Past Events: 2002
January
Wednesday 23 January 2002, 4:30PM
MIDDLE EAST CULTURE SERIES
Meet the Author: Hayati, My Life: A Novel
"Islamic Feminism Before and After September 11"
Author: Miriam Cooke, Professor of Modern Arabic Literature and Culture, Duke University
Location: Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk
Co-Sponsors: Women's Studies, English Department, Kelly Writer's House
Friday 25 January 2002, 8:30AM - 5:00PM
FOURTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS
"HIV/AIDS in Africa: Taking Action"
Please Note: Advanced Registration is Encouraged
For more information:
visit www.africa.upenn.edu/africa/aids0102.html
Questions or Late Registration, contact Evelyne Shuster
(215) 823-4206
Location: Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall
Co-sponsored by African Studies and a host of co-sponsors
Sunday 27 January 2002, 1:00 -- 5:00PM
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT PROGRAMS
Middle East Center Museum Tour Organized by the Middle East Center Undergraduate Student Committee
Location: University Museum, 33rd and Spruce Streets
Tuesday 29 January 2002, 4:00 - 6:30PM
TEACHER'S WORKSHOP
Lecture: "Religion and Identity in Islamic Cental Asia"
Speaker: Ryan Gliha; Doctoral Student, Department of Religious Studies (Penn) Location: AIG Law Office, 1700 Market St., Suite 2000 (20th Floor)
Co-Sponsored by the World Affairs Council
Wednesday 30 January 2002, 4:30PM
MIDDLE EAST PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES
"A Cultural History of Fear: U.S. Television, Terrorism, and the Middle East"
Speaker: Melani McAlister; Assistant Professor of American Studies, George Washington University
Location: Stiteler Hall B-26
Wednesday 30 January 2002, 6:30PM
MIDDLE EAST CULTURAL SERIES
One-Person Performance: "Women in Modern Civilization" (including "Afghan Woman")
Performer: Bina Sharif; Pakistani-American Playwright, Director, Actress
Location: Graduate Student Center, 3615 Locust Walk
A question and answer session will follow on topics including Muslim women and America and Islam.
Co-Sponsored by the South Asian Regional Studies Program
February
Thursday 7 February 2002, 4:30PM
MIDDLE EAST PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES
"Meet the Author":
Strangers in the House: Coming of Age in Occupied Palestine
Author: Raja Shehadeh; Lawyer and Writer; Ramallah, Palestine
Location: Stiteler Hall B-26
Saturday 9 February 2002, 1:00 - 4:00PM
TEACHER'S WORKSHOP
Workshop Theme: "The Global Aspects of Islam"
Location: Logan G-17
Co-Sponsored by African Studies, East Asian Studies, and the Islamic Cultural Preservation and Information Council
Monday 11 February 2002, 4:30PM
MIDDLE EAST PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES
"Islamic Opposition in Saudi Arabia: Roots of the Bin Laden Phenomenon"
Speaker: Joshua Teitelbaum, Research Fellow, Moshe Dayan Center of Tel Aviv University
Location: Stiteler Hall B-26
Co-Sponsored by PennPAC
Wednesday 13 February 2002, 4:30PM
MIDDLE EAST PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES
"The Dynamics of Dissent: Islamism and Reform in Saudi Arabia"
Speaker: Gwenn Okruhlik, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Arkansas
Location: Stiteler Hall B-26
Thursday 14 February 2002, 4:30PM
MIDDLE EAST STUDIES SEMINAR
Title of Seminar Presentation: "Islamism in Southern Egypt: A Case Study of a Radical Religious Movement"
Speaker: Jim Toth; Visiting Scholar, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University
Discussant: Bob Vitalis, Department of Political Science (Penn)
Location: 639 Williams Hall
Monday February 18 2002, 4:30PM
MIDDLE EAST HEALTH GROUP PUBLIC LECTURE
"Health Challenges in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region"
Speaker: Jacques Baudouy; Director, Human Development for the Middle East and North Africa Region, World Bank
Discussant: Don Silberberg, Senior Associate Dean and Director, International Health Programs, Penn School of Medicine
Location: Biomedical Research Building (BRB II-III), Room 251 (on Curie Blvd. in the Penn Medical School Complex, behind Stellar-Chance Bldg.)
Tuesday 19 February 2002, 4:30PM
MIDDLE EAST CULTURAL SERIES
"Meet the Filmmaker": "Live on Stage: A Century and a Half of Theater in Egypt"
Documentary's Producer: Mona Mikhail, Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, New York University
Location: Irvine G16
Co-Sponsored by the Theater Arts Department
Thursday, 21 February 2002, 5:45-7:15PM
THE MIDDLE EAST - WHAT'S NEXT? SERIES
Lecture: "Unveiled: Women's Issues in the Middle East"
Speaker: Azar Nafisi, Visiting Professor of Culture, Literature and Aesthetics,
School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
Location: The Union League of Philadelphia, 140 S. Broad Street
Full Schedule: 5:45-6:15PM - Reception and Registration; 6:15-7:15PM - Program; 7:30PM - Optional Dinner
Please Note: Tickets are Required (student tickets free with valid student ID). For information, please call the World Affairs Council at
(215) 731-1100
.
Co-Sponsored by the World Affairs Council and the Middle East Center
Wednesday 27 February 2002, 7PM
MIDDLE EAST PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES
Title of Lecture: "Peace or Pieces: An Assessment of Current Initiatives to Manage the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict"
Speaker: Naomi Chazan; Deputy Speaker of the Israeli Parliament (Knesset)
Location: Logan Hall G-17
Co-Sponsored by: Penn Hillel, the Jewish Studies Department, Solomon Asch Center, Political Science Program, and PennPAC
This program is made possible by a grant from the Fund to Encourage Women (FEW) of the Trustees' Council of Penn Women.
Thursday 28 February 2002, 5PM
MIDDLE EAST CULTURAL SERIES
Meet the Author: May Telmissany; Egyptian Novelist
Title of Lecture: "Encounter with Dunyazad"
Location: Rosenwald Gallery, 6th Floor, Van Pelt Library
Please Note: May Telmissany will read in Arabic from her critically acclaimed novel Dunyazad and discuss Egyptian women's writing. Dr. Roger Allen (Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Penn) will read from his English translation.
Thursday 28 February 2002, 5:45-7:15PM
MIDDLE EAST PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES
Title of Lecture: "Peace or Pieces: An Assessment of Current Initiatives to
Manage the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict"
Speaker: Naomi Chazan; Deputy Speaker of the Israeli Parliament (Knesset)
Location: The Philadelphia Marriott, 1201 Market Street
Full Schedule: 5:45-6:15PM - Wine and Hors d'oeuvre Reception and Registration;
6:15-7:15PM - Program
Please Note: Tickets are Required (student tickets free with valid student ID). For information, please call the World Affairs Council at
(215) 731-1100
.
Co-Sponsored by the World Affairs Council and the Middle East Center
March
Sunday 3 March 2002, 3:00-6:00PM
MIDDLE EAST CULTURAL SERIES
Musical Concert: Turkish Classical Music
Location: Arch Auditorium, 36th and Locust Walk
Please Note: Tickets are required. Contact Belgin Cuhaci at
(215) 508-0793
before February 25.
Co-sponsored by Turkish American Friendship Society of the US (TAFSUS) and the Turkish Students Association (Penn)
Monday 4 March 2002, 4:30PM
MIDDLE EAST PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES
Title of Lecture: "The Deoband School, Wahhabis, and the Rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan"
Speaker: Senzil Nawid, Assistant Professor of Near Eastern Studies, University of Arizona
Location: Stiteler B-26
Co-sponsored by the South Asian Regional Studies Department (SARS)
Tuesday 5 March 2002, 4:30PM
MIDDLE EAST CULTURAL SERIES
Title of Presentation: "M.A. Taha: The Poet of Nazareth"
Speaker: Taha M. Ali
Location: 3619 Locust (Humanities Forum)
Co-sponsored by the Jewish Studies Department
Monday 18 March 2002, 4:30PM
MIDDLE EAST HEALTH GROUP PUBLIC LECTURE
Title of Lecture: "Environmental Health in the Middle East: Food and Water Safety Issues"
Speaker: Osman Galal; Director and Professor, International Health Program, UCLA; General Secretary, International Union of Nutritional Science (IUNS)
Discussant: Steven Feierman, Department of History and Sociology of Science (Penn)
Location: Biomedical Research Building (BRB II-III), Room 251 (on Curie Blvd. in the Penn Medical School Complex, behind Stellar-Chance Bldg.)
The Middle East Health Group (MEHG) is sponsored by the Middle East Center and the Office of International Medical Programs at the Penn School of Medicine.
Thursday 21 March 2002, 4:30PM
MIDDLE EAST STUDIES SEMINAR
Title of Seminar Presentation: "Landscape of Hope and Despair: Place and Identity in a Palestinian Refugee Camp"
Speaker: Julie Peteet, Chair and Professor of Anthropology, University of Louisville
Discussant: Gautam Ghosh; Department of Anthropology (Penn)
Location: 639 Williams Hall
April
Thursday 2 April 2002, 5:45pm - 7:15pm
THE MIDDLE EAST - WHAT'S NEXT? SERIES Lecture: The View From Pakistan Speaker: H.E. Shamshad Ahmad, Pakistain Ambassador to the United Nations Location: Rose Garden, Park Hyatt Hotel Philadelphia at the Bellevue, Broad and Walnut Sts. Full Schedle: 5:45 - 6:15PM Reception and Registration; 6:15PM Program; 7:30PM Optional Dinner Please Note: Tickets are Required (student tickets are free with valid student ID). For information, please call the World Affairs Council at
(215) 731-1100
. Co-sponsored by the World Affairs Council and the Middle East Center
Wednesday 3 April 2002, 4:30PM
MIDDLE EAST PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES Title of Lecture: "Seeing Like a Citizen, Acting Like a State: Exemplary Events in Yemen" Speaker: Lisa Wedeen; Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago Location: Stiteler Hall B-26
Saturday, 6 April 2002, 12:30PM and Monday 8 April 2002, 4:30PM
MIDDLE EAST CULTURAL SERIES Film: "Jung (War) in the Land of the Mujahaddin" (Afghanistan) Location: Saturday 6 April at International House, 3701 Chestnut St. and Monday 8 April at Prince Music Theater, Broad and Chestnut Sts. Tickets are required. For tickets and more information: visit www.phillyfests.com. Tickets can also be purchased in person at TLA Video, 1520 Locust St., or by telephone at
(215) 733-0608
, ext. 2 Co-Sponsor: Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema
Thursday 11 April 2002, 12:00PM
MIDDLE EAST STUDIES SEMINAR Title of Seminar Presentation: "Development Realism and the Problem of Feminism: Egyptian Television" Speaker: Lila Abu-Lughod; Professor, Department of Anthropology, Columbia University Location: Department of History Lounge, 209 College Hall This lecture is co-sponsored by the Department of History as part of its Annenberg Speakers Series.
Thursday 11 April 2002, 5:45-7:15PM
THE MIDDLE EAST - WHAT'S NEXT? SERIES Lecture: What Went Wrong? Western Impact and Middle Eastern Response Speaker: Bernard Lewis, Professor Emeritus, Princeton University Location: Ballroom of the Park Hyatt Philadelphia at the Bellevue, Broad and Walnut Sts. Full Schedule: 5:30PM Wine and Hors d'oeuvre Reception and Registration; 6:15 - 7:15PM Please Note: Tickets are Required (student tickets are free with valid student ID). For information, please call the World Affairs Council at
(215) 731-1100
. Co-Sponsored by the World Affairs Council and the Middle East Center
Saturday 13 April 2002, 5:00PM
Panel -- "Muslim Women: Reel and Reality" Panelists include: Dr. Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet, Asst. Professor, Dept. of History, Penn and Ziba Mir-Hosseini, anthropologist, author, and filmmaker of Runaway and Divorce Iranian Style Location: 1616 Locust St. Event is Free. Co-Sponsor: Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema
Saturday 13 April 2002, 2:30PM and Sunday14 April 2002, 5:00PM
MIDDLE EAST CULTURAL SERIES Film: "Runaway" (Iran) Location: Ritz at the Bourse, 4th Street between Market and Chestnut Tickets are required. For tickets and more information: visit www.phillyfests.com. Tickets can also be purchased in person at TLA Video, 1520 Locust St., or by telephone at
(215) 733-0608
, ext. 2 Co-Sponsor: Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema
Tuesday 16 April 2002, 11:15AM - 7:15PM
MIDDLE EAST PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES TITLE OF HALF-DAY CONFERENCE: America's War: Security, Strategy and Policy FOCUS POINTS: U.S. Policy in the Middle East / U.S. National Security Various Panels with scholars, journalists, political analysts, military and intelligence analysts. PLEASE NOTE: Reservations are required. For information on reservations, panels, and speakers, please contact the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia at
(215) 731-1100
or visit www.wacphila.org Co-Sponsor: World Affairs Council of Philadelphia
Thursday 18 April 2002, 4:30PM
MIDDLE EAST STUDIES SEMINAR Title of Seminar Presentation: In the Basha's House: The Organizational Cultureof Egyptian Public Enterprise Speaker: Samer Shehata; Visiting Assistant Professor, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University Discussant: Anne Norton; Department of Political Science (Penn) Location: 639 Williams Hall
Friday 19 April 2002, 4:00-6:00PM
TEACHER'S WORKSHOP Lecture: "Religion and Identity in Islamic Central Asia" Speaker: Ryan Gliha; Doctoral Student, Department of Religious Studies (Penn) Location: TBA Co-Sponsor: World Affairs Council
Wednesday 24 April 2002, 4:30PM
MIDDLE EAST CULTURAL SERIES Lecture: Folklore and Politics in Balochistan Speaker: Dr. Sabir Badalkhan, Istituto Universitario Orientale, Naples Date and Time: : Wednesday 24 April 2002, 4:30 PM Location: Williams Hall 816 Co-Sponsors: South Asia Regional Studies Department, Anthropology Department, Folklore Department
May
Thursday 16 May 2002, 4:30PM
MIDDLE EAST HEALTH GROUP PUBLIC LECTURE
Title of Lecture: "Status of Health, Medical Education and Research: Iran Two Decades After the Revolution"
Speaker: Dr. Reza Malekzadeh; Professor of Medicine and Gastroenterology; Director Digestive Disease Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences; Shariati Hospital; Board of Trustees, Shiraz University
Discussant: Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet, Department of History (Penn)
Location: Biomedical Research Building (BRB II-III), Room 251 (on Curie Blvd. in the Penn Medical School Complex, behind Stellar-Chance Bldg.)
The Middle East Health Group (MEHG) is sponsored by the Middle East Center and the Office of International Medical Programs at the Penn School of Medicine.
September
Thursday-Saturday September 19-21, 2002, Various Times
MIDDLE EAST CULTURE SERIES
Conference: "Material Worlds: Consumption, Circulation and Meaning in Colonial Societies"
Visit http://www.mceas.org/september2002/ to view schedule of papers, location, and keynote speakers. Participants are requetsed to be familiar with the content of the student papers by reading them online. For access to the digitized papers, register with Amy Baxter-Bellamy (abaxter@sas.upenn.edu). For more information contact: Maria Judith Feliciano (mariafel@sas.upenn.edu) and/or Yanna Yannakakis (yannayan@sas.upenn.edu). Co-Sponsors: Barra Foundation, McNeil Center for Early American Studies, Departments of History, History of Art (The Farquhar Fund), Anthropology, South Asia Regional Studies, Latin American Cultures Program, Penn Humanities Forum, African Studies Center, Center for Folklore and Ethnography. Locations: 3619 Locust Walk and Department of Chemistry, 231 S. 34th St., Lynch Room. Visit website above for details.
Thursday-Friday September 19-20, 2002, Various Times
Symposium: "Archaism And Innovation: Recent Perspectives on Middle Kingdom Egypt"
For information and schedule contact the Museum at
(215) 898-4001
or visit http://www.upenn.edu/museum. Please note: September 19 and 20 events attendance is open to the public. Events of Saturday, September 21 require a registration fee. Co-Sponsors: University of Pennsylvania Museum, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations of Yale University, Ancient Studies Center of the University of Pennsylvania Location: Rainey Auditorium, University of Pennsylvania Museum, 33rd and Spruce Sts.
Thursday September 26, 2002, 4:30PM
MIDDLE EAST STUDIES SEMINAR
Title of Seminar Presentation: "Too Few People Live in Persia Even for Its Present Productive Capacity: Demographic Contexts of Iranian Modernists' Concern for Health, 1900s-1940s"
Speaker: Cyrus Schayegh, Ph.D. Candidate, Middle Eastern and Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University
Discussant: Ellen Amster, Ph.D. Candidate, History, Penn
Location: Williams Hall, Room 632
Monday, September 30, 2002, 7:00PM
MIDDLE EAST PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES
Title of Lecture: "Israel/Palestine: Ending the War by Ending the Occupation" Speaker: Tanya Reinhart, Professor of Linguistics and Cultural Studies, Tel Aviv University and the University of Utrecht; Political Columnist
Location: Stiteler Hall B-26
Co-Sponsors: Penn Arab Studies Society, Penn for Peace, Jewish Mobilization for a Just Peace, American Friends Service Committee, Free Palestine Action Network
October
Tuesday and Wednesday, October 8-9, 2002, 3:00-5:00PM and 2:00-5:00PM
MIDDLE EAST TEACHING WORKSHOP
Title of Workshop: "Verbs in Action: New Strategies for Mastering the Hebrew Verb"
Presenter: Nira Keidar, Former lecturer with the Israeli Government Ulpan system and author of several books on Hebrew Grammar
Location: Williams Hall, Room 705 (Tuesday) and Williams Hall, 707 (Wednesday)
Thursday October 10, 2002, 7:30PM
MIDDLE EAST PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES
Title of Lecture: "Middle East Perspectives"
Speaker: Ibrahim Fawal, Author of "On the Hills of God" and Professor of Film and Literature, University of Alabama
Location: Church of St. Asaph, Conshohocken State Rd. and St. Asaph's Road, Bala Cynwyd
Co-sponsors: The Church of St. Asaph and the Middle East Study Group of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania
Thursday October 17, 2002, 4:30PM
MIDDLE EAST STUDIES SEMINAR
Title of Seminar Presentation: "Commodifying Identity: Egyptian Advertising, 1922-1952"
Speaker: Mona Russell, Lecturer in the History Faculty, MIT
Discussant: Barak Salmoni, Lecturer, Dept. Of History, Moravian College
Location: Williams Hall, Room 632
Sunday October 20-27, 2002, Various Times
MIDDLE EAST WEEK AT I-HOUSE
"Intercultural Journeys": Simon Shaheen and Udi Bar-David in Concert - Sunday, 10/20, 3PM (Tickets Required)
"Lebanon: Imprints of Time in Light & Stone -- An Exhibit of Photographs by Hazami Sayed - Wednesday, 10/23, 6:00PM
"The Middle East: An Afternoon of Music, Poetry, and Dialogue" - Sunday, October 27, 3:00PM
Sponsor: International House of Philadelphia For more information, http://www.ihousephilly.org
Wednesday October 23-27, 2002, Various Times
MIDDLE EAST FILM FESTIVAL
"In the Shadows of the City" - Wednesday, 10/23, 8:00PM
"Gaza Strip" - Thursday, 10/24, 8:00PM
"The Destiny" - Friday, 10/25, 8:00PM
"Friendly Persuasion: Iranian Cinema After the 1979 Revolution" - Saturday, 10/26, 1:00PM
"Seven Days in Tehran" - Saturday, 10/26, 5:00PM
"Blackboards" - Saturday, Saturday, 10/26, 8:00PM
"A Trumpet in the Wadi" - Sunday, 10/27, 7:00PM (Co-Sponsored by Jewish Studies Program: Kutchin Seminar Series and Hillel at Penn)
Festival Co-Sponsored by International House of Philadelphia
Please Note: Admission is Free. For more information, visit http://www.ihousephilly.org
Location: International House of Philadelphia, 37th and Chestnut Sts.
Friday October 25, 2002, 4:00 PM
MIDDLE EAST PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES
Title of Lecture: "Arab & Jewish Encounters: Using Folklore for Coexistence in Classrooms and Communities"
Speaker: Dr. Simon Lichman, Director of the Center for Creativity in Education & Cultural Heritage, Jerusalem, Israel
Location: Houston Hall, Golkin Room (Room 223)
Monday October 28, 2002, 4:30PM
MIDDLE EAST PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES
Title of Lecture: "Orientalism Re[tro]visited: Enough Said?"
Speaker: Dan Varisco, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Hofstra University
Location: Irvine G-16
November
Friday, November 1, 2002, 2:00-3:00PM
MIDDLE EAST PUBLIC LECTURES SERIES
Title of Lecture: "Let's Roll: America's Post 9/11 Middle East Policy"
Speaker: Robert Vitalis, Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Middle East Center, Penn
Location: Muriel Pfaelzer Bodek Library, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Call
(800) 390-1829
for reservations and information (event is open to public).
Sunday November 3, 2002, 3:00PM
MIDDLE EAST CULTURAL SERIES
Concert: Aysegul Durakoglu, Internationally Acclaimed Turkish Pianist
Location: Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall
Please Note: Tickets are Required. Contact Serap Menda at
(610) 525-4654
or Wallis Urmenyhazi at
(215) 222-8927
. A reception will follow the event in the Bodek Lounge at 4:30PM
Wednesday, November 6, 2002, 3:30PM
Panelist: Prof. Ian Lustick
Speaker: Bernard Lewis
Title: "Middle East Update"
Location: Philadelphia Marriott, The Liberty Ballroom, 1201 Market St.
Tickets required. Visit www.wacphila.org or call
(215) 561-4700
for more information
Co-Sponsor: World Affairs Council of Philadelphia
Wednesday, November 6, 2002, 4:00-6:00PM
MIDDLE EAST TEACHERS' WORKSHOP
Title of Workshop: "Teaching About Conflict"
Speakers: Joseph Glicksberg, Doctoral Candidate, Political Science, University of Pennsylvania; Professor Raymond Lorian, Child Psychologist, GSE, University of Pennsylvania; Professor Jim Larkin, Associate Director, Programs in Teacher Education, GSE, University of Pennsylvania
Location: Rainey Auditorium, University of Pennsylvania Museum, 33rd and Spruce Sts.
Co-Sponsor: International Classroom, University of Pennsylvania Museum
Thursday, November 14, 2002, 4:30
MIDDLE EAST SEMINAR SERIES
Title of Seminar Presentation: "Upper Egyptian History in Modern Times - A Southern Question?"
Speaker: Peter Gran, Professor of History, Temple University
Discussant: Heather Sharkey, Assistant Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Penn
Location: 632 Williams Hall
Tuesday, November 19, 2002, 12:00-1:00PM
MIDDLE EAST MEDICAL OUTREACH WORKSHOP
Subject of Worskhop: "Health Care Professionals Facing Sensitive Issues Relating to Middle Eastern/Muslim Patients"
Speaker: Dr. Afaf Meleis, Dean of the School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania
Location: Medical Alumni Hall, 1 Maloney (Gates Entrance, 36th and Spruce), Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Link to the pamphlet
Tuesday, November 26, 2002, 4:00PM
MIDDLE EAST CULTURAL SERIES
Poetry Reading: Israeli Poetry by Hamutal Bar Yosef
Poet: Hamutal Bar Yosef; Israeli Poet and recipient of the Israel Prize for Poetry, 2002 and Professor of Hebrew Literature, Ben Gurion University
Location: Humanities Forum, 3619 Locust Walk
Co-sponsor: Jewish Studies Program
December
Thursday December 5, 2002, 4:30PM
MIDDLE EAST STUDIES SEMINAR
Title of Seminar Presentation: "The Narrative Craft: Realism and Fiction in Egypt"
Speaker: Samah Selim, Assistant Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton
Discussant: TBA
Location: Williams Hall, Room 632
Friday, December 6, 2002, 11:30AM
Speaker: Shibley Telhami
Title: "Consequences of U.S. Policy on Iraq"
Location: The Union League, 140 S. Broad Street
Tickets required. Visit www.wacphila.org or call
(215) 561-4700
for more information
Co-Sponsor: World Affairs Council of Philadelphia
Friday, December 6, 2002, 7:30PM (Cancelled due to weather)
MIDDLE EAST CULTURAL SERIES
Musical Charity Concert: Persian Music Concert
Singer: Moein also featuring the vocals of Raana Mansour
Location: Harrison Auditorium, University of Pennsylvania Museum, 33rd and Spruce Sts.
Co-sponsor: Philadelphia Persian Society
Please note: Tickets required
For more information, visit www.persiansociety.org
Tuesday, December 10, 2002, 4:30PM
MIDDLE EAST HEALTH GROUP
Title of Lecture: Malalai Hospital: An Indigenous Response to the Health Needs of Afghan Women and Children
Speaker: Anna Brodsky, Department of Psychology, University of Maryland - Baltimore County and Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan
Location: Biomedical Research Building (BRB II-III), Room 251 (on Curie Blvd. in the Penn Medical School Complex behind Stellar-Chance Building)
Co-sponsor: The Middle East Health Group (MEHG) is sponsored by the Middle East Center and the Office of International Medical Programs at the Penn School of Medicine