Less polished than Reading Lolita in Tehran, but more immediate and raw, the essays in this collection were written by activists age 25 and under and culled from 8,000 entries submitted over five years for the Dream Deferred Essay Contest on Civil Rights in the Middle East, conducted online and sponsored by private foundations, including…
Read MoreFor NPR’s “Here and Now,” Robin Young interviews AIC’s Egypt Director Dalia Ziada to discuss the situation in Egypt, how she views the country, and how AIC’s programs will help lead the way. Click here to listen to the interview.
Read MoreLeigh, Karen. “Behind the Arab Revolts, an Activist Quietly Pulling Strings From Boston.” The Atlantic. N.p., 25 Jan. 2012.
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Read MoreNPR’s “All Things Considered” caught up with AIC’s Egypt Director Dalia Ziada to speak with her about the role of women in the “Arab Spring” and the issues they now face as they fight for an equal voice in building a new kind of democracy for Egypt. Click here to listen to the story.
Read MoreIn honor of Martin Luther King Day, NPR’s Robin Young interviewed AIC’s Dalia Ziada for Young’s “Here & Now” program to discuss the Arabic translation of the 1950’s “Montgomery Story” comic book. You can listen to and read the NPR coverage here and learn more about the comic book here.
Read MoreOn Dec. 26 2011, AIC launched the fourth-annual Cairo Human Rights Film Festival (CHRFF) in Zamalek, downtown Cairo. The opening ceremony and screenings were held at Egypt’s most famous cultural center, Elsawy Culturewheel. The opening ceremony welcomed a large crowd with an introduction by Dalia Ziada, AIC’s Egypt Office Director and Zainab Al-Suwaij, AIC’s Executive…
Read More“Tahrir Square Revisited: Local Egyptians Reflect One Year after Mubarak” Wednesday, January 18 at 7:00PM AIC Center – 38 Newbury Street, Boston One year ago, Egyptians from many walks of life took to the street to protest repression and ended up toppling the country’slong-time ruler in a matter of days. To mark the anniversary, local…
Read MoreIn 1958, the Fellowship on Reconciliation published a short comic book called “The Montgomery Story” in English and Spanish, on the Montgomery Bus Boycott, a campaign led by Martin Luther King, Jr., to end segregation on buses in the Alabama capitol. The comic book ends with a section on “how the Montgomery Method works,”…
Read MoreProject Nur January 2012 National Newsletter: Project Nur launches a new website; Brandeis students hold a benefit for victims of the earthquake in Turkey; and learn how to apply for a Project Nur internship. Also wishing everyone a Happy New Year! Read all about it in Project Nur’s January 2012 National Newsletter.
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