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December 17 -
Houston-Palestinian Culture Night
CHANGING LIVES THROUGH EDUCATION
SUPPORT EDUCATION IN PALESTINE
With Special Guests:
Amer Zahr -Comedian & Host
Maher Attilli - Folkloric Singer
Art of Freedom Dabkeh
Hennah Art Table
Date: December 17, 2022
Time: 6pm - 10pm
Location: Westin Houston Medical Center, 1709 Dryden Rd,
Houston, TX 77030
For more information,
click here.
December 17 -
Palestine Day: Fundraising Dinner Benefiting Children's
Hospital in Gaza & Other Aid Projects
Together for Palestine! Join us with your family for our
Annual Banquet for Palestine, Sat Dec 17, 2022 - 4:00 PM.
Register soon because space is limited.
A night of inspiration with our guest scholars and artists.
We hope you’re able to join us!
Palestine, especially the Gaza Strip is one of our key focus
areas with a wide-range of activities and aid programs
including providing services and basic necessities to needy
families, pediatric and ICU care units, medical supplies,
food & vegetable baskets, bread bakeries and many more.
The proceeds from this fundraising will be used for
different projects in Gaza:
1- Renovate the Emergency room at a Children’s hospital in
Northern Gaza
2- Fund the winter aid campaign that will keep more than 500
needy families in Gaza warm during this winter
3- Provide School supplies to students of different ages in
Gaza
4- Provide temporary employment to more than 20 doctors and
50 nurses in the local hospitals in Gaza which lack medical
professional due to budget deficits
5- Expand the local development projects in Northern Gaza
including green houses, Local Qurbani sheep farm and
potentially build a bakery in Northern Gaza, all of which
provide jobs to the locals and the proceeds benefit the
local population in Gaza.
Your gift will help us together put a smile on many
beautiful innocent faces in Gaza!
Let us together show our brothers and sisters in Gaza that
they are not alone. We hope to see you on December 17th.
Rahma Worldwide Aid & Development
Date: Saturday, December 17, 2022
Time: 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Location: 816 Town and Country Blvd., Houston, TX 77024
For more information,
click here.
December 10-11 -
Islamic Arts Festival
9th Annual Islamic Arts Festival
The largest and oldest Festival of Islamic Arts is back
again!
The 9th annual Islamic Arts Festival will be held on the
10th and 11th of December 2022. The festival will feature
art from renowned artists from all across the USA and is the
largest and oldest festival of Islamic arts in the USA.
During the two-day festival, visitors will have the
opportunity to see the work of artists who will be available
in person. They will be able to browse through our festival
hall while observing Covid-19 precautions, take part in
interactive art sessions, learn about Islamic art and
culture, as well as enjoy ethnic cuisine from food trucks.
In addition, there will be live demonstrations on
calligraphy, henna tattoo, Ebru, painting, Arabesque pattern
coloring and lots of children’s art activities. There will
also be an online session where visitors will be able to buy
magnificent artwork from the comfort of their homes.
Date: December 10-11, 2022
Time: 10.30 A.M. till 5.00 P.M.
Location: Masjid Al-Salam, 16700 Old Louetta Rd., Houston
(Spring), TX 77379
Get ready for a fun-filled two-day program!
FREE ADMISSION – EVERYONE WELCOME!
For more information:
https://islamicartssociety.org/9th-annual-islamic-arts-festival/
December 3 - Arab American Cultural & Community Center (ACC) Annual
Gala
The Arab American Cultural & Community Center invites you to
the 26th Annual Unity & Friendship Gala
HONORING HISTORY- CELEBRATING CHANGE
Highlighting the People & Culture of Algeria
Date: Saturday, December 3, 2022
Time: Reception at 6:30 p.m., Program & Dinner 7:00 p.m.
Location: Arab American Cultural and
Community Center, 10555 Stancliff Rd.
Houston, 77099
Honoring:
Imad Abdullah, OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD
Kadreya Abousayed, OUTSTANDING LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Nujoud Merancy, ARAB AMERICAN WOMEN TRAILBLAZERS
Gala Chairs: Rachida Benamar & Hadia Mawlawi
Live Performances by Dalila Mekadder & Liliane Kheirbeck
RSVP to 832-351-3366 or
info@acchouston.org
November 27 -
Poetry Event at ACC (همسات الأعياد 2022)
Date: November 27, 2022
Time: 3pm - 4:30pm
Location: Arab American Cultural and
Community Center, 10555 Stancliff Rd.
Houston, 77099
For more information,
click here.
November 25-27 -
Annual ICNA-MAS Regional Convention
Join us on this Thanksgiving Weekend, Nov 25-27 for 14th
Annual ICNA-MAS Regional Convention.
Highlights: Bazaar | Midnight Brothers Basketball Tournament
| Interactive Presentations | Parallel Sessions | Youth
lectures | Sisters Only Program | Matrimonial Service & Much
more!!
Date: November 25-27, 2022
Location: Houston Marriott Westchase, 2900 Briarpark Dr.,
Houston, TX 77042
For more information,
click here.
November 22 -
Free Vaccine Clinic at the ACC
Date: November 22, 2022
Time: 3pm - 7pm
Location: Arab American Cultural and
Community Center, 10555 Stancliff Rd.
Houston, 77099
For more information,
click here.
November 18 - Rami Khalife -
Lost/Return To Beirut
A Cinematic Solo Piano Concert
LOST/Return to Beirut is a cine concert highlighting a
meeting of a feature film and a documentary with a powerful
solo piano performance. The return of Rami Khalife to his
homeland, Lebanon, is a rediscovery of his country that he
painfully left as a child because of the war, a scar of the
exodus that has never healed.
Return to Beirut is the work of painter, photographer, and
director François Rousseau.
LOST is the most personal work that Rami has ever composed
and puts the entirety of the album (13 titles) into an
image. This film is his story, his suffering and his
fragility, a sensitive, violent and inventive dialogue with
his instrument. For the film, the piano from his childhood
was lifted to the top of a building under construction, near
Byblos, to an open platform overlooking Beirut and the
Mediterranean Sea. The camera captured these bright moments
when Rami interpreted his album. The film is conceived as a
road-trip movie, going from place to place, physically very
close to each other, yet clearly distinct.
Crossing Lebanon, attentive to Rami’s look, François's
camera recorded encounters, all the contradictions of
Lebanon: the frenzy of the city, the serenity of the cedar
forests, the harshness of refugee camps, and the coexistence
of multiple religious communities.
The movie shows the tears of a young Syrian refugee girl in
a refugee camp, the beautiful energy of Chadi dancers, the
courage of a woman whose husband disappeared along with
nearly 100,000 people during the Lebanese civil war that
ended 30 years ago, and depicted by the photographs of award
winning war photojournalist Jamal Saidi. In his words
François said "I witnessed the challenge of conservative
thinking and behavior towards the choreographer and dancer
of the LGBT community, Alexander Paulikevich. I saw the
confinement in the Palestinian camps of Sabra and Shatila,
the emotion in front of the discovery of the war images of
photographer Jamal Saidi, the poetry of street artists, the
soothing of prayers, the environmental and ecological
degradation of Lebanon, and a confident, loving, and
tolerant youth in spite of the collapse, and the benevolent
eyes of a father, the great composer and singer Marcel
Khalife."
Date: Friday, November 18, 2022
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: MATCH-Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston, 3400
Main St., Houston, TX 77002
About the Artists:
Rami Khalife is a composer and pianist, graduate of the
Julliard School of Music, New York. Rami Khalife - son of
Marcel Khalife - has been carrying on a path outside the
conventional rules and norms since the turn of the century.
François Rousseau is a painter, photographer, and a
director. Above all, he is a perfectionist, he depicts each
story-board by staging and merging his three passions in a
quasi-choreographic work that celebrates contortions of the
body and the performance of the soul. LOST/Return to Beirut
is his first film.
Join us after the performance in the lobby for CD signing
and photos.
For more information,
click here.
November 10 - Health
Talks: Mental Health Stigma
Come join us for a panel discussion with
speakers from National Alliance on Mental
Illness (NAMI) Greater Houston and Mental
Health America (MHA) of Greater Houston
about mental health stigmas.
COVID -19 information and resources will
also be provided.
Date: November 10, 2022
Time: 6pm - 8pm
Location: Arab American Cultural and
Community Center, 10555 Stancliff Rd.
Houston, 77099
Click here
to RSVP.
November 5-6 - Houston
Palestinian Festival
Come join us for our 10th annual Houston
Palestinian Festival and experience the
Palestinian culture and heritage.
Each year comes with great excitement to
embrace a special aspect of Palestine.
The Festival will include:
- International
super star Haitham Khalaily performing both
nights!
- A new and much
larger venue with free and easy parking
- Our largest
Bazaar ever! Giving you the ultimate shopping
experience with a variety of vendors, such as
Henna tattoos, embroidery, arts, clothing and
much more
- A massive 2,000
sq ft cultural exhibit on Palestine and amazing
Palestinian décor throughout
- Various
Palestinian cuisine and deserts from local food
vendors and food trucks selling shawarmas,
grilled kabobs and more!
- Cultural music
and dance performances from all around Palestine
- Palestinian
Pageantry where you watch and learn about
Palestinian thobes
- Showcase of a
traditional Palestinian wedding
- A larger kids
entertainment section with extended hours
- More live
entertainment than ever before!
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Saturday, November 5: 3 pm - 11 pm
Sunday, November 6: 1 pm - 9 pm
Location: The Crown Festival Park, 18355
Southwest Fwy, Sugar Land, TX 77479
Come out and celebrate the Palestinian
culture with live entertainment, food and
shopping!
The Houston Palestinian Festival is presented by The
Palestinian American Cultural Center, a registered 501(c)(3)
non-profit.
For more information, visit
www.HoustonPalestinianFestival.com.
October 30 - Madafeh:
Hanan Awad, Photographer, Essayist
Guest: Hanan Awad
Organized by the Palestine Museum
In 1948, the year of al-Nakba or "the
catastrophe", over 750,000 Palestinians were
expelled from their homeland through
militarized displacement resulting in the
depopulation and destruction of over 400
Palestinian villages. Each village has a
unique story regarding the specifics of how
it was attacked and how its inhabitants were
forcibly expelled. For the most part, the
villages were totally destroyed - leaving
only a few that stand to this day. Ayn Hawd
and Ayn Karem are these unique cases of
villages escaping the brutal destruction
that sought to erase the physical signs of
the Palestinian presence throughout the
region. While the houses and buildings of
these two villages were left standing, the
actual Palestinian inhabitants were
displaced and are forbidden to return. The
stories of Ayn Karem and Ayn Hud are
critical for understanding the situation in
Palestine as one of settler-colonialism.
Hanan is a Palestinian-American photo
essayist, and guest host on Arab Voices,
based in Houston TX. As a guest host for her
special segment on Arab Voices, Hanan has
interviewed several important figures in the
Palestinian community; artists, activists,
writers, and more. Hanan Awad is also the
president and founder of the Olive Tree
Project a 501© (3) that plants 1,000 olive
trees in Palestine annually.
Date:
October 30, 2022
Time: The program begins at 12 Noon EDT (11
AM Central)
Location:
Online / Zoom
Click here to register for this event.
October 30 -
Book and Fine Arts Fair
The Syrian American Club will be hosting its
first Book and Fine Arts Fair at Al-Sham
Center.
Date: October
30, 2022
Time: 10 am - 4 pm
Location: Al-Sham Center, 5729 Winsome Ln.,
Houston, TX 77057
Click here for
event flyer.
October 29-30 -
Ramallah Mediterranean Festival
Join us as we showcase our Ramallah roots
through food, cultural folklore dance, and
live entertainment in the evenings. Spinning
great music by DJ Rami throughout the entire
weekend. We look forward to hosting you all!
Date:
October 29-30, 2022
Location: 3310 FM 1092 Rd, Missouri City, TX
77459-2212
Click here for festival flyer.
October 28 - Health
Talk Series: Breast Cancer Awareness
Panel Discussion
Date:
October 28, 2022
Time: 6 pm - 8 pm
Location: Arab American Cultural & Community
Center, 10555 Stancliff Rd., Houston, 77099
Click here for event flyer.
October 27 - Diabetes
Prevention Class with Dawn
The DAWN Center will be at the
Arab American Cultural & Community Center
(ACC)
to give a FREE prevention
class on how to manage diabetes.
Lessons will include nutrition information
as well as education on COVID-19.
Date:
October 27, 2022
Time: 6:30 pm - 8 pm
Location: Arab American Cultural & Community
Center, 10555 Stancliff Rd., Houston, 77099
Click here for event flyer.
October 27 - “Soviet
Industrialization in Visual Media”
Volodymyr Kulikov (UT Austin) will speak on
how Soviet media documented the
industrialization of the Donbas, a region
that has lately become a hot spot of
Russia's war on Ukraine. Originally from
Kharkiv, Dr. Kulikov has come to UT Austin
on an emergency program for scholars
displaced by the situation in Ukraine. This
event is made possible through the Russian
and Eastern European Initiative at the
University of Houston and is cosponsored by
the Arab-American Educational Foundation
Center for Arab Studies (AAEF-CAS).
Date:
Thursday, October 27, 2022
Time: 1:00 pm
Location: Honors Commons, 212 M.D. Anderson
Library, Houston, TX 77204
October 23 -
Jeff Halper on Israeli House Demolitions
Jeff Halper will also be speaking at Live
Oak Friends Meeting on the Israeli practice
of house demolitions, the issue that
significantly influenced him after he moved
to Israel from the US.
Date:
Sunday, October 23, 2022
Time: 9:20am – 10:20am (between worship
services)
Location: Live Oak Friends Meeting, 1318
West 26th Street, Houston, TX 77008
October 22 -
Actualizing a One-State Solution with Jeff
Halper
Join Students for Justice in Palestine at
the University of Houston in welcoming
activist, organizer, and Nobel Peace Prize
nominee, Jeff Halper, for a presentation on
opposing US government support of Israeli
apartheid and advocating for the One
Democratic State Campaign — a genuine call
for political action, and the establishment
of a single democratic state including
everyone living between the River and the
Sea, including Palestinian refugees who
choose to return to their homeland.
We will be holding space for questions and a
book signing, and food and drinks will be
provided. This is an event you don’t want to
miss!
Please RSVP here.
Date:
October 22, 2022
Time: 5pm-7pm
Location: University of Houston Student
Center South Midtown Room — 4455 University
Dr, Houston, TX 77204
October
19 - “You Can Be the Last Leaf"
- An Evening with Maya Abu
Al-Hayyat
Arab-American Educational Foundation Center
for Arab Studies (AAEF-CAS)
College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences at
the University of Houston
You Can Be the Last Leaf resents the
transcendent and timely US debut of
Palestinian poet Maya Abu Al-Hayyat. In You Can Be the Last Leaf,
Abu Al-Hayyat has created a richly textured
portrait of Palestinian interiority—at once
wry and romantic, worried and tenacious, and
always singing itself.
Maya Abu Al-Hayyat
is the author of four collections of poetry four novels,
including No One Knows His Blood Type
(2013, and numerous children's stories,
including The Blue Pool of Questions
(2017). Maya is also the director of the Palestine Writing Workshop, an
institution that seeks to encourage reading in Palestinian
communities through creative writing projects and
storytelling with children and teachers.
Hanan Awad is a Palestinian-American photo essayist,
and guest host on Arab Voices, based in Houston.
Hanan's work has been exhibited around the
world.
Maha Abdelwahab is a poet and a
Literature and Creative Writing PhD
candidate at the University of Houston
specializing in Empire Studies.
Fady Joudah has published five
collections of poems, most recently,
Tehered to Starts (2021), translated
several collections of poetry from the
Arabic, including You Can Be the Last
Leaf (2022), and is the co-editor and
co-founder of the Etel Adnan Poetry Price.
Date: Wednesday, October 19, 2022
Time: 6 p.m.
Location: Conrad Hilton Ballroom, Hilton
University of Houston, 4450 University
Drive, Houston, TX 77204
Click here for event flyer.
October
16
- The Magic Land of Poetry
The Syrian American Club of Houston is
excited to invite you to "The Magic Land of
Poetry".
This English Recital Event will
include poetry presented by Dr. Samir Tuma,
Nour Bozo & Tarif Youssef-Agha with Piano
music by Hatem Alrais.
Date: October 16, 2022
Time: 3:00 to 4:30 PM
Location: Al-Sham Center, 5729 Winsome Ln.,
Houston, TX 77057
This event is free of charge and welcome to
all.
Click here for event flyer.
October
3
- Gaza: The Longest Siege in Modern History,
2007-Present
You are invited to join this webinar hosted
by Darwish Visiting Professor in Palestinian
Studies
Abdel Razzaq Takriti
In 1948, the tiny Gaza Strip was cut off
from the rest of historic Palestine,
absorbing a huge number of Palestinian
refugees who were ethnically cleansed from
their ancestral lands. In 1967, it was
militarily occupied by Israeli forces, its
inhabitants suffering from a plethora of
colonial domination techniques and movement
restrictions over the subsequent decades. An
unprecedented land, air, and sea blockade
was imposed on Gaza since June 2007,
constituting the longest siege in modern
history. As the UN Special Rapporteur on the
situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian
territories occupied since 1967 has noted in
her latest report: “Israel’s apparent
strategy is the indefinite warehousing of an
unwanted population of two million
Palestinians, whom it has confined to a
narrow strip of land through its
comprehensive 15-year-old air, land and sea
blockade.” The outcome has been a harrowing
process of de-development resulting, as the
UN Special Rapporteur notes, “in a 45
percent unemployment rate, a 60 percent
poverty rate and with 80 percent of the
population dependent on some form of
international assistance, in significant
part because of the hermetic sealing of
Gaza’s access to the outside world”.
Besides this siege imposed by the Israeli
state with Egyptian state collusion, the
Palestinian people living in Gaza have been
assaulted and bombarded by Israeli forces
from land, sea, and air on a regular basis.
Their cities, villages, and refugee camps
have suffered from several Israeli military
invasions, which have led to the killing of
thousands and the maiming of tens of
thousands of Palestinians. Centering the
voices of Palestinian scholars and
intellectuals from Gaza, this panel examines
the political and historic context of this
process, accounting for its enormous human
toll but also highlighting the ongoing will
to resist this oppressive colonial present.
Panelists:
Jehad Abusalim, PhD candidate,
History and Hebrew and Judaic Studies Joint
Program, New York University
Aya Al-Ghazzawi , Writer, English
language teacher, Palestinian Ministry of
Education
Swee Chai Ang, Orthopedic surgeon,
Author
Hadeel Assali, Postdoctoral Research
Scholar, Lecturer, Earth and Environmental
Sciences, Columbia University
Fady Joudah, Physician, Poet,
Translator
Date: October 3, 2022
Time: 12-1:30 pm Eastern Time
Location: Online Webinar (register
here)
With generous support from Brown
University's Mahmoud Darwish Chair in
Palestinian Studies.
Cosponsors: The Arab-American Educational
Foundation Center for Arab Studies at the
University of Houston and The Jerusalem
Fund.
October
1
- Randa’s Run/Walk for Hope 5K
American Lebanese Cultural Center (ALCC) is
a proud supporter of Fort Bend Education
Foundation and Scholarships for Students in
our Community. We believe Education is the
foundation and future of our children and
Community. Please join us and participate
with us in helping us raise money for this
cause.
After the race we invite you to attend and
support our annual Lebanese festival. Where
we will have many exciting and enjoyable
activities for you and your families. The
program will include many cultural,
educational and fun activities and most
importantly the delicious food, dancing,
music. concerts and much much more.
In addition, this walk is also in memory of
those who lost their lives these last 2
years during the pandemic. In particular,
Ibrahim Eter dedicated member, sponsor and
supporter who had passion for our cause and
community.
Date: October 1, 2022
Time: 8:00 am
Location: Constellation Field, 1 Stadium
Drive, Sugar Land, TX 7749
Tickets are $35 for adults and $20 for
children (12 years old and younger) Early
Registration Before August 30, 2022. Tickets
include a T-shirt, breakfast. It is truly an
experience you don’t want to miss!
For more information,
click here.
September 30-October 2
- Houston Lebanese Festival
The Houston Lebanese Festival is considered
the largest in North America, showcasing
Lebanese heritage, traditional dancing,
authentic food, and a host of activities and
entertainment for the whole family.
Date:
September 30-October2, 2022
Location: Constellation Field, Sugar Land,
Texas
For more information, visit
https://alcchouston.org/2022-Festival.
September
30
- Dalal Abu Amneh in Concert
Promoting sustainable development in
Palestine to help Palestinians Help
Themselves
Palestine Foundation is honored to host a
series of benefit concerts with acclaimed
Palestinian singer and producer Dalal Abu
Amneh.
Please note: Our benefit concerts will be
taking place as planned. We offer our
condolences to the Abu Amneh family at this
time, and we look forward to seeing you at
these upcoming events.
Dr. Dalal Abu Amneh is a Palestinian singer
and neuroscientist from Nazareth who is well
known for her classical and folk music
performances, as well as her humanitarian
and civic activism through her art. She has
performed in some of the most prestigious
opera houses and participated in many
international festivals.
Ticket prices range from: $50.00-$125.00 (https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/3618034/dalal-in-concert-stafford-official-box-office-for-stafford-centre)
Date:
Friday, September 30, 2022
Time: 7 pm
Location: Stafford Centre, 10505 Cash Road
Stafford, TX 77477
For more information, visit
https://palestinefoundation.org/.
September 30
- Candles of Hope: Layali Lubnan, The
Musical
American Lebanese Cultural Center (ALCC) in
partnership with the National Arab Orchestra
A Breathtaking Musical Experience and Techno
Show
In light of the humanitarian and economic
crisis the Lebanese people are enduring, and
to honor and support our pediatric cancer
patients in Lebanon, the ALCC will be
hosting a Lebanese musical, theatrical, and
techno show. A unique blend of audio-visuals
curated especially for this event.
This show will transport you to the good old
days of Lebanon with imagery on a massive
screen, synchronized with our most beloved
music, lyrics, and dances that are dear and
near to our hearts. The event is the first
of its kind in the United States and it will
be held in Sugar Land on September 30th,
2022.
The event will also include a cocktail-style
reception, an auction, various underwriting
opportunities, and many sponsorship
activities to promote our fundraising
efforts.
Date:
September 30, 2022
Time: 5:30 pm
Location: Constellation Field, 1 Stadium
Drive, Sugar Land, TX 7749
For more information, visit
https://www.alcchouston.org/Candles-of-Hope.
September 23
- Cancer Prevention and COVID-19 Panel Discussion
The Arab American Cultural & Community
Center (ACC) and Iraqi American Society (IAS)
present Health Talk Series.
Join us for Cancer Prevention and COVID-19
Panel Discussion with MD Anderson Cancer
Center Physicians.
Date: September 23, 2022
Time:
6:30PM-8:00PM
Location: ACC, 10555 Stancliff Rd., Houston,
TX 77099
If you have any
questions or concerns, don't hesitate to
reach out to Sophia Shalabi at
sshalabi@acchouston.org.
Click
here
to register.
September 17
- Syrian American
Club Scholarship Endowment Gala
The Syrian
American Club of Houston is pleased to
invite you to its 2022 Scholarship Endowment
Gala.
Date: Saturday, September 17, 2022
Time: Reception starts at 7:30 pm, Dinner
starts at 8:00 pm
Location: Hilton Houston Post Oak
Click
here for more information.
September 10
- Palestinian American Cultural Center 10th Gala
Reclaim. Return. Rebuild
The Palestinian American Cultural Center of
Houston invites you to be a part of PACC’s
10th Annual Gala. The theme of this year
gala is “Reclaim, Return and Rebuild.” as
this year’s gala comes as we are all
recovering from the worst pandemic in recent
history. During the pandemic, PACC has
stayed strong and continued its mission of
empowering the community, advocating for the
Palestinian cause, and focusing on education
and cultural values.
The 2022 gala will be special and
significant for different aspects; First, we
are starting to raise funds to realize our
long overdue dream of having a physical
Palestinian American Cultural Center in
Houston. Second, we are honoring Mr. Farouk
Shami as a great Palestinian philanthropist
and supporter of PACC over the years. Third,
we are honoring and remembering one of our
own, the late Fouad Rafeedie, who passed
away in 2020.
Our PACC founders have had the vision and
dream to establish a center in Houston to
empower the Palestinian community and justly
promote and highlight our rich heritage and
culture. PACC today is ready to make the
dream a reality. We all believe where there
is a will there is a way. We have an
aspiration to raise $500,000 as the first
milestone and I am sure with your help we
can achieve this goal and the Palestinian
community can have permanent place in
Houston for all of us to call home.
Date:
Saturday, September 10, 2022
time: 7 p.m.
Location: Hilton Houston Post Oak, 2001 Post Oak
Blvd., Houston, TX 77056
Keynote Speaker: Professor Noura Erakat
Honoree: Mr. Farouk Shami
In Remembrance: The Late Mr. Fouad Rafeedie
Master of Ceremony: Vivian Khalaf, Esquire
Let us
reclaim, return, and rebuild the celebration
of our Palestinian culture and heritage.
For more information, visit
www.pacchouston.org.
September 9
- Along The Euphrates: The Music of Iraq & Syria
Presented by The National Arab Orchestra in
Collaboration with Dr. Hussain Alobaidi
Follow The Note: A Musical Journey Through
the Arab World
The Arab world is a diverse collection of 22
nations, with each country offering its
unique thread to the rich tapestry of its
people's art, heritage and tradition of
storytelling. This year, the NAO takes you
on a voyage through the Arab world
showcasing music spanning through land and
time.
Date:
Friday, September 9, 2022
Time: 8 pm
Location: The Hobby Center for the
Performing Arts, Zilkha Hall, 800 Bagby St,
Houston, TX 77002
Masks are highly
recommended for your performance. All ticket
holders will be communicated to prior to
each performance with arrival protocols
specific to their event.
Tickets are available through The Hobby
Center website at:
https://my.thehobbycenter.org/5605/5607.
September
8
- Contemporary Poetry: The Arab American Turn
Please join the Arab-American Educational
Foundation Center for Arab Studies on
Thursday, September 8th for the Annual AAEF
Dr. Burhan and Mrs. Misako Ajouz Professor
of Arab Studies Distinguished Lecture in
Literature: “Contemporary Poetry: The Arab
American Turn,” a discussion of Fady
Joudah’s “Tethered to Stars: Poems” and
Hayan Charara’s “These Trees, Those Leaves,
This Flower, That Fruit: Poems.” This
discussion will be moderated by Dr. Sally
Connolly, Department of English University
of Houston.
Date:
Thursday,
September 8, 2022
Time:
reception at 5:30 pm
followed by a discussion at 6:00 pm
Location:
Hilton University of
Houston’s Waldorf Ballroom (2nd Floor), 4450
University Dr., Houston, TX 77204
Parking is available in the Hilton
University of Houston underground garage.
Fady Joudah is a Palestinian American
physician, poet, and translator. Joudah’s
debut collection of poetry, The Earth in the
Attic (2008), won the 2007 Yale Series of
Younger Poets competition. Joudah followed
his second book of poetry, Alight (2013)
with Textu (2014), a collection of poems
written on a cell phone wherein each piece
is exactly 160 characters long. His fourth
collection is Footnotes in the Order of
Disappearance (2018). Joudah’s fifth and
most recent collection, Tethered to Stars:
Poems (2021) was selected as a Library
Journal Best Book of Poetry of 2021.
Hayan Charara is a poet, children’s book
author, essayist, and editor. He is a
professor in the Honors College at the
University of Houston, where he also teaches
creative writing. His poetry books are These
Trees, Those Leaves, This Flower, That Fruit
(2022), Something Sinister (2016), The
Sadness of Others (2006), and The
Alchemist’s Diary (2001). His children’s
book, The Three Lucys (2016), received the
New Voices Award Honor, and he edited
Inclined to Speak (2008), an anthology of
contemporary Arab American poetry. With Fady
Joudah, he is also a series editor of the
Etel Adnan Poetry Prize.
Dr. Sally Connolly is an Associate Professor
of English at the University of Houston and
Associate Dean of Student and Faculty
Success for the College of Liberal Arts and
Social Sciences. Her first book, Grief and
Meter: Elegies for Poets After Auden (2016),
was the first ever critical study of the
elegies that poets write for each other. Her
second book, Ranches of Isolation:
Transatlantic Poetry (2018) considers the
(sometimes vexed) nature of transatlantic
poetic relations in a series of wide-ranging
essays. She is currently working on a book
about the poetry of the AIDS epidemic.
This event is free and open to the public.
Masks encouraged.
For more information, please contact:
cas@central.uh.edu
August 14
- Houston Rally: From Gaza to Nablus We Stand with
Palestine
Houstonians of all walks of life will gather
at the Consulate General of Israel in
Houston this Sunday, August 14, at 5:00 p.m.
to demonstrate against the recent acts of
violence
by the state of Israel against Palestinians
in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
Date:
Sunday, August 14, 2022
Time: 5 pm - 8 pm
Location: Consulate General of Israel, 24
Greenway Plaza, Houston, TX 77046
Click here for event flyer.
July 28
- COVID Vaccination Update Panel Discussion
COVID is far from gone! Join us for a panel
discussion with Dr. Nesreen Ibrahim and a
Houston Health Department Health Educator to
learn about current COVID positivity rates,
best practices, vaccination updates, and the
impact of COVID on adolescent mental health.
Date:
Thursday, July 28, 2022
Location: ZOOM
For more information or to register, visit
https://www.facebook.com/acchouston.
July 22-23, 2022
- 15th Annual
Houston Palestine Film Festival
Friday, July 22 - 7:00 PM | Midtown Arts &
Theatre Center Houston (MATCH)
Short: From the Mountain (19
min) | Faisal Attrache
Well known for crafting extraordinary
stories of justice, Faisal Attrache doesn’t
disappoint with his latest short film of
Sultan al-Atrash, Commander General of the
1925 Great Syrian Revolt, battling to keep
the flame of revolution alive while in exile
from his beloved Syria.
Feature: Farha (92 min) w/
special guest appearance | Darin Sallam
Based on true events, Darin J. Sallam’s
Farha is a compelling feature film of the
Palestinian Nakba viewed through the eyes of
a 14 year old girl with an uncompromising
determination to survive, as she witnesses
the terrors of war and dispossession that
consume her home.
Saturday, July 23 - 5:00 PM | Midtown Arts &
Theatre Center Houston (MATCH)
Fedayin, Georges Abdallah's Fight
(81 min) w/ special guest appearance |
Collectif Vacarmes Films
Fedayin traces the journey of George
Abdullah, a Lebanese man committed to the
Palestinian struggle in the midst of the
Lebanese civil war, and currently the
longest held political prisoner in Europe.
Saturday, July 23 - 7:30 PM | Midtown Arts &
Theatre Center Houston (MATCH)
200 Meters (96 min) w/ special
guest appearance | Ameen Nayfeh
Written and directed by Palestinian director
Ameen Nayfeh, 200 Meters, winner of the BNL
People’s Choice Award, is a story about
resistance, the fight to preserve one’s
identity, the sanctity of family and the
infinite risks a loving father is willing to
take for his son.
For more information and/or to purchase
tickets, visit
http://www.hpff.org/.
July 16, 2022
- Ghassan Kanafani Resistance Arts Scholarship
Anthology Release
Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM HOUSTON) is
excited to announce this year’s Ghassan
Kanafani Anthology Release & community-wide
event on Saturday, July 16 at 5 pm at the
Arab American Cultural & Community Center in
Houston, TX.
This event will commemorate the release of
the Annual Ghassan Kanafani Resistance Arts
Scholarship Anthology Release.
The Ghassan Kanafani Resistance Arts
Scholarship aims to provide a safe space to
re-engage the Palestinian narrative and
explore the connections between our
community and other marginalized groups in
this country and beyond. There is a lack of
scholarships for Palestinians in North
America, so our goal is to fill that opening
and to provide opportunities to members of
our communities.
We want to empower and uplift our people who
demonstrate excellent writing capabilities
and a commitment to their community. We
invite Palestinians of all ages to this
event celebrating the 2022 Ghassan Kanafani
Resistance Arts Anthology to enjoy a night
filled with incredible performances,
children’s activities, and reading of
Kanafani’s literary work.
For more information,
click here.
July 12, 14 & 16 - Building
Bridges to Counter Islamophobia
The Partnership for the Advancement and
Immersion of Refugees (PAIR) is pleased to
announce that Battery Dance of New York will
partner with PAIR Houston to implement the U.S.
premier of their Dancing to Connect
Refugee Integration program this July in
Houston, TX. The series, ‘Building
Bridges to Counter Islamophobia’ will
include Battery Dance’s signature Dancing to
Connect program for youth and spoken word
and dance performances.
Dancing to Connect (DtC) is the
award-winning arts education program
developed by Battery Dance with funding from
the Doris Duke Foundation. The Dancing to
Connect (DtC) initiative engages
participants in creativity and team
building, using the art form of dance as a
tool for building social cohesion and
resolving conflict throughout the world.
Up to 100 youth, ages 14-19, will be invited
to participate in the summer dance workshop.
PAIR program students, refugees resettled in
Houston from countries around the world,
will make up 50% of the participants. The
remaining participants will be drawn from a
cross-section of the broader Houston
community.
Battery dancers work with teams of youth
over a period of five days, for four hours
each day. Beginning with a specially
designed syllabus of creative exercises that
create a safe space, break down barriers of
distrust and discrimination, and build
mutual respect and understanding,
participants create movement phrases that
become the building blocks of a finished
piece of choreography that tell their
stories. The workshops culminate in a public
performance in which the DtC participants
experience the pride of presenting their
creation before an audience.
Dancing to Connect workshops will take place
July 11 – 15, 2022 and the final performance
and theater rehearsals will take place July
16, 2022 at Zilkha Hall at The Hobby Center
for the Performing Arts.
SPOKEN WORD AND DANCE
Ali Al-Kaabi and Ahmed Abdul-Majeed, who arrived in the U.S.
from Iraq as refugees, share their stories through spoken
word and dance respectively. The program aims to create a
space that fosters dialogue, understanding, mutual respect
and cultural exchange. Q and A will follow the performance.
July 12 & July 14
Stages Showtime 6:30PM
Stages, 800 Rosine Street, Houston, TX 77019
Register for this free event
here.
DANCING TO CONNECT: FINAL PERFORMANCE
Saturday July 16, 2022
Showtime: 7PM - 8:30PM
Zilkha Hall at Hobby Center for Performing Arts, 800 Bagby St,
Houston, TX
Reserve tickets (free) at
https://my.thehobbycenter.org/5572.
For more information:
Partnership for the Advancement and
Immersion of Refugees www.pairhouston.org
Dancing to Connect for Refugee Integration
short video: https://vimeo.com/377355799
Dancing to Connect for Refugee Integration https://batterydance.org/refugee-integration/
June 29-July 3, 2022 -
Birzeit Society
15th National Convention
Date: June 29-July 3, 2022
Location: Marriot Westchase,
Houston, Texas
For more information, visit
https://birzeitsociety.org/event-3209638.
June 24 -
Our Prophet, Our Honor, Our Soul
Stand In Solidarity Against the Persecution
of Muslims in India
Defend Our Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him)
Date: Friday, June 24, 2022
Time:
3PM - 6PM
Location:
Opposite Indian Consulate In Houston, 4300
Scotland St, Houston TX 77007
Organized By: ICNA Houston, MUNA, CAIR, MAS,
ISGH, IAMC, ICNA CSJ
Click here for event flyer.
2022 PACC Houston
Mahmoud Darwish Scholarship
Deadline to Apply: June 21, 2022
The Palestinian American Cultural Center (PACC
Houston) is awarding four undergraduate
scholarships in Texas for up to four years
to support students and recognize their
leadership and involvement in promoting
awareness of Palestinian culture.
Visit
www.pacchouston.org/scholarships for a
preview of the application and eligibility.
If you have any questions, reach out to us
at
scholarships@pacchouston.org.
June 12,
2022
- Event to Mourn & Honor the legacy of the late
Iraqi poet Muthafar Al Nawwab
تأبين و إستذكار الشاعر مظفر النواب
The event will be
in Arabic.
The Arab-American Educational Foundation (AAEF)
is leading an event to mourn and honor the
legacy of the late Iraqi poet Muthafar Al
Nawwab who passed away on May 20, 2022.
Date:
Sunday, June 12, 2022
Time: 2-4 p.m.
Location: Arab American Cultural & Community
Center, 10555 Stancliff Rd., Houston, 77099
The event will be in Arabic.
The agenda will include:
1- Writer and essayist Latif Adnan: Introduction
2- Aziz Shaibani: life of Al Nawwab: A personal story
3- Novelist Sinan Antoon: The significance of Al Nawwab on
the Iraqi literary political discourse; will join from Cairo
via zoom
4- Poet and physician Fady Joudah: The poetic and
revolutionary in the poetry of Al Nawwab
5- Poet Raifat Al Bujairami: The legacy of Al Nawwab in the
Palestinian context.
6- Writer Jassim Al Mutair: With Al Nawwab in the prison;
will join from the Netherlands via Zoom
7- Aziz Shaibani: The Al Nawwab effect on the Iraqi songs
The speeches will be short, informative, and reflective.
Parking will be free. Coffee will be served.
The event will be open to the public.
Click here for event flyer.
June 12,
2022
- Voices from the Holy Land Film Series - Palestine
Poster Project
Please join Voices from the Holy Land and
Quaker Palestine-Israel Network this Sunday
June 12 @ 2pm Central Time for a discussion
on the Palestine Poster Project Archive.
Watch a couple of free short videos this
week (link provided after registration) and
explore the Palestine Poster Project
Archive. Send in written questions about
the collection and/or specific posters.
Then join us for the online Q&A conversation
on Sunday.
It is crucial to promote projects like this
project that highlights Palestinian history
despite an effort to erase it.
How this will work:
1 - Register here for the Voices
from the Holy Land Online
Film Salon:
tinyurl.com/VFHLJune2022
2 – Once you register, you will get a
confirmation email from Zoom with a link to
the meeting and a link with to watch the
film. (Save this confirmation letter as the
meeting link is unique to your email and you
must have this to participate.)
3 - Watch the film at your convenience
before the event. Then join us with your
thoughts and questions for our speakers at
the Q&A Discussion on Sunday June
12, 2022 at 3 pm ET/ 2 pm
CT
Watch the Trailer: tinyurl.com/VFHL-PosterTrailer
Explore the Palestine Poster Project
Archive:
Please share this announcement with your
friends, family, and community. Download
the event flyer and post it to your social
media.
Download the event flyer
here.
(Download the jpg version
here)
Download information about the Panelists and
moderator here.
(Download the jpg version here)
June 5,
2022 - Remembering Shireen
Abu Akleh
Date: Sunday, June 5, 2022
Time: 2pm-4pm
Location: Arab American Cultural & Community
Center, 10555 Stancliff Rd., Houston, 77099
Click here for event flyer.
June 5,
2022
- Voices Out of the Darkness with Dr. Irving Finkel
Renowned Assyriologist Irving Finkel opens a
dramatic window into the world of ancient
Mesopotamia.
Dr. Irving Finkel returns to Zoom for a talk
about the “people between the rivers” — the
Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers, that is.
Were the people of ancient Mesopotamia so
very different from us? Did they enjoy a
good dinner, rejoice in love, fling curses
at a faithless spouse, and quake in fear at
the wrath of gods? We are fortunate because
we have their most intimate thoughts,
inscribed in clay thousands of years ago,
still accessible to us. Dr. Finkel, a
renowned expert, unlocks their writing in
cuneiform, opening a dramatic window into
the ancient Mesopotamian world, revealing
lives that are every bit as complex and
human as are our own lives today.
Dr. Finkel is the Assistant Keeper of
Ancient Mesopotamian Script at the British
Museum and has spoken in Houston in the past
about Gilgamesh.
Date:
Sunday, June 5, 2022
Time: 3-4:30pm
Location: Zoom (register
here)
This event is co-hosted by Archaeology Now &
The Arab-American Educational Foundation.
May 28,
2022
- International Festival USA
The 2022 International Festival USA, widely
regarded as “The Nation’s Official
Celebration of Multiculturalism and
Diversity”.
International Festival USA United Nations
World Diversity Day Celebration
Date:
Saturday, May 28, 2022
Time: 2pm-9pm
Location: DISCOVERY GREEN, Downtown Houston
For more information, visit
https://www.theinternationalfest.org/.
May 17, 2022
- Vigil to Mourn and Celebrate Shireen Abu Akleh
Date:
Tuesday, May 17, 2022
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Location: Houston City Hall, 901 Bagby St., Houston,
Texas, 77002
May 15
- Arabic Poetry Event at the ACC
Date: Sunday, May
15, 2022
Time: 4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Location: Arab American Cultural & Community
Center, 10555 Stancliff Rd., Houston, 77099
May
14
- NAKBA 74 Intergenerational Struggle
A Community Discussion on NAKBA History
HOUSTON: Join us on Saturday, May 14th for a
community discussion event, where we will be
learn more about Al-Nakba through the oral
histories of Palestinian community members.
Please feel free to bring friends, family,
and loved ones! Snacks and drinks will be
provided.
On May 15th, we commemorate 74 years of
Al-Nakba, which is 74 years of settler
colonialism, ethnic cleansing, and genocide,
as Palestinians continue to resist against
Israel’s continual land theft and
displacement.
When: Saturday, May 14, 2022
Time: 3:30-6PM
Where: UH Space City Room - 4455 University
Dr, Houston, TX 77204
PARKING: If you don’t have a student parking
pass, we recommended parking in the
following areas:
Street parking (10 minute walk)
3422 Cullen Blvd, Houston, TX 77204
Welcome center parking garage ($3 per hour)
4400 University Dr, Houston, TX 77004
May
8
- Eid Al-Fitr Festival
by Jordanian American Society of Houston
In observance of Eid Al-Fitr, the
Jordanian-American Society of Houston (JASH)
is pleased to invite you to the Eid Al-Fitr
Al Mubarak Festival on May 8, 2022 from
2:00-7:00pm. We hope that this event will
bring our community members and families
together to celebrate the end of the blessed
month of Ramadan. The festival will include
a dabke performance, DJ, live singer,
petting zoo, games, giveaways, food trucks (knafeh,
shawarma, falafel, etc.) and more.
To raise the funds necessary for a
successful event, we are reaching out to
community members to offer sponsorship
opportunities. Sponsoring parties will have
the chance to promote their business(es)
while contributing to a significant
community event. At a minimum, sponsors will
have their business name(s) and logos
featured on all event brochures, posters and
promotional materials, both before and
during the Eid festival.
Date: May 8, 2022
Time: 2 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Location: Arab American Cultural & Community
Center, 10555 Stancliff Rd., Houston, 77099
May 7
- Eid Celebration at ACC
A Family Event
Brunch, fun activities, and lots of surprises!
Date: May 7, 2022
Time: 12 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Location: Arab American Cultural & Community
Center, 10555 Stancliff Rd., Houston, 77099
May 4
-
You Have Not Yet Been Defeated: Selected
Writings
by Alaa Abd El-Fattah
The
Arab-American Educational Foundation Center for Arab Studies
at the University of Houston and the Arab American Cultural
& Community Center Warmly Invite You To The Book Launch of
You
Have Not Yet Been Defeated: Selected Writings
by Alaa Abd
El-Fattah
This event will be held on Wednesday, May 4, 2022 at the
Hilton University of Houston Waldorf Astoria Ballroom, with
a light reception at 6:00 pm followed by a discussion of the
book at 6:30 pm.
Alaa
Abd el-Fattah is arguably the most high-profile political
prisoner in Egypt, if not the Arab world, rising to
international prominence during the revolution of 2011. A
fiercely independent thinker who fuses politics and
technology in powerful prose, an activist whose ideas
represent a global generation which has only known struggle
against a failing system, a public intellectual with the
rare courage to offer personal, painful honesty, Alaa’s
written voice came to symbolize much of what was fresh,
inspiring and revolutionary about the uprisings that have
defined the last decade. Collected here for the first time
in English are a selection of his essays, social media posts
and interviews from 2011 until the present. He has spent the
majority of those years in prison, where many of these
pieces were written. Together, they present not only a
unique account from the frontline of a decade of global
upheaval, but a catalogue of ideas about other futures those
upheavals could yet reveal. From theories on technology and
history to profound reflections on the meaning of prison, You
Have Not Yet Been Defeated is a book about the
importance of ideas, whatever their cost.
About the Speakers:
Sanaa Seif is an Egyptian filmmaker, producer, and political
activist. She
has been imprisoned three
times under the Sisi regime for
her activism. Most recently from the summer of 2020 until
December 2021, when she was abducted by security forces
after trying to get a letter in to her brother in prison.
Hundreds of cultural figures and dozens of institutions campaigned for
her release. She was released in December and will travel
to the
US to promote her imprisoned brother, Alaa Abd el-Fattah's,
newly published book, You
Have Not Yet Been Defeated.
Sharif Abdel Kouddous
is an independent journalist based in Cairo. For eight years
he worked as a producer and correspondent for the TV/radio
news hour Democracy Now! In 2011, he returned to
Egypt to cover the revolution. Since then, he has reported
for a number of print and broadcast outlets from across the
region, including Egypt, Libya, Palestine, Syria, Yemen, and
elsewhere. He received an Izzy Award for outstanding
achievement in independent media for his coverage of the
Egyptian revolution and an Emmy award for his coverage of
the Trump administration’s Muslim travel ban. He is
currently an editor and reporter at Mada Masr, Egypt's
leading independent media outlet.
This event is free and
open to the public! Copies of the book will be available for
sale. Masks encouraged.
Location: Hilton University of
Houston, Waldorf Astoria Ballroom (2nd floor)
4450 University Drive, Houston 77204
Parking: Hilton underground garage
For more information, please contact
cas@central.uh.edu.
You Have Not Yet Been Defeated: Book Events in the USA
April
29
- International Day of Al-Quds-Houston
Quds Day is recognized globally as a day to remember the
plight of the Palestinians and the oppressed people of the
world who are voiceless and struggle for their basic rights.
It will be held on the last Friday of the
holy month of Ramadan.
Date: Friday, April 29, 2022
Time: 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Location:
24 Greenway Plaza (in front of the Consulate General
of Israel), Houston, TX 77046
April
28
- Arab American Women: Voices from the
Grassroots
Please join the University of Houston's
Arab-American Educational Foundation Center
for Arab Studies and UH Staff Council
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee
on Thursday, April 28 at 12:00 pm CT (10:00
am Los Angeles / 1:00 pm New York / 6:00 pm
London / 8:00 pm Jerusalem) in celebration
of National Arab American Heritage Month (NAAHM)!
The 2022 NAAHM Webinar, "Arab American
Women: Voices from the Grassroots," will
feature contributions from Jehan Hakim
(Chair, Yemeni Alliance Committee), Dr.
Zeina Zaatari (Director, Arab American
Cultural Center, University of Illinois
Chicago), Mary Harb (Principal Founder,
Palestinian American Women's Association),
and Dr. Nadine Naber (Professor of Women
University of Illinois Chicago).
Register for this event here.
This event is open to the public!
Please contact
cas@central.uh.edu for any
questions regarding this event.
April 23
-
Houston
Protest: Hands Off Palestine
For a list of other protests scheduled in different
cities in the U.S., visit the following two links:
Palestinian Youth Movement
US Palestinian Community Network
Calendar of Resistance: Take Action for Palestine! |
Samidoun
April 22
-
Celebrating The
Arab American Heritage Month & Ramadan
The Arab American Cultural and Community Center
invites you to celebrate The Arab Heritage Month and
Ramadan
A Ramadan Iftar night with Pianist Chaden
Yafi performing Beethoven,
Rachmaninoff, and
Rahbani and an Arab American
Art Exhibit
Date: Friday, April 22, 2022
Time:
Check-in 6:00-6:15pm, Doors close at 6:30pm
Location: Arab American Cultural & Community
Center, 10555 Stancliff Rd., Houston, 77099
Tickets: $50 per person. To purchase tickets,
click here.
April 16
- PCRF
Ramadan Iftar Dinner
Palestinian Children Relief Fund
The Houston chapter of PCRF invites you to join us for a
special iftar dinner to benefit the children of Gaza with
vision problems. We look forward to coming together with
members of our generous community to fundraise for this
important project. All faiths are welcome to partake, so
bring your friends and family!
Many children are suffering from vision problems in the Gaza
Strip, with no access to affordable glasses. We hope to
provide and support 300 children living in marginalized
areas with medical glasses to better their quality of life.
Join our efforts and register
here.
Date: Saturday, April 16, 2022
Time: 7:15 p.m.
Location: Fadi's Mediterranean Banquet Hall, 2000 Highway 6
South, Houston, TX 77077
Purchase tickets here.
April 14
- An evening
with Amy Goodman of Democracy Now!
KPFT is inviting you to a Zoom event “An evening
with Amy Goodman of Democracy Now!” which will also include
Pacifica Executive Director Stephanie Wells and KPFT General
Manager Dr. Robert Franklin.
Join us Thursday, April 14, 2022 at 7 p.m. for this
discussion with journalist Amy Goodman.
All proceeds go towards KPFT. To register and for more
information go to
www.kpft.org.
April 14
-
Annual Lecture in Ottoman
History “Ottoman Culture and the Growth of Civility,
c. 1600-1800”
The Arab-American Educational Foundation Center for
Arab Studies at University of Houston
Please join us this Thursday (04/14) at 6:00pm for
the 2022 Annual Lecture in Ottoman History “Ottoman
Culture and the Growth of Civility, c. 1600-1800”
presented by Dr. James Grehan (Portland State
University)!
Event description: "An earlier generation of
historians once wrote of the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries as a period in which the
Ottoman Empire sank into a long ‘decline’ that
overtook both state and society. Few historians
today accept this dismissive view, but they have
struggled to replace it with more compelling
narratives, often because they confine themselves to
narrow questions of religion and politics. Taking a
less traveled path, this talk will explore the
history of manners. This fresher perspective will
reveal how Ottoman culture, particularly in the
towns, underwent a noticeable expansion of ‘polite’
society during this period. Having rid ourselves of
tired old images of corruption and decay, we can
then place this Ottoman experience in a new light
and see how it matched cultural transformations that
were taking place across the ‘early modern’ world."
Dr. James Grehan is a renowned professor of Ottoman
history at Portland State University who specializes
in the early modern and modern Middle East. Dr.
Grehan is the author of Twilight of the Saints:
Everyday Religion in Ottoman Syria and Palestine
(2014) and Everyday Life and Consumer Culture in
Eighteenth-Century Damascus (2007).
Date: April 14, 2022
Time: 6:00 to 7:30 pm
Location: University of Houston Student Center
South, Space City Hall (Room 214), 4455 University
Dr., Houston, TX 77204
Parking available in the Hilton & Welcome Center
garages
This event is free and open to the public! Masks are
encouraged.
For more information, please contact:
cas@central.uh.edu
April 10
- Houston Iftar
Annual Ramadan
Dinner with address by Mayor of Houston.
Houston is truly one of the most diverse international
cities in the nation and it will be a great opportunity to
show case our religious, cultural and social diversity by
participating in this religious celebration with all of our
brothers and sister. This is a remarkable opportunity to
show solidarity and unity among not just various Muslim
organizations and religious groups but also to remind all
that we share same human values, respect, and dignities as
do rest of our citizens of this great city, irrespective of
race, color, religion, or the origin of an individual.
Date: Sunday, April 10, 2022
Time: 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Location: Bayou City Event Center, 9401 Knight Rd, Houston,
TX 77045
Abu Dhabi, Baku, Basrah, Istanbul and Karachi Sister City
Associations along with the Islamic Society of Greater
Houston and all other Collaborating Organizations hosts
“Houston Iftar” Annual Ramadan Dinner with Mayor of
Houston.,where we showcase our diversity and culture among
all the citizens of Houston and look forward to working with
all other religious & cultural organizations to make this an
inclusive Event.
In Houston Iftar, we feature The Honorable Mayor, as our
Keynote speaker for this auspicious event.
For more information and/or to register, visit
www.houstoniftar.org.
March 29
-
U.S. Immigration Policy
Changes under the Biden Administration
Click here for more details (event flyer).
Organized by the Arab-American
Cultural & Community Center.
March 5
- KPFT Community Advisory Board Town
Hall Meeting
Join us for a Town Hall Meeting powered by the
Community Advisory Board of KPFT. The purpose of
this Town Hall meeting is to bring programmers,
listeners, and people from diverse communities who
are committed to a mission to build lasting
understanding between diverse communities, to
promote the full distribution of public information,
and to employ varied sources in the public
presentation of accurate, objective, comprehensive
news on all matters vitally affecting these
communities.
Theme: Community Media: What Does the Future of
Progressive Media Look Like? You Get to Decide.
Date: Saturday, March 5, 2022
Time: 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Location: Virtual Meeting via Zoom
Attendees must
register beforehand so please tell them do so at
www.kpft.org or at
www.kpftcommunityadvisoryboard.org.
March 3,
2022
- Legible Others: Paratext and Power
in Translation
The Arab-American Educational Foundation Center for
Arab Studies cordially invites you to Legible
Others: Paratext and Power in Translation
Presented by Dr. Dima Ayoub, Assistant Professor of
Arabic and C.V. Starr Junior Faculty Fellow in
International Studies at Middlebury College.
Date: Thursday, March 3, 2022
Time: Reception at 5:30 pm followed by the
lecture at 6:00 pm
Location: University of Houston,
Stephen Power Farish Hall (FH), Room 213, 3657
Cullen Blvd., Houston, TX 77204
Focusing on the technology of the paratext—glossaries,
introductions, prefaces, notes, forewords and
afterwords—this lecture examines how, in the
post-WWII period, publishers relied on paratexts to
entice English readers, who by and large were
uninterested in Arabic authors and their work.
Materializing hand-in-hand with a growing corpus of
Arabic literature in translation, paratexts serve an
integral role in promoting Arabic literature in a
publishing industry heavily influenced by foreign
policy in the Middle-East.
Dima Ayoub, Ph.D. (McGill University) is an
Assistant Professor of Arabic in Middlebury College,
where she is a C.V. Starr Junior Faculty Fellow in
International Studies and the former director of the
Middle East studies program. Her book manuscript
Paratext and Power: Modern Arabic Literature in
Translation rewrites the social and cultural history
of modern Arabic literature in translation by
centering the role of paratexts in addition to
publishers, translators, and writers. Dr. Ayoub’s
work connects the fields of Digital Humanities with
studies of Arabic and comparative literature – where
she has developed a digital archive of modern Arabic
literature in English, French, German and Spanish
translation.
This event is free and open to the public. Masks
encouraged.
For more information, please contact:
cas@central.uh.edu.
February 26, 2022
- PCRF Houston Walk to Heal
The PCRF
Houston Chapter is delighted to host this Walk
to Heal fundraising event in support of the
Gaza Amputee Project. This project began in 2019
to help support the care for children suffering from
congenital or traumatic limb amputations. Many of
these children have either endured gunshot or
bombing injuries in Gaza, or were born with defects
that required amputations. Join us to ensure that
these kids get the care they need to be mobile and
regain hope once again!
Please note that this event was originally planned
for Saturday, February 05th, and has been
rescheduled to Saturday, February 26th due to harsh
weather conditions for the safety of our community.
Date: Saturday, February 26, 2022
Time: 9:00 am - 11:00 am
Location: Eldridge Park, Sugar Land, TX 77478
Register online early by using the form linked
above. Same-day registration will also be available
at the park from 8:30 – 9:00 am.
Participants who register by January 25 will be
guaranteed a PCRF T-shirt in your designated size.
After this date, T-shirts are subject to
availability.
Primary walk area will be the Lake Loop as shown in
the map below. Participants can walk as many loops
as they would like.
Water and fruits will be provided.
Participants are encouraged to stay 6 feet apart
from others who do not live with you. If social
distancing is not possible, please wear a mask that
covers your nose and mouth to help protect yourself
and others. Masks will be provided for those who
need one.
For questions, please contact
houston@pcrf.net.
REGISTER HERE
February 12, 2022 - 2nd Arab
Bazaar
Discover and Support Arab-owned businesses showcasing their
products to Houstonians and strengthen the Arab community in
Houston.
Date: February 12, 2022
Time: 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Location: Arab American Cultural & Community
Center, 10555 Stancliff Rd., Houston, 77099
The 2nd Arab Bazaar is co-hosted by the
Palestinian American
Cultural Center and the
Arab American Cultural & Community
Center.
Click here for event flyer.
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