Sunday, November 15, 12-2pm
Philadelphia-area resident Homa S. Tavangar, author of Growing Up Global: Raising Children to be at Home in the World will give a reading in West Philadelphia at Bindlestiff Books, 4530 Baltimore Ave.
Tuesday, November 17, 5-5:30pm
Tune in to West Philadelphia’s Community Radio Station, WPEB 88.1 FM at 5pm. Karen Dunn of State Rep James Roebuck’s office interviews Al-Bustan percussion teacher Hafez El Ali Kotain. This lo-fi radio station broadcasts to residents of West Philadelphia.
Tuesday, November 17, 7pm
Film Screening of New Muslim Cool + Workshop by Director @ 5:30pm presented by Scribe Video Center @ International House – 3701 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
This award-winning documentary follows Muslim Puerto Rican rapper Hamza Pérez on his spiritual journey through the streets, projects and jail cells of urban America.
Friday, December 4, 8-9:30pm
Al-Bustan presents An Evening of Arab Music, at the University of Pennsylvania: click here for details
Thursday, December 10, 7:30-9:00pm
Al-Bustan musicians Hanna Khoury and Hafez Ali El Kotain perform at Pendle Hill in Wallingford, PA. Concert is free and open to the public.
January 2010
Encaustic Painting & Arabic Calligraphy Art Exhibit by Al-Bustan; and Bilingual Arabic Story Time at the Free Library’s Walnut Street West Branch, 40th and Walnut Street. Date and time to be announced.
