[van-announce] CounterCulture Monday March 6

[Fiona Jeffries]

Monday March 6

SFU School of Communication, CounterCulture Series hosts a public lecture 
by U. of Calgary Cinema Scholar Malek Khouri:

"New Arab Cinema and National Identity: Re-incorporating the Jewish into 
Arab Identity"

Dr. Khouri discusses new themes and patterns in Arab cinema that allude to 
the Arab Jewish community, its history and traditions and the major 
upheavals that impacted it after the creation of the state of Israel. These 
themes and patterns constitute budding components of a New Arab film 
movement. The presentation discusses examples from several Arab films, and 
surveys their social, political and cinematic significance, screening clips 
from "Forget Baghdad", "Alexandria" "Why?", "Summer in la Goulette", "Gulf 
War, What Next?", and "Salut Cousin".

Monday March 6 from 3:30 to 5 pm
SFU Harbour Centre - 515 West Hastings
Room 7000
(take the elevator located on the east side of the lobby up to the 7th floor)

Dr. Malek Khouri is an Assistant Professor of film in the Faculty of 
Communication and Culture at the University of Calgary. His recent research 
concentrates on Arab cinema and is currently working on a book on Egyptian 
veteran filmmaker Youssef Chahine.

* CounterCulture Events are Free and Open to the Public *