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Date/Time: 

Feb 22 2012 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Price: 

Free to the public, $10 donation or book purchase suggested.
RSVPs recommended, 310.657.5511

Where: 

Levantine Cultural Center
5998 W. Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles CA 90035
Between La Cienega & Fairfax
ample street parking or across the street in the underground CVS lot (close 10 pm)

An evening in the MENA-X series with authors Ferial Masry and Chris Cryer. Chris Cryer's new book is Tolstoy in Riyadh-A Story of a Teacher and Her Muse. Ferial Masry is the author of Running for All the Right Reasons: A Saudi-Born Woman's Pursuit of Democracy. The two women discuss their Lives, their friendship and their books on the Saudi exotique.

Event Details

Date/Time: 

Jan 21 2012 10:00am - 2:00pm

Price: 

$40 general public, $20 students; sliding scale available.
No one will be turned away for lack of funds.

Where: 

Levantine Cultural Center
5998 W Pico Blvd

Los Angeles CA 90035-2657
Between La Cienega and Fairfax
ample street parking or in the underground CVS lot

Levantine Cultural Center's best-loved creative writing teacher, Elana Golden, leads a special one-of-a-kind  creative writing workshop for Armenians and Turks, and their friends. In an atmosphere of respect for our common humanity, this workshop will offer a safe space and guidance for Armenians and Turks to write their stories and those of their families and ancestors, and listen to each other's work from the heart. Says Elana, "It is my greatest honor and life purpose to help people heal and grow from war and trauma, and to turn atrocities into works of art so we remember them and not repeat them."

Our proposal is the creation of a Middle Eastern arts complex with shared offices, facilities and services for like-minded cultural, social and peace organizations, as well as artists and writers, such that the Levantine Cultural Center (LCC) becomes a hub, a peace center, an arts center open to all. With the "Arab Spring" or Thaura (Revolution) that began in Tunisia and the protests and uprisings against governments that have spread across North Africa and the Middle East, we want to bridge cultures and build peace—to promote understanding across boundaries. Would you give us a mandate, knowing that the LCC has already devoted the past decade since 2001 building these bridges? Sign our petition.

"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

Event Details

Date/Time: 

May 7 2011 3:30pm - 5:30pm

Price: 

$7 suggested donation

Where: 

Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center
681 Venice Blvd.
Venice, CA 90291

Poets & Writers presents "Connecting Cultures" with a reception at 3:30 p.m, readings starting at 4 p.m., at Beyond Baroque. (Free for Beyond Baroque members, $7 suggested donation for nonmembers). Writers from diverse cultural groups across the greater Los Angeles region will read new poems, stories and creative nonfiction.

Event Details

Date/Time: 

May 11 2011 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Price: 

$18 advance, $20 at the door includes signed copy of "The People Reloaded"
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Where: 

Levantine Cultural Center
5998 W. Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles CA 90035
ample street parking
between La Cienega & Fairfax

This is the first of talk in the new MENA-X (Middle East/North Africa Exchange) lecture series, happening every Thursday at the Levantine Cultural Center. MENA-X presents incisive talks with experts and guest moderators to help us better understand the complexities of life on the ground in the Middle East and North Africa.

This definitive collection of essays and documents on the movement behind Iran's mass protests will be presented by the anthology's co-editor, Nader Hashemi, with readings by fellow contributors Reza Aslan and Muhammad Sahimi. According to Publishers Weekly, The People Reloaded: The Green Movement and the Struggle for Iran's Future is "a rich, consistently engaging anthology." Ali Mirsepassi calls it "the most impressive collection of writings on one of the most inspiring and democratic movements of our time."

Event Details

Date/Time: 

Mar 19 2011 11:00am

Price: 

Free to the public. Light snacks and cash bar available.

Where: 

L.A. Film School
6363 Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles CA 90028

On Saturday, March 19, Women's Voices Now presents the final day of the Women's Voices from the Muslim World: A Short-Film Festival. The event will include screenings of a multitude of amazing and empowering films along with roundtable discussions and a book reading and signing. Topics include: girls in the Muslim world, health taboos in the Middle East, and women at work, among others. The event will wrap up with an awards ceremony and closing benefit.

Event Details

Date/Time: 

Mar 18 2011 4:30pm

Price: 

Free to the public. Light snacks and cash bar available.

Where: 

L.A. Film School
6363 Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles CA 90028

4:30-6:30pm CROSSROADS: THE INTERSECTION OF CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS NORMS

Roundtable Discussion with:

• Rakibul Hasan, Festival filmmaker and director of Hilla
• Susana Casares, Festival filmmaker and director of Avant Propos
• Alysse Stepanian, Festival filmmaker and director of Roghieh
• Ola Diab, Festival filmmaker and director of The Unveiled
• Miriam Wakim, WVN Director (Moderator)

6:30-7:30 Book Reading and Signing with Christina Asquith, author of Sisters in War

7:30-9:30 AFGHANISTAN: FILMS IN A SUITCASE

Roundtable Discussion with:

• Christina Asquith, author of Sisters in War
• Alka Sadat, Festival filmmaker and director of Half Value Life and We Are Postmodern
• Nushin Arbabzadah, Research Scholar at the UCLA Center for the Study of Women
• Catinca Tabacaru, WVN Executive Director (Moderator)

10:00-12:00 LOVE, SEX AND OTHER DANGEROUS PURSUITS

Q&A with:

• Laila Hotait, Festival filmmakers and director of Basita and Absent Spaces
• Mostafa Heravi, Festival filmmaker and director of It Is Written and Somaye
• Jeff Kaufman, Documentarian and director of Free Shane and Josh: An Urgent Plea for Compassion
• Catinca Tabacaru, WVN Executive Director (Moderator)

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE [Los Angeles, Feb. 28] Turkish author Yilmaz Alimoglu will present his book, Deserts and Mountains, at the Levantine Cultural Center, March 10, 7:00 pm, 5998 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90035.