Lecture on Palestinian Aida Cloth Technique "S" with Tatreez and Tea
2020-04-30 19:00 - 20:30 UTC
(Virtual Class) Level I: Palestinian Aida Cloth Technique, “S” (Ramallah region)

Thursday, April 30, 2020
7:00 PM 8:30 PM

Please note that this is a virtual art historical lecture, and the format is similar to a seminar or college lecture. This is not a practical skills class, and no stitching will be done during the session.
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Lf5l-ygaTMGMcAbRnbk7YA
Learn more about how to prepare for a successful online tatreez class here:
https://www.tatreezandtea.com/online-classes

Lecture on The Modern Art History of Palestinian Embroidery (1800's to Contemporary)
2020-05-02 14:00 - 16:00
(Virtual Lecture) The Modern Art History of Palestinian Embroidery (1800’s to Contemporary)

Saturday, May 2, 2020
2:00 PM 4:00 PM

Register here:
https://us04web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LZMSF8LcSGqW6HJBdJmh5w

Level II: Palestinian Waste Canvas Technique with Tatreez and Tea
2020-05-03 14:00 - 16:00
(Virtual Class) Level II: Palestinian Waste Canvas Technique, MEDIUM Motif

Sunday, May 3, 2020
2:00 PM 4:00 PM

This is a two-part class; the first session shows how to secure and start the medium motif pattern, the second explains how to finish and remove the waste canvas.
Register here: https://us04web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4cBqudexStOiGxdSUr-DmA
Learn more about how to prepare for a successful online tatreez class here: https://www.tatreezandtea.com/online-classes

Author Talk at Fremont Abbey: Falastin
2020-05-05 19:00 - 20:30 | Fremont Abbey, 4272 Fremont Ave N, Seattle, WA, 98103, United States
SAMI TAMIMI & TARA WIGLEY: AUTHOR TALK AT FREMONT ABBEY: FALASTIN

at Fremont Abbey

We’re thrilled to welcome Sami Tamimi and Tara Wigley to Seattle as we celebrate the release of their new cookbook, Falastin. Falastin is a soulful tour of Palestinian cooking today from the Ottolenghi restaurants’ executive chef and partner—120 recipes shaped by his personal story as well as the history of Palestine. Sami and Tara visited Palestine together to create the book, retracing the lineage and evolution of Sami’s country’s cuisine, born of its agriculturally optimal geography, its distinct culinary traditions, and Palestinian cooks’ ingenuity and resourcefulness.
Sami and Tara will be in conversation with Seattle’s own Warren Ethredge at Fremont Abbey, just up the block from Book Larder. You’ll enjoy an evening of fascinating conversation, and take home a signed copy of the book!
Can’t attend but still want a signed copy of the book? Order it here for shipping or instore pickup.
This event is capped at fewer than 250 guests, so is in compliance with the proclamation issued by Governor Jay Inslee on March 11th. If the event is cancelled, or you purchase a ticket but cannot attend because of health concerns related to COVID-19, you’ll be offered a choice of refund or store credit (including the option to keep your copy of the book). We’ll be in touch a bit closer to the event. In the meantime, we hope you are all staying safe and healthy and that our city returns to normal soon!

Author Lunch at Fremont Abbey: Falastin
2020-05-06 12:00 - 14:00 | mBar, 400 Fairview Ave N, 14th Floor, Seattle, WA, 98109, United States
SAMI TAMIMI & TARA WIGLEY: AUTHOR LUNCH AT FREMONT ABBEY: FALASTIN

at Fremont Abbey

We’re delighted to partner with our friends at mbar to to welcome Sami Tamimi and Tara Wigley to Seattle as we celebrate the release of their new cookbook, Falastin. Falastin is a soulful tour of Palestinian cooking today from the Ottolenghi restaurants’ executive chef and partner—120 recipes shaped by his personal story as well as the history of Palestine. Sami and Tara visited Palestine together to create the book, retracing the lineage and evolution of Sami’s country’s cuisine, born of its agriculturally optimal geography, its distinct culinary traditions, and Palestinian cooks’ ingenuity and resourcefulness.
mbar Culinary Director Carrie Mashaney will create a 3-course lunch inspired by Falastin. You’ll enjoy lunch, wine, and some of the most spectacular views in Seattle. Join us for an afternoon of great food and conversation!
Can’t attend but still want a signed copy of the book? Order it here for shipping or instore pickup.
Reservation includes lunch, wine, service, and a signed copy of the $35 book.
If the event is cancelled, or you purchase a ticket but cannot attend because of health concerns related to COVID-19, you’ll be offered a choice of refund or store credit (including the option to keep your copy of the book). We’ll be in touch a bit closer to the event. In the meantime, we hope you are all staying safe and healthy and that our city returns to normal soon!

Annexation & What it Means: Part 1 – U.S. & International Views
2020-05-13 08:30 - 10:00
Annexation & What it Means: Part 1 – U.S. & International Views

Please join our brothers and sisters at The Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP) and the Middle East Institute (MEI) for this 3-part webinar series: “Annexation & What it Means: Views from the Ground & Around the World.”

Date:
Wed, May 13, 2020
Fri, May 15, 2020
Mon, May 18, 2020

Time:
11:30 – 1:00 pm
EST

Location:
Online Webinar

Information:
Event information here →

Tickets:
Free, Must Register for each webinar

EVENT DETAILS
Israel has been de facto annexing land in the West Bank since the inception of its military occupation of Palestinian territories following the 1967 war. Now, under the new Netanyahu-Gantz government and in close coordination with the Trump Administration, the Israeli government is poised to formalize and massively expand the extent of that annexation. What will this mean for Palestinians and for Israelis? What does it mean for the international community? And what happens next – in Israel, Palestine, the region, and the world?
This three-part webinar series, co-moderated by FMEP’s Lara Friedman and MEI’s Khaled Elgindy, will engage leading voices from Israel and Palestine, in addition to U.S., European, and Arab perspectives.
Part 2 – Palestinian Perspectives (Friday, May 15, 11am-12pm ET)
Part 3 – Israeli Perspectives (Monday, May 18, 11am-12pm ET)
More information here →

Annexation & What it Means: Part 2 – Palestinian Perspectives
2020-05-15 08:00 - 09:00
Annexation & What it Means: Part 2 – Palestinian Perspectives

Please join our brothers and sisters at The Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP) and the Middle East Institute (MEI) for this 3-part webinar series: “Annexation & What it Means: Views from the Ground & Around the World.”

Date:
Wed, May 13, 2020 – 11:30-1pm
Fri, May 15, 2020 – 11am-12pm
Mon, May 18, 2020 – 11am-12pm

Location:
Online Webinar

Information:
Event information here →

Tickets:
Free, Must Register for each webinar

EVENT DETAILS
Israel has been de facto annexing land in the West Bank since the inception of its military occupation of Palestinian territories following the 1967 war. Now, under the new Netanyahu-Gantz government and in close coordination with the Trump Administration, the Israeli government is poised to formalize and massively expand the extent of that annexation. What will this mean for Palestinians and for Israelis? What does it mean for the international community? And what happens next – in Israel, Palestine, the region, and the world?
This three-part webinar series, co-moderated by FMEP’s Lara Friedman and MEI’s Khaled Elgindy, will engage leading voices from Israel and Palestine, in addition to U.S., European, and Arab perspectives.
Part 2 – Palestinian Perspectives (Friday, May 15, 11am-12pm ET)
Part 3 – Israeli Perspectives (Monday, May 18, 11am-12pm ET)
More information here →

Webinar: Commemorate by Resisting: The Nakba and Indiginous struggles
2020-05-16 09:00 - 10:30
Webinar: Commemorate by Resisting: The Nakba and Indiginous struggles

Please join our brothers and sisters at Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA) in a conversation with Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi, Indigenous scholar-activist Melanie Yazzie and Nadya Tannous, a Palestinian activist residing in the USA. These powerful women will share past and present stories of Indigenous resistance to colonialism.

Date:
Saturday, May 16, 2020

Time:
9am PT; 12pm ET

Location:
Webinar

Information:
Event information here →

Tickets:
Webinar Registration

EVENT DETAILS
Panelist Bios:
Ahed Tamimi is a 19 year old Palestinian, living in Al Nabi Saleh, Northwest of Ramallah. Currently she is a Law student at Birzeit University. She spent 8 months in Israeli prisons after being accused of slapping an Israeli soldier, and other charges. Her continual resistance to the Israeli occupation has earned her then nickname, the Lioness of Palestine.
Melanie Yazzie is an Assistant Professor of Native American Studies and American Studies at the University of New Mexico. She co-founded and helps lead The Red Nation, a grassroots organization committed to the liberation of Indigenous people from colonialism and capitalism. She specializes in Navajo/American Indian history, political ecology, Indigenous feminisms, queer Indigenous studies, and theories of policing and the state.
Nadya Tannous is a passionate community organizer with a focus on refugee rights, transitional justice, youth education, and inter-community empowerment. She is a member of the Palestinian Youth Movement –USA and was previously on staff of Friends of Sabeel North America. Nadya holds an MSc in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies from the University of Oxford and a BA in Anthropology and Global Information and Social Enterprise Studies from UC Santa Cruz.
More information here →

Annexation & What it Means: Part 3 – Israeli Perspectives
2020-05-18 08:00 - 09:00
Annexation & What it Means: Part 3 – Israeli Perspectives

Please join our brothers and sisters at The Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP) and the Middle East Institute (MEI) for this 3-part webinar series: “Annexation & What it Means: Views from the Ground & Around the World.”

Date:
Wed, May 13, 2020 – 11:30-1pm
Fri, May 15, 2020 – 11am-12pm
Mon, May 18, 2020 – 11am-12pm

Location:
Online Webinar

Information:
Event information here →

Tickets:
Free, Must Register for each webinar

EVENT DETAILS
Israel has been de facto annexing land in the West Bank since the inception of its military occupation of Palestinian territories following the 1967 war. Now, under the new Netanyahu-Gantz government and in close coordination with the Trump Administration, the Israeli government is poised to formalize and massively expand the extent of that annexation. What will this mean for Palestinians and for Israelis? What does it mean for the international community? And what happens next – in Israel, Palestine, the region, and the world?
This three-part webinar series, co-moderated by FMEP’s Lara Friedman and MEI’s Khaled Elgindy, will engage leading voices from Israel and Palestine, in addition to U.S., European, and Arab perspectives.
Part 2 – Palestinian Perspectives (Friday, May 15, 11am-12pm ET)
Part 3 – Israeli Perspectives (Monday, May 18, 11am-12pm ET)
More information here →

Virtual Artist Talks - 5-31-2020 - Palestine Museum US
2020-05-31 09:00 - 10:00
Virtual Artist Talks – 5-31-2020

Description
Virtual Artist Talks Series – Telling the Palestinian Story

Time

May 31, 2020 12:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Protest/Protect: A Sukoon Virtual Reading
2020-06-06 11:00 - 13:00
6 p.m. EDT Monday, July 27, 2020
Protest/Protect: A Sukoon Live Reading
Free
RSVP to Facebook event
In collaboration with Sukoon, AANM presents a live reading around the theme of “Protest/Protect,” co-curated and hosted by Sukoon founding editor Rewa Zeinati, with performers Aja Monet, Chaun Ballard, Safia Elhillo and Layla Azmi Goushey, and music from Ian Fink.
In all 50 states and across the world, protests have been erupting. Why do we protest? Why do we question? Why do we create? To dismantle systems of injustice and oppression, and to reimagine a future in which we may exist more fully. We also do it to preserve, protect and remember what’s rightfully ours: to live a life in dignity. As demonstrations continue across the country in response to long-standing issues of systemic racism and injustice, “Protest/Protect” honors the global uprisings of the Black Lives Matter Movement. Through this event, we will hold space for writers and activists to express the struggles, experiences and victories of the ongoing protests in the fight for freedom.
This virtual reading will be streamed live on AANM’s Facebook page, so be sure to RSVP to the Facebook event to be notified and tune in when the livestream goes up.

Aja Monet is a surrealist blues poet, storyteller and organizer born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, who follows in the long legacy and tradition of poets participating and assembling in social movements. She won the legendary Nuyorican Poets Cafe Grand Slam poetry award title in 2007. Her first full collection of poems is My Mother Was a Freedom Fighter (Haymarket Books, 2017). Her poems explore gender, race, migration and spirituality. In 2018 she was nominated for a NAACP Literary Award for Poetry, and in 2019 was awarded the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Award for Poetry for her cultural organizing work in South Florida. Monet co-founded a political home for artists and organizers called Smoke Signals Studio. She facilitates Voices: Poetry for the People, a workshop and collective in collaboration with Community Justice Project and Dream Defenders. She is currently working on her next full collection of poems, Florida Water.

Chaun Ballard’s chapbook, Flight, was the winner of the 2018 Sunken Garden Poetry Prize and is published by Tupelo Press. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Narrative Magazine, Rattle, Sukoon, The New York Times, Tupelo Quarterly and other literary magazines. Chaun is the recipient of a 2019 Alaska Literary Award. His work has received nominations for both Best of the Net and a Pushcart Prize.

Safia Elhillo is the author of The January Children (University of Nebraska Press, 2017), which received the Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets and an Arab American Book Award, Girls That Never Die (One World/Random House 2021), and the novel in verse Home Is Not a Country (Make Me A World/Random House, 2021). She is co-editor of the anthology Halal If You Hear Me (Haymarket Books, 2019) and currently a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University.

Layla Azmi Goushey is a Professor of English at St. Louis Community College in St. Louis, Missouri. She is a reviews editor for Sukoon magazine, an Arab-themed art and literature journal. She holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing and a Ph.D. in Adult Education: Teaching and Learning Processes. Her poetry and prose have been published in several literary journals. She has recently published two essays: The Jordanian Kids in the June 2019 St. Louis Anthology and Profile of a Citizen: Generations Then and Now in the March 2020 anthology, Beyond Memory: An Anthology of Contemporary Arab American Creative Nonfiction.

Ian Fink is a pianist, producer, and composer based in the Detroit area. He performs in many different ensembles and has done so alongside artists such as Esperanza Spalding, Karriem Riggins, Robert Hurst, Shigeto, and Savion Glover. On Wednesday nights he hosts Singularity Detroit on Instagram Live (@finkianfink), where he performs a 3 to 4 hour solo piano set. He is a 2020 Gilda Award winner in Music Composition and Performance awarded by the Kresge Foundation.

Sukoon is an independent, online literary journal, publishing Arab-themed art and literature in English, by established and emerging artists, poets and writers of short stories and personal essays, reflecting the diversity and richness of the cultures of the Arab world.
Learn more about Sukoon.

Artists and Writers Discuss Current Human Rights Crisis in the US & Palestine - Palestine Museum US
2020-06-07 09:00 - 10:00
Artists and Writers Discuss Current Human Rights Crisis in the US & Palestine

Description
Due to current political climate in the US, our Artist Talks program will be reoriented to a politically engaged talk by writers and artists speaking about human writes for Palestinians and people everywhere.

Time

Jun 7, 2020 12:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Digging Ancient Egyptian Jewelry Mines
2020-06-09 19:00 - 20:30
ARCE
Tuesday June 9, 2020 7pm to 8:30
Dr. Kate Liska;
Room TBA UW

A Virtual Literary Panel - 6-12-2020 - Palestine Museum US
2020-06-12 09:00 - 10:00
Literary Panel 6/12

Description
Leading Palestinian Writers Read & Discuss their Recent works

Time

Jun 12, 2020 12:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)

A Conversation with Palestinian Chef Sami Tamimi About His New Book "Falastin"
2020-06-21 09:00 - 10:00
At the occasion of publishing the cookbook “Falastin” co-author Sami Tamimi will discuss the book and the importance of Palestinian cooking.

Jun 21, 2020 12:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)

A Virtual Literary Panel - 6-26-2020 - Palestine Museum US
2020-06-26 09:00 - 10:00
Leading Palestinian Writers/Poets Read & Discuss their Recent works
Moderated by Dina Omar
Poet: Lena Khalaf Tuffaha
Novelist: Sahar Mustafah
12:00 PM 1:00 PM EST (9am – 10am PST)
Please click here to register for this event.

A Conversation with Historian & Cartographer Salman Abu-Sitta
2020-07-12 09:00 - 11:00
A Conversation with Historian & Cartographer Salman Abu-Sitta

Sunday, July 12, 2020
12:00 PM 1:00 PM (Eastern Standard Time)

Click here to register for this event.
A conversation with prominent Palestinian historian and cartographer Salman Abu-Sitta about his recently published book “Atlas of Palestine 1871 – 1877.” The book represents the most up-to-date maps and facts about Palestine and its inhabitants in the late 19th century well before the start of the Zionist movement and its colonization of the Palestinian homeland.

The Bleaching Syndrome + Talkback
2020-07-12 12:00 - 13:00
The Bleaching Syndrome + Talkback
12 pm Pacific (3 pm Eastern) on Sunday, July 12, 2020
Qatar / Short Documentary / 20 minutes / Rated PG 13
In Arabic and English with Arabic and English subtitles
Follow the screening will be a virtual talkback with director Eiman Mirghani and other guests TBA.
Free; suggested donation benefits Detroit Justice Center
RSVP Link

Creating a Culture of Change: A Series of Conversations on Race and Community Building
2020-07-14 19:30 - 21:00
Creating a Culture of Change: A Series of Conversations on Race and Community Building
Presented in partnership with Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture and the National Network for Arab American Communities
Conversation 2: The Power of Words
7:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 14
Free
RSVP for Zoom link
This conversation on The Power of Words welcomes the following panelists:
Vashti Dubois – Founder/director of The Colored Girls Museum
Ladan Osman – Poet, writer, filmmaker
Moustafa Bayoumi – Author, journalist
In light of recent protests and actions across America in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, there is a need among Arab American communities to have intentional conversations around issues of race, racism and social justice. Through a cultural lens, the Arab American National Museum, Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture and the Network of Arab American Communities are organizing a series of virtual presentations during the summer that bring together Arab American artists in conversation with Arab and African American educators, community leaders, journalists and scholars. We hope these conversations will provide space for increased understanding and community building towards a more just and equitable America that addresses the structures of systemic racism and inspires our individual and collective efforts for change.
Upcoming Discussions
July 29: Faith & Race in Urban America
Aug. 11: Documenting Race & Ethnicity
Aug. 26: Cultural & Racial Identities
Sept. 2: Palestinian-Black Solidarity

Smithsonian Lecture & Class - Tatreez & Tea
2020-07-16 14:00 - 15:30
(Virtual Class) Smithsonian Lecture & Class (July 16 & 23)

Thursday, July 16, 2020
2:00 PM 3:30 PM

(Virtual Class) Special Session, Metallic Thread Series: Diamant
2020-07-17 12:00 - 13:30
(Virtual Class) Special Session, Metallic Thread Series: Diamant

Friday, July 17, 2020
3:00 PM 4:30 PM (EST)

Register here

Learn more about each class in the series here. You are not required to take the full series, and can take these classes à la cart.

Smithsonian Lecture & Class - Tatreez & Tea - 2nd class
2020-07-23 14:00 - 15:30
(Virtual Class) Smithsonian Lecture & Class (July 16 & 23)

Thursday, July 23, 2020
2:00 PM 3:30 PM

A Conversation With Aida Touma-Sliman, Palestinian Member of the Israeli Knesset
2020-07-26 10:00 - 11:30
A Conversation With Aida Touma-Sliman, Palestinian Member of the Israeli Knesset

Sunday, July 26, 2020
1:00 PM 2:30 PM (Eastern Standard Time)

Please click here to register for this event.
Palestinian member of the Israeli Knesset will discuss Israel’s plans to annex portions of Palestinian lands in the West Bank and the current state of human rights of Palestinians under Israeli control.

Tatreezing Collective: Special Guest, Samar Hussaini
2020-07-28 13:00 - 15:00
Samar Hussaini, is an Arab American, Fine Artist, and Graphic Designer working, creating, and living outside of NYC in West Orange, NJ.
Learn more about Samar Hussaini
Register here for the tatreezing collective

Posted in Free, Special Sessions, Virtual

The Good Old Days in Jaffa: Hasan Hammami, Episode III
2020-07-31 08:00 - 09:00
Join us for the third episode in our conversation series with 87-year-old Nakba survivor, Hasan Hammami.

About this Event

Join Hasan Hammami, an 87-year-old Nakba survivor from Jaffa, Palestine as he shares about what life was like in Jaffa before 1948 – his life and experiences in Jaffa up to age 15, when he and his family were forced out of their home and country on a Cargo Sailboat with nearly 3,000 people packed like sardines. A personal review of his memories, of family, neighborhood, City and Country, relating what it was like to grow up in this pre-Biblical city and country. These were the Good Years.
Hasan will also share about his seven years as a stateless Palestinian refugee youth: navigating through the interrupted life of being a stateless Palestinian refugee as he adjusted to life and schooling in Lebanon, to years of survival as a teenage worker in a Saudi Arabian Desert Labor camp, earning a living as a Translator and Statistical Analyst to build what has turned out as a foundation of friends, learning and associations for a life in the Diaspora. These were the Interrupted life years.
This event will be on Zoom and live streamed to our Facebook page. Make sure you like and follow us to get the live stream notification!
Suggested donation: $10. Free for Resilience Monthly Club Members.
Thanks to our Resilience Club supporters, we are able to host weekly events on Palestinian culture, history and heritage. To become a member, please visit here.
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.
Visit our website to learn more: mpp-dc.org

Creating a Culture of Change: A Series of Conversations on Race and Community Building
2020-08-11 16:30 - 18:30
7:30 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020
Creating a Culture of Change: A Series of Conversations on Race and Community Building
Presented in partnership with Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture and the National Network for Arab American Communities
Conversation 4: Documenting Community through Film & Journalism
Free
RSVP for Zoom link
This conversation on Documenting Community through Film & Journalism welcomes the following panelists:
Assia Boundaoui – filmmaker, journalist
Louis Massiah – filmmaker, director of Scribe Video Center
Yawu Miller – journalist, senior editor at Bay State Banner
In light of recent protests and actions across America in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, there is a need among Arab American communities to have intentional conversations around issues of race, racism and social justice. Through a cultural lens, the Arab American National Museum, Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture and the Network of Arab American Communities are organizing a series of virtual presentations during the summer that bring together Arab American artists in conversation with Arab and African American educators, community leaders, journalists and scholars. We hope these conversations will provide space for increased understanding and community building towards a more just and equitable America that addresses the structures of systemic racism and inspires our individual and collective efforts for change.

Watch Previous Discussions
June 30: Youth & Race Education
July 14: The Power of Words
July 29: Building Community through Faith
Upcoming Discussions
Aug. 26: Queer Experiences in Arab and Black Communities
Sept. 2: Palestinian-Black Solidarity

Excavating Dangeil: Royal Statues and Sacred Rams
2020-08-18 10:00 - 12:00
Register by clicking here.

Join Dr. Julie Anderson for an exploration of the Dangeil archeological site.
Excavations at Dangeil, located close to the Nile in what is now central Sudan, have uncovered a previously unknown 1st century CE temple dedicated to the god Amun. Earlier rulers discovered there in a statue hoard include the celebrated Kushite Pharoah Taharqo. This is one of many discoveries at Dangeil throwing unexpected light on African history from antiquity into the medieval period and later.

Dr. Julie Anderson is responsible for curating the Sudanese and Nubian collections of the British Museum. Excavating at numerous sites in Egypt and Sudan since 1987, her research interests include daily life and material culture in the Nile valley and surrounding deserts. Since 1997, she has co-directed archaeological excavations in Sudan together with the National Corporation for Antiquities and Museums (NCAM) in the Berber-Abidiya region. Her current fieldwork is concentrated upon the late Kushite site of Dangeil (3rd century BC – 4th century AD), situated approximately 350km north of Khartoum, where excavation of a large Amun temple, surrounding temenos enclosure and associated cemetery is underway. Currently, she is the Honorary Secretary for the International Society for Nubian Studies and for the Sudan Archaeological Research Society.
This program is presented in partnership with the American Research Center in Egypt.

1:00 p.m. EST — 7:00 p.m. EET

Please help the NAC support artists. By making a donation with your registration, you contribute directly to the NAC Artist Fellows program, helping to further the careers of up-and-coming artists.
This program will be hosted via Zoom. You will receive additional details upon registration.
All images copyright Berber-Abidiya Archaeological Project.

Join Eyewitness Palestine on a Virtual Delegation
2020-08-24
Join Eyewitness Palestine on a Virtual Delegation
We will Spend August with Shoruq – in Deheisheh
Also, don’t miss one more opportunity to join a SPECIAL tour in Hebron!
Our August Virtual Delegations begin in TWO WEEKS! Throughout August, we will be hosting Shoruq. Our hosts, Tamara Abu Laban and Hazam Alqassas will be taking us to the Deheisheh Refugee Camp.
Join us to explore Deheisheh and learn about Shoruq’s powerful work!
Four Chances to Join Virtual Delegations to Deheisheh
Aug 24 I Aug 30 I Sept 3
Learn more and sign up today – space is limited!
This will fill up quickly! Register today!

Creating a Culture of Change: Queer Experiences in Arab and Black Communities
2020-08-26 16:30 - 18:30
7:30 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020
Creating a Culture of Change: A Series of Conversations on Race and Community Building
Presented in partnership with Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture and the National Network for Arab American Communities
Conversation 5: Queer Experiences in Arab and Black Communities
Free
RSVP for Zoom link
This conversation on Queer Experiences in Arab and Black Communities welcomes the following panelists:
Hannah L. Drake – Blogger, poet, activist
Hamed Sinno – Musician (lead singer of Mashrou’ Leila), poet, activist
Dr. Sa’ed Atshan – Author, assistant professor at Swarthmore College

Watch Previous Discussions
June 30: Youth & Race Education
July 14: The Power of Words
July 29: Building Community through Faith
Upcoming Discussions
Aug. 11: Documenting Community through Film & Journalism
Sept. 2: Palestinian-Black Solidarity

Independent Filmmaking 101
2020-08-26 17:30 - 18:30
Join us on Wednesday August 26 for a live, online webinar all about making YOUR film!
RSVP here.
We will be joined by two filmmakers who will share how they went from pre- production to distribution and who will answer your most pressing questions.
Arab Film Festival fans, you all already know Rami Alayan‘s films. Rami was the Producer and Writer of Love, Theft and other Entanglements which won the Best Film Award at #AFF2015.
And he also wrote The Reports on Sarah and Saleem, shown at #AFF2018. He was awarded the Special Jury Award for exceptional artistic achievement for that screenplay at the Hivos Tiger Competition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2018.
Yasmeen Turayhi is the Writer and Producer of Short Film – A Star in The Desert, whose star, Jamal Mutrahji, just won the Best Child Actor Award at Beirut International Children And Family Film Festival.
Don’t wait, join us next week. RSVP here to receive the link to attend this online event.
