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URL:https://nvuu.org/events/poetic-voices-from-the-middle-east-a-collage-s
 ervice-arranged-by-bonnie-richardson/
SUMMARY:Poetic Voices from the Middle East – a Collage Service arranged b
 y Bonnie Richardson
DESCRIPTION:Poetic Voices from the Middle East – a Collage Service arrang
 ed by Bonnie Richardson\n\nWith Bonnie Richardson and Brian Shaw\n\nThe Mi
 ddle East has a rich poetic history and many exciting contemporary poets. 
 They address the issues of celebrating life in the midst of political uphe
 aval\, violence\, and displacement. Most write in Arabic and are not well 
 known in the US.  Come join our presentation of dance\, music\, and poetr
 y. We will learn about the ghazal\, an ancient Arabic poetic form and perh
 aps write our own. Bring a sentence with your thoughts about the quest for
  peace in the Middle East and beyond.\n\n\nHYBRID SERVICE: in-person &amp\
 ; online. Online: join HERE\nMeeting ID: 965 8475 4060\nPasscode: 218531
 \nCall-in #: (669) 900-9128\n\n\n\nOrder of Service\nWelcome\, Announcemen
 ts\nCentering through Music — “Bahiyah”\nOpening Words – If Only T
 hey Knew – Mamoud Darwish\nChalice Lighting 609. Serve the People – Sa
 adi.\nOpening Hymn — # 188 “Come\, Come Whoever you are” adapted fro
 m Rumi\nTime for All Ages — What is Ramadan and Sufi Dancing\nVideo of S
 ufi Dancing\nChildren Dance Out\nOffering/Offertory — Improvisation\nRes
 ponsive Reading 610. The Journey of Love. Mohammed Iqbar\nReflection: Brie
 f History of Arabic and Islamic Poetry\nHymn # 180 Alhamdulillah\nListen t
 o Arabic : Video of Poetry Reading by Mohamed Abdelbari\nListen to Arabic:
  Audio Reading of Blue by Zeina Hashem Beck. (Lebanese)\nReadings: Poems:\
 n1) A Song for Crossing the River Twice – Mohammed Abdelbari. (Sudan)\n2
 ) To Live Here – Nur Turkmani (Lebanon)\n3) Small Eternity – Mourid Ba
 rghouti\, -- (Palestine)\nMusical Interlude: “Longa Nahawand” by Kevse
 r Hanim\n4) I Know Who’s there – Naomi Shihab Nye (Palestinian-America
 n)\n5) Tonight – Nur Turkmani\, (Lebanon)\n6) The Prayer Rug Agha Shahid
  Ali\n7) Dear Beirut Zeina Hashem Beck\nClosing Hymn — Peace Salaam\, Sh
 alom by Pat Humphries (not in Hymnal)\nExtinguishing the Chalice\nWe extin
 guish this chalice\, but not the light of truth\, the warmth of love\, or 
 the fire of commitment. These we carry in our hearts out into the world\, 
 until we meet again.\nBenediction As You Return Home. Mamoud Darwish
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LOCATION:Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists\, 1626 Salvador Ave\, Napa\, C
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