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Local Events Calendar




Meetings & Events

Local Events

March

Postponed. To be Rescheduled.
Monday 15 March 7pm, St. Edwin's Parish
Power Point Presentation
by Coalition to Stop $30 to Israel
2105 Barcelona SW (South Valley)
(From I25 and the Rio Bravo exit take Rio Bravo WEST for 2.9 miles to Del Rio.
Turn right and go 3/10 of a mile to Barcelona Road and turn left.
The church is on the left.)


Ongoing

Every Saturday 12-1:30 pm, Tulane and Central.
Come hold signs protesting Israel Policies.
For more info, email dtwm@earthlink.net


Meetings

  • BDS Committee Meeting
    lorir@unm.edu

  • Next MEPJA Meeting?



Past Events

  • Spring 2010 Events
      Thursday 15 April 7-9pm
      Professor Joel Gordon will speak
      Israeli Academia and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
      UNM third floor SUB, Fiesta A&B
      chandlermuf@yahoo.com

      Thursday 8 April 2010
      Presentation by Mohammad Omer
      Welcome to Hell: Gaza Palestine
      A very special opportunity to hear from a Gazan journalist about life in Gaza and his experiences reporting from a war zone. Sunday and Monday April 4-5 UNM SUB Theatre
      A series of films. Audience discussion.
      The effects of the Occupation on both Palestinians and Israelis
      chandlermuf@yahoo.com

      Saturday 27 March 2010
      The MAIA Water Project
      Presentation by Barbara Lubin, Founder and Executive Director of the Middle East Children’s’ Alliance (MECA) andZiad Abbas, Palestinian refugee, journalist, and co-founder of the Ibdaa Cultural Center
  • Saturday & Sunday 7 & 8 March 2009
    AJV Presents: A Mohammed Alatar Film Festival
    Where: Guild Cinema - 3405 Central Ave NE - Albuquerque
    When: 11 AM (both days)
    Free Admission.
    Both films will be followed by an open discussion.
    (more details)

  • Sunday 8 March 2009
    AJV Presents: Opening of Jerusalem Dispossessed Photographic Exhibit
    With a Panel Discussion Representing Palestinian and Jewish Voices
    Where: The University of New Mexico - Student Union Building Atrium
    When: 2:30 PM
  • On display at the UNM Student Union Building Atrium from March 8th – 13th.
    (more details)

  • Saturday & Sunday 28 February & 1 March 2009
    AZUR & ASMAR
    Where: The Guild Cinema - 3405 Central NE - Albuquerque
    When: 11 am & 1 am both days
    An animated fairy tale inspired by the Arabian 1001 nights.

    MOMS' MATINEE SERIES BEGINS @ the Guild Cinema

    AZUR & ASMAR
    3405 Central NE, Albuquerque

    255-1848
    FEBRUARY 28 & MARCH 1 2009 (SATURDAY & SUNDAY): 11:00 a.m., 1:00pm

    Animated fairy tale inspired by the Arabian 1001 nights. The director described the visual style of the film in a interview with"DVDrama" as being influenced by French art and Early Netherlandish painting of the 15th century (in particular, Jean Fouquet, the Limbourg brothers and Jan van Eyck), Persian miniatures and Islamic civilization from the Middle Ages until the 15th century and 16th century Safavid art. The soundtrack was scored by middle eastern composers and appeared originally in Arabic and French though the version to be screened at the Guild has been dubbed into English.

    You can view the trailer at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80WFVB1EHT0

    There's also a good article at http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/chi-azur-asmar-review-0102jan02,0,1289140.story

    Dir. Michel Ocelot - 99m - 2006/2008 - France - In English

    Azur and Asmar is the story of two boys raised as brothers. Blonde, blue-eyed, white skinned Azur and black-haired, brown-eyed, dark- skinned Asmar are lovingly cared for by Asmar's gentle mother, who tells them magical stories of her faraway homeland and of beautiful, imprisoned Fairy Djinn waiting to be set free. Time passes, and one day Azur's father, the master of the house, provokes a brutal separation. Azur is sent away to study, while Asmar and his mother are driven out, homeless and penniless.Years later, as a young adult, Azur remains haunted by memories of the sunny land of his nanny, and sets sail south across the high seas to find the country of his dreams. Arriving as an immigrant in a strange land, Azur is rejected by everyone he meets on account of his "unlucky" blue eyes, until finally he resolves never to open those eyes again. The once-beautiful child clad in gold is reduced to a blind beggar. Yet, blind though he is, little by little and step by step, he discovers a beautiful and mysterious country. Meanwhile, back in her homeland, Azur's nanny has become a wealthy merchant and Asmar has grown into a dashing horseman. Reunited but now as adversaries, the two brothers set off on a dangerous quest to find and free the Fairy of the Djinns.


  • A Necessary Engagement

  • Emile Nakhleh reads and signs his new book

    Santa Fe - Tuesday 24 February 2009
    Time: Tuesday 24 February 2009 at 5 PM
    Location: Garcia Street Books - Santa Fe
    Address: 376 Garcia Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501
    Phone: (505) 986-0151

    Albuquerque - Thursday 26 February 2009

    Time: Thursday, February 26, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.
    Location: Bookworks - Albuquerque
    Address: 4022 Rio Grande NW
    Phone: 505-344-8139
    Fax: 505-344-9948
    orders@bkwrks.com

    In A Necessary Engagement, the CIA's former point man on Islam makes a vigorous case for a renewal of American public diplomacy in the Muslim world. Offering a unique balance between in-depth analysis, personal memoir, and foreign policy remedies, the book injects much-needed wisdom into the public discussion of long-term U.S.-Muslim relations. Intelligence insider Emile Nakhleh argues that an engagement with the Muslim world benefits the national interest of the United States. Therefore, the next administration should discard the terrorism prism through which the country has viewed political Islam since 9/11 and focus instead on the common interests of America and mainstream Muslims. Nakhleh investigates recent U.S. policy toward Islamic nations and offers the new administration a ten-point plan for rebuilding America's relationship with the Muslim world. Emile Nakhleh was a senior intelligence service officer and director of the Political Islam Strategic Analysis Program in the Directorate of Intelligence at the Central Intelligence Agency. He holds a PhD in international relations and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

    more information


  • 27 January - Film

  • "The Iron Wall" - Santa Fe

    A Benefit Screening for the People of Gaza
    Saturday 24 January 7 pm
    The Santa Fe Women's Club
    1616 Old Pecos Trail
    Santa Fe New Mexico


    Interfaith March - Tulane Rally - DIME Toss 16 - 18 January 2009
    Save The Children of Gaza! March and Rally 10 January 2009
    Candlelight Vigil at the Federal Court House - 30 December 2008
    Fundraiser September 2008 - Anna Baltzer: Life in Occupied Palestine