SHARE WITH STUDENTS: Arab American Cultural Center – student survey available for completion and musical event on 11/5!
PLEASE FORWARD TO STUDENTS -
Calling All Arab, Muslim, Middle Eastern, North African Students to participate in Survey
Dear Students,
We would like to invite you to take about 12-15 minutes of your time to fill out this anonymous survey about your college experiences. If you identify as Arab or Arab American, Middle Eastern (Iranian, Turkish, Kurdish, Assyrian, etc..), North African, Muslim, etc.… we want to encourage you to fill this survey:
https://uic.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1GJmGPM6WG3ZHvv
While Arab/middle eastern/north African/etc… students have been graduating from UIC for a very long time, there has not been a survey that took account of our student population and their needs and desires. The survey is the first survey to understand better your experiences on campus, your needs, your challenges, your desires for what the University and the Arab American Cultural Center can offer to ensure you have a fulfilling and affirming college experience. The survey will allow us to paint a snapshot picture of the background, conditions, and experiences of our student community on campus, which is valuable on many levels. The Arab American Cultural Center will use this data to advocate for our students collectively, to advocate for additional services, programs, and resources across campus and to create programming that reflect the needs and desires of actual students.
After finishing the survey if you are interested in being considered for a raffle, please do enter your email address. Our raffle prizes include Target gift cards, restaurant gift cards, and Arab American Cultural Center T-shirts.
If you have any questions or concerns, do not hesitate to contact me directly at zzaatari@uic.edu
Sincerely
Zeina Zaatari, PhD
Director of the Arab American Cultural Center
Huda Asfour and Irina Solinas in a UIC Musical Performance Nov 5
We are fortunate to bring this amazing opportunity to showcase two wonderful artists and their new project who are on their US tour to the UIC campus. Huda Asfour (Palestinian musician/composer/singer) on oud and Irina Solinas (Italian cellist) on cello have crafted a new project that is engaging and daring. This vibrant duo will take us into their journey through music and storytelling. You will assuredly be inspired and moved.
Irina Solinas Irina Solinas is one of the most sought after young cellists in Italy. A combination of her strength in classical cello playing with her avant garde ideas have propelled her to being celebrated as a musical leader for her generation. Starting her career as the First Cello for the prestigious Italian Youth Orchestra she has now performed at venues all over the world. She has played under the baton of stellar Conductors, including Riccardo Muti, Sir Jeffrey Tate and Gabriele Ferro further enriching and deepening her artistic and personal growth. Solinas is also the Founder and Artistic Director of MAME -Mediterranean Ambassadors Music Experience. MAME is a musical reality, born from the encounter of Irina Solinas and the Silk Road Ensemble: a musical collective, formed by exceptional artists from all over the world, winner of the Grammy Award as Best World Music Album, in 2016.
Huda Asfour - Musician, Educator and Social entrepreneur— Huda believes in the necessity of transcending borders in both life and music. She is a natural storyteller whose music, through the tenderness of her oud and the lyricism of her compositions, challenges taboos and stereotypes. Since the establishment of her first band with Tamer Abu Ghazaleh in 2003. Huda has two studio albums; ‘Mars جاية ورايحة ’ released in 2011 and funded by The Culture Resouce and ’Kouni كوني , released in 2018 and supported by a grant from the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture. In the last 10 years, she has collaborated with artists and performed in the Arab region, Europe, The United States, and China. She is also the co-founder of two art initiatives in DC, the DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival and the Mashriq Maghreb Jam sessions. In March of 2019, she was nominated for the Aga Khan Music Awards for the Performance category.
This will be an evening performance co-sponsored with the Music Department on November 5th at 7:30pm at the Recital Hall L285 (1044 W Harrison St, Chicago)
Please download the flyer and help us spread the word on campus and beyond.