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Post-Doctoral Research Opportunity

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2015-16 NEH/FPIRI Fellowship Competition
for Scholars Conducting Field-Based Humanities Research in Palestine

 

FINAL DEADLINE EXTENSION TO JANUARY 23, 2015

SUBMIT PROPOSALS AND RECOMMENDATIONS BY EMAIL ONLY

Awards announced March 10, 2015

Fellowship awards are a minimum of four and a maximum of eight consecutive months. Selected fellows are awarded $4,200 per month of the award.
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The deadline has been extended for the Palestinian American Research Center (PARC)’s third National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowship Program at Independent Research Institutions (FPIRI) competition for post-doctoral scholars conducting field-based research in Palestine in the humanities or research with a humanistic approach. The program is open to U.S. scholars and scholars who have been resident in the U.S. for the last three years.
Applications are now due Jan 23, 2015. For more details about the NEH/FPIRI program and eligibility criteria, please see our website: http://parc-us-pal.org/fellowshipNEH.htm
Applications and recommendations may be submitted by EMAIL ONLY.
Important information about the fellowship competition:
  • Fields of study include, but are not limited to, history, philosophy, religious studies, literature, literary criticism, and visual and performing arts. In addition, research that embraces a humanistic approach and methods will be considered.
  • Applicants must be post-doctoral scholars.
  • Applicants must propose a minimum of four consecutive months of research and a maximum of eight consecutive months of research that takes place in the West Bank.
  • Selected fellows must work on their research full-time during their period of funding.
  • Fellowship recipients must be U.S. citizens or have lived in the United States for a minimum of three years immediately preceding the application deadline.

 

The Jerusalem Fund seeks new Executive Director (FT)

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The Palestine Center   |   Humanitarian Link   |   The Gallery

 

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Job Type: Full Time
Openings: 1 (one)
Application Process Opens: 8 December 2014
Application Process Closes: Open until filled
Category: Management

The Jerusalem Fund, a 501(c)(3)-registered private non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C., announces a position available as Executive Director. This position serves as the public face of the Fund and manages the Fund’s educational (Palestine Center), cultural (The Gallery) and humanitarian (The Humanitarian Link) programs. The ED manages the Fund’s personnel, finances and administration. A Master’s Degree and a minimum of 3 years of related experience in a supervisory role is strongly preferred. Excellent writing and oral skills is a must. Media experience and knowledge of the Washington, D.C. political environment preferred. An in-depth knowledge of the politics, culture and history of the Middle East, specifically the Palestinian-Israeli issue, is required. Read more about the organization at www.thejerusalemfund.org.

Policies and Strategic Direction
• Recommends policy and strategic directions to the Board and implements Board decisions
• Prepares program and financial reports, minutes and other materials to support the Board’s oversight function and the work of its committees

Programs and Outreach
• Develops and guides the educational, cultural and humanitarian programs of the Jerusalem Fund
• Writes articles, opinion pieces and briefs for the Palestine Center and for publication, speaks to the media, and talks at academic and other organizations
• Works with staff to build relationships with diplomatic, academic, cultural, intellectual, advocacy and other groups as appropriate to the Fund’s mission

Finance and Administration
• In cooperation with the Treasurer and the Board, develops the annual budget
• Ensures that the annual audit is carried out in line with accepted legal procedures
• Oversees all aspects of non-profit organization status
• Oversees fundraising appeals and outreach to individual donors
• Oversees financial and administrative processes

Personnel
• Recruits, hires and trains staff and volunteers
• Defines staff duties, establishes performance outcomes, monitors timesheets, appraises performance and maintains a cohesive work environment

TO APPLY: Email your cover letter, résumé, writing samples and work plan to Dr. Subhi Ali, Chairman of the Board of Directors, at subhiali@thejerusalemfund.org.

The Jerusalem Fund is an equal opportunity employer. Application is encouraged regardless of gender, age, race, ethnicity, religion, or any other cultural orientation.

About the Jerusalem Fund:

The Jerusalem Fund for Education and Community Development is an independent 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C., that maintains three programs. The Palestine Center hosts educational briefings and publishes analysis of the Palestinian experience and U.S. policy in the region. The Humanitarian Link provides short-term grants on a quarterly basis to humanitarian organizations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and surrounding refugee camps. The Jerusalem Fund Gallery hosts art exhibits, workshops, film screenings, concerts and more that showcase the rich artistic heritage of the region.

Spring 2015 Film Screenings

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The Center for Arabic Culture Film Screening Program

To go back to our Fall 2014 Film Screenings, click here.

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Spring 2015 Film Screenings

Beverages, snacks and Middle Eastern sweets will be served

The CAC will be celebrating Lebanese Singer Fairuz and the Rahbani Brothers:

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Assi and Mansour Rahbani were Lebanese composers who rose to fame throughout the last half of the twentieth century. For nearly three decades they collaborated with legendary singer Fairouz, known as the Jewel of Lebanon. The trio revolutionized the standard for Arab music with the three-minute song (when most were twenty minutes long at the time) and more complex lyrics. Their work ranged from songs about youth and love to musicals that experimented with political satire.

Their musical content generally refrained from taking political stances, often presenting a pan-Arab philosophy. During the Lebanese Civil War their music was actually used in propaganda by both sides. In a country that had only recently gained independence by their first collaboration in 1951, Fairouz and the Rahbani brothers were credited with molding Lebanese identity. Perhaps the most internationally famous Lebanese musicians, Fairouz and the Rahbani brothers produced 19 musicals in 20 years.

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Bayya3 al-Khawatem (Rings for Sale)

Friday January 23, 2015 – 6:30 pm

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In a first attempt to make a feature film out of a widely acclaimed musical, “Bayya3 al-Khawatem” was shot in the Lebanese countryside echoing the songs and music that were first heard on stage.

This film is about a small village where the young people are preparing for an annual festival in which many will choose spouses. The mayor of the village, who has a niece named Rima, decides that the villagers are too bored and need to have their imagination stimulated. He invents and tells stories about a fictitious person named Rabi’, describing him as an enemy of the village. Then two idlers in the village start to steal, damage property, and so forth, while putting the blame on Rabi’. Things look even worse when a tall, strong stranger enters the village, says that his name is Rabi’, and asks Rima where he can find the village’s mayor.

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Bint al-Hares (Daughter of the Watchman)

Friday February 27, 2015 – 6:30 pm

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Bint al-Hares is a love story that grows between a village girl called Rima and an outsider. Her father, the village watchman, who claims to watch after the comings and goings of all the village affairs, is blind to his daughter’s interest in the stranger. The songs of this film celebrate the Lebanese landscape as they portray the merry aspect of village life.

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Safar Barlek  (The Exile)

Friday March 27, 2015 – 6:30 pm

Safr Barlek

The events of this film take place in Lebanon prior to World War I when most of the Arab countries were under the domination of the Ottoman Empire. These were very difficult days for the local population who had to endure injustice and cruelty, their crops confiscated to feed the army and young men recruited by force into the invaders’ army. If they tried to avoid recruitment and were caught they were sent into exile, hence the title of the film. The fight against oppression is fully illustrated in the film and told in the songs and music.

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Join us for these great events at the CAC  –  191 Highland Avenue, Unit 6B, Somerville, MA

Free and open to the public!

 

CAC Children's Choir to Perform in Event Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr

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Come see the CAC Children’s Choir perform!

 

Monday, January 19

11:00 am to 1:00 pm

East Somerville Community School

(50 Cross St. in East Somerville)

“Music: Our MLK Jr Dream By Song”

Annual Martin Luther King Jr Day Celebration

 

Volunteers needed to help the day of the event.  Please email your interest.

For more information, contact the Office of Somerville at commissions@somervillema.gov 

or call 617-625-6600 (x2406)

 

2014 Annual Appeal

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Thank You CAC Friends and Donors
for all that you have done
to support the Center for Arabic Culture

Dear Friends,

Our strength as an organization comes from you, our members, participants, donors and volunteers, who make the Center for Arabic Culture (CAC) vibrant and strong! The CAC is grateful for all you do for us throughout the year.  Because of you, we have realized extraordinary growth and achievement since 2006….

This year you helped us arabicthankyou1grow the CAC Sunday School by 20%. We added the extremely popular CAC Children Choir and Arabic Kids Playgroup for younger children, the first of their kind in MA.  “Cook with CAC” has been heavily attended, and now we have teamed up with KITCHENiNC in Somerville to make those classes a regular program on the cooking class scene. The center is also becoming a great educational resource for college student interns; in the space of a few months, we have helped train 11 interns and will continue our mentorship and outreach in that arena. And, these are only a few examples of the programs that you enjoy at CAC.

At the CAC, you will receive top-notch services, and you know that you will be treated in a warm and caring manner by dedicated, professional teachers, program facilitators, and staff.  We are very proud of the milestones we have achieved, but we also think we can do better, grow even more, and add even more programs.

But, we need your help to do all of this! 

Your yearly gift of $100, $250, $500, $1000 or $5,000 can make all the difference for our Arabic Sunday School, for our cultural programming and lectures, for our art exhibits, or any other outreach and programs that we bring to you – and it will also make a big difference to everyone who works to serve you.

You can choose to join our monthly giving program today! You can become a CAC Champion Partner by giving $15, $20, $50, $100 or more every month.  The CAC’s monthly giving program allows you to support our mission of bringing the community outstanding services on a recurring basis by way of automatic bank pay or credit card payments.  Monthly giving is a convenient, automatic, and easy way to show you care.

Please help us continue our important work so that we can bring you more of what you have come to love and rely on.  Without you, our community, we would not be able to continue our work.  You give us meaning and a reason to exist!  Please consider making as generous a gift as you can.

Your donation will make a world of difference! 

On behalf of the Board of Directors and the entire CAC Team, thank you so much for your help and Happy Holidays!

Sincerely,

Gheed Amara Itani

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Watch Us on TV!

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Watch us on TV!

Watch the CAC presenting a delicious Middle Eastern dish on the Boston Neighborhood Network this Thursday Dec. 18 at 3.30 pm.

The “Seniors Count” Program will air on Comcast channel 9 (Boston only) and RCN channel 23 (Boston only) or streamed online world wide at http://bit.ly/1km7JDq.


The program and the food are sponsored and provided by Saab’s Market in Norwood, MA! Thank you very much for your support of the CAC!

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NOOR ENSEMBLE CONCERT JANUARY 30

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THE PERRY AND MARTY GRANOFF MUSIC CENTER

Tufts University • 20 Talbot Avenue • Medford, MA • 02155

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Tuesday, January 20, 2015

 

Media Contacts:

Anna Griffis 617.627.3679                                 Jeffrey Rawitsch, 617.627.2253

anna.griffis@tufts.edu                                        Jeffrey.Rawitsch@tufts.edu

 

TUFTS UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC PRESENTS
AL-MAWLID AL-NABAW? / THE PROPHET’S BIRTHDAY
FEATURING THE NOOR ENSEMBLE

 

MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, MA – The Tufts University Department of Music presents Al-Mawlid Al-Nabaw?/The Prophet’s Birthday, a concert by the Noor Ensemble, in the Distler Performance Hall at the Perry and Marty Granoff Music Center on Friday, January 30, 2015 at 8 p.m. The Noor Ensemble presents a program of sacred songs (mad?h) from Morocco, Syria and beyond, in a concert to commemorate al-mawlid al nabaw? – the anniversary of the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad. This concert is co-sponsored by the Department of Music and the Middle East Studies Program at Tufts.

The Granoff Music Center is located at 20 Talbot Avenue on Tufts’ Medford/Somerville campus. Admission is free and open to the public. For more information, please visit as.tufts.edu/music/musiccenter or call the Granoff Music Center Box Office at 617.627.3679.

This concert has been made possible by the Granoff Music Fund.

 

Press Listing for Event Calendar Details

Friday, January 30, 2015 at 8:00 p.m.

Al-Mawlid Al-Nabaw?/The Prophet’s Birthday

Granoff Music Center, 20 Talbot Avenue, Tufts University Medford/Somerville Campus

Featuring: The Noor Ensemble; Abdou Adam, Imad Angham, Jamal Warma, vocals; Yussef Ait Lhadj, percussion; Mohamed Ali, oud; Kareem Azab, violin; Mohamed Majour, n?y; Boujemaa Razgui, buzuq; Jamal Sinno, q?n?n

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Tufts University, located on three Massachusetts campuses in Boston, Medford/Somerville, and Grafton, and in Talloires, France, is recognized among the premier research universities in the United States. Tufts enjoys a global reputation for academic excellence and for the preparation of students as leaders in a wide range of professions. A growing number of innovative teaching and research initiatives span all Tufts campuses, and collaboration among the faculty and students in the undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs across the university’s eight schools is widely encouraged.

The Tufts Department of Music offers a flexible and eclectic academic program leading to a Bachelor or Master of Arts degree in music. Students concentrate in composition, ethnomusicology, musicology, or theory, while having the opportunity to explore all these disciplines, as well as the areas of music cognition, linguistics, sociology, and anthropology of music. Students also have the opportunity to perform in over twenty different department ensembles and chamber music groups, as well as study privately on the instrument of their choice (including voice). The Tufts Department of Music is housed in the Perry and Marty Granoff Music Center, home to the Distler Performance Hall, Fisher Performance Room, Varis Lecture Hall, and Lilly Music Library. The Music Center hosts over 180 events and concerts annually, the majority of which are produced and presented by the Department of Music.

 

Tufts University – Department of Music
Granoff Music Center, 20 Talbot Ave
Medford, MA 02155
Office: 617-627-2253 • Box Office: 617-627-3679
Web: as.tufts.edu/music/musiccenter