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Contains materials related to public programs during the time period, except for Awards and Colloquia which have separate series.

Abstract Fady Joudah, Poet and Rahim AlHaj, Oud Musician Presented in partnership with FotoFest and Arab American Cultural and Community Center Suggested donation $10In collaboration with FotoFest and the Arab American Cultural and Community Center, celebrated poet Fady Joudah and renowned musician Rahim AlHaj present an evening of Arab poetry and oud music. Fady Joudah is a Palestinian-American poet and physician. Joudah's poetry has been published in a variety of publications,...

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By Minoo Bhandara, Pakistani businessman, journalist and former legislator

Abstract with Dr. Mustapha Barghouti, Palestinian nationalist, a humanitarian, and a physician.Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi is a Palestinian nationalist, a humanitarian and a physician, who is nicknamed “the Alternative.” He is perceived by many Palestinians as the only viable alternative candidate and leader to both Hamas and the PLO. As a secular and democratic politician who has adamantly fought against the corruption that has engulfed the operations of the PLO in the West Bank, he has...

Abstract Nelofer Pazira was born in India and grew up in Kabul, Afghanistan during the Russian occupation of her country. The Paziras fled the war in 1989, when Nelofer was sixteen. After living as refugees in Pakistan for a year, the family migrated to Canada. She obtained a degree in Journalism and English Literature from Carleton University in Ottawa, and completed her MA thesis (Anthropology/Sociology and Religion) at Concordia University, Montreal. She received an honorary doctorate of laws,...

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Houstonians with the Fellowship of Reconciliation, Houston Peace Network. Participants of the conference attended, held on Chapel grounds. Participants formulated and signed a statement against war in the Gulf during the dinner held in their honor at the Menil Collection, which was sent to George Bush and Saddam Hussein

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Presentations by Robert Fisk, author and most decorated foreign correspondent for British newspaper: Independent

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Israeli Journalist Amira Haas

Abstract Audio installation featuring Avri Levitan (Tel Aviv) and Tyme Khleifi (Ramallah)On the 65th anniversary of the formation of the Israeli State and the Palestinian Nakba, at the top of each hour the Rothko Chapel will play DUET an audio installation by Scottish artist,Ross Birrell. DUET features recitals of Birrell's composition Lift Me Up For I Am Dying, inspired by poet John Keats last words, performed by a Palestinian and an Israeli viola player in the historic Spiegelsaal of...

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Hosted in association with the Department of History, Rice University; Department of Communications, Texas Southern University; Journalism Department, Houston Community College/Central College; School of Communications, University of Houston; and the Houston Chapter of the United Nations Association. Speaker: Ragip Duran, Turkish journalist, Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. Attendance: 100.