register,
contact the Bilateral US-Arab
Chamber of Commerce at 713-880-8168,
or visit their website at
www.bilateralchamber.org.
The Bilateral US-Arab Chamber of
Commerce and Borders Presents
February 23, 2006 -
Samar Dahmash-Jarrah Book
Signing at Borders
When: Thursday, February 23,
2006
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Where: Borders Book Store,
3025 Kirby Dr., Houston, TX 77098 -
(713) 524-0200
Click here for flyer.
February 23, 2006 -
American Lebanese National
Movement
General Meeting
When: Thursday, February 23,
2006
Time 8 pm to 9:30 pm
Where: Fadi's Mediterranean Cuisine, 8383 Westheimer,
Houston, Texas
Guest Speaker: Missouri City Council
member Eunice Reiter
For more information, call 832-771-2442.
February 22, 2006 - AASA
1st Annual Spring Meeting
From socializing and networking with
other Arabs, to promoting cultural
awareness and making a difference in
our community, the officers of the
AASA have a fresh new agenda planned
for you this semester full of
awesome events that cater especially
to what the organization values: a
united student body that promotes
its self, its fellow members, and
its identity as an Arab.
So the AASA's new board of officers
is pleased to extend to you their
warmest greetings and offer you this
invitation to join us for an evening
full of delicious food under $10,
live music, and delightful fun.
When: Wednesday, February 22,
2006
Time: 5:00 p.m.
Where: District 6 Grille, 1004
N. San Jacinto, Houston, Texas 77002
Come check out our agenda for the
semester and see what we have in
store for you.
Should you have any questions at all
regarding the meeting or how to get
there, feel free to contact the
event coordinator at
dandoush@sbcglobal.net.
Click here of flyer.
February 21, 2006 -
"Arab Voices Speak to
American Hearts" Author
Samar Dahmash-Jarrah in
Houston
Samar is a Kuwait-born
Palestinian-American
speaker, journalist, and
educator. She has traveled
extensively throughout North
America, Europe, and the
Middle East and has lived in
Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon,
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and
America.
Samar Dahmash-Jarrah
professional accomplishments
include being a contributor
to CNN World Report; news
editor and reporter for
Jordan Television; editor
and reporter for Jordan
Weekly; and a Political
Science instructor at the
University of South Florida
in Tampa.
When: Tuesday, February 21,
2006
Time: 7:30 pm - 8:30
pm
Where:
Arab American Cultural &
Community Center,
10555 Stancliff Rd, Houston,
TX 77099
Sponsored by The Bilateral
US-Arab Chamber of Commerce
and the Arab-American
Cultural and Community
Center
Please RSVP at: Email:
edu@bilateralchamber.org,
Phone: 713-880-8168, Fax:
713-880-8278
February 21, 2006 -
The New Rulers of the World
A screening of award-winning
journalist John Pilger's film "The
New Rulers of the World." In this
powerful investigative film, Pilger
uncovers the realities of elite
globalization by taking a close look
at Indonesia, a country described by
the World Bank as a model pupil
until its globalized
economy collapsed in 1998.
Sponsored by Houston Institute for
Culture and the University of St.
Thomas Departments of Modern and
Classical Languages and
International Studies.
When: Tuesday, February 21,
2006
Time: 7:00 pm
Where:
Anderson Hall at UST
February 20, 2006 -
Protest of the Iraqi War
To observe Mother's Day, Cindy
Sheehan and the Gold Star Families
for Peace, in conjunction with
Veterans for Peace and Code Pink,
will be taking the protest of the
Iraqi War to Barbara Bush, mother of
the President. They want to ask her,
"Why did our sons die for your son's
lies?"
When: Monday, February 20,
2006
Time: 4-7 p.m.
Where: In front of St.
Martin's Episcopal Church (the
Bushes' church), 717 Sage Road at Woodway just outside I-610 West
Loop.
For more information, contact Amy
Branham at 281-251-3307 or
abranham@houston.rr.com.
Click here for flyer.
February 20, 2006
-
Health Education &
Eligibility Application Assistance
Eligibility Interviews
for the Gold Card: The Gold
Card provides financial
assistance for medical care
to Harris County residents
who qualify.
The
Harris County Hospital
District’s (HCHD) mission
statement says it serves all
County residents. While
medical care is not free at
their facilities, there is
financial assistance for
those who qualify. Based on
your household income, you
may qualify for full or
partial financial
assistance, on a sliding
scale, including: full pay,
half pay, co-pay or no-pay.
This financial assistance
for medical care is just one
of the many valuable
benefits of being a resident
of Harris County.
When: Monday, February 20,
2006
Time: 9:00 a.m.
(limited to 20 families -first
come first serve)
Where:
Arab American Cultural &
Community Center,
10555 Stancliff Rd, Houston,
TX 77099
For more information on
requirements, visit
Harris County Hospital
District
or call the Community
Outreach Division at
713-566-6064.
Click here for flyer.
February 19, 2006 -
Speak Out for Peace
Cindy Sheehan and the Goldstar
Families will "Speak Out for Peace."
Event sponsors also include the
North Houston Peace Group, Potlucks
for Peace, and Concerned Citizens of
Montgomery County.
When: Sunday, February 19,
2006
Time: 7 p.m.
Where: Montgomery College
Theatre, Building D, 3200 College
Park Dr. in The Woodlands
Directions: Take I-45 north to exit
#79 (Needham Rd./Hwy. 242/College
Park Dr.); turn
west and go approximately 1/4 mile;
main college entrance is on the
right.
February
17, 2006 - Interview with
Ghassan Andoni
Alternative Perspectives will present an
interview of Palestinian peace activist
Ghassan Andoni conducted by Jackie
Carpenter at the Rapproachment Center in
Beit Sahour in the West Bank.
Andoni, a proponent of nonviolent direct
action against the Israeli occupation,
is one of the main founders of the
International Solidarity movement. He
candidly discusses his experiences
living under occupation and his former
incarceration by the Israelis.
When: Friday, February 17, 2006
Time: 8 a.m.
Where: Channel 17 TV
(Houston Media Source)
February
17, 2006 -
Muslim American Republican Caucus
Meeting
Candidate and Community Meet and Greet
Dinner. Your elected leaders and
candidates for office want to meet you.
It is time to let them know how you feel
about the issues that affect your
family, your schools, your job and your
country.
Admission is Free. Please call or
register online to reserve your seat
Seating is Limited.
When: Friday, February 17, 2006
Time: Reception at 6:30 p.m.,
Dinner at 7:00 p.m.
Where:
Arab American Cultural & Community
Center,
10555 Stancliff Rd, Houston,
TX 77099
Click
here for flyer.
February
17, 2006 -
Valentine’s Party
Valentine’s Party hosted by The Holy
Martyrs Church and Al-Omda Mediterranean
restaurant.
Live Entertainment by Jabbour.
For more information or tickets, email
Laurice at
laurice@houston.rr.com.
February 16, 2006 -
Arabic
Foreign
Language Lunch
When: Thursday, February 16, 2006
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Where: Sheraton Brookhollow, 3000 North
Loop West
Keynote Speaker: TBA
This luncheon is sponsored by the
Houston World Affairs Council. For
more information, visit
http://www.hwac.net/edu/prgfll.php.
February
16, 2006 - Fund Raising for
18 year old Lebanese Girl
This is a Fundraising event for an 18
year old Lebanese girl who was diagnosed
with Leukemia. Her medication
costs have been up to $3,000/week. She
has already received nine blood and four
platelet transfusions. Jessica
does not have health insurance. We hope
you will make plans to attend this event
and support Jessica generously.
When: Thursday, February 16, 2006
Time: 7 p.m. - 11 p.m.
Where:
Mary’z Lebanese Cuisine on Richmond,
Houston
February 16, 2006
- The Imperative to Act: Darfur
and Sudan
The Boniuk Center at Rice University
presents "The Imperative to Act: Darfur
and Sudan." Two presentations about a
response to this major humanitarian
crisis: At 4 p.m. it will be by Mark
Bixler, Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
author of "The Lost Boys of
Sudan." At 7 p.m. it will be Jerry
Fowler, Staff Director, Committee on
Conscience, United States
Holocaust Memorial
Museum.
Discussions will follow both talks.
Herring Hall 100 on the Rice campus.
For more information, contact Calvin N.
Preece, Boniuk Center coordinator at
713-348-4536 or via e-mail at
calp@rice.edu.
February 15, 2006
- Scholarships Available for
Arab-American Students
The Arab American Institute Foundation
announces the Al-Muammar Scholarship for
Journalism Students. Up to four
scholarships for $5,000 each will be
awarded to Arab-American students (with
U.S. citizenship or Permanent Residency
status) who are majoring in journalism
or related fields.
Applications must be postmarked by
Wednesday, February 15, 2006.
Awardees will be announced in May 2006.
To
Be Eligible Applicants Must:
-
Be a full-time undergraduate or graduate student at an accredited college/university and majoring in journalism or related field
-
Be of Arab descent with US Citizenship or Permanent Resident status
-
Have a GPA of at least 3.3
Click here for more information, including how to apply.
February
12, 2006 - 3 on 3
Basketball Tournament at ACC
There will be trophies/medals, gift
certificates, BBQ, and more....
Ages 9 & up...
When: Sunday, February 12, 2006
Time: 11:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Where:
Arab American Cultural & Community
Center,
10555 Stancliff Rd, Houston,
TX 77099
Bring your friends and come even if you
don't have a team!!
For registration forms & tournament rules,
please email
active3rab@hotmail.com
February
12, 2006 - Rafik Al-Hariri
Commemoration
When: Sunday, February 12, 2006
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Where:
Arab American Cultural & Community
Center,
10555 Stancliff Rd, Houston,
TX 77099
Invitation Open to all.
For information
contact the organizer, Mr. Mustafa
Baassiri at 713-781-5478.
February
12, 2006 -
Valentine Masquerade Ball Hosted by Arab
Roots
When: Sunday, February 12,
2006
Time: 7 p.m. to 12 a.m.
Where: The Gallery, Houston, Texas
$15 a person, $20 a couple
Click
here for flyer.
For more information, email
arssusu@aol.com.
Now through February 12, 2006 -
Mummy: the inside story
For years,
the only way to learn about Egyptian
mummies was to unwrap them - a
destructive and ultimately
irreversible process. With the help
of modern technology scientists are
now able to perform CT scans, which
provide a look under the wrappings
and inside the mummified remains.
Mummy: the inside story
dives into current technology and
takes visitors on an exciting
virtual tour beneath the sarcophagus
lid - traveling to the past to learn
more about life and death in Ancient
Egypt.
Where:
Houston Museum of
Natural Science
When: September 30,
2005 through February 12, 2006
February 10,
2006 - Saudi Aramco Job
Fair
When: Friday, February 10,
2006
Time: 9 am - 6 pm
Where: Aramco Services
Company, 9009 West Loop South,
Houston
Bring two resumes
Visit
www.jobsataramco.com/fair
to identify position you are
qualified for.
February 10, 2006
- Comedy Middle Eastern Style
A film called COMEDY MIDDLE EASTERN
STYLE about Middle Eastern stand up
comedians including Arab, Iranian, and
Pakistani will be screened at the Rice
Cinema at the Rice University in
Houston.
When: Friday, February 10, 2006
Time: 8 PM
Where: Rice Cinema at the Rice
University
For more information, call 713-348-4853.
February 9, 2006 -
Arab American Voters Coalition Meeting
The AA Voters Coalition is ready to start
this new 2006 election year with activism,
advocacy and action. We have several
goals lined up, and we’ll need your help,
support and involvement to see us through
it. AA Voters Coalition will be true
to our mission: working towards advancing
the aspirations, interests and political
strength of our community. We will do this
through education, involvement and
participation in the electoral process.
Our monthly meetings are open to all members
and supporters.
When: Thursday, February 9, 2006
Time: 6 pm if you’d like to have
dinner), 6:30 pm for the start of the
meeting
Where: Mykonos Restaurant, 2181
Richmond at Greenbriar, Houston
When: March 9, 2006
Time: 6 pm
Where: Jungman Public Library, 5830
Westheimer (Between Chimney Rock &
Fountainview)
When: April 13, 2006
Time: 6 pm
Where: Jungman Public Library, 5830
Westheimer (Between Chimney Rock &
Fountainview)
This meeting’s Agenda: Includes organizing
our efforts to specific goals, and
organizing action on a “District by
District” Basis in 2006.
For more information, visit
www.votercoalition.org.
February 9, 2006
- Dr. Sharon Joy's Personal
Experiences Traveling in Israel and
Palestine
Houston Peace Forum presents Dr. Sharon
Joy, Music Educator in the Moores School
of Music at UH, speaking about her
personal experiences traveling in Israel
and Palestine, as well as about her
grassroot effort to bring together a
dialogue group of Jews and Palestinians
here. She is exploring the use of the
performing arts to further the
Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
Discussion will follow, refreshments are
served.
When: Thursday, February 9, 2006
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Where: First Unitarian Univeralist
Church, 5200 Fannin, Room 302
For more information, contact Pat
Nichols at 713-681-6267.
February 8, 2006
- Iraq Oil and Gas Sector Briefing
To assist in the development of the oil
and gas industry in Iraq, the U.S. Trade
and Development Agency is sponsoring a
delegation of eight Iraqi officials to
visit the United States to meet with
public and private sector financial
institutions, engineering and
construction companies, oil and gas
exploration and production companies,
major equipment and material suppliers
and U.S. government agencies. The
purpose of the visit is to discuss
investment opportunities, market
planning, and the application of
technology in Iraq's oil and gas sector
- both in the upstream and downstream.
When: Wednesday, February 8, 2006
Time: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Where: InterContinental Hotel
Houston, 2222 W. Loop South, Houston, TX
77027
Sponsored by the
Bilateral US-Arab Chamber of Commerce
and the
Greater Houston Partnership.
Click here for more information (flyer).
February
8, 2006 - Interview
with Ghassan Andoni
Alternative Perspectives will present an
interview of Palestinian peace activist
Ghassan Andoni conducted by Jackie
Carpenter at the Rapproachment Center in
Beit Sahour in the West Bank.
Andoni, a proponent of nonviolent direct
action against the Israeli occupation,
is one of the main founders of the
International Solidarity movement. He
candidly discusses his experiences
living under occupation and his former
incarceration by the Israelis.
When: Wednesday, February 8, 2006
Time: 9 p.m.
Where: Channel 17 TV
(Houston Media Source)
February 7, 2006
- The United
States and Saudi Arabia: Partners in
Prosperity and Security
Features
Speaker: Prince Turki Al-Faisal,
Saudi Ambassador to the United States
When: Tuesday, February 07, 2006
Time: Registration: 4:15, Program:
5:00pm-6:00pm
Where: River Oaks Country Club,
1600 River Oaks Blvd., The Ballroom
Based on mutual respect and many common
interests, the U.S.-Saudi partnership is
one of America’s most enduring and
fundamental. How can we build on this
important relationship to successfully
address the many challenges of change,
both social and economic?
Prince Turki was appointed an Advisor in
the Royal Court in 1973. From 1977 to
2001, he served as the Director General
of the General Intelligence Directorate
(GID), the Kingdom’s main foreign
intelligence service. He most recently
completed a posting as Saudi Arabia's
Ambassador to the United Kingdom from
2003-2005 before replacing Prince Bandar
bin Sultan as the Kingdom's top diplomat
in the United States. Prince Turki was
appointed Ambassador to the United
States on July 20, 2005. He is one of
the founders of the King Faisal
Foundation and is the chairman of the
King Faisal Center for Research and
Islamic Studies in Riyadh.
Houston World Affairs Council members
free, non-members $20. This event is
co-sponsored by the
Bilateral US-Arab Chamber of Commerce.
For more information, visit
www.hwac.net.
February 7, 2006
- Three
Religions and One Destiny: Religions for
a Better Humanity
Imam Yahya Hendi, Dr. Michael Signer,
and Reverend John Pawlikowski
Religions are once more becoming a
potent force in social policy in many
parts of the world, including the United
States. But the history of religion's
involvement in the social order is very
mixed. At times religious groups have
been a powerful force for justice &
peace; but at times they have been
instigators of conflict. We see both
elements still at work today. If
religion is to become a force for good
in contemporary society it must deal
with its dark side, anti-Semitism being
a prime example. If the three Abrahamic
religions, can in fact, begin to
overcome their history of conflict, they
can provide a model for similar efforts
in society at large. And working
together, they can become a powerful
force for justice in ways none of them
could do alone.
Imam Yahya Hendi
Imam Yahya Hendi is the Muslim chaplain
at Georgetown University, the first
American University to hire a full-time
Muslim chaplain. Imam Hendi is also the
Imam of the Islamic Society of
Frederick, and is the Muslim Chaplain at
the National Naval Medical Center in
Bethesda, MD. He also serves as a member
and the spokesperson of the Islamic
Jurisprudence Council of North America.
He serves as adjunct faculty member at
McDaniel College in Westminster, MD.
Dr. Michael Signer
Rabbi Signer is Director of the Notre
Dame Holocaust Project—an
interdisciplinary faculty group that
designs educational opportunities for
students to engage in the study of the
Shoah. Since 1998 he has been co-chair
of the Joint Commission on
Interreligious Affairs of the Reform
movement.
Dr. Father John Pawlikowski
Father Pawlikowski serves has the
Professor of Ethics and the Director of
the Catholic-Jewish Studies Program at
the University of Chicago. John
Pawlikowski’s scholarly interests
include the theological and ethical
aspects of the Christian-Jewish
relationship and public ethics. He has
studied the Nazi Holocaust extensively
enabling him to appreciate the ethical
challenges facing the human community as
it struggles with greatly enhanced power
and extended responsibility for the
future of all creation. He is President
of the International Council of
Christians and Jews and author of Christ
in the Light of the Christian Jewish
Dialogue and co-editor with Judith Banki
of Ethics in the Shadow of the
Holocaust.
When: Tuesday, February 7, 2006
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Where:
The Rothko
Chapel, 1409 Sul Ross at Yupon, Houston,
Texas (713-524-9839)
For more information or to RSVP, click
here.
February 3-5, 2006 - "Islam
Invulnerable: The Making of The Modern
Muslim World"
The
purpose of this course is to encourage
Muslims to critically examine their own
historical tradition, and to promote a
more sophisticated view of the world, in
the hope that this will aid future
generations of Muslims to more
effectively confront the challenges that
face the Muslim Ummah.
The course is divided into four parts.
The first part will analyze the rise of
the Ottoman Empire, the Mughal Empire,
the Safavid Empire, as well as the
evolution of Muslim civilization in
Central Asia, Africa and South East
Asia.
The second part of the course will
examine the scientific, military, and
economic factors that contributed to the
rise of the European nations, and to the
relative material decline of the Muslim
world, as well as the role that European
Imperial powers played in dividing the
Muslim world into distinct
nation-states.
The third part of the course will focus
upon the creation of the modern
nation-states of Turkey and Iran, and
the partition of India and the
subsequent Indo-Pakistani wars, as well
as the articulation of the modern Arab
state system.
Finally, we will critically examine the
Arab-Israeli conflict, and will cover
the origins of Arab Nationalism and
Zionism, as well as the 1948, 1956, 1973
and 1982 wars. We will also focus upon
the Israeli New History, and consider
what this literature has revealed about
the origins the Palestinian refugee
problem, as well as the ultimate
consequences of the Arab-Israeli
conflict.
When:
February 3-5, 2006
Where: Houston, Texas
For more information, visit
www.almaghrib.org/iim.php.
February 4, 2006 - Friends of Egyptian Children with Cancer Fund Raising Banquet
A Special
Invitation from Friends of Egyptian
Children with Cancer (FECC).
Please join Friends of Egyptian Children
with Cancer For a Fund Raising Banquet.
When: Saturday, February 4, 2006
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Where: Sheraton Suites Houston,
2400 West Loop South
Entertainment by Trans Arabian Band
To RSVP, email
fecc@yahoo.com
or call Dr. Samia Khalil at
713-500-6242.
FECC is a Non Profit 501 (c) (3)
Organization. All Donations are
Tax Deductible.
Click here for event flyer.
February 4, 2006
- Arab American Engineers &
Architects Association Meeting
The Arab American
Engineers & Architects Association (AAEAA)
would like to invite you to its second
meeting in Houston, Texas.
When: Saturday, February 4, 2006
Time: 2:15 PM
Where: Arab-American Cultural &
Community Center (ACC), 10555 Stancliff
Road, Houston, Texas 77099
We will have Dr. Soliman Khudeira, PE &
Ms. Suha Saber as guest speakers from
Arab American Association of Engineers &
Architects (AAAEA) Chicago. They will
provide power point presentations and
answers to your questions and concerns
about the AAEAA.
Please join us at this meeting should
you be interested in supporting the
establishment of a Texas chapter.
Feel free to invite other Arab
Professionals to the meeting. The ACC
has a big park so that, kids and
families could enjoy.
The AAEAA-Texas successfully had its
first meeting in Houston, Texas on
Friday, December 9, 2005 at Terracon
Consultants Inc. This meeting was
attended by 18 engineers, architects and
students. A steering committee was
selected: Hosam Salman (Coordinator),
Ahmad A. Sayah, Ahmad Alboorenie, Omar
Mabsout, Mohammad Ghosn (Student Rep).
Representatives of other cities:
Hossam Esmail (Dallas), Tareq Ismail
(San Antonio)
For more information, please check our
webpage at:
www.aaaea.org/Link_TX_Eng.htm or
contact Hosam Salman at 832-633-1699.
January 31, 2006 - Interview
with Ghassan Andoni
Alternative Perspectives will present an
interview of Palestinian peace activist
Ghassan Andoni conducted by Jackie
Carpenter at the Rapproachment Center in
Beit Sahour in the West Bank.
Andoni, a proponent of nonviolent direct
action against the Israeli occupation,
is one of the main founders of the
International Solidarity movement. He
candidly discusses his experiences
living under occupation and his former
incarceration by the Israelis.
When: Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Time: 8 a.m. (following Democracy
Now)
Where: Channel 17 TV
(Houston Media Source)
January 27-29, 2006 - "Islam
Invulnerable: The Making of The Modern
Muslim World"
The purpose
of this course is to encourage Muslims to
critically examine their own historical
tradition, and to promote a more
sophisticated view of the world, in the hope
that this will aid future generations of
Muslims to more effectively confront the
challenges that face the Muslim Ummah.
The course is divided into four parts. The
first part will analyze the rise of the
Ottoman Empire, the Mughal Empire, the
Safavid Empire, as well as the evolution of
Muslim civilization in Central Asia, Africa
and South East Asia.
The second part of the course will examine
the scientific, military, and economic
factors that contributed to the rise of the
European nations, and to the relative
material decline of the Muslim world, as
well as the role that European Imperial
powers played in dividing the Muslim world
into distinct nation-states.
The third part of the course will focus upon
the creation of the modern nation-states of
Turkey and Iran, and the partition of India
and the subsequent Indo-Pakistani wars, as
well as the articulation of the modern Arab
state system.
Finally, we will critically examine the
Arab-Israeli conflict, and will cover the
origins of Arab Nationalism and Zionism, as
well as the 1948, 1956, 1973 and 1982 wars.
We will also focus upon the Israeli New
History, and consider what this literature
has revealed about the origins the
Palestinian refugee problem, as well as the
ultimate consequences of the Arab-Israeli
conflict.
When:
January 27-29 and February 3-5, 2006
Where: Houston, Texas
For more information, visit
www.almaghrib.org/iim.php.
January 26, 2006 - My
Year in Iraq: The Struggle to Build a Future
of Hope
Keynote Speaker:
Paul Bremer, Presidential Envoy to Iraq
When: Thursday, January 26, 2006
Where: The Westin Oaks Hotel, 5011
Westheimer, The Consort Ballroom
Registration: 6:00 pm
Program: 6:30 pm- 7:30 pm
Ambassador Bremer will talk about first-hand
account of danger, chaos, and the daunting
challenge in the Coalition's first year
after the military victory over Saddam
Hussein -- told with candor by the man in
charge.
HWAC members Free, non-members $20. Table Cost n/a.
For more information, visit
www.hwac.net.
January 26, 2006 -
American Lebanese National
Movement Meeting
When: Thursday, January
26, 2006
Time: 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Where: Fadi's Mediterranean Cuisine, 8383 Westheimer,
Houston, Texas
Multiple topics will be covered in this
general meeting. Everyone is
encouraged to attend (including
non-members).
To RSVP, e-mail
pio@alnm.net or call 832-771-2442.
January 25, 2006 - Dissent in
A Democracy
Ann Wright, a 30-year foreign service
diplomat and Army colonel who resigned her
post in protest the month before the Iraq
invasion, will speak on "Dissent in A
Democracy." Since her resignation, Wright
has been active in the anti-war movement.
When: Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Time: 7 p.m.
Where: Montgomery College Theater,
Building D., Montgomery College, 3200
College
Park Dr. off Hwy. 242 in The Woodlands.
Sponsored by Northwoods Unitarian
Universalist Church. $10 donation
requested, not required.
For more information, call 281-298-2780.
January 22, 2006 - Dosti
Forum
The third Dosti Forum, an event for
Pakistanis, Indians, and others. The goal of
the forum is to give Houstonians the
opportunity to bring the local ethnic
communities closer and make the voice of
peace supporters heard in Washington, Delhi,
and Islamabad.
Dosti 2006 will emphasize the role of peace
in economic and social development. There'll
be short speeches from experts on
economics and South Asia. Then participants
will break into small groups to discuss
current events, social welfare, and other
aspects of South Asia.
When: Sunday, January 22, 2006
Time: 3 - 7:30 p.m.
Where:
Grand Hall, Rice University
The forum is free, but advance registration
is required.
For more information, visit
www.pakindiadosti.org.
January 20, 2006 - Islamophobia
& Antisemitism: Lessons From France
Lecture by Dr. Paul A Silverstein from Reed
College
Lecture is from a series of lectures - "The
Arab World: History, Politics and Culture"
When: Friday, January 20, 2006
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. (lecture
begins at 7 p.m.)
Where: Farnsworth Pavilion RMC/Ley
Student Center, Rice University, 6100 Main
St, Houston
Abstract Dr. Paul Silverstein - Reed
College-Department of Anthropology
Lecture is first from a Series of lectures -
"The Arab World: History, Politics, and
Culture" sponsored by the Arab-American
Educational Foundation.
Sponsors:
Office of the Dean of Humanities
Department of History, Rice University
James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy
The Boniuk Center for the Study and Advancement of Religious
Tolerance
Arab American Educational Foundation
For more information on the lecture series,
visit
www.history.rice.edu.
Paid self-parking is available near the
event. For complete location and parking
details and downloadable maps, go to
www.rice.edu/maps.
Click here for flyer.
When: Thursday, January 19, 2006
Time: 7 p.m. - 10 p.m.
Where: Mary'z Lebanese Cuisine, 5825 Richmond Avenue, Houston, TX 77057
Free for ALNM Members, $5.00 Entry – For non Members
Lebanese music and songs. Lots of valuable prizes to win. Bring family and friends.
2006 ALNM Calendars will be on hand for sale – A fundraising effort to support Women Shelters in Lebanon.
To RSVP, e-mail pio@alnm.net or call 832-771-2442.
No journalistic challenge is larger at the moment than reporting the Middle East, no other story has more impact, no other place is more important now for peace in the world.
While the Palestinian/Israeli conflict is a central event in the region, it’s not the only event. Through the countless other stories, public perceptions are affected, both locally and abroad, as much by what journalists choose to cover as they are by the coverage itself.
We’ve asked a distinguished panel of journalists to discuss how they decide what to bring to their audience, which stories they cover, how they verify facts and what pressures they face as journalists in this difficult region.
Salameh Nematt, the Washington Bureau Chief of Al-Hayat International Arab Daily and the LBC, the Lebanon-based Arab satellite channel.
Yaron Deckel is considered by many to be one of Israel’s top political reporters and commentators, and has covered the trials and tribulations of Israeli politics since 1985. Since 2002, he has been reporting from Washington as IBA’s Bureau Chief.
Ambassador Robert Jordan was US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from October 2001 until November 2003, one of the most turbulent time periods in the relationship between the two countries. Resuming his law career at Baker Botts in 2004, Mr. Jordan currently engages in an international business and dispute resolution practice.
Where: The Junior League, 1811 Briar Oaks Lane, Houston, Texas
When: Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Registration: 6:30 pm
Program: 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
This event is co-sponsored by the Bilateral US-Arab Chamber of Commerce and Houston World Affairs Council.
HWAC members Free, non-members $20. Table Cost n/a.
For more information, visit www.hwac.net.
A Vigil for Dignity and Rights of Immigrants on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. This is in response to the anti-immigrant measure passed by the U.S. House of Representatives that would make millions of undocumented immigrants, including 1.6 million children, aggravated felons, and broaden the definition of smuggling to include anyone assisting, employing or serving them.
When: Monday, January 16, 2006
Time: 5 p.m.
Where: Around the Mickey Leland Federal Building, 1919 Smith, Houston, Texas.
Sponsored by CRECEN/America Para Todos.
For more information, contact Teodoro Aguiluz at CRECEN (713-271-9703, crecen@msn.com).
January 6, 2006
- Withdrawal of Troops from Iraq:
When, Why, How
First
Friday Forum features a program entitled
"Withdrawal of Troops from
Iraq: When, Why, How," presented by the
Houston chapter of Veterans for
Peace.
Discussion will focus not only on the
withdrawal, but also the reparations needed
and the reconstruction contracts that should
provide jobs for Iraqi workers and
companies.
When: Friday, January 6, 2006
Time: 7:30 p.m. social gathering, 8
p.m. program
Where: Maryknoll House, 2360 Rice
Blvd. (west of Greenbriar)