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SUMMARY:Film Screening and Discussion: “We’re Not White”
DESCRIPTION:Join us for viewing and discussion of the film We’re Not White by by Arab American comedian\, speaker\, writer\, academic\, and adjunct Professor\, Amer Zahr. \nWhat does it mean to be invisible in racial categories but distinct and hyper visible as a ‘feared’ and ‘enemy’ minority? Let’s talk about our experiences\, the tensions that exist in this statement of disavowing white supremacy while at times benefiting from proximity to whiteness\, how do we see ourselves and what we want to change? \nEvent is co-sponsored by the Honors College. \nLive Transcription via zoom will be available. \n  \n\nRSVP 
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/film-screening-and-discussion-were-not-white/
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Panel Discussion,Movie
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SUMMARY:Movie: MAYOR\, followed by a discussion with David Osit and Cherien Dabis
DESCRIPTION:The Museum of the Palestinian People is excited to screen MAYOR\, a captivating portrayal of Musa Hadid\, the Mayor of Ramallah. The screening will be followed by a discussion with David Osit and Cherien Dabis. \nMAYOR follows Musa Hadid\, the Christian mayor of Ramallah\, during his second term in office. His immediate goals: repave the sidewalks\, attract more tourism\, and plan the city’s Christmas celebrations. His ultimate mission: to end the occupation of Palestine. \nRich with detailed observation and humor\, MAYOR offers a portrait of dignity amidst the madness and absurdity of endless occupation while posing a question: how do you run a city when you don’t have a country? \nSuggested donation: The Museum of the Palestinian People is committed to keeping our virtual programming free\, but events like these are impossible without supporters like you. Please consider making a donation to the Museum of the Palestinian People when registering for this event. \n  \nThe Museum of the Palestinian People is screening MAYOR\, followed by a discussion with David Osit and Cherien Dabis
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/movie-mayor-followed-by-a-discussion-with-david-osit-and-cherien-dabis/
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Panel Discussion,Movie
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210325T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210325T163000
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SUMMARY:NBF Presents: Borders of Belonging
DESCRIPTION:THURSDAY\, MARCH 25 @ 6:00PM EST \nNational Book Foundation Presents\n\nNBF YouTube Channel\n\n\nNBF Presents: Borders of Belonging \nTo question the “other” in American identity\, join National Book Award–honored authors Laila Lalami (The Other Americans\, 2019 Fiction Finalist)\, Nafissa Thompson-Spires (Heads of the Colored People\, 2018 Fiction Longlist)\, and Karla Cornejo Villavicencio (The Undocumented Americans\, 2020 Nonfiction Finalist) for a conversation on borders\, immigration\, and outsiders\, and what it means to write one’s self into existence. Moderated by Concepción de León\, a New York Times reporter.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/11090/
CATEGORIES:Book Reading,Lecture/Panel Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210324T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210324T110000
DTSTAMP:20260530T230336
CREATED:20210320T021859Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210320T021859Z
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SUMMARY:Discussion: Palestine is a Feminist Struggle
DESCRIPTION:Palestinian women have always been at the forefront of our resistance to Israeli settler colonialism. We are excited to be hosting two remarkable Palestinian feminist organizers\, Soheir Asaad of Tal’aat and Sarah Ihmoud of the Palestinian Feminist Collective for a conversation about emerging Palestinian feminist movements. Join us on Wednesday\, March 24 at 12 noon EDT (9 am PST & 6 pm Palestine) to learn what we mean when we say: There is no free homeland without free women! Palestine is a feminist issue. \nCo-sponsored by the Palestinian Feminist Collective and Middle East Children’s Alliance \nRegister today: bit.ly/PalFeminists \n  \nIf you haven’t had a chance to support the Palestinian Feminist Collective’s pledge affirming that Palestine is a Feminist Issue\, sign on today and spread the word near and far!
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/discussion-palestine-is-a-feminist-struggle/
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Panel Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210321T110000
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SUMMARY:Tatreez & Me: Motherhood\, Palestinian Identity\, and Embroidery
DESCRIPTION:Palestinian embroidery\, or tatreez\, is centuries-old folk art\, traditionally passed from mother to daughter over a cup of tea. The traditional Palestinian embroidered dress\, also known as the thobe\, has traceable origins from the beginning of the sixteenth century and the tatreez\, or embroidery\, has an iconographical and symbolic significance that ultimately dates back to Chinese symbols found around 5\,000 BC. \nAward-winning Palestinian embroiderer Feryal Abbasi-Ghnaim began passing the endangered art form to her daughter Wafa Ghnaim at two years old. \nThis Mother’s Day\, we will celebrate the Palestinian art of embroidery and Palestinian stories through a conversation with Feryal and Wafa about motherhood\, Palestinian identity\, and embroidery. Bring your mom and your girlfriends for what is sure to be a thoughtful\, engaging\, and heartwarming conversation.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/tatreez-me-motherhood-palestinian-identity-and-embroidery/
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Lecture/Panel Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210320T090000
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SUMMARY:The Ethnic Cleansing of Sheikh Jarrah - Screening of Short Films & Discussion with Mohammed El-Kurd
DESCRIPTION:Please click here to register for this event. \nA virtual screening of two short films about Sheikh Jarrah followed by a discussion with Mohammed El-Kurd. \nMohammed El-Kurd is an award-winning writer and internationally-touring poet from Jerusalem\, Palestine. His work has appeared in The Nation\, The Guardian\, and Al-Jazeera among others. He is from Sheikh Jarrah\, a neighborhood battling ethnic cleansing since 1972. Today\, his family\, among 12 others\, is ruled to be displaced from their homes by August 2021.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/the-ethnic-cleansing-of-sheikh-jarrah-screening-of-short-films-discussion-with-mohammed-el-kurd/
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Panel Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210319T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210319T203000
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SUMMARY:Movie: There is a Field via Mideast Focus Ministry
DESCRIPTION:THERE IS A FIELD\nThis film by local filmmaker Jen Marlow\, tells the story of a 17-year-old Palestinian peace activist\, killed by the IDF. It is told through the lens of Black Lives Matter activists in the U.S. \nIn October 2000\, a police officer shot and killed unarmed 17-year-old Asel Asleh. His story is tragically familiar for Americans\, but Asel was not killed in Ferguson\, New York City\, Atlanta\, or Minneapolis. Asel was a Palestinian teenager who was murdered by Israeli police as he participated in a demonstration\, calling for an end to the Israeli occupation and settler-colonization. \nLearn more here. \nwith guest speaker: TBA \nContact info@saintmarks.org to be added to the Mideast Focus Ministry mailing list\, or use this form. (Check the box marked “Mideast Focus.”)
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/movie-there-is-a-field/
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Panel Discussion,Movie
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210318T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210318T203000
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CREATED:20210224T184021Z
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SUMMARY:Lecture at San Jose State University: Laila Lalami
DESCRIPTION:The acclaimed\, award-winning novelist–author of The Moor’s Account and The Other Americans–now gives us a bracingly personal work of nonfiction that is concerned with the experiences of “conditional citizens.” \nWhat does it mean to be American? In this starkly illuminating and impassioned book\, Pulitzer Prize Finalist Laila Lalami recounts her unlikely journey from Moroccan immigrant to U.S. citizen\, using it as a starting point for her exploration of the rights\, liberties\, and protections that are traditionally associated with American citizenship. Tapping into history\, politics\, and literature\, she elucidates how accidents of birth–such as national origin\, race\, or gender–that once determined the boundaries of Americanness still cast their shadows today. Throughout the book\, she poignantly illustrates how white supremacy survives through adaptation and legislation\, with the result that a caste system is maintained\, keeping the modern equivalent of white male landowners at the top of the social hierarchy. Conditional citizens\, she argues\, are all the people whom America embraces with one arm\, and pushes away with the other. \nBrilliantly argued and deeply personal\, Conditional Citizens weaves together the author’s own experiences with explorations of the place of nonwhites in the broader American culture.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/lecutre-sjsu-laila-lalami/
CATEGORIES:Book Reading,Lecture/Panel Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210317T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210317T210000
DTSTAMP:20260530T230336
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SUMMARY:Readings & Conversations with Laila Lalami
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lecture with Laila Lalami\, novelist\, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award\, and author of The Moor’s Account and The Other Americans. \nLAILA LALAMI was born in Rabat and educated in Morocco\, Great Britain\, and the United States. She is the author of four novels\, including The Moor’s Account\, which won the American Book Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Her most recent novel\, The Other Americans\, was a Los Angeles Times bestseller\, a best-of-2019 selection from NPR\, Time\, and Kirkus\, and a finalist for the National Book Award in Fiction. Her essays and criticism have appeared in the Los Angeles Times\, the Washington Post\, Harper’s\, the Guardian\, and the New York Times. In fall 2020\, she will release Conditional Citizens\, a nonfiction exploration of how the rights\, liberties\, and protections of American citizenship are not always uniformly applied.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/readings-conversations-with-laila-lalami/
CATEGORIES:Book Reading,Lecture/Panel Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210228T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210228T140000
DTSTAMP:20260530T230336
CREATED:20210128T214736Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210128T220726Z
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SUMMARY:Arab Film Series Online: There Is A Field + Talkback
DESCRIPTION:3 p.m. EST Sunday\, Feb. 28\, 2021\nArab Film Series Online: There Is A Field (2020) dir. Jen Marlowe \nFree with RSVP/$5 suggested donation \nRSVP for streaming link \nThere Is A Field tells the story of Asel Asleh\, an unarmed 17-year old Palestinian teenager who was murdered while participating in a demonstration calling for an end to Israeli occupation and settler-colonization. \nA play turned performance-reading film\, There Is A Field is performed by Black Lives Matter activists in the U.S.\, and is intercut with the activists’ own realizations of the parallels they see between Asel’s story and the experiences of BIPOC communities in the U.S. Amidst the ongoing Black Lives Matter uprising that reignited in recent months following the police murder of George Floyd\, There Is A Field provides a unique and timely lens for discussing decolonization\, Black liberation\, Black-Palestinian solidarity and cross-movement organizing. \nFollowing the screening\, we are pleased to be joined by director Jen Marlowe for a talkback. \nPalestine\, U.S.A. / 70 minutes / Documentary\, Performance / English \nFor questions\, e-mail Dave Serio\, Public Programming Specialist at dserio@accesscommunity.org.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/arab-film-series-online-there-is-a-field-talkback/
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Panel Discussion,Theater
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210227T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210227T123000
DTSTAMP:20260530T230336
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SUMMARY:Beyond the Two State Solution: Book Talk and Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Jonathan Kuttab’s new book is a short introduction to the crisis in Palestine-Israel\, which has been characterized by the competing visions of Zionism and Palestinian nationalism. While many thought the two-state solution would offer a resolution\, Jonathan explains that the two-state solution (that he supported) is no longer viable. He suggests that any solution be predicated on the basic existential needs of the two parties\, which he lays out in exceptional detail. He formulates a way forward for a one-state solution that challenges both Zionism and Palestinian nationalism. This book invites readers to begin a new conversation based on reality: two peoples will need to live together in some sort of unified state. It is balanced and accessible to neophytes and to experts alike. \nZoom Registration
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/beyond-the-two-state-solution-book-talk-and-discussion/
CATEGORIES:Book Reading,Lecture/Panel Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210225T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210225T183000
DTSTAMP:20260530T230336
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SUMMARY:The Wandering Palestinian: A Book talk by Author and Activist Anan Ameri
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a conversation between Author and Activist Anan Ameri and Professor and Activist Nadine Naber \nDr. Anan Ameri is a scholar\, author\, activist\, and community organizer. She is the founding Director of the Arab American National Museum (AANM) and Palestine Aid Society of America. She holds a BA in Sociology from the University of Jordan\, an MA from Cairo University\, and a PhD from Wayne State University in Detroit. She was a fellow at the Bunting Institute of Radcliffe College\, a visiting scholar in Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University\, and served as Interim Director of the Institute for Jerusalem Studies. The recipient of numerous awards\, Anan was inducted into the Women’s Hall of Fame in Lansing\, Michigan in 2016 and received ACCESS’s Arab American of the Year award in 2020. She enjoys writing and has authored and edited several articles and publications. She lives in Ann Arbor\, Michigan. \nDr. Nadine Naber is Professor in the Gender and Women’s Studies Program and the Global Asian Studies Program and holds an affiliation with the Department of Anthropology at UIC. Dr. Naber’s research interests lie at the intersections of transnational feminisms; women of color and queer of color theory; de-colonizing feminisms; empire studies; critical race studies; and Middle East Studies; and Arab American Studies. Dr. Naber is author of Arab America: Gender\, Cultural Politics\, and Activism (NYU Press\, 2012). She is co-editor of the books Race and Arab Americans (Syracuse University Press\, 2008); Arab and Arab American Feminisms\, winner of the Arab American Book Award 2012 (Syracuse University Press\, 2010); and The Color of Violence (South End Press\, 2006). Dr. Naber is an editorial board member of the Critical Ethnic Studies Journal\, the Journal of Palestine Studies\, and Al-Shabakah. Dr. Naber co- founded Arab and Muslim American Studies (an Ethnic Studies unit within the Program in American Culture) at the University of Michigan\, Ann Arbor. Dr. Naber’s current book in progress focuses on radical mothering in the context of protest movements of the Egyptian revolution and Chicago’s immigrant and people of color-based movements against state violence. \n  \nRSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-wandering-palestinian-a-book-talk-by-author-and-activist-anan-ameri-tickets-139806399705
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/the-wandering-palestinian-a-book-talk-by-author-and-activist-anan-ameri/
CATEGORIES:Book Reading,Lecture/Panel Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210219T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210219T200000
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SUMMARY:Movie: Advocate via Mideast Focus Ministry
DESCRIPTION:ADVOCATE\nThis film provides a fascinating look at the life and work of Jewish Israeli lawyer  Lea Tsemel who has represented Palestinian prisoners for nearly 50 years\, in Israeli courts. \nThe film follows Jewish-Israeli human-rights lawyer Lea Tsemel as she navigates through the Israeli judicial system in defense of Palestinian political prisoners. The film includes archival footage of past cases Tsemel was involved in over a five-decade long career; interviews with Tsemel and her family members\, including her husband\, Michel Warschawski and their daughter and son\, as well as interns and associates at Tsemel’s law firm; and closely follows two contemporary cases represented by Tsemel and her co-counsel\, Tareq Barghout. \nLearn more here. \nwith guest speaker: TBA \nContact info@saintmarks.org to be added to the Mideast Focus Ministry mailing list\, or use this form. (Check the box marked “Mideast Focus.”)
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/movie-advocate-via-mideast-focus-ministry/
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Panel Discussion,Movie
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210219T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210219T170000
DTSTAMP:20260530T230336
CREATED:20210128T223022Z
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SUMMARY:P&P Live!: Marc Lamont Hill and Mitchell Plitnick — Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, February 19\, 2021 – 6 p.m.\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event will be streamed online as part of our P&P Live! Series. \nA bold call for the American Left to extend their politics to the issues of Israel-Palestine\, from a New York Times bestselling author and experts on U.S. policy in the region. \nHill and Plitnick provide a timely and essential intervention by examining multiple dimensions of the Israeli-Palestinian conversation\, including Israel’s growing disdain for democracy\, the effects of occupation on Palestine\, the siege of Gaza\, diminishing American funding for Palestinian relief\, and the campaign to stigmatize any critique of Israeli occupation. Except for Palestine is a searing polemic and a cri de coeur for elected officials\, activists\, and everyday citizens alike to align their beliefs and politics with their values. \nMARC LAMONT HILL is an award-winning journalist and the Steve Charles Professor of Media\, Cities\, and Solutions at Temple University. He is the author of multiple books\, including the New York Times bestselling Nobody\, and co-author (with Mitchell Plitnick) of Except for Palestine (The New Press). His newest book\, We Still Here: Pandemic\, Policing\, Protest\, and Possibility is a timely intervention into the popular movement for police abolition. He’s featured speaking for The Root here. \nMITCHELL PLITNICK\, the president of ReThinking Foreign Policy\, is a political analyst and a frequent writer on the Middle East and U.S. foreign policy. His past roles include vice president of the Foundation for Middle East Peace\, director of the U.S. Office of B’Tselem\, and co-director of Jewish Voice for Peace.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/pp_except_for_palestine/
CATEGORIES:Book Reading,Lecture/Panel Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210130T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210130T110000
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SUMMARY:Movie: Jenin\, Jenin - Live Stream
DESCRIPTION:To register for this event please click here. \nTo view the film trailer please click here. \nThe screening of the film will be followed by Q&A discussion with film Director Mohammad Bakri. \nAbout the Film \nMuhammad Bakri’s film “Jenin\, Jenin” caused a storm in Israel and even made it to the Supreme Court (which made a decision banning its release). \nThe film deals with the events of Jenin in April 2002\, when the Israeli Army invaded the West Bank town and the refugee camp as part of the so-called “Operation Defensive Shield.” \nPalestinians as well as human rights groups accuse Israel of war crimes committed during the siege and invasion of the Palestinian refugee camp in April 2002. “Jenin Jenin” demonstrates the extent of Israeli oppression and terror and the effects they have left behind.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/movie-jenin-jenin-live-stream/
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Panel Discussion,Movie
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210117T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210117T100000
DTSTAMP:20260530T230336
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SUMMARY:Virtual Artist Talks - A Conversation with Mohammed Al Haj
DESCRIPTION:The Palestine Museum US will feature Mohammed Al Haj\, a young Gazan artist in its artists’ talk series. Al Haj will share his unique sculptural technique and speak about his current solo exhibition. A student will speak about the sculpture workshops he began and teaches in a Gaza refugee camp.  Audience discussion will follow.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/virtual-artist-talks-a-conversation-with-mohammed-al-haj/
CATEGORIES:Art,Lecture,Lecture/Panel Discussion
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210113T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210117T233000
DTSTAMP:20260530T230336
CREATED:20201226T211403Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201226T211454Z
UID:10000754-1610557200-1610926200@arabishway.com
SUMMARY:This is Not a Movie: ROBERT FISK and the Politics of Truth
DESCRIPTION:January 13\, 2021 |This is Not a Movie: ROBERT FISK and the Politics of Truth\nFollowed by a Q & A with filmmaker Yung Chang!\nWe are proud to co-present a special tribute screening to the late Robert Fisk\, in partnership with the Middle East Children’s Alliance.\nRobert Fisk died on October 30\, 2020 in Ireland at the age of 74. \nABOUT THE FILM:\nFor more than 40 years\, journalist Robert Fisk has reported on some of the most violent and divisive conflicts in the world. Yung Chang’s This Is Not a Movie captures Fisk in action—feet on the ground\, notebook in hand\, as he travels into landscapes devastated by war\, ferreting out the facts and firing reports back home to reach an audience of millions. \nAfter this content becomes available January 13th at 5:00 pm PST\, you’ll have 4 days to start watching. Once you begin\, you’ll have 24 hours to finish watching the film. The January 13th at 5:00 pm live stream can be viewed anytime until January 17th at 11:45 pm.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/this-is-not-a-movie-robert-fisk-and-the-politics-of-truth/
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Panel Discussion,Movie
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201128T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201128T160000
DTSTAMP:20260530T230336
CREATED:20201127T170142Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201127T201822Z
UID:10000746-1606572000-1606579200@arabishway.com
SUMMARY:Commemorating the Detroit Arab Workers Strike for Palestine
DESCRIPTION:NOV 28: “Commemorating the Detroit Arab Workers Strike for Palestine” virtual panel hosted by our Detroit chapter! \n\nOn November 28th in 1973\, 2\,500 Arab auto workers SHUT DOWN production at Chrysler’s Dodge Main assembly plant near Detroit\, in a historic wildcat strike called for by the Arab Workers Caucus. The strike resulted in the first ever “BDS” victory in U.S. history — successfully demanding UAW divest from their State of Israel bonds (over $300k purchased with union dues money).\n\nYou don’t want to miss this event featuring a panel of 3 distinguished speakers who will discuss what took place during the strike\, the political context and organizing that made it possible\, as well as important lessons for our movements today.\n\n Speakers List \n GEORGE KHOURY – Nakba survivor\, long-time Detroit based Palestinian leftist\, labor and community organizer\, and leading member of US Palestinian Community Network (USPCN)\n JEROME SCOTT – Founding member of League of Revolutionary Black Workers member\, member of LRNA\, board member of General Baker Institute\n MIKE SIVIWE ELLIOT – former Detroit auto worker\, retired leader of UAW Local 551\, member of Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (CAARPR)\n Moderated by Julia Kassem and Danya Zituni of USPCN-Detroit\n\n Poster by Danya / @qamarprints on Instagram \n\nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/2671486793165505
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/commemorating-the-detroit-arab-workers-strike-for-palestine/
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Panel Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201121T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201121T120000
DTSTAMP:20260530T230336
CREATED:20201029T213525Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201029T213735Z
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SUMMARY:Upping the Stakes: Persecution and Resistance Across Contexts
DESCRIPTION:1 p.m. EST Saturday\, Nov. 21\, 2020\nUpping the Stakes: Persecution and Resistance Across Contexts\nFREE with RSVP or suggested $10 donation*\n*Donate $25 or more and receive a free e-subscription of Michigan Quarterly Review!\nRSVP for streaming link \nWriters published in Sukoon Magazine and the Michigan Quarterly Review’s special issue on Persecution will share their work and participate in a panel discussion around the theme of persecution\, injustice\, displacement and disenfranchisement. Arab writers and artists will share their poetry\, essays\, music and film and engage in dialogue about what it means to up the stakes on human rights campaigns and artistic endeavors that transcend borders. In the shifting political and literary landscape of Arab culture\, what does the future hold? \nFeaturing writers/artists Rahim AlHaj\, Zeina Hashem Beck\, Esmat Elhalaby\, Mona Kareem\, Ahmed Naji and Hind Shoufani\, with host/emcee Rewa Zeinati and panel moderator Khaled Mattawa.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/10450/
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Panel Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201115T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201115T133000
DTSTAMP:20260530T230336
CREATED:20201029T213028Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201029T213135Z
UID:10000726-1605441600-1605447000@arabishway.com
SUMMARY:Alternative Archives: Discourses and Disruptions: Session 2: Global Uprising: Indigeneity\, Land\, Heritage // Hawaiʻi & Palestine
DESCRIPTION:Alternative Archives: Discourses and Disruptions\nAANM\, ArteEast and NYU’s Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies are excited to come together to present Alternative Archives: Discourses and Disruptions\, a series of events that will explore themes of storytelling\, archiving and evolving technologies in the digital world as they relate to the SWANA (South West Asia and North Africa) region. These programs are part of two broader thematic series from the Kevorkian Center titled Digital Forays and Global Uprising. For more information or to RSVP for all sessions\, visit www.alternativearchives.org \n3 – 4:30 p.m. EST Sunday\, Nov. 15\, 2020\nSession 2: Global Uprising: Indigeneity\, Land\, Heritage // Hawaiʻi & Palestine\nOnline via Zoom\nRegistration required  \nHow do cultivation\, contractors\, culture and cosmopolitics relate to land rights struggles in Palestine and Hawaiʻi? This panel will reflect on growing ecological crises\, displacement from land and alienation from heritage through potential strategies or antidotes presented by education and cultural projects that bridge art\, science and agriculture. Through the practice of two working artists and two academics we will think through linkages of land\, lineage and laws. \nFeaturing panelists Nida Sinnokrot (artst)\, Sean Connelly (artist)\, and moderators Nasser Abourahme (NYU) and ‘Ilima Long (University of Hawaiʻi).
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/alternative-archives-discourses-and-disruptions-session-2-global-uprising-indigeneity-land-heritage-hawai%ca%bbi-palestine/
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Panel Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201022T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201022T190000
DTSTAMP:20260530T230336
CREATED:20200930T235741Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200930T235741Z
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SUMMARY:Move American: Screening + Discussion w/ Leila Awadallah & Zaquia Mahler Salinas
DESCRIPTION:Free with RSVP/suggested donation\nRSVP for streaming link \nPresented as part of AANM’s Arab Film Series Online\, Leila Awadallah\, Palestinian American choreographer and current AANM artist-in-residence\, co-hosts an online dance screening event as one of 7 filmmakers presenting in DISCO RIOT‘s Move American series. Witness 7 short dance films surrounding voting\, social justice and identity expressed by artists across the United States\, followed by a discussion with Leila Awadallah\, DISCO RIOT Artistic Director and Co-Founder Zaquia Mahler Salinas and AANM Director Dr. Diana Abouali. \nSubmissions from Distance Dance! (enter by Oct. 16!) will be screened as part of the program.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/move-american-screening-discussion-w-leila-awadallah-zaquia-mahler-salinas/
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Panel Discussion,Movie
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201018T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201018T143000
DTSTAMP:20260530T230336
CREATED:20200930T235305Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200930T235305Z
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SUMMARY:Arab Film Series Online: Beauty and the Dogs (2017) dir. Kaouther Ben Hania
DESCRIPTION:Free with RSVP/suggested donation; 100% of the donations raised will support ACCESS’ Domestic Violence program \nRSVP for streaming link \nEmploying impressive cinematic techniques and anchored by a tour-de-force performance from newcomer Mariam Al Ferjani\, Beauty and the Dogs presents a gripping moral conundrum surrounding two young Tunisians. When Mariam\, a young Tunisian woman\, is raped after leaving a party\, she is propelled into a harrowing night in which she must fight for her rights and her dignity. Based on a true story\, Beauty and the Dogs tells an urgent\, unapologetic and important story head-on. \nImmediately following the screening will be a talkback with guests TBA. \nPlease be advised that this program contains sensitive subject matter related to the discussion of sexual violence and mental and emotional abuse\, that may be triggering to some. \n2017 / 100 minutes / Rated R for Adult References\, Explicit Language and Sensitive Subject Matter / Drama / Arabic with English Subtitles
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/arab-film-series-online-beauty-and-the-dogs-2017-dir-kaouther-ben-hania/
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Panel Discussion,Movie
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201015T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201015T113000
DTSTAMP:20260530T230336
CREATED:20201022T001127Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201022T001127Z
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SUMMARY:Conversation: JUSTICE IS POLITICAL (NOT HUMANITARIAN): WHAT PALESTINIANS DEMAND FOR GAZA 
DESCRIPTION:JUSTICE IS POLITICAL (NOT HUMANITARIAN): WHAT PALESTINIANS DEMAND FOR GAZA\nThursday\, October 15 1 pm ET/10 am PT \nJustice cannot wait. Ahead of the second presidential debate\, Palestinians in the US plan to reiterate this and other critical demands for justice: to end military funding to Israel and allow Palestinians their internationally-recognized right to return to their occupied homes. Congress’ responsibility to Gaza is political\, not humanitarian. A humanitarian approach seeks to apply a bandage to a gaping wound that should instead be healed through justice in policy: ending US complicity in Israel’s siege of Gaza. Only when Palestinian voices are centered in determining their futures can their hopes for freedom and justice can be realized. Join expert Palestinians and progressive allies to discuss policy demands that aim to stop the roots of the violence on Gaza by removing US support for Israel’s ongoing violations of Palestinian rights. \nRegister to join this critical conversation. \nThis event can be viewed here: https://m.facebook.com/MPowerChange/videos/justice-is-political-not-humanitarian-what-palestinians-demand-for-gaza/2442304769409778/
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/conversation-justice-is-political-not-humanitarian-what-palestinians-demand-for-gaza/
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Panel Discussion
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201008T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201008T170000
DTSTAMP:20260530T230336
CREATED:20200930T233925Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200930T233925Z
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SUMMARY:Conditional Citizens: Laila Lalami in conversation with Alexander Key
DESCRIPTION:What does it mean to be American? In this starkly illuminating and impassioned book\, Pulitzer Prize Finalist Laila Lalami recounts her unlikely journey from Moroccan immigrant to U.S. citizen\, using it as a starting point for her exploration of the rights\, liberties\, and protections that are traditionally associated with American citizenship. Tapping into history\, politics\, and literature\, she elucidates how accidents of birth–such as national origin\, race\, or gender–that once determined the boundaries of Americanness still cast their shadows today. Throughout the book\, she poignantly illustrates how white supremacy survives through adaptation and legislation\, with the result that a caste system is maintained\, keeping the modern equivalent of white male landowners at the top of the social hierarchy. Conditional citizens\, she argues\, are all the people whom America embraces with one arm\, and pushes away with the other. Brilliantly argued and deeply personal\, Conditional Citizens weaves together the author’s own experiences with explorations of the place of nonwhites in the broader American culture.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/conditional-citizens-laila-lalami-in-conversation-with-alexander-key/
CATEGORIES:Book Reading,Lecture/Panel Discussion
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201006T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201006T170000
DTSTAMP:20260530T230336
CREATED:20201001T031011Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201001T031011Z
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SUMMARY:Concert of Colors Forum on Community\, Culture & Race: Community Self-Determination
DESCRIPTION:Concert of Colors Forum on Community\, Culture & Race: Community Self-Determination\nLivestreamed on Detroit Public TV and Facebook \nRSVP for streaming link \nThe Concert of Colors Forum on Community\, Culture & Race\, one of the Arab American National Museum’s signature annual events\, is a dynamic gathering of artists\, activists and advocates who use performance and dialogue as a tool for advocacy and community building. This year’s program will be presented online at www.dptv.org and on Facebook live. Breaking bread together is a tradition during this signature event; we hope you’ll break bread with us and tune in during dinner! \nFeaturing keynote speaker Ismael Ahmed\, panelists/performers Leila Awadallah\, ShoShona Kish\, Sterling Toles and Malik Kenyatta Yakini\, and moderator Charles Ezra Ferrell. \nConcert of Colors\, Detroit’s annual diversity festival\, will be happening Oct. 6-11\, 2020\, broadcast on Detroit Public TV. More info + concert lineup
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/concert-of-colors-forum-on-community-culture-race-community-self-determination/
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Panel Discussion
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201005
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201031
DTSTAMP:20260530T230336
CREATED:20200930T202011Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201001T035426Z
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SUMMARY:Shuruq 4.5: Olympia Arab Festival
DESCRIPTION:The first online Olympia Arab Festival! \nThis free\, month-long festival celebrates the arts and cultures of the Arabic-speaking region and diaspora.\n 
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/shuruq/
CATEGORIES:Festival,Lecture/Panel Discussion,Movie
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201002T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201002T110000
DTSTAMP:20260530T230336
CREATED:20201001T030723Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201001T030723Z
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SUMMARY:Conversation with Malak Mattar and Taqi Spateen
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a conversation with Malak Mattar and Taqi Spateen\, whose artwork for George Floyd and Iyad Al-Hallaq went viral on Instagram.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this Event\n\n\nJoin us for our second event to celebrate our new virtual exhibit\, “Intersections: Palestinian and African American Art for Social Justice” as we talk with two of our Palestinian artists for the exhibit\, Malak Mattar and Taqi Spateen. \nIn a span of five days\, Black American George Floyd was killed by a Minnesota police officer and Iyad al-Hallaq\, an unarmed Palestinian man with autism\, was fatally shot by two Israeli officers on his way to a school for the disabled. Their deaths inspired a wave of protests—and art—around the world. In this one-time event\, Malak and Taqi will share their artwork\, creative process\, and perspectives on the relationship between art and activism. \nDonations are welcome: We are very grateful for your partnership and support. The Museum of the Palestinian People is based in Washington DC and here to tell our stories\, which encompass the rich history\, vibrant arts\, culture and spirit of a people who thrive even in the face of adversity. \nVisit our website: mpp-dc.org/
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/conversation-with-malak-mattar-and-taqi-spateen/
CATEGORIES:Art,Lecture/Panel Discussion
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201001T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201001T170000
DTSTAMP:20260530T230336
CREATED:20201001T061914Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201001T061914Z
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SUMMARY:Redlining and Real Estate with Randa Kayyali Privett\, Ph.D.
DESCRIPTION:As part of her commitment to fighting racism\, Dr. Randa Kayyali Privett will be discussing how past redlining affects today’s real estate markets. This talk\, based on the book\, The Color of Law\, is sponsored by two University of Washington groups: UW Libraries and the UWAA Book Club\, and will be moderated by UW Alumna\, Melony Pedersen\, Senior Development and Construction Manager at Forterra. 
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/redlining-and-real-estate-with-randa-kayyali-privett-ph-d/
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Lecture/Panel Discussion
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200930T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200930T210000
DTSTAMP:20260530T230336
CREATED:20200930T233228Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200930T233228Z
UID:10000698-1601494200-1601499600@arabishway.com
SUMMARY:Laila Lalami in Conversation with Kiese Laymon Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America | Virtual Talk
DESCRIPTION:About the Program\n\nHear from Laila Lalami\, Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of The Other Americans\, as she discusses her first work of nonfiction\, Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America. Using her own journey from Moroccan immigrant to United States citizen as a starting point\, Lalami explores how marginalized groups—including immigrants\, women\, and people of color—are often blocked from many of the rights\, liberties\, and protections associated with American citizenship. Moderated by writer Kiese Laymon (Heavy: An American Memoir)\, this evening offers illuminating and deeply personal insights about the experiences of those whom America embraces with one arm and pushes away with the other. \nSigned books available for preorder on booksoup.com.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/laila-lalami-in-conversation-with-kiese-laymon-conditional-citizens-on-belonging-in-america-virtual-talk/
CATEGORIES:Book Reading,Lecture/Panel Discussion
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200925T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200925T210000
DTSTAMP:20260530T230336
CREATED:20200823T035015Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200823T035015Z
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SUMMARY:Laila Lalami with Viet Thanh Nguyen (livestream) Conditional Citizens
DESCRIPTION:What does it mean to be an American? Author Laila Lalami joins us via livestream to discuss this question in conversation with fellow author Viet Thanh Nguyen. Drawing from her book Conditional Citizen\, she recounts her unlikely journey from Moroccan immigrant to US citizen\, using it as a starting point for her exploration of the rights\, liberties\, and protections that are traditionally associated with American citizenship. Tapping into history\, politics\, and literature\, she interrogates how white supremacy survives through adaptation and legislation\, keeping the modern equivalent of white male landowners at the top of the social hierarchy. With deeply personal stories\, Lalami invites us to explore the place of nonwhites in the broader American culture.\n\n\n\nLaila Lalami was born in Rabat and educated in Morocco\, Great Britain\, and the United States. She is the author of four award-winning novels: Secret Son\, Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits\, The Other Americans\, and The Moor’s Account. Her essays have appeared in the Los Angeles Times\, The Washington Post\, The Nation\, Harper’s\, The Guardian\, and The New York Times. Lalami is a professor of creative writing at the University of California at Riverside. You can follow her on Twitter @LailaLalami. \nViet Thanh Nguyen is a writer\, whose novel The Sympathizer won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. He has written and edited a number of other works\, and is a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times. He is an English professor at the University of Southern California. You can follow him on Twitter @viet_t_nguyen.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/laila-lalami-with-viet-thanh-nguyen-livestream-conditional-citizens/
CATEGORIES:Book Reading,Lecture/Panel Discussion
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