Featured Event, Sun 10/25: Back Home Right Here, Arab Art Across Seas and Generations

Art Exhibit, ONE DAY ONLY: Sunday October 25th from 3-7pm

Featuring Visual Artists:

Alia Suad al-Ghabra

Chris Ghazaleh

Dena A. Al-Adeeb

Dunya Alwan

George Wahbeh

Haneen Hammad

Happy/L.A. Hyder

Nader Khouri

Ramsey El-Qare

Reem Jubran

Samar Nassar

Suheil Nasser

Yara Badday

3:30-4:30pm: Arabic calligraphy demonstration by Fayeq Oweis

5:00-6:00pm: Poetry and Musical performances by local Arab artists

Amr Toppazada

Hadeel Ramadan

Salah Albowyha

More to be announced…

Emcee’d by: Reem Assil

Galería de la Raza
2857 24th Street
San Francisco, CA 94110

 

 In recognition of Arab Heritage Month, the Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC) and Sunbula bring together Arab visual and performance artists from around the Bay Area to celebrate Arab heritage.  

Back Home Right Here is a collection from artists representing different generations, 

nationalities, genders and sexualities, and histories of diaspora.

With our art, we assert our narratives.

 

For more information: exhibit@araborganizing.org or call 415-861-7444

www.araborganizing.org/exhibit2009

 

 

October 22: Protest Ehud Olmert at the World Affairs Council, Union Square

Gather at SF Union Square Thursday October 22 at 6pm.

Protest Ehud Olmert, former Prime Minister of Israel on Thursday October 22 @ 6pm. We want Olmert arrested and tried for his role in the brutal attack on Gaza in December/January, as well as the attack on Lebanon in 2006.  Olmert will be appearing as a speaker for the World Affairs Council.

 As Olmert  speaks in the St Francis Hotel, we will be gathered outside  on Union Square in San Francisco. We want Israel and its leaders held accountable for their crimes against the people of Palestine and Lebanon.

We support the findings of the Goldstone Report, that detail the crimes committed by Israel during its war against the whole people of Gaza of last December/January, in "Operation Cast Lead". President Obama and most politicians have simply refused to take this report seriously, some by vocally rejecting it, others by ignoring it completely.

It is therefore up to us, civil society, to again do what politicians are unwilling to do. Call for universal application of human rights and international law. This will be the message of our protest. We demand that Olmert, who initiated "Operation Cast Lead" and is directly responsible for the crimes that took place and therefore must be held accountable. Olmert is also responsible for the insane attack against Lebanon in the Summer of 2006. Olmert shares criminal responsibility for the siege on Gaza that leaves children hungry and 1.5 million people in desperate circumstances.

Please plan on being there. Please spread the word. We need to stand together to create a new reality. We will not accept that Israel may act with impunity and total disregard for human life. This protest is our opportunity to stand up and be counted.

More info: http://stopaipac.org/olmertprotest.htm 

Spread the word to your friends and all organizations that support the rule of law, human rights, and oppose militarism and occupation.  Organizations are urged to send in their endorsements. 

 

Oct 23-25, Arab Film Festival in Berkeley

Friday October 23rd 

 

Shattuck Cinemas, Berkeley

 

 

1:00pm        Mazen and the Ant / Inshallah Beijing!    Tickets 

 

4:30pm        Absence /Henna                                           Tickets

 

7:00pm         The Other Half of the Sky                      Tickets

 

9:00pm         Remnants of a War                           Tickets

 

Saturday October 24th

 

Shattuck Cinemas, Berkeley

 

 

3:00pm         Tea on the Axis of Evil                     Tickets 

 

5:00pm         Garbage Dreams                              Tickets

 

7:00pm         On A Day Like Today                        Tickets 

 

9:00pm         A Men's Affair                                   Tickets

 

 

Sunday October 25th

 

Shattuck Cinemas, Berkeley

 

12:30pm     Birds of the Medina / Borderline / Lulu's Curls /

                    Thorns and Silk/ High Heels / Once Upon a Piano   Tickets

2:30pm        Escape / Demons of Cairo               Tickets

 

5:00pm      Not Quite the Taliban / This Palestinian Life  Tickets

 

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Tickets may be purchased online to guarantee your seats in advance or at the theater.

Single-show tickets:     $12  

    Students/seniors:     $10 

For Full Program Information and Schedule for the 2009 Arab Film Festival go to: http://www.aff.org

 

 

 

Oct 25: Afghan Women Speak Out

War, Occupation and Fundamentalism 
AFGHAN WOMEN SPEAK OUT 
San Francisco Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) Presents: 

An evening with Zoya of RAWA,  
the Revolutionary Association of Women in Afghanistan 

For more than thirty years RAWA has organized inside Afghanistan and in the refugee 
camps of Pakistan for a nation free of war and fundamentalism and that respects women’s 
rights and human rights. As President Obama prepares to widen the war and commit 
more troops, it is important to hear from those most affected. 

WHEN:  Sunday, October 25th, 2009, 5-7 PM

WHERE:  SF Friends Meeting House, 65 9th Street, SF  (btw Market & Mission- Civic Ctr BART)

$5–25 donation 
No one turned away for lack of funds 

Endorsed by:  American Friends Service Comm, Berkeley/East Bay WILPF, Code Pink-Women for Peace, Grandmothers Against the War, Grey Panthers, KPFA Women’s Magazine, Peace Action West, SF Women in Black, Unitarian Universalists for Peace – SF, Women of Color Resource Center

For more information:  415-864-5166, email us at wilpf-sf@hotmail.com 

 

Oct 28: Spotlight on Afghanistan/ Pakistan event at Fremont Library

 

Dr. Stephen Zunes will help answer some of these questions and give us his unique perspective on events in this vitally strategic part of the world.

 

Are Afghanistan and Pakistan fronts in the war on terror as the White House would have us believe or are there other factors at play here?

Are the Karzai and Zardari governments puppets of the United States or are they simply trying to control what they view as extremism in Al-Qaida and Taliban?

Is the picture much bigger than that in view of the importance of the two countries in the broader global political equation and in view of the Pakistani nuclear arsenal?

What will the outcome of Western military involvement be and where do other powers such as Russia, China, India and Iran fit in?

 

 

Dr. Zunes is Professor of Politics and International Studies at the University of San Francisco. He is the author of scores of articles for scholarly and general readership on Middle Eastern politics, U.S. foreign policy, international terrorism, nuclear non-proliferation, strategic nonviolent action, and human rights. He has been a recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship on Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies at Dartmouth College and a Human Rights Fellowship at the Center for Law and Global Justice at the University of San Francisco.  Dr. Zunes has made frequent visits to the Middle East and other conflict regions, where he has met with top government officials, academics, journalists and opposition leaders. He is a frequent guest on National Public Radio, Pacifica Radio, PBS, BBC, MSNBC and other media outlets.

 

 

 

 

 

HAITI and HONDURAS-- END MILITARY COUPS & OCCUPATIONS
 

Vigil Thursday, October 29^TH 

4:30-5:30pm  Oakland Federal Bldg.

1515 Clay St. 12^th ST BART Station

 

Co-sponsored by Global Women’s Strike, Women of Color in the Global Women’s Strike, Haiti Action

 

United Nations troops have been occupying Haiti since 2004, legitimising the US military coup that removed elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.  Sign below to demand that Latin American governments withdraw their troops from Haiti.

Nov 3: BDS- A Quest for Justice, Human Rights and Peace--Omar Barghouti 

Keynote Address by Omar Barghouti

Panel by Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi and Dr. Judith Butler

BDS: A Quest for Justice, Human Rights and Peace

Tuesday, November 3rd, Jack Adams Hall, 7pm

San Francisco State University

Omar Barghouti is an independent Palestinian researcher, commentator and human rights activist committed to upholding international law and universal human rights. He is a founding member of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) and a leader of the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel.  

He holds a bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering from Columbia University, NY. He contributed to the philosophical volume, “Controversies and Subjectivity” (John Benjamins, 2005) and to "The New Intifada: Resisting Israel's Apartheid" (Verso Books, 2001). He advocates an ethical vision for a unitary, secular democratic state in historic Palestine.  

He has also written extensively on political and cultural affairs on diverse subjects from Iraq to Palestine to contemporary dance.

Co-Sponsors:

US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, General Union of Palestinian Students, Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas Initiative, Al-Awda, Associated Students Women Center, National Council of Arab Americans, ANSWER, International Solidarity Movement, Jewish Voice for Peace, MECA, International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network, San Jose Justice for Palestinians, SF State College of Ethnic Studies

 

 

Now through Nov 21: "I Heart Hamas, And Other Things I'm Afraid to Tell You"

SHOW EXTENDED!!!!

Urgent Help Needed to Support Palestinians Arriving in the US from Iraq
TO ALL AL-AWDA MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS 

 

The US government has approved the entire population of Al-Waleed Palestinian refugee camp for resettlement as refugees in the US in the coming year. For more information see http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0708/p02s04-usgn.html and http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/06/2009618161946158577.html
The first Palestinian family of the year will be arriving next week in San Diego on Wednesday September 16, 2009. This family, as with all the refugees who will be relocated to the US from Al-Waleed, will arrive essentially with essentially nothing. Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition, is therefore conducting an urgent fund raising campaign to help all the Palestinian refugees arriving in the US soon with their transition to a new life in this country

ACTION

Al-Awda is asking all its activists, members and supporters to contribute to help our sisters and brothers in their move to the US.

Please donate today!

Address your tax-deductible donation via check or money order to: Al-Awda, PRRC, PO Box 131352, Carlsbad, CA 92013, USA - Please note on the memo line of the check "Palestinians from Iraq"

Alternatively, please donate online using your credit card. Go to http://www.al-awda.org/donate.html and follow the simple instructions. Please indicate that your donation is for "Palestinians from Iraq" with your submission.  

Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition
PO Box 131352
Carlsbad, CA 92013, USA
Tel: 760-918-9441
Fax: 760-918-9442
E-mail: info@al-awda.org

WWW: http://al-awda.org 

Aswat Youth Ensemble:  REGISTRATION 

sponsored by Zawaya & The Arab American Cultural Center of the Silicon Valley

PROGRAM INFORMATION - Fall 2009 / Winter 2010

 

Location:  Classes will be held in San Jose at the Arab Cultural Center of the Silicon Valley:

 

Houge Park, Building #2

3952 Twilight Drive

San Jose, CA 95124 

 

Music Director:  Dr. Guilnard Moufarrej

 

Schedule:  Scheduled Saturdays 4:00 - 6:30 p.m. starting October 17, 2009 (see page 7)

 

Fees:  Fees are payable by check to Zawaya.  Fees are non-refundable.

 

Returning students:  Fees are due in full on October 17th, 2009 (1st practice).

New students:  Fees are due in full on October 24th, 2009 (2nd practice). 

If you join after October 24th, fees will be prorated.

 

• $200.00 per first child per session
• $180.00 per second child of the same family
• $160.00 per third child of the same family

 

Eligibility:  Students must be between the ages of 5 - 18.  

 

Classes are separated into two age groups:  5-10 years old & 11-18 years old.

 

For more information, email info@zawaya.org.