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Helem Community Center will be closed on Tuesday and Wdnesday 30th and 31st of August 2011.
Feter Majid!

Helem would like to invite you to her annual eftar on the 25thof August 2011 at Pub 101 (address: near spears pharmacy, facing Sanayeh Garden 50 meters from Helem Community Center).
Feel free to bring food and Ramadan drinks with you (Jelab, Tamer Hindi…). We hope that you will be preparing your plates. Soft drink will be available to buy from Pub 101.
We hope for your presence!

Closing of Books@Cafe

Written By: Madian al Jazerah, co-owner of Books@Cafe

This is about where we stand in hypocrisy and bigotry…and where we will be if we remain quiet.

Books@Cafe and many other establishments have been closed this week. Here is what I witnessed and what happened to us at Books@Cafe:

The night before Ramadan, the police violently stormed into the café and asked us to close down. “This is the holy month of Ramadan!” they barked. Since we are officially licensed and they could provide no official papers, we refused to close.