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Please join us for Al-Bustan Camp Performance!
Thursday, July 26, 2012, 6-8pm
 
Come see campers showcase the creative work they've done over the past three weeks, exploring the life of 14th century traveler Ibn Battuta and his home country of Morocco. 
 
The program will open with musicians Hafez El Ali Kotain and Joseph Mamari, followed by campers presenting Moroccan folk music and dance, percussion, spoken word, an original dramatic play, and a teen-produced video..along with an art exhibit.  
 
Friends and family, young and old, are invited to join us!

Upper School Auditorium, Cherokee Campus 
Springside Chestnut Hill Academy - 8000 Cherokee Street, Philadelphia, PA 19118

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for directions and more info.

  
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Tatreez Class...Building Community 

 

Just as generations of Palestinian women before them have done, fifteen Arab girls came together at Northeast High School each Friday afternoon for 6 weeks, to chat and get to know one another  while learning the art of tatreez...      

Click here to read more about the class. 

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Daily Arab Arts and Culture Class

 

Five days a week a class of thirty-three 10th graders explored Arab culture through art, music, percussion, poetry, and history...

 

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Read the latest on our blog!

- Parent and Teaching Assistant Dania Bawadekji reflects on the rich experience her children are having at camp... in Arabic

- Arabic Alphabet Quilt in the making, led by teaching artists Tremain Smith and Samantha Taifi.

- Camp Manager Eric Lundblade tells about the Moroccan food demonstration by Argana Restaurant.

- Poetry Teacher Ellie Hutchison shares what the campers are writing about.


Around Town

Al-Bustan presents Arab Music Demonstration/Performance
at Penn Museum of Archeology and Anthropology - Summer Wonder Series
Wednesday July 25,10:30-11:30am at Rainey Auditorium
Click here for more info.

Documenting Harmony
A Photo Exhibit by Dana Scherer, Images from The West Bank, Palestine
Imperfect Gallery at 5601 Greene St, Germantown area of Philadelphia
Duo Recital



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