ArabishWay

Palestinian Cultural Resistance Festival
2024-04-20 15:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | UW – Intellectual House, 4249 Whitman Ct NE, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States
Join us in solidarity with the Palestinian people to explore cultural resistance through music, dance, poetry, and food.

Educator Workshop with Arab American National Museum
2024-11-05 06:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
FREE with RSVP
Register for in-person OR virtual attendance
Please join AANM, the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS) and the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University for a full-day, hybrid professional development workshop. The workshop invites educators to hear from fellow Arab American educators and authors on how to incorporate Arab American voices & perspectives in the classroom curriculum. The workshop will be held at AANM; virtual attendees are also welcome to register for a Zoom link.
Featured speakers include Reem Kassis, award-wining author of We Are Palestinian: A Celebration of Culture and Tradition and The Palestinian Table. Attendees will receive copies of the books, along with a lesson plan around the books. Teachers will learn of a variety of free educational resources.
This workshop allows educators to gain access to unique educational resources, network with fellow educators and enhance their knowledge about the Arab American community. Traditional Arabic breakfast and lunch will be provided to all in-person attendees. SCECH credits will be available for interested educators.
This workshop is made possible by a Title VI grant from the United States Department of Education, which is funding National Resource Center on the Middle East and North Africa at Georgetown University’s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies and with additional funding from the Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown.
For questions, e-mail Dave Serio, Curator of Education, at dserio@accesscommunity.org

#1 HARM-LESS HOLIDAY MEALS (ONLINE SESSION)
2024-11-21 16:00 - 18:00 | Virtual
An online workshop series to learn how to reduce environmental harm and divest from systems of oppression during the holiday season.
https://trillium.eco/events/harmless112124
Thursday, November 21, 2024 4:00 PM 6:00 PM
A family recipe using homegrown veggies.
A modest spread encircled by family, neighbors, and strangers.
A prayer and giving thanks for the abundance, the ancestors, and the martyrs.
This is the dinner scene at the diasporic Lebanese home.
On the Levantine village homestead by the burned olive field.
Nestled in the rubble of the destroyed home in Gaza.
This is how we resist imperialism and occupation.

#2 Harm-Less Holiday Gifting (ONLINE SESSION)
2024-12-05 16:00 - 18:00 | Virtual

Informational Session (UW): Spotlight on the Horn of Africa
2025-01-30 16:00 - 17:00 | Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center, 3930 Brooklyn Ave NE, Seattle, WA, United States
Courses Spotlighting and Introducing the Horn of Africa
CAMPUS LOCATIONSamuel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center (ECC1) – Room 306

Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, 4 – 5 p.m.

DESCRIPTION

Courses Spotlighting and Introducing the Horn of Africa

EVENT INTERVAL
Single day event

CAMPUS LOCATION
Samuel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center (ECC1)

CAMPUS ROOM
Room 306

ACCESSIBILITY CONTACT
mworku3@uw.edu

EVENT TYPES
Information Sessions

EVENT SPONSORS
Department of Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures and the Academic Center for Humanities

Registration Open: Fighting Fascism at Home and Abroad: Study and Action for Palestine
2025-02-25 - 2025-03-02 | Virtual
We are all connected. The same forces oppressing our communities at home are arming the Israeli regime abroad. “Study & Action for Palestine” is an online course and learning community that explores the question of how we can build a durable movement, strong enough to take on these forces at home and abroad. The course provides a direct avenue of engagement with experienced Palestinian, Jewish, Christian & Labor Union organizers taking action for Palestine right now AND a community of learning & support that fortifies participants with knowledge, skills & supportive relationships for the long haul as we demand an end to genocide and a #FreePalestine.
Cosponsors: @uscpr @jewishvoiceforpeace@adalahjusticeproject @showingupforracialjustice@_catalystproject_ @highlandercenter @rabbis4ceasefire
Guest teachers: @nouraerakat @ahmadabuznaid@huwaida.arraf @sumayaawad … and more!
Facilitators: @chrisforliberation & Eleanor Hancock of @comrades.education
Link in @comrades.education bio and on comrades.education homepage for full details & registration.
Artwork: Yasmine Abulhab @yabulhab_creates_stuff
Photography: Naaman Omar via apaimages & Nikolas Gannon via Unsplash

Teach Truth: Jesse Hagopian
2025-02-25 19:00 - 20:30 | Third Place Books – Seward Park, 5041 Wilson Ave S, Seattle, WA, 98118, United States
In the face of relentless attacks on antiracist education, a much-needed reckoning with the roots of this latest wave of censorship and an urgent call to action to defend education.

Third Place Books is thrilled to welcome local educator, activist, and writer Jesse Hagopian to our Seward Park store for a presentation of his new book, Teach Truth: The Struggle for Antiracist Education.
This event is free and open to the public. For important updates, RSVP is highly recommended in advance. This event will include a public signing and time for audience Q&A. Sustain our author series by purchasing a copy of the featured book!
Having trouble accessing Eventbrite? Click here.

How To Talk to Kids About Palestine
2025-03-15 12:00 - 13:30 | Virtual
Step 1: Donate to Sameer Project here (sugg. donation $30).
Step 2: Register for “How to Talk to Kids About Palestine” here.
In this workshop, illustrator Nathi Ngubane will discuss art as a tool for education and communication, and how adults can talk to children about Palestinian liberation. Nathi will then lead us in an all-ages drawing exercise open to parents, kids, and everyone in between.
Nathi Ngubane is a South African-based writer and illustrator. His most recent work is From the River to the Sea: A Colouring Book (Social Bandit Media, 2024), which features illustrations that teach children about the injustice of the Nakba, the history and culture of the land, as well as key concepts driving and sustaining the Palestinian resistance.

Black in Gaza: Webinar on Race and Resistance
2025-04-07 09:00 - 10:30 | Virtual
Monday, April 7, 2025
12:00 PM 1:30 PM

Join us for a conversation about race, Palestinian identity, and the power of transnational movement building with Wassim Manaa, the viral videographer from Gaza, and Ahmad Abuznaid, Executive Director at the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights.
Register here: https://www.zeffy.com/ticketing/webinar-black-in-gaza

From Egypt to Palestine: Celebrating Arab Heritage in Teaching
2025-04-30 16:00 - 17:00 | Virtual
NCTE members are invited to join English Language Arts Teacher Educators (ELATE) and Hannah Moushabeck and Dr. Sawsan Jaber in celebration of National Arab American Heritage Month. This enriching event will uplift Arab literature and culture, with a particular focus on Palestine.
Moushabeck and Jaber will share their personal stories, expertise, and practical strategies for how teacher educators and K–12 classroom teachers can integrate Arab and Palestinian literature and culture into teacher education spaces and K–12 ELA classrooms.
Participants will

learn about the history, culture, and texts of Arab regions in the world, with a particular emphasis on Palestine;
gain practical strategies for integrating Arab and Palestinian literature and culture into educational settings; and
access booklists across K–12 and college settings to expand their text sets and to support the inclusion of Arab literature and culture in their curricula.

Special opportunities for attendees:

Book Giveaway: Attendees can enter to win a book from Interlink Publishers.
Resource Packet: All attendees will receive a curated booklist and teaching resources to support the inclusion of Palestinian literature and culture in their curricula.

This is a members-only event, and registration is required (but it’s free to join). Contact profdev@ncte.org with any questions.

Teaching Palestine: Lessons, Stories, Voices
2025-05-08 16:00 - 17:30 | Virtual
Join Teaching Palestine: Lessons, Stories, Voices co-editors to launch the new Rethinking Schools book. Palestine has long been one of the great silences in the official curriculum. Teaching Palestine: Lessons, Stories, Voices provides educators with powerful tools to uncover the history and current context of Palestine-Israel in the classroom — poetry, personal narratives, interviews, role plays, critical reading and writing activities, and more. Teaching Palestine offers a defense of Palestinian humanity centering Palestinian lives, uplifting and celebrating Palestinians’ struggle for justice, and critiquing racism and inequality.
The editors will be joined by musician and activist Macklemore. Register today!
