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PAST EVENTS
ASWAT Concert- San Jose
March 19, 2005
We are very pleased to announce that the Arab American Cultural Center (AACC) of Silicon Valley will be hosting ASWAT for a musical concert here in the South Bay area. ASWAT (Voices) is the only Bay Area Arab Community Choir which performs traditional Arabic songs and music using traditional instruments such as: Qanun, Santoor, 'Oud, Tabla, Daff, Kaman, Riq and Nay.
Please mark your calendars with the following details:
ASWAT Concert - Music from the Hearts of Iraq and Palestine
Saturday, March 19, 2005, at 7 PM
Cupertino Community Center - Cupertino Hall
10185 N. Stelling Road
Cupertino, CA 95014
Deserts & Beverages will be served
Tickets:
$25.00 General Admission
$20.00 per AACC member
$10.00 per student and children under 12 yrs
You may reserve tickets in advance by sending your check, made payable to AACC, to:
AACC of Silicon Valley
416 Park Avenue
San Jose, CA 95110
We look forward to seeing you all at this wonderful event, where we can enjoy and be proud of our heritage and beautiful culture.
Tenderloin Ramadan Iftar
When: Saturday, October 30, 2004 - 5:00-9:00 PM
Where: At the "Tenderloin Children Playground Building"
570 Ellis between Leavenworth & Hyde. San Francisco.
For Whom: For the Tenderloin Muslim families and their children.
Program: The event will include a free Iftar, a recitation from the Holy
Quran, Al-Maghreb prayer, and a musical performance by "Aswat"
The Bay Area's Arab Choir. At the end of the evening, we will
distribute a gift, to each Child and one to each family.
Click to see Photos from last year Iftar.
Volunteers Needed: Please be there at 1:00 PM
Ramadan is the time for all of us to give, to share and to support our community.
The care for the needy is a central theme in Islam and especially in Ramadan
We are seeking donations for our annual Complimentary Iftar and ‘Idiyah evening for the Muslims in the Tenderloin District
In the coming Holy Month of Ramadan, Zawaya is organizing the fourth annual Free Iftar for the Tenderloin Muslim families where ‘idiyah (gifts) for their children and youth are distributed. Many of these families have been subjected to so many hate-crimes and backlash against the Muslim community over the past two years. There are more than 100 Muslim families from the Middle East, Pakistan, India, Bosnia, North Africa, Afghanistan, and Somalia. The average family has 3-5 children. Most of them live on welfare and in small studio apartments where the children don’t have their own living or playing space.
The event will take place on Saturday, October 30, 2003 at the “Tenderloin Children Playground Building” on 570 Ellis between Leavenworth & Hyde. The event will include a free Iftar, a recitation from the Holy Quran, Al-Maghreb prayer, and a musical performance by “Aswat” The Bay Area’s Arab Choir. At the end of the evening, we will distribute a gift, to each Child and one to each family.
At last year’s Iftar, more than 350 people attended the event and we had more than 100 volunteers. All the families and children received gifts and money with the help of your donations. We donated whatever food and drinks left over to the families as well as to the local mosques.
This is the time of year when we can all make a difference in giving these deprived children all the joy we can on the Eid. The happiness on their faces when they receive their gifts is priceless; let’s not lose that. The needy families are part of our community and it is our responsibility to try to give back to our community and share the happiness The Eid brings to al of us.
Your contribution can be part of your Zakat, and it is tax-deductible. We are seeking your generous donation for the following:
1. Donate money for the food, hall rental, and equipment rental and garbage collection.
2. Donate ready-made food (e.g. hot dishes, desserts, drinks) Drop food at the hall by 4.00 p.m. or call us to arrange for pick up.
3. Donate disposable plates, cups, forks etc.
4. Donate money for cash ‘idiyah for the youth.
5. Donate a non-monetary gift (e.g. clothes, kitchen items, house items, etc.) for the families.
6. Donate gift for children ages 1-18 years. (Please specify the age & gender on it if it’s wrapped)
If you are willing to donate any of the items above, please contact ZAWAYA board members or:
Nabila Mango at phone: (650) 341-3697, email: Nabila@sbcglobal.net or
Please make checks payable to ‘Zawaya’ and mail it to: 311- 41st Avenue, San Mateo, CA 94403.
ASWAT (Voices) the Bay Area Arab Community choir presents a Holiday concert:
Music from the Hearts of Iraq and Palestine
Saturday November 20, 7:30 p.m.
College Heights Church
1150 W Hillsdale Blvd
San Mateo
Tickets: $20.00 prepaid, $25.00 at the door
Write check to ZAWAYA and mail to
ZAWAYA
311-41 Avenue
San Mateo, Ca 94403
The concert will include 20 Arab and American singers. Middle Eastern and American musicians on traditional Middle Eastern instruments: Qanun, Santoor, 'Oud, Tabla, Daff, Kaman, Riq and Nay.
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Zawaya, a non-profit Arab-American cultural organization in the Bay Area, is planning to write and perform an original drama in the English language to showcase the Arab-American experience. This theatrical production will be presented on February 26, 2005.
For this, we need your help. YOU, the true Arab Americans, will supply the subject matter with your own stories. HOW can you do this? You have choices.
You can write (up to three pages) or speak on tape (up to five minutes)
You can use English or Arabic
You identify yourself or be anonymous
You can audition to play yourself, or Zawaya can train someone to play your part
WHAT should you tell us about? Dreams, attitudes, true-life experiences from your life in America. A special memory from back home. You may want to share journal entries or creative writing. As a starting point - to set you thinking but not to limit your thinking - consider these questions:
* What stereotypes - true or false - have you had to live with?
* Have you faced discrimination in school, workplace, job selection and advancement, and social interactions?
* How do Americans perceive you as an Arab-American, and how have they shown you that perception? Have you found unlooked-for support when least expected?
* What do you like and dislike about being an Arab-American? About the Bay Area Arab-American community? About juggling two cultures?
ZAWAYA will stitch your stories together as vignettes, interwoven with song and dance and poetry. The dramatic production will be professionally directed by Denmo Ibrahim and Maher Sabry, and coordinated by Nabila Mango and Haya Shawwa.
Please SEND your stories by September 1, 2004, to:
Zawaya
c/o Nabila Mango
311 41st Street
San Mateo, CA 94403
If you have questions, call 650-341-3697 or email nabila@sbcglobal.net.
Zawaya is pleased to welcome to the Bay Area
Dr. Ghada Karmi
Author of “ In Search Of Fatima”
download a complete schedule in PDF format
| VENUE |
DATE |
INFORMATION/ contact |
| Brunch - San Francisco
Tannour Restaurant
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Sunday
April 18, 2004
11:30 am - 2:00 pm
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Nabila Mango
nabila@sbcglobal.net
(650) 504-5965
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| Walden Bookstore
Berkeley
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Sunday
April 18, 2004
4:00 PM
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Dr. Hatem Bazian
hats@igc.org (510) 642-7792
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| UC Davis &
Sacramento State
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Monday
April 19, 2004
All Day
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Dr. Zeina Zaatari
zmzaatari@ucdavis.edu (530) 756-4227
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| University of
San Francisco
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Tuesday
April 20, 2004
6-8 PM
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Abigail Stepnitz
ajstepnitz@usfca.edu (415) 422-8853 |
| San Francisco
State University
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Wednesday
April 21, 2004
Afternoon
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Dr. Zeina Zaatari
zmzaatari@ucdavis.edu (530) 756-4227
Dr. Fayeq Oweis
foweis@sfsu.edu
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Stanford Women's Club
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Thursday
April 22, 2004
1-3 PM
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Mrs. Suzanne El-Gamal,
Suzanne_elgamal@hotmail.com
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| UC Berkeley |
Tursday
April 22, 2004
7:00 PM
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Dr. Hatem Bazian,
hats@igc.org (510) 642-7792 |
| ADC-SF Annual Banquet |
Saturday
April 24, 2004
6:30 PM
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ADC Office
415-861-7444
adcsf@yahoo.com
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Please join us on Sunday , April 18, for a brunch to welcome Dr. Ghada Karmi to the Bay Area for a tour introducing her book"In search of Fatima".
This luminous book tells of her personal journey and quest for identity as a young Palestinian-exiled from her home in Jerusalem, growing up in a working class neighborhood of London, and finally coming to terms with who she is through Palestinian activism.
Dr. Karmi is a medical doctor.
The Mediterranean Brunch will be a time for meeting personally with Ghada Karmi, for conversation rather than speech-making.
Bring your copy of her book or buy one there (paperback $16.00, hard cover $26.00) and have her sign it.
WHAT: A Mediterranean Brunch with Dr. Ghada Karmi
WHEN: Sunday April 18, 2004, from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
WHERE: Tannour Restaurant, 524 Valencia (between 16 and 17),San Francisco
Parking available in the area
COST of BRUNCH: $20.00 at the door; $15.00 if you pay in advance by Friday April 16, with a check made to ZAWAYA
and mail to:
ZAWAYA
311 -41 Avenue
San Mateo, CA 94403
650 341 3697 or email info@zawaya.org, or check www.zawaya.org
Click here for more details.
Past Events:
"Arab Artists: Their Words and Works"
February 15, 2004, 2:00 - 8:00 PM.
Catharine Clark Gallery - 49 Geary Blvd., 2nd floor. San Francisco.
Featuring:-
- Khalil Bendib, Main Featured Artist:
A Presentation and book signing of his new editorial cartoon book
- Nahda Balaa: Watercolors "Old Doors with Calligraphy"
- Yasser Dib: Acrylics "Fusion of Arabic and Far Eastern Spirituality"
- Denmo Ibrahim & James Asher: Performance "In the shadows of 9/11"
- Dr. Fayeq Oweis: Visual Presentation "Handala & Naji Al-Ali"
- Hassan Fedawy: Cartoons of the Middle East
- Yusra Ben-Halim: Poetry
Arabic Music, Food, and Palestinian embroidery Exhibit
November 9 -ASWAT held a fundraising event for Mimi Spencer-ASWAT's qanoon player-Mimi is suffering from lung cancer.
Click to see photos.
Click here for more details.
- November 15, Zawaya sponsored "Ramadan Iftar and Concert" for the tenderloin children and their families.
Click to see Photos.
for more information, email info@zawaya.org
Tenderloin Ramadan Iftar
When: Saturday, November 15, 2003 - 5:00-9:00 PM
Where: At the "Tenderloin Children Playground Building"
570 Ellis between Leavenworth & Hyde. San Francisco.
For Whom: For the Tenderloin Muslim families and their children.
Program: The event will include a free Iftar, a recitation from the Holy
Quran, Al-Maghreb prayer, and a musical performance by "Aswat"
The Bay Area's Arab Choir. At the end of the evening, we will
distribute a gift, to each Child and one to each family.
ZAWAYA
311 - 41st Avenue, San Mateo, California 94403. Phone: 650-341-3697
email:info@zawaya.org
Copyright © 2003, ZAWAYA. All rights reserved.
Last Revised:6/4/2005
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