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HONORING BLACK HISTORY MONTH, PUBLIC DISCUSSION COMPARES CONFLICT IN MALI & SYRIA [1]

posted February 12, 2013 - 1:11pm by kasmira [2]

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HONORING BLACK HISTORY MONTH, LEVANTINE CULTURAL CENTER HOLDS

PUBLIC DISCUSSION COMPARING CONFLICT IN MALI, SYRIA FEB 23, 2013

 

 

[Los Angeles—FEB 6., 2013] In honor of Black History Month, the Levantine Cultural Center will hold a public discussion, “Where Do We Go From Here? Answering Dr. King 46 Years Later: Unpacking and Rebuilding Mali and Syria,” featuring African History Professor, David L. Horne and Political Science Professor,ElieChalala on Feb 23 from 2 – 4 p.m. 

 

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Director Iara Lee on Syria and her documentary "The Suffering Grasses" [12]

posted December 3, 2012 - 8:34am by Editor [13]
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The 2012 film paints a bleak picture of the civil war wracking the country
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Director's Blog: Arab America, the Syrian Civil War and the Gaza-Israel Conflict [23]

posted November 19, 2012 - 4:39pm by Editor [13]
Subtitle: 
we can't allow the dogs of war to run our lives
By Jordan Elgrably


When you're the chief advocate of a Middle Eastern cultural center—the only one of its kind in Southern California—you're inevitably in the hot seat. Sure enough, just as I was preparing to head off to a national conference of Arab American leaders representing cultural and social organizations around the country, yet another "war" began between Hamas in Gaza and Israel (I insert "war" in quotes because the Palestinians do not have an army, air power or any military force that would technically qualify them to be even a distant match for the Israel Defense Force).

Just as this new battle is heating up, the civil war in Syria, lest we forget, rages on, with its daily toll of victims, mostly civilian, and more than 30,000 dead already. (Our current art exhibition "I Rise" [24] by Syrian painter Fadia Afashe brings that discomfiting reality up close and personal.)

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Paint and Suffering: A Syrian Artist's Cry for Help [24]

posted November 19, 2012 - 3:16pm by Editor [13]
By Ashley Lohmann
Fair Observer [30]

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"The Suffering Grasses" Documents Syria Today [38]

posted November 9, 2012 - 1:37pm by Editor [13]
Event Details
Date/Time: 
Dec 6 2012 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Price: 
$10 suggested donation
RSVPs to 310.827.4320
Where: 
Levantine Cultural Center
5998 W. Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles CA 90035
between La Cienega and Fairfax
ample street parking and in
underground CVS lot till 10 pm only
Subtitle: 
new documentary shows the side effects of war on the civilian population

CODEPINK Women for Peace presents an evening of film and discussion with The Suffering Grasses. A year and a half on, with more than 30,000 dead and counting, the ongoing conflict in Syria has become a microcosm for the complicated politics of the region. Against the backdrop of the Arab Spring, this film by Iara Lee (Cultures of Resistance) explores the Syrian civil war through the humanity of the civilians who have been killed, abused, and displaced to the squalor of refugee camps. In all such conflicts, large and small, it is civilians—women and children, families and whole communities—who suffer at the leisure of those in power. Read an op-ed on Syria by Iara Lee [39]. Read a new view of The Suffering Grasses [40].

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Arab Film Festival Opens with "Man Without A Cell Phone" [49]

posted October 9, 2012 - 1:47pm by Editor [13]
Event Details
Date/Time: 
Oct 19 2012 6:30pm - 11:00pm
Price: 
$25
Click here to buy tickets [50]
Where: 
Writers Guild of American Theatre
135 S. Doheny Drive
Beverly Hills CA 90211
Lot parking $3 and $5 and street parking.
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Actor Haaz Sleiman will emcee the Arab Film Festival's opening night gala in Los Angeles

The Arab Film Festival [51] (AFF) presents its 16th annual festival in the San Francisco Bay Area and the 6th annual version in Los Angeles, Oct 19-21, once again at the Writers Guild of America Theatre, 135 S. Doheny Drive, Beverly Hills 90211. On Oct. 19th at 8 pm, the opening night centerpiece film is Man Without a Cell Phone [50]. The 8 pm screening is preceded by a VIP reception at 6:30 pm at the Writers Guild Theater of America. Haaz Sleiman [52], the Lebanese American star of The Visitor and the British mini-series The Promise, will host the opening of the festival.

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L.A. Premiere OF Rare Doc On Syrian Women Benefits Humanitarian Efforts in Syria [59]

posted May 30, 2012 - 3:32pm by amal [60]
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"The Light in Her Eyes" Tells Syrian Women's Story [65]

posted May 25, 2012 - 3:56pm by Editor [13]
Event Details
Date/Time: 
Jun 14 2012 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Price: 
$20 suggested donation, $15 members, $10 students with ID
This event benefits women in Syria.
Click here to buy tickets [66]
Where: 
Levantine Cultural Center
5998 W. Pico Blvd
Los Angeles CA 90035
street parking
located between La Cienega & Fairfax
Subtitle: 
Director's Screening with guest speaker Maria Khani

Directors Julia Meltzer & Laura Nix will present the L.A. premiere of their film (58 minutes, 2012) The Light in Her Eyes, on Thurs., June 14, 7:30 pm (7 pm doors) at the Levantine Cultural Center. The screening includes a panel with Meltzer, Nix Maria Khani and Jennie Pasquarella (ACLU). The film was completed just prior to the beginning of the Syrian uprising after the filmmakers spent time in Damascus. This special screening will benefit MATAR*, a Syrian women's group. Seating limited, RSVP to 323.413.2001.

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Bassam Haddad on Syria's Authoritarian Regime [68]

posted February 3, 2012 - 11:47am by Editor [13]
Event Details
Date/Time: 
Feb 15 2012 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Price: 
Suggested donation $10, students $5
Where: 
Levantine Cultural Center
5998 W. Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles CA 90035
Between La Cienega & Fairfax
ample street parking or in CVS underground lot
Subtitle: 
a progressive conversation on the recent history and political situation in Syria
Syria expert and George Mason professor Bassam Haddad talks about Syria's political economy, business networks and the resilience of the Al-Assad regime. Presented in the monthly series, "Progressive Conversations on Israel/Palestine and US Foreign Policy in the Middle East," cosponsored by Friends of Sabeel [69] and LA Jews for Peace [70] in association with the Levantine Cultural Center. Read his article on Syria's "business backbone" in Jadailyya [71].

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Omar Souleyman, Syrian Authentic, in Rare L.A. Appearance [79]

posted July 7, 2011 - 5:16pm by Editor [13]
Event Details
Date/Time: 
Jul 12 2011 8:30pm - 10:00pm
Price: 
8:30pm / $10adv; $12 day of show / 18+
Click here for tickets [80]
Where: 
The Echo
1822 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90026
213.413.8200
Subtitle: 
Popular singer opens Syrian tunes to American ears

Omar Souleyman is one of Syria's most popular street singers. The timing couldn't be better for this rare US tour. His latest album "Jazeera" is getting attention even as protesters are changing Syria's image abroad. The Arabic word "jazeera" means "island" or "peninsula" in English, but it seems unlikely that the people at Souleyman's label, Sublime Frequencies, were going for something as Malibu breezy as "Island Nights" for the title of this compilation.

Even though many Americans and Europeans are aware of the distortions and exaggerations some Western media outlets have made about Arabic news network Al Jazeera, the bugaboo surrounding the word feels as if it will limit this album's audience. That's unfortunate, because Jazeera Nights: Folk and Pop Sounds of Syria is probably the most dynamic collection of Omar Souleyman's work that Sublime Frequencies has yet released.

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