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Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here, A Memorial Reading

posted March 11, 2010 - 10:26am by Editor
Date/Time: 
Mar 24 2010 7:15pm - 9:00pm
Price: 
Free to the public, donations welcome, books available for purchase
Where: 
Marymount Institute for Faith, Culture and the Arts
Loyola Marymount University
University Hall, 3rd Floor
Los AngelesCA 90045
The Third Area presents "Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here, a Memorial Reading" as part of LA of the Land 2010: Transnational City:

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Novelist Micheline Aharonian Marcom Speaks in Orange

posted March 1, 2010 - 4:34pm by Editor
Date/Time: 
Mar 22 2010 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Price: 
Free to the public
Where: 
Chapman University
John Fowles Center for Creative Writing
Leatherby Library, 2nd Floor
333 N. Glassell St.
Orange CA 92866

Micheline Aharonian MarcomMicheline Aharonian MarcomMicheline Aharonian Marcom, Acclaimed Lebanese Armenian American Novelist, Speaks at Chapma
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The History, Politics & Future of Arab Jews with Rachel Shabi

posted February 26, 2010 - 8:40am by Editor
Date/Time: 
Mar 10 2010 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Price: 
Free to the public, donations or book purchase suggested. Doors open at 7 pm.
Where: 
Levantine Cultural Center
5998 W. Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles CA 90035
street parking and in the underground lot
at the CVS across the street (until 10 pm only)


Arabs Jews, a Critical PresentationArabs Jews, a Critical PresentationVisiting Author Rachel Shabi Presents Her Book We Look Like the Enemy: the Hidden Story of Israel's Jews of Arab Lands

Jordan Elgrably introduces the evening with personal stories and a visual presentation.

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American Radical: The Trials of Norman Finkelstein

posted February 24, 2010 - 8:06pm by Editor
Date/Time: 
Mar 12 2010 7:00pm - 9:30pm
Price: 
$11, $8 seniors
Where: 
Laemmle Music Hall 3
9036 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills CA 90211
310.478.3836

American Radical: The Trials of Norman FinkelsteinAmerican Radical: The Trials of Norman FinkelsteinLos Angeles Theatrical Premiere, Opens at Laemmle March 12


Directed By: David Ridgen & Nicolas Rossier (Documentary | 2009 | USA | 88 minutes) In English with some Arabic language w/ English subtitles

AMERICAN RADICAL: THE TRIALS OF NORMAN FINKELSTEIN is a new feature-length documentary film from directors David Ridgen (MISSISSIPPI COLD CASE) and Nicolas Rossier (ARISTIDE AND THE ENDLESS REVOLUTION) that will have its theatrical premiere in Los Angeles at Laemmle Music Hall on Friday, March 12, 2010, where it will enjoy a week-long run.

The gala opening will feature Norman Finkelstein in person and a Q & A after the film, in an evening cosponsored by Levantine Cultural Center and L.A. Jews for Peace.

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"Salam Shalom", Edgy Israeli-Palestinian Love Story, Opens New Run

posted February 5, 2010 - 4:30pm by Editor

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

PRESS CONTACT: Sarah Holswade or Tara Marie Good, 310.657.5511
Or David Elzer 818.508.1754

SALAM SHALOM
Enemies...Another Love Story
Written by Saleem
Directed by Ty Donaldson

Limited Engagement will open on Saturday, March 6
at the Greenway Court Theatre in West Hollywood!

"Salam Shalom pleads sympathetically for universal respect and understanding..."
  — The San Francisco Bay Guardian, San Francisco

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"East/West Convergences" Exhibit Features Lebanese & Syrian Artists

posted January 18, 2010 - 1:51pm by Editor
Date/Time: 
Feb 16 2010 3:00pm - Feb 28 2010 6:00pm
Price: 
Free to the public. Regular center hours through Feb. 28, Monday-Friday,
10 am-6 pm and by appointment
Where: 
Levantine Cultural Center
5998 W. Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles CA 90035
street parking
East/West CONVERGENCES features artists from Syria and Lebanon and highlights the eloquence and interconnectedness of Arab and Western cultures. Exhibit runs through February 28, 2010.
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"The Quiet American" or The Disaster of Our Foreign Policy

posted January 11, 2010 - 10:28am by Editor
Subtitle: 
Israel's eminence grise has a clear vision of the way forward

By Uri Avnery

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The Locust and the Bird: My Mother's Story

posted December 31, 2009 - 1:08pm by Editor
Subtitle: 
A memoir by Lebanese novelist Hanan Al-Shaykh

Dina Abou SalemDina Abou SalemReviewed By Dina Abou Salem
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Rabih Alameddine's "The Hakawati"

posted December 27, 2009 - 3:29pm by Editor
Subtitle: 
Are Stories Lies, or Are They Sometimes Truer Than Reality?


Reviewed by Sarah Holswade

 "Praise be to God, Who has so disposed matters that pleasant literary anecdotes may serve as an instrument for the polishing of wits and the cleansing of rust from our hearts"—Ahmad al-Tifashi, The Delights of Hearts

As his father lies dying in a Beirut hospital in 2003, Osama al-Kharrat leaves his life as a Los Angeles software programmer to be by his side. Surrounded by family, Osama reflects on his past: both that which he recalls from childhood, and that which was passed on to him by his grandfather, a great hakawati.

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Artists for Iran, A Celebration of the Arts and Human Rights

posted December 7, 2009 - 7:54pm by secretagent

Contact: Sarah Holswade For Immediate Release
Tel: 310.657.5511
Email: sarah@levantinecenter.org

ARTISTS FOR IRAN
A Celebration of the Arts and Human Rights

Who: Visual artists, poets, writers, comedians, actors and more.

What: A night devoted to literary, visual and performing arts highlighting the issues of human rights in Iran and around the world.

Where: Levantine Cultural Center,
5998 W. Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles CA 90035

When: Dec. 12, 2009 from 7:30pm to 12am

Details: Free to the public, donations requested, open bar.

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