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Egyptian American Society Newsletter   Vol. 2  Issue  3 -  Feb 1, 2010

TECHWADI Global Technology Forum 2010


techwadi

 
Silicon Valley and the Middle East: Building a Successful Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

Join TECHWADI on Thursday March 18, 2010 for a jam-packed conference on entrepreneurship, venture capital, and a new initiative to dramatically accelerate the growth of both - in the Middle East as well as other emerging markets. With over 20 distinguished speakers, the event will bring together venture capitalists, successful executives, young entrepreneurs and seasoned investors from Silicon Valley and the Middle East.

The event will be held at:
PlugandPlayTechCenter
440 N. Wolfe Rd. - Sunnyvale, CA 94085

For information and registration, visit www.techwadi.org

ARABS GONE WILD COMEDY TOUR
 
Featuring Dean Obeidallah, Aaron Kader, and Maysoon Zayed
Cobb's Comedy Club
915 Columbus Street
San Francisco 
 
February 11 at 8:00pm
February 12 at 8 and 10:15pm
 
For reservation www.cobbscomedy.com
For more information www.eascafe.org/events

Arabs

I Heart Hamas returns to San Francisco
3 Nights Only  

February 11th, 12th & 13th
8:00 - 10:00pm

Off Market Theaters
965 Misson St. Suite 205 2nd floor

Tickets on sale at

More information at

The Golden Age of Egyptian Cinema
Taha Hussein's & Henri Barakat's

دعاء الكروان
Nightingale's Prayer
with Faten Hamama & Ahmad Mazhar


Playing at Stanford University on Wednesday February 17, 2010. For more information, visit http://www.eascafe.org/events.
 
EAS Arabic Books & DVDs Drive

The following books and DVDs are available for a $15 donation. Just use the donation button below and the book or DVD you pick will be shipped within 24 hours to the address you entered on the Paypal form. If you encounter any difficulties, please email your request directly to [email protected].
 
 2006تاكسي حواديت المشاوير لخالد الخميسي
Fictional dialogues with Cairo taxicab drivers, recreated from the real experience of the author.
   2002عمارة يعقوبيان لعلاء الأسواني
A controversial masterpiece in story-telling which describes a country that is corrupt, unfair and thuggish. It follows the lives of residents both rich and poor of the Yacoubian, an actual apartment building in downtown Cairo.
 2004نيران صديقة لعلاء الأسواني
A novella and collection of short stories dissecting modern Egyptian society and revealing with skill and detachment the hypocrisy, violence and abuse of power characteristic of a world in moral crisis.
 2007ربع جرام لعصام يوسف
Follows the lives of a group of drug addicts in their early twenties in modern Egypt
 2008يوتوبيا لاحمد خالد توفيق
Set in 2023 at a time where Egypt has been divided into two separate societies: an extremely wealthy class living in the secluded compound of Utopia, and an extremely poor class living in the slums and fighting for its right of survival.
 ماذا حدث للمصريين لجلال أمين1999 
Economist Galal Amin explores the changes in Egyptian Society from 1950 to the Present.

DVDs
باحب السيما لأسامة فوزي2005
هي فوضى ليوسف شاهين 2007
حين ميسرة لخالد يوسف
2007

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