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Follow on Google News | 'Under the Bombs' Film Screening Inaugural Event for Arab StudiesNewly Formed Arab Student Union Co-sponsors Public Screening of Award-winning Film
According to Emran El-Badawi, director of the Arab Studies program and assistant professor of Arabic language and literature at UH, the purpose of the film is to promote film and culture as an integral part of language study. He believes students studying Arabic should be exposed to Arab culture as well. El-Badawi said the screening allowed for a great opportunity for Arab Studies to partner with the newly formed Arab Student Union. “Film is an ideal venue to promote awareness about the Arab world to the student body, as well as the public,” said El-Badawi. “Teaching culture in language classes by using film or literature enhances language acquisition, especially with such hard languages as Arabic.” “Under the Bombs” was nominated for a grand jury prize at the Sundance Film Festival. The film also is a winner of the Altre Visioni and Human Rights Film at the Venice Film Festival, the Critics Award at the Eurasia Film Festival, Grand Jury Prize Namure at the International Francophone Film Festival, and Golden Pony Award for best actress at the Dubai International Festival. Erik Davis writes in Sundance Review, “In July 2006, war broke out between Israel and Lebanon. Unable to adequately process what was happening to his home country, Lebanese director Philippe Aractingi decided to pick up his camera and start shooting ten days in, with no script and only the vague nugget of a story in his head. The end result is, ‘Under the Bombs,’ a fictional tale set against the backdrop of a very real battle. Amazingly, there are only two actors in the film; everyone else (citizens, soldiers, journalists) The event is co-sponsored by the Arab Studies program and the Arab Student Union at UH. WHAT: Arab Studies and Arab Student Union Co-sponsor "Under the Bombs," a public film screening with English subtitles. Middle Eastern food will be served and a talk will follow the film by Latif Adnane. WHEN: 1 - 4 p.m. p.m., Friday, March 22 WHO: Free and open to the public. For more information, please contact UH Arab Studies director Emran El-Badawi at 713-743-3044 or eelbadaw@central.uh.edu WHERE: University of Houston Social Work Building, room 101 http://www.uh.edu/ Off Calhoun Road, Entrance 1 - Parking in UH Welcome Center Garage http://www.uh.edu/ About the University of Houston The University of Houston is a Carnegie-designated Tier One public research university recognized by The Princeton Review as one of the nation’s best colleges for undergraduate education. UH serves the globally competitive Houston and Gulf Coast Region by providing world-class faculty, experiential learning and strategic industry partnerships. Located in the nation’s fourth-largest city, UH serves more than 40,700 students in the most ethnically and culturally diverse region in the country. For more information about UH, visit the university’s newsroom at http://www.uh.edu/ End
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