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Ceasefire and Beyond: What's Happening in Palestine/Israel & Its Impact Q&A
2024-03-19 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual
Tuesday, March 19
FROM PJALS IN SPOKANE
Ceasefire and Beyond: What’s Happening in Palestine/Israel & Its Impact Q&A
6:00-7:30 PM
A virtual event
The Peace and Justice Action League of Spokane (PJALS) invites you to participate in this facilitated Q&A session with Sabrene Odeh and Alice Rothchild, both Pacific Northwest peace advocates with extensive knowledge of the present situation in Palestine and Israel and its history.

Sabrene Odeh is the co-founder of Baladna, an organization created for Palestinian community, organizing, and advocacy. Alice Rothchild is a Jewish activist, author, and retired obstetrician who has supported health care efforts in Gaza and now serves on the Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) Health Advisory Council.

Read more about the event and register here. Participants are encouraged to submit questions ahead of time and to actively engage during the webinar.

USCPR Action Phone Zap: DISRUPTING CAMPAIGN EVENTS
2024-03-20 11:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Join USCPR Action on Wednesday, March 20 to mobilize our masses calling Congress and to learn how to disrupt campaign events. On the Zoom call, you’ll hear a case study on how to disrupt a politician’s event to force the demand to stop arming Israel onto their agenda. We’ll also be mobilizing to defend Rafah and to stop “THE DEADLY DEAL,” a $95 bilion spending package that just passed the Senate and now heads to the House. The Deadly Deal includes $14 billion in weapons to Israel for arming genocide, and the elimination of all humanitarian funding to the UNRWA aid agency for Palestinian refugees, permanently. At 2 PM ET / 11 AM PT, we’ll flood Congress’s phone lines together to let them know we’re watching as the U.S. government continues to back Israel’s horrific massacres and forced starvation of Palestinians in Gaza. Demand that your elected officials call for a PERMANENT CEASEFIRE NOW and stop arming Israel! Join us this Wednesday, March 20 at 2 PM ET.

Webinar: Health Crisis in Gaza
2024-03-24 10:00 - 12:00 | Virtual
HEALTH CRISIS IN GAZA
A virtual event
by the JVP Health Advisory Council
Sunday, March 24
10:00AM

Join the Jewish Voice for Peace Health Advisory Council for a webinar on the Health Crisis in Gaza, featuring Dr. Thaer Ahmad and Dr. John Kahler, who have recently returned from working in Gaza.

Dr Ahmad is an emergency room physician and assistant program director for the Advocate Christ Emergency Medicine Residency Program in Chicago. In Gaza, he volunteered at the Al Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis.

Dr. Kahler is a pediatrician and cofounder of the MedGlobal project in Gaza. He has worked in Shifa Hospital in Gaza City and in hospitals and primary health centers in Khan Yunis and Rafah. He is currently working to set up a primary health center and small clinics in shelters, focused on nutrition.

Register now for the webinar on Zoom.

Eyewitness Palestine: Live from Lyd Webinar
2024-03-27 09:00 - 11:00 | Virtual
Join Eyewitness Palestine on Wednesday, March 27th at 12PM ET for our Live from Lyd webinar, featuring a special virtual delegation led by Tamer Nafar, who will take us around Lyd on a custom tour of the city. Lyd, like many Palestinian cities, is an ancient city that’s been home to multiple civilizations over its 5,000-year history. It was the site of one of the most grueling massacres of the Nakba and remains haunted by the injustices brought on to it. Today, the community of Lyd–one of the few cities with an integrated Palestinian and Israeli Jewish population–is marred by addiction and gun violence. We’ll hear from Lyd residents about the resilience and struggles they face in the community.

Sumaya Awad: Adalah Justice Project
2024-04-04 16:00 - 17:00 | University of Washington – Communications Building, UW Campus, Seattle, WA, 98195, United States

Palestinian Seed Stories: To Eat Alone is to Die Alone — Herban Cura
2024-05-01 14:00 - 16:00 | Virtual
Palestinian Seed Stories: To Eat Alone is to Die Alone — Herban Cura
with Vivien Sansour Oftentimes when Palestinian farmers put seeds in the ground, they mutter a quiet prayer, “may we eat and may we feed others.” This and many other linguistically profound sayings provide a lens into a cultural design based on the idea that our survival as individuals is connect
www.herbancura.com
FYI this online event 3-5pm tomorrow sounds great. @Tareq
https://www.herbancura.com/knowledge-shares/to-eat-alone-is-to-die-alone

Jerusalem Story: Virtual Event
2024-05-02 09:30 - 10:30 | Virtual
Jerusalem Story tells the story of a unique city through a new lens—that of the city’s large and diverse indigenous Palestinian community.
This community has deep historic roots in Jerusalem and holds the strongest attachment to and love for their city. Yet, they have been subjected to unrelenting efforts to erase their presence in, and potential claim to, the city—past, present, and future—in the service of cementing Israel’s imperative of claiming sole sovereignty in perpetuity over a “united Jewish Jerusalem.” Against this ongoing effort to erase the Palestinian cultural and community history as well as severing connection to place, Jerusalem Story is reasserting the Palestinian presence.
SPEAKERS:
Kate Rouhana
Founding Director, Jerusalem Story
Kate Rouhana is a writer, editor, and researcher.She has lived and worked as a journalist and researcher in Jerusalem and elsewhere in Palestine several times throughout her life. She holds an MA in Middle Eastern Studies and a BA in International Relations, both from Harvard University.
Amina Abdulhaq
Researcher/Writer, Jerusalem Story
Amina Abdulhaq is a human rights lawyer and a researcher. Her family has deep historic roots in Jerusalem. Her work focuses on Jerusalem, women, and gender. Amina is fully devoted to raising all oppressed people’s voices, inclusively embracing diversities and uniqueness.
Arda Aghazarian
Writer, Jerusalem Story
Arda Aghazarian is a communications consultant with ample experience in creative and professional writing and has also worked in audiovisual production—including film and radio. Arda has delivered training, public speaking, and mentoring at key global events, mostly on issues related to women and conflict, identity, language, and narrative.
Nadim Bawalsa
Researcher/Writer, Jerusalem Story
Nadim Bawalsa is a historian of modern Palestine and author of Transnational Palestine: Migration and the Right of Return before 1948 (Stanford University Press, 2022).. Bawalsa’s work has also appeared in the Jerusalem Quarterly, NACLA Report on the Americas, Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network, the Journal of Palestine Studies, and in two edited volumes. Bawalsa earned a PhD in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies from NYU in 2017, and an MA in Arab Studies from Georgetown University in 2010. In addition to his work with Jerusalem Story, Bawalsa is associate editor at the Journal of Palestine Studies.

Centering Palestine: Narratives Challenging Injustice
2024-05-04 16:00 - 20:00 | Kane Hall – University of Washington, 4069 Spokane Ln 98105, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States
Join us for an evening of uplifting voices and stories that challenge dominant narratives on injustice. Our esteemed speakers Miko Peled and Karam Dana will share their experiences and analyses that provide nuance and context for the Palestinian struggle.
This thought-provoking event will go beyond surface-level discourse to build greater understanding and solidarity. All ticket proceeds will cover event and venue expenses. Any additional profits will be donated to charity.
This is a rare opportunity to listen, ask questions, and engage with realities in Palestine. Together, we can confront oppression and reimagine paths toward justice. Your attendance and support makes this event possible.

Lecture: Humanitarian Genocide? Political Economy of Palestine’s Pacification
2024-05-09 16:00 - 17:30 | UW – Allen Library, 4000 15th Ave NE, Seattle, WA, 98195
“Humanitarian Genocide? Political Economy of Palestine’s Pacification”
A Lecture by Toufic Haddad

Thursday, May 9, 4:00pm
Peterson Room, 4th Floor (Room 485), Allen Library North, University of Washington Seattle

Toufic Haddad is a Palestinian academic and author of Palestine Ltd the author of Palestine Ltd: Neoliberalism and Nationalism in the Occupied Territory (I.B. Tauris, 2016). He holds a PhD in Development Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies. Before his doctorate, Haddad worked in various capacities across the Occupied Palestinian Territories as a journalist, editor, publisher and researcher for various UN agencies.

Sponsored by the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies, Department of American Ethnic Studies, Department of Comparative History of Ideas, and Department of Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies.

Moon-Ho Jung (he/him)
Professor of History
Harry Bridges Endowed Chair in Labor Studies
University of Washington

Resistance and Repression Discussion and Q&A
2024-05-29 19:00 - 20:30 | Contact Host for Location Details
What: Join Samidoun Seattle for a panel and conversation on the increased repression we are facing in occupied Palestine and here in the U.S. along with the increased support for Palestinian liberation across the world. Our panel includes author and journalist Mariam Barghouti and Nizar Mansour, a longtime Palestinian activist in the community, and Samidoun Seattle organizer Bissan Barghouti.
More info and registration link: tinyurl.com/samidoun531

Free Film Screening: Israelism
2024-06-03 19:00 - 21:00 | Edmonds Theater, 415 Main St, Edmonds, WA, 98020
Two young American Jews travel to Israel seeking a deeper understanding of the country they were raised to love. What they encounter profoundly impacts them, leading them to join a growing movement to redefine their community’s relationship with Israel in this challenging and emotional journey. Join us for the free screening of this film.
About the film
Two young American Jews – Simone Zimmerman and Eitan – are raised to defend the state of Israel at all costs. Eitan joins the Israeli military. Simone supports Israel on ‘the other battlefield:’ America’s college campuses. When they witness Israel‘s mistreatment of the Palestinian people with their own eyes, they are horrified and heartbroken.
They join the movement of young American Jews battling the old guard over Israel’s centrality in American Judaism, and demanding freedom for the Palestinian people. Their stories reveal a generational divide in the American Jewish community as more young Jews question the narratives their synagogues and Hebrew school teachers fed them as children.
The film also features voices like Jacqui, a Jewish educator who says “Judaism is Israel and Israel is Judaism”, and former Anti-Defamation League President Abe Foxman, who claims voices like Simone and Eitan’s represent a small minority. Thought leaders like Peter Beinart, Jeremy Ben-Ami, Noura Erakat, Cornel West, and Noam Chomsky also weigh in.
Directed by two first-time Jewish filmmakers who share a similar story to the film’s protagonists, Israelism is produced by Peabody-winner and 4-time Emmy-nominee Daniel J. Chalfen (Loudmouth, Boycott), executive produced by two-time Emmy-winner Brian A. Kates (Marvelous Ms. Maisel, Succession) and edited by Emmy-winner Tony Hale (The Story of Plastic), Israelism uniquely explores how Jewish attitudes towards Israel are changing dramatically, with massive consequences for the region and for Judaism itself.

Palestine Talks Teach-in Series: It's Not About Religion
2024-06-20 18:00 - 19:30 | Vibe Coworks, 19225 8th Ave NE #201, Poulsbo, WA, 98370
This is a series, occurring everything 3rd Thursday of the month until elections, ending with a Palestinian feast on December 5th. Each month is a different topic with different panel speakers, with the throughline being what is happening in Palestine.

Through knowledge sharing, panel discussions, and interactive audience discussions, participants engage in critical dialogue and community building, empowering themselves and others to become informed advocates and agents of change. Palestine Talks | Teach-in Series serve as a strategy for raising awareness, promoting education, and mobilizing action for Palestinian liberation.
Accessibility info: Large parking lot, with accessible parking. There are stairs and an elevator. Presentation with slides, and caption video recording of event available afterwards. There are snacks and water available, and “accessible bathrooms.”
Details about each month’s topic, registration link, and event organizer info can be found here: https://www.kccoalition.org/
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Targeted Truth: The Assault on Palestinian Journalists
2024-06-27 09:00 - 11:00 | Virtual
Join us on Thursday, June 27 at 12 p.m. EST / 7 p.m. Jerusalem for a special panel: “Targeted Truth: The Assault on Palestinian Journalists,” which highlights the work of +972 magazine.

For the last eight months, +972 Magazine has been bringing vital and critical perspectives and lesser-heard voices from Palestine/Israel and beyond. The magazine has been consistently covering Israel’s targeting of Palestinian journalists and has been working to amplify Palestinian voices from the ground to counter the efforts to erase them.

Moderated by +972 Magazine’s editor-in-chief, Ghousoon Bisharat, the event will bring views and analysis from:

Mahmoud Mushtaha, a journalist and human rights activist from Gaza City, currently living in Cairo.
Mohammed R. Mhawish, a journalist and writer from Gaza City, currently living in Cairo, and a contributor to the book “A Land With A People — Palestinians and Jews Confront Zionism.”
Fatima AbdulKarim, a journalist based in Ramallah.
Shuruq As’ad, a journalist and media trainer with more than 30 years of experience, and the spokesperson of the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate.
Abd Elkader Abd Elhalim, a reporter and social media content writer at Radio Nas, a radio station based in Nazareth.

Concert of Colors Forum on Community, Culture & Race – Until Everybody’s Free: Artists for Liberation
2024-07-18 15:00 - 16:30 | Virtual
In-person at The Annex @ AANM or Online via Livestream
FREE with RSVP
Register for in-person attendance | Register for livestream
The 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 art and dialogue as a tool for advocacy and community building. This year’s program will be presented both in person and virtually online.
Concert of Colors, Detroit’s annual diversity festival, will be happening July 15-21! More info + full concert lineup
Meet the Keynote Speaker
Jenan A. Matari is a first-generation-born and raised, 2x award-winning Palestinian storyteller and graduate of Rutgers University, earning a B.A. in Journalism & Media Studies. To bring more diversity to the public relations and media industry, she has been recognized for her unique and thoughtfully inclusive media campaigns and was honored with the PR NEWS 2021 Asian Pioneer Award for her diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. Jenan has written content on the topic of diversity and cultural experience for outlets such as The New York Times, Mondoweiss, Elite Daily, and has been featured in mainstream media platforms such as Cosmopolitan, Allure, Buzzfeed, Huffington Post, CNN, etc. In 2017, Jenan received the Shirley Chisholm Award in the category of Journalism for outstanding representation of Muslim and minority women in the media and for being a “catalyst for change.” Today, she centers her work around content creation focused on educating an audience of millions on the lived Palestinian experience and interconnectedness of her ancestral lands and her life in the diaspora, and teaches media literacy to counteract the harm done to minority and marginalized communities by mainstream media.
Meet the Panelists
Born and raised in Seattle, Nathan Nzanga is a rising star in the world of hip-hop known for his captivating lyrics, infectious beats and undeniable charisma. Drawing inspiration from his personal experiences, as well as the struggles and triumphs of those around him, Nathan’s music serves as a powerful reflection of the human experience. With a unique blend of introspection and raw energy, Nathan’s music resonates deeply with listeners, touching on themes of love, self-discovery and social justice. His thought-provoking lyrics challenge societal norms and shed light on the issues that matter most to him, making him a voice for the voiceless. In addition to his musical prowess, Nathan is also a dynamic performer, known for his electrifying stage presence and infectious energy. His live shows are a testament to his ability to connect with his audience, creating an unforgettable experience that leaves a lasting impact.
Meet the Moderator
Khadega Mohammed is a 24-year-old Muslim Sudanese American spoken word artist. Born in Sudan and raised in Saudi Arabia, her experiences have inspired her to explore themes of spirituality, identity, belonging and home in the form of poetry. Khadega has been performing around the country for a decade and her work has been featured in various publications nationally and internationally, such as NPR, The Detroit News, AJ+ & AJ+Arabia. She has also taught spoken word workshops, most notably at Harvard University. Khadega is featured in two incredible documentaries, An Act of Worship directed by Nausheen Dadabhoy and Revolution from Afar directed by Bentley Brown. She currently resides in Michigan, where she leads community engagement work at the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn, Mich.

Palestine Talks Teach-in Series: parallels between the Native American’s and the Palestinian's colonization and genocide
2024-07-18 18:00 - 19:30 | Vibe Coworks, 19225 8th Ave NE #201, Poulsbo, WA, 98370

Palestinian Survivor Speaks For Peace [Virtual and In-person]
2024-07-19 17:00 - 20:00 | Virtual
A Palestinian survivor shares her story this July as she has successfully sought out safety! You can also book online tickets from home.
Dina will be talking about her experiences in order to share the truth behind what she has experienced in her homeland of Palestine Just a few short months ago. How she has survived and the myths of the news will be uncovered. Is the news accurate? Dina will let you know the facts behind the fighting in the Gaza Strip today. With the hopes of promoting peace, Dina looks forward to sharing her sentiments.
In person at the Fairmont Empress Hotel, 721 Government Street Victoria, BC V8W 1W5 Canada

Anti-Imperialist Queers for Palestine Panel, Discussion and Picnic
2024-07-27 15:00 - 18:00 | Contact Host for Location Details
🚨🏳️‍🌈🚨🇵🇸🚨The anti-imperialist queers are still here! Join local anti-impe organizations in Seattle for a panel, discussion & picnic to deepen our analysis of the roots of our oppression as queer people, & how this relates to the struggle to free Palestine! Zoom option available! See second slide for speakers and last slide for questions!
REGISTER: Linktr.ee/Q4Pal
Help with food & venue costs: Venmo HTS-PNW with “PICNIC” in the description!
#pride #noprideingenocide #freepalestine#fromtherivertothesea #lgbtq #liberation #queersforpalestine

Eyewitness Palestine: Akka
2024-07-31 09:00 - 11:00 | Virtual
Join Eyewitness Palestine on Wednesday, July 31st at 12PM ET for our Live from Akka webinar, featuring a special virtual delegation led by Yazid Saadi, who will take us around Akka on a custom tour of the city.

Millennials are Killing Capitalism Live on YouTube
2024-08-01 09:30 - 11:00 | Virtual
In this episode organizers from Samidoun will join us. They will share updates from Palestinian prisoner conditions and the conditions of repression in Israeli military prisons. We will also talk to Samidoun about the repression they have faced as an organization, and as individuals associated with the organization, since October 7th. We will of course discuss the recent events at Sde Teiman which have caused a proliferation of mobilizations seeking to defend the ability of Israeli’s to use rape as a method of torture against Palestinian detainees. “Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network joins the calls from Palestine to make 3 August — the 300th day of the ongoing genocide in Palestine — an international day of action for Gaza and the prisoners. We urge all Palestinian and Arab communities and organizations in exile and diaspora, and all internationalist organizations and activists for Palestine, to take action on Saturday, August 3 for the liberation of over 9,700 Palestinian prisoners in occupation prisons, an end to the ongoing Zionist genocide in Gaza, in support of the heroic Palestinian and regional resistance, and for the liberation of Palestine from the river to the sea!” – https://samidoun.net/2024/07/take-act… To support Samidoun: https://samidoun.net/donate-page/

afire: Global Youth Summit
2024-08-14 05:30 - 20:30 | Virtual
afikra Global Youth Summit – Shaped by the Algorithm is a virtual event on August 14th, 2024 designed to bring together high-school students and educators from around the world. This year’s summit features panels with leading professionals from the worlds of journalism, music, startups, economics, and politics in the Arab world. It is free and open to all.

Understanding Al-Aqsa Flood with Ramzy Baroud
2024-10-09 18:00 - 21:00 | Register for Location
Samidoun’s upcoming event: Understanding Al-Aqsa Flood on October 9 at 6 PM.
Understanding Al-Aqsa Flood, on October 9 at 6 PM. We will be joined by Ramzy Baroud to give a presentation on the facts of what actually happened on October 7th and bust the myths spread by US imperialist and Zionist propaganda. We will also share the opportunity to write to Palestinian prisoners – to uplift their spirits as they continue the struggle. Please register at: tinyurl.com/Oct7PolEd!

76 Years and a Genocide Later
2024-10-30 09:00 - 10:30 | Virtual
Join Eyewitness Palestine on October 30th, 2024 at 12 PM EST for a special edition webinar featuring a video with messages and interviews directly from Gazaincluding Palestinian children, journalists and healthcare workers. They will discuss the extreme conditions they have witnessed over the past year during the genocide.
We will be joined directly by a few speakers live from Gaza via Zoom, alongside Husam Zomlot the Palestinian Ambassador to the United Kingdom, who was born and raised in Gaza.
In light of misleading information and propaganda spread on mainstream media outlets, it is important to amplify and hear directly from Palestinians on the ground.
We hope to see you join us at this important event.

The International Contours of Zionist Repression: Virtual Lecture
2024-11-13 08:00 - 17:00 | Virtual
The International Contours of Zionist Repression

The Coalition Against Zionist Repression invites you to an international panel organised by Coalition members, Alana Lentin (Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism Founding Collective member) and Anna Younes (Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism Advisory Board member).

Date: 13 November 2024.

Time: 6 PM (London), 7 PM (Paris), 9 PM (Palestine), 7 AM (Aotearoa/New Zealand), 5 AM (Sydney).

Zionist organisations and lobby groups, in conjunction with governments, universities, public and private bodies, and the mainstream media have long engaged in repressive activities targeting Palestinians and their supporters around the word. The conversation about Zionist repression generally takes a US-centric lens. In an attempt to widen the view, this international panel brings together thinkers and activists from France, Germany, the UK and Australasia to discuss the of Zionist repression in the context of the ongoing colonial genocide being perpetrated by the Zionist settler colonial regime in Palestine.

Stitching Resilience: A Discussion on Palestinian Culture, Communities, & Futures with Rawan Hassan
2024-11-23 10:00 - 11:30 | Virtual
Join us for MAR Talks: Stitching Resilience – how Palestinian steadfastness is maintained through cultural and community perseverance.

The Palestinian Struggle for Liberation and Shifting Global Sympathy Towards Palestinians
2025-01-10 19:15 - 21:00 | Muslim Assocation of Puget Sounds (MAPS), 17550 NE 67th Ct, Redmond, WA, 98052, United States
Join us for a discussion for ages 14+ with Dr. Karam Dana, Palestinian American academic, professor at UW Bothell, founding director of AMRI, award-winning educator, and author of To Stand with Palestine.
The recent war and genocide in Palestine has shed light on the historical injustices of prolonged Israeli military occupation, settlement expansion, and the worsening daily struggles of Palestinian life. This lecture will contextualize the Palestinian struggle for liberation and highlight the causes of the growing global shift in public sympathies toward Palestinians, particularly in the United States.
Details:

Friday, January 10th
7:15 pm (After Isha)
MAPS Redmond

Lecture: Why Palestine Studies Now?
2025-01-14 19:00 - 21:00 | Kane Hall – University of Washington, 4069 Spokane Ln 98105, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States
This talk draws attention the importance of Palestinian history and humanity, why both are central to an understanding of the modern Middle East and to contemporary aspirations for liberation and freedom, and why both have been consistently denied and removed from view in order to cohere modern Western liberalism.
RSVP here.
This event is free and open to the public.
About the speaker
Dr. Ussama Makdisi is the inaugural May Ziadeh Chair in Palestinian and Arab Studies, Professor of History, and Chancellor’s Professor at the University of California Berkeley. He was previously Professor of History and the first holder of the Arab-American Educational Foundation Chair of Arab Studies at Rice University in Houston. In 2012-2013, Makdisi was an invited Resident Fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin (Institute for Advanced Study, Berlin). TheCarnegie Corporation named Makdisi a 2009 Carnegie Scholar as part of its effort to promote original scholarship regarding Muslim societies and communities, both in the United States and abroad. Makdisi was awarded the Berlin Prize by the American Academy of Berlin.
Professor Makdisi’s most recent book “Age of Coexistence: The Ecumenical Frame and the Making of the Modern Arab World” was published in 2019 by the University of California Press. He is also the author of “Faith Misplaced: the Broken Promise of U.S.-Arab Relations, 1820-2001” (Public Affairs, 2010). His previous books include “Artillery of Heaven: American Missionaries and the Failed Conversion of the Middle East” (Cornell University Press, 2008), which was the winner of the 2008 Albert Hourani Book Award from the Middle East Studies Association, the 2009 John Hope Franklin Prize of the American Studies Association, and a co-winner of the 2009 British-Kuwait Friendship Society Book Prize given by the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies. He is also the author of “The Culture of Sectarianism: Community, History, and Violence in Nineteenth-Century Ottoman Lebanon” (University of California Press, 2000). Makdisi co-hosts a podcast called Makdisi Street.
Questions? Email kasaba@uw.edu

My Journey Home: Reflections from Liberated Syria
2025-01-22 10:00 - 11:00 | Virtual
Join Karam Foundation tomorrow, January 22, for a heartfelt and candid conversation about a recent journey to Aleppo, Syria, and beyond.
During the Zoom call, she will share:

Reflections from her journey through Damascus, Homs, Hama, and Aleppo.

Stories of resilience and hope from the Syrians she met along the way.

The urgent needs facing Syrians today—and how we can help rebuild lives and communities.

Date: Wednesday, January 22
Time: 1:00-2:00 EST
Location: Zoom (registration link below)
Register via Zoom

Meeting Ibn Arabi: His Life and Teachings
2025-01-25 09:00 - 12:30 | Virtual
MIAS Education Team is offering this course as a guided group exploration into Ibn Arabi´ s life and teachings, based on the book by Claude Addas, The Voyage of No Return. The course is open to all and is designed especially for those less familiar with Ibn Arabi. You might be considering joining one of our Voyage courses and would like to ‘meet’ Ibn Arabi as a preparation. We also welcome those already acquainted with Ibn Arabi’s work and wish to know more about his life and the context within which he lived, traveled, and wrote.
Saturday 25th January 5:00 pm – 8:30 pm GMT with a half-hour break
Sunday 26th January 5:00 pm- 8:30 GMT with a half-hour break
Introductory Video
https://youtu.be/c8FnWl0O5Eg
Image ‘”Ibn Arabi on his mule addressing students in the 21st century” by Yasmin Hayat

Content and Method
The book consists of twelve fairly short chapters. Participants will be required to read the material before the session and to note any questions they have. During the sessions, we will discuss any questions and clarify concepts and terminology. Additional excerpts from other works may enrich our understanding during the sessions. We invite you to share any inspiration or thoughts about the text. This course is not composed of lectures and it is not an academic study. Rather, it is an interactive group discussion and a personal engagement with Ibn Arabi. We hope that it thereby serves as a small taster for the Voyage courses.
The course will consist of two sessions Saturday and Sunday. Each session will last 1.5 hours, with a half-hour break, giving a total of six hours.
The book can be bought here: https://its.org.uk/catalogue/ibn-arabi-the-voyage-of-no-return-paperback/
or from Amazon:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ibn-Arabi-Voyage-No-Return/dp/1911141406/ref=sr_1_1?crid=21GG8H6JBU4Z2&keywords=Voyage+of+no+return&qid=1691926854&sprefix=voyage+of+no+return%2Caps%2C82&sr=8-1

Eyewitness Palestine: Virtual Delegation: Rahat Afro Bedouin Community
2025-01-29 09:00 - 10:30 | Virtual
Explore the resilience and struggles of the Bedouin community in Rahat. Hear powerful stories of resistance and survival in the Negev.

Voices from Gaza
2025-01-30 19:00 - 21:30 | Empire Banquet Hall, 21222 30th Dr SE Suite 110, Bothell, WA, 98021
Join us for a special event featuring our guests from Kuwait, who have just returned from their impactful journey to Gaza.
