From zsaab at MIT.EDU  Sat Mar  1 14:42:37 2008
From: zsaab at MIT.EDU (Zeina Ghaleb Saab)
Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2008 14:42:37 -0500
Subject: [LCM Events] ASO/LCM present: The Arab Research Seminar Series -
	Session 3
Message-ID: <20080301144237.3uwo6knvp1hc4cs0@webmail.mit.edu>

Dear All,

The Arab Students Organization and the Lebanese Club at MIT are co-
organizing a research seminar series for Arab students/researchers at
MIT.  Please join us next *WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5 at 7pm* for our first 2008 session
of the series.

As many of you know, this is a new forum for Arab students/researchers to
interact with each other and to learn about the great research being done here
at MIT.  We hope you will join us for some exciting talks and some delicious
food from Aceituna Cafe.

The two speakers for this event are:
--- Ghassan Fayad, a Ph.D. candidate from Mechanical Engineering.
Ghassan will discuss his work on modeling bio-molecule separation in
nanoscale flow environments.

--- Saja FakhralDeen, a SB candidate from Biological Engineering.
Saja will discuss her work on genes that regulate the repair of DNA
damage.

The talks will be 20 min each and will start at 7pm in room 4-163.

Details:
Arab Research Seminar Series
Wednesday March 5
7pm
MIT Room 4-163

Location of Room: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=4&Buildings=go

Hope to see you there!

Best,
Zeina
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From hnkaram at MIT.EDU  Sun Mar  2 14:43:42 2008
From: hnkaram at MIT.EDU (Hanan Karam)
Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2008 14:43:42 -0500
Subject: [LCM Events] PLZ FWD: VIGIL FOR GAZA::MONDAY: 3 MARCH,
	2008::11.45 A.M
Message-ID: <47CB036E.7090803@mit.edu>

****CALL FOR A SOLIDARITY VIGIL FOR GAZA**** 
MONDAY, 3 MARCH, 2008
11.45 A.M.

 
Location: Harvard Square, in front of Au Bon Pain

 
On Saturday 1 March, in *the bloodiest single day since the beginning of 
the second Intifada in 2000*, US-funded Israeli troops invaded Gaza, 
killing at least 61 Palestinians and wounding more than 200. Over the 
last four days, 96 Palestinians have been killed, a third of them 
children. *This year alone, over 200 Palestinians have been killed* by 
Israeli forces. Meanwhile, Israeli sanctions continue to choke off 
Gazans from basic needs such as food, clean water, electricity, and 
medicine.
 
We are calling on the Cambridge/Boston community to gather in a 
*solidarity vigil demo* to voice resounding opposition to the ongoing 
violence against innocent victims.

 
End the siege *** End the occupation
 
Oppose $30 Billion Military Aid Package to Israel
http://endtheoccupation.org/article.php?list=type&type=208 
<http://endtheoccupation.org/article.php?list=type&type=208>
 
 Ceasefire Now! Petition
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/ceasefirenow/
 
*MY NAME IS RACHEL CORRIE*
*New England Premiere*
March 8 -- March 30, 2008
http://arsenalarts.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=202&Itemid=33 
<http://arsenalarts.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=202&Itemid=33>
 
PLEASE CIRCULATE AND ANOUNCE (you can print the attached flier)
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From zsaab at MIT.EDU  Mon Mar  3 13:11:37 2008
From: zsaab at MIT.EDU (Zeina Ghaleb Saab)
Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:11:37 -0500
Subject: [LCM Events] Job Opportunity in Lebanon With 'Consulting and
	Development	Services'
Message-ID: <20080303131137.g513chwuozs4k0kg@webmail.mit.edu>

Dear All,

For those interested, please find attached some information about a job
opportunity in Lebanon with 'Consulting and Development Services' (CDS).

Best,
Zeina
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From zsaab at MIT.EDU  Tue Mar  4 15:33:12 2008
From: zsaab at MIT.EDU (Zeina Ghaleb Saab)
Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:33:12 -0500
Subject: [LCM Events] Reminder: TOMORROW - Arab Research Seminar Series at
	7pm
Message-ID: <20080304153312.gzezt036p6o000k8@webmail.mit.edu>

Dear All,

Don't forget to join us tomorrow night for the seminar series.  Food from
Aceituna will be served!

Details:
Arab Research Seminar Series
Wednesday March 5
7pm
MIT Room 4-163

More details below.

Hope to see you there!

Best,
Zeina

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Arab Students Organization and the Lebanese Club at MIT are co-
organizing a research seminar series for Arab students/researchers at
MIT.  Please join us next *WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5 at 7pm* for our first 2008 session
of the series.

As many of you know, this is a new forum for Arab students/researchers to
interact with each other and to learn about the great research being done here
at MIT.  We hope you will join us for some exciting talks and some delicious
food from Aceituna Cafe.

The two speakers for this event are:
--- Ghassan Fayad, a Ph.D. candidate from Mechanical Engineering.
Ghassan will discuss his work on modeling bio-molecule separation in
nanoscale flow environments.

--- Saja FakhralDeen, a SB candidate from Biological Engineering.
Saja will discuss her work on genes that regulate the repair of DNA
damage.

The talks will be 20 min each and will start at 7pm in room 4-163.

Details:
Arab Research Seminar Series
Wednesday March 5
7pm
MIT Room 4-163

Location of Room: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=4&Buildings=go

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From zsaab at MIT.EDU  Thu Mar  6 13:46:15 2008
From: zsaab at MIT.EDU (Zeina Ghaleb Saab)
Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:46:15 -0500
Subject: [LCM Events] LIBANISSIMO: Friday, April 4th - SAVE THE DATE!
Message-ID: <20080306134615.ns0inysvh7ccw0g0@webmail.mit.edu>

Dear All,

LIBANISSIMO IS BACK!  Yes, due to high demand, LCM is planning another
unforgettable, much-anticipated night for this year!

Please mark your calendars for **FRIDAY, APRIL 4th.**  Spread the word!

More details coming soon!

Best,
Zeina

From tzoummar at yahoo.com  Thu Mar  6 20:56:13 2008
From: tzoummar at yahoo.com (Tania Zoummar)
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 17:56:13 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [LCM Events] International Night is back!
Message-ID: <634585.67102.qm@web37102.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Hi guys,
  This is to let you know that we?ve partnered once again with SYNERGY to bring International Night back to Boston.
  I?ve attached the event flyer for more information.  
  Tickets are selling fast
 buy yours today by going to: http://www.naaponline.org/boston/intlnight.asp or drop by this Sunday at the Nile Lounge to purchase your ticket in person.
  If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me directly.
  BR,
  Tania
   
  *********************************************
  MUSIC: Arabic Cocktail and Dance Music
Music by: DJ Reaz and Farhan
Henna Tattoo Artist: Heather
Live Percussionist: JonnyB

8 PM - 10 PM (Exclusive to NAAP-Boston)
  10 PM - 2 AM (open to public)
Dress Code: Trendy. Event is 21+ 

Cost: $25 in advance with portion of the proceeds going directly to NAAP-Boston

Come meet an attractive and eclectic international crowd with beautiful hostesses greeting you at the door. 

Experience the event that continues to raise the bar in Boston!

CHURCH Bar Boston
69 Kilmarnock St, Boston 
(between Peterborough St & Queensberry St)

SYNERGY: A series of events connecting like-minded professionals with a shared love for good people, great music and amazing art. Join us as we re-define Boston's nightlife scene. Meet an eclectic group of outgoing professionals in a high-energy setting.

       
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From zsaab at MIT.EDU  Sun Mar  9 15:22:14 2008
From: zsaab at MIT.EDU (Zeina Ghaleb Saab)
Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2008 15:22:14 -0400
Subject: [LCM Events] Fairuz Documentary Screening + Fundraiser - WEDNESDAY
	MARCH 19
Message-ID: <20080309152214.zl5aumbftusk04kw@webmail.mit.edu>

Dear All,

Please join the Lebanese Club and the World Lebanese Cultural Union on
*Wednesday, March 19* for an exciting event that will draw Lebanese from around
the Boston community.

The highlight of the evening will be a screening of an award-winning documentary
on Fairuz.

In addition, a fundraiser will be held to support Lebanese charities, including
SESOBEL -- an organization dedicated to helping disabled children and their
families.

Details:

Date: Wednesday, March 19
Time: 6:30pm
Location: 1-190
http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=1&Buildings=go

The agenda for the evening will be as follows:

6:30pm - Lebanese dinner will be served
7:15pm - Presentation/Fundraiser for SESOBEL and other Lebanese charities
7:30pm - Documentary Screening on Fairuz

The following website provides details on SESOBEL:
http://www.sesobel.org/english/index.asp

For more information on the documentary, please see the description below.

Should you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email me.

We look forward to hosting a large crowd of students and professionals!
Please spread the word!

Best,
Zeina

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
For half a century, the Lebanese singer Fairuz has been a living legend in the
Arab world. Her home is Beirut, once a thriving seaport known as "the Paris of
the Middle East," and a haven for those fleeing religious or ethnic
persecution. In 1975, however, a civil war that was to rage for fifteen years
disrupted this idyllic situation. Throughout the civil war Fairuz remained in
Beirut, and everyone - whether Christian, Muslim, left-wing or right-wing,
people from all the groups that were murdering each other - continued to love
this singer with the nightingale voice.

WE LOVED EACH OTHER SO MUCH portrays the love of diverse Beirut inhabitants for
this diva. Through the music, and the myths that grew around Fairuz, they tell
their life stories, and narrate the tragic, stirring history of their city.
Their reminiscences, combined with Fairuz' songs and her story, provide a
moving commentary on Lebanon's tumultuous history, traces of which are still
visible in Beirut's devastated cityscape and bullet-scared building.

Today Fairuz is a cultural phenomenon whose appeal has spread far beyond the
Arab world. Offering viewers a revealing and captivating introduction to this
singer, and her place in Lebanese history and culture, WE LOVED EACH OTHER SO
MUCH also powerfully shows how music and the emotions it stirs can transcend
political and religious differences.

"Offers many wonderful moments, both light and intense. Fairuz's songs seem to
make the difficult situation of the Middle East easier for everyone." Al
Jadid: A Review & Record of Arab Culture and Arts

"Highly Recommended! Just as great writing does, all great filmmaking transcends
its subject. WE LOVED EACH OTHER SO MUCH is supposed to be about the legendary
Arab singer Fairuz, but is so much more. Intimate and poignant... documentary
filmmaking at its finest." Educational Media Reviews Online

** 2004 Middle East Studies Association FilmFest
** 2004 San Francisco Arab Film Festival
** 2004 Vancouver International Film Festival

Directed by Jack Janssen
Produced by Pieter Van Huystee

From gaylee at gmail.com  Fri Mar 14 16:52:39 2008
From: gaylee at gmail.com (Gaylee Saliba)
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:52:39 -0400
Subject: [LCM Events] Liver Foundation - take a minute to read this
Message-ID: <af76047e0803141352h523ded44v1ed9af47b14f73ec@mail.gmail.com>

Hi everyone,

Most of you know me well enough or long enough to know that every year (for
the last 5 yrs) I run the Boston Marathon for a good cause. This will be my
2nd marathon running for the American Liver Foundation's Run For Research
Team. The ALF is the nation's leading nonprofit organization promoting liver
health and disease prevention. ALF provides research, education and advocacy
for those affected by liver-related diseases including hepatitis. This year
alone, liver cancer deaths rose by 10%. This is an alarming number and more
needs to be done to save the lives of those affected - everyone deserves a
chance to live and be healthy.

Last year and this year, I have had the honor to run for a little boy named
Dominic. Dominic is 13 years old and has had 3 liver transplants already.
His body has rejected the first 2 transplants he got. The only thing that
gets me through the long hours of training during the cold Boston winter is
Dominic and the fight to keep him healthy.

This cause is wonderful and I urge all of you to donate. Not tomorrow, or
next week, but today - if you intend to, please don't put it off... You will
forget. There is no better time. I'm not asking for any particular amount.
No donation is too small or too big. Feeling tight with money? A mere 25$
from 200 people would yield 5000$. Is 25$ too much to ask? To eat 1 meal in
at home rather than dining out? Is that too much to ask to help people like
Dominic have a chance to live and maybe enjoy eating out? I would say not.

You can make donations on my website:
http://www.active.com/donate/liverteam08/gayleesaliba

International credit cards are accepted and contributions are
tax-deductible.
For more information, visit: http://www.liverfoundation.org
Our team: http://www.liverteam.org
Your Liver. Your Life. Love your Liver.


I thank you all for taking the time to read this, and do come out and watch
if you're around Boston on April 21st!
 Wishing you health & happiness.

-- 
 Gaylee Saliba
Systems Engineer II, Radar Systems
Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems
339.645.8862 office
339.645.6670 fax
Gaylee_F_Saliba at raytheon.com
http://www.active.com/donate/liverteam08/gayleesaliba
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From zsaab at MIT.EDU  Sat Mar 15 15:53:39 2008
From: zsaab at MIT.EDU (Zeina Ghaleb Saab)
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:53:39 -0400
Subject: [LCM Events] Reminder: Fairuz Documentary Screening + Fundraiser -
	WEDNESDAY	MARCH 19
Message-ID: <20080315155339.t2q0gksqna0cs0kk@webmail.mit.edu>

Dear All,

Please join the Lebanese Club and the World Lebanese Cultural Union on
*Wednesday, March 19* for an exciting event that will draw Lebanese from around
the Boston community.

The highlight of the evening will be a screening of an award-winning documentary
on Fairuz.

In addition, a fundraiser will be held to support Lebanese charities, including
SESOBEL -- an organization dedicated to helping disabled children and their
families.

Details:

Date: Wednesday, March 19
Time: 6:30pm
Location: 1-190
http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=1&Buildings=go

The agenda for the evening will be as follows:

6:30pm - Lebanese dinner will be served
7:15pm - Presentation/Fundraiser for SESOBEL and other Lebanese charities
7:30pm - Documentary Screening on Fairuz

The following website provides details on SESOBEL:
http://www.sesobel.org/english/index.asp

For more information on the documentary, please see the description below.

Should you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email me.

We look forward to hosting a large crowd of students and professionals!
Please spread the word!

Best,
Zeina

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
For half a century, the Lebanese singer Fairuz has been a living legend in the
Arab world. Her home is Beirut, once a thriving seaport known as "the Paris of
the Middle East," and a haven for those fleeing religious or ethnic
persecution. In 1975, however, a civil war that was to rage for fifteen years
disrupted this idyllic situation. Throughout the civil war Fairuz remained in
Beirut, and everyone - whether Christian, Muslim, left-wing or right-wing,
people from all the groups that were murdering each other - continued to love
this singer with the nightingale voice.

WE LOVED EACH OTHER SO MUCH portrays the love of diverse Beirut inhabitants for
this diva. Through the music, and the myths that grew around Fairuz, they tell
their life stories, and narrate the tragic, stirring history of their city.
Their reminiscences, combined with Fairuz' songs and her story, provide a
moving commentary on Lebanon's tumultuous history, traces of which are still
visible in Beirut's devastated cityscape and bullet-scared building.

Today Fairuz is a cultural phenomenon whose appeal has spread far beyond the
Arab world. Offering viewers a revealing and captivating introduction to this
singer, and her place in Lebanese history and culture, WE LOVED EACH OTHER SO
MUCH also powerfully shows how music and the emotions it stirs can transcend
political and religious differences.

"Offers many wonderful moments, both light and intense. Fairuz's songs seem to
make the difficult situation of the Middle East easier for everyone." Al
Jadid: A Review & Record of Arab Culture and Arts

"Highly Recommended! Just as great writing does, all great filmmaking transcends
its subject. WE LOVED EACH OTHER SO MUCH is supposed to be about the legendary
Arab singer Fairuz, but is so much more. Intimate and poignant... documentary
filmmaking at its finest." Educational Media Reviews Online

** 2004 Middle East Studies Association FilmFest
** 2004 San Francisco Arab Film Festival
** 2004 Vancouver International Film Festival

Directed by Jack Janssen
Produced by Pieter Van Huystee

From hazemz at MIT.EDU  Mon Mar 17 11:55:33 2008
From: hazemz at MIT.EDU (Hazem Zureiqat)
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:55:33 -0400
Subject: [LCM Events] Award Winners - 5th Annual MIT ASO Science and
	Technology Awards Banquet
Message-ID: <cac37cf30803170855p1be7a370vbfe03fabe062e833@mail.gmail.com>

Dear members and friends of the MIT Arab Students Organization,



It is my pleasure to announce the winners of this year's Young Professional
Award, Graduate Student Award, and Undergraduate Student Award. The three
awards will be presented at the 5th Annual MIT ASO Science and Technology
Awards Banquet, during which we will honor Dr. Ahmed Zewail, Professor of
Chemistry and Physics at Caltech and winner of the 1999 Nobel Prize in
Chemistry.



The winners are:



*Young Professional Award:*

Dr. Dina Katabi

Associate Professor

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Massachusetts Institute of Technology



*Graduate Student Award:*

Loai Naamani

Doctoral Student

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Massachusetts Institute of Technology



*Undergraduate Student Award:*

Ibrahim Kanan

Class of 2008

Department of Mechnical Engineering

Massachusetts Institute of Technology



On behalf of the Selection Committee, the ASO Executive Committee, and the
organizing committee for the 5th Annual MIT ASO Science and Technology
Awards Banquet, I would like to congratulate the three winners for being
selected to receive this year's awards. The winners were chosen based on
their scholastic, research, and community achievements and contributions.
They represent the excellence and high distinction that have become a
trademark of the ASO's science and technology awards.



I would also like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the exceptional
pool of nominations that we received over the past few weeks. Each and every
nominee was truly worthy of the award for which they were being nominated.
The competition this year was unprecedented and only made the job of the
selection committee members harder!



The 5th Annual MIT ASO Science and Technology Awards Banquet will be held at
6pm on Saturday, April 26, 2008, at the Republic Ballroom in the Sheraton
Boston Hotel and Towers.



Details on ticket sales will be announced later today. We look forward to
seeing you all at the awards banquet.



Kind Regards,



Hazem Zureiqat
Lead Organizer
MIT ASO 5th Annual Science and Technology Awards Banquet

hazemz at mit.edu
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From hazemz at MIT.EDU  Mon Mar 17 23:15:09 2008
From: hazemz at MIT.EDU (Hazem Zureiqat)
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:15:09 -0400
Subject: [LCM Events] TICKETS ON SALE for the 5th Annual MIT ASO Science and
	Technology Awards Banquet
Message-ID: <cac37cf30803172015w66d02b49tb534a65ff7d3bf1@mail.gmail.com>

PLEASE CIRCULATE

Tickets are now on sale for the 5th Annual MIT Arab Students Organization's
Science and Technology Awards Banquet

To purchase your ticket online, please go to:
http://web.mit.edu/arab/
and follow the link on the upper right corner of the page.

To purchase a paper ticket, please contact arab-comm at mit.edu or call Hazem
Zureiqat at 651-214-2930.

Guest tickets are $75 each.
* A limited number of discounted student tickets are available. These
tickets cost $20 for MIT students and $30 for non-MIT students. For more
information on student tickets, please contact arab-comm at mit.edu.

** Ticket sales will close one week before the event.

See below for more information about the event.

----------------------------------------------------------------------

The MIT Arab Students Organization proudly presents:

The 5th Annual MIT ASO Science and Technology Awards Banquet

Keynote speaker and recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award:
Dr. Ahmed Zewail, Professor, California Institute of Technology
Winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1999)

Recipient of the Young Professional Award:
Dr. Dina Katabi, Associate Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Recipient of the Graduate Student Award:
Loai Naamani, Doctoral Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Recipient of the Undergraduate Student Award:
Ibrahim Kanan '08, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

When:
Saturday, April 26, 2008
6pm ? 7pm: Reception
7pm ? 10pm: Dinner and Presentation of Awards

Where:
Republic Ballroom, Sheraton Boston Hotel and Towers
39 Dalton Street, Boston, MA

About the MIT ASO Science and Technology Awards:

Every year, the Arab students at MIT organize the MIT ASO Science and
Technology Awards to recognize outstanding Arab contributions to science and
technology in the US. The ceremony consists of the following awards:

1. The Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes the career-long achievements of
a leading scientist or technologist of Arab origin.
2. The Young Professional Award recognizes the early career achievements of
a young Arab-American scientist or technologist.
3. The Student Awards, given to one Graduate student and one Undergraduate
student, recognize the academic and leadership achievements of outstanding
Arab students in any US campus. Each of these awards comes with a $1,000
cash scholarship.

About this year's Lifetime Achievement Award winner, Dr. Ahmed  Zewail:

Ahmed Zewail is presently the Linus Pauling Chair Professor of Chemistry and
Professor of Physics, and the Director of the Physical Biology Center for
UST and the NSF Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (LMS) at the California
Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California.

Professor Zewail was awarded the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his
pioneering developments in the field of femtoscience, making it possible to
observe the movement of the individual atoms in a femtosecond, a split
second that is a millionth of a billionth of a second. Such a
development?which literally changed our view of the dynamics of matter?holds
great promise in the areas of technology and life sciences. Currently his
research interests include the biological sciences, the complexity of
molecular function and the new development of ultrafast diffraction for the
imaging of transient structures in space and time with atomic-scale
resolution.

Professor Zewail was educated in Egypt, received his B.S. (with first class
honors) and M.S. from Alexandria University, and his Ph.D. from the
University of Pennsylvania. His honors include more than 100 prizes and
awards, Orders of Merit, and Orders of States from around the world. These
include the Robert A. Welch Prize, Wolf Prize, King Faisal Prize, Benjamin
Franklin Medal, Peter Debye Award, and the E. O. Lawrence Award. From Egypt
he received the Order of the Grand Collar of the Nile, the highest state
honor, and postage stamps were issued to honor his contributions to science
and humanity.

He holds honorary degrees in the sciences, arts, philosophy, law, medicine,
and literature from universities and institutions around the world including
the U.S.A., England, Switzerland, Egypt, Belgium, Australia, Canada, India,
Italy, Scotland, Korea, Sweden, France, China, Mexico, Ireland, Japan,
Lebanon, and Argentina. He is an elected member of national and
international academies and societies, including the National Academy of
Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, the American Academy of
Achievement, the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, the European Academy of
Arts, Sciences, and Humanities, the Royal Society of London, the Russian
Academy of Sciences, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Academy of
Sciences of Malaysia, and the French Academy of Sciences. He is on the Board
of Trustees and Board of Directors of national and international foundations
and universities, and holds the Honorary Chair at the United Nations
University.

Professor Zewail is renowned for his public lectures and writings
encompassing science and technology, education and world affairs, and for
his tireless efforts to help the population of the have-nots. In his recent
biography Voyage through Time?Walks of Life to the Nobel Prize, he gives an
expos? of his life and work until the receipt of the Nobel Prize, and he
suggests a concrete course of action for the world of the have-nots and for
a new vision of world order.

Ahmed Zewail is the father of four children and lives in California.

(Source: Professor Zewail's website)
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From zsaab at MIT.EDU  Wed Mar 19 02:56:48 2008
From: zsaab at MIT.EDU (Zeina Ghaleb Saab)
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 02:56:48 -0400
Subject: [LCM Events] Fairuz Event TONIGHT
Message-ID: <20080319025648.ouhxrzhjmeg48co0@webmail.mit.edu>

Dear All,

Don't forget to pass by 1-190 *tonight* for an exciting event that will draw
Lebanese from around the Boston community.

The highlight of the evening will be a screening of an award-winning documentary
on Fairuz.

In addition, a fundraiser will be held to support Lebanese charities, including
SESOBEL -- an organization dedicated to helping disabled children and their
families.

Details:

Date: Wednesday, March 19
Time: 6:30pm
Location: 1-190
http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=1&Buildings=go

Please note that this is a FREE event.

The agenda for the evening will be as follows:

6:30pm - Lebanese dinner will be served
7:15pm - Presentation/Fundraiser for SESOBEL and other Lebanese charities
7:30pm - Documentary Screening on Fairuz

The following website provides details on SESOBEL:
http://www.sesobel.org/english/index.asp

For more information on the documentary, please see the description below.

Should you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email me.

We look forward to hosting a large crowd of students and professionals!
Please spread the word!

Best,
Zeina

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For half a century, the Lebanese singer Fairuz has been a living legend in the
Arab world. Her home is Beirut, once a thriving seaport known as "the Paris of
the Middle East," and a haven for those fleeing religious or ethnic
persecution. In 1975, however, a civil war that was to rage for fifteen years
disrupted this idyllic situation. Throughout the civil war Fairuz remained in
Beirut, and everyone - whether Christian, Muslim, left-wing or right-wing,
people from all the groups that were murdering each other - continued to love
this singer with the nightingale voice.

WE LOVED EACH OTHER SO MUCH portrays the love of diverse Beirut inhabitants for
this diva. Through the music, and the myths that grew around Fairuz, they tell
their life stories, and narrate the tragic, stirring history of their city.
Their reminiscences, combined with Fairuz' songs and her story, provide a
moving commentary on Lebanon's tumultuous history, traces of which are still
visible in Beirut's devastated cityscape and bullet-scared building.

Today Fairuz is a cultural phenomenon whose appeal has spread far beyond the
Arab world. Offering viewers a revealing and captivating introduction to this
singer, and her place in Lebanese history and culture, WE LOVED EACH OTHER SO
MUCH also powerfully shows how music and the emotions it stirs can transcend
political and religious differences.

"Offers many wonderful moments, both light and intense. Fairuz's songs seem to
make the difficult situation of the Middle East easier for everyone." Al
Jadid: A Review & Record of Arab Culture and Arts

"Highly Recommended! Just as great writing does, all great filmmaking transcends
its subject. WE LOVED EACH OTHER SO MUCH is supposed to be about the legendary
Arab singer Fairuz, but is so much more. Intimate and poignant... documentary
filmmaking at its finest." Educational Media Reviews Online

** 2004 Middle East Studies Association FilmFest
** 2004 San Francisco Arab Film Festival
** 2004 Vancouver International Film Festival

Directed by Jack Janssen
Produced by Pieter Van Huystee

From zsaab at MIT.EDU  Mon Mar 24 01:04:06 2008
From: zsaab at MIT.EDU (Zeina Ghaleb Saab)
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:04:06 -0400
Subject: [LCM Events] LIBANISSIMO VIII - Friday, April 4th
Message-ID: <20080324010406.hlv9yd8cdlsgo0gk@webmail.mit.edu>

Dear All,

The much-anticipated LIBANISSIMO VIII is in less than two weeks!

Make sure to save the date, buy your tickets, and spread the word for what is
sure to be another unforgettable night!

*FRIDAY, APRIL 4*  9pm-1am
Stratton Student Center, 2nd Floor (Lobdell)

Bldg W20, 77 Mass Ave, Cambridge
<http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=W20> map

All you can handle of Lebanese delicacies
international tunes spun by DJ Eddie
belly dancing performances by Lilya
and a special debke performance!

LIBANISSIMO sells out every year!
Tickets are limited; make sure to buy yours now:

$5 online ($7 non-students) http://web.mit.edu/lebanon/www/
$5 at Lobby 10 booths (April 2-4)
$10 at the door

tickets cover dinner & entertainment
cashbar for alcoholic beverages

See you all there!

Best,
Zeina




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From hazemz at MIT.EDU  Wed Mar 26 13:49:47 2008
From: hazemz at MIT.EDU (Hazem Zureiqat)
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:49:47 -0400
Subject: [LCM Events] Tickets on sale for 5th Annual MIT ASO Science and
	Technology Awards Banquet
Message-ID: <cac37cf30803261049v58eeba9enea0089ccdbc6f1d2@mail.gmail.com>

PLEASE CIRCULATE

Tickets are on sale for the 5th Annual MIT Arab Students Organization's
Science and Technology Awards Banquet

To purchase your ticket online, please go to:
http://web.mit.edu/arab/
and follow the link on the upper right corner of the page.

To purchase a paper ticket, please contact arab-comm at mit.edu or call Hazem
Zureiqat at 651-214-2930.

Guest tickets are $75 each.
DISCOUNTED STUDENT TICKETS ARE SOLD OUT.

* Ticket sales will close one week before the event.

See below for more information about the event.

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The MIT Arab Students Organization proudly presents:

The 5th Annual MIT ASO Science and Technology Awards Banquet

Keynote speaker and recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award:
Dr. Ahmed Zewail, Professor, California Institute of Technology
Winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1999)

Recipient of the Young Professional Award:
Dr. Dina Katabi, Associate Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Recipient of the Graduate Student Award:
Loai Naamani, Doctoral Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Recipient of the Undergraduate Student Award:
Ibrahim Kanan '08, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

When:
Saturday, April 26, 2008
6pm ? 7pm: Reception
7pm ? 10pm: Dinner and Presentation of Awards

Where:
Republic Ballroom, Sheraton Boston Hotel and Towers
39 Dalton Street, Boston, MA

About the MIT ASO Science and Technology Awards:

Every year, the Arab students at MIT organize the MIT ASO Science and
Technology Awards to recognize outstanding Arab contributions to science and
technology in the US. The ceremony consists of the following awards:

1. The Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes the career-long achievements of
a leading scientist or technologist of Arab origin.
2. The Young Professional Award recognizes the early career achievements of
a young Arab-American scientist or technologist.
3. The Student Awards, given to one Graduate student and one Undergraduate
student, recognize the academic and leadership achievements of outstanding
Arab students in any US campus. Each of these awards comes with a $1,000
cash scholarship.

About this year's Lifetime Achievement Award winner, Dr. Ahmed  Zewail:

Ahmed Zewail is presently the Linus Pauling Chair Professor of Chemistry and
Professor of Physics, and the Director of the Physical Biology Center for
UST and the NSF Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (LMS) at the California
Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California.

Professor Zewail was awarded the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his
pioneering developments in the field of femtoscience, making it possible to
observe the movement of the individual atoms in a femtosecond, a split
second that is a millionth of a billionth of a second. Such a
development?which literally changed our view of the dynamics of matter?holds
great promise in the areas of technology and life sciences. Currently his
research interests include the biological sciences, the complexity of
molecular function and the new development of ultrafast diffraction for the
imaging of transient structures in space and time with atomic-scale
resolution.

Professor Zewail was educated in Egypt, received his B.S. (with first class
honors) and M.S. from Alexandria University, and his Ph.D. from the
University of Pennsylvania. His honors include more than 100 prizes and
awards, Orders of Merit, and Orders of States from around the world. These
include the Robert A. Welch Prize, Wolf Prize, King Faisal Prize, Benjamin
Franklin Medal, Peter Debye Award, and the E. O. Lawrence Award. From Egypt
he received the Order of the Grand Collar of the Nile, the highest state
honor, and postage stamps were issued to honor his contributions to science
and humanity.

He holds honorary degrees in the sciences, arts, philosophy, law, medicine,
and literature from universities and institutions around the world including
the U.S.A., England, Switzerland, Egypt, Belgium, Australia, Canada, India,
Italy, Scotland, Korea, Sweden, France, China, Mexico, Ireland, Japan,
Lebanon, and Argentina. He is an elected member of national and
international academies and societies, including the National Academy of
Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, the American Academy of
Achievement, the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, the European Academy of
Arts, Sciences, and Humanities, the Royal Society of London, the Russian
Academy of Sciences, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Academy of
Sciences of Malaysia, and the French Academy of Sciences. He is on the Board
of Trustees and Board of Directors of national and international foundations
and universities, and holds the Honorary Chair at the United Nations
University.

Professor Zewail is renowned for his public lectures and writings
encompassing science and technology, education and world affairs, and for
his tireless efforts to help the population of the have-nots. In his recent
biography Voyage through Time?Walks of Life to the Nobel Prize, he gives an
expos? of his life and work until the receipt of the Nobel Prize, and he
suggests a concrete course of action for the world of the have-nots and for
a new vision of world order.

Ahmed Zewail is the father of four children and lives in California.

(Source: Professor Zewail's website)
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From zsaab at MIT.EDU  Wed Mar 26 23:36:12 2008
From: zsaab at MIT.EDU (Zeina Ghaleb Saab)
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:36:12 -0400
Subject: [LCM Events] Palestine Awareness Week 2008 - NEXT WEEK
Message-ID: <20080326233612.72x3miz9oxa88k8c@webmail.mit.edu>

Dear All,

Try to stop by some of these events if you can!

Best,
Zeina

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PALESTINE AWARENESS WEEK 2008
March 31 - April 4


Monday - Friday in Lobby 10
Stop by our booth to learn about the Humanitarian Crisis in Palestine and the
events you can attend for more information.
----------------------------------------------
Occupation 101: Film Screening & Discussion
Tuesday, April 1st 7 pm in 2-105
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Palestine: 60 years of Dispossession & Displacement
Lecture by Dr. Norman Finkelstein
Wednesday, April 2nd 6pm in 6-120
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Coffee Hour & Discussion with MIT's Palestinian Students
Friday, April 4th 4:30pm in 1-150

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From psaad at alum.mit.edu  Fri Mar 28 12:25:45 2008
From: psaad at alum.mit.edu (Philippe Charles Saad)
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:25:45 -0400
Subject: [LCM Events] Fwd: "Falling from Earth" in New York
In-Reply-To: <6661bc530803271429s32855723oa2b66f48ffbedb7d@mail.gmail.com>
References: <6661bc530803271429s32855723oa2b66f48ffbedb7d@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <6e939c590803280925m15ec1732iadeca2c7da82739c@mail.gmail.com>

If you happen to be in New York,
The movie looks awesome. It is a great opportunity to have a young Lebanese
director showing his movie at the Lincoln center. do not miss it.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: chadi zen <chadizen at gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 5:29 PM
Subject: "Falling from Earth" in New York
To: psaad at alum.mit.edu


After Dubai, Rotterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen now in the Big Apple and at the
Museum of Modern Art :)

   "Falling from Earth" just landed at the New York Film Festival
  "Don't miss it !" ....if you can make it :)
  New Directors/New Films

http://www.moma.org/calendar/films.php?id=8102&ref=calendar

April 2nd at MoMA

http://www.filmlinc.com/ndnf/program/fallingfromearth.html

April  1st  at Walter Reade Theater

Dedicated to the discovery and support of emerging artists, New
Directors/New Films has earned an international reputation as the premiere
festival for works that break or re-cast the cinematic mold; including
Chantal Akerman, Pedro Almod?var, H?ctor Babenco, Terence Davies, Atom
Egoyan, Nicole Holofcener, Spike Lee, Richard Linklater, Sally Potter, John
Sayles, Steven Spielberg, Wim Wenders and Wong Kar Wai among others.

Falling from Earth. 2008. Lebanon/France.
A true cinema poet, Chadi Zeneddine's poignantly surrealist debut film pays
tribute to four lonely people trying to survive their own private wars in
Beirut. These seamlessly woven chapters each reflect their own particular
time and place. In 1958, a solitary little girl exchanges her world of toys
and make-believe for a camera that captures the harsher reality outside. In
1975, a security official grieving over the loss of a loved one finds solace
in the graffiti he reads and scrawls in a men's room. In 1982, a woman
dances and weeps, waiting in vain for a missing lover. And in the present,
Joussef has a magical encounter. Falling From Earth is a moving elegy for a
lost homeland from a director whose talent and sensitivity imbue every
frame.
*New Directors/New Films*

An intermittently engaging tone poem about the surreality of life in wartime
Beirut, "Falling From Earth" offers four independent chapters (set in 2008,
1990, 1982 and 1975) that don't add up to a greater narrative whole.
Debuting helmer Chadi Zeneddine, a Ph.D candidate in cinema studies at the
Sorbonne, seems over-influenced by unconventional classics such as Jean
Cocteau's "The Blood of a Poet," though he does manage to create some
interesting visual textures with montages that incorporate faux homemovies
and surveillance footage. Tech credits are adequate, with lensing and
editing the standouts.
*Variety
*
A cinematic poem that caters to the senses and strongly provokes memory,
Falling From Earth is a new and powerful Lebanese independent film that is
currently touring film festivals around the world. Told with a sharp auteur
approach, the film makes of every recent Lebanese war a chapter. In each, a
character's life plays out in a world where words are few but grand
sentiments are expressed in special relationships to personal spaces, which
gradually transcend into playgrounds for hopes and fears.
>From abandoned buildings, charming Beiruti alleys, to public toilets,
Zeneddine's film becomes an intimate artistic study of the Lebanese's
subjection to war, creatively told with elaborate camera movements and
punchy colors, free from any war movie clich?s of shelling and torn bodies.
*Mahmovie!*

An oblique rumination on the psychological and emotional wreckage wrought by
years of war in Beirut, Falling from Earth is much symbolic gesturing in the
dark. That director Chadi Zeneddine makes no concession to traditional
narrative ...the influence of and yearning for home, the past, love, and a
voice (both personal and political) are topics that freely commingle
throughout these tales...Zeneddine's visual acumen allows for a stirring,
tangible sense of the city and the sorrow, loneliness, and longing of its
inhabitants, which is conveyed most powerfully through measured shots of the
rubble-strewn urban landscape framed by windows or explosion-created holes
in walls.
*Nick Shager*.

Thanks

PS: some of the Arabic articles will be posted soon

www.fallingfromearth.com
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From zsaab at MIT.EDU  Mon Mar 31 00:30:54 2008
From: zsaab at MIT.EDU (Zeina Ghaleb Saab)
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:30:54 -0400
Subject: [LCM Events] Important Details for LIBANISSIMO VIII - THIS FRIDAY!
Message-ID: <20080331003054.75qdzzdhpn4soowo@webmail.mit.edu>

Dear All,

The much-anticipated LIBANISSIMO VIII is *THIS FRIDAY!*

Some important details are provided below:

1 - Online ticketing closes at 4pm on Friday!  Buy your ticket today!
    http://web.mit.edu/lebanon/www/events/upcoming/LibanissimoVIII/

2 - For those looking to buy the $5 tickets at MIT (Wednesday-Friday) we will be
    at the Student Center rather than Lobby 10.  Please find us there!

3 - If you are buying a student ticket online, please bring your student IDs on
    Friday.

4 - The easiest way to get to Lobdell is by taking the #1 Bus which stops right
    in front of the MIT Student Center on Mass Ave.  You can also take the red
    line and get off the Central Square T stop.

More details below:

*FRIDAY, APRIL 4*  9pm-1am
Stratton Student Center, 2nd Floor (Lobdell)

Bldg W20, 77 Mass Ave, Cambridge
<http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=W20> map

All you can handle of Lebanese delicacies
international tunes spun by DJ Eddie
belly dancing performances by Lilya
and a special debke performance!

LIBANISSIMO sells out every year!
Tickets are limited; make sure to buy yours now:

$5 online ($7 non-students) http://web.mit.edu/lebanon/www/
$5 at Student Center booths (April 2-4)
$10 at the door

tickets cover dinner & entertainment
cashbar for alcoholic beverages

See you all there!

Best,
Zeina