"The Other Arabs" Film Project
Please click on the top-left blue clickable line,"Institute of Near Eastern & African Studies INC." above the video clip to make a donation. If you live in the USA, you can save us money by donating through our Institute's page http://www.ineas.org/in/pj/2009otherarabs.htm
or
by sending a check payable to INEAS to:
P.O. Box 425125
Cambridge, MA. 02142 USA
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The presence of Arabs has been documented long before Islam. Arabs have been mentioned in Assyrian and Roman manuscripts. They were not only nomadic dwellers as some historians insist on generalizing them, but were also city inhabitants who contributed to civilization before and during Christianity.
Arabs are Semites. In ancient times, they spoke Aramaic, Hebrew and Arabic. They practice various religions besides Islam. Moslems constitute the vast majority of Arabs; but there has been a large community of Jews, a larger population of Christians (mainly Orthodox and Catholics) and a small number of Druze (plural of Dirziya, Dirzi). Until 1950, the largest numbers of Jewish Arabs lived in Egypt, Iraq, Morocco and Yemen. While the home of Druze has been mainly Syria and Lebanon.
Knowing that the world acknowledges the presence of Christian Arabs whether in history books, through their missionary work (which has reached as far as India) in their activism, contributions or due to their leadership of industrial western-base Arab organizations, “The Other Arabs” documentary film focuses on non-Moslem, non-Christian Arabs. It is an unprecedented film project that tackles the history, cultural identity, struggle and contributions of two of the most unknown Arab communities, Jews and Druze.
The plan is to produce this documentary film in a two to three series by the end of 2010. Interviews with Jewish Arabs from Iraq have been completed. The director plans to interview members of the Druze community in the USA, UK and Syria. She can be contacted at Info@INEAS.org and INEAS_1994@yahoo.com Please email her at both addresses if you want to participate in the project or recommend personalities to be interviewed.
In 2006, we initiated a fundraising drive for this project via email. Those who made donations are acknowledged below. For part one of the series, we need to raise a minimum of $5000. We greatly appreciate your help in making this educational project a reality.
The following are two film trailers:
http://www.ineas.org/videos.htm?video=3
http://www.ineas.org/videos.htm?video=2
Once again
Please click on the top-left blue clickable line,"Institute of Near Eastern & African Studies INC." above the video clip to make a donation. If you live in the USA, you can save us money by donating through our Institute's page http://www.ineas.org/in/pj/2009otherarabs.htm
or
by sending a check payable to INEAS to:
P.O. Box 425125
CAmbridge, MA. 02142 USA
Thank you for donating and believing in this project !
Off-Line Donations
Name Amount $$
Huda S. Al-Safwany* 50
Charles Alverson 25
Elisabeth Boosahda 50
Qais Ghanem 50
Elissa Menconi 50
Paul Rehm 50
Evelyn Veerkamp 100
Falah Yeldo 100
Radio Personality 50
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Donations in 2010
Rita Cohen_Sharaf 30
George Michael 25
Walaa' Ali 40
Richard Sullivan 106
Elisabeth Boosahda 50
Abdul Karim Hani 500
* Unfortunately deceased on January 3, 2010