Basic Organization Information
Levantine Center
- Also Known As:
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Levantine Cultural Center
- Physical Address:
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Los Angeles, CA
90035
- EIN:
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91-2156607
- Web URL:
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www.levantinecenter.org
- Blog URL:
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www.levantinecenter....
- NTEE Category:
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A Arts, Culture, and Humanities
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A01 Alliance/Advocacy Organizations
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S Community Improvement, Capacity Building
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S01 Alliance/Advocacy Organizations
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None
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None
- Year Founded:
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2001
- Ruling Year:
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2007
- How This Organization Is Funded:
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Board of Directors (10) - $50,000
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Private Donors - $32,000
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Earned Income - $90,000
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Mission Statement
Levantine Cultural Center promotes a greater understanding of the
Middle East and North Africa by presenting artistic and educational
programs that bridge political and religious divides. In a search for
common ground, the Center fosters discussions among artists and
thinkers and offers classes and workshops that serve diverse ethnic
communities.
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Impact Summary from the Nonprofit
Being equal parts “East” and “West” we resist the “us vs. them”
dialectic—the dichotomy of a “clash of civilizations.” We don’t believe that
the events of 9/11 have locked us into a binary reality. You can be a
secular Iraqi Muslim like architect Zaha Hadid, who lives in London and
creates post-modern buildings all over the world. Or you can be an
observant Moroccan Jew like André Azoulay who advises the King of
Morocco on that country’s economic policies. Whether you’re a Christian
Arab from Bethlehem who makes documentaries films for a living, or an
Egyptian Jew from Alexandria who writes extravagant science-fiction
novels, you are part of a larger, cohesive narrative.<br />
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Levantine Cultural Center, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is the
Los Angeles nexus for Middle Eastern/North African and Mediterranean
cultures. We look to new ideas and forms of expression from artists,
writers, iconoclasts and visionaries, both in the region and abroad. <br />
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Tax-deductible contributions support our programs for Middle East peace & cross-cultural understanding.
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Leadership
Jordan Elgrably
Term:
Since
June
2001
Leadership Statement:
After traveling widely and living abroad for a decade, upon returning to Los Angeles, I discovered that the Middle Eastern
population had mushroomed, with hundreds of thousands of Iranians,
Arabs, Armenians, Sephardic Jews, Turks, Kurds, Afghans and others
adding up to over one million people of Middle Eastern/North African
heritage in the greater Los Angeles region. My friends and I were active
on the Israeli-Palestinian issue and worked in the '90s to bridge the
divide through coexistence organizations both in the region and in
Southern California. For a time, between 1999 and 2001, my Muslim friend
Munir Shaikh and I co-directed an effort called Open Tent Middle East
Coalition, which brought all of us together under one tent to talk about
our differences and similarities and to look for solutions to the
problems our peoples faced back home.<p>Founded during the summer of
2001, the Levantine Cultural Center grew out of these local efforts to
bridge the divide between Americans and the Arab/Muslim world. It is the
result of many peoples' hopes and dreams whose families experienced
adversity and struggle; it was created by immigrants and the children of
immigrants from countries in the Middle East and North Africa—Muslims,
Jews and Christians who believe in our interconnectedness and the urgent
need for dialogue, for bridging our differences. The center reflects my
belief that we may come from different cultural or religious
backgrounds, but we share much in common with one another, and together
we can reinvent tomorrow for ourselves and our children.</p>
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Program:
Maktub: New Writing From/To the Mideast
- Budget:
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$7,500
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- Population Served:
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Program Description:
Levantine Cultural Center presented six literary arts programs
Program Long-Term Success:
Over 1,000 attendees acquired expanded knowledge of Arab, Iranian and other Middle Eastern societies
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Program:
Transcending Nationalisms
- Budget:
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$13,846
- Category:
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- Population Served:
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Program Description:
In June 2007 we presented an afternoon and evening of poetry, drama, discussion and music
Program Long-Term Success:
more than 250 attended and the feedback was excellent
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Program:
New Voices in Middle Eastern Cinema
- Budget:
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$35,000
- Category:
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Arts, Culture & Humanities
- Population Served:
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Adults
Program Description:
A monthly series of cast/crew special screenings of independent feature films from/about the Middle East and North Africa, funded in part by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The series provides Americans with opportunities to view films that receive limited theatrical distribution, and affords time to discuss films and the issues they raise with directors, actors and screenwriters.
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