Urban Unrest

20 November 2007 | Programming | Ernesto Aguilar

The Arab American Cultural and Community Center (ACC) held its 12th annual “Unity and Friendship” Gala benefiting the ACC and its charitable programs on November 10, 2007. This year’s theme was “A Rich Heritage, Foundation for Our Future.”

Wednesday’s Arab Voices program will feature speeches and remarks made at the Gala by Mr. Ahmad Alyasin, ACC President, Mr. Abraham Nabil, ACC Vice President, City of Houston Council Member Peter Brown, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, Ms. Nuzha Petro, Gala Chair, Dr. Abdulrahman Alshaya, Consul General of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Houston, Mr. Bill Shepard, General Manager of Riyad Bank Houston Agency, Mr. Imad Abdullah, ACC board member and founding member, Dr. Aziz Shaibani, President of the Arab American Medical Association, Mr. Anan Qaddumi, ACC board member, and Ms. Ruth Ann Skaff, Director of Development for the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America.

Arab Voices airs Wednesday at 7 p.m. on KPFT.

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