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Al-Mutanabbi Street: Poetry and Art from Tragedy - Afaf Nash and Susan Slyomovics
Afaf Nash reads "there is still a sun that rises…"by Abdul Satar (Abu Ali), from the documentary film A Candle for the Shabandar Cafe (directed by Emad Ali). Susan Slyomovics reads the English translation of the same poem.
Posted: 4/26/2012
The Emerging Cultural and Creative Industries in the Greater China Economy: The Cross-strait Co-opetitive Strategy
Professor DONG, is currently a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at UCLA and UCSD. He specializes in digital content and cultural & creative industries, industrial research of motion pictures, innovation & entrepreneurship and investment, intellectual property and Asia-Pacific business strategies.
Posted: 4/26/2012
The Internet and Social Mobilization in China
A public lecture by Professor Yong HU on how the Internet helps build links and facilitates collective action in China.
Posted: 4/26/2012
A Night with Abbas Maroufi (in Persian)
A talk and reading by Abbas Maroufi, author of The Symphony of the Dead
Posted: 4/23/2012
How much Arabic is in my poems: A Poetry reading interspersed by an essay on poetics and politics
Poet Maged Zaher
Posted: 4/23/2012
The Modern Recovery of the Ismaili Legacy and Its Importance for the Study of the Fatimids
A lecture by Paul Walker, University of Chicago
Posted: 4/23/2012
Thai Smakom to host 14th annual culture night event
Student group's annual event to feature drama, dance and music performance
Posted: 4/19/2012
French scholar awarded 2012 Guggenheim Fellowship
Professor Laure Murat is this year's lone UCLA recipient
Posted: 4/18/2012
Honoring Iranian films on the big screen
UCLA Film and Television Archive celebrates tradition, conviction of Iranian filmmakers with eight-part series
Posted: 4/13/2012
For this acclaimed writer, Southern California is the perfect hideaway
UCLA Professor Alain Mabanckou will celebrate the American debut of his award-winning and recently translated book "Memoirs of a Porcupine" with a reading at the Hammer Museum on May 1, 2012.
Posted: 4/5/2012
Poets, writers mark anniversary of bombing of Baghdad's cultural center
Center for Near Eastern Studies collaborates to keep memory of al-Mutanabbi Street alive
Posted: 3/27/2012
Manthia Diawara will provide an analysis of the films of Abderrhamane Sissako and Haroun Mahat Saleh
Manthia Diawara, NYU.
Posted: 3/26/2012
Expanding Horizons: Pumzi, Science Fiction and African Cinema
A Podcast by Jude G. Akudinobi, UC Santa Barbara.
Posted: 3/22/2012
Framing Biopolitics: Jo Ramaka's Cinema of Power
Dr. Akinwumi Adesokan, Indiana University
Posted: 3/21/2012
A Poetry Reading by Granaz Mousavi (in Persian)
From the panel discussion "Secularism and Gender in Iran of Today"
Posted: 3/14/2012
Al-Mutanabbi Street: Poetry and Art from Tragedy - Aram Saroyan
Aram Saroyan reads "Night in Hamdan" by Saadi Yousef, translated by Khaled Mattawa, followed by his own poem "Autobiography".
Posted: 3/14/2012
Al-Mutanabbi Street: Poetry and Art from Tragedy - Beau Beausoleil
Beau Beausoleil reads "TV Terror" by Huda Al-Marashi and follows with closing remarks for the reading.
Posted: 3/14/2012
Al-Mutanabbi Street: Poetry and Art from Tragedy - Elline Lipkin
Elline Lipkin reads Adnan Mohsen's "More Rare," followed by her own poem written with Aga Shahid Ali entitled "Al-Mutanabbi Street."
Posted: 3/14/2012
Al-Mutanabbi Street: Poetry and Art from Tragedy - Jim Natal
Jim Natal reads his own poem entitled "The Street of the Poet".
Posted: 3/14/2012
Al-Mutanabbi Street: Poetry and Art from Tragedy - Tania Baban and Jen Hofer
Tania Baban reads "A Half-Burned Page on Al Mutanabbi Street" by Dunya Mikhail in Arabic. Jen Hofer reads the English translation of the same poem, translated by Dunya Mikhail, Dima Hilal, and Beau Beausoleil. She follows with her own poem "less then more then less again".
Posted: 3/14/2012
Archaeologist investigates legend of mythical ruler of ancient Peru
Christopher Donnan’s revelations Naymlap and his findings at two sites are detailed in his new 268-page book “Chotuna and Chornancap: Excavating an Ancient Peruvian Legend.”
Posted: 3/13/2012
"Dissolving Localities" - A multimedia portrait of Jerusalem by Emmanuel Witzthum
Podcast introduction of an audio/visual project in which the sights and sounds of daily life in Jerusalem are transformed into a work of art.
Posted: 3/12/2012
UCLA community unites to remember those lost from the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan a year ago
"Moving Forward: Life After the Great East Japan Earthquake," an exhibit featuring large-scale photographs, short articles and videos, runs until April 15 at the Fowler Museum.
Posted: 3/12/2012
Al-Mutanabbi Street: Poetry and Art from Tragedy - Janet Sternburg
Janet Sternburg reads a poem written in the 10th century by an anonymous author, followed by her own poem entitled "Seeds".
Posted: 3/9/2012
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