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Film Events and Festivals Organized and Attended Guest Speaker Media classes: George Washington University, American University, Howard University, the Washington Center, Film events: LunaFest '05, Docs-in-Progress '04, Artomatic '07, Women in Film and Video panel '07, Blair High School career fair, '07 Juror ITVA Peer Awards, 2007 Visions Festival, American University, 2004, 2006, 2007 CINE Golden Eagle Film and Video Competitions, Washington, DC. 2001 and 2003 Adjunct Instructor, Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars (TWC), "International Media: A Focus on the Middle East," undergraduate course examining media coverage of the Middle East. Washington, DC, Fall 2005 Online Interview for the Independent Feature Project with Whitney Dow and Marco Williams, filmmakers of "Two Towns of Jasper." 2002   Events Organized Event organizer, Women in Film and Video/Women in Film and Television International, organized film screenings at the Goethe Institute, Washington, DC, 2007 Event organizer, Women in Film and Video/ Women in Film and Television International, organized reception at Goethe Institute in conjunction with RealScreen Summit in Washington, DC, 2008 Event organizer, Women in Film and Video, organized film screening and discussion of MACHUCA at the Chilean embassy in Washington, DC, 2007 Event organizer, Women in Film and Video, organized panel about producing films in Latin America, 2007 Assistant Director, Center for Social Media at American University. Organizing screenings and panel discussions of social issue documentaries with organizations such as Human Rights Watch, Women Make Movies, the Labor Film festival, the Environmental Film Festival and the Goethe Insitute. Washington, DC, 2002-2003 Promotion of films distributed by Arab Film Distribution for screenings at Visions Cinema, Washington, DC. 2002-2003 Conference organizer, "Media as a Social Tool: Makers, Brokers Users." Center for Social Media at American University, Sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation. Washington, DC, June 18-19, 2002 DC Film Coordinator for Alwan, a non-profit organization screening films from the Arab world at Visions Cinema, Washington DC, 2001 Volunteer Director for the DC Independent Film Festival, Washington, DC. 2001-2002. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: Board Member and International WIFTI Liaison Women in Film and Video, Washington, DC, 2006-2008 International Documentary Association   Film Festivals Attended REAL SCREEN SUMMIT 2008, Washington, DC WIFTI Summit 2007, Toronto SILVERDOCS, Silver Spring, MD 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 FULL FRAME Documentary Festival, Durham, NC, 2005 REAL SCREEN SUMMIT 2003, Washington, DC INDEPENDENT FEATURE PROJECT Market 2002, New York, NY DCIFF, 2001, 2002 Participant at the Ford Foundation Meeting for Arab Arts organizations, New York, June 20-21, 2001 Search for Common Grounds, DC Labor Film Festival, DC Environmental Film Festival, Human Rights Film Festival, Visions Festival, Arabian Sights, FILM FEST DC, ALWAN Arab Film Festivals, Alliance for Community Media, ADC Film Festivals, MESA, Jerusalem Fund films, APA Contact: info@aflama.com

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