BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Missouri State University/Calendar of Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b059ff94-72b3-4805-a43d-a2e67938ad66.182370@calendar.missouristate.edu CREATED:20170919T152808Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170919T152808Z LOCATION:Craig Hall Coger Theater SUMMARY:An Hour of Kurdish Music DESCRIPTION:Mr. Najat Abdullah will perform on his oud\, performing tradit ional Kurdish music. Afterward\, there will be a Q&A about Kurdistan and cultural diplomacy.\n\n\nNajat Abdullah is a Director of Culture and Huma nitarian Affairs at the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Mission in Wa shington\, D.C. Mr. Abdullah coordinates all cultural outreach and engage ment with the Kurdish-American community\, including art exhibitions\, ho liday celebrations and cultural days.\n\n\nA professional traditional oud player by training\, Mr. Abdullah completed his training at the Sulaiman i Institute of Fine Arts and has played with numerous traditional Kurdish folk music ensembles\, including the renowned Sulaimani Folk Group\, as well as the Sulaimani Institute Symphony Orchestra. He is a longtime\, ac tive member of the Kurdistan Organization for the Arts. Mr. Abdullah is a lso President for Kurdish Relief Fund\, helping refugees and IDPs in Kurd istan\, Iraq. He is fluent in Kurdish\, Farsi and Arabic. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head><title></title></head><body><p>Mr . Najat Abdullah will perform on his oud\, performing traditional Kurdish music. Afterward\, there will be a Q&amp\;A about Kurdistan and cultural diplomacy.</p>\n<p>Najat Abdullah is a Director of Culture and&nbsp\;Hum anitarian Affairs at the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Mission in&n bsp\;Washington\, D.C. Mr. Abdullah coordinates all cultural outreach and engagement with the Kurdish-American community\, including art exhibitio ns\, holiday celebrations and cultural days.</p>\n<p>A professional tradi tional oud player by training\, Mr. Abdullah completed his training at th e Sulaimani Institute of Fine Arts and has played with numerous tradition al Kurdish folk music ensembles\, including the renowned Sulaimani Folk G roup\, as well as the Sulaimani Institute Symphony Orchestra. He is a lon gtime\, active member of the Kurdistan Organization for the Arts. Mr. Abd ullah is also President for Kurdish Relief Fund\, helping refugees and ID Ps in Kurdistan\, Iraq. He is fluent in Kurdish\, Farsi and Arabic.</p></ body></html> DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20170922T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20170922T183000 SEQUENCE:0 URL:96726.PNG CATEGORIES:Public,Alumni,Current Students,Faculty,Future Students,Staff END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR