Skip Navigation  Cultural Outreach  In order to promote broader
intercultural understanding both within local Middle Eastern
communities and between those communities and the UCLA and
greater Los Angeles population the Center sponsors a wide array
of academic and cultural activities each year.  These events aim
to bring together UCLA students, faculty and staff, members of
the Southern California academic community, Middle Eastern
Americans and the general public. Past events include
conferences, workshops, lecture series, films screenings, museum
exhibitions, concerts, and dance performances that have explored
the politics, history and cultures of the Middle East and
broader Islamic world.  In the 2009-10 academic year, CNES will
continue its cultural outreach through a series of concerts
exploring the music of different regions and cultures; poetry
recitations and readings with authors such as Gregory Orfalea; a
photography exhibit at the Fowler Museum in the summer of 2010,
a film series in conjunction wit