April 1- 24, 2021
A Virtual Cultural Celebration Without Borders
Schedule:
- Arab- American Communities- Introduction and Facts – Presentation and Discussion April 1 @ 3-4:30 pm
- Children Book Event with Lamis Al Solaim – April 3 @ 1-2:30 pm
- Calligraphy Workshopwith Hajj Wafaa – April 5 @ 3-4:30 pm
- Discussion & Presentation About Ancient Nubia with Rita Freed- April 7 @ 3-4:30 pm
- Book Reading Event with Hala Alyan – April 9 @6:30- 8:30 pm
- Heritage Month Featured Online Concert – April 10 @ 7-8 pm
- Music Workshop with Layth Sidiq – April 11 @1:- 2:30 pm
- Presentation and Discussion about Arabic Language – April 12 @3-4:30 pm
- Heritage Month Closing Online Concert- “We Are the Children” Featuring CAC Children Choir and BPS Students Accompanied by Arab American Artists- April 24 @ 1-2 pm
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April 1, 2021 @ 3-4:30 pm
Introduction and facts about the Arab- American communities in New England
Join us for our Introduction to Arab Heritage Month and learn about Arab communities and the different countries we come from!
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April 3, 2021 @ 1-2:30 pm
Join us for a Book Reading and Discussion with Author Lamis Solaim
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Lamis Solaim, PhD, CPsychol, AFBPsS is the program director of MGH/Alfaisal Child Mental Health training program. She is a Child Psychologist and a Lecturer (part-time) at the Harvard Medical School. Dr. Solaim works to address the need for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in the Middle East. Her hope is to address the need for a comprehensive multi-level system of care through capacity building and research efforts, collaborating with experts in the field to propose and implement efficient and cost-effective interventions.Dr. Solaim received her Bachelor’s degree in psychology from Saudi Arabia’s King Saud University, an M.A. in applied child development (clinical/developmental concentration) from Tufts University, and a completed her Ph.D. in psychology from the United Kingdom’s Royal Holloway University of London. Her doctoral dissertation was published in a major scientific journals due to its pioneering observations on the intersection between religion, mental illness, and help seeking behaviors.
April 5, 2021 @ 3-4:30 pm
Join us in a Calligraphy Workshop with Iraqi American Artist Hajj Wafaa to learn about the Arabic Calligraphy, its schools, and designs.
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Hajj Wafaa was born and raised in Iraq. At the age of 12, I became interested in learning calligraphy, aspiring to write the words or verses of the Holy Book, the Quran, and its stanzas. Since then, I was trained by some of the best calligraphers in my region, such as Jasim Hamood Al-Najafi, and Adnan Al-Kazaz an inspired by the Great Master Hamid Al-Aamidi. Thanks to their tutelage, I have become a master in many styles of traditional scripts such as Naskh, Diwani, Jili-diwani, Kufic, Thuluth. In 1998, I moved to the US. I earned my AAS in graphic and web design in 2008 from Sanford-Brown College (Katherine Gibbs College previously), Boston. To read more about Hajj Wafaa, please Click here
April 7, 2021 @ 3-4:30 pm
Discussion and Presentation about Ancient Nubia With Rita Freed
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Rita Freed, a specialist in Egyptian and Nubian Art, received her B.A. in Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology and Biblical Studies from Wellesley College and her M. A. and Ph. D. in Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art and Archaeology from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. She rose to Associate Professor of Art at the University of Memphis and founding Director of the Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology before coming to the MFA, Boston, to head the Department of Ancient Egyptian, Nubian and Near Eastern Art, and she is now the John F. Cogan, Jr. and Mary L. Cornille Chair Emerita of that Department. She is alsoAdjunct Professor of Art at Wellesley College. The exhibitions she has curated and co-curated include Egypt’s Golden Age, A Divine Tour of Ancient Egypt, Ramesses the Great, Pharaohs of the Sun, The Secrets of Tomb 10A and Ancient Nubia Now and she has authored numerous books and articles.
(Canceled and a New Date will be Announced)
Book Reading and Discussion with Hala Alyan and her New Book “The Arsonists City”
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Hala Alyan, is a Palestinian American writer and clinical psychologist whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Guernica and elsewhere. Her poetry collections have won the Arab American Book Award and the Crab Orchard Series, and her debut novel won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. Her second novel, THE ARSONISTS’ CITY, will be published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in March 2021.
April 10, 2021 at 7-8 pm
Online Music Concert Featuring
CAC Children Choir- Under Direction of Alma Richeh
Alma Richeh & Fadi Saba Vocals and Keyboards Duet.
‘Qawsaan’ Layth Sidiq & Naseem Alatrash
Souq El-Jum3a – Bahloul | Sou7a | El Arkitekt @souq.eljum3a
Audio Engineer Thaer Badr
Video and Visual Director Yara Awad
Concert will be Streamed Live on CAC YouTube Channel cacboston – YouTube
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Title: Kamanja: a brief history of the Arabic Violin.
Description: in this workshop you’ll be introduced to the history of the Arabic violin, from its ancient ancestors to the moment it was introduced to the Takht ensemble, culminating in its role in contemporary music today. The workshop will include audio and video examples as well as live demonstrations.
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