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Once Upon A Country: A Palestinian Life
This autobiography by Palestinian intellectual Sari Nusseibeh, born in Damascus in 1948, educated in Philosphy at Oxford and Harvard, one-time faculty member of Hebrew University, appointed as administrator of Arab Jerusalem by Yasser Arafat, and now professor and President of Al-Quds University, follows his earlier book, No Trumpets, No Drums: A Two-State Settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Nusseibeh’s life reflects the modern history of Palestine from Al-Nakbah, through Al-Naqsah, to today’s struggle for the free and independent Palestine that was promised by the League of Nations and entrusted (alas!) to the British Mandate. Buy here.
Prophet: The Life and Times of Kahlil Gibran
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Publisher Alfred A. Knopf published all of the 12 major works in English by Lebanese poet, artist and mystic, Kahlil (born “Khalil”) Gibran (1883-1931), collected here in hardcover. These are not his “Complete Works,” however, because, although he wrote increasingly in English after immigration to Boston in 1995 and especially after settlement in New York in 1918, he also wrote in Arabic throughout his brilliant life of only 48 years. The volume lacks notes and bibliography but makes available the complete text of his dozen, widely-translated, English works, including The Prophet (1923). Buy here.
Grape Leaves: A Century of Arab-American Poetry
This anthology, one of numerous volumes of writing by Arab writers from Interlink Books, presents 20 Arab-American poets (most of them living) in chronological order of the poet’s birth, from Ameen Rihani in 1876 to Elmaz Abinader in 1954 and including poetry by editors Gregory Orfalea and Sharif Elmusa themselves. Feast on these well-wrapped morsels of poetry! Buy here.
Arabian Love Poems
This volume of 112 poems with full, original, Arabic text (in handwriting of the iconic Syrian poet himself) and English language translation on facing pages is a treasure for all lovers, poetry lovers, and intermediate-level students of Arabic or English language! Buy here.
Debka (Middle Eastern Folklore) Dance Classes
Debka is a traditional Middle East Folklore dance rooted in rich history and culture. This class will take you step by step through the Traditional Debka, as well as teach variants of the dance, influenced by the Lebanese and Palestinian cultures. Be prepared to enter a journey of not only dance, but traditional Arabic music and history.
Meet the Instructor:
Ibrahim Miari, is a Palestinian Israeli theater artist and educator living in Boston. He holds an MFA in Theater Education from Boston University’s College of Fine Arts. He graduated from the Western Galilee College, and the Acco Theatre Center’s Actor Training Program. As a member of the Acco Theatre Center Ensemble for nearly 12 years, Ibrahim directed, danced and acted in various national and international plays as well as in various commercials and short films. As an actor he was recently seen at “The Fever Chart” production of Underground Railway Theater, Cambridge MA for which he is nominated for the IRNE award 2011. Currently Ibrahim is performing his one man show “In Between”.
Since 1997, Ibrahim has also been performing folkloric, Sufi, and sacred dances. As a member of the Shaharazad Dance Company, he performed at international folk dance festivals in Latvia, Spain, Portugal and Croatia. In 2002 Ibrahim co-choreographed and danced in “Prayer”, Sacred Music, Sufi, and Sacred Dance show which was the opening event for the Acco Theater Festival. The show also toured in Vienna, Istanbul, NYC, and Albuquerque. He has taught Dabkeh dance workshops at high schools and colleges across the US and in 2007 choreographed Sacred Dance show for the Aurora Borealis dance festival at Boston University.
Time: 6:00pm-7:00pm, Wednesdays, 4/13-5/18/2011
Tuition: $120, Drops are welcome $20/class
Instructor: Ibrahim Miari
Location: Center for Arabic Culture located at the Armory, 191 Highland Avenue, 6B, Somerville
Register: http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=gfvorrcab&oeidk=a07e3msacifc5269ec2
Budrus
Program on Negotiation Film Series at Harvard Law School will be screening, Budrus
Event Date: Wednesday March 30, 2011
Time: 7:15pm
Location: Harvard Law School Campus Ames Courtroom, Austin Hall Admission is free
For more details: http://www.pon.harvard.edu/daily/budrus/
Hello, my name is Omar Baba and I created this website to promote the art of Arabic calligraphy. I started ArabicCaligraphy.com in 1999 as a virtual gallery for calligraphers Mokhtar El Baba (my father) and Kamel El Baba (my grandfather). They spent their professional lives creating beautiful artwork, some of which you can see in the gallery sections of the site.
Today, the site is also a blog about all things related to Arabic calligraphy, whether it’s on paper, on walls or on your screen. Since I’ve started blogging, I discovered a whole new world of Arabic calligraphers and typographers with incredible talents that are pushing the boundaries of the artform into new directions.
I would love to have your contributions to this site. Please contact me with any relevant links, pictures or articles that you would like to share. You can also contribute by writing comments about each blog post.