Image from the Commonwealth Club's online program
Image from the Commonwealth Club's online program
Image from the Commonwealth Club's online program
Invitation for January 21 film screening
Announcement of July 9 Commonwealth Club event
Interviewing Raghu Karnad on stage at the South Asian Literature and Art Festival
Interviewing Wendy Pearlman at the Commonwealth Club
Commonwealth Club of California
555 Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Moderator of program with Mohammad Qayoumi, President Emeritus, San Jose State University; Advisor, President of Afghanistan
http://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2017-02-28/afghanistan-current-challenges-and-future-prospects
Commonwealth Club of California
555 Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Moderator of program with Stephen Kinzer, former New York Times correspondent and author of The True Flag: Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and the Birth of American Empire
http://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2017-03-13/journalist-stephen-kinzer-history%E2%80%99s-lessons-american-foreign-policy-2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REa0NT8guXs
City Lights Bookstore
261 Columbus Street
San Francisco, CA 94133
Speaking at an event, “SYRIA | Because We Come From Everything: The Poetics of Migration,” sponsored by the Poetry Society of America that’s part of a nationwide series of readings and discussions
https://psa.fcny.org/psa/events/national/#syria-because-we-come-from-every
http://www.citylights.com/info/?fa=event&event_id=2901
Friday, April 21, noon
Commonwealth Club of California
555 Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Moderator of program with Christopher Phillips, author of Battle for Syria: International Rivalry in the New Middle East
https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2017-04-21/battle-syria-international-rivalry-new-middle-east
Commonwealth Club of California
555 Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Moderator of program with Christopher de Bellaigue, author of Islamic Enlightenment: The Modern Struggle Between Faith and Reason
http://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2017-05-05/islamic-enlightenment-modern-struggle-between-faith-and-reason
Commonwealth Club of California
555 Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Moderator of program with Israel Consul General Andy David and India Ambassador Venkatesan Ashok, "Israel and India: 25 Years of Diplomatic Relations."
https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2017-06-02/israel-and-india-25-years-diplomatic-relations
Commonwealth Club of California
555 Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Moderator of program with Middle East scholars Banafsheh Keynoush and Maher Kalaji on "The Qatar Crisis."
KPOO Radio
89.5 FM
San Francisco
Interviewed about "Al' America: Travels Through America's Arab and Islamic Roots," on Arab Talk Radio, with Jamal Dajani and Jess Ghannam
Commonwealth Club of California
110 The Embarcadero
San Francisco, CA 94105
Moderator of program with journalists Robert Rosenthal and Janine Zacharia on "Deteriorating Freedom of the Press in the Middle East."
Commonwealth Club of California
555 Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Moderator of program with Iranian-American scholar Banafsheh Keynoush, about her new book, Saudi Arabia and Iran: Friends or Foes.
https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2016-03-25/saudi-arabia-and-iran-friends-or-foes
Commonwealth Club of California
555 Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Moderator of program about the country Jordan, with speakers Maher Kalaji and Celia Menczel
https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2016-06-10/jordan
http://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/archive/podcast/jordan
Commonwealth Club of California
555 Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
On-stage interview with Carla Power, author of “If the Oceans Were Ink: An Unlikely Friendship and a Journey to the Heart of the Quran,” for a program titled, “Bridging Islam and the West”
https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2016-08-15/pulitzer-prize-finalist-carla-power-bridging-islam-and-west
Commonwealth Club of California
555 Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Moderator of program on events in Turkey, with panelists Jeffrey Collins, former White House National Security Staff Director for Turkish Affairs; foreign affairs expert Banafsheh Keynoush; and Mahir Zeynalov, Washington D.C.-based Turkish journalist and analyst
http://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/archive/podcast/troubled-turkey
http://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2016-11-18/troubled-turkey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8Ag5j1S9OY
A YouTube image from the talk at the Muslim Community Center, East Bay
Commonwealth Club of California
595 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
Moderator/interview with Simon Schama, Columbia University professor of history and art history, about his new book and TV documentary series, "The Story of the Jews."
http://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2014-03-19/simon-schama-story-jews-%E2%80%93-finding-words
Commonwealth Club of California
595 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
Moderator of the panel discussion, "Town Hall: Gaza in Crisis," with law professor George Bisharat, clinical professor of psychiatry Jess Ghannam, radio host John Rothmann, and journalist Janine Zacharia.
http://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2014-07-24/town-hall-crisis-gaza
http://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/archive/video/crisis-gaza-town-hall
Moderating the panel discussion "Town Hall: Gaza in Crisis"
Commonwealth Club of California
595 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
On-stage interview with Middle East scholar Banafsheh Keynoush, for a Commonwealth Club program called "Middle East Hotspots: Geopolitics and Stability."
http://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/archive/podcast/middle-east-hotspots-geopolitics-and-stability
Fort Mason, Festival Pavilion
2 Marina Boulevard
San Francisco, CA 94123
Moderator at artMRKT San Francisco, for the panel discussion, "The Legacy of Gordon Parks." The discussion featured Karen Jenkins-Johnson, the owner of Jenkins Johnson Gallery, which exhibited Parks' work; Julian Cox, Founding Curator of Photography and Chief Curator, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; and George Philip LeBourdais, photo historian and Stanford Ph.D. Candidate in Art History.
http://www.art-mrkt.com/sf/programming-and-events
http://artscenesf.com/index.php/event/607-artmarket-three-day-event
Embarcadero Center Cinema
One Embarcadero Center
Promenade Level
San Francisco, CA 94111
Moderator at a post-screening panel discussion of "Dirty Wars." The panel featured the documentary's producers, Anthony Arnove and Brenda Coughlin, and David Harrington of the Kronos Quartet, who scored the film. The documentary is about Jeremy Scahill's search for the truth behind the U.S. government's covert war efforts in Afghanistan, Yemen and other countries.
http://dirtywars.org/screenings/details/1794/6251
Commonwealth Club of California
Lafayette Library
3491 Mt. Diablo Blvd. Lafayette, CA 94549
Moderator of panel discussion, "Egypt and the Middle East: What's Next?" Panelists were Michael Nacht, Professor at UC Berkeley's Goldman School of Public Policy and the Obama Administration's former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic Affairs; Jamal Dajani, Vice President of Middle East, North Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean, Internews Network; Dina Ibrahim, Associate Professor of Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts, San Francisco State University.
http://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2013-08-13/egypt-and-middle-east-whats-next
Commonwealth Club of California
595 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
Moderator of a panel discussion, "Achieving Political Stability in the Middle East: A Palestinian View," featuring four Palestinian experts on the Palestinian economy: Sabri Saidam, Ph.D., Advisor to the Palestinian President on Telecommunications, Information Technology and Technical Education; Nafez Husseini, Vice President, ICT & Digital Business, Consolidated Contractors Company; Zahi W. Khouri, Founder, Chairman and CEO, Palestinian National Beverage Company; and Ammar Aker, CEO, Palestine Telecom Group
http://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2013-09-30/achieving-political-stability-middle-east-palestinian-view
Commonwealth Club of California
595 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
"Hope and Fear: Egypt on the Tipping Point" On-stage interview with Egypt expert and San Francisco State University professor Dina Ibrahim, and a preview of a new documentary that she produced, "Hope and Fear: Egypt on the Tipping Point"
http://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2013-10-11/hope-and-fear-egypt-tipping-point
Sundance Kabuki Cinemas
1881 Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94115
Guest speaker at The Cinema Club, San Francisco screening of the documentary, "Tim's Vermeer," about how Johannes Vermeer used optics to make his 17th century masterpieces
http://www.thecinemaclub.com/films-sf/
Embarcadero Center Cinema
1 Embarcadero Center
San Francisco, CA, 94111
On-stage interview with Haines Gallery director Cheryl Haines, after a Commonwealth Club-sponsored screening of the documentary "Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry." Haines knows Weiwei and has exhibited his work.
http://www.commonwealthclub.org
http://www.hainesgallery.com
http://aiweiweineversorry.com/index.html
Wednesday, October 10, 6-7 p.m.
Jenkins Johnson Gallery
464 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94108
Skype interview with photographer Mary Ellen Mark, part of the 10-day “Art Gallery Week,” where San Francisco galleries do special events and exhibitions for art-goers.
http://artgalleryweek.com/
http://artgalleryweek.com/schedule/
Wednesday, Dec. 12, 6:45 GMT and 8:35 a.m. GMT
Interviewed twice by the BBC about the death of Indian sitarist Ravi Shankar. Both shows were live broadcasts. The first interview was with BBC Newsday, the BBC's overnight radio show that's heard on radio stations around the world. The second interview was with BBC Today, the BBC's flagship morning program that’s heard across Britain every morning.
https://soundcloud.com/bbc-world-service/ravi-shankar-the-humble-man
https://twitter.com/bbcworldservice/status/278764507952713728
http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9777000/9777715.stm
Thursday, December 27, 6-7 p.m.
Interviewed by the blogtalkradio.com show "Open Forum," hosted by Amadou Shakur. The show, a live call-in segment, covered different chapters from the book, Al' America: Travels Through America's Arab and Islamic Roots.
http://www.blogtalkradio.com
Sunday, December 30, 10:15-11 a.m.
Interviewed by Harlem Community Radio, 90.3 FM in New York, for a live call-in segment about the connection between Muslim slavery and the roots of U.S. blues music.
http://www.whcr.org/
Napa Valley Opera House
1030 Main Street
Napa, California 94559
Host of "Talk Cinema" screening of the Dutch film "Bride Flight"
http://www.talkcinema.com
http://w.broadwayworld.com/read.cfm?id=200940
Saturday, February 19, 7:30 p.m.
Jackson Convention Complex
105 E. Pascagoula Street
Jackson, Mississippi 39201
Panelist at "Islamic West Africa"s Legacy of Literacy and Music to America and the World," a national conference hosted by Tougaloo College and the International Museum of Muslim Cultures, sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Panel is titled "Muslim Roots of the Mississippi Blues."
http://www.muslimmuseum.org/Program_Agenda.pd
http://www.mshumanities.com/index.php/event/tougaloo_hosts_historic_national_conferences_on_muslim_cultural_identi/
Friday, February 25, 7:30 p.m.
California Institute of Integral Studies
1453 Mission Street
San Francisco, California 94103
On-stage interview with Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist of The Doors
http://www.ciis.edu/News_and_Events/Event_Calendar/Inside_the_Music_Box_A_Conversation_with_Ray_Manzarek_of_The_Doors_with_Jonathan_Curiel.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-neH6qVXeE
http://www.ciis.edu/About_CIIS/Public_Programs/LecturesEvents/audio_archives/Manzarek_sp11_audio.html
Friday, March 4, 7 p.m.
Humanities Institute, University of South Florida
4202 East Fowler Avenue, CPR107
Tampa, Florida 33620
Keynote speaker at Global Humanities Symposium. Talk is titled, "Dispatches From The Third Way: Arab and Muslim Culture in America."
http://humanities-institute.usf.edu/
http://humanities-institute.usf.edu/data/HI_Spring_2011_Newsletter.pdf
Tuesday, March 29, 3 p.m.
Interview with Radio Islam, based in Chicago, about the history of Islam in America
http://www.radioislam.com/
Wednesday, May 11, 6:30 p.m.
Lafayette Library and Learning Center
3491 Mt. Diablo Blvd.
Lafayette 94549
On-stage interview with Richard North Patterson about his latest novel, "The Devil's Light," which imagines what happens when al-Qaeda obtains a nuclear weapon. The interview was done for the Commonwealth Club.
http://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2011-05-11/richard-north-patterson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iuv5LCYaDQA
Monday, July 18, 6 p.m.
Commonwealth Club of California
595 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
Moderator of panel discussion on the Arab Spring demonstrations that have roiled the Arab world for months. Panelists are Nour Ahmadein, Janet Penley, Maher Kalaji and Abbas Milani.
http://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2011-07-18/arab-spring
Thursday, July 23, 4:30 p.m.
Interview with Radio Islam, based in Chicago, about the influence of Islam on American culture. The interview with host M. Salahuddin Khan is broadcast live on WCEV-1040 AM in Chicago.
http://www.radioislam.com/
Sunday, August 21, 6 p.m.
Islamic Society of San Francisco
20 Jones Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Guest speaker at Islamic Society's interfaith dinner.
http://islamsf.com
Friday, September 9, 7 p.m.
Book Passage
51 Tamal Vista Boulevard
Corte Madera, CA 94925
Appearance to discuss Granta 116: "Ten Years Later" - the latest issue of Granta magazine, which covers the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Also appearing are authors Elmaz Abinader, Adam Johnson and moderator Kieran Ridge.
http://www.bookpassage.com/event/evening-granta-magazine-elmaz-abinader-tamim-ansary-jonathan-curiel-adam-johnson
Friday, November 18, noon
Commonwealth Club of California
595 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
On-stage interview with Nada Prouty, former CIA agent, and author of Uncompromised: The Rise and Fall and Redemption of an Arab American Patriot in the CIA
http://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2011-11-18/nada-prouty-jihad-jane-or-patriot-0
http://issuu.com/thecommonwealth/docs/commonwealthfebmar2012
Sunday, December 4, 10 a.m.
Congregation Sherith Israel
2266 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94115
Talk about "Al' America"
http://www.sherithisrael.org
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
7000 East Avenue
Livermore, California 94550
"Al' America" talk - part of the lab's "Authors Series"
http://www.llnl.gov
Whitman College
Maxey Auditorium
345 Boyer Avenue
Walla Walla, Washington 99362
"Al' America" talk - part of a visit as an O'Donnell Visiting Educator
http://www.whitman.edu
Aquarius Theatre
430 Emerson Street
Palo Alto, California 94301
Host of "Talk Cinema" screening "Harry Brown"
http://www.talkcinema.com
Islamic Center, Muslim Community Association
3003 Scott Boulevard
Santa Clara, CA 94612
"Al' America" talk for center's student body
http://www.mcabayarea.org
Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California
1433 Madison Street
Oakland, CA 94612
"Al' America" on-stage interview with Jason Hamza Van Boom, part of the Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California's 2009/2010 "Islam and Authors" series
http://www.iccnc.org
http://www.illumemag.com
Commencement Address
Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies
University of California at Berkeley
Alumni House
Berkeley, California 94720
http://ls.berkeley.edu/dept/sseas
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
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."
http://www.iaruni.org/gsp/courses/berkeley/01/profile
Tuesday, September 28, 7:30 p.m.
Hard Rock Cafe Times Square
1501 Broadway
New York, NY 10036
Presenting the film honor to Trouble the Water at WHY Hunger's Harry Chapin Media Awards Ceremony
http://www.documentary.org/content/awards-roundup-april-14-20-2010
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, and his wife, writer Nooshabeh Amiri
http://berkeleyarts.org/
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
http://www.paulbowles.org/janeandpaulbowles.html
The World Affairs Council of Northern California
312 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94108
http://www.worldaffairs.org/media-library/event/286#.V8E3QpMrL_Q
KALW-FM (91.7, San Francisco)
“Your Call” program
http://www.yourcallradio.org
http://www.kalw.org
Get Lost Travel Books
1825 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
http://www.getlostbooks.com
Arab Cultural and Community Center
2 Plaza Street
San Francisco, CA 94116
http://www.arabculturalcenter.org
KUOW-FM (94.9, Seattle)
“The Conversation” program
http://www.kuow.org/program.php?id=16330
Town Hall Seattle
1119 Eighth Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101
http://www.townhallseattle.org
Stacey’s Books
581 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
http://www.staceys.com
KUOW-AM (620, Portland, Ore.)
“The Thom Harmann Show"
http://www.620kpoj.com
Book Passage
51 Tamal Vista Boulevard
Corte Madera, CA 94925
http://www.bookpassage.com
"The World," the BBC/PRI/WGBH show heard on NPR affiliates
"Al' America" segment hosted by Marco Werman
http://www.theworld.org/?q=node/23014
Air America Radio
"State of Belief" show with Welton Gaddy
http://stateofbelief.com/showarchive/2008/december-6-7-2008/
“Chai Time” Book Club
Potomoc Community Center
11315 Falls Road
Potomac, MD 20854
Busboys and Poets Books
2021 14th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
http://www.busboysandpoets.com
Wisconsin Public Radio (Madison)
Hour-long "Here on Earth" show
https://insideislam.wisc.edu/2008/12/al-america-radio-program/
Interview with "The Red Alert," a web site about arts and politics
http://www.theredalert.com/features/curiel.php
XM-Sirius Satellite Radio
"The Bob Edwards Show"
Anna's Jazz Island
2120 Allston Way
Berkeley, California 94704
Awards ceremony for the Before Columbus Foundation's 2008 American Book Awards, hosted by poet Al Young