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E-ArabiCa Newsletter
NCCAR E-ArabiCa Newsletter
· News Releases/Speeches · House of Commons Debates
· National Arts Centre presents Wajdi Mouawad's Scorched, April 4 - 21, 2007 Ottawa · Day of Solidarity with Abdelkader Belaouni, April 5, 2007 Montreal · Easter Sunday Party, April 8, 2007 - Ottawa · Public forum: Why Does the U.S. Want War with Iran?, April 10, 2007 Toronto · Mosaic Spring 2007 Dinner and Dance, April 13, 2007 Toronto · Marxism 2007 Conference Skills Training, April 14, 2007 Toronto · The Walls of Nablus: From the Romans to Hamas, April 5-28, 2007 Vancouver · "Le Retour de l'Esprit" Exposition, April 18, 2007 Montreal
· Arabic Language Instructors Required · Internship Opportunities for Palestine Activists · Call for Arab Artists · Palestine Summer Encounter 2007 · Art Work by Ibrahim Shalaby · Trip to Palestine · The Walls of Nablus, Interview on the Voice of Palestine
· Iraq Country Team Leader · Senior Microfinance Advisor · Chief of Party · Regional Director / Middle East North Africa · Regional Monitoring & Evaluation Officer · Regional Training Officer · Country Manager · Specialist in Monitoring and Evaluation in Education · Specialist in School Management and Administration · Short and Medium Term Consultants
· Volunteer for NCCAR
NCCAR Annual Dinner at Lord Elgin Hotel in Ottawa, March 19 , 2007 NCCAR held its Annual Dinner event at the Lord Elgin Hotel in Ottawa. There were 150 people in attendance, including Ambassadors, Cabinet Ministers, Members of Parliament, government officials and community members. The NDP (Alexa McDonough), Bloc Quebecois (Francine Lalonde) and Liberal (Hon. Bryon Wilfert) House of Commons Foreign Affairs critics spoke preceeding the keynote speech of Foreign Affairs Minister, Hon. Peter MacKay. The NCCAR Annual Award Ceremony followed the speeches, honouring Rev. Canon Bill Baldwin for his work in Palestine and an achievement award to the Canadian Lebanese Chamber of Commerce for their fundraising efforts to the Lebanese people following the war of Summer 2006.
NCCAR's President meets PMO foreign affairs policy adviser, March 22, 2007 NCCAR president, Bahija Réghaï and acting executive director, Samah Sabawi met with Keith Fountain, PMO foreign affairs policy advisor. The meeting lasted just over one hour, discussing various issues of concern including recommendations for Canada to engage the new Palestinian unity government as have other international bodies including the EU, Norway and the US.
NCCAR Business lunch with Deputy Director of The Middle East at DFAIT, March 26, 2007 Samah Sabawi and NCCAR program manager, Essam Farag had a business lunch with Katherine Verrier-Fréchette, Deputy Director of the Middle-East at DFAIT, to continue relaying the key messages of concern and interest to NCCAR relating to Canada's foreign policy in the region to the Department of Foreign Affairs.
NCCAR's President meets the Palestinian Information Minister, March 28, 2007 Bahija Réghaï met with Mustafa Barghouti, Palestinian Information Minister, before he was set to address an audience at the University of Ottawa. This meeting was the first official one by a cabinet member of the new Palestinian government and NCCAR.
Government News Releases
MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS HON. PETER MACKAY
No. A/18 - March 19, 2007
MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS HON. PETER MACKAY
No. 46 - March 27, 2007
MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS HON. PETER MACKAY
No. A/21 - March 30, 2007
MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS HON. PETER MACKAY
No. A/21 - Modification - March 30, 2007
House of Commons Proceedings
The 39th Parliament of Canada has commenced its sessions for Spring 2007 . Visit www.p arl.gc.ca for all the information you need to know about Parliament (House of Commons and Senate of Canada) and find current information about Members of Parliament (MPs). Below are some of the comments made during the debates in the House of Commons (Hansards) which are of interest. Click on the MP's name to see complete comment
39-1: Hansard - 125 (2007/3/21) Mr. Speaker, I would like to highlight the dynamic integration of the Lebanese and Arab communities in Quebec, particularly in Montreal....
39-1: Hansard - 130 (2007/3/28) Francine Lalonde - La Pointe-de-l'Ξle Mr. Speaker, since the signing of the Mecca agreement, which allowed for the creation of a Palestinian government made up Hamas, Fatah and other group...
Mr. Speaker, while l was speaking with President Abbas about this particular situation I reminded him that we are in fact very closely following devel...
Francine Lalonde - La Pointe-de-l'Ξle Mr. Speaker, I would like to reiterate that Minister Barghouti is not a member of Hamas. He is a member of another group....
Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the righteous indignation. Perhaps she did not hear me. I do speak directly with the president. I speak with Mr. Abbas quite...
National Arts Centre presents Wajdi Mouawad's Scorched, April 4 - 21, 2007 - Ottawa "A significant and important play for our times", A voice that speaks for memory, in the past dozen years, Wajdi Mouawad has established himself as a powerful and uniquely original player on the contemporary theatre scene. Born in Lebanon in 1968, he fled the war-torn country with his family; they settled in Montreal after spending a few years in Paris. Please check http://www.nac-cna.ca/en/whatson/results.cfm?EventID=4775 for more details.
Day of
Solidarity with Abdelkader Belaouni, April 5, 2007 -
Montreal
Easter Sunday Party, April 8, 2007 - Ottawa The Lebanese Forces cordially invites you to Easter Sunday Party with George Hadchiti and Dunia El-Deek at St. Elias Banquet Hall Please visit http://lebaneseinottawa.com for more information.
Public forum: Why Does the U.S. Want War with Iran?, April 10, 2007 -
Toronto
Mosaic Spring 2007 Dinner and Dance, April 13, 2007 Toronto Mosaic Arabic Folklore Ensemble will be hosting an elegant sit down dinner and dance. For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit www.arabmosaic.ca.
Marxism 2007 Conference Skills Training, April 14, 2007 Toronto Conference skills training will take place at Trinity-St. Paul's Centre, lower southwest room, in the basement, 427 Bloor Street West (west of Spadina subway).
The Walls of
Nablus: From the Romans to Hamas, April 5-28, 2007 Vancouver
The Interurban
Gallery and ISM Vancouver present a photo- documentation exhibit by
freexero.com at the Interurban Gallery, 1 East Hastings (at Carrall),
opening April 5 th from 6pm-9pm. Gallery Hours are Wednesday to
Saturday, 1pm-5pm.
"Le Retour de l'Esprit" Exposition, April 18, 2007 Montreal The Arab Artists and painters group "Le LEVENAT" invites you for "Le Retour de l'Esprit" exposition. For more information please call (514)803-5894 or Tel/Fax: (450)627-1891, our website is www.levantart.com. Email:artists@levantart.com.
Arabic Language Instructors Required The Centre for Middle Eastern Studies and Languages is looking for Arabic Language Instructors to teach Arabic as a second Language to English language speakers. These are contract positions. Please forward your resume to the e-mail address learn.asl@sympatico.ca.
Internship
Opportunities for Palestine Activists
Call for Arab Artists Canadian Arab Organization of Culture and Art (CAOCA) will be holding its first festival on September 1, 2007. Among the various categories to be demonstrated are music, folklore dance, visual arts as well as the art of calligraphy. All Arab Artists residing in Canada are cordially urged to join CAOCA, by simply sending their CVs and a recent picture to caocaforever@yahoo.ca.
Palestine Summer Encounter 2007 Palestine Summer Encounter is a one to three month cultural immersion and Arabic language training program in the city of Bethlehem, Palestine. For details please visit http://www.middleeastfellowship.org/pse2007 . The deadline for applications is April 20, 2007.
Art Work by Ibrahim Shalaby The Palestine Community Centre has acquired some pieces of artwork from Dr. Ibrahim Shalaby, a Toronto based Palestinian-Canadian artist. All can visit this website to view some of his work and to purchase a piece at http://www.palestinecommunitycentre.com/i.shalaby.htm.
Trip to Palestine Palestine House is organizing an Educational two week trip to Palestine. Departure Date from Toronto is May 21, 2007 returning June 3, 2007. The cost of the trip is $ 1980.00 which includes 1-Round Trip Ticket, From Toronto to Palestine, group accommodation and food local transportation (group) and health insurance. For more information and to register, please call Palestine House at 905-270-3622, or e-mail info@Palestinehouse.com.
The Walls of Nablus, Interview on the Voice of Palestine Voice of Palestine broadcasts weekly on Vancouver Cooperative Radio (CFRO) 102.7 FM, Vancouver, Canada. The show broadcasts for one hour every Tuesday night from 8 to 9 pm (PST). Voice of Palestine is run collectively, is completely independent, and committed to bringing the often muffled and neglected voice of the Palestinian people to the Canadian public. People outside of Vancouver can listen to the show live on the internet at http://www.coopradio.org/listen/ Wednesday morning from 6am-7am (Palestine time). All shows from the previous month will be posted on the website www.voiceofpalestine.ca at the beginning of each month.
Iraq
Country Team Leader
Senior
Microfinance Advisor
Chief of
Party
Regional
Director / Middle East North Africa
Regional
Monitoring & Evaluation Officer
Regional
Training Officer
Country
Manager
Specialist
in Monitoring and Evaluation in Education
Specialist
in School Management and Administration
Short and
Medium Term Consultants
NCCAR is looking for research volunteers and volunteers to help with the organization of our Speakers' Bureau tours, national conferences and projects, and many other interesting tasks including general administrative tasks at our office in Ottawa, as well as with other projects. Contact Essam Farag at essamfarag@nccar.ca or on our website at www.nccar.ca/joinus/volunteer.html.
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Disclaimer NCCAR is a non-profit organization dedicated to building bridges of understanding and cooperation between Canada and the Arab world.
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