Social and cultural activities in San Diego

http://www.houseofpalestine.org/HOP/events.asp
August 17, 2008 from 12-5 PM LAWN PROGRAM outdoors in Balboa Park at the House of Pacific Relations.

http://www.sandiegoreader.com/events/2008/jul/20/6890/

Essentially Non-Political
Downtown Film San Diego Public Library
Sunday, July 20 - 2 p.m.
Admission: Free
820 E StreetSan Diego, CA 92101619-236-5800
Israeli director Ido Haar focuses on "a group of young Palestinians who live and hide in the hills around the community they are helping to build in Israel...they hide from police at night while working on construction during the day." See 9 Star Hotel, in Arabic and Hebrew with English subtitles. 619-236-5800.

Social club for those wishing to practice Arabic: monthly meetings
SAMEDA: The San Diego Middle Eastern Dance Association is a non-profit promoting research and discussion of Middle Eastern dance and music. Middle Eastern Dance includes "belly dance" or "Raqs Sharki" (Egyptian style belly dance), modern and traditional components of Egyptian, Moroccan, Lebanese, Iraqi, Iranian, Turkish, Uzbekistani, East Indian, Balinese, and even Chinese dance. weekly events
The San Diego Folk Dance Center has Middle Eastern dancing each Saturday morning.

Al-Awda San Diego periodic Palestinian political and cultural events

Events in 2008
18th Jewish film festival--Arabic language films:
[trailer] Director Ronit Avni's Encounter Point (USA, 2006, 89 min., BetaSP, Arabic, English/Hebrew with subtitles; Categories: Documentary, Arab/Israeli Issues) most humorous line: the quickest formula for peace is that everyone needs to buy cigarettes from the other side!


Presidents' Weekend: Belly Dancer of the Universe competition in Long Beach, CA