Iftar Dinner, Film Mark Ramadan at AANM

posted on: Jul 27, 2011

Across the U.S., Muslim Americans, including many Arab Americans, are preparing to observe the holy month of Ramadan, a period of fasting, reflection and prayer when Muslims try to rectify any misdeeds through devotional acts. Iftar dinners break the sunrise-to-sunset fast with special foods and festive gatherings of family and friends.

The Arab American National Museum invites the community to attend an iftar dinner and film screening at 7 p.m. Aug. 18, at the Museum, 13624 Michigan Ave. in Dearborn. Tickets for the event are $25 for museum members and $30 all others; they are available online at arabamericanmuseum.org and at the door.

People of all faiths are welcome at this event.

It begins at 7 p.m. in the museum’s lower level auditorium with a screening of “Budrus,” the award-winning 2009 documentary about a Palestinian community organizer, Ayad Morrar, who unites local Fatah and Hamas members and Israeli supporters in an unarmed movement to save his village of Budrus from destruction by Israel’s Separation Barrier.

Then, immediately after sunset, the iftar dinner will commence in the AANM’s dramatic Community Courtyard; visit arabamericanmuseum.org for announcements about the menu.

Visit .justvision.org/budrus to read more about the film.

Visit arabamericanmuseum.org/iftar.dinner.movie.2011 to purchase tickets – $30/$25 Museum Members – online.

Learn more about Ramadan and Islam on the Museum website: arabamericanmuseum.org/resource.booklets

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