BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//ArabishWay - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://arabishway.com
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for ArabishWay
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/Los_Angeles
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0800
TZOFFSETTO:-0700
TZNAME:PDT
DTSTART:20240310T100000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZOFFSETTO:-0800
TZNAME:PST
DTSTART:20241103T090000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0800
TZOFFSETTO:-0700
TZNAME:PDT
DTSTART:20250309T100000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZOFFSETTO:-0800
TZNAME:PST
DTSTART:20251102T090000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0800
TZOFFSETTO:-0700
TZNAME:PDT
DTSTART:20260308T100000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZOFFSETTO:-0800
TZNAME:PST
DTSTART:20261101T090000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0800
TZOFFSETTO:-0700
TZNAME:PDT
DTSTART:20270314T100000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZOFFSETTO:-0800
TZNAME:PST
DTSTART:20271107T090000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250512T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250512T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T095025
CREATED:20250426T071552Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250426T071552Z
UID:10003017-1747076400-1747083600@arabishway.com
SUMMARY:Lena Khalaf Tuffaha with Gabrielle Bates — 'Something About Living: Poems'
DESCRIPTION:Tuffaha’s poems interweave Palestine’s historic suffering\, the challenges of living in this world full of violence and ill will\, and the gentle delights we embrace to survive that violence\nThird Place Books is honored to welcome Lena Khalaf Tuffaha to our Lake Forest Park store for a reading and discussion about Something About Living\, winner of the 2024 National Book Award for Poetry. \nTuffaha will be joined in conversation by poet Gabrielle Bates\, author of Judas Goat. This event is free and open to the public. \n“Something About Living opens with a single bird and ends in a dazzling meteor shower\, and in between lies something of a marvel—an electric and sobering song crackling with possibilities for a homeland fractured and besieged by Empire. Lena Khalaf Tuffaha writes\, ‘Love is paying attention\,’ and this impressive collection serves as a powerful exemplar of devotion—brilliantly rendered in surprising forms—and profoundly teaches us ‘a million ways to love.’”\n—Judges’ citation\, National Book Award for Poetry \nFor important updates\, RSVP is highly recommended in advance. This event will include a public signing and time for audience Q&A. Sustain our author series by purchasing a copy of the featured book! \nThis event is in partnership with MENA Heritage Month. Join us in coming together with the Middle Eastern & North Africa community to celebrate and share our various cultures\, in April 2025 and beyond \nHaving trouble accessing Eventbrite? Click here.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/lena-khalaf-tuffaha-with-gabrielle-bates-something-about-living-poems/
LOCATION:Third Place Books – Lake Forest Park\, 17171 Bothell Way NE #A101\, Lake Forest Park\, WA\, 98155\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://arabishway.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Screenshot-2025-04-26-at-12.09.38 AM-1.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250524T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250525T010000
DTSTAMP:20260404T095025
CREATED:20250515T055652Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250515T055834Z
UID:10003126-1748113200-1748134800@arabishway.com
SUMMARY:Radio Gaza
DESCRIPTION:Get ready to get down for a cause!\n@intisaarband presents: RADIO GAZA — a disco-fueled benefit for Palestine!\nOne week from Saturday — May 24th\, 7PM–1AM — at @mosswoodloft! \nLive grooves from @bijoux_seattle & @intisaarband\nDancefloor heat courtesy of @i.s.h_dj\nSoulful vibes with poetry & Tatreez art by @halasalehtatreez\nHenna magic from @ineedasandwich\nPalestine merch by @sweetmalson \nAll proceeds go to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund @thepcrf\nFlyer by the brilliant @ryanjgill_gillco \n$20 at the door or in advance — scan that QR and show up loud\, proud\, and ready to move.\nSee you under the mirrorball!
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/radio-gaza/
LOCATION:Mosswood Loft\, 932 12th Avenue\, Upper\, Seattle\, WA\, 98122
CATEGORIES:Benefit/Fundraiser,Music,Poetry
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://arabishway.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Screenshot-2025-05-14-at-10.51.53 PM.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250529T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250529T171500
DTSTAMP:20260404T095025
CREATED:20250326T205411Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250326T205451Z
UID:10002930-1748534400-1748538900@arabishway.com
SUMMARY:Words for Palestine
DESCRIPTION:Join our monthly online series “Words for Palestine” which aims to center and highlight Palestinian voices during this devastating time. Featured readers TBA. \n“Words For Palestine” is co-sponsored by Al Nadwa Freethinking Society\, Mizna\, Palestine Writes and RAWI\, and is free with RSVP. We encourage you to make a donation to support the work of Palestine Legal and Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF). Palestine Legal is an organization dedicated to protecting the civil and constitutional rights of people in the U.S. who speak out for Palestinian freedom. PCRF is the primary humanitarian organization in Palestine\, providing crucial and life-saving relief and humanitarian aid in Gaza. \nFor questions\, e-mail Rewa Zeinati at rzeinati@accesscommunity.org
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/words-for-palestine-may/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Books/Literature/Writing,Poetry
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arabishway.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/KIDSMARCH2023-8-2048x1359-1.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250604T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250604T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T095025
CREATED:20250528T231829Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250528T231829Z
UID:10003140-1749058200-1749067200@arabishway.com
SUMMARY:A Night with Mx. Yaffa: Conversation // Reading // Book Signing 
DESCRIPTION: (Open to all\, no registration required) \nJoin us in celebrating the release of Yaffa’s latest book\, Sage. Sage is a poetry collection that acknowledges all transphobia is systemic but the pain of everyday interpersonal violence is still felt in our bones. A collection that highlights challenges and joy within interpersonal relationships from the perspective of a queer and trans Palestinian living at the margins of displacement\, disability\, immigration & ongoing genocide. Sage is a beacon of light\, shedding light to wounds that have festered and rotted\, and finding the paths forward as fascism claims more of who we are. \nAvailable now in ebook and print! \nThe CSPP Library will be open! Get a library card\, check out + return a book\, and support the only community run SWANA Library. \nBooks will be for sale along with prints\, shirts + herbal medicine from the community. \nAll proceeds go to Trans folks most affected by ongoing gen0cides. \nMasks provided and required at @swanarosepdx – community care is a verb
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/a-night-with-mx-yaffa-conversation-reading-book-signing/
LOCATION:SWANA Rose Culture + Community Center\, 2942 NE MLK Jr. Boulevard\, Portland\, OR\, 97203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books/Literature/Writing,Poetry
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://arabishway.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Screenshot-2025-05-28-at-4.18.11 PM.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250621T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250621T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T095025
CREATED:20250528T215043Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250528T215147Z
UID:10003133-1750532400-1750536000@arabishway.com
SUMMARY:Six MENA poets at Elliott Bay Book Company
DESCRIPTION:menaheritagemonth\n\n\n\n\nJoin us at Elliott Bay Book Co as six poets from the local MENA (Middle Eastern & North African) community read selections from their own selected work followed by a talkback panel and Q&A session. Featuring Shaudi Bianca Vahdat\, Parisa Akhbari\, Sahar Fathi\, Jamal Gabobe\, Raanah Amjadi\, Samar Abulhassan. \nSaturday\, June 21\n7 – 8 PM\nDownstairs
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/19176/
LOCATION:Elliott Bay Book Company\, 1521 10th Avenue\, Seattle\, 98122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://arabishway.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Screenshot-2025-05-28-at-2.44.21 PM.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250626T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250626T171500
DTSTAMP:20260404T095025
CREATED:20250326T205507Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250326T205555Z
UID:10002931-1750953600-1750958100@arabishway.com
SUMMARY:Words for Palestine
DESCRIPTION:Join our monthly online series “Words for Palestine” which aims to center and highlight Palestinian voices during this devastating time. Featured readers TBA. \n“Words For Palestine” is co-sponsored by Al Nadwa Freethinking Society\, Mizna\, Palestine Writes and RAWI\, and is free with RSVP. We encourage you to make a donation to support the work of Palestine Legal and Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF). Palestine Legal is an organization dedicated to protecting the civil and constitutional rights of people in the U.S. who speak out for Palestinian freedom. PCRF is the primary humanitarian organization in Palestine\, providing crucial and life-saving relief and humanitarian aid in Gaza. \nFor questions\, e-mail Rewa Zeinati at rzeinati@accesscommunity.org
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/words-for-palestine-june/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Books/Literature/Writing,Poetry
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arabishway.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/KIDSMARCH2023-8-2048x1359-1.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251004T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251004T120000
DTSTAMP:20260404T095025
CREATED:20250927T013134Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250927T013134Z
UID:10003329-1759572000-1759579200@arabishway.com
SUMMARY:Workshops 4 Gaza: Cryptids and Creatures: Mythology in Poetry
DESCRIPTION:What role do cryptids and creatures like the Minotaur\, the Mapinguari\, or the Little Mermaid play in a poem? What do they allow writers to communicate about the myriad costs of being in this world characterized by colonial violence and slavery? \nThis workshop engages works by poets like Traci Brimhall\, Natalie Diaz\, and Summer Farah\, whose mythical creatures unsettle understandings of loneliness\, intimacy\, sacrifice\, and our relationships between past and present. \nThis will be an interactive space\, where participants will write and share poems as cryptozoologists\, architects\, and memory workers. This workshop benefits the Sameer Project’s North Gaza campaign. \nMaya Salameh is the author of HOW TO MAKE AN ALGORITHM IN THE MICROWAVE (University of Arkansas Press\, 2022)\, winner of the Etel Adnan Poetry Prize\, and the chapbook rooh (Paper Nautilus Press\, 2020). Her work has appeared in The Offing\, Poetry\, Gulf Coast\, The Rumpus\, AGNI\, Mizna\, and the LA Times\, among others. She can be found at @mayaslmh or mayasalameh.com.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/workshops-4-gaza-cryptids-and-creatures-mythology-in-poetry/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Poetry,Workshop
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://arabishway.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Screenshot-2025-09-26-at-6.27.29-PM.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251025T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251025T130000
DTSTAMP:20260404T095025
CREATED:20250928T174350Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250928T174350Z
UID:10003342-1761390000-1761397200@arabishway.com
SUMMARY:She Stands With Gaza:  Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION:She Stands With Gaza \nWest coast (Turtle Island) feminist activists welcome you to join us as we hold a poetry reading and solidarity event with Gaza. \nIndigenous two-spirit poet Chrystos will be reading her poems from visiting in Palestine. \nWe will present the work of Nima Hasan\, the Gazan poet whose new collection I Bequeath Life to You\, for We Die without Life Knowing Us: Nima Hasan Writing from the Ends of the Homeland has recently been translated into English. \nSeba Abudaqa & Tom Kellner will speak about the material needs of women in Gaza. and the work that Clean Shelter is doing. to provide water and sanitary solutions to thousands of displaced Palestinians in Gaza. \nLast but not least\, Dominique Christina will join us virtually to read some of her work. \nWe would love to have you joining us for a day of beautiful poetry as we come together to show our solidarity with the people of Palestine. \nI Bequeath Life to You\, for We Die without Life Knowing Us: Nima Hasan Writing from the Ends of the Homeland. Compiled and edited by Rania Jawad\, translated by Malaka Shwaikh\, Published by Arablit\, july 2025 \nCosponsors: Fertile Ground\, Communities that Protect and Resist (CPR)\, Blue Earth Defense (BED) and Vancouver Women In Black for Justice & Peace (WIB YVR)
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/she-stands-with-gaza-poetry-reading/
LOCATION:Douglas Truth – Seattle Public Library\, 2300 E. Yesler Way\, Seattle\, WA\, 98122
CATEGORIES:Poetry
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://arabishway.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Screenshot-2025-09-28-at-10.41.19-AM.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251212T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251212T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T095025
CREATED:20251129T164753Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251129T164753Z
UID:10003445-1765566000-1765569600@arabishway.com
SUMMARY:Seattle Arts & Lectures Youth Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a celebratory poetry reading featuring SAL’s talented Youth Poetry Fellows. This reading marks the end of the program\, and you are invited to come celebrate their genius with us!\n\n\nRegistration is not required\, but helps us anticipate audience size. If you’d like to RSVP\, please do so here! \nAbout SAL’s Youth Poetry Fellowship (YPF): \nThe Youth Poetry Fellowship serves a cohort of young writers committed to poetry\, performance\, civic and community engagement\, education\, and equity across the Puget Sound region. Over the course of the school year\, fellows meet regularly for workshops with the Youth Poetry Fellowship mentors. Fellows also have numerous public opportunities to share their voices\, leadership\, and love of Seattle throughout the course of the year. One of the fellows serves as the Youth Poet Laureate and writes a poetry collection published by Poetry NW Editions. \nAhsenti Alfedil (she/her) is a first-generation American of Ethio-Sudanese descent and a student at the Bush School. A multidisciplinary Piscean\, she moves fluidly between poetry\, acrylic/oil painting\, and movement—always led by curiosity and feeling. When not overwhelmed by her academic workload\, she finds joy in braiding hair\, spending hours adorning herself and loved ones in henna\, skating to her favorite playlists\, and research as a leisure activity. As a writer\, Ahsenti turns most often to poetry. Her work shows resistance to categorization because she follows her intrigue; the fleeting moments that spark inspiration to create. Through her writing\, she hopes to make space for those navigating layered identities\, vulnerability\, and for stories that make people feel seen in their most intricate and unspoken parts. \nNadia Najam is a senior at Liberty High School in Renton\, Washington. She finds joy in reading any good book she can get her hands on and spending time in nature. Through YPF\, Nadia hopes to grow more confident in sharing her writing with the world and to challenge herself to explore new themes and styles in her poetry. \nand more. \n 
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/seattle-arts-lectures-youth-poetry-reading/
LOCATION:Elliott Bay Book Company\, 1521 10th Avenue\, Seattle\, 98122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://arabishway.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot-2025-11-29-at-8.46.46-AM.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260402T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260402T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T095025
CREATED:20260330T172821Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260330T172821Z
UID:10005914-1775152800-1775160000@arabishway.com
SUMMARY:Singing Seattle: A Reading and Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Singing Seattle: A Reading and Celebration \nThree authors read poetry and creative nonfiction that speaks to our moment\, followed by a Q&A and book signing. Samina Najmi reads from her debut memoir-in-essays Sing Me A Circle: Love\, Loss\, and a Home in Time\, Lena Khalaf Tuffaha from her award-winning poetry collection Something About Living\, and Kalehua Kim from her debut poetry collection Mele. The readings will be followed by a Q&A and book signing. \nFree admission to this event is made possible with support from 4Culture. \n\n\n\n\n\nSamina Najmi\nSamina Najmi is a professor of English at California State University\, Fresno. Her memoir-in-essays\, Sing Me a Circle: Love\, Loss\, and a Home in Time\, won the Aurora Polaris Award in Creative Nonfiction and was published Oct 1 by Trio House Press. It has received a starred review from Publishers Weekly and is featured among Poets & Writers’ five creative nonfiction debuts of the year. Samina is enrolled part-time in Fresno State’s MFA program in creative nonfiction\, and this is keeping her humble. Daughter of multiple migrations\, Samina has lived in Fresno since 2006 and watched with wonder her children\, her students\, and her citrus grow. \n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n\n\n\n\n\nLena Khalaf Tuffaha\nLena Khalaf Tuffaha is a poet\, essayist and translator. Her most recent book\, Something About Living (UAkron\, 2024)\, was listed as a 2025 notable book by the American Library Association\, and was winner of the 2024 National Book Award\, the 2025 Washington State Book Award\, and the 2025 Arab American Book Award. Something About Living will be published by the 87Press in the UK and Ireland\, where it is a finalist for the PEN Heaney Prize. She is also the author of Kaan and Her Sisters (Trio House\, 2023)\, finalist for the Firecracker Prize\, and Water & Salt (Red Hen\, 2017)\, winner of the 2018 Washington State Book Award. Tuffaha’s writing has been published in journals including Los Angeles Review of Books\, Michigan Quarterly Review\, the Nation\, Poets.org\, and Prairie Schooner and in anthologies including The Long Devotion and We Call to the Eye and the Night. She was the translator and curator of the 2022 series “Poems from Palestine” at the Baffler magazine. In 2024\, she was a guest editor for Words Without Borders where she curated the series Against Silence. For more about her work\, visit www.lenakhalaftuffaha.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKalehua Kim\nKalehua Kim is a poet living in the Pacific Northwest. Born of Hawaiian\, Chinese\, Filipino and Portuguese descent\, her multicultural background informs much of her work. A 2023 winner of the James Welch Prize for Indigenous Poets\, her poems have appeared in Poetry Northwest\, Denver Quarterly\, Calyx\, and ‘Ōiwi\, A Native Hawaiian Journal. As a recipient of the 2024 Trio House Press Editor’s Choice Prize\, her first collection of poems\, Mele\, was released byTrio House in 2025.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/singing-seattle-a-reading-and-celebration/
LOCATION:Hugo House\, 1634 11th Ave\, Seattle\, WA\, 98122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arabishway.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/lena.jpg
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR