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postedDecember 13, 2011 - 8:31amA play based on the Rachel Corrie story, a theatre company dedicated to the work of Juliano Mer-Khamis's Freedom Theatre in JeninActor Shiva Rose, Playwright Valerie Dillman, Director Matt McKenzie, Activist Amani Jabsheh and many Friends of the Levantine Cultural Center invite you to join us in supporting the founding production for the first Middle Eastern theatre company of Los Angeles, Freedom Theatre West (FTW), named in honor of Juliano Mer-Khamis' Jenin company, the Freedom Theatre. The objective is raise completion funds to underwrite the first FTW production, "Sarah's War" by Valerie Dillman.
Art Exhibitiona children's art exhibit that shouldn't be controversial comes to Los Angeles
Film EventLevantine Cultural Center and Chapman University present a screening and panel discussion
Theatrea play about the Middle East, based on a true story
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Radio Tabbouli: It's fresh, it's green, it's good for you!Fresh content west of the Middle East, Radio Tabbouli is the new weekly podcast brought to you by Levantine Cultural Center.
Music of the Arab and Islamic WorldLos Angeles-based DJ and ethnomusicologist Al-Fareed aka Alfred Madain has woven together a broad selection of contemporary tunes from the Arab/Muslim world.
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- January 20, 2012 - 1:34pm
Art should have a prominent position in revolutionary politics, but as "signposts, not as overt political manifestos."January 20, 2012 - 12:43pmArt's role, as Hamid Dabashi notes, is to imagine the emancipatory politics of our impossibilities. To imagine is not to chronicle in minute detail. The artists of the Arab Spring are tasked with simply igniting a spark, of reinjecting the radical imagination into Arab society, through envisioning the utopian possibility of hope and a better life, undergirded by the basic dignity of the Arab people as non-negotiable and sacrosanct.
a young activist speaks out on censored Palestinian children's art exhibitJanuary 19, 2012 - 8:26amIn March 2009, I travelled to Gaza with an international peace delegation organized by CODEPINK, Women for Peace. Our mission was to witness the aftermath of Operation Cast Lead, Israel's 22-day assault on Gaza and to celebrate International Women's Day with the women and children of Gaza.
Case for Support: an Oasis of Peace in the Heart of HollywoodNovember 30, 2011 - 10:27am
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