Dear Community Member

April 30, 2008

Dear Community Member:

We appreciate your attendance at our Arab-American HeritageMonthProgram. Montgomery County declared in 1999, April to be observed as the Arab-American Heritage month. Since 2005, we began celebrating the Arab-American Month at Montgomery College This year we had a series of educational discussions, with the goal of exchanging ideas at the same time presenting a panoramic profile about the past and present of the diverse cultural traditions of our Arab-American community.

It is our hope that you found this program to be informative and interesting. Your feedback and input is instrumental in improving the quality of our program for next year. Please complete the survey and return as soon as possible.For your convenience, I included the evaluation form as attachment.Please feel free to send the form by email or mail to me at the following address:
Enas Elhanafi
Montgomery College
51 Mannakee Street-SV/107
Rockville, MD 20850

Thank you for your cooperation and celebrating Arab-American heritage month with us and we look forward to seeing you next year.

Sincerely,

Enas Elhanafi
240-567-1759

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Evaluation of Arab-American Heritage Month Program-April 2008

Please check/highlight or underline the event(s) you have attended and rate the overall quality of the speaker
and event(s): (please feel free to provide additional comments if desired)

Ø  U.S. Involvement in the Middle East (TP/SS Campus)…. 1(Poor) 2 3 4 5(Excellent)
Jefferson Café- Book Reading and Discussion
From Rashid Khalidi, Resurrecting Empire: Western Footprints and America's Perilous Path in the Middle East

·  Information:………………………………………..…..…1 2 3 4 5 N/A

·  Presentation:………………….……………….…………1 2 3 4 5 N/A

·  Organization:……………………………………….…....1 2 3 4 5 N/A

Ø  Promoting Understanding in a Diverse Community (Rockville campus)

·  Guest Speakers:
- Isiah ”Ike” Leggett :………………………………...…1 2 3 4 5 N/A

- Helen Samhan:…………………………….……….…1 2 3 4 5 N/A

·  Information:………………………………………….….…1 2 3 4 5 N/A

·  Presentation:………………….……………….……….…1 2 3 4 5 N/A

·  Organization:……………………………………….….....1 2 3 4 5 N/A

Ø  Arab Informational Exhibit (Germantown Campus) )………..…. 1 2 3 4 5 N/A

·  Information:……………………………………….…..…1 2 3 4 5 N/A

·  Presentation:………………….……………….…………1 2 3 4 5 N/A

·  Organization:……………………………………….…....1 2 3 4 5 N/A

Ø  Arabic Music Workshop (TP/SS Campus) )…..……..…. 1 2 3 4 5 N/A

·  Information:……………………………………….…….…1 2 3 4 5 N/A

·  Presentation:………………………………….………...…1 2 3 4 5 N/A

·  Organization:……………………………………….……...1 2 3 4 5 N/A

Ø  Arabic Music Workshop (Rockville Campus)……..….…. 1 2 3 4 5 N/A

·  Information:…………………………………………..….…1 2 3 4 5 N/A

·  Presentation:………………………………….……………1 2 3 4 5 N/A

·  Organization:………………………………………….…...1 2 3 4 5 N/A

Ø  Family and Culture: The Impact of Non-Profit Organizations
in Egypt (Rockville Campus)……..………………….…. 1 2 3 4 5 N/A

·  Guest Speakers::………………………………..…..…1 2 3 4 5 N/A

- Jennifer Cate :………………………….………...1 2 3 4 5 N/A

- Nermein Riad…………………….…….……...…1 2 3 4 5 N/A

·  Information:……………………………………….….…1 2 3 4 5 N/A

·  Presentation:………………………………….…..….…1 2 3 4 5 N/A

·  Organization:……………………………………….…...1 2 3 4 5 N/A

Ø  Film Screening and Interfaith Dialogue:
“Cities Of Lights” (Rockville Campus)………....…. 1 2 3 4 5 N/A

·  Guest Speakers:
- Rabbi Greg Harris :…… ………….…….………1 2 3 4 5 N/A
- Pastor Duncan McIntosh:………….….…...... …1 2 3 4 5 N/A
- Imam Munawar Saeed:… ……….…….…….…1 2 3 4 5 N/A

·  Guest Facilitators:
- Lobna Ismail:………………………… …..…...…1 2 3 4 5 N/A

- Daniel Tutt:……………………….…….……….…1 2 3 4 5 N/A

·  Information:……………………………………….…..…1 2 3 4 5 N/A

·  Presentation:………………………………….…………1 2 3 4 5 N/A

·  Organization:……………………………………….…...1 2 3 4 5 N/A

Ø  Collgewide Exhibits During the Month of April :.....1 2 3 4 5 N/A

·  Germantown Campus Library Exhibit :………..….....1 2 3 4 5 N/A

·  Rockville campus Library Exhibit:………… …..….....1 2 3 4 5 N/A

·  TP/SS Campus Library Exhibit:………… ………..…..1 2 3 4 5 N/A

·  HU Building, Rockville Campus:………… .……….....1 2 3 4 5 N/A

Section II: Please answer the following questions:

1. How did you hear about the event(s)?

2.  What did you like the most about the event(s) you attended?

3.  What did you like the least about the event(s) you attended?

4. What did you learn from the event(s) you attended?

5.  Any comments or suggestions for next year’s program?

Thank you for your input!

Enas Elhanafi