May 10- 25, 2014
The Gallery at the
Center for the Arts at the Armory
191 Highland Ave., Suite 1-A
Somerville, Ma 02143
Details and Gallery Hours Will be Announced Soon
In the summer of 2013, Sara Mraish Demeter from ARCK and a CAC board member, set out to help about 30 Syrian refugee children for a week-long workshop titled, “Storytelling Through Art.”
The children learned how to author a book, illustrate and write it. They learned hope when they built a city out of cardboard. They learned to seek perserverance and wisdom when they took the books that they designed with them, and it became their only belonging to heal from after they left from war.
Gallery opening — May 10, 2014
During the CAC Spring Fling
Three years after Egyptians toppled Mubarak and changed the course of history for their country and region, the struggle for democracy continues in Egypt.
To mark the 3rd anniversary of the Egyptian Revolution, The MIT Egyptian Student Association and the Aga Khan Documentation Center at MIT are hosting the following screening of the documentary:
“We Are Egypt – The Story Behind the Revolution”
Tuesday, February 11
5:00 – 8:30 pm
Wong Auditorium, MIT
5:45 PM – Screening of the film in Wong Auditorium
7:30 PM – Panel discussion featuring:
MODERATOR:
– Nasser Rabbat,
Aga Khan Professor and the Director of the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at MIT
PANELISTS:
– Soha Bayoumi,
Lecturer, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University- Mohammed Helal,
Doctor of Juridical Science Candidate, Harvard Law School
Second Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Egypt. (On Study Leave)- Adel Iskander,
Fellow at the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University and co-editor of Jadaliyya
– Lillie Paquette,
Director, We are Egypt
Egyptian musical theater group, Fabrica, is almost here! On January 19th, their US Northeast tour kicks off in DC, and continues through to the 30th where they will wrap up their travels in Montpelier, VT. Fabrica has translated the Broadway hit, “Les Miserables,” into colloquial Arabic to highlight the thematic similarities between the musical and the current situation in Egypt.
Fabrica will be performing “Les Miserables” joined by Berklee College of Music students at:
Emmanal Church – Lindsey Chapel15 Newbury StreetBoston, MA 02116Friday, January 24th at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free to the public.
