Friends of Alif, As we rang in the 2018 New Year in the last two weeks, we also reflected on the many exciting events which Alif was able to hold in 2017. Your role, as dedicated supporters, made it happen! We could not have experienced this success without you. Know how grateful we are for […]
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Help us build a bright future for the Arab-American community!
Dear Alif Supporter, What would you like the future to look like? If you are like us, we see an even MORE proud and vibrant Arab-American community playing an essential part of the larger, diverse mosaic of communities in the metro-Atlanta area. We see Alif Institute as an even MORE valuable resource for countering negative stereotypes. We see […]
APPLY NOW: NNAAC Transformative Leaders Fellowship
For the second year in a row, the National Network for Arab American Communities has awarded Alif Institute with one of their Transformative Leaders Fellowships! NNAAC will give us a grant to award this prestigious, nine-month fellowship to an outstanding Arab American who is a college or graduate student or recently graduated.
Jim Lommasson’s “What We Carried” at Alif Institute humanizes refugee experience – ARTSATL – April 2017
View full article. Originally by Virginie Kippelen on Apr 17, 2017 Stories of refugees have inundated the realm of media in recent years. As a result, overexposure to imagery of loss and despair may have made us a little more desensitized to this new world ordeal. This is why the project by photographer Jim Lommasson, […]
Ibtisam Barakat, Palestinian memoirist, to speak at rights center – AJC – Nov 2016
View full article. Originally by Bo Emerson – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Ibtisam Barakat is a Palestinian poet and autobiographer whose memories of the 1967 Six-Day War between the Arabs and the Israelis, which took place when she was 3 years old, became the evocative account “Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood.” Her newest book, “Balcony […]
“Angela Khoury, responsable auprès d’Alif Institute. «On est là pour célébrer l’héritage arabe»” – MAGAZINE (Lebanon) – Oct 2015
View full article Qu’est-ce qui vous a amenée à l’institut Alif? Mon histoire avec Alif a débuté en 2004, lorsque je suis arrivée à Atlanta. Auparavant, nous habitions à Saint-Louis et j’étais un membre actif de l’église Saint-Raymond. Quand nous nous sommes établis à Atlanta, j’ai inscrit mes enfants à l’Atlanta International School, là où […]
À Atlanta, l’intégration n’efface pas les origines libanaises – L’ORIENT LE JOUR (Lebanon) – Sep 2015
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Walk in a Winter Wonderland at Fernbank Museum – ExploreGeorgia.org – Dec 2014
View full article It is, without a doubt, the best time of year to be at Fernbank Museum. With 35 trees provided by consulates and cultural groups from around the world, three display cases and, of course, the Fernbank tree itself, it’s hard not to find yourself filled with holiday cheer. Though it was difficult, […]
Alif Food Drive to help Refugees
On Saturday December 16, 2013 Alif received a special visit from from IRC’s representative Mr. Duncan de la Fled. From November 1, 2013 until December 16, 2013 Alif collected non perishable food items to donate to IRC Food Bank. Amana Academy School partnered with us in this project. Mr. Duncan de la Fled came in […]
NEW ALIF EXHIBIT: WINDOWS TO THE ARAB WORLD
Dear Alif Community, We are proud and excited to announce that Alif has just received a grant from The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta to build a permanent and mobile exhibit to teach about various aspects of Arab culture and Arab Americans with a special focus on Georgia! We will begin with two units: Arab […]