life changing film has made its way around the world, on a global mission of
peace. Turner Classic Movies calls it ?an engaging documentary? and The San
Francisco Chronicle praised it as ?a very good movie.?
InfoShop, The World Bank Group/IMF Canada Club, The World Bank Group Office of
Diversity Programs
cordially Invite you to a Celebration of the UNESCO-declared International Year
of Rumi in 2007 to commemorate the 800th anniversary of Rumi?s birth
RUMI TURNING ECSTATIC
Directed by Tina Petrova, Steven Roloff
A tragic car crash propels Petrova on a mystical journey - from the California
desert to the shifting sands of the Middle East - taking us on a road trip of
discovery, uncovering key scholars and scientists who currently animate Rumi?s
philosophies. Tina Petrova sets out to shine a light on his activism at work in
the world today.
Canadian Filmmaker Tina Petrova?s extraordinary documentary Rumi- Turning
Ecstatic premieres in Iran this week , as part of "CINEMA VERITE" Documentary
Festival- currently underway in Tehran at Cinema Felestin (www.defc.ir). The
50-minute film includes readings from Rumi?s poetry; interviews with leading
translators of Rumi?s poetry; and scenes of the Mevlevi Dervishes of Turkey.
This program will also include poetry reading, accompanied by renowned Persian
musician, Mehdi Assad.
Thursday, November 1, 2007
6:00pm
World Bank J Building, JB1- 080
701 18th St. NW corner of 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.
For non bank staff, please RSVP to infoShopevents@worldbank.org
Welcoming remarks by
Sherry Kennedy
Canada Club Representative
Moderated by
Juliana Oyegun
Director, Diversity Programs, World Bank
Discussed by
Joe Martin
Professor, Johns Hopkins University
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About the World Bank Group/IMFCanada Club
The mandate of the Canada Club is to organize activities and share information
related to Canada among World Bank Group and IMF current and former staff and
relatives, Canadians and people interested in Canada.
About the Office of Diversity Programs
The Office of Diversity Programs is an in-house source of expert advice on
diversity and inclusion. Its goal is to create an inclusive and respectful work
environment that values all human differences and mobilizes them as strategic
business assets in service of poverty reduction. The Office of Diversity
Programs provides guidance on institutional and unit-level strategies to promote
diversity and inclusion, advises on the diversity dimensions of recruitment,
strategic staffing, succession planning, and career development, conducts
research on systemic barriers to inclusion, and shares information on best
practices in diversity management worldwide
About the InfoShop
The InfoShop is the public information center of the World Bank and serves as a
forum for substantial debate on international development. Our extensive events
program consists of more than 250 events over the past two years and has hosted
many internationally recognized speakers including Queen Noor, Francis Fukuyama,
Jeffrey Sachs, Amartya Sen, Joseph Stiglitz, Thomas Friedman, and Carly Fiorina.
The InfoShop functions as the only publicly accessible space at headquarters and
provides internal and external audiences with over 15,000 titles published by
the World Bank, international organizations, and other publishers on development
issues.
For more information, visit: www.worldbank.org/infoshop
Comments about the events program: http://go.worldbank.org/TDG9T8O9K0
(See attached file: RUMI.doc)
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