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Date/Time: 

Jan 18 2012 6:30pm - 9:00pm

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$10 general, $8 students/seniors, free for children 12/under with parent/guardian
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Where: 

Woodland Hills Community Church
21338 Dumetz Rd.
Woodland Hills CA 91364
ample free parking

DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND OUR CONTROL, THIS SCREENING HAS BEEN CANCELED. A special interfaith opportunity to view a film and dialogue on the relationship of Islam, Judaism and Christianity. The Levantine Center's New Voices in Middle Eastern Cinema series and the Muslim Public Affairs Council's Hollywood Bureau are pleased to announce a special screening of Joel Fendelman's feature debut David, followed by a cast/crew Q & A with star Maz Jobrani, Pastor Craig Peterson, and LCC executive director Jordan Elgrably, on Wed., Jan. 18, 6:30 pm, at the Woodland Hills Community Church, 21338 Dumetz Rd., Woodland Hills CA 91364. Children 12 and under may enter free with parent or guardian. General admission is $10, members, students and seniors, $8. RSVP early to 310.657.5511 to save your seats.

Event Details

Date/Time: 

Jan 15 2012 4:00pm - 6:30pm

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$10 general, $8 students/seniors, free for children 12/under with parent/guardian
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Where: 

Covina Women's Club
128 S. San José Dr.
Covina CA 91723-2618
free parking

The Levantine Center's New Voices in Middle Eastern Cinema series and the Muslim Public Affairs Council's Hollywood Bureau are pleased to announce a special screening of Joel Fendelman's feature debut David, followed by a cast/crew Q & A with director Joel Fendelman and producer Stephanie Levy, and others to be announced, on Sunday, Jan. 15, 4 pm, at the Covina Women's Club, Covina. Children 12 and under may enter free with parent or guardian. General admission is $10, members, students and seniors, $8. RSVP early to 310.657.5511 to save your seats.

Event Details

Date/Time: 

Dec 20 2011 12:30pm - 2:30pm

Price: 

Contribution requested (min. suggested $100)
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Where: 

The Palm
1100 S. Flower StreetLos Angeles CA 90015
RSVP by Dec. 15 to 310.657.5511

At 11th and Flower across from the Staples Center
free valet parking at lunch behind the restaurant

The arts help create a safe space for exploration of potentially difficult issues. The Middle East is the birthplace of our civilization. It is where Judaism, Christianity and Islam-three faiths with much in common-originate. The Middle East is also the primary resource for our energy needs and where we have many strategic partners, from Turkey and Israel to Saudi Arabia.

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In Halal Pork and Other Stories, Cihan Kaan projects an avant garde, post 9/11 world, from the perspective of a young Muslim New Yorker. It's a place where Coney Island meets Mars; where hijabi girls are punk rock dervishes; where identity salesmen count pigeons at insane asylums as a cream cheese conspiracy brews in gitmo; where rich boys pay to be Muslim for a day; where the transgendered are holy; and where the bacon is halal. Kaan offers up five urban Sufi tales in the swirling graffiti of Brooklyn.

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