DUE DATE

Alright well today is the due date for the VCU Arab Film Festival Blog and so if you are a loyal reader,Thanks for reading! I hope we get a good grade, but that is beside the point. I just want you all to come out and support the 2010 VCU Arab Film Festival!!! So remember to look to your..RIGHT, and Bam! There is all the info you need to know about the festival.
-Joia

Oh Snap!

It's almost the end of the semester which means that finals are taking place, projects, are due and The Arab Film Festival is getting closer and closer! I'm excited, it will be a big event to come and learn something new. I really want to see Amreeka, it looks like a really good movie. Hopefully it will be released in movie theatres around the country. Well anyways the blog is due on Wednesday, so there will be just a few more posts from me but to any and all loyal readers, come out and support the VCU Arab Film Festival. The dates and times are on the sidebar to your right. Hope everyone enjoyed their Holiday Break, now lets finish the semester out strong and ACE our finals!

-Joia

Check out the VCU 2010 Arab Film Festival on Twitter!

www.twitter.com/VCUArabFilmFest

Not a big fan of Twitter or BlogSpot? The film festival is on Facebook too!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/2010-VCU-Arab-Film-Festival/174535198909?ref=search&sid=1163491279.1944178624..1&v=wall


-Julie

ARAB Film Festivals around the globe

I wanted to know where else Arab Film Festivals were held and here are some places in our country and around the globe they are held annually.
San Francisco Bay Area
http://www.aff.org/
Seattle,Washington
http://www.arabfilm.com/festivals.html
Calgary
http://www.calgaryarabfilm.com/
Sydney,Australia
http://arabfilmfestival.com.au/
Washington,DC
http://www.filmfestdc.org/arabiansights

-Joia

Phatwa

-Joia

Art

Do you ever have those days when you don't have much to do? Today is one of those days for me, so I decided to do a post. Anywho, just to give some background on this blog it is to raise awareness for the 2010 VCU Arab Film Festival and future ones held at VCU.YES! This blog is for a grade, but I really enjoy blogging anyways so this hardly feels like work. I honestly don't know much about the Arab culture which is why I will be attending the film festival, as you should too!(see side bar for details) Well anyways I've just been typing subjects that I am interested in, into google just to see what I can find about the Arabic culture. Today I typed in "arabic art" and here are some lovely art pieces that popped up!


I don't know what the text in this picture says but on the webpage I got it from it described that it is a verse from the QuRan in Arabic.

-Joia

Top 6 Reasons to Attend the VCU Arab Film Festival 2010

1. College is the perfect time to learn about so many different types of people, and since we attend such a diverse college with opportunities like this one, we might as well take advantage.

2. A great chance to see some beautiful artwork and thought-provoking films.

3. There will be so many people! Between professors, students, artists, scholars, professionals...come and network! (We expect as many as 1,000 guests.)

4. Promote intercultural competence and open-mindedness.

5. Something fun to go to with your friends...it's right on campus.

6. It's FREE!!!

-Julie

Arabic Music...mellow and meditative

Check out some examples of traditional Arabic music.
Learn more about this wonderful culture at the VCU 2010 Arab Film Festival!











-Julie

Beautiful Arabic Henna

Here are some pictures of arabic henna, it is so beautiful!

-Joia

Amreeka Trailer

-Joia

Fact & Fiction

Fact: The Arab World consists of 22 Countries in the Middle East and North Africa such as;
Egypt, Algeria, The Comoros Islands,Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, and Morocco.
Fiction: All Arabs are Muslim.
* Even though the majority of Arabs are Muslim, there are also Christian Arabs and Jewish Arabs; just like there are Christian Americans, Jewish Americans, and Muslim Americans.
Fact: Arab is a cultural and linguistic term, it refers to those who speak Arabic as a first language. Arabs are united by culture and history.
Fiction: Arab is a 'race'.
Fact: There are over 200 million Arabs.
Fiction: All Arabs have dark hair and dark eyes.
*Some have blue eyes and red hair, but most Arabs are in between. Complextion, hair, and eye color varies in the Arab community just as it does in any other community.

-Joia

FILM!!!

Here is a list of the films that will be showing during the 2010 VCU Arab Film Festival:

1. Amreeka: made its world premiere in dramatic competition at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, and played as Opening Night of New Directors/New Films, a co-presentation of The Museum of Modern Art and The Film Society of Lincoln Center. Amreeka made its debut internationally in Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.
2. Remnants of a War: (76 minutes, Lebanon 2009)
3. PHATWA: (11 minutes, Canada 2008)
4. Borderline: (25 minutes, Tunisia 2008)
5. Henna: (75minutes, UAE 2008)
6. Eye Of The Sun: (90 minutes, Egypt 2008)7. Classics and more

-Joia

What is the VCU Arab FIlm Festival?

The 2010 VCU ARab film festival is a cultural event held on Virginia Commonwealth's University campus annually. The film festival is an open dialogue between the various Arab nations in the Middle East and Africa, and also between the United States. I personally am excited because I love to attend different cultural events held on campus throughout the year. I think college is a great way to learn about other people and their cultures.I honestly didn't even know VCU had an Arab film festival until I took my PR lab class. Anywho, here is some information on the event.
It will be held In the VCU commons theatre at the student commons
Date: Jan 31,2010; Feb 1,2010,and Feb 4,2010
Time:1pm-10pm on all three dates
This event will be full of informal information,fun, and entertainment! It is targeted to students, professors, professionals, artists,scholars, and anyone who takes an interest in learning about other people and respect other cultures. Come out and support the 2010 VCU Arab film festival and learn something new while having fun!

-Joia