BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:18933-f79ba32881270395000068e23901eb43@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260911T182332Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260409T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260409T200000 SUMMARY:Arab American Heritage Month Celebration DESCRIPTION:The celebration will take place on Thursday\, April 9 and Sa turday\, April 11 at the Woskob Family Gallery. \n\nThursday\, April 9 | 5:00–8:00 p.m.\n\n5:00 p.m. Proclamation by the Mayor of State College\ , Ezra Nanes\,\n\n5:45 p.m. Talk by the novelist Ghassan Zeineddine (Obe rlin College)\n\n6:45 p.m. Performance by Malikat Dabke dance group\n\nS aturday April 11 | 10:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m.\n\n10:30 Screening of PBS docume ntary\, The Arab Americans\n\nNoon Introduction to the local Arab Americ an community in State College and a talk on Arab food\n\n1:00 p.m. Lunch at featuring Arab-inspired food with an oud performance by Kevin Sims\, a faculty member in the School of Music.\n\n2:00 p.m. Talk by the award -winning novelist and poet Laila Halaby\n\n3:00 p.m. Short screening The Arab American National Museum\n\n3:30 Practice calligraphy\n\nThe Arabi c Language Program from the Department of Comparative Literature will ha ve a table at the event. Cosponsors of the celebration include the Colle ge of the Liberal Arts\, Department of Comparative Literature\, The McCo urtney Institute for Democracy\, Center for Social Change and Belonging\ , Sparks Chair in Applied Linguistics\, African Studies Program\, Center for Global Studies and the Paul Robeson Cultural Center.\n\nFor more de tails: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/arab-american-heritage-month-cele bration/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The celebration will take place on Thursday, April 9 and Saturday, April 11 at the Woskob Family Gallery.

Thursday, April 9 | 5:00–8:00 p.m.

5:00 p.m. Proclamation by the Mayor of State C ollege, Ezra Nanes,

5:45 p.m. Talk by the n ovelist Ghassan Zeineddine (Oberlin College)

6:45 p.m. Performance by Malikat Dabke dance group

Saturday April 11 | 10:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m.

< p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">10:30 Screening of PBS documentary, The Ara b Americans

Noon Introduction to the l ocal Arab American community in State College and a talk on Arab food

1:00 p.m. Lunch at featuring Arab-inspired fo od with an oud performance by Kevin Sims, a faculty member in the School of Music.

2:00 p.m. Talk by the award-winn ing novelist and poet Laila Halaby

3:00 p.m . Short screening The Arab American National Museum

3:30 Practice calligraphy

The Arab ic Language Program from the Department of Comparative Literature will h ave a table at the event. Cosponsors of the celebration include the Coll ege of the Liberal Arts, Department of Comparative Literature, The McCou rtney Institute for Democracy, Center for Social Change and Belonging, S parks Chair in Applied Linguistics, African Studies Program, Center for Global Studies and the Paul Robeson Cultural Center.

For more deta ils: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/arab-american-heritage- month-celebration/

LOCATION:Woskob Family Gallery, 146 S Allen Street END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:18933-9c633b51c00130e8147d2dd794c1c137@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260911T182332Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260411T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260411T160000 SUMMARY:Arab American Heritage Month Celebration DESCRIPTION:The celebration will take place on Thursday\, April 9 and Sa turday\, April 11 at the Woskob Family Gallery. \n\nThursday\, April 9 | 5:00–8:00 p.m.\n\n5:00 p.m. Proclamation by the Mayor of State College\ , Ezra Nanes\,\n\n5:45 p.m. Talk by the novelist Ghassan Zeineddine (Obe rlin College)\n\n6:45 p.m. Performance by Malikat Dabke dance group\n\nS aturday April 11 | 10:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m.\n\n10:30 Screening of PBS docume ntary\, The Arab Americans\n\nNoon Introduction to the local Arab Americ an community in State College and a talk on Arab food\n\n1:00 p.m. Lunch at featuring Arab-inspired food with an oud performance by Kevin Sims\, a faculty member in the School of Music.\n\n2:00 p.m. Talk by the award -winning novelist and poet Laila Halaby\n\n3:00 p.m. Short screening The Arab American National Museum\n\n3:30 Practice calligraphy\n\nThe Arabi c Language Program from the Department of Comparative Literature will ha ve a table at the event. Cosponsors of the celebration include the Colle ge of the Liberal Arts\, Department of Comparative Literature\, The McCo urtney Institute for Democracy\, Center for Social Change and Belonging\ , Sparks Chair in Applied Linguistics\, African Studies Program\, Center for Global Studies and the Paul Robeson Cultural Center.\n\nFor more de tails: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/arab-american-heritage-month-cele bration/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: