  | | | | | | | | | EDITORIAL BOARD - Editor: Ali Khemili.
- Contributing Writers: Faouzi Bouarrouj, Maya Charrad, Rajaa Gharbi, Hedi Jaouad, Raouf Khelil.
- Contributing Editors: Imed Abdellaoui, Hazem Bennaceur, Meriem Chared, Sofian Riabi, Hachemi Saada, Elizabeth Saada.
| PROFICIENCY IN ENGLISH PROGRAM | | The English for Heritage Language Speakers (EHLS) is a unique program designed for adults who possess a native language other than English and advanced levels of proficiency in English. EHLS is a six month, intensive program at either Georgetown University or the University of Washington that provides participants with the specific English listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills they need to succeed in professional positions in the US government, business, and industry. Possible participants from our community can vist these two websites for more information: http://ehls.georg etown.edu/ and http://www.cal.org/ |
| CULTURAL STREET FESTIVAL | | WHAT: The Tunisian Community Center will have a Booth to host our guests at the annual cultural street festival. The event will be an opportunity to spotlight the Tunisian culture, promote our Organization, and meet with other members of the Tunisian-American community. WHERE: New York City, located on Bond St., between Broadway & Lafayette in the Village. Subway: 6 to Bleecker. (Rain or Shine) WHEN: Saturday, July 08, 2006 ...From 10AM to 7PM. CONTACT: Please use this form, to volunteer for our Booth or to get more information. |
| REUNION IN TUNISIA | | Plans are under way for our annual "pilgrimage" to Tunisia. It was proposed by the organizing team that the meet-up would take place in Hammamet. Hosted by our twin Organization (the North American Alumni Association), this year's meeting, in addition to being a great social Event, will include a brief lecture presentation. It was decided that the meet-up takes place on Wednesday, July 26. please use this form to RSVP.. |
| CULTURAL SHOWCASE | | This calendar contains information about Tunisian cultural events that take place in the United States. |
| REGIONAL ORGANIZING | | Keep alive the vision of a networked Tunisian-American population ! Click on the map to find out the Tunisian Community Center Regional Coordinator near where you live. |
| MEMBERSHIP IN THE TUNISIAN COMMUNITY CENTER | | We need your valuable support to help move forward our work of sponsoring local cultural events and strengthening the Tunisian-American Day tradition. Click on the image to apply for membership. |
| SUBMIT YOUR ARTICLE | | Click on the image to submit your article, news item, pictures..., or to give your feedback. |
| AL-ASABYA "PRESCRIPTION' | | Excerpts from a Presentation on the legacy of Ibn Khaldun. By Dr Mounira M. Charrad (University of Texas at Austin) How come we are still paying attention to someone who lived and wrote 600 years ago?. I want to suggest three major reasons: 1. Ibn Khadlun was a great mind, a man of creativity and intelligence, who gave us the gift of writing. He wrote books with eloquence and depth. What makes a great mind is a mystery. The point is that Ibn Khadun was one of the great thinkers of all times – and he was ours. He was Tunisian. We need to claim him as a great mind of our own history. We must give him a proper place in our past and take pride in having him in our Heritage. 2. The second reason for his legacy is that Ibn Khaldun was among the early thinkers who developed a science of history and society. Today, major organizations such as the World Bank are hiring social scientists, sociologists and anthropologists, to be part of their projects because it has become amply clear to them that policies work only if and when we take into account cultural values. Ibn Khaldun said something to that effect six hundred years ago. Read on... |
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