Snow, Roads, Birds and Plows blog by B Nimri Aziz Jan. 31/19
Shrugging off what’s called cabin fever, I depart, slowly, to test my car and traction on the roadway. I follow the country road along the Beaverkill River to town. A mile out, I notice something unusual—cars standing in front of each of two neighbors’ houses. I regularly pass these houses. I know that their owners ...
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 ...
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Invitation to Better Understand the Art of Photography at Gallery Workshop: Feb. 16
Dearborn, MI – The DCAC is offering a Basic Photography Workshop with award winning photographer Lance Rosol at the Ford Community & Performing Arts Center in the Padzieski Gallery on Saturday, February 16 at 5 – 7:30pm. Attendees are invited to understand more about the art of digital photography, and take their abilities to the ...
Amer Zahr: Tell your Senator to vote AGAINST anti-BDS, anti-Palestinian bill TODAY!
TODAY, the United States Senate will consider S.1, a bill proposed by Senator Marco Rubio aimed at punishing Americans who participate in the BDS movement. Established in 2005 by Palestinian civil society to encourage individuals, nations and organizations to boycott Israel over its consistent violations of international law, BDS was inspired by the South African ...
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 ...
DETROIT TIGERS, ARAB MUSEUM PARTNER TO HOST ARAB AMERICAN NIGHT AT COMERICA PARK
Only such event in baseball announced during Tigers Winter Caravan visit Outfielder Mikie Mahtook donates game-worn jersey to eponymous collection at the Dearborn museum Dearborn, Mich. (Jan. 25, 2019) – The opportunity has arrived for metro Detroit’s Arab American community and those who support it to hit one out of the park! The Detroit Tigers ...
المنتدى الثقافي في ديربورن – جميلة حمود تقدم مقتطفات من الشعر و النثر
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAW26GcHCzI
المنتدى الثقافي في ديربورن – علي السندي – قصيدة أتيت اليوم أعترف و قصيدة حب خارج عن الدين
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAnxJ-gFgxQ
ARAB AMERICAN MUSEUM PARTNERS WITH SECRET SOCIETY OF TWISTED STORYTELLERS FOR FEB. 1 “FREEDOM STORIES”
Museum’s ongoing Hikayat storytelling series offers compelling true tales told by those who lived them Dearborn, Mich. (Jan. 14, 2019) – The word freedom has many definitions. Dictionaries speak of the power or right to act, speak or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint; the absence of subjection to foreign domination or despotic ...
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This weekend in the Ann Arbor parks
Year-Round Winter Market Grab a hot cup of coffee, cider or even hot chocolate on these cold days and shop local with us all winter long. We have apples, squash, greens like lettuce and spinach, carrots, rutabaga, potatoes and root veggies. Plus artisan products, bread and croissants, chicken, pierogis, kielbasa, honey and lots more. Free ...
Amer Zahr: Merry Palestinian Christmas
https://youtu.be/tn7Hju4Fjkk
Marry a Partner, Not an Age Gap
Marriage is an institution that I deeply respect and cherish. Across cultures, there are so many variances to what a marriage ceremony looks like, and how spouses act toward one another, but there are so many common themes. On the macro level, marriage is a partnership, and depending on culture and tradition, specific or less ...
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
المنتدى الثقافي في ديربورن: الشاعر نبيل حمود يقرأ قصيدة في المنتدى الثقافي و قصيدة شعور بالألم
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oQUZOihCGQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrfxmQ917xU
المنتدى الثقافي في ديربورن: الشاعر نبيل حمود يقرأ قصيدة أشعاع شمس لاح في الأنحاء
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG4jojRuIdk
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
كامل بزي يقدم المنتدى الثقافي في ديربورن في 5 كانون أول 2018م 12-5-2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDf7m9fqhyg
Black Friday Deals Excel Sheet
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حنان شرارة تقرأ الشاعر إبراهيم شرارة في المنتدى الثقافي في ديربورن
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bpk5quXXqFI
Dr. Hani Bawardi: Historical Context of Arab American Literature [Arabic – Video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F86GLhgwed0
أمسية المنتدى الثقافي في ديربورن في 7-11-2018 بالصور
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New Arab Women-centered Films Are Not Just About Women
Too often, we are overwhelmed with woeful tales, painful memoirs and worn analyses of Arab/Muslim women. Most depictions, whether we’re besieged in a war, or if we’re just trying to get by making small advances like women anywhere, we are invariably portrayed as hapless victims. We’re in need of succor, or reform, or rescue. Writings ...
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Getting Out The Vote–Field Notes by BNimri Aziz
There’s a big push underway- it appears to be primarily a Democrat plan-- for GOTV. GOTV is not a videogame; it’s the acronym of Get-Out-The-Vote. Behind this drive is the conviction: ‘If registered Democrats will simply get off their butts, drag themselves to the polls and check boxes for everyone running in their party’s column, ...
MIGRATION, DISPLACEMENT, SURVIVAL UNITE VISUAL ARTISTS AND POETS IN NEW EXHIBITION
Exhibition opening, Arab American Book Award ceremony combine for spectacular evening program Nov. 9 in Dearborn Dearborn, Mich. (Oct. 24, 2018) – In November 2018, many nations will mark the end of what was originally called The Great War, now known as World War I. Prior to the end of that war, immigrants from Arab ...
What Is It About Bears? 10/23/18 by B Nimri Aziz
My editor at Natural History Magazine once remarked how, whenever their cover features a bear, sales rise. A koala bear, a young panda, a sunbathing polar bear or a menacing American grizzly; it doesn’t matter. People like bears. Occasional attacks on humans and the aversion of many people to any form of wildlife hunting notwithstanding, ...
Dearborn Job Postings
The following positions at both Gardner Elementary and Dixon Educational Learning Academy: Open positions: Teacher: Teacher Certification & Bachelor’s Degree - $25/Hr / 4 hours per day Instructor II: Bachelor’s Degree - $20/Hr / 4 hours per day Instructor I: 60 Credit Hrs. (Minimum 3.0 GPA in English & Math classes) - $15/Hr / 4 ...
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, ...
Concerns Regarding Michigan Marijuana Ballot Proposal
There is an important ballot proposal in Michigan this November, and it’s about legalizing the recreational use of marijuana. I have been asked by several people to opine on how they should vote on this proposal. As a psychiatrist who treats adolescents and young adults, I have my fair share of experience with recreational marijuana ...
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ARAB AMERICAN COMPOSERS HIGHLIGHTED IN CROSSOVER PERFORMANCE
Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings, Arab American National Museum present Khashb wa Kheit خشب وخيط DEARBORN, Mich. (Oct. 1, 2018) – Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings (DCWS)will be kicking off its 2018-19 Signature Serieswith Khashb wa Kheit خشب وخيط: An Evening of Chamber Music by Arab American Composers on Friday, Oct. 19 at 8 p.m. ...
For Those Of Us Who Believe by BNimri Aziz Sept 30/18
For those of us who watched with innocence, then passion, then consternation, the results of the 1991 senate hearing for supreme court nominee Clarence Thomas; for those who championed film stars, then ordinary women daring, finally, to call out Harvey Weinstein and a stream of male predators; for those who watched with confidence the rise ...
المنتدى الثقافي في ديربورن – علي السندي يقرأ مجموعة من أشعاره
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG7yNtMLPXc
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 ...
المنتدى الثقافي في ديربورن – هالة شرارة تقرأ باقة من أشعارها – أيلول 5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhnBV9RQQWg
المنتدى الثقافي في ديربورن يقدم زمان الصائغ
قصيدة: اقترب أكثر https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH01g_n9Ryw قصيدة: الزيارة الأخيرة https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsEtnoYuQ6I
ACCLAIMED ARAB ARTISTS PERFORM IN SUPPORT OF ARAB AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
Oct. 6 gala at MGM Grand Detroit funds education initiatives including student field trips Dearborn, Mich. (Sept. 18, 2018) – The captivating musical entertainers are Lebanese. The stunning visual theme is Moroccan. The chic venue is American with a Detroit flair. The worthy goals: to celebrate the vibrant, diverse Arab American community and provide funds ...
Dearborn Open Mic Program This Wendesday September 19, 2018
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