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[Email us at [EMAIL PROTECTED] by no later than tomorrow morning if you are planning to attend to let us know how many will be in your party.] Important Event Resistance Through Culture Al-Awda San Diego Annual Celebration Where: Al-Awda Community Center in Carlsbad When: Saturday May 5, 2007 starting 6:00 PM Admission Free! All Welcome! Ahlan wa Sahlan! Please advertise, call and invite your friends! a.. Topic: Resistance through Culture b.. Speakers Dr. Manal Swairjo and Nader Abuljebain c.. Social plus free delicious Arabic food prior to presentations - (Food will include Chicken Shawerma, Rice, Hummus, Baba Ghannoush (Mutabbal), Salad, Baklawa etc - all halal) About The Speakers: Dr. Manal Swairjo is an Arab American activist of Palestinian origin. She was born in Gaza, Palestine and emigrated to the United States in 1989 where she studied and worked. She is currently an assistant professor of Biochemistry at Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA. Besides a career in science, Swairjo is active in various human and civil rights forums. She is a current member of the San Diego chapter of Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition, member of the American Arab Advisory Committee to the San Diego Chief of Police, and former board member of the San Diego chapter of the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (1999-2000). She is author of columns and essays on Arab culture and literature in US and other publications. Nader Abuljebain is an Arab American activist of Palestinian origin, born as a refugee in Kuwait, and immigrated to the USA in 1990. He is past president of the Los Angeles Orange County chapter of the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. He is a member of the national steering committee of the Free Palestine Alliance, a founding and a national board member of the National Council of Arab Americans and Al-Awda, and its third (2005) and (fifth) 2007 convention host committees. He is a speaker about Arab and Palestinian issues in general, and Zionism and the Right to Return in particular. His highly acclaimed book entitled "Palestinian History in Postage Stamps" was published by the Institute of Palestine Studies and the Welfare Association. He is very involved in preserving Arab Palestinian cultural heritage. Nader is also a labor union officer. Important Note: To help us provide enough food, please email us at [EMAIL PROTECTED] by no later than tomorrow morning if you are planning to attend and let us know how many will be in your party. DIRECTIONS Al-Awda's Community Center is located at 2734 Loker Avenue West Suite K, Carlsbad, CA 92010. From I-5, exit Palomar Airport Blvd and head East - make a left on Loker Avenue West (first left after you cross El Camino Real) and left into Carlsbad Crossroads business center (look for the large Carlsbad Crossroads sign). End 2734 Loker Avenue West Suite K. >From I-15, exit I-78 West. From I-78 exit San Marcos Blvd and head West. San >Marcos Blvd becomes Palomar Airport Blvd when you enter Carlsbad. Loker Avenue >West will be on your right, past the Melrose Drive and El Fuerte >intersections. Other directions as above. >From El Camino Real, go East on Palomar Airport Blvd and make a (first) left >on Loker Avenue West. Other directions as above. Parking is free - plenty available. Donations welcome For more information, contact: Al-Awda San Diego The Palestine Right to Return Coalition PO Box 131352 Carlsbad, CA 92013, USA Tel: 760-685-3243 Fax: 360-933-3568 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WEB: http://al-awdasandiego.org ================================================================= Uniting for the Return: Al-Awda's Fifth Annual International Convention http://al-awda.org/convention5/signup2.html Support Al-Awda, a Great Organization and Cause! http://www.al-awda.org/youtube.html Become an Al-Awda Sustainer: Monthly: http://al-awda.org/sustainers.html Annual: http://al-awda.org/sustainers2.html ================================================================= [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! 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