Into the Heart of
the Conflict
A Film & Speaker Series by SJSU Students for Justice
Sponsored by: South Bay Mobilization
San Jose Peace Center, Jewish Voice for Peace,
Palestinian Heritage, Arab American Cultural Center
As the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and search for a just peace goes
on, this film series makes an attempt to raise issues related to the
history of the conflict, put it a human face, expose the realities of
the occupation, and explore the activities and approaches that offer
some promise of the reconciliation and peace between Israelis and
Palestinians.
"Jenin, Jenin"
Friday, Nov. 7th at 7:00 pm
SJSU, Science Building, Room 142
Winner "Best Film" Carthage International Film Festival 2002
"Jenin, Jenin" shows the extent to which the prolonged oppression and
terror has affected the state of mind of the Palestinian inhabitants
of the Jenin refugee camp.
Banned in Israel, "Jenin, Jenin" is dedicated to Iyad Samudi, the
producer
of the film, who was shot dead by Israeli soldiers on June 23rd,
2002, as he returned home after completing the film.
Listen to the old men, the children, the doctors and the grieving
mothers of Jenin, after the Israeli Army's April 2002 attack
flattened homes and buried an unknown number of civilians. Bitterness
and grief are the prevailing feelings among the majority of the
population.
A little girl, who does not seem to be much older than twelve, tells
her story but knows no fear. The ongoing violence in her day-to-day
life only nourishes her feelings of hatred and the urge to take
revenge. She shouts that the Palestinians will never give up the
struggle, that they will keep on producing children who can continue
the fight against injustice.
For More info Please call South Bay Mobilization at 408-998-8504
www.southbaymobilization.org
The Society of Iranian Professionals
November General Meeting
Dr. Nourolah Ghorbani and Dr. Mohammad Oveissi
"Before & After! Psychological and Medical Aspects of Plastic Surgery "
The November lecture at the SIP will be an analysis
of the unique process of Plastic Surgery and its
implications from the viewpoint of a psychologist
and a plastic surgeon. In this presentation Dr. Oveissi,
clinical psychologist and university professor and Dr.
Ghorbani, Plastic surgeon and the previous chief of
surgery at John Muir Hospital in Walnut Creek will
examine the complexity of the plastic surgery. These
presenters will provide a medium to develop deeper
insight and understanding into psychological and
physiological aspects of the process before and after
the plastic surgery and their impact on the patients.
There will also be a great opportunity for the audience
to ask questions and further explore the issue.
Dr. Nourolah Ghorbani is a Board Certified Plastic
Surgeon who has been in practice for over 19 years now.
He is an Active member of American Society of Plastic
Surgeons and a few other societies. After graduating
from Tehran University Medical School, Dr. Ghorbani
spent two years in military service before leaving
Iran for US. He spent 6 years at Medical college of
Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and completed General
Surgery Training. Then he went to Michigan and completed
Plastic Surgery specialty training at William Beaumont
Hospital. In July 1984, he moved to Walnut Creek, CA
and started his private practice. After 4 years in
practice, he was elected chairman of Department of Plastic
Surgery at John Muir Medical Center and later at Mt.
Diablo Medical Center. He has been involved in teaching
and has presented a new technique for Rhinoplasty at
California Society of plastic Surgeons. He is a member
of Breast Cancer tumor board for the Contra Cosa County
patients.
Dr. Mohammad A. Oveissi is a licensed psychologist,
a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, a board-certified
hypnotherapist, and a certified EMDR therapist. Dr. Oveissi
received his doctorate in Counseling Psychology from University
of San Francisco. For the last 18 years, he has worked as an
adjunct professor in the Graduate Program of Counseling
Psychology and as Training Director and Psychologist in the
Counseling Center at Santa Clara University. Dr. Oveissi has
also been an adjunct professor in the Graduate School of
Professional Psychology at John F. Kennedy University for
the last 11 years. Dr. Oveissi has maintained a private
psychotherapy practice for 23 years and his present office
is located in Campbell, California. Stress reduction and
relaxation is one of Dr. Oveissi's areas of expertise.
He has conducted research and offered many lectures,
groups and workshops in this area.
EVENT DATE/TIME:
Friday, Novemberth 7th, 2003, 7:30pm
Admission: Members $10, Non-Members $15
Faz Restaurant
1108 N.Mathilda Ave, Sunnyvale, CA
Tel: (408) 752-8000
Anjoman's tel: 408-235-0558
Experience Som'ma Live in Concert!
Address: 2050 Bryant Street, San Francisco, CA 94110
Map: http://www.cellspace.org/images/map_page.gif
Admission: $15
Venue: CELL Space - www.cellspace.org
Experimenting with sound & Persian traditional music,
the San Francisco music ensemble features Shirzad Sharif
performing on the Tonbak, Mahour Mellat Parast on TAR,
Jeffery Stott (Lumin, Stellamara) on electronics, Mark
Duetsch on Bazantar, John Connell on Ney & Daf, Nahid Z
iaee on Vocals, Jaron Lanier on Wind instruments & Stephan
Junca (Azigza) on drums plus other very special guest musicians!
Plus DJ OUD (Lumin) will also be spinning before and after
concert sets of deep chill and funky dance grooves guaranteed
to take you beyond the realm of Middle Eastern dance and into
the distant lands beyond the horizon!!
And of course the Bazaar of Ethnic Clothing, Jewelry & Chai as
always!!
Come in ethnic or Persian traditional attire!
About Venue: CELL stands for Collectively Explorative Learning Labs.
CELL is a volunteer-based collaborative art center which fosters
community through art and education. CELL offers classes and use of
communal workspace in a variety of artistic mediums: puppetry,
sewing, arts and crafts. drawing and painting, metal, wood, music,
dance, theater, social activism.
Pacific Film Archive Theater:
2575 Bancroft Way @ Bowditch, Berkeley
Phone: 510-642-1412
http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
Maziar Bahari (Iran, 2001)
(Football beh sabk-e Irani). In 1997 Iran qualified for the 1998
World Cup, setting off street celebrations and spontaneous
demonstrations and confirming that sport could in fact unite-or
ignite-a nation. Maziar Bahari's street-level documentary
examines the delirious hold that football (soccer) has on
Iranians, whether they be obsessed young men in Tehran's biggest
stadium, immigrants living in Germany, or young girls who
practice their soccer skills in secret. Further proving that
sport mirrors a nation's psyche (and, depending on the score,
sometimes influences it), Football, Iranian Style crystallizes
social influences such as war, religion, and capitalism through
its subjects' passions. As one fan (the son of an Iran-Iraq war
martyr) unnervingly vows to sacrifice his life for his favorite
team, claiming to always wear the squad's red colors, a star
player tellingly responds, "My blood is green now, the color of
money."-Jason Sanders
* Photographed by Bahari. (50 mins, In Farsi with English
subtitles, Color, Video, From Iranian Independents)
Preceded by short:
I Used to Be a Filmmaker (Jay Rosenblatt, U.S., 2003). Inspired by
his baby daughter, filmmaker Jay Rosenblatt finds hilarious new
meanings for "shadow play" and other terms of the filmmaker's art.
This joyous short film playfully describes an identity changed
forever by fatherhood. (10 mins, Color, Video, From the artist)