Mimouna Festival
Saturday, April 30, 2011, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Northwest Labs, Harvard University
52 Oxford Street, Cambridge (Harvard Square)

$30 Young Adult Advanced
$100 Adult
$20 Student (valid ID required)
$40 Young Adult Cash-Only at Door

*Food and bar additional cost – cash only*
Tickets and event schedule at www.NewCenterBoston.org.

The Academy for Arabic Teachers

STARTALK Arabic Teacher Professional

Development Program – Summer 2011

The Academy for Arabic Teachers is an intensive and comprehensive Arabic teacher professional development program at Boston University in Boston, Massachusetts. The program addresses all key aspects of foreign language instruction, focusing particularly on Arabic as a Foreign Language. The Academy is funded by the highly acclaimed STARTALK program.

Program Dates:

May 15- June 10 (online coursework & 2 weeks in Boston: May 30- June 10)

Stipend:

Participants will be awarded a $500 stipend.

Eligibility:

• Current or prospective Arabic teachers
• Native, near-native, or advanced proficiency in Modern Standard Arabic
• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree is require
• US citizenship or permanent residency

Application deadline: April 20, 2011

Admission is competitive and seats are limited; early application is encouraged.

For additional information or to download the application form visit www.bu.edu/aat or contact the Program Assistant Director, Amani Abu Shakra, at amani@bu.edu.

Berklee Annual Middle Eastern Festival
Featuring Artist in Residence, Oud and Violin Virtuoso Simon Shaheen,
and the Berklee All Star Middle Eastern Ensemble
Directed by Christiane Karam

Tuesday April 19th
2:15-3:45pm Open Clinic, Cafe 939, Free Admission, Open to the Public
8:15pm Berklee Performance Center Concert, General Admission: $10

Tahrir Square Festival- A Fundraiser for Egypt

Saturday, April 16th 11:00am-3:00pm
MIT Campus-Stratton Student Center
The Lobdell Dining Hall, 84 Mass. Avenue, Cambridge, MA

All proceeds will benefit the Aid Egypt foundation, which provides emergency medical supplies, and humanitarian relief to the people of Egypt  and the Nahdet El Mahrousa foundation, which seeks to have a positive impact on Egypt’s development through engaging Egyptian youth.
This event is organized and sponsored by the Egyptian Association at MIT in cooperation with:

1. * Network of Arab American Professionals Boston Chapter (NAAP-Boston).
   * Center for Arabic Culture (CAC).
   * Middle East Studies Student Association at Northeastern University (MESSA)

Inside The Egyptian Revolution: Meet an Egyptian Eyewitness
Monday, April 4, 6 – 7:30 pm
Harvard Graduate School of Education – Askwith Hall, Longfellow Building @ 13 Appian Way, Cambridge, MA
Sahar El-Nadi, is the creator and director of Don’t Hate, Educate, an award-winning intercultural communication project. She is a writer, photographer and public speaker, as well as a creativity and communication instructor.

If you have any questions, please email som248@mail.harvard.edu or das091@mail.harvard.edu

Miral premieres at the Kendall Square Cinema

The film will run until April 7th.

From Julian Schnabel, director of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Before Night Falls and Basquiat, comes Miral, the visceral, first-person diary of a young girl (played by Freida Pinto) growing up in East Jerusalem as she confronts the effects of occupation and war in every corner of her life.