Speakers
Heba Amin
Birthplace: Egypt
Media: Dance
Themes: Contemporary Egypt/Middle Eastern Culture
Bedouin Culture
Women in the Middle East
Yawo Attivor
Birthplace: Togo
Media: Music
Themes: Human Rights in Togo
Multiculturalism
Edwin Beylerian
Birthplace: Lebanon
Media: Storytelling, Visual Arts
Themes: The Holocaust and Multiculturalism
International Understanding and Communication
Lorena Duarte
Birthplace: El Salvador
Media: Poetry, Spoken Word
Themes: Cross-Cultural
Multilingual Migrations through Love; War; Politics; Language; Family and
Culture
Tamar Ghidalia
Birthplace: Tunisia
Media: Music
Themes: Immigration
Honoring our cultural tapestry and the power of the whole
Marlina Gonzalez
Birthplace: Philippines
Media: Film, Media Education
Themes: How Immigrants of Color are Portrayed by Mainstream Media
The Histories and Personal Stories of Asian, African, Latino Immigrants
Through Film
Living Under Military Rule: A Personal Point of View
Leila Habashi
Birthplace: Iran
Media: Visual Arts
Themes: Immigration
Ibrahima “ibé” Kaba
Birthplace: Guinea
Media: Spoken Word
Themes: The African experience – both in America and back in Africa
Tou SaiKo Lee
Birthplace: Thailand
Media: Spoken Word, Hip Hop
Themes: Art for Social Change
Cultural Identity and preservation
Human Rights
Youth
Akasan Muratalieva
Birthplace: Kyrgyzstan
Media: Storytelling, Visual Arts
Themes: International Understanding and Communication
Cultural Identity and Self Consciousness
Myths and Realities of Life under Soviet Rule
Cyril Paul
Birthplace: Trinidad
Media: Music
Themes: Invisibility in White Society
Justice and Peace
Leili T. Pritschet
Birthplace: Iran
Media: Dance
Themes: Survival and the Art of Recovery, with a personal point of view
Jesus Purisaca
Birthplace: Peru
Media: Music
Themes: Respect
Understanding and Freedom of Expression
Antonio Rosell
Birthplace: Peru
Media: Visual Arts, Narrative
Themes: Cities
Urban Planning and Design
Transit and Transportation
Globalization
International Development
Free Trade
Immigration
Adnan Shati
Birthplace: Iraq
Media: Visual Arts
Themes: Huam Rights
Ancient and Contemporary Cultural of the Middle East
Environmental Issue in Iraq
Lucy Smith
Birthplace: Poland
Media: Storytelling, Visual Arts
Themes: The Holocaust and Multiculturalism
International Understanding and Communication
Roma Calatayud Stocks
Birthplace: Mexico
Media: Music, Lyrics, Poetry, Visual Arts
Themes: Multicultural influences in American Culture
How artists address human rights through music and art
Mexican/Latin American Artists who use art to explore personal and
political issues
Alejandra Cecilia Tobar Alatriz
Birthplace: Chile
Media: Performance Art, Spoken Word, Dance
Themes: The Nexus of Immigration
Nonviolence
Social Change and the Arts
Katie Ka Vang
Birthplace: United States
Media: Performance Art, Poetry
Themes: Racisim
Social Change
Marcus Young
Birthplace: China
Media: Conceptual, Performance, Public Arts
Themes: Identity
Belonging
Equality
Mindfulness
Arts
China
Maryam Ershadi Yusufzadeh
Birthplace: Iran
Media: Music
Themes: World Women in US Business
Being a Middle Eastern Women in the 21st Century
Women as Leaders and Healers