E- Arabica Newsletter

• NCCAR Annual General Meeting will be held in Ottawa on Saturday, May 23rd, 2009 at 2.00 pm. The nomination process for the Board of Directors is now closed. For further information, please visit our website .

• Three NCCAR Parliamentary interns have started working on Parliament Hill. Please check our website ( English – French ) for more information on this excellent NCCAR program.

• On May 19, 2009, Samer Roumani, NCCAR Vice-President (Outreach and Fundraising), attended a presentation by Tony Burman, General Manager of Al Jazeera English. This event was organized by the National Press Club and the Canadian International Council.

Be Engaged

· NCCAR support Al Jazeera English (AJE) application to broadcast in Canada and encourage all its members and friends to do so. A separate note will be sent on how to support Al Jazeera English in Canada.

· Contacting your Member of Parliament (MP) is an effective way to take action and to be heard. If you have any trouble finding your MP or need help, use this link and enter your postal code.

If you would like to see more of the great work NCCAR is doing to build ties between Canadians and people from the Arab World, we encourage you to continue your moral and financial support of NCCAR. Please renew / start your membership or make a donation online (tax receipt automatically sent to you via e-mail). Please click on the links below for easy, fast and secure way to support NCCAR.

Thank you for taking 10 minutes right now to provide your much-needed contribution.

http://www.canadahelps.org/CharityProfilePage.aspx?CharityID=24154

Instructions on how to donate

The National Council on Canada-Arab Relations (NCCAR, www.nccar.ca ) is charitable organization whose mission is to build ties between Canadians and the people of the Arab world in order to develop stronger relations and cooperation between them as well as an appreciation of their common values.