BOSTON, April 28, 2012 – Today the AIC Center is hosting a special event with renowned culinary scholar and cookbook author Nawal Nasrallah. Nawal will demonstrate the preparation of authentic and delicious Iraqi dishes. For a “taste” of Nawal’s cooking and a preview of the event, check out Crystal Germond’s story on her food blog Heart…
Read MoreWASHINGTON, March 28, 2012 – In a highly selective decision process, the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) chose UCSB’s chapter of Project Nur for their community service project for this year’s “goal to take action and make a difference in the world.” The chapter’s project locally addresses humanitarian needs by providing canned food and socks for underserved families in the…
Read MoreBOSTON, February 24, 2012 – The Boston Courant, a paper delivered in hard-copy only, covered the AIC Center, which opened on Newbury Street just a few months ago. To read the article, check out the PDFs of Page 1 here and Page 2 here..
Read MoreRead The Boston Globe’s coverage of the opening of the AIC Cultural Center. “The American Islamic Congress hopes its new center will draw people of all faiths to the concerts, yoga sessions, and civic-oriented workshops it plans to hold – and along the way perhaps change some stereotyped images of Muslims in a secular setting…”…
Read MoreWBUR’s Delores Handy covers the opening of the AIC Cultural Center on Newbury Street in Boston’s Back Bay. You can listen to or ready the story here. AIC’s Nasser Weddady comments, ““Islam is the religion of peace. Well, it is not in the minds of outsiders, and our job is to explain and own up…
Read MoreNasser Weddady, Civil Rights Outreach Director for AIC, spoke to the Post’s Jerry Markon in this article.
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