The Twin Cities 5th Arab Film Festival

October 16-19, 2008
The Heights Theatre
3951 Central Avenue Northeast, Minneapolis
Cost: $5 student/low income $8 general admission
Festival Passes available $40 advanced (online) $55 at door

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As the only Arab film festival in the Upper Midwest, Mizna’s Fifth Arab Film Festival
is becoming a cultural feature of the region. This year’s
event will run from 16th to 19th October, 2008 at the historic Heights
Theatre in Minneapolis. Over 20 feature films, experimental shorts, and
documentaries will be given public screening in morning, afternoon, and
evening sessions.
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DAM in Concert
**DJ K-Salaam on turntables!**

Featured in Jackie Salloum’s Slingshot Hip Hop, DAM are the rising stars of Palestinian Hip Hop.
Come see them perform LIVE, on the fringe of the film festival,
with international Hip Hop producer, Iranian American DJ K-Salaam.

Saturday, October 18, 2008 9pm
Cedar Cultural Center
416 Cedar Avenue South
Minneapolis, Minnesota
$25 general admission, $18 students

‘Da Arabian MC's’, Dam also means ‘blood’ in Arabic and
‘immortal’ in Hebrew. Heralded by France’s Le Monde as “The
spokesman of a new generation,” DAM is the first and leading Palestinian
hip hop group. It is composed of Tamer Nafar, 28, his younger brother
Suhell, 24, and Mahmoud Jreri, 25. All three members of the group were born
and grew up in the slums of Lyd, Israel, a mixed town of Palestinians and
Jews, 20 kilometers from Jerusalem. DAM's music is a unique fusion of East
and West, combining Arabic percussion rhythms, Middle Eastern melodies and
urban Hip Hop. The lyrics of DAM are influenced by the continuing Israeli -
Palestinian conflict as well as by the Palestinian struggle for freedom and
equality. DAM also address such controversial issues as terrorism, drugs
and women's rights.

Tickets on sale at noon Fri Aug 15 from Cedar Ticketline (612-338-2674 ext
2), Cedar outlets, and online at Ticketweb.

$25 ($18 students at the door with ID)

Go here for tickets: http://www.thecedar.org/mizna_presents_dam

Mizna is a forum promoting Arab culture that values diversity in the Arabic community.
We are committed to giving voice to Arab Americans on the local, national and
international level through literature, speakers and community events.

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