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February 25, 2008 Monday 2:22 AM EST

ARMENIAN FILM FESTIVAL, SPEAKERS PLANNED IN MARCH

FRESNO, Calif.

California State University Fresno issued the following press
release:

The Armenian Studies Program at Fresno State and co-sponsors have
planned three programs in March, beginning March 7 with the ninth
annual Armenian Film Festival.

All three events are free and open to the public.

The film festival will be at 7 p.m. in the Grosse Industrial
Technology Building, Room 101 (corner of Barstow and Campus Drive).

The program is co-sponsored by the Armenian Students Organization and
funded in part by the Diversity Awareness Program of the University
Student Union.

Parking restrictions will be relaxed in Lots K, L and Q.

On Wednesday, March 12, Wednesday, poet Gregory Djanikian will speak
at 7:30 p.m. in the University Business Center’s Alice Peters
Auditorium.

Djanikian’s new book of poems, "So I Will Till the Ground" (Carnegie
Mellon), has just been published. It deals, in large part, with the
Armenian Genocide and Djanikian’s immigrant experience in this
country after he left Alexandria, Egypt, as a young boy.

Djanikian teaches in the creative writing program at the University
of Pennsylvania.

The program is co-sponsored by the Armenian Students
Organization.Parking restrictions will be relaxed in Lot J.

The third program is Saturday, March 15 at 7:30 p.m. in the Alice
Peters Auditorium. Turkish Author Kemal Yal?in will discuss his book,
"You Rejoice My Heart." The novel, which has been translated into
English, discusses the massacre of the Armenians and Assyrians.

Joining him will be publisher Ara Sarafian of London.

The program is co-sponsored by the Tekeyan Cultural Association.

Parking restrictions are relaxed in lots adjacent to the University
Business Center.

For more information about the program, contact the Armenian Studies
Program office at 559.278.2669.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress