Category: CULTURE
Siham Jaafar:True to Self and Identity
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cQBMAoNbeQ Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTnIiYJNwUs
Imam Dr. Salie Achmat: Using Pedagogy to Edify, Rectify, Transform, Predict, and Serve
This lecture was given in the Muslimish conference in Dearborn in 2018. It was recently published on Muslimish Youtube channel. Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpbM9J1wsqA Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGgk4ibipqI
On the Pleasures and Sorrows of Life Without Screens by Cal Newport
On the Pleasures and Sorrows of Life Without Screens June 1, 2019 Photo by Marketa. I recently received a message from a friend of mine, a young man named Mike. He told me that Digital Minimalism had changed his life. Naturally, I asked him to elaborate what he meant. In response, he listed the following ...
Mariam Jalloul talks Harvard Homecoming, Lattes & her Dearborn Accent | Dearborn Girl Podcast – S1E1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIEe--N66Sk Dearborn Blog is sponsored by:
The Documentary That Every Arab Should Watch … The Great Arab Revolt
Part 1: 1908 - 1916 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQM2qmogA3k Part 2: 1916 - 1917 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5v1q3DZ8wI Part 3: 1917-1920 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj4YLjHBdpw For more information on the Ottoman Empire: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/ottoman-empire
المنتدى الثقافي في ديربورن – قصيدة في شهر رمضان للشاعر محمد فرحات – 2019م
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Dearborn Open Mic Featured Artist – “You have my heart” Motherhood Sketches Series by Nada Hassan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLjv9v-zEus Website: nadaofficial.com Dearborn Blog is sponsored by:
14th ARAB FILM FESTIVAL EXAMINES HOME, COMMUNITY, DIASPORA
Cannes, Sundance festival winners among the lineup Detroit teen in the cast of film making Michigan premiere Dearborn, Mich. (May 23, 2019) – Films earning acclaim on the international festival circuit are among those featured at the Arab American National Museum’s (AANM) 14th Arab Film Festival (AFF), June 7-16, 2019, with screenings at the Dearborn ...
Novelist Mark Haddon Quit Twitter. Not Because It’s Terrible, But Because It Prevents Him From Being Great by Cal Newport
Source: Novelist Mark Haddon Quit Twitter. Not Because It’s Terrible, But Because It Prevents Him From Being Great May 18, 2019 Photo by Luis Marina. Last week, the British novelist Mark Haddon wrote an essay for the Financial Times about his recent decision to take a break from Twitter. What I liked about this piece ...
A Novel We Can All Relate To–The Other Americans, by Laila Lalami– by B Nimri Aziz. May 15, 2019
America is still discovering itself. The rise of Donald Trump alerted those citizens who held that they alone defined our culture and values to the existence of a significant population holding very different views-- and the will to back a candidate who might speak for them. (Thus, the most unlikely candidate entered the White House.) ...
Dearborn Open Mic – Rewa Zeinati recites “Belly” … Expectations from an Arab Woman
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Dearborn Open Mic – LaTerry Adulnoor Yaseen Recites Womanhood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T1eITTJqV0
Dearborn Open Mic Presents Special Program of Poetry and Art for Mother’s Day this Wednesday
Dearborn Open Mic is brought to you by the Arab American Center for Culture and Arts and Dearborn Blog, and is sponsored by W Institute, W Design and Development, and Freethinking Society. Next program will be MC'ed by Rewa Zeinati, editor in chief and founder of Sukoon magazine, and one of the organizers of Dearborn ...
Freethinking Society Launches with Poet Shawky Bzeih’s Voice in Dearborn MI
حوارات، لقاءات وندوة شعرية مميزة للشاعر الكبير شوقي بزيع في المتحف العربي الأميركي، بإستضافة وتنظيم "الندوة" جمعية الفكر الحُر.ـ Freethinking Society من ”عناوين سريعة لوطن مقتول”.. مرورا ً ”بقمصان يوسف”وصولاً إلى: ”إلى أين تأخذني أيها الشعر”.. حمل الشاعر شوقي بزيع الريف والأنوثة ليسير بلوحة الجنوب اللبناني مجملاً كل الأمكنة، وتنقل بخبز المرقوق وبالمرأة الشرقية لينسج ...
المنتدى الثقافي في ديربورن – الدكتور حسن بزي و أغاني المناسبات في التراث العربي … لبنان نموذجاً
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=galko9bcbIc
Dearborn Open Mic – Rewa Zeinati recites Permanent Resident 4-17-2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ApdrOy4rxk Rewa is the founder of Sukoon. Sukoon is an independent, online literary journal, publishing Arab-themed art and literature in English, by established and emerging artists, poets, and writers of short stories and personal essays. Writers need not be Arab nor of Arab origin, but all writing must reflect the diversity and richness of the ...
المنتدى الثقافي في ديربورن – الأستاذ نبيل الشعار: أبعاد الاغتراب الجغرافي و الاغتراب العقلي
كلمة السيد وسام شرف الدين في تقديم الأستاذ نبيل الشعار:ـ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdF9VRig_ps نص التقديم:ـ التمسّك بالهوية العربية – افتتاحية وسام شرف الدين للمنتدى الثقافي في ديربورن في الأول من أيّار الأستاذ نبيل الشعّار مهندس ولد في مدينة دمشق، و درَس كما درّس علوم اللغة العربية وعلم الكلام في مساجد دمشق و باحاتها، و درس الفلسفة وعلم ...
التمسّك بالهوية العربية – افتتاحية وسام شرف الدين للمنتدى الثقافي في ديربورن في الأول من أيّار
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdF9VRig_ps وحولت طرفي إلى المشرق ... فلم أر غير جبال الغيوم تحول على بدره المشرق ... كما اجتمعت حول نفسي الغموم فأسندت رأسي إلى مرفقي ... وقلت وقد غلبتني الهموم بربك أيتها الأنجم ... متى تضع الحرب أوزارها؟ كما يقتل الطير في الجنة ... ويقتنص الظبي في السَّبْسب كذلك يُجنى على أمتي ... بلا سبب ...
History of the National Arab American Heritage Month
Arab American Heritage Month (NAAHM) is in April and while not fully nationally recognized, about half of the United States accepts it. To be exact, there are 26 states and 105 proclamations and resolutions to date, and growing. Officially started in 2017, Arab American Heritage Month made a grand entrance. Events of the day ...
علي عجمي وهاني بواردي يستعرضان تاريخ العرب الأميركيين والحضارة العربية في جامعة ميشيغن-ديربورن
من زمن الفراعنة والفينيقيين وصولاً لسقوط الأندلس وحكم العثمانيين، تنّقل الدكتور السفير علي عجمي مع الزمان والمكان، حاملاً صوراً مجهولة ومطموسة عن تاريخ العرب تحت عنوان: «بُناة الحضارة». سلّط السفير الضوء على ماضي التنوير العربي معيداً بعث رماد كتب بغداد المحترقة من مياه دجلة. استعرض عجمي بمحاضرته التي ألقاها في جامعة ميشيغن-ديربورن (يو أف أم) ...
Just Another Spring in Progress? by BN Aziz
Spring Greetings, from BN Aziz April 22, 1019 My corner of New York’s Catskill Mountains is shortly due to explode in green. Today however, it’s brown, beige, russet and auburn:-- a wrapping of spindly trunks with naked branches cascading uphill draws my eyes to the horizon. I wait. My neighbors wait. Landscapers and gardeners wait. ...
Dearborn Open Mic English launches with a Big Bang
https://www.facebook.com/DearbornBlog/videos/441413546629809
Parisians Face The Flames and Tragedy with Singing
Parisians gather outside burning Notre Dame to sing hymns Hours after a blaze engulfed the roof of the centuries-old Notre Dame Cathedral, distraught Parisians and stunned tourists lined the banks of the Seine River, gazing in disbelief. Christians sang liturgical songs such as Hail Mary and Ave Maria, as the inferno raged at the cathedral. ...
المنتدى الثقافي في ديربورن – الفرقة الموسيقية تقدم فوق جبالنا للفنان زكي ناصيف 3 نيسان 2019م
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CfAjE1lg2s
Podcast Series: Arab American Identity with Dr. Hani Bawardi Eps. 4
In this episode, Wissam Charafeddine discusses with Dr. Hani Bawardi the First Arab Conference in Paris in 1913.
Is Social Media Undermining Religion? by Cal Newport
Source: Digital Minimalism and God (Or, is Social Media Undermining Religion?) April 9, 2019 Photo by Oliver Sjöström from Pexels Those who know Martin Luther King Jr.’s story well, know that January 27, 1956, was a pivotal date for the young minister. Only one month earlier, still a newcomer in town, King, to his surprise, ...
Diary of a Daughter in Diaspora
In her first book, Founas outlines her life experiences and views through poetry. As the daughter of Algerian immigrants, she depicts the realities of growing up in America in the diaspora – leaving her between two foreign lands. She also provides a unique glimpse into the glories and traumas of educating black and brown ...
Cleaning Tips to Keep Your Home Clean
Bedroom: Morning: Make the bed Wipe your bedside table Night: Rehang clothes Put dirty clothes in the laundary basket Bathroom: Morning: Spray your shower with cleaner after each shower Hang towels on bards and robes on hooks Night: Keep a laundary basket in bathroom for towels Wipe bathroom counter and clear clutter Kitchen: Morning: Empty ...
Entrepreneur, Artist, Activist: Noura Ballout
Noura Ballout is an artist, curator, and entrepreneur. They work in a wide range of creative mediums, maintaining a primary practice in photography. Their work is about constructing and finding home while navigating an intersectional identity in diaspora, which often manifests in the meeting of art and community. Noura is the founder of Habibi House, ...
المنتدى الثقافي في ديربورن يعد لإحياء ذكرى للفنان زكي ناصيف يوم الأربعاء المقبل
يقوم المركز العربي الأمريكي للثقافة و الفنون بإحياء ذكرى الفنان العربي زكي ناصيف على خشبة مسرح المتحف العربي الأمريكي و في لقائة الشهري المعتاد المسمى بالمنتدى الثقافي في ديربورن و إليكم البرنامج بالتفصيل:ـ
Digital Minimalism and Ancestral Health (Or, Would Grok Tweet?)
Source: Digital Minimalism and Ancestral Health (Or, Would Grok Tweet?) March 17, 2019 The ancestral health movement argues that over long periods of time, evolution adapts species to their environments. It follows that when it comes to human well-being, we should pay attention to how we ate and behaved throughout the vast majority of our ...
Free walk-in admission at Arab American National Museum Celebrating Arab American Heritage Month
ARAB AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM CELEBRATES ARAB AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH Free walk-in admission, publication of new informational booklet, diverse programs set for April 2019 Dearborn, Mich. (March 18, 2019) – Since the first Arab immigrants arrived in the United States of America in the 1800s, they and their descendants have left an indelible mark on American ...
Ep. 3 – The Diplomat with Dr. Ali Ajami
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Podcast Series: Arab American Identity with Dr. Hani Bawardi Eps. 3
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Podcast Series: Arab American Identity with Dr. Hani Bawardi Eps. 2
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Ep. 2 – The Diplomat with Dr. Ali Ajami
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Sponsors Needed for Dearborn Blog 2.0
Welcome to Dearborn Blog. Dearborn Blog was launched in 2013 to be a platform for the authentic voices of the Dearborn/Dearborn Heights community. We talk about Dearborn’s citizens, culture, and community. We talk about Dearborn history. We talk about Dearborn business. We talk about Dearborn’s food, culture, events, tradition, and society. Let’s talk about the ...
المنتدى الثقافي في ديربورن د. فائق الأسدي: الإدمان على المخدرات بين العائلة و المدرسة و المجتمع
مقدمة الدكتور حسن بزي:ـ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJakhRQKGSI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2joYNgjB_c8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ER5PszAq5ck SPONSORS:
Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here Comes to Dearborn via DOMA
The Dearborn Open Mic Arabic DOMA (المنتدى الثقافي في ديربورن), presented by the Arab American Center for Culture and Arts, is dedicating their March's program to the Al-Mutanabbi Street reading. Mutanabbi Street (Arabic: شارع المتنبي) is located in Baghdad, Iraq, near the old quarter of Baghdad; at Al Rasheed Street. It is the historic center ...
المنتدى الثقافي في ديربورن يقدم الشاعر علي السندي في عيد الحب
تقديم الدكتور حسن بزي للشاعر علي السندي:ـ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DBOFjm9hGU قصيدة حب و شعر:ـ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcKysWr8pv4 قصيدة حظ عراقي:ـ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FULjvILqJM
Podcast Series: Arab American Identity with Dr. Hani Bawardi Eps. 1
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المنتدى الثقافي في ديربورن: وسام شرف الدين يقرأ ميسون السويدان
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2MeSVV96ms لا ناس حولي إذما كنتَ في النّاسِ لا صوت إلاّك محبوسٌ بأنفاسِ و لست أدري أيأسي جاءَ من أملي أم جائني أملي من شدّة اليآسِ هكذا افتتحت ميسون السويدان قصيدتها "لا ناس حولي". تنحدر ميسون السويدان من أصول كويتية وهي إبنه الشيخ و الداعية المشهور و الدكتور في هندسة البترول طارق السويدان، و هو ...
المنتدى الثقافي في ديربورن – محمد حسين هاشم: تجربتي مع العمل الشبابي في الجالية
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ciryUOl4uI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w2X4C_l99w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzCytEeHA5A
ARAB AMERICAN MUSEUM EXPLORES CONCEPTS OF “HOME” IN WINTER/SPRING SEASON
Current exhibition The Far Shore inspires exploration of diaspora and displacement via music, film, visual art, dialogue Palestinian band 47SOUL stops in Dearborn on its first North American tour Dearborn, Mich. (Jan. 31, 2019) – A home is much more than just a building to live in. It’s the land of one’s birth; a newly ...
The Phrase of Doom
There is a phrase often used, and it has become all too accepted a phrase. I’m focusing on my experience with members of the Arab American community, who have lost the ways of our grandparents, who built wholesome families and shared their lives together. When men and women are looking to get married, they often ...
Amer Zahr: Merry Palestinian Christmas
https://youtu.be/tn7Hju4Fjkk
المنتدى الثقافي في ديربورن و صالون الفن يقدمان: الفنان زياد نصر و الفنان علي الأتات 12-5-2018م
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwG0Hjtrcas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhZ-W3mO28k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnQ6X0Wqzvs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBjKVTLpzXY
المنتدى الثقافي في ديربورن: مشاركة شعرية للأستاذ عماد القاموسي 12-5-2018م
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqWt-fWQRvU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6XAj9l0A_w
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