EAPS
720 King Avenue, City Island, NY 10464
Tel: (718) 885-0380
Website: http://go.to/eaps
PAST PRESIDENTS BOARD
MEMBERS
Fawzy Sherif Mamdouh
Mokhtar, President
Hussein Amin Magued
Iskander, Vice President
Ahmad Mobarak Shareef
Batata, Treasurer
Fikry Andrawes Nurin
Dashoush, Secretary
Morad Abou-Sabe Mona
Mikhail
Aly Abul-Kheir Fawzy
Sherif
Sherine El-Abd Sherine
El-Abd
Founded in 1977 and dedicated to
promoting the culture and heritage of Egypt and the Egyptian people
THIS
MONTH AT EAPS
The monthly meeting will convene
at 7:30 pm on Saturday, Oct. 2th 2004. The hosts will be: Dr.
Ahmed Haki and his wife Gizelle. They can be reached at (914) 472-6046.
Make sure to call them to let them know what you are bringing. We look forward to a delectable meal. Thank
you.
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Scheherazade spun tales for a Sultan
for 1001 nights. In a career in radio, Nimet Habachy has been spinning
CD's and records and tapes for New Yorkers for over 5001 nights and is still
counting! Nimet Habachy is the
host of WQXR Radio’s New York at
Night. The topic of her
presentation is “An Egyptian's Journey into Music.”
There
will be a screening of two Egyptian movies during the Fall 2004 Season of
Cinema East, that will take place at Cantor Center (Address: New York University,
36 E. 8 Street, between Broadway & University Place).
September 24th at 6
PM:
"You are my Love" by Youssef Chahine (Egypt,
1957, 120 min)
Admission is Free!
Synopsis: A classic of Arab cinema, You
Are My Love is a delightful, lighthearted musical directed by Egypt’s most
renowned filmmaker and starring popular singers Farid Al Atrash and Shadia. Out
of economic necessity, two Cairene families decide to marry their children. But
Farid and Yasmina cannot stomach one another. Farid is secretly leading a busy
nightlife, singing in a fashionable club and carrying on a love affair with its
star belly dancer. Yasmina is having an affair with another man. But As they
plot together to dupe their families, they can’t help but fall in love. In
Arabic w/English subtitles.
October 30th
at 6 PM
"The Best Times" by Hala Khalil (Egypt, 2004, 113
min)
U.S. Premiere
Synopsis: The latest
box-office hit from Egypt, The Best Times marks the new wave of social drama in
Egyptian cinema. Popular actress Hanan Turk is Salma, a young woman who
struggles with an overwhelming sense of loneliness after the unexpected death
of her mother, is forced to leave her stepfather’s house in a rich suburb of
Cairo, she returns to Shobra, the popular neighborhood where she grew up. A
series of anonymous letters and a cassette of her beloved singer Mohammed
Mounir send her on a journey to rediscover her past and her relationship with
her estranged stepfather. In Arabic
w/English subtitles.
To buy tickets, please visit web site: http://www.arteeast.org
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NEW!!!
BOOK OF THE MONTH 
Palace Walk
by Naguib Mahfouz
“Volume I of the masterful Cairo Trilogy. A national
best-seller in both hardcover and paperback, it introduces the engrossing saga
of a Muslim family in Cairo during Egypt's occupation by British forces in the
early 1900s. This first volume in the 1988 Nobel Prize winner's Cairo Trilogy
describes the disintegrating family life of a tyrannical, prosperous merchant,
his timid wife and their rebellious children in post-WW I Egypt. ``Mahfouz is a
master at building up dramatic scenes and at portraying complex characters in
depth.” (www.bn.com).
