ArabishWay

Arabic-English Language Exchange: Chatting and Games at Teku Tavern:
2025-04-03 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | teKu Tavern, 552 Denny Wy, Seattle, WA, 98109
هلا يا جماعه
We’ll meet at Teku Tavern for some chatting in Arabic/English and possibly some games. I’ll bring conversation starters and games but feel free to bring your own!
*Teku Tavern is all ages and has both non-alcoholic, cafe drinks and beer*
Come join us, all dialects welcome!

Arabic Storytime @ Lake City Branch / وقت القصص بالعربية في فرع ليك سيتي
2025-04-05 10:30 - 11:30, 2025-07-12 10:30 - 11:30, 2026-01-10 10:30 - 11:30, 2026-01-17 10:30 - 11:30, 2026-01-24 10:30 - 11:30, 2026-01-31 10:30 - 11:30, 2026-02-07 10:30 - 11:30, 2026-02-14 10:30 - 11:30 and 11 more dates | Lake City – Seattle Public Library, 12501 28th Ave. N.E., Seattle, Washington, 98125, United States
At storytime, children from birth through elementary school and their families can enjoy stories, songs, and fun learning activities.
Event in English and Arabic.
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في وقت القصص، يمكن للأطفال الذين تتراوح أعمارهم من حديثي الولادة وحتى سن الخامسة وعائلاتهم الاستمتاع بالقصص والأغاني وأنشطة التعلُّم المرحة.
نرحب بالعائلات من جميع الأعمار.
يُعقد الحدث باللغة الإنجليزية والعربية.
Registration is not required.

Arabic-English Language Exchange: Chatting and Games at Teku Tavern
2025-04-17 18:30 - 20:00 | teKu Tavern, 552 Denny Wy, Seattle, WA, 98109

Arabic English Language Exchange Meetup: Chatting and Games at Lune Cafe
2025-05-01 18:30 - 20:30, 2025-05-15 18:30 - 20:30, 2025-05-29 18:30 - 20:30, 2025-06-12 18:30 - 20:30, 2025-06-26 18:30 - 20:30 | Lune Cafe, Lune Cafe 107 1st Ave S, Seattle, WA, 98104
Details:
أهلا يا جماعه
هنلتقي في Lune Cafe ونتكلم بالعربي او انجليزي وممكن نلعب حاجه كمان. هاجيب معايا مواضيع للنقاش وطوله وألعاب كروت وممكن تجيبوا ألعابكو كمان
نرحب بكل اللهجات العربيه والمستويات الإنكليزيه
We’ll meet at Lune Cafe for some chatting in Arabic/English and possibly some games. I’ll bring conversation starters and games but feel free to bring your own!
All dialects and English levels welcome!
Come join us, all dialects welcome!

A Delicate Symphony: Courtship, Guardianship, and (self-)Censorship in Translating from Arabic with Sawad Hussain
2025-05-06 16:30 - 18:30 | UW – HUB, 4001 E Stevens Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98195, United States
Free and open to the public. No RSVP required. Seats are available on a first come basis.
Sponsored by Lee Scheingold, Simpson Center for the Humanities, UW Translation Studies Hub, Jackson School of International Studies, Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures, Middle East Center, Northwest Translators and Interpreters Society (NOTIS)
Third Place Books will have a comprehensive selection of Sawad Hussain’s translations available for purchase online and at the event, including Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung, Counterweight by Djuna, and Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park. Hur will sign books after the lecture and Q&A.
Click here for details about Sawad Hussain’s lecture on University of Washington campus.

Sawad Hussain is a translator from Arabic whose work has been recognized by, among others, The Warwick Prize for Women in Translation and the National Book Award for Translated Literature. She is a judge for the Palestine Book Awards, and has run translation workshops for Shadow Heroes, Africa Writes, the Yiddish Book Center, the British Library, and the National Centre for Writing. Her latest co-translation is The Book Censor’s Library. A former Co-Chair of the Translator’s Association (UK), she is committed to mentoring literary translators and developing the industry in general.

Not So Simple! Translating Young Adult Literature as Resistance and Entertainment with Sawad Hussain
2025-05-07 17:00 - 19:00 | Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum, 93 Pike Street #307, Seattle, WA, 98101
There is a common misconception in literary publishing that books for children and young adults are “simple” and are, therefore, easy to translate. But translating literature for younger people is not simple at all. How does the process of “curating” young people’s literature involve translators’ negotiation with the expectations of English-language editors and publishers? How might translation of young people’s literature into English function as a form of decolonization and resistance? What are the sensitivity issues that are particular to publishing young adult literature? Should young adult literature in translation be handled like highbrow adult literature in translation, like “ordinary” YA literature, or something in between? And, finally, does the original language of the book or its country of origin affect these calculations? Join the panel of three distinguished translators—Sawad Hussain (Arabic), Shelley Fairweather-Vega (Russian and Uzbek), and Takami Nieda (Japanese)—for an engaging discussion of these issues.

Sawad Hussain is a translator from Arabic whose work has been recognised by, among others, The Warwick Prize for Women in Translation and the National Book Award for Translated Literature. Recent releases include a co-translated sci-fi YA title (I Want Golden Eyesby Maria Dadouch) and a murder mystery YA novel (The Djinn’s Apple by Djamila Morani). A former Co-Chair of the Translator’s Association (UK), she is committed to mentoring literary translators and developing the industry in general.

Arabic Toddler Time
2026-02-28 11:00 - 12:30 | KCLS – Bellevue, 1111 110th Avenue NE, Bellevue, WA, 98004
Bring your little one for Arabic-language toddler time, ideal for kids ages 18 months to four years old. We will play, sing and learn together in Arabic.

Arabic for Social Justice
2026-03-01 | Virtual
Arabic for Social Justice returns with in-person classes in NYC and online options.
We learn Arabic through film, media, and everyday language, grounded in social and political contexts.
Levels this semester:
Beginner 1, 2, 3
Intermediate 1
Algarabia Film Club (intermediate & heritage speakers)
Details + registration at the link: https://linktr.ee/algarabialanguage
