July 2021
APTLI Friday Feature: Persian Dance with Niosha Nafei Jameli
This event will be held via Zoom: Register Here Niosha will introduce a few simple, fundamental and popular moves of Persian Modern and Pop dance and then will go over a few different styles of…
Find out more »APTLI Lecture: Baha’ AbuShanab, Palestinian Filmmaker
This lecture will be held via Zoom: Register Here Palestinian Filmmaker Baha' AbuShanab will be discussing his film experience and filmmaking in Palestine in this lecture. His documentary, The Living of the Pigeons, will be…
Find out more »APTLI Lecture: Salim Abu Jabal, Palestinian Filmmaker
Movie Feature: Roshmia by Salim Abu Jabal Synopsis An elderly Palestinian refugee couple in a final standoff with the israeli authorities to maintain their lifestyle in Roshmia; the last natural valley in Haifa. Yousef and his wife…
Find out more »APTLI Lecture: Kurds and Yezidis in the Middle East with Tyler Fisher
This event will be held via Zoom: Register Here Dr. Tyler Fisher Dr. Tyler Fisher began working with the Kurds, Yezidis, and Assyrians of Iraqi Kurdistan in 2012 at the invitation of the Kurdish Regional Government's Ministry of…
Find out more »APTLI Friday Feature: Artful Learning Workshop with Tuğba Yıldırım
In this workshop, we will be using our favorite Turkish songs to create poems. It is all about playing with the words; being creative! No prior experience is required. Important Prep: By Thursday July 22nd,…
Find out more »APTLI Lecture: Reading Middle Eastern and North African Voices in Translation- What Literature can teach us in a Global Pandemic with Esra Taşdelen
This lecture will be held via Zoom: Register Here In this talk, Dr. Tasdelen will draw from prominent examples of works by Middle Eastern and North African authors writing in Arabic and Turkish to show…
Find out more »APTLI Friday Feature: Oud Instrument with Rahim Alhaj
This event will be held via Zoom: Register Here Rahim AlHaj Rahim AlHaj, virtuoso oud musician and composer, was born in Baghdad, Iraq and began playing the oud (the grandfather of all stringed instruments) at…
Find out more »August 2021
2021 APTLI Closing Cermony
APTLI Only Event.
Find out more »November 2021
In-Person FLAS Information Session
Interested in learning how you can receive full funding to attend APTLI? Have all your questions answered at the FLAS Information Sessions. These sessions will be held both in-person and online leading up to the…
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