June 21, 2013
MPAC is proud to announce that it has signed on to be the Participating Organization for the feature film "Wadjda" on June 21 at the 19th Annual Los Angeles Film Festival. Presented by Film Independent, the festival will run from June 13-23 at the Nokia Theater in downtown LA.
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READ MOREJune 14, 2013
The notion that we must give up liberty for freedom has taken our country into a whole new realm of Orwellian life. This week, reports revealed a top-secret NSA program, PRISM, has been collecting data on American citizens through monitoring emails, text messages, phone calls and other methods of communications. -
READ MOREJune 11, 2013
Last week, MPAC President Al-Marayati spoke about “Public-Private Partnerships” at the 2013 National Homeland Security Conference. He spoke about “The Five I-s” -- what it takes to create effective partnership in terms community and law enforcement. -
READ MOREJune 11, 2013
Last week, MPAC-Western New York held its 9th Annual Banquet in Buffalo, NY, with Azizah al-Hibri, a prominent Muslim lawyer and President Barack Obama's appointee, featured as the keynote speaker.
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June 14, 2013
The notion that we must give up liberty for freedom has taken our country into a whole new realm of Orwellian life. This week, reports revealed a top-secret NSA program, PRISM, has been collecting data on American citizens through monitoring emails, text messages, phone calls and other methods of communications. -
READ MOREJune 7, 2013
Agents at Boston's Logan International Airport said fellow employees in the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) behavior detection program were targeting minorities for questioning based on their race or ethnicity. In fact, the TSA’s own Inspector General found that the behavioral detection program has done little more in the past seven years than racial profiling of unsuspecting passengers. -
READ MOREJune 3, 2013
Last week, MPAC joined a coalition of more than 160 national, state and local organizations to send a letter to all 100 members of the U.S. Senate advocating for an effective and inclusive prohibition on profiling and discrimination in the immigration bill. -
READ MOREMay 31, 2013
This week, it has been reported that President Barack Obama is prepared to nominate James Comey to direct the FBI. Currently, Director Robert Mueller’s term is set to expire in September leaving the position vacant and the Bureau satiated with public relations problems.
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June 21, 2013
MPAC is proud to announce that it has signed on to be the Participating Organization for the feature film "Wadjda" on June 21 at the 19th Annual Los Angeles Film Festival. Presented by Film Independent, the festival will run from June 13-23 at the Nokia Theater in downtown LA. -
READ MOREMay 2, 2013
This past Saturday, MPAC honored three exceptional projects -- “5 Broken Cameras,” “Bones” and the Sundance Film Institute -- at its 22nd Annual Media Awards Gala. It was an glamorous evening with emotional moments as the honorees thanked the American Muslim community for their support. -
READ MOREMarch 4, 2013
“Day of the Falcon” (aka “Black Gold”), an epic adventure film with global appeal that offers a positive portrayal of the Arab culture, landscape and Islam is hitting theaters March 1. The film starring Antonio Banderas, Freida Pinto and Tahar Rahim, is the story of two rival kingdoms in the Arab Gulf region who discard their truce until when oil is discovered between their territories. Now it is up to their children to find a way to end the violence and bring peace to the land. -
READ MOREFebruary 24, 2013
MPAC's Hollywood Bureau proudly announced today it will honor 2013 Oscar nominee for Best Feature Documentary “5 Broken Cameras,” co-created by Palestinian filmmaker Emad Burnat and Israeli filmmaker Guy Davidi, during its 22nd annual Media Awards Gala this spring.
UPCOMING EVENTS
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Jun
30From Despair to Hope: Connecting the Dots between Gangs & Extremism
In the face of a constant stream of shooting sprees, terror attacks and urban violence, what are concerned citizens to do? Join MPAC, All Saints Church Pasadena and Homeboy Industries as we tackle this question during a community forum on Sunday, June 30, at 6 pm at All Saints Church. -
Sep
08Dr. Hathout to Receive George Regas Courageous Peacemaker Award
ICUJP is presenting the George Regas Courageous Peacemaker Award to three outstanding individuals, where one of them is our very own Dr. Maher Hathout. -
Dec
14Mark Your Calendars: MPAC's 13th Annual Convention is on Dec. 14
With the huge success of the MPAC's groundbreaking last year's convention still fresh in our memories, we are pleased to announce that our 13th annual Convention will be on held on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013, at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, CA.
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