Samir Twair, Syrian activist, journalist and correspondent for the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, spoke at the Levantine Center on Sunday, November 6, 2011, about the history of and current situation in Syria.
The talk was one in the series "Progressive Conversations on Israel/Palestine and U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East," sponsored jointly by the Levantine Center, LA Jews for Peace, Jewish Voice for Peace, and Friends of Sabeel Los Angeles and Orange County.
Javed Jabbar is a distinguished Pakistani author, filmmaker and activist.
Save on book purchases, support literacy, meet authors, get your books signed. Visit the Levantine Cultural Center at the 10th annual West Hollywood Book Fair, which features 25,000 GUESTS * 300 AUTHORS & ARTISTS * 13 STAGES 125 EXHIBITORS * PANELS & PERFORMANCES FOR ALL AGES. This year, many of the Book Fair panels and events will take place in the brand new West Hollywood Library, solidifying its place as a community gathering space. Libraries are centers of the community and the West Hollywood Library is the center of the Book Fair.
1:00-1:45 pm, Remi Kanazi signs Poetic Injustice: Writings on Resistance and Palestine
1:45-2:30 pm, Maria Armoudian, Kill the Messenger: The Media's Role in the Fate of the World
2:30-3:00 pm, Reza Aslan, No god But God, Beyond Fundamentalism, Tablet & Pen
3:00-4:00 pm, Chris Cryer, Tolstoy in Riyadh-A Story of a Teacher and Her Muse
American Association for Palestinian Equal RightsGEORGE NAGGIAR Esq. will give an informational presentation as founder and president of the American Association for Palestinian Equal Rights (AAPER), America's Free Palestine Lobby. Mr. Naggiar will compare the work of the Israel and Palestine lobbies in the United States and discuss the work of AAPER, a long-overdue Palestine Lobby whose mission is to (a) ed...ucate Americans about Palestine and (b) lobby for a just U.S. policy toward Palestine. AAPER's website is www.aaper.org. For Immediate Release [Los Angeles May 20] The wave of revolutions that has swept over North Africa and the Middle East has come as a shock to many people in the world. These revolutions that spread over the region have been coined the term Arab Spring. What exactly is the Arab Spring and what does it hold in store for the future? In "Rocking the Casbah: Morocco and the Arab Spring," writer and professor Laila Lalami will discuss the North African uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt, before focusing on the case of Morocco, which has experienced its own unique response to this unexpected era of change. The lecture will happen June 2, 2011, at the Levantine Cultural Center, 5998 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, 90035.
"THE PEOPLE RELOADED: IRAN'S GREEN MOVEMENT AND THE FUTURE OF US-IRAN RELATIONS"
MAY 11, 2011 AT THE LEVANTINE CENTER
WITH REZA ASLAN, NADER HASEMI & MUHAMMAD SAHIMI
Blog by Ryan Torok, Jewish Journal
The event, a fundraiser for the nonprofit, Free Tunisia, also featured Egyptian and Tunisian speakers, who spoke about their countries histories and their revolutions - propelled by youth determined to oust their longtime autocrat leaders. Levantine Center co-founder Jordan Elgrably, whose recent opinion piece in Al Jazeera says, among other things, that "Israel should be integrated into the mosaic of the Middle East. It is time to end the conflict that began with the belief that Arabs and Jews are historic enemies," helped organize the event.