INEAS Events
March 29, 08
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Dialogue with Haifa Zangana3-5
pm Cambridge Senior Center 806 Mass Ave., Central Square *
Have you had your doubts about the war on Iraq? *
Curious about Iraqi women’s rights before and after the war?
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Do you wish to explore the status of the Iraqi Resistance?
In this dialogue coinciding with Women’s history month and the fifth anniversary of the war on Iraq, you will sample Iraqi women’s knowledge, struggle and humor face to face. Presented by Wafaa’ Al-Natheema sponsored by the Institute of Near Eastern & African Studies (INEAS) with support from the Cambridge Peace Commission |
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September 2007 |
Intensive Arabic Workshop I
Saturday & Sunday, September 15 & 16 2007Saturday: 10 AM to 5 PM Sunday: 11 AM to 4 PM Learners will practice Arabic reading and writing, vocabulary and simple grammar, and will be able to read and write words and phrases at the completion of this workshop. This two-day workshop is designed for beginners who had no prior knowledge of Arabic. The workshop teaches the alphabet, letter connection (script), pronunciation, vowels, definite and indefinite nouns and adjectives as well as reading and writing exercises. LEARNERS ARE EXPECTED TO PARTICIPATE AND DO HOMEWORK. Registration Fee: $125 (including 2 books and 3 CDs) Discounted rates for INEAS Members Location: Cambridge The address and directions will be emailed upon registering. ***** Intensive Arabic Workshop
II
Saturday & Sunday, September 22 &23 2007Saturday: 10 AM to 5 PM Sunday: 11 AM to 4 PM This
two-day workshop is designed for those who completed Workshop I
or those who have limited knowledge of Arabic reading and writing.
It will cover simple rules of hamza, feminine nouns and adjectives, Registration Fee: $125 (including 2 books and 3 CDs) $100 for those who took Workshop I Registration deadline: Monday, September 17
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mail check payable to INEAS with registration form to: Institute
of Near Eastern & African Studies (INEAS) P.O.
Box 425125 Cambridge,
MA 02142 Tel: (617) 86-INEAS (864-6327) Fax: (617) 864-6328 http://www.INEAS.org We Accept Visa & Master Card |
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December 2006 |
Intensive Arabic Workshop
II
Saturday & Sunday, Dec. 2 & 3 2006Saturday: 10 AM to 5 PM Sunday: 11 AM to 4 PM This
two-day workshop is designed for those who completed Workshop I Registration Fee: $125 (including 2 books and 3 CDs) $100 for those who took Workshop I Location: TBA Tel: (617) 86-INEAS (864-6327) Fax: (617) 864-6328 http://www.INEAS.org We Accept Visa & Master Card |
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May 2006 |
Intensive Arabic Workshop I Location: Cambridge, Mass.
Saturday: 10 AM to 5 PM Sunday: 11 AM to 4 PM Learners will practice Arabic reading and writing, vocabulary and simple grammar, and will be able to read and write words and phrases at the completion of this workshop. This two-day workshop is designed for beginners who had no prior knowledge of Arabic. The workshop teaches the alphabet, letter connection (script), pronunciation, vowels, definite and indefinite nouns and adjectives as well as reading and writing exercises. LEARNERS ARE EXPECTED TO PARTICIPATE AND DO HOMEWORK. Registration Fee: $125 (including
Arabic package of two books & 3 CDs) Registration Deadline: May 22 2006 Please make check payable to INEAS and mail it to: P.O. Box 425125 Cambridge, MA 02142 |
October 2005 |
Intensive Arabic Workshop I Location: 186
Hampshire St. Cambridge, Mass. Saturday: 10 AM to 5 PM Sunday: 10:30 AM to 4 PM Learners will practice Arabic reading and writing, vocabulary and simple grammar, and will be able to read and write words and phrases at the completion of this workshop. This two-day workshop is designed for beginners who had no
prior knowledge of Arabic. The workshop teaches the alphabet, letter connection
(script), pronunciation, vowels, definite and indefinite nouns and
adjectives as well as reading and writing exercises. Registration Fee: $125 (including Arabic package of two books & 3 CDs)
Registration Deadline: October 3, 2005 Please make check payable to INEAS and mail it to: P.O. Box 425125 Cambridge, MA 02142 We Accept Visa & Master Card
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April 2005 |
Music of Mauritania's Malouma - Griots, African Rythms & Arabic Lyrics
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November 2004 |
Screen Writing Conference @ UMASS Boston Join
us and be part of this unique conference, "The
Art of Screen Writing -- Imagining and Interpreting PART I November 20, 2004
10 AM - 4 PM
Sponsored by the
Institute of
Near Eastern & African Studies (INEAS), The purpose of the conference is to help
plant the seeds of an international network for people interested in
any aspect of film. We
will provide film producers, writers, directors and scholars the opportunity
to present their contributions (books, films, ideas) to this developing
film community. Fiction and documentary films by American,
IRAQI, Pakistani and Palestinian screen writers and directors will be
screened on Saturday, November 20 at 6 PM and all day Sunday, November
21. See movie list and
times below. Location: University of Massachusetts
UMASS/ Boston Date & Time: November 20, 2004
10 AM - 4 PM Regular Registration: $95 (including
breakfast and lunch) $80 for INEAS members, National Writers Union (NWU) members & UMASS Students Conference
Registration Fee includes admission to two documentaries.
See movie list
and additional information below. Registration Deadline:
Must Be Received by November 16 For directions to UMASS, visit
http://www.umb.edu/about/directions.html
[ Parking is available at UMASS for $6 per day ] Underwriting
and donations for the conference are welcome and appreciated. Make check payable to INEAS Screen Writing Conference Sunday Films & Panel Discussion Are Open to The Public
Fiction Films
The
Olive Harvest
Screenwriter & Director: Hanna EliasUpon his release from an Israeli prison,
older brother Mazen ( Mazen Saade ) develops romantic feelings for his
childhood friend, Raeda ( Raeda Adun ). However, Raeda is already engaged
to Mazen's younger brother Taher ( Taher Najeeb ), their love kept a
secret because of the tradition for the eldest brother to wed first.
More than a mere love story, The
Olive Harvest , explores the dynamics of human relationships
and the relation between human and land. Sunday, November 21st @ 1:00 PM Immediately Followed By
* Panel Discussion:
Filling The Void: Missing Genre, Asian-Muslim films With Jacqueline Romeo & Joachim Martillo Moderator: Wafaa' Al-Natheema Sunday, November 21 @ 2:35 PM (to 3:25 PM)
Snowden Auditorium, UMASS/Boston Jacqueline Romeo is an adjunct faculty member at Emerson College where she teaches theatre history and dramatic literature. Recently, she performed at LaMama in New York City in Caliban Remembers: a Balinese Tempest. She is, also, in the midst of finishing her dissertation at Tufts University entitled: The Making of an American Stereotype: the Origins of the Comic Coolie in Frontier Melodramas. Joachim Martillo runs a Boston-area hi-tech firm and has been doing business with Israeli firms since 1990. After 1993 he believed in the Oslo process and began to do on-site work in Israel and the Occupied Territories. The attempt to understand the disconnect lead him to study US popular culture and in particular Hollywood. To balance Hollywood's steady stream of Zionist propaganda and disinformation, Martillo has written a Hollywood-style Palestinian-based screenplay targeting the American public, and he is working on a sequel. Beautiful
Kid Award-Winning filmmakers,
Michael Carty
(Screenwriter) and Patrick McCullough (Producer) will be on hand for
an informative Q&A after the screening of their film, Sunday, November 21st @ 5:30 PM Documentary
Films
Baghdad
. . . in Four Days
Screenwriter & Director: Wafaa' Al-Natheema Produced to chronicle her journey to
Baghdad in November, 2003, Wafaa' follows the activities and perspectives
of Iraqis and the effect of the US/UK war and occupation on Iraqi life
and culture with a highlight on the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra
and the Music & Ballet School of Baghdad.
Followed by Q/A period with Wafaa'. A 10-minute demo of her upcoming documentary
"The Other Arabs", a work in progress, will
be viewed following the Q/A period. Sunday, November 21st @ 10:30 AM
FREE for Conference registrants Nazrah:
A Muslim Woman's Perspective
Screenwriter: Maliha Masood Western notions of Muslim women remain
rooted in either the nineteenth-century biases of "Orientalism"
or gloomy clichés of oppression and backwardness.
The allegedly liberal mass media has been often an instigator
of ill-informed imagery. This
makes it more important than ever to question one-sided viewpoints that
depict women in the Islamic world as monolithic victims without a voice.
Nazrah presents a stimulating discussion by Muslim
women and their perspective of life, religion, love, independence, work
and will power. Sunday, November 21st @ 11:30 AM Screenwriter & Director: Samir Documenting the perspective and struggle of Iraqi Jews as they narrate their memoirs about their lives in Iraq and later growing up and working in Israel or the West. This unique documentary is sure to provoke discussion. Winner of the Critics Week Prize, International Film Festival of Locarno (2002) and of The City of Zurich Film Award (2002) Sunday, November 21st @ 3:30 PM |
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| August 2004 | GOLDEN August: Unprecedented Cultural Episodes In one month, Golden August, right before our TENTH ANNIVERSARY, INEAS is presenting three UNIQUE cultural events. Featuring 1. David
Rovics & Veronique Epiter 2. Cambridge: The Only Cultural Tour of Its Kind Meeting Location: INEAS
office in Cambridge 3. Nimah Nawwab, Saudi
Arabian Poet, Brahim Sassi, Indian Nimah Ismail Nawwab comes from a long line of Makkan
scholars. With a comprehensive background in the performing arts, director, writer, and teacher Brahim Sassi has developed an expression of theater and involves cross-cultural perspectives with enfaces on the spiritual nature residing in all forms of creativity. With extensive knowledge of the human body as a dynamic expression of the performing arts, he integrates universal concepts of space, energy, and rhythm as the basis for his arts and directing. His teaching focuses on eastern and occidental philosophy. Location: 38 Cameron Ave. Cambridge Arabic,
CPR & First Aid Workshops Golden
August 2004 Intensive Arabic Workshop
Instructor:
Wafaa' Al-Natheema
Level 1
This
two-day workshop is designed for beginners who had no prior Tuesday,
August 24 & Wednesday, August 25
10 AM – 5PM Registration
Fee: $175 (including Arabic package of two books & 3 CDs)
Registration deadline: August
20
Level 2This
two-day workshop is designed for those who completed Workshop I Thursday,
August 26 & Friday, August 10
AM – 4:30 PM Location:
Cambridge, MA. You will be provided with the address CPR and First Aid Workshops Instructor: Alejandro UrrutiaCPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) and First Aid are skills that many people should learn whether for the interest to help others or simply for knowledge. These skills become especially useful for people who are living in war conditions or are traveling to countries or regions undergoing war or natural disasters. The completion of the three workshops CPR 1, CPR 2 and First Aid, will entitle you with a certificate as a CPR/First Aid specialist from the red cross and will enable you to perform CPR and First Aid whenever needed.CPR for The Professional Rescuer 1 1.-
Basics in responding to an Emergency. CPR
for The Professional Rescuers
2 1.-
Cardiac Emergencies First
Aid Workshop 1.
Injuries, severe bleeding and shock. Registration Deadline: August 10 Registration
Fee: $100 (for 12 hours incl. Material)
Location:
ROCA 101 Park St.
Chelsea, MA. Alejandro
Urrutia , MD,
is an instructor with the American Heart Association |
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| January/February 2004 | Intensive Arabic Workshop I Location: 186
Hampshire St. Cambridge, Mass. Learners will practice Arabic reading and writing, vocabulary
and simple grammar, and will be able to read and write words and phrases
at the completion of this workshop. Level II and III will be
offered later in the spring. |
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| January 2004 | Baghdad Benefits:
1.
World Music Unity Day in Cedar Rapids, IOWA World Music Unity Day A concert to benefit the Music & Ballet School in Baghdad, IRAQ Featuring Wafaa' Al-Natheema's documentary film, "Baghdad in Four Days" with Westwind Quintet Gail Williams Quintet Vanguard Jazz Collective Thursday, January 22, 2004 8-10 PM Scottish Rite Temple 616 A Avenue NE in Cedar Rapids, IA "Baghdad in Four Days" Jazz music by Peter and Lynne Hart with a presentation by Wafaa' Al-Natheema Saturday, Noon, Jan. 24th, 2004 At Old Brick Church / University of IOWA in Iowa City At 26 E. Market Street "Baghdad in Four Days" is a documentary film shot in November 2003 and produced by Wafaa' Al-Natheema. Donations are welcome at the door. Proceeds go to providing handicapped accessibility at Old Brick & providing computers and printers for music schools in Baghdad Music For A Cause Presents A Report from Baghdad Cosponsored by The Institute of Near Eastern & African Studies A dynamic follow up to our June 27 jazz benefit for the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra and the Music & Ballet School Featuring Wafaa' Al-Natheema, presenting her new documentary film "Baghdad in Four Days" in which she chronicles her journey to Baghdad and narrates the stories of musicians, family and friends. AND Grigory Goryachev, Flamenco Guitarist Extraordinaire, in an enticing hour of Flamenco/Jazz Proceeds from this event will go to the Music & Ballet School and other schools of music in Baghdad. FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 2004 8PM 38 Cameron Ave. Cambridge, MA. |
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| May 2001 | Farida and The Iraqi Maqaam Ensemble (FIME) in the USA [We intend to fill in the details of this musical tour and of other events which took place in May 2001] |
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| May, 2000 | INEAS was one of twenty-four organizations
that co-sponsored the World History Symposium, held on May 5th
and 6th at Northeastern University. The theme of the symposium was
"Ethics and Justice: Understanding the Human Condition."
During the symposium, we co-offered a workshop entitled, "Africa
in the Global Economy: The Struggle for Social Justice, 1941-2000,"
with the African Studies Center at Boston University. We also offered
a workshop on, "Modern History of Iraq: The Birth of a New Genocide."
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| October 2000 | Hussein Al-Athamy and the Tchalghi Baghdadi [HATB] in the USA
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| March 2000 | INEAS co-sponsored Feminist Expo 2000, which was held in Baltimore, MD between March 31st and April 2nd. |
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| October 1998 | We participated in the largest New England's International
Festival, which was held at the Bayside Exposition Center in Boston,
MA. Our participation included a three-day information booth providing
information on Arabic, Assyrian and Kurdish cultures. We also performed
Arabian Stallions featuring
actor Michael Nurse as storyteller, Oud player Said Khoory
and vocalist Wafaa' Salman. |
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| April-June 1998 | Cultural Episodes on the East & Africa Arabic Music and Iraqi Maqaams
by Naseer Shemma Women, Politics & Social Change in Iran by Timothy Kendall, Associate Curator, Dept of Ancient Nubian Art, MFA, Thursday May 7th A slide show on the recent excavations of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Jesus' Survival of the Crucifixion--Theories by Joseph Baratta, Ph.D., a Historian of International Organization, Thursday May 21st Arab Contributions to Civilization by Wafaa' Salman, Founder of INEAS, Thursday June 4 |
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| December 1997 | On December 21, 1997, INEAS sponsored a weekly
radio program, Baghdad Cafe, every Sunday on WZBC
90.3 FM. The program features music, guests and special
reports from around the Arab and Islamic Worlds, Africa, Asia and Europe.
The radio program's last episode aired on Sunday February 6th, 2000.
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| November 1997 | The troupe of the Zannobiya Productions performed
Arabian Stallions at the Newton
Free Library (See article in the Boston Globe on February 1, 1998 concerning
this performance and other INEAS programs). To read these articles, click
on INEAS in the Media.
The program was performed by actor and storyteller, Michael Nurse;
vocalist, Wafaa' Salman and oud player, Said Khoory.
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| Spring 1997 | Between April and May 1997,
INEAS co-sponsored a Tuesday Lecture Series with the International
Institute of Boston. Three lectures on "The Mandaeans/Sabaeans:
An Unknown Minority Religion in the Middle East" by Dr.
Buckley, "Living in The US as Immigrants -- The
Iranian Experience" by Simin Bakhtiar,
and "Anti-Arab Racism and Stereotyping" by
Wafaa' Salman. |
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| February 1997 | Our Institute sponsored a Thursday lecture series,
which ended in April, and held at the Boston Public Library. Lectures
were given once a month and covered a variety of subjects. On January
30, Afaf Stevens gave a lecture on "The
Baha'i Faith and The Evolution of Islam". On February
13, and in celebration of Valentine's Day, Wafaa' Salman
gave a talk on "Love Songs and Poetry in Arabic Culture".
The lecture drew a much larger than usual Thursday evening audience. "Living
in The US as Immigrants-- The Iranian Experience" was the
topic of the lecture given by Simin Bakhtiar on March
27. On April 24, the final lecture, "History of Music
and Musical Instruments" was given by Wafaa' Salman.
The lecture's content was previously aired on WZBC and WMBR, and is currently
available on cassette. To order, click on Products
at INEAS |
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| December 1996 | Storyteller, Hussein El-Ali; Oud
player, Sai Matta and vocalist, Wafaa' Salman
also performed Arabian Stallions twice at 2:00
PM and 4:15 PM on Tuesday December 31 during the FIRST NIGHT
festivities in celebration of the New Year. It was a greatly successful
family show. A video tape of the performance was produced and made available
for schools and libraries. A professional video tape of the First Night
performance is available for schools and institutions. To see the
cost and shipping details, please visit Products
at INEAS |
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| November 1996 | On Saturday November 9, George Capaccio,
Said Khoury and Wafaa' Salman performed the same program
at the Boston Public Library (BPL). Over 70 people attended the afternoon
performance despite the bad weather and gave mostly positive feedback.
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| June 1996 | On June 13, 1996, the Zannobiya
Team of INEAS performed
Arabian Stallions at the West Roxbury Branch Library.
The team included Oud player, Abla Shuqair ; storyteller George
Capaccio and vocalist Wafaa' Salman. Those who attended
indicated that it was entertaining, informative and humorous. |
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| February 1996 | In February, 1996, we began organizing The
Zannobiya Productions, our school enrichment programs
to introduce students (grades 5-12) to Arabic and Islamic cultures through
music, language, poetry, songs and storytelling. Such arrangement included
designing brochures, researching the educational material, writing and
editing the script of the performances, rehearsals and publicity. A team
comprised of talented and professional individuals was established to
perform three programs, Arabian Stallions, Baghdad Cafe'
and Thousand and One Nights. The goal is not only to
perform these shows, but also to offer a follow-up classes, residencies
and workshops to educate students, teachers and parents about the Arabic,
African and Islamic cultures at junior and high schools as well as other
institutions. |
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| October 1995 | On Thursday, October 19, Naseer Shemma gave
a lecture on Arabic Music and Maqamat at MIT and on Saturday October 21,
he performed solo on the oud (or lute) at the First Church Congregational
in Cambridge. His performance was one-of-a- kind. The Boston Globe
review indicated, "...His concert Saturday night was both intellectually
fascinating and deeply moving, one of the most striking solo performances
to come through Boston in recent years." The concert is available
on video tape. To see the cost and shipping details, please visit
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| August 1995 | In order to fund Naseer Shemma's concert, we organized
and hosted Thousand & One Nights which was celebrated with
music, art, talks, film clips by director, John Gianvito, storytelling
by George Capaccio, piano playing by Silvard Kool, a lecture
on Iraqi art with slides by Wafaa' Salman and more. The
evening took place at the Newton Art Center on August 5, 1995. Few
days later, we were approved for tax-exemption status and the struggle
to solicit funds resumed again. |
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| March 1995 | We filed for tax-exemption status, while working
on another major event. A month earlier, we began our regular contact
with Tunisia to arrange for the performance of a famous composer and oud
player. In May 1995, we managed to find a law firm that was willing
to work on Naseer Shemma's visa. After a bitter and a long waiting period
of five months, Naseer Shemma, an Iraqi composer and oud player,
finally arrived in Boston on October 14, 1995. |
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| Winter 1995 | we were active in an educational and humanitarian
campaign to lift the embargo against the people of Iraq. We held a talk
arranged with the help of the Peace and Justice Commission of the Episcopal
Diocese of Massachusetts in Boston. In
March of 1995, we organized a letter/phone
campaign with the Peace and Justice Committee of the Christ Episcopal
Church in Needham. We urged, helped in and funded the writing of letters
and making phone calls to the White House and the UN. More than 80 letters
were sent to Clinton and the UN following these two events including a
letter sent directly by the Peace & Justice Commission to President
Clinton. |
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| October 1994 | INEAS First Event The poetry evening featuring Lamee'a Abbas
Amara,
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The
Iraqi guru of Maqaam singing, Hussein Al-Athamy
with a powerful Tenor voice (with occasional bass) came to the USA to
tour Cambridge, MA on Saturday, October 14 and Washington D.C. on Thursday,
November 9. Al-Athamy masters the most challenging form
of Arabic singing, the Iraqi Maqaam. Al-Athamy was accompanied
by a master Oud player, Ali Al-Imam
(from the musical school of Munir Bashir) and the young talented
Jawza player, Dalia Yakob. A
professional video tape of the Cambridge performance is available.
To order it, please click on 
took place at the Islamic Center of New
England in Sharon, Mass., and was highly successful. It included dinner
and music followed by poetry recitation in Arabic by
Lamee'a Abbas Amara, a famous Iraqi poetess, with its English
translation recited by Wafaa' Salman. The poetry event is available
on video tape. To see the cost and shipping details, please visit