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Peace Vigil [Whidbey Island]
2025-11-01 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-12-06 11:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | WA
🔻 Every Saturday, 11am-1pm: Weekly vigil with @solidaritywpalestine_whidbey to stand with Palestine, raise community awareness, and support one another. Bring your flags, signs, or come as you are!

Tatreez circle + potluck
2025-11-02 11:00 - 14:00 | Suzanne Zahr, Art & Architecture, 2441 76th Ave SE, Ste 160, Mercer Island, WA, 98040, United States
Sunday 11/2 Tatreez circle + potluck
Come by with your tatreez (or other craft) project, and bring some food to share.
Open to all
(Note: This is not a structured class but the community is always happy to help if you are learning or need help!)
♥️ See you this weekend!
Share with your friends, and DM us if you are able to bring some food to share!
(Reminder: We know it’s Halloween tomorrow, please be thoughtful and no gory or scary costumes)

Lebanese Family Night
2025-11-02 16:00 - 20:00 | Bonsor Community Centre, 6550 Bonsor Ave, Burnaby, British Columbia, V5H 4P6,, Canada
Sunday, November 2 – Lebanese Family Night
Bonsor Community Centre, Burnaby | 4–8 PM (details to follow)

Social Night with MESC - UW
2025-11-10 16:00 - 19:30 | UW – HUB, 4001 E Stevens Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98195, United States
This event will be an epic night!🔥🙀
We are here with the Social Night that you DON’T want to miss!!😎👌🏻
Snacks ? we got you!!🍪🍿
Drinks? Don’t even worry about it!!🍹
Music ? Of course!!🫡🎶🥁
Board Games? Definitely!!🎲🃏🎯
Where? When???🤔
📍The HUB 334
🗓️ Monday Nov 10th 2025
🕓 4:00-7:30
Come and you’ll have the BEST time!😏🤞🏻
We better see you there making new friends!!🙂‍↔️💗

Community at Ya Hala
2025-11-28 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-12-05 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-12-12 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-12-19 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-12-26 18:00 - 21:00, 2026-01-02 18:00 - 21:00 | Suzanne Zahr, Art & Architecture, 2441 76th Ave SE, Ste 160, Mercer Island, WA, 98040, United States
Games, Music, Cafe
Remember, Ya Hala’s café and retail space is open to all
More details about each weekend’s events will drop on the Monday before. 👀

Lebanese Canadian Society’s Annual New Year’s Eve Party
2025-12-31 19:00 - 21:00 | Executive Hotel and Suites (Burnaby), 4201 Lougheed Hwy, Burnaby, BC, V5C 3Y6, Canada
We are excited to invite you to the Lebanese Canadian Society’s Annual New Year’s Eve Party!
Join us for a night filled with music, food, culture, and celebration as we welcome the new year together
Don’t miss out! Grab your tickets now and take advantage of our early-bird discount before December 1st.
Date: December 31, 2025
Doors Open: 7 PM
Buffet Dinner: 8 PM
Location: Executive Suites Hotel
4201 Lougheed HWY, Burnaby, V5C 3Y6
Tickets:
• $110 Early Bird (until Dec 01)
• $110 Members | $125 Non-Members (after Dec 01)
• Babysitting: Available for kids ages 3–10 for $40 each
Let’s welcome 2026 with joy, laughter, and community spirit!
Get your tickets here:
https://www.lebanesecanadiansocietyofbc.com/newyeareve2026
We look forward to seeing you all there.
Warm regards,
The LCS Board

Ya Hala pop up at Wear Transcend
2026-01-10 12:00 - 15:00 | Wear Transcend, Concourse Level, 600 Pine St, Pacific Place Mall C10, Seattle, WA, 98101
📣Pop-up announcement!

Ya Hala is popping up at the @weartranscend store in Pacific Place this Saturday, 12 – 3 pm.Come grab some of our specialty coffee (the smell of cardamom will warm your soul), tea (have you tried our sage tea yet?!), and browse the racks of @weartranscend’s super-stylish, unique, and sustainable clothing line.We hope to see you there! Tell your friends ♥️

Staying Grounded in a Storm with Eman Mabrouk
2026-01-25 10:30 - 12:00, 2026-01-25 13:30 - 15:00 | Suzanne Zahr, Art & Architecture, 2441 76th Ave SE, Ste 160, Mercer Island, WA, 98040, United States
We are so excited to announce this in person event with @ms.emanmabrouk on Sunday, Jan 25 at Ya Hala!
Read on for details:
1. Eman will be coming up to Seattle and we will be hosting her for TWO sessions of conversations with the community.
2. This is a ticketed event – your ticket is a direct donation to Eman’s mutual aid project, @rammunfoundation. All the money goes to help families in Gaza.
3. When you complete your donation (at http://bit.ly/WA012526), email your receipt to info@yahalaseattle.com, along with the session time you would like to register for (Session 1 is from 10:30 am to noon, and Session 2 is from 1:30 pm to 3).
4. If you register by Jan 10, donation requested is $40. After Jan 10 it goes to $50.
5. Book your spot! We already have people snagging spots even before we made this post!
6. We will have art available for sale and a raffle the whole weekend (Jan 23-25) at Ya Hala to support Rammun’s fundraising efforts!
Don’t miss out on this opportunity to hear from Eman and engage in a conversation about direct action, her work with families in and from Gaza, and more.

International Day of the Lebanese Emigrant 2026
2026-03-08 18:00 - 21:00 | Evergreen Cultural Centre, 1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam, British Columbia, V3B 7Z4, Canada
Join us for a special celebration at our annual International Day of the Lebanese Emigrant 2026. Enjoy an evening of Lebanese Culture & short movies
This event is under the Patronage of the H. Consulate of Lebanon in Vancouver; organized by WLCU-BC Council; hosted by The Lebanese Canadian Society of BC; in partnership with Lebanon Cinema Days Canada
Event details:
Sunday March 8, 2026
Evergreen Cultural Centre,
1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam
Cost: $30 per person. E-Transfer to bccouncil@ulcm.org
RSVP by February 25
Doors Open: 5:30 PM
Event Starts: 6:00 PM
Reception: 7:30 PM
***there will be no tickets issued. Once the e-transfer is received, your name will be added to the list of attendees.
THANK YOU to the generosity of Mazahr Lebanese Kitchen (1488 W 11th Ave, Vancouver) for sponsoring the reception.

BIPOC Tatreez Circle
2026-03-14 14:30 - 17:30 | KCLS – Burien, 400 SW 152nd St STE 100, Burien, WA, 98166
Bring your tatreez projects and supplies and come stitch with us! If you need a kit, we will have them for $5.

Community at Ya Hala
2026-04-03 17:00 - 2026-04-04 22:00, 2026-04-04 10:00 - 14:00 | Suzanne Zahr, Art & Architecture, 2441 76th Ave SE, Ste 160, Mercer Island, WA, 98040, United States
Games, Music, Cafe
Remember, Ya Hala’s café and retail space is open to all
This Friday and Saturday, April 3rd and 4th, join us to celebrate 1 year of community, and to say farewell (but not goodbye!) to Ya Hala on Mercer Island.
What started as a 1 month experiment turned into a full year of love, laughter, music, tears, joy, and everything in between.
Thank you for bringing your gifts and love to our space.
Friday we open at 5 – come grab a bite from @reemskitchenseattle, then at 7 pm join us for a sing-along, play games, and stay until we close!
Saturday morning we open at 10 – come chill out with us and get your morning caffeine, then join us at 1 pm for a community/ gratitude/ forward vision setting with @zanecounseling.
We can’t wait to be with you ♥️

Mercer Island Art Walk: SZ Gallery: I'm Still Alive
2026-04-03 18:00 - 21:00 | SZ Art Gallery, 2441 76th Avenue SE, Suite 160, Mercer Island, WA
Please join SZ Gallery’s final art reception during the Mercer Island ArtWalk featuring Palestinian Artists, Yazan Abu Salameh and Bashar Alhroub.
Come gather for the SZ Gallery exhibit and Ya Hala’s community spirit one last time in this cherished safe space, as we honor what we have built together and gently envision what comes next.

Warm Turkish coffee, teas and Palestinian treats by Ya Hala!

Rachel Corrie's Birthday
2026-04-10 11:00 - 13:00 | Evergreen State College, 2700 Evergreen Pkwy NW, Olympia, WA, 98505
On April 10, Rachel Corrie’s birthday, the community is invited to attend the rededication of the Rachel Corrie Memorial at The Evergreen State College (TESC).
There will be readings of Rachel’s writings, poetry, music, and more to celebrate TESC’s commitment to continue to honor Rachel.

Greenlake Keffiyeh Walk
2026-05-04 17:30 - 19:00 | Greenlake Boathouse and Coffee Shop, 7351 East Green Lake Dr N #5303, Seattle, WA, 98115, United States

Nakba Vigil - Save the Date
2026-05-15 18:30 - 20:30 | WA
This will mark 78 years since the Nakba, and another year in the ongoing struggle for Palestinian liberation.
Please join Palestinian community members for a vigil on May 15th, 2026 at 6:30pm. The vigil will include: a remembrance march, stories of ethnic cleansing, indigenous erasure, and survival from Palestinian and other indigenous community members.
We will also learn about destroyed Palestinian villages, the ways so called “Seattle” upholds the Zionist settler colonial project and build a collective art piece in commemoration.

More details and the location will be announced closer to May 15th .
Please mark your calendars!

Nakba Day Vigil
2026-05-15 18:30 - 20:30 | Denny Park, 100 Dexter Ave. N, Seattle, WA, 98109
Via Autonomous Organizers: Join the community at Denny Park at 6:30 PM on May 15th for a Nakba Day Vigil. Please bring candles, art for a rememberance march. We will be building community consciousness and solidarity as we continue to fight for an end to the Zionist Entity’s genocide in Gaza and a Free Palestine.
We’ll also come together to learn about the Nakba from the stories of local community members, learn the history of the more than 531 Palestinian villages that were destroyed, and learn about Seattle’s normalization and legitimization of the ethnic cleansing of Palestine, and Zionist settler colonial project.
As we build our movement for the next stage of struggle, we’ll learn together, build connections, and take action together. We will strive to stay on time and keep the event to 2 hours. Keep an eye out for more details on the vigil, art builds, and community supported carpools.

Keffiyah Walk at Green lake!
2026-06-01 17:30, 2026-06-08 17:30, 2026-06-15 17:30, 2026-06-22 17:30 | Greenlake Boathouse and Coffee Shop, 7351 East Green Lake Dr N #5303, Seattle, WA, 98115, United States
Monday June 1st (and every Monday!)
5:30pm (They usually start walking counter clockwise at about 5:45pm)
Starting at the Greenlake Boathouse coffee shop

Farm Field Trip 4 Shami Teens
2026-06-14 10:30 - 16:30 | Register for Location
We’re going on a field trip! Shami teens and their caregivers are invited!
A guided visit to a local farm (Olympia, WA). This is a culture-tending day to connect with land and food in the context of food justice and sovereignty
​This event is shaped for youth of Shami/Levantine descent and their caregivers. The activities, conversations, and pace are for their safety, pace, curiosities, healing, and needs.
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​For culture healing through relational learning and orienting ourselves as part of the natural world 🌍. A politicized container to weave power and address systemic injustice.
​As always, this is a container to honor land, heal culture, connect, and expand towards justice and wellness for all.
​WHAT TO EXPECT
​The guidance will be tuned to food sovereignty and culture through conversation and contemplation.
The flow will be organic based on the invitations of the land, our hosts, and the mood of the group. Some of the activities on the menu:

​A land tour

​Guided contemplation about food systems, ecology, and Shami agriculture, in the context of food traditions

​Hands-on land tending for embodied experience and building relationships

​Storytelling

​Hanging out with farm animals!

​Plant recognition practice

​Future visioning practice

​Quiet rest time

​We’ll be sharing a meal together. Details on that forthcoming!
​PARTICIPATION CONTRIBUTION

​$125 per participant

​$0 access spots are available per request. Contact hello@trillium.eco
​**Limited to 15 participants**

Baladna's Annual Palestinian Graduate Recognition Gathering
2026-06-21 | WA
Get ready to celebrate with us! Join Baladna for our Annual Palestinian Graduate Recognition Gathering on June 21, 2026 and let’s honor all our amazing Class of 2026 graduates! 🔥
This is also our chance to give a special shoutout to the incredible Palestinian fathers in our community who’ve been supporting our community every single day! 💪
Mark your calendars because we’re bringing the energy with food 🍖, vendors 🏪, games 🎯, sports 🏈, and so much more! It’s going to be epic!
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🎓🇵🇸 To every Pali grad in our community, this one’s for you.
From Pre-K diplomas to PhDs, every milestone deserves to be recognized and celebrated within our community. If you’re graduating in 2026 or know is someone who is graduating, sign up using the link in our bio so we can honor you at our Annual Palestinian Graduate Gathering!
PALI GRAD SIGN UP 🔗
https://forms.gle/Z3cX9vQkvyrWr85AA
