The LCHA is excited to announce the establishment of its first Book and Culture Club.  The newly formed club will promote and encourage community participation in the works of Middle Eastern and Lebanese-Canadian authors, musicians and artists.

• Sunday, October 7 6:30 pm - Film - The Yacoubian Building

Movie lovers can enjoy a viewing of The Yacoubian Building.  Set in 1990 at about the time of the first Gulf War, the film is a portrayal of modern Egyptian society since the Coup d’état 1952.  The setting is downtown Cairo, with the titular apartment building (which actually exists) serving as both a metaphor for contemporary Egypt and a unifying location in which most of the primary characters either live or work and in which much of the action takes place.  It’s free to attend and yes, popcorn will be served!

• Monday, November 4 – Meet & Greet with DIMITRI NASRALLAH

LCHA is pleased to announce that the first book in its Book and Culture Club Library is BLACKBODYING by Lebanese-Canadian writer Dimitri Nasrallah.  Copies of the book are available for borrowing free to LCHA members.  On Monday, November 5th, the LCHA will be delighted to host a “Meet & Greet” with Dimitri who will do readings from his works, discuss BLACKBODYING and preview his upcoming novel. Snacks from 6:00 pm - 6:45 pm. Meet and greet begins at 6:45 pm. $10 (Students - $5)

• Sunday, March 16th –Centaur Theatre - RELATIVE GOOD by David Gow

Stay tuned for details on the LCHA’s March 2008 group outing to see Centaur Theatre Company’s production of Relative Good. Montreal playwright, David Gow’s play seems to be ripped from the headlines with its ironic, blood-chilling investigation of how easy it is to lose one's rights in a post 9/11 world. A Canadian citizen of Middle-East heritage is detained while transferring between flights at JFK airport in New York. The man’s fate is increasingly caught up in a Kafkaesque morass of security law-language and a byzantine Department of External Affairs. The play puts a very real and personal face on the political issue of detention certificates and portrays the fears, agonies and lack of humanity experienced by the family of a man branded by his name and racial profile.