Category: CULTURE
المنتدى الثقافي في ديربورن: علي السندي يقرأ الشاعر الشيخ أحمد الوائلي 12-5-2018م
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXhN1dqzeb8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RPrOth6c6c
المنتدى الثقافي في ديربورن: الدكتورة لبنى الجادري و التكيف الاجتماعي في ظل المجتمعات الجديدة
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ep_Ci1la74 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVUu53D5Wgs
Dr. Hani Bawardi: Historical Context of Arab American Literature [Arabic – Video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F86GLhgwed0
From Syria to Michigan: The Flint & Highland Park Pioneers in the Arab American Journey [Podcast]
Hani Bawardi Hani Bawardi is Associate Professor of History in the Department of Social Sciences, and principal member of the Center of Arab American Studies at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. He is the author of The Making of Arab Americans: From Syrian Nationalism to U.S. Citizenship. Bawardi has amassed a sizable private collection of manuscripts, ...
How Many More Women Are There? by BN Aziz
Sept 23/18 How many more women await our discoveries? My question is not related to ongoing exposés of sexual abuse suffered by women under a culture of male privilege and dominance-- the culture known by the new trope #MeToo. What concerns me here is a seemingly unrelated silence and need for exposure, namely accomplishments of ...
Dearborn Open Mic – Yasmine Badaoui Reads “Boy Named Mohamad”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiTJXKsCMAA
Dearborn Open Mic – Teri Bazzi – I Was Told To Listen to My Grandmother
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3ovo6xznRE
المنتدى الثقافي في ديربورن – واقع النظام التعليمي في الولايات المتحدة للأستاذ حيدر مازن [Video | Arabic]
جزء 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1nBWbX_7Z0&feature=youtu.be جزء 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjgUZI6TPUY&feature=youtu.be جزء 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmnCLAEMF4c&feature=youtu.be جزء 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPpRVrDWqy8
Dr. Kristine Ajrouch: Effective Strategies to Help Youth Cope with Prejudice and Discrimination
Dr. Kristine Ajrouch, is Professor of Sociology at Eastern Michigan University. She is also Adjunct Research Professor at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. Her research has focused, for over twenty years, on Arab Americans in the U.S. beginning with ethnic identity formation among adolescent children of immigrants followed by a ...
Literature Can Displace Anthropology
When I was well into my career as an anthropologist specializing in Himalayan peoples, I came across an historical episode concerning two no-longer living but obviously brilliant women who had performed remarkable political feats in the early 20th century. I undertook to uncover their stories, determined first because, inspired by feminist revelations, I myself was ...
Nadeem Recites Unfinished at Dearborn Open Mic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx9OdUBjmtA
Sara Raad at Dearborn Open Mic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzjE17bZRPk Sara's instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/sara.ibrahim.raad/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_ejc9SDHxM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUqRYDMMsYY
Dearborn Open Mic – Wissam Charafeddine Reading “Fragments”, “You Ask Me”, and “hi”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-Puz7C7Qm0
Morality Tales in US Public Life? 08.12.18 by B. Nimri Aziz
Many Americans who think their country is unquestionably the greatest have been chagrined by recent events that brought them to a new low point. The treatment of families seeking asylum at our southern border with forced separation of children from parents, some shipped to distant parts of the country, is shocking, embarrassing and reprehensible. Overwhelmingly, ...
الشاعر الأستاذ جابر الشكرجي يشارك في المنتدى الثقافي في ديربورن
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5F2eRhBWhw
النهر الخالد لمحمد عبد الوهاب مع ارتجال الفنان نشوان فاضل و الفنان خالد قمر في المنتدى الثقافي
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA9k-G0VLqg
Dearborn Open Mic (English) Next Wednesday August 15, 2018, Featuring Henda Al-Biatty
Henda provious articles in Dearborn Blog: Classroom at Home
الدكتور علي عجمي يقدم قصيدته الجديدة “هرقل” في المنتدى الثقافي في ديربورن
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPFkDcG7Bpo
الأستاذ مصطفى العربي: العقل العربي بين الحداثة و التقليد
محاضرة ألقيت في المنتدى الثقافي في ديربورن برعاية المركز العربي الأمريكي للثقافة و الفنون و على مسرح المتحف العربي الأمريكي: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZtln1dsMqw الجزء الثاني: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHymuTbWniQ الجزء الثالث و الأخير و نقاش الجمهور: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5FA21YUeUE
Yousif Alqamoussi Reads from Chapter One Costa Rica in Dearborn Open Mic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INOgct17-TQ
30 Questions for a Deeper Conversation in 2018
Questions tend to reveal someone's values, qualities, fears, and personal past. When you are sitting in a bunch, and you feel that the environment is so shallow, that a fish will die in it, it is time to ask some deep questions. Here are some deep questions you can ask, relevant to our time: What ...
“Holes in the Wall” – Celebrates Area’s Iconic Diners and Restaurants
The work of 5 distinguished photographers is interpreted by 7 talented visual artists in an exhibition at Dearborn’s Padzieski Art Gallery July 12 through August 10. FREE Opening Party & Reception Thursday, July 12 from 6pm to 8pm, plus a special FREE “Art & Appetizers” Gallery Talk Thursday, August 2 (6-8pm). Dearborn, MI – Over ...
Why Did Apple Pick Daniel Johnston’s “Story of An Artist” for its Ad?
Daniel Dale Johnston (born January 22, 1961) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and visual artist who is regarded as a significant figure in outsider, lo-fi, and alternative music scenes. Most of his work consists of cassettes he recorded alone in his home, and his music is frequently cited for its "pure and childlike soul". Johnston ...
Why is Tariq Ramadan Imprisoned?
June 21/18 Barbara Nimri Aziz Harvey Weinstein isn’t in jail; neither is actor Kevin Spacey, chef Mario Batali, TV host Matt Lauer, nor New York attorney general Eric Schneiderman. Although some might like to see them behind bars. Even convicted felon Bill Cosby is free until he’s sentenced in September. (Being out of jail does ...
VANGUARD ARTISTS, ACTIVISTS CHANNEL ENERGY AT 2018 CONCERT OF COLORS
Music, spoken word, film, theater + community forum reflect the voices of generations Don Was All-Star Revue rocks again; new folk stage debuts Dearborn, Mich. (May 30, 2018) – Firebrands, fomenters, change agents and creative provocateurs – veteran and newcomer – dominate the lineup for the 26th Concert of Colors presented by the Arab American ...
From Decided, to Undecided, to Voting for Abdul El-Sayed
Politics is difficult for me to navigate, because I don’t like being beholden to a political template, political rhetoric, and I like to believe that human beings are multidimensional in that they do not fit nicely into categories. It’s ironic, because I am a psychiatrist, and we diagnose patients based on diagnostic criteria and categories. ...
Arab Women Authors Narrate More Than Women’s Experience
Arab Women Authors Narrate More Than Women’s Experience, 05/25/18 by BNimri Aziz A flood of women’s memoirs seems to have landed in the literary marketplace, along with quasi memoirs for children. Not only confessionals and more discoveries about our gender and its vicissitudes, but revelations of rebellious girls of past generations, (Brazen: Rebel Ladies who ...
Professor Abdulelah Assayegh, An International Arabic Language Authority Living in Dearborn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtG7WD2xANs شاعر وناقد أدبي وباحث أكاديمي. - من مواليد مدينة النجف - العراق ، في 11 مارس/ آذار 1941م. - يقيم حالياً في مشيغن - الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية. - المؤلفات: * أولاً : كتب تحليل النص الأدبي: 1. الزمن عند الشعراء العرب قبل الإسلام : طبعة أولى 1982 : دار كويت تايمس. الكويت طبعة ثانية ...
“Swing Status, Be Gone” by Barbara Nimri Aziz
During the last nationwide election, the one before that, and the preceding one as well, I was led to believe my vote really doesn't count. Why? Because I don't live in what our political parties define as a “swing state”, or a swing district, or a swing county. Our media focuses on races and ...
NO TWO PRAYER NICHES ARE ALIKE
Arab Muslim women from Minnesota are portrayed in an exhibition inspired by Islamic art Dearborn, Mich. (May 16, 2018) - Within an approximately 8’x10’ prayer niche lies a directional compass guiding spoken prayers for any Muslim who retreats into it. In Arabic, this personal niche is called a mihrab, and like mosque architecture, no two ...
2018 ARAB FILM FESTIVAL BRINGS U.S., MICHIGAN PREMIERES OF ARAB WORLD FILMS
Director talkbacks, workshops and special events amplify marginalized voices Dearborn, Mich. (May 7, 2018) – The Arab Film Festival (AFF) returns to Cinetopia Film Festival May 31 through June 10 with an expanded short films program, director talkbacks, special events and a robust lineup of award-winning feature films from the Arab World. Films will screen ...
Dearborn Open Mic – Dr. Sally Howell: A History of the Arabs in Dearborn
Title of Lecture From Laborers to Culture Makers: A History of the Arabs in Dearborn Sally Howell (Ph.D.) Associate Professor of History; Director, Center for Arab American Studies at the University of Michigan-Dearborn Sally Howell is director of the Center for Arab American Studies and associate professor of history at UM-Dearborn. She received her Ph.D. from the ...
Why are Arab American Students Among the Highest GPA Achievers?
Arabs and Arab Americans care the most about their children’s education. Furthermore, education for Arab parents is a very important matter and it takes them a lot of time, money, and effort to help their kids to receive the highest GPA and get the best grades and highest achievers among all students. Source: Why are ...
Iraq’s Sacred Assemblies Part 2 by B. Nimri Aziz
Classrooms are not normally perceived as a backdrop for cultural exchange, a setting vital to preserving tradition. If they are not, what is an assembly of fourteen twenty-year olds doing, Iraqi in this case, engaged in analytical discourse in their college seminar room? They could be aspiring filmmakers, young writers critiquing a novel, journalism interns ...
“Their Flags Are Everywhere” by Amer Zahr in Dearborn Open Mic
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w89k6AyKnBM Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2y2n3HFPw4&t=1s Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W-CwVZ1Syg Part 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5-x-yMRYtA&t=1s
“Iraq’s Sacred Assemblies” Part 1
April 24, 2018 by Barbara Nimri Aziz, If there’s any argument against our excessive reliance on digital platforms to maintain social fabric, it is surely found inside Iraq today. Forced into long stays indoors, behind walls and gates, checked a dozen times between home, office and school, Iraqis have been confined to TV and ...
DEARBORN WOMEN STAR IN ‘SEATED OPERA FOR THE SPOKEN WORD’ AT ARAB AMERICAN MUSEUM
World-renowned company brings its Undesirable Elements series of grassroots theater productions to southeast Michigan Performances presented in conjunction with new installation exhibition on Arab Muslim women Dearborn, Mich. (April 23, 2018) – An original theater production May 11-12, 2018, at the Arab American National Museum will present the experiences of six Arab American Muslim women ...
Classroom at Home
This article was originally published on Instructions Sold Separately . It’s a long day when you must not only keep your child occupied but also learning while juggling everything else that you need to do. The way your child learns, how you structure their day and how you interact with him/her depends greatly on their temperament. ...
Dearborn’s Ali Charafeddine Shares Success Mindset and Promotes Knowledge through Acez Top Ten Takeaways
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94W0F9T0PQ4 Ali Charafeddine is a young Arab-American Entrepreneur, currently a Senior Director of Banking at Quicken Loans, and the founder and CEO of Acez Media. Ali started his entrepreneurial career sponsoring events during his Highschool years (Fordson High School). He then grew a distribution business with his brothers into a $1.4 million company. He represents ...
Upcoming Screenings of Then They Came in Dearborn
https://vimeo.com/210002629 This award-winning film is about the internment of Japanese Americans during WW II, with free screenings in April in Dearborn and Ann Arbor. Please join us for Michigan Screenings of And Then They Came for Us Tuesday April 24, 2018 Dearborn Public Library 16301 Michigan Ave, Dearborn 7-9 pm Reserve your FREE tickets https://goo.gl/CYCg7r ...
Hadi Eldebek on Why Must Artists Be Poor? and Grantpa
https://www.ted.com/talks/hadi_eldebek_how_artists_contribute_to_the_economy_and_how_we_can_support_them?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare The arts bring meaning to our lives and spirit to our culture -- so why do we expect artists to struggle to make a living? Hadi Eldebek is working to create a society where artists are valued through an online platform that matches artists with grants and funding opportunities -- so they can focus ...
Adnan Beydoun: Our Cultural Forums Have Become Dancers For New Gods of Politics and Business
He was introduced by Ambassador Dr. Ali Ajami: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxJIsmR9IvU Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mVUkCufk80 Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmiHmEoPRv8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmiHmEoPRv8 Dearborn Open Mic takes place first Wednesday of every month at the Arab American National Museum. Follow us on all these platforms: Dearborn Open Mic Podcast for Apple devices: http://ift.tt/2p8w2gK Podcast for Android device: http://ift.tt/2DncbPd Blog: Dearbornblog.com Website: Dearbornblog.com/openmic ...
Nisreen Faraj Criticizes Nationalism and Bragging Among Arab Americans
Through her poem, Like You And Me, recited in the Dearborn Open Mic, on Wednesday February 7, 2018, at the Arab American Museum, Nisreen criticized how each Arab nationality in Dearborn think they are better than the other Arab nationalities. Listen to her here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8kObmSEXjs Dearborn Open Mic is a platform for artists, ...
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