Sep 2016

12 Sep 2016

pittadmin

Mais Abbas Abousy - Muslim Lawyers for Human Rights

Monday, September 12, 2016 - 4:00pm
Alcoa Room, Barco Law Building, University of Pittsburgh

Join Mais Abbas Abousy, an Attorney-Advisor with the Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) in the Office of the General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Commerce, for a discussion regarding the Muslim Lawyers for Human Rights organization.

13 Sep 2016

pittadmin

Improving Legal Education in Iraq: A Roundtable

Tuesday, September 13, 2016 - 12:30pm
Alcoa Room, Barco Law Building, University of Pittsburgh
Sponsored By: 
University of Pittsburgh School of Law Center for International Legal Education

The University of Pittsburgh School of Law's Center for International Legal Education will be holding a roundtable discussion featuring Dr. Salah Hadi Saleh, the Director General of the Scholarship Department of the Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education, who will be the principal speaker for the roundtable discussion on the challenges and opportunities facing legal education in Iraq, and lessons that can be drawn from the development and export of legal education elsewhere in the world. Commentators on Dr. Saleh’s presentation will be:

13 Sep 2016

pittadmin

Visions of Peace: Abstract Arabic Calligraphy Exhibition

Tuesday, September 13, 2016 - 3:00pm to Thursday, September 15, 2016 - 6:00pm
Webster Hall Lobby, 4415 Fifth Ave. Pittsburgh, PA. 15213
Sponsored By: 
Hoda Moustapha Calligraphy

Works of abstract Arabic calligraphy by calligrapher Hoda Moustapha with be displayed in an exhibition featuring a collection of 30 new drawings all depicting the word "peace." The exhibition will be open on September 13-15, from 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm.

14 Sep 2016

wacpadmin

The Iran Nuclear Deal: A Reflection on Progress and Future Perspectives

Wednesday, September 14, 2016 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Duquesne Club (325 Sixth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222)
Sponsored By: 
World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh

Join the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh for a discussion on the Iran Nuclear Deal. Leading experts will reflect on the first year following the historic Iran Nuclear Agreement. What progress has the agreement made to date? How strong of an agreement is it? What does the future look like?

Featured speakers include Ambassador Frank Wisner, former United States Ambassador, and Dr. Jim Walsh, Research Associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Security Studies Program.

The cost to Members is $45; Non-Members will be charged $60.

Contact: 
events@worldpittsburgh.org

16 Sep 2016

pittadmin

Silk Screen Film Festival presents: El Clasico

Friday, September 16, 2016 - 7:00pm
Regent Square Theater, 1035 S Braddock Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15221
Sponsored By: 
Silk Screen Film Festival

When his girlfriend's father rejects his marriage proposal, Alan enlists the help of his brother Shirwan and travels from Iraq to Madrid to prove his worth and deliver a pair of homemade shoes to soccer star Christiano Ronaldo.

Contact: 
ALEX@SILKSCREENFESTIVAL.ORG

17 Sep 2016

pittadmin

Silk Screen Film Festival presents: Wednesday, May 9th

Saturday, September 17, 2016 - 6:00pm
Frick Fine Arts Building, University of Pittsburgh
Sponsored By: 
Silk Screen Film Festival

In three intertwining narratives, a peculiar philanthropist, Jalal, runs an unusual contest in a local newspaper offering to donate money to the most worthy applicant. Believing that his commitment to help Tehran’s poor community will ease the pain he feels over the loss of his 5-year-old son, Jalal finds that he might be in over his head. In what becomes a distressing exhibition of the plights and realities of Iranian society, we see the struggles of those Jalal intends to help.

Contact: 
ALEX@SILKSCREENFESTIVAL.ORG

17 Sep 2016

pittadmin

Silk Screen Film Festival presents: Very Big Shot

Saturday, September 17, 2016 - 8:30pm
Regent Square Theater, 1035 S Braddock Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15221
Sponsored By: 
Silk Screen Film Festival

A caper inspired by Ben Affleck's Argo, Very Big Shot is the dryly comedic story of a criminally-minded pizza shop owner . With the help of his brothers, Ziad, a small scale drug-dealer turned movie producer decides to smuggle cocaine using film equipment. Adapted from writer/director Chaaya’s own award-winning short “Filmmakers.”

Contact: 
ALEX@SILKSCREENFESTIVAL.ORG

18 Sep 2016

pittadmin

Silk Screen Film Festival presents: Toll Bar and Coastliners

Sunday, September 18, 2016 - 4:15pm
Regent Square Theater, 1035 S Braddock Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15221
Sponsored By: 
Silk Screen Film Festival

Toll Bar: Made with a shoestring budget of 15,000 USD, Toll Bar is the first ever film from the "Partisan Movement," a manifesto in which guerrilla filmmakers aim to create social realism while rejecting conventional cinema. Toll Bar emphasizes the stark dichotomy between the haves and the have-nots in Kazakhstan. Two men residing in the same city, with the same internal ambitions, crossing paths daily at the toll bar the same parking garage are yet divided by a massive abyss.

Contact: 
ALEX@SILKSCREENFESTIVAL.ORG

19 Sep 2016

pittadmin

Silk Screen Film Festival presents: Memories of the Wind

Monday, September 19, 2016 - 6:00pm
Frick Fine Arts Building, University of Pittsburgh
Sponsored By: 
Silk Screen Film Festival

Rarely explored in film, Memories of the Wind tackles the Armenian genocide in a subtle, yet affecting way. Aram is a poet on the run in the winter of 1943. Suspected of being a communist sympathizer, he is forced to flee Istanbul during the latter half of World War II. He winds up in secluded expanse of forest on the Soviet-Georgian border where a boorish Turkish man named Mikhail and a beautiful young Russian woman named Meryem provide shelter.

Contact: 
ALEX@SILKSCREENFESTIVAL.ORG

19 Sep 2016

pittadmin

Silk Screen Film Festival presents: Very Big Shot

Monday, September 19, 2016 - 8:30pm
Regent Square Theater, 1035 S Braddock Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15221
Sponsored By: 
Silk Screen Film Festival

A caper inspired by Ben Affleck's Argo, Very Big Shot is the dryly comedic story of a criminally-minded pizza shop owner . With the help of his brothers, Ziad, a small scale drug-dealer turned movie producer decides to smuggle cocaine using film equipment. Adapted from writer/director Chaaya’s own award-winning short “Filmmakers.”

Contact: 
ALEX@SILKSCREENFESTIVAL.ORG

Pages