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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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 Macedonian-Arabic Fusion with Goran Alachki, Ljupco Manevski, Naser Musa & Souhail Kaspar, Jan. 15, 2006 |
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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
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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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Beginning Summmer Session:
Class meets Mondays and Thursdays, 7:30-10:00 pm (five hours per
week), for a total of 30 hours, June 16-August 7, 2008. Small class
size (12 students max) meets at the Levantine Cultural Center, 1012
S. Robertson Blvd., near Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90035 (free
street parking). This is a great class for
those wishing to learn the essentials of conversational Arabic spoken
in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Palestine/Israel.
Tuition $300. Members of Levantine Cutural Center receive
a 10% discount. Individual class audits, $40 per session. Call for
more info: 310.657.5511.Download
registration form here. Visit our web site at http://www.levantinecenter.org or call 310.657.5511. Mail your check, payable to Levantine Center, 1012 S. Robertson Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90035. To book by credit card call 310.657.5511.
Read a Los Angeles Times feature about us. Levantine Cultural Center welcomes you to join us in exploration, debate and friendship! What do we mean when we say Levantine? Who is our audience? An alternative to FAQs. See also Wikipedia's page.
Learn
more about a poetry event Levantine Cultural Center
hosted with poets Nathalie Handal, Dima Hilal, Elmaz Abinader
and Deema Shehabi. See
the Arab poets page. |
Register
Today To Learn "Shami" Arabic Using Diverse Audiovisual
Supplements Including Music and Film
INSTRUCTOR:
Vivien Sansour is a native of Palestine. She grew up under Israeli
military occupation in the city of Bethlehem. In 1996, she came
to the United States and earned both a B.A. in Political Science
with a minor in Theatre Arts, and an M.A. in International Studies
from East Carolina University. She is a founding member of a community-based
theatre called Al Harah Theatre in Beit-Jala, Palestine.
