By Dr. Abd-Elmoneim Dalouk
Saturday, May 6th, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
MET Community and Educational Center
2nd Floor Al-Andalusia Hall
10330 SW Scholls Ferry Road, Tigard, OR 97223

Please join us for an engaging worshop titled "History of Islamic Calligraphy". Dr. Dalouk will broadly cover Islamic art with a focus on Islamic Calligraphy and the description of the six major types of scripts and their history. Workshop will include practice of the 2 major Arabic scripts: Ra'qa and Naskh. Materials and instruments will be used in the workshop.

Silk Road Cultural Diplomacy Part 4
Saturday, March 25^th, 2017 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

MET Community and Educational Center 10330 SW Scholls Ferry Road Tigard, OR 97223

Join us for an evening of Silk Road Cultural Diplomacy with the Latino American Community in Portland to foster an understanding of our Latino-American cultures. We will enjoy a conversation with our panelists, followed by a potluck dinner.

Alberto Moreno
Executive Director, Oregon Latino Health Coalition

Linda Castillo
Office of Neighborhood Involvement New Portlander Program

Alan Hipólito
Executive Director, Verde

Rev. Linda Jaramillo
Retired National Officer, The United Church of Christ

Sahar Bassyouni
Director, Islamic School of MET and Oregon Islamic Academy

Jawad Khan
Teacher, Oregon Islamic Academy

Ronault (Polo) Catalani
Office of Neighborhood Involvement New Portlander Program

Ancient Sudan and Islamic Calligraphy
Art Exhibit, Lecture, and Workshop
Nubia and the Kingdom of Kush By Dr. Abd-Elmoneim Dalouk

Saturday, April 29th, 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
MET Community and Educational Center
2nd Floor Al-Andalusia Hall
10330 SW Scholls Ferry Road, Tigard, OR 97223

Please join us on Saturday, April 29th 2017 for an informative Lecture titled "History of Ancient Sudan - Nubia". Our Keynote Speaker is Dr. Abd-ElMoneim Dalouk, Assistant Professor of Sudanese Studies - Ahfad University for Women. Dr. Dalouk will review the history of ancient Sudan with a focus on Nubia and the Kingdom of Kush. He will also address old stone age (Paleolithic age), new stone age (Neolithic age), Kingdom of Kush, Kingdom of Kerma that includes the civilizations of Kerma, Napta and Meroe; the Christian Era, Islamic Era of Funj and Mahadiya Era. This presentation is in the field of Folklore specifically in the area of "Material Culture" during the above mentioned time era and civilizations.

Dr. Abd-Elmoneim is an assistant professor of Sudanese Studies at Ahfad University for Women. Before his life as an assistant professor, Dr. Dalouk worked as the art director at Al Sahafa Printing and Publishing House and Newspaper and Al Ayyam Newspaper. Dr. Dalouk has earned his Ph.d. of Philosophy in Folklore from the University of Khartoum in Sudan, his M.A. in "Visual Communication in the Awareness of the Reproductive Health" from Sudan University of Science and Technology, a higher degree in Humanities, and his B.A. in Graphic Communications. He has published several books and articles in his areas of study and he splits his time between Sudan and the U.S. with his wife.