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Embassy of Austria

3524 International Court N.W.
Washington, DC 20008
United States

202-895-6714; cultureaustria.org

Web site: http://www.austria.org/

Events: http://www.acfdc.org/ (updated February 14)

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Rumi – Poetry of Islam: A documentary by Houchang & Dariusch Allahyari, Austria 2007 (April 18 at 7:30pm)
(In English, 52 min.)

This film examines the life, philosophy, and poetry of one of the most important poets and mystics in the Islamic cultural sphere, Djalleledin Maulana Rumi (1207-1260). Rumi's philosophy revolves around the concept of a love that leads to awareness and binds people of all religions ... (more)and races. The film accompanies Vahid, a Bosnian who is in search of his cultural identity and an Islam that he can accept, as he travels into Anatolian Konya to participate in the festivities commemorating the anniversary of Rumi's death.
Admission free.
RSVP required: 202-895-6776 or rsvp@austria.org

Light refreshments will be served.
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Book Presentation (April 22 at 7:00pm)
Paul Lendvai reads from One Day That Shook the Communist World: The 1956 Hungarian Uprising and Its Legacy.
One of the world's best-informed journalists and commentators on Eastern Europe, Professor Paul Lendvai, will speak about his new book on the 1956 Hungarian Uprising. This joint presentation also features the President of The Brookings Institution, Strobe Talbott, as well as the co-hosts Ambassador of ... (more)Hungary, Ferenc Somogyi, and Ambassador of Austria, Eva Nowotny.

RSVP: 202-966-7726 or rsvp.was@kum.hu
Event location: Embassy of Hungary
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Baghdad Fragment: Film, Reading & Discussion (April 28 at 8:00pm)
Susanne Ayoub discusses Born in Baghdad.
A film by Susanne Ayoub, Austria 2006 (English subtitles, 42 min)
Reading and discussion following the screening.

Susanne Ayoub visited her native Iraq in 2002 to shoot a film, and to find members of her family whom she had not seen since she had left the country at the age of six. Both endeavors ... (more)failed at first. However, in 2004, she published a book, “Born in Baghdad”, and two years later revised the film material she had shot in 2002. The result is a film which goes beyond her personal story, and documents life in Iraq before the US-led invasion of 2003. Following the screening, Susanne Ayoub will read from her writings about Iraq.

Admission free.
RSVP required: 202-895-6776 or rsvp@austria.org
Light refreshments will be served.
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