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 "Sovereign Threads: the History of Palestinian Embroidery" was on display recently at the Craft and Folk Art Museum Sovereign Threads |
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 "The Arab/Muslim Revolution: the Middle East & the West" a conference with Islamic scholar Reza Aslan and Middle East historian Mark LeVine See Calendar, Jan. 12, 2006 |
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 Global Frequency concert att the Levantine Cultural Center, Fri., Dec. 2! Featuring Naked Rhythm, MC RAI and Antoneus Maximus & the Nuthouze Band. Advance tix $10. Reserve now. |
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 Don't miss the next Sultans of Satire show on Thurs., Dec. 15, and read about the first one... Middle East Comic Relief, Thurs., Nov. 17, 8 pm. Click here. |
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 Levantine Cultural Center cosponsored the 2005 Los Angeles Film Festival, which included several films with Middle Eastern themes or subjects. |
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 The
Naser Musa-Adam del Monte Ensemble performed Arab-flamenco fusion
on Dec. 19, 2004. Click
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 Iraqi-American Playwright and Actor Heather Raffo and Her One-Woman Show, "Nine Parts of Desire," Are the Talk of New York and Los Angeles |
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Articles
of Note Palestinian Samia Dodin Talks to Israeli Sami Shalom Chetrit Lian Ensemble Concert Review Turkish news: Snow—the new novel by Orhan Pamuk Can Jews/Arabs Make Peace Through Music? By Ghada Karmi In Search of Fatima—a review of Ghada Karmi's memoir "Heart" of Arab Music by Jim Motavalli Persians on the Pacific by Tara Bahrampour Tariq Ali On Poetry In Turbulent Times in the Mideast (audio) |
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Al-Andalus
to Jerusalem: Levantine Festival at the John Anson Ford  Al-Andalus with Tariq Banzi, Julie Banzi and flamenco dancer Ana Montes Click Here To Read Three Articles on the Concert |
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Who's Who at Levantine
Cultural Center
Cultural Ambassadors
While the Levantine's board members and advisory board members represent an eclectic network of artists, academics and activists, let's not forget three of the center's favorite performers, who have been nominated as its cultural ambassadors.
 Ahmed
Ahmed is an Egyptian American comic whose penetrating
insight into Arabs and the USA will leave you in stitches.
Winner of the Richard Pryor Award for Ethic Comedy 2004—at
the Edinburgh Fringe Festival—Ahmed Ahmed performs in
the "Axis of Evil" Comedy Tour and at The Comedy
Store. He has shared the stage with Vince Vaughn. Richard
Pryor said of Ahmed, "he makes people confront their
own racism and small minds - I see genius in this man." Visit
Ahmed's site. |
 Maz
Jobrani is a regular cast member on the new ABC comedy "The
Knights of Prosperity," premiering in January 2007.
The show revolves around a group of amateur thieves who try
to subsidize their dreams by robbing Mick Jagger's apartment.
In 2005 Maz was a regular on the Fox sitcom "Life on
a Stick." He also played Secret Service Agent "Mo" in "The
Interpreter," the Sydney Pollack film starring Sean
Penn and Nicole Kidman.Maz is best known for his role as "Moly" in Ice Cube's "Friday After Next." He has also guest starred as "The Sikh" on the 2004 season finale of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" along with several other guest stars on "LawandOrder,""The West Wing,""NYPD Blue,""24,""Without a Trace,""Malcolm in the Middle," and many other shows. Maz played Glenn, Jennifer Garner's colleague, in last year's film "13 Going on 30." Maz is currently on a standup comedy tour called "The Axis of Evil Comedy Tour" with 2 other Middle Eastern/American comics and has appeared in the Levantine series, Sultnas of Satire: Middle East Comic Relief. Maz's sketch comedy work at the ACME Theater in Los Angeles has been called "devilishly funny" and "extraordinary" by the LA Weekly. Visit Maz's site. |
 Aron
Kader "The problem in the Middle East," says
Aron Kader,
"is that the Jews and the Arabs both think they're God's chosen
people. They're in the desert! Maybe the people in Hawaii or Samoa
are the chosen people—ever think of that?" Aron Kader would
like to thank his Palestinian father and Mormon mother for giving
him so many reasons to be a comedian. Raised in the Washington D.C.
area Aron (or Haroun) moved away to Hollywood at nineteen years old
to pursue comedy and acting. Aron spent a year in the legendary sketch
theatre "The Groundlings" Sunday company, and now performs
regularly in Hollywood at his home club, The Comedy Store. He has
been featured in the The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek magazine,
and many other national publications. He was a stand out at the HBO
U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, and received stellar reviews
at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival last year. Lately he has been on
the "Axis of Evil" comedy tour, with Ahmed Ahmed and Maz
Jobrani. Visit
Aron's site. |