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Tuesday, January 26, 11 a.m.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
7000 East Avenue
Livermore, California 94550
"Al' America" talk - part of the lab's "Authors Series"
www.llnl.gov |
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Wednesday, February 3, 7:30 p.m.
Whitman College
Maxey Auditorium
345 Boyer Avenue
Walla Walla, Washington 99362
"Al' America" talk - part of my visit as O'Donnell Visiting Educator
www.whitman.edu |
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Saturday, February 27, 10 a.m.
Aquarius Theatre
430 Emerson Street
Palo Alto, California 94301
Host of "Talk Cinema" screening "Harry Brown"
www.talkcinema.com |
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Wednesday, March 24, 11:15 a.m.
Islamic Center, Muslim Community Association
3003 Scott Boulevard
Santa Clara, CA 94612
"Al' America" talk for center's student body
www.mcabayarea.org
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Saturday, April 24, 6 p.m.
Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California
1433 Madison Street
Oakland, CA 94612
"Al' America" on-stage interview with Jason Hamza Van Boom, part o the Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California's 2009/2010 "Islam and Authors" series
www.iccnc.org
www.illumemag.com
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Friday, May 14, 9 a.m.
Commencement Address
Department of Sough and Southeast Asian Studies
University of California at Berkeley
Alumni House
Berkeley, California 94720
ls.berkeley.edu/dept/sseas
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Sunday, June 27, 2 p.m.
Livermore Public Library
1188 South Livermore Avenue
Livemore, CA 94550
"Al' America" talk
http://www.livermore.lib.ca.us/
http://www.facebook.com/notes/livermore-public-library/jonathan-curiel-author-of-al-america-travels-through-americas-arab-and-islamic-r/403624884386
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Tuesday, August 3, 11 a.m.
254 Dwinelle Hall, UC Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94704
"Al' America" talk, part of the Global Summer Program course “Media, Culture and Society: The Middle East in the Global Context." The course was part of a 10-university undergraduate program sponsored by the International Alliance of Research Universities
http://www.iaruni.org/gsp/courses/berkeley/01/profile
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Thursday, October 21, 7:30 p.m.
Hillside Club
2286 Cedar Street
Berkeley, CA 94709
"Berkeley Arts & Letters" onstage interview with journalist and author Houshang Asadi, author of Letters to My Torturer
http://berkeleyarts.org/
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2009 |
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Saturday, January 3
XM-Sirius Satellite Radio
"The Bob Edwards Show"
www.bobedwardsradio.com/blog/2009/1/1/this-weekend-january-3-4.html |
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Tuesday, January 6, 10 a.m.
KQED-FM (88.5, San Francisco)
"Forum" with Michael Krasny
www.kqed.org/radio/programs/forum |
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Wednesday, January 7, 5 p.m.
The Jeff Farias Show
www.jefffarias.podbean.com/2009/01/08/the-jeff-farias-show-01072009 |
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Sunday, January 11, 3:30 p.m.
Bird & Beckett Books and Records
653 Chenery Street,
San Francisco, CA 94131
www.bird-beckett.com |
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Wednesday, January 14, 10 a.m.
Ronn Owens Show
KGO-810 AM
www.ronn.com
www.odeo.com/episodes/23878823-Ronn-Owens-Jan-14-2009-Hour-2 |
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Tuesday, January 20, 6:30 p.m.
Towne Center Books
555 Main Street
Pleasanton, California 94566
www.townecenterbooks.com |
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Friday, January 30, noon
"New America Now," hosted by Sandip Roy for New America Media
KALW-FM (91.7, San Francisco)
Interview repeated on Sunday, February 1
http://news.ncmonline.com
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Sunday, February 1, 10:15 a.m.
Islamic School of Stanford
classes at Jordan Middle School
750 North California Avenue
Palo Alto, California 94303
Talk about “Al’ America”
www.learnislam.org |
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Tuesday, February 10, 1:30 p.m.
University of San Francisco
Media Studies seminar
2130 Fulton Street
San Francisco, California 94117
www.usfca.edu/artsci/ug/media_studies |
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Thursday, February 12, 3 p.m.
Foothill College
12345 El Monte Road
Los Altos Hills, California 94022
Talk titled “Exploring the History of Arab/Islamic Contributions to American Culture,”
part of Foothill Authors Series
www.foothill.edu/president/authors.php |
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Thursday, February 12, 7 p.m.
Stanford University
450 Serra Mall
Stanford, California 94305
Talk on “Muslim Influences on American Culture,” part of the Stanford seminar series “A Clash of Civilizations? The Muslim American Identity,” which was co-sponsored by the Muslim Student Awareness Network, the Islamic Society of Stanford University, and the Freeman Spogli Institute of International Studies. www.fsi.stanford.edu/events/muslim_influences_on_american_culture
See video of Stanford talk here |
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Thursday, February 19, noon
Commonwealth Club
595 Market Street
San Francisco, California 94105
Moderator at panel discussion about the prospects for a future state of Palestine
www.fora.tv/2009/02/19/Palestinian_Struggles_for_Nationality#chapter_01 |
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Saturday, February 21, 10 a.m.
Aquarius Theatre
430 Emerson Street
Palo Alto, California 94301
Host of “Talk Cinema” screening of “The Great Buck Howard”
www.talkcinema.com |
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Sunday, February 22, 10 a.m.
Albany Twin Theatre
1115 Solano Avenue
Berkeley, California 94706
Host of “Talk Cinema” screening of “The Great Buck Howard”
www.talkcinema.com |
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Monday, February 23, 6 p.m.
Commonwealth Club
595 Market Street
San Francisco, California 94105
Onstage interview with Thomas Ricks, author of “The Gamble”
www.fora.tv/2009/02/23/Thomas_Ricks_The_Gamble#chapter_01 |
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* Monday, March 2, 2 p.m.
University of California at Berkeley’s Graduate Theological Union
2400 Ridge Road
Berkeley, California 94709
Panel discussion on “Covering Islam”
www.gtu.edu |
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Tuesday, March 24, 6:30 p.m.
Commonwealth Club event at Lafayette Veterans Memorial Hall
3780 Mt. Diablo Boulevard
Lafayette, California 94549
Onstage interview with Robert Baer, former CIA agent whose memoir inspired the movie “Syriana”
www.commonwealthclub.org/ |
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Wednesday, April 1, 6:30 p.m.
Commonwealth Club
595 Market Street
San Francisco, California 94105
Onstage interview with Hamid Mir, Pakistani journalist who
met three times with Osama bin Laden
www.fora.tv/2009/04/01/Resurgence_of_the_
Taliban_in_Pakistan_Hamid_Mir#chapter_01 |
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Sunday, May 3, 6 p.m.
San Francisco International Film Festival
ABC Kabuki
1881 Post Street
San Francisco, California 94115
Panelist for “A Critical Moment,” about future of film criticism in the Internet age
www.fest09.sffs.org/events/forums.php |
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Monday, May 4, 8:30 p.m.
San Francisco International Film Festival
ABC Kabuki
1881 Post Street
San Francisco, California 94115
Onstage interview with filmmaker Jennifer Maytorena Taylor, after screening of her documentary “New Muslim Cool”
www.fest09.sffs.org |
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Wednesday, May 27, 7:30 p.m.
Sundance Kabuki Theatre
1881 Post Street
San Frrancisco, CA 94115
Onstage talk with "Smile Pinki" documentary filmmaker Megan Mylan
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Friday, May 29, 7:30 p.m.
Islamic Center, Muslim Community Association
3003 Scott Boulevard
Santa Clara, CA 95054
Talk about “Al’ America”
www.mcabayarea.org |
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Tuesday, September 1, 6 p.m.
Commonwealth Club
595 Market Street
San Francisco, California 94105
Onstage interview with scholar-author Reza Aslan
www.fora.tv/2009/09/01/Islamic_Identity_in_the_US_Reza_Aslan
www.commonwealthclub.org |
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Thursday, September 10, 5 p.m.
Center for Middle Eastern Studies
University of California, Berkeley
340 Stephens Hall
Berkeley, California 94720
Talk about “Al’ America,” part of a fall lecture series at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies
www.cmes.berkeley.edu |
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Friday, October 2, 8 p.m.
South Bay Islamic Association
325 North Third Street
San Jose, CA 95112
Talk about “Al’ America”
www.sbia.info/site |
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Friday, October 9, 7:30 p.m.
San Francisco City Hall
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94103
Honored by the Arab Cultural and Community for “contributions to enhancing the Arab narrative." Others receiving awards included Dave Eggers, Jamal Dajani, and George Bisharat.
www.arabculturalcenter.org
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Monday, October 12, 7 p.m.
St. Mary’s College of California
Soda Activity Center, Moraga Room
1928 St. Mary’s Road
Moraga, CA 94556
Talk about “Al’ America,” sponsored by the Politics Deparment, Intercultural Center, International Area Studies Program, the Middle East Club, and the Departments of Anthropology, History, Sociology, Theology and Religious Studies
www.stmarys-ca.edu
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Saturday, October 17, 10 a.m.
Aquarius Theatre
430 Emerson Street
Palo Alto, California 94301
Host of "Talk Cinema" screening of "The Men Who Stare at Goats"
www.talkcinema.com
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Thurday, November 5, 7 p.m.
California Institute of Integral Studies
1453 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
Talk about “Al’ America,” part of CIIS’ Fall Islam series
www.ciis.edu
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Thursday, December 3, 6 p.m.
Commonwealth Club
595 Market Street
San Francisco, California 94105
Onstage interview with Middle East expert Aaron David Miller
www.commonwealthclub.org |
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2008 |
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Saturday, May 17, 11 a.m.
Performing Tangier 2008:
Borders, Beats, and Beyond
Chella Hotel
47-49 Allal Ben Abdellah
Tangier, Morocco
Keynote speech about “Al’ America”
http://icpsresearch.blogspot.com/2007/12/keynote-speakers.html
www.paulbowles.org/janeandpaulbowles.html |
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Monday, November 10, 6 p.m.
The World Affairs Council of Northern California
312 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94108
www.itsyourworld.org
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Monday, November 10, 11 a.m.
KALW-FM (91.7, San Francisco)
“Your Call” program
www.yourcallradio.org
www.kalw.org
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Wednesday, November 12, 7 p.m.
Get Lost Travel Books
1825 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
www.getlostbooks.com
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Thursday, November 13, 7 p.m.
Arab Cultural and Community Center
2 Plaza Street
San Francisco, CA 94116
www.arabculturalcenter.org
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Monday, November 17, 1 p.m..
KUOW-FM (94.9, Seattle)
“The Conversation” program
www.kuow.org/program.php?id=16330
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Monday, November 17, 7:30 p.m.
Town Hall Seattle
1119 Eighth Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101
www.townhallseattle.org
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Wednesday, November 19, 12:30 p.m.
Stacey’s Books
581 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
www.staceys.com
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Wednesday, November 19, 7:15 a.m..
KUOW-AM (620, Portland, Ore.)
“The Thom Harmann Show"
www.620kpoj.com
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Thursday, November 20, 7 p.m.
Book Passage
51 Tamal Vista Boulevard
Corte Madera, CA 94925
www.bookpassage.com
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Friday, December 4
"The World," the BBC/PRI/WGBH show heard on NPR affiliates
"Al' America" segment hosted by Marco Werman
www.theworld.org/?q=node/23014 |
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Saturday, December 5
Air America Radio
"State of Belief" show with Welton Gaddy
www.stateofbelief.com/show-archive/153-december-6-7-2008
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Sunday, December 7, 2 p.m.
“Chai Time” Book Club
Potomoc Community Center
11315 Falls Road
Potomac, MD 20854
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Monday, December 8, 6 p.m.
Busboys and Poets Books
2021 14th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
www.busboysandpoets.com |
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Wednesday, December 10, 1 p.m.
Wisconsin Public Radio (Madison)
Hour-long "Here on Earth" show
www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_081210k.cfm |
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Wednesday, December 10
Interview with "The Red Alert," a web site about arts and politics
www.theredalert.com/features/curiel.php |
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Wednesday, December 17
XM-Sirius Satellite Radio
"The Bob Edwards Show"
www.bobedwardsradio.com/december-2008 |
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Tuesday, December 23, 3 p.m.
Peter B. Collins Show
www.peterbcollins.com |