Program of Events - University of Illinois

                                                                                                      

Saudi Days at UIUC: Cultural Show and Open House

April 28th 2009 – Illini Union, llini Room B – 5pm to 9pm

  1. 5:00-5:10pm: Opening
  2. 5:10-5:40: Traditional dances
  3. 5:45-6:00: Movie: Saudi Arabia the past and the future
  4. 6:10-7:10: Lecture: Through the Looking Glass by John Paul Jones
    (How Western impressions of Saudi Arabia are formed via books and the news media, and what can be done to form a more realistic picture)
  5. 7:10-8:00: Traditional dances, traditional food, Henna, names in Arabic, discussions, other activities….
  6. 8:00-8:50: Movie: Tash ma Tash by John Paul Jones
    (A showing of an episode of the famous Saudi TV social satire which concerned the impact of 9-11 on Saudi nationals living in the United States. The speaker and his family were feature actors in the production, which is shown in Arabic only, but with English commentary.)
  7. Closing (9:00pm)

 


April 29th 2009 - Illini Union, Room 407 – 7pm to 9pm

  1. 7:00-8:00pm: Images of Saudi Arabia by John Paul Jones
    (The people and landscape of the Kingdom, over its dynamic developmental phase, 1978-2003)
  2. 8:10-9:00: Aramco Brats Movie