* There will be a change of plans for Friday 3/16 (3pm) - Special Guest Speaker Erica Cochran will speak about enviromental and sustainable building practices and architecture
Bio:
Erica Cochran is an Adjunct Assistant Professor and PhD Candidate in the School of Architecture at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). Erica is a LEED Accredited Professional, holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Virginia Tech, a Master of Science in Sustainable Design from CMU, and is working towards her PhD in Building Performance & Diagnostics. Her teaching experience includes serving as an Adjunct Instructor for Master’s Synthesis courses, undergraduate design studio, LEED Buildings & Green Design, and working with the Remaking Cities Institute’s UDream program; a program which provides recent graduates a deeper understanding of urban design through research projects and paid internships. Erica is a co-award winner of the 2010 Isabel Sophia Liceaga Discretionary Fund Faculty Award and the 2009 first place winner of the George W. Anderson Graduate Student Award. Erica has also served as a studio critic at Pratt Institute and the University of Pittsburgh. Prior to joining CMU, Erica served as a Project Manager and Project Designer for firms in New York City and Connecticut. Her architectural experience includes over ten years of experience with educational, media & broadcast, residential, community, and transportation facilities. She is also an active member of several community service and non-profit organizations. Erica’s doctoral research investigates the impact of school building and neighborhood physical and environmental characteristics on student and teacher health and performance in dense urban environments. She is also a contributing researcher for a Sustainable Engineering text book and serves on the research team for the Greater Philadelphia Innovation Cluster (GPIC) for Energy-Efficient Buildings Energy Innovation Hub.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Friday, March 9, 2012
Week of 3/12 Events
Mon 3/12 (3:30pm) - The Democratic Wave in the Maghreb: Is Algeria Next? by Professor John Entelis at CEMAT
* This means that the American Corner will close at 3:30 pm and we will walk to CEMAT together. The event will start at 5:00 pm.
Tue 3/13 (4pm) - Conversation Hour: American Political Campaigns
Wed 3/14 (4pm) - Conversation Hour: Saint Patrick's Day
Thur 3/15 (4pm) - Randa and Yosser's Cooking Club
Fri 3/16 (3pm) - Reading to Kids: American Corner Patrons will read to kids from SOS Gammarth
* This means that the American Corner will close at 3:30 pm and we will walk to CEMAT together. The event will start at 5:00 pm.
Tue 3/13 (4pm) - Conversation Hour: American Political Campaigns
Wed 3/14 (4pm) - Conversation Hour: Saint Patrick's Day
Thur 3/15 (4pm) - Randa and Yosser's Cooking Club
Fri 3/16 (3pm) - Reading to Kids: American Corner Patrons will read to kids from SOS Gammarth
Friday, March 2, 2012
Week of 3/5 Events
Mon 3/5 (4pm) - Presentation on International Women's Day in Tunisia by Ahmed Jaouadi
Tue 3/6 (3pm) - Guest Speaker: Tom Kral on African American Women in Literature
Bio:
Thomas Kral is a retired member of the Senior Foreign Service. During a career of more than 30 years as a Foreign Service Officer, he served in Turkey, Afghanistan, Philippines, Thailand, Russia and Washington DC, primarily as a specialist in English language education. Following his retirement from the State Department, he was the first chief of the Office of Education for the US Agency for International Development in the Philippines. Currently, he is a consultant for English language teaching and management. He is a native of Chicago Illinois and holds a PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Wed 3/7 (4pm) - Poetry Reading and Workshop by poet, vocalist and actress, Gina Loring
Bio:
Gina Loring is an accomplished poet, vocalist, actress, and workshop facilitator. As guest poet of the American Embassy, she has traveled to Kuwait, Russia, West Africa, Denmark, Turkey, Greece, Ireland, and England. She was featured on two seasons of HBO's Def Poetry, as well as on BET's Lyric Cafe, and TVOne’s newest hit show, Verses and Flow. Gina was honored as one of the winners of Queen Latifah's CoverGirl Persona Contest for female lyricsts, and was a featured performer at Eve Ensler's V-Day Atlanta, as well as in Adam Duritz's production at the Ojai Playwrights Festival. With a B.A. from Spelman College, and an M.F.A. From Antioch Unviersity, Gina was a writer-in-residence at Hedgebrook, and is currently a volunteer creative writing teacher with Inside Out Writers, working with incarcerated teens. She is featured on De La Soul's album, “Are you in?” and The Brand New Heavies album “We Won't Stop,” and was a writer/ performer on Norman Lear’s nationwide "Declare Yourself" poetry tour. She lives in Los Angeles, and she believes in mermaids.
Thur 3/8 (3pm) - Tunisian Heritage Exhibition
Tue 3/6 (3pm) - Guest Speaker: Tom Kral on African American Women in Literature
Bio:
Thomas Kral is a retired member of the Senior Foreign Service. During a career of more than 30 years as a Foreign Service Officer, he served in Turkey, Afghanistan, Philippines, Thailand, Russia and Washington DC, primarily as a specialist in English language education. Following his retirement from the State Department, he was the first chief of the Office of Education for the US Agency for International Development in the Philippines. Currently, he is a consultant for English language teaching and management. He is a native of Chicago Illinois and holds a PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Wed 3/7 (4pm) - Poetry Reading and Workshop by poet, vocalist and actress, Gina Loring
Bio:
Gina Loring is an accomplished poet, vocalist, actress, and workshop facilitator. As guest poet of the American Embassy, she has traveled to Kuwait, Russia, West Africa, Denmark, Turkey, Greece, Ireland, and England. She was featured on two seasons of HBO's Def Poetry, as well as on BET's Lyric Cafe, and TVOne’s newest hit show, Verses and Flow. Gina was honored as one of the winners of Queen Latifah's CoverGirl Persona Contest for female lyricsts, and was a featured performer at Eve Ensler's V-Day Atlanta, as well as in Adam Duritz's production at the Ojai Playwrights Festival. With a B.A. from Spelman College, and an M.F.A. From Antioch Unviersity, Gina was a writer-in-residence at Hedgebrook, and is currently a volunteer creative writing teacher with Inside Out Writers, working with incarcerated teens. She is featured on De La Soul's album, “Are you in?” and The Brand New Heavies album “We Won't Stop,” and was a writer/ performer on Norman Lear’s nationwide "Declare Yourself" poetry tour. She lives in Los Angeles, and she believes in mermaids.
Thur 3/8 (3pm) - Tunisian Heritage Exhibition
Fri 3/9 (3pm) - Film Screening: Freedom Riders
Monday, February 20, 2012
Week of 2/20 Events
Mon 2/20 (4pm) - C0nversation Hour & Quiz: President's Day
Tue 2/21 (4pm) - Conversation Hour: Mardi Gras in New Orleans
Wed 2/22 (5pm) - Reading for Kids
Come volunteer your time to pass your knowledge of English and love for reading down to the younger generation!
Thru 2/23 (3pm) - Guest Speaker: Tom Kral on "Teaching English Abroad"
Thomas Kral is the Acting Regional English Language Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Tunis. Please find his bio below:
Thomas Kral is a retired member of the Senior Foreign Service. During a career of more than 30 years as a Foreign Service Officer, he served in Turkey, Afghanistan, Philippines, Thailand, Russia and Washington DC, primarily as a specialist in English language education. Following his retirement from the State Department, he was the first chief of the Office of Education for the US Agency for International Development in the Philippines. Currently, he is a consultant for English language teaching and management. He is a native of Chicago Illinois and holds a PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Fri 2/24 (3pm) - Randa and Yosser's Cooking Club: Crepes!
Tue 2/21 (4pm) - Conversation Hour: Mardi Gras in New Orleans
Wed 2/22 (5pm) - Reading for Kids
Come volunteer your time to pass your knowledge of English and love for reading down to the younger generation!
Thru 2/23 (3pm) - Guest Speaker: Tom Kral on "Teaching English Abroad"
Thomas Kral is the Acting Regional English Language Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Tunis. Please find his bio below:
Thomas Kral is a retired member of the Senior Foreign Service. During a career of more than 30 years as a Foreign Service Officer, he served in Turkey, Afghanistan, Philippines, Thailand, Russia and Washington DC, primarily as a specialist in English language education. Following his retirement from the State Department, he was the first chief of the Office of Education for the US Agency for International Development in the Philippines. Currently, he is a consultant for English language teaching and management. He is a native of Chicago Illinois and holds a PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Fri 2/24 (3pm) - Randa and Yosser's Cooking Club: Crepes!
Friday, February 10, 2012
Week of 2/13 Events
Mon 2/13 (4pm) - AC Volunteers Meeting
Tue 2/14 (4pm) - Valentine's Day Presentation and Valentine Making
Wed 2/15 (5pm) - Reading with Kids
Come volunteer your time to pass your knowledge of English and love for reading down to the younger generation!
Thur 2/16 (2pm) - Tunisian Debates presented by Jamil Choura
Fri 2/17 (4pm) - Moderator of the New Arab Debates, Tim Sebastian will speak about Debate and his project of New Arab Debates in Tunisia
Debate, as a concept, is meant to foster the culture of compromise and accepting the other, and it is an important component in the American and British academic cursus, where students debate in clubs and compete in national and international contests. Many debate programs appeared in the Arab World after the Revolution, and one of them is The New Arab Debates.
NAD was created in 2011 by veteran BBC journalist Tim Sebastian, the star of HARDTalk and founder of BBC Doha Debates. Sebastian served as the BBC correspondent in Eastern Europe, Moscow and Washington DC during the Cold War, and spent the last decade between London and the Middle East. He is also a writer (8 books), a several awards winner, and he interviewed most of the world's leaders during his long career, from Gorbachev to Clinton to Mandela and many others.
Come on Friday the 17th of February to listen to his adventures and learn more about The New Arab Debates!
Tue 2/14 (4pm) - Valentine's Day Presentation and Valentine Making
Wed 2/15 (5pm) - Reading with Kids
Come volunteer your time to pass your knowledge of English and love for reading down to the younger generation!
Thur 2/16 (2pm) - Tunisian Debates presented by Jamil Choura
Fri 2/17 (4pm) - Moderator of the New Arab Debates, Tim Sebastian will speak about Debate and his project of New Arab Debates in Tunisia
Debate, as a concept, is meant to foster the culture of compromise and accepting the other, and it is an important component in the American and British academic cursus, where students debate in clubs and compete in national and international contests. Many debate programs appeared in the Arab World after the Revolution, and one of them is The New Arab Debates.
NAD was created in 2011 by veteran BBC journalist Tim Sebastian, the star of HARDTalk and founder of BBC Doha Debates. Sebastian served as the BBC correspondent in Eastern Europe, Moscow and Washington DC during the Cold War, and spent the last decade between London and the Middle East. He is also a writer (8 books), a several awards winner, and he interviewed most of the world's leaders during his long career, from Gorbachev to Clinton to Mandela and many others.
Come on Friday the 17th of February to listen to his adventures and learn more about The New Arab Debates!
Special Event
Fri 2/10 (3:30pm) - Manal Omar From the United States Institute of Peace on Women in Transition Societies
Bio:
Manal Omar joined USIP as a program officer for the grant program in August 2008. Currently, she serves as Director of Iraq, Iran, and North Africa Programs under the Center for Post-conflict Peace and Stability Operations. Previously, she was regional program manager for the Middle East for Oxfam - Great Britain, where she responded to humanitarian crises in Palestine and Lebanon. Omar has extensive experience in the Middle East. She worked with Women for Women International as regional coordinator for Afghanistan, Iraq and Sudan. Omar lived in Baghdad from 2003 to 2005 and set up operations in Iraq. She launched her career as a journalist in the Middle East in 1996. UNESCO recruited her to work on one of her first lead assignments in Iraq in 1997-1998. Omar worked more than three years with the World Bank’s development economics group. She has carried out training programs in Yemen, Bahrain, Afghanistan, Sudan, Lebanon, Occupied Palestinian Territories, Kenya and many other countries.
Omar’s activities have been profiled by the Washington Times, the Los Angeles Times, the BBC, NPR, Glamour, the London Times and Newsweek. Her articles and opinion pieces have appeared in the Guardian, the Washington Post, Azizah Magazine and Islamica Magazine.
Omar is on the board of directors of Women Without Borders, an international NGO based in Austria and an active member of the American Muslim community. In 2007, Islamic Magazine named her one of the ten young visionaries shaping Islam in America. She holds an M.A. in Arab studies from Georgetown University and a B.A. in international relations from George Mason University.
Bio:
Manal Omar joined USIP as a program officer for the grant program in August 2008. Currently, she serves as Director of Iraq, Iran, and North Africa Programs under the Center for Post-conflict Peace and Stability Operations. Previously, she was regional program manager for the Middle East for Oxfam - Great Britain, where she responded to humanitarian crises in Palestine and Lebanon. Omar has extensive experience in the Middle East. She worked with Women for Women International as regional coordinator for Afghanistan, Iraq and Sudan. Omar lived in Baghdad from 2003 to 2005 and set up operations in Iraq. She launched her career as a journalist in the Middle East in 1996. UNESCO recruited her to work on one of her first lead assignments in Iraq in 1997-1998. Omar worked more than three years with the World Bank’s development economics group. She has carried out training programs in Yemen, Bahrain, Afghanistan, Sudan, Lebanon, Occupied Palestinian Territories, Kenya and many other countries.
Omar’s activities have been profiled by the Washington Times, the Los Angeles Times, the BBC, NPR, Glamour, the London Times and Newsweek. Her articles and opinion pieces have appeared in the Guardian, the Washington Post, Azizah Magazine and Islamica Magazine.
Omar is on the board of directors of Women Without Borders, an international NGO based in Austria and an active member of the American Muslim community. In 2007, Islamic Magazine named her one of the ten young visionaries shaping Islam in America. She holds an M.A. in Arab studies from Georgetown University and a B.A. in international relations from George Mason University.
Friday, February 3, 2012
Week of 2/6 Events
Mon 2/6 (4pm) - Soliya Connect Program Orientation
Tue 2/7 (4pm) - Presentation on African-American History Month
Wed 2/8 (4pm) - Disucssion Hour: "Obama's World"
Thur 2/9 (2pm) - "Barack Obama and the Paradox of Race in the United States"
This event will be held at the U.S. embassy so, if you wish to come, you must submit your name to the American Corner Coordinator.
Fri 2/10 (3pm) - American Corner Volunteers All Group Meeting and Presentations!
Stay tuned for more information about this meeting.
Tue 2/7 (4pm) - Presentation on African-American History Month
Wed 2/8 (4pm) - Disucssion Hour: "Obama's World"
Thur 2/9 (2pm) - "Barack Obama and the Paradox of Race in the United States"
This event will be held at the U.S. embassy so, if you wish to come, you must submit your name to the American Corner Coordinator.
Fri 2/10 (3pm) - American Corner Volunteers All Group Meeting and Presentations!
Stay tuned for more information about this meeting.
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