Abstract Saving Iraqi Culture Dr. Nada Shabout Thursday, October 5, 2006 at 7:30 PM Dr. Nada Shabout, Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of North Texas, will discuss the damage inflicted on Iraq’s cultural artifacts by the current war and the need for their restoration. Considered one of the world's leading authorities on contemporary Iraqi art, Dr. Shabout traveled to Iraq in 2003 to construct a list of artworks missing and stolen from the Iraqi...

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By renowned author and scholar, Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies, Columbia University

Abstract Rev. Rita Nakashima Brock, Ph.D. Suggested donation $10 In 2014 America will end combat in its longest war in history, the war in Afghanistan. What does that mean for veterans returning to civilian society? After experiencing the dehumanizing atrocities of war, how do veterans repair morally and spiritually? How can we help? Author and minister Rev. Rita Nakashima Brock, Ph.D. discusses the challenges inherent in recovering morally and spiritually from war, and what we can do to...

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Presented by George Galloway, member of British parliament. Sponsored by Houston Association of the United Nations Association, Houston Fellowship of Reconciliation, Pakistani Chamber of Commerce, Pax Christi

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Presented by Terje Rod Larson. Event canceled.

Abstract The Other Side of Israel: My Journey Across the Jewish-Arab Divide Susan Nathan Wednesday, October 25, 2006, at 7:00 PM *Please note this event will not be held at The Rothko Chapel. While living in Tel Aviv for four years, Susan Nathan became increasingly concerned about the Israeli government's systematic discrimination against the Arab-Israeli citizens. Against all the advice of her friends, she decided to move to the town of Tamra in northern Israel in...

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Unique, mystical, spiritual music from Jewish, Arab, and Armenian traditions

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Speak Truth to Power series. Wright, former US Deputy Chief of Mission at the US Embassy in Mongolia, resigned in March 2003 due to her disagreement with the Bush Administration’s decision to go to war in Iraq, its policies on unnecessary curtailment of rights in America, its lack of efforts in resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and its lack of policy on North Korea

Abstract Film Screening and Dialogue Heather Courtney Suggested donation $10In light of the withdrawal of the majority of combat troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2014, Where Soldiers Come From is a timely, Emmy-award winning documentary by Heather Courtney that follows the four-year journey of childhood friends forever changed by America’s longest war. Where Soldiers Come From looks beyond the guns and policies of an ongoing war to tell a human story about family, friendship, and...

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At the Zoroastrian Society