List of Persian/Iranian Events for 2007-05-12

ORANGE COUNTY POETRY FESTIVAL

MAY 12, 2007 2-5 PM

TigerWoods Learning Center

520 N. Gilbert

Anaheim, CA 92801

WITH CALIFORNIA POET LAUREATE AL YOUNG

THE PHILHARMONIC JAZZ COMBO

ADMISSION FREE - THEATER SEATING

TO GUARANTEE A SEAT

CALL 714-556-5160 Ext. 15

IRANIAN POETS OF OC

Majid Naficy

Leila Farjami

Shoja Adel

UGLY MUG

Daniel McGinn

G. Murray Thomas.

LAGUNA POETS

Kate Buckley

John Gardiner

Mike Sprake

TEBOT BACH

Kim Noriega

Paul Suntup

FACTORY READINGS

Leigh White (for Gypsy Den)

Gabriela Valdepena’ (for Alta)

NEIGHBORHOOD CUP

Marcia Cohee

Ron Gallagher

BARNES & NOBLE

Winners of poetry contest.

POETRY ON THE BUS CONTEST,

GRADES 6-12

Courtney Marotto, Hyoe Jin Park, Destiny

Deger, Keith Woods, Prita Patel, Chelsey

Dobbins, Terresa Eun, Tracy Gray

TEBOT BACH

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Salaam Bar Hamegy,
For our next Zanan gathering, I am very pleased to announce Dr Nahid Angha, the founder of the International Sufi Women Organization has kindly accepted my invitation. Dr Angha holds doctorate degree in Islamic Studies as well as in Psychology: Human Behavior, she is Co-Director of the International Association of Sufism (IAS), the Executive Editor of the quarterly journal, Sufism: An Inquiry, and the main representative of the IAS to the United Nations (NGO/DPI), and Marin Women's Hall of Fame Inductee, and her dedication to international peace has earned the IAS the UNESCO "Messenger of Manifesto 2000" award.

An internationally published author, featured in media and publication including White Fire: A Portrait of Women Spiritual Leaders in America and Women in Sufism: A Hidden Treasure, she is one of the major Muslim scholars of the present time with over fourteen published works.
Her dedication to peace has led her to serve as in various leadership roles in large-scale international interfaith organizations. Dr. Angha has given lectures and taught classes nationally as well as internationally, and created a cooperative educational partnership with the Dominican University of California through Building Bridges of Understanding Conference and Lecture Series that has featured prominent leaders.

Dr Angha will talk about "Sufism and Women" and the role and mission of the Sufi Women organization.

WHEN: Saturday May 12

TIME: 2 to 5 PM

LOCATION: Meeting Room
Claremont Branch Library
2940 Benvenue Ave, Berkeley, CA 94705

DIRECTION: From San Jose, Taking I-880 N
I-880 N becomes I-880 N/CA-84 W.
Take I-980 E towards WALNUT CREEK
Merge onto I-980 E.
Take CA-24 E towards BERKELEY/WALNUT
CREEK
Merge onto CA-24 E.
Take the CLAREMONT AVENUE exit.
Turn LEFT onto CLAREMONT AVE.
Turn SLIGHT LEFT onto COLLEGE AVE.
Turn LEFT onto ASHBY AVE /CA-13.
Turn LEFT onto BENVENUE AVE.

This meeting will be in Persian. Unless specified otherwise, Zanan meetings are women only.

Hope to see you all there,
Jamileh

Iranian Studies Group at MIT presents:

"Our Cultural Somber"
A lecture by: Aramech Dustdar



Saturday May 12, 2007

4:00-5:30 PM

Harvard University

Jefferson Physical Laboratory

17 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02139



The lecture will be conducted in Persian

Abstract: Aramech Dustdar, a philosopher in Cologne, received a PhD degree in western philosophy from University of Bonn Germany. He was teaching philosophy in University of Tehran between 1974 and 1979.



Aramesh Dustdar is the author of "Impossibility of Critical Thinking in Religious Culture ? Paris 2004" and "Gloomy Sparkles ? Cologne 1991", "Philosophical Considerations - Tehran 1976", among others. His philosophical essays have appeared in Persian language periodicals inside and outside of Iran.



Aramech Dustdar is known primarily for his writings on the concept of ``deen-khooei'' (religious mindedness). He believes that in a theocratic society, both religious people and atheists suffer from critical thinking inability and lose their ability to develop a questioning mind. For Dustdar, the Iranian culture is based on an unconscious religious attitude which prohibits the understanding of the modern world based on secularization and rationalization. Even when the Iranian intellectuals (like Akhundzadeh) seem to think in a non-religious way, it is the domination of a religious thought that characterizes them.



Aramech Dustdar considers Razi, Ferdowsi and Abdollah Roozbeh Ibn Moghaffah as prototypes of Iranian thinkers who had the ability to think critically. In his mind, Imam Mohammad Ghazzali, one of the greatest thinkers in Islam, and among the foremost theologians, is an example of numerous Iranians who never developed a capacity to think critically.



Although Dustdar has not proposed a solution for the problem, He does suggest that Iranians not copy western thinking. Instead, he calls for self-criticism as the only way to achieve modernism in Iran.





Te see the flyer in Persian, please visit our website:

http://isg-mit.org/lecture/?id=424&cat=next



To view a map, go to:

http://map.harvard.edu/level3.cfm?mapname=camb_allston&tile=F6&quadrant=C&serie=M







Direction to the Jefferson building:



By car:

From I-90 (Massachusetts Turnpike): Get off at Cambridge (exit 18). Turn left immediately onto Soldiers Field Road (west). Take Harvard Square exit, bear right across Anderson Bridge, and drive straight into Harvard Square. You'll pass Out of Town News on your right, then merge with Massachusetts Avenue. Keep Harvard Yard on your right. Stay to the right at the fork, and go into the underpass. Once you emerge from the tunnel, turn left onto Quincy Street and, after one block, left again onto Kirkland Street. Kirkland ends at the Science Center; turn right onto Oxford Street. Physics buildings Jefferson and Lyman are behind the DEAS McKay Laboratory on your left. Vehicle access is available further along on the left, but the only available public parking is on Oxford Street.



By subway:

Take the red line. Take inbound train (toward Alewife) to Harvard Square.



Once in Harvard Square:

Upon exiting the "T" station, walk into Harvard Yard to the statue of John Harvard; from here take path to your left, exit the yard and veer left, around the Science Center (modern white building). The large red-brick building in front of you is Jefferson. Elevator access to both Jefferson and Lyman is through Lyman.

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On May 12, 2007 at 6:30 PM at Judson Memorial Church Assembly Hall, 239 Thompson Street, (intersection of Thompson & Washington Sq. S.), NYC, NY



The American-Iranian Friendship Cmmttee (AIFC)and the Stop War On Iran Campaign are hosting an international forum and discussion on the growing threats by the U.S. against the people of Iran. Among important issues addressed: What's behind the U.S. drive for "regime change" in Iran? and What can you do to help the campaign to stop a new war in the Middle East? Speakers from AIFC, WESPAC (Westchester Peace and Action Coalition), and Troops Out Now Coalition.

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Cyminology

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Event Type
Concert
Date And Time
9:00 PM Saturday, May 12
Event Area
New York Metro
Event Location
Alwan for the arts
Description
Ancient Persian poetry from Omar Khayyam, Hafez, Nezami, ect. combined with contemporary World Jazz. Cymin Samawatie-vocal Benedikt Jahnel-piano Ralf Schwarz-bass Ketan Bhatti-drums
Event Photo

Admission Fee

E-Mail
mail@cyminology.de
Website
http://www.Cyminology.de
Contact Info
www.alwanforthearts.org