ArabishWay

JAM3A: A Virtual Music Festival
2021-09-23 - 2021-09-26 | WA
JAM3A: A Virtual Music Festival
Thursday, Sept. 23 – Sunday, Sept. 26
AANM is excited to announce the lineup for JAM3A, a 4-day virtual music festival celebrating Arab art, talent and identity. The lineup includes audience favorites as well as names new to the AANM (virtual) stage.
Performing at JAM3A will be:

47SOUL
Alsarah & The Nubatones
Emel
Hello Psychaleppo
Medusa TN
Oddisee
Ramy Essam
REMOooOTE: Detroit-Palestine (A Poetic Societies production)

Originally planned as an in-person festival, JAM3A (Arabic for “gathering”) has moved to a virtual platform to maintain the safety of audience members during COVID-19, while also increasing accessibility to the amazing Arab artists presented as many of them are internationally based and unable to travel at this time.
Entirely free, the festival will be livestreamed across various platforms on September 23-26, 2021. In addition to musical performances, the festival will include artist talkbacks and workshops, featuring the musical and artistic talent of the Arab and Arab American community.
This event is presented in partnership with Arab.AMP, East Downtown Dearborn Development Authority, UMS and YallaPunk.

The Moroccan Kitchen - Whisk Cooking Class
2021-09-23 18:00 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | WA
In this class you’ll be swept off to another continent to experience the exotic spices and fresh herbs of classic North African cuisine. This authentic Moroccan menu highlights traditional ingredients that are easy to find here. In this hands-on class, you’ll learn about using preserved lemons, couscous, saffron and fenugreek in the savory dishes and ground almonds, honey and orange blossom water in dessert. Make a fork-tender chicken dish baked in traditional earthenware dish called a tagine. Chef Barbara Sowatsky will show you that spiced doesn’t have to mean spicy as she takes you step by step through this flavor-layered menu.
You will make:
Tagine-Baked Chicken with Meyer Lemons and Olives
Couscous with Saffron & Mint and Basil
Cucumber and Tomato Chopped Salad
Sweet Almond-Stuffed Dates

Virtual Arabic: Meetup
2021-09-23 19:00 - 20:00, 2021-09-30 19:00 - 20:00, 2021-10-07 19:00 - 20:00 | WA
Whether you’re a native speaker or learner, this is a great chance to practice listening and speaking in Arabic!

Mdou Moctar at the Crocodile
2021-09-24 18:00 - 20:00 | The Crocodile, 2505 1st Ave, Seattle, WA, 98033, United States
Mdou Moctar immediately stands out as one of the most innovative artists in contemporary Saharan music. His unconventional interpretations of Tuareg guitar and have pushed him to the forefront of a crowded scene. Back home, he’s celebrated for his original compositions and verbose poetry, an original creator in a genre defined by cover bands. In the exterior, where Saharan rock has become one of the continents biggest musical exports, he’s earned a name for himself with his guitar moves. Mdou shreds with a relentless and frenetic energy that puts his contemporaries to shame.

Virtual: Building for Hope with Marwa al-Sabouni
2021-09-25 10:00 - 12:00 | WA
We can’t begin to say how delighted, how grateful, how honored we are to finally be able to present a program with author, thinker, architect, Marwa al-Sabouni. If all goes well (In sh’Allah), she will be joining us at this special hour, virtually and ‘live’ from her home in Homs, Syria to discuss her extraordinary new book, Building for Hope: Towards an Architecture of Belonging (Thames & Hudson). Building for Hope comes five years after Marwa al-Sabouni’s first book, The Battle for Home: The Vision of a Young Architect in Syria, introduced the larger world to a writer uniquely adept at using words to convey ideas from books, book-study, life being fully lived (and wars survived) and from the physical spaces of buildings, streets, land-use patterns that do so much to shape how we live as individuals and as communities and countries.

“Ambitious… Building for Hope is expansive, abstract, and at times extraordinarily idealistic… Al-Sabouni argues that architecture is a necessary agent for any kind of peace, any possibility of belonging in our modern, extremely polarized world… It’s especially enlightening to read about Western cities through the lens of an architect specialized in Islamic traditions… Building for Hope is dense and daring. Readers will finish with a list of people and places to investigate, as well as with a firm belief that a better future lies in valuing community over ostentation, coherence and decency over luxury, truly livable cities over places designed purely for profit.” – World-Architects.com.
“A gifted writer and illustrator, al-Sabouni’s visionary ideas will inspire architects, designers and urban planners across the world.” – Shahina Piyarali , Shelf Awareness.
Yes, the illustrations, that language, too. This is one not to be missed.
Saturday, September 25, 2021 – 10:00am

P&P Live! Rabih Alameddie —The Wrong End of the Telescope - in conversation with Aminatta Forna
2021-09-26 14:00 - 16:00 | WA
Sunday, September 26, 2021 – 5 p.m.

This event will stream online as a part of P&P Live! Series
Mina Simpson, a Lebanese doctor, arrives at the infamous Moria refugee camp on Lesbos, Greece, after being urgently summoned for help by her friend who runs an NGO there. Alienated from her family except for her beloved brother, Mina has avoided being so close to her homeland for decades. But with a week off work and apart from her wife of thirty years, Mina hopes to accomplish something meaningful, among the abundance of Western volunteers who pose for selfies with beached dinghies and the camp’s children. Soon, a boat crosses bringing Sumaiya, a fiercely resolute Syrian matriarch with terminal liver cancer. Determined to protect her children and husband at all costs, Sumaiya refuses to alert her family to her diagnosis. Bonded together by Sumaiya’s secret, a deep connection sparks between the two women, and as Mina prepares a course of treatment with the limited resources on hand, she confronts the circumstances of the migrants’ displacement, as well as her own constraints in helping them.
Not since the inimitable Aaliya of An Unnecessary Woman has Rabih Alameddine conjured such a winsome heroine to lead us to one of the most wrenching conflicts of our time. Cunningly weaving in stories of other refugees into Mina’s singular own,The Wrong End of the Telescope is a bedazzling tapestry of both tragic and amusing portraits of indomitable spirits facing a humanitarian crisis.
Rabih Alameddine is the author of the novels The Angel of History; An Unnecessary Woman; The Hakawati; I, the Divine; Koolaids; and the story collection, The Perv. In 2019, he won the Dos Passos Prize.
Alameddine will be in conversation with Aminatta Forna, the author of the novels Ancestor Stones, The Memory of Love, The Hired Man, and Happiness, as well as the essay collection The Window Seat and memoir The Devil That Danced on the Water. Forna’s books have been translated into twenty two languages. Her essays have appeared in Brick, Freeman’s, Granta, The Guardian, Kenyon Review, Literary Hub, The New York Review of Books Daily, The Observer, and Vogue. She is currently Director and Lannan Foundation Chair of Poetics at Lannan Center for Poetics and Social Practice at Georgetown University.
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Sunday, September 26, 2021 – 5 p.m ( I believe this is Eastern Standard Time, please double check when you register)

P&P Live! Elizabeth F. Thompson — How the West Stole Democracy from the Arabs: The Arab Congress of 1920, the Destruction of the Syrian State, and the Rise of Anti-Liberal Islamism
2021-09-27 15:00 - 17:00 | WA
Monday, September 27, 2021 – 6 p.m (I believe this is Eastern Standard Time, please double check when you register for this event!)

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How the West Stole Democracy from the Arabs: The Arab Congress of 1920, the Destruction of the Syrian State, and the Rise of Anti-Liberal Islamism is the story of a pivotal moment in modern world history, when Arabs established a representative democracy–and how the West crushed it.
Elizabeth F. Thompson is a leading historian of the modern Middle East and Mohamed S. Farsi Chair of Islamic Peace at American University’s School of International Service. She is the author of two previous books, Colonial Citizens: Republican Rights, Paternal Privilege and Gender in French Syria and Lebanon, winner of two national book prizes, and Justice Interrupted: The Struggle for Constitutional Government in the Middle East.

P&P Live! Washington DC 20008

the Twin Cities Arab Film Festival (TCAFF) w/ virtual option
2021-09-29 - 2021-10-03 | WA
Mizna proudly presents the fifteenth Twin Cities Arab Film Festival (TCAFF) from September 29 to October 3, 2021. TCAFF 2021 is a hybrid film festival, screening independent Southwest Asian and North African (SWANA) cinema virtually for audiences across the United States and in-person at the Trylon Cinema in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. TCAFF celebrates cinema from Arabic-speaking countries and their diasporas, striving to represent a diverse range of stories from the SWANA region and beyond.

The films look amazing! Too many too list! Look now, pre order and mark your calendars!!
For the list of films click here: https://tcaff21.eventive.org/films

Artist Talk with Diana Al-Hadid
2021-09-30 17:30 - 18:30 | Henry Art Gallery, 15th Avenue NE + NE 41st Street, Seattle, WA, 98195, United States
“Please join us in welcoming Diana Al-Hadid for an in-person, evening talk in anticipation of her exhibition Archive of Longings, opening at the Henry on October 2. Al-Hadid will delve into the personal archives of her creative practice, sharing insights into her process, the multiple sources that feed her work, and the sculptural projects featured within her exhibition, which span over a decade of creation.
This talk will also be streamed live on the Henry Art Gallery YouTube channel.
Admission: Free and open to the public. Registration is required for in-person attendance. The auditorium will be capped at 50% capacity.
Image: Diana Al-Hadid. Smoke Screen. 2015. Polymer gypsum, fiberglass, steel, gold leaf, plaster, pigment. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Joshua White.” (Promo Copy)

BuildPalestine Online Summit
2021-10-01 - 2021-10-02 | WA
Date: October 1st &2nd
Location: Online
Cost: $30 donation requested – register now!

“Palestine is full of challenges, which means it is also full of opportunities. Let’s harness our collective power to build a better future for Palestine.”
– Lama Amr, Executive Director, BuildPalestine

Join us in the biggest gathering of the global Palestinian community to harness our collective power and build the future of Palestine together.
This year has been marked by a renewed sense of unity as Palestinians everywhere have risen up, with younger generations bringing new energy and creativity to this intergenerational struggle. In the face of a global pandemic, a failed political system, and the ongoing Occupation, our people continue to be resilient and find ways to make an impact.

Participants will join 60 speakers and panelists, in more than 20 virtual panels and workshops, with the goal of harnessing our collective power and momentum to take concrete steps towards social and political change that can ultimately fulfill our rights to freedom, justice, and equality. How can Palestinians in the Diaspora and allies support local changemakers at this critical time?

Join the 2021 BuildPalestine Summit, and register now!

Anera's 2021 Global Gala
2021-10-01 16:30 - 18:30 | WA
You’re invited to join us for
Anera’s 2021 Global Gala
Friday, October 1
7:30 pm, ET
4:30 pm, PT
Join us for a virtual concert to raise funds for Anera’s work that strengthens the ties connecting people and builds hope through community action.
Coming Together With Hope
Our theme captures the spirit of Anera’s past, present and future work. Join us for an exciting evening to renew our bonds, remember, and to move forward with strength and commitment.

Diana Al-Hadid: Archive of Longings: Exhibition at the Henry Art Gallery
2021-10-02 - 2022-02-06 | Henry Art Gallery, 15th Avenue NE + NE 41st Street, Seattle, WA, 98195, United States
Diana Al-Hadid’s work explores the interplay between the female body and the European art canon; Syrian, Muslim, and immigrant histories and mythologies; and architectural icons and the natural world. Born in 1981 in Aleppo, Syria, and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Al-Hadid creates artworks that speak to her interest in the melding of cultures and the translation of disparate narratives. This monographic exhibition will consist of a selection of 13 sculptural works made between 2010 and 2021 brought into interpretive grouping for the first time. Together the sculptures identify the artist’s investigation of historical, mythological, and biblical narratives of women as a fundamental through-line of her practice.
While Al-Hadid’s work is often interpreted primarily in relation to her interest in the art historical canon, this show situates the artist’s deployment of these influences as advancing a network of feminist concerns: the female protagonist and its conflicted history, as well as women’s agency, power, and identity. The title refers to the artist’s ongoing interest in the incomplete nature of collective history and the palimpsest of narrative and information that constructs our sense of history; it also resists the monumentalizing (and ultimately, patriarchal and colonialist) idea of fixity and singularity. Instead, Al-Hadid foregrounds disruption and rupture in the endlessly woven fabric of our stories of self/the body, the migration of information and interpretation through space and time, and the fundamentally unfixed nature of human desire.
The exhibition is held in conjunction with the Feminist Art Coalition (FAC), a nationwide initiative of art projects that seek to generate cultural awareness of feminist thought, experience, and action.
A brochure with a curatorial essay, alongside installation images, will accompany the exhibition.

Free virtual screening of the documentary film "Jerusalem: A Rock and a Hard Place "
2021-10-02 09:00 - 11:30 | WA
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Jerusalem: A Rock And A Hard Place, a remarkable two-part documentary special from Al Jazeera English, goes behind the scenes with residents from each of the three monolithic faiths who share one of the world’s most extraordinary cities: Jerusalem.
Here, Israeli Jews and Palestinian Muslims and Christians exist in close geographical proximity and are bound in many ways by a common history.
But as these films reveal, they are also worlds apart.
The stark, every-day challenges of life in a city shaped by 70 years of Israeli occupation – with its oppressive discrimination, security walls and endless petty restrictions – aren’t always fully understood by outsiders. To followers of different faiths, Jerusalem is a sacred and spiritual place, to many tourists it’s most famous for its culturally significant monuments, but to those who live here its status is much more complex.

ARCE Georgia: A New Look at the Treasures of Tutankhamun’s Tomb
2021-10-02 13:00 - 14:30 | WA
When Tutankhamun’s tomb was discovered in 1922, the objects in it created a sensation. For decades the objects have dazzled the world and been the centerpiece of the Cairo Museum. Even so, the circumstances of Tutankhamun’s death and burial have always raised questions. The construction of new museums in Egypt, and the relocation of these objects, has created a new opportunity for study of many of these objects.
In a lecture titled A New Look at the Treasures of Tutankhamun’s Tomb, Dr. Robert Bianchi, chief curator at the Ancient Egyptian Museum Shibuya [Tokyo] will focus on the reevaluation of objects from this most famous of tombs.
This lecture is co-sponsored by the Atlanta Chapter of the American Research Center in Egypt and the Carlos Museum.

Josh Nasar in Excuse me, what’s that? at Laughs Comedy Club
2021-10-03 19:00 - 20:30 | Laughs Comedy Club, 5220 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States
Josh Nasar is a TV host, standup comedian, and social media personality. He has hosted TV shows for ESPN, MTV, the the highly watched, “What’s My Car Worth” for Discovery Networks. He also acted on the final two seasons of Sons of Anarchy. In 2021, Josh’s TikTok and Instagram blew up with more than 1.5 million followers and more than 400,000 Million views. He is of Syrian-Jewish descent.
Todd Royce was a professional wrestler for 18 years before getting into stand up comedy. Known as “The American Wet Dream” and “Top Choice” Todd Royce, he toured around North America. After becoming a comedian, Royce was given a Golden Ticket on the popular Kill Tony podcast by host Tony Hinchcliffe and, as a result, has performed at Cobb’s Comedy Club in San Francisco and the World Famous Comedy Store in Los Angeles. In 2021, Royce amassed a huge following on Tiktok, currently 700,000 with comedy sketches featuring his catchphrase “What’s That…?”

HWAYITAH WA KHAMIYSA WA GHREEN: INTRODUCTION TO LIBYAN DRESS & ADORNMENT
2021-10-05 09:00 - 11:00 | WA
Event Description: Dr. Reem El Mutwalli in conversation with Najlaa El-Ageli, Founder of Noon Arts Projects, a small private arts foundation, with a mission to bring the best of contemporary Libyan art, from both emerging and established artists, and expose it to the world stage, discussing her recent jewelery exhibition and providing our audience with an introduction to Libyan dress and adornment.
New Date: 5th October 2021
Time:12pm (NYC), 5pm (London), 8pm (Dubai)
Tickets: Donation
Students: If you are a student or member of academia please register here to receive your complimentary registration links.
Registering will not only give you access to the live session but also a recorded version to catch up on in your own time.
Eventbrite link which is now live:
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Ben Hodgson & Laura Moulton in Conversation With Omar El Akkad
2021-10-05 17:00 - 19:00 | WA
Tuesday, October 5 @ 5pm (PT)
In 2011, Laura Moulton founded Street Books, a mobile library serving people living outside in Portland, Oregon. That summer, Ben Hodgson became one of her most dedicated regulars, setting the still-unbroken single season record for borrowing. Then Ben’s routines changed, and he didn’t cross paths again with Laura for almost two years. Loaners: The Making of a Street Library (Perfect Day) is the story they began to tell when they reconnected, offering a street-level perspective of a community whose stories are seldom told, alternating between their two unforgettable points of view in this addictively readable, occasionally sublime memoir. Hodgson and Moulton will be joined in conversation by Omar El Akkad, author of What Strange Paradise and American War.
Register for the Zoom event / Buy the Book

Movie: Terror and Hope: The Science of Resilience
2021-10-07 | WA
Terror and Hope: The Science of Resilience Content Warning: Descriptions & news footage of violence. Syrian refugee children heal from trauma with the support of scientists, humanitarians, and innovative research. Science fueled by compassion and hope. Director: Ron Bourke, Producer: Ron Bourke, 38 min, Jordan, United States

Streaming online between October 7th and 17th.
You can find the program festival here: https://www.socialjusticefilmfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/SJFF2021_Program.pdf

The People's Inquiry on Gaza
2021-10-07 09:00 - 12:00 | WA
Join us for the kick-off of Gaza is Palestine with a virtual People’s Inquiry on Israel’s May Assault and ongoing blockade of Gaza Thursday, October 7 at 12 noon ET. Our guests include Mohammed El-Kurd, Malak Mattar, Rep. Rashida Tlaib and many others. Reserve your spot today.

Webinar: Arab American Theater
2021-10-07 15:30 - 17:00 | WA
Join us for a rich and engaging conversation with Arab American playwrights, theater actors, and producers: Kathryn Haddadm Jamil Khoury, Lameece Issaq, and Malek Najjar. This panel discussion and conversation will be moderated by Catherine Coray, a Professor of Theater at NYU.

Register here.

SIX SHORT FICTIONAL FILMS FROM GHANA, EGYPT, IRAN, UK AND THE US: Tacoma Film Festival
2021-10-08 12:15 - 14:00 | Grand Cinema, Tacoma, 606 Fawcett Avenue, Tacoma, WA, 98402, United States
Da Yie | Ghana | 20 | Anthony Nti | A foreigner in Ghana gets an assignment from his gang to find kids for a risky job that will take place later that evening. While spending the day with two energetic children, Prince and Matilda, he starts to question his decision and how it will affect their lives.

i am afraid to forget your face | Egypt | 15 | Sameh Alaa | After being separated for 82 days, Adam travels down a rough road to be reunited with the one he loves, whatever it takes.

Good Thanks, You? | United Kingdom | 13 | Molly Manning Walker | In the aftermath of an attack, Amy is left voiceless, trapped in a whirlwind of incompetence. She must find a way to confront what has happened, in order to save what matters to her most.

Witness | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 15 | Ali Asgari | A mother helps an elderly woman in a shopping mall in Tehran. A tragedy occurs, brutally confronting her with the impact of her actions.

Dọlápọ̀ Is Fine | United Kingdom | 15 | Ethosheia Hylton | Ready to leave her UK boarding school and enter the working world, a young Black woman faces pressure to change her name and natural hairstyle.

Leylak | US | 17 | Scott Aharoni, Dennis Latos | In present day Queens, New York, a Turkish gravedigger is unable to face a shattering truth, and risks losing the dearest connection left in his life.

FAMILY SHORT FILMS - KID FLICKS TWO
2021-10-09 10:00 - 12:00 | Grand Cinema, Tacoma, 606 Fawcett Avenue, Tacoma, WA, 98402, United States
Challenging expectations and reflecting growth and resilience, NYICFF Kid Flicks Two is a fantastic trip on the road to growing up. Surprises in a dumpling bring good luck, and many reflections, in the beautiful stop motion animation The Coin. In The One You Never Forget, a young teen tries to keep his first date under wraps, but his parents have other ideas. In Home Away 3000, a space traveller’s funky space van konks out on an unknown planet with plenty of surprises.

Wash Day | Canada | 2 | Jaida Salmon | Join Zoey as she goes through her weekly grueling routine of washing and styling her hair.

Shy & Ketchup | Chile | 4 | Teresa Romo | Hunger or craving, a shy girl has to push beyond her comfort zone to fulfill her need in this hilarious film.

The Butterfly Affect | US | 5 | Stephanie Blakey | Before “the change,” Jesse didn’t think she was any different from her friends. Now she’s a young worm trying to find her place in a butterfly’s world.

The Coin | China | 7 | Siqi Song | On Chinese New Year, finding the coin hidden in a dumpling brings good luck. One girl discovers new identities and long-standing connections tucked inside as well.

Paper Kite طيارة ورق | Qatar | 7 | Nada Bedair | From her sixth grade classroom, Noor sketches a kite she sees outside the school walls. When new student Zayn walks in, a dream starts to take flight.

Home Away 3000 | France | 11 | Héloïse Pétel & Philippe Baranzini | After crashing on an unknown planet, a space traveller begins to repair his spaceship. Little does he know the surprises that await him.

The One You Never Forget | US | 8 | Morgan Jon Fox | A 14-year-old excitedly prepares for his first dance, but will his date live up to his parents’ expectations?

3feet | Colombia | 14 | Giselle Geney | Get your (soccer) kicks on the way to school with Gonzalo as he hilariously tries his very best to keep things clean and stay in the game.

Eaten | Iran | 7 | Mohsen Rezapour | On a mysterious, unknown planet, a rabbit-like creature is eaten, but that’s just the beginning of the story.

WEBINAR WITH FIDA QISHTA - FILMMAKER FROM GAZA
2021-10-09 11:00 - 12:30 | WA
Saturday, Oct. 9, 11 am
WEBINAR WITH FIDA QISHTA – FILMMAKER FROM GAZA
Award-winning documentary filmmaker Fida Qishta has just returned from several months in Gaza. She will speak about current conditions there and share clips from footage filmed after her arrival and following the May 2021 Israeli military attacks on the Strip.

Fida was born and raised in Rafah in Gaza. In her previous award-winning documentary, Where Should the Birds Fly, she told the story of 10-year-old Mona Samouni in the aftermath of Israeli Operation Cast Lead (2008-2009). Join the webinar Saturday to hear how Fida has found Gaza twelve years later, as the Israeli imposed land, air, and sea blockade continues into its fifteenth year. This event is hosted by US Boats to Gaza, one of ten national campaigns in the Gaza Freedom Flotilla coalition that sail to break the illegal Israeli naval blockade of Gaza. The Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice, with support from the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, is proud to have lent support for Fida Qishta’s return to Gaza and to the launch of her newest film project.
LEARN MORE ABOUT FILMMAKER FIDA QISHTA HERE.
REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT HERE!

SIX SHORT FICTIONAL FILMS FROM SUDAN, EGYPT, IRAN, AND THE US: Tacoma Film Festival
2021-10-09 14:15 - 16:00 | Grand Cinema, Tacoma, 606 Fawcett Avenue, Tacoma, WA, 98402, United States
Al-Sit | Sudan, Qatar | 20 | Suzannah Mirghani | An arranged marriage in a cotton-farming village in Sudan. Does 15-year-old Nafisa have a choice?

Our Pain | Iran | 9 | Mahtab Pishghadam | Two women seeking a refuge from inevitable limitations of reality which denies their very existence.

Undercut | US | 14 | Kelly Pike | High school female athletes become unlikely teammates in the wake of unspoken trauma.

Nafs Said | US | 13 | Huma Hussain | Nafs Said is a story about an Indian-Muslim housewife, Maryam, whose mundane life is abruptly interrupted by an opportunity to explore her desires.

Light on a Path, Follow | US | 15 | Elliot Montague | Joaquín, a transman living in rural 1990s New England, is eight months pregnant. After encountering a mysterious spirit in the forest, Joaquín goes into labor early. Is this spirit haunting or guiding Joaquín as he awaits his midwife?

Henet Ward | Egypt | 23 | Morad Mostafa | Halima, a Sudanese henna painter goes to Basma’s, a young Egyptian bride to prepare her for her wedding: under the eyes of her daughter Ward, the encounter between the two women grows from complicity to suddenly unveiled tensions.

Virtual Book Event - Conversation with Rania Matar about her book "SHE | RANIA MATAR"
2021-10-10 09:00 - 10:30 | WA
Virtual Book Event – Conversation with Rania Matar about her book “SHE | RANIA MATAR”

Sunday, October 10, 2021
12:00 PM 1:30 PM
Palestine Museum US (map)

Please click here to register for this event.
All times are based on US EDT – 12 Noon, 7:00 PM in Palestine.
Join us for a coversation with Rania Mata about her new photography book. Rania is a Lebanese/Palestinian/American documentary, portrait and fine art photographer. She photographs the daily lives of girls and women in the Middle East and in the United States.

Arabs In Seattle: Monthly Coffee Gathering
2021-10-10 14:00 - 15:00 | WA
On the first (or second) Sunday of every month we will have a coffee meeting to discover different coffee shops and bakeries around us. This time, let’s meet at Woodland coffee shop.
https://www.yelp.com/biz/woodland-coffee-seattle
They seem to have good coffee and pastries, and it is not hard to find parking around there. So let’s get some coffee and catch up 🙂
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When: Sunday, October 10th @ 2:00 pm
Where: Woodland coffee shop
Located in:
StudioWorks Ballard
1417 NW 54th St
Seattle, WA 98107
N 15th Ave & N 14th Ave
Ballard
Looking forward to see you there!

Movie: Alia's Birth: Tacoma Film Festival
2021-10-10 16:00 - 17:30 | Grand Cinema, Tacoma, 606 Fawcett Avenue, Tacoma, WA, 98402, United States
Alia’s Birth Sam Abbas US/UK/Bolivia | 2020 | 66 min A rocky relationship between a female couple forces them to spend the night apart. Through their respective journeys we experience a live recorded set by queer superstar DJ/Producer Nicole Moudaber and witness a live home birth with a resuscitation. With Poorna Jagannathan, Nikohl Boosheri, Maya Kazan, Samuel H. Levine, and Edward Akrout. Sam Abbas is an Egyptian-American filmmaker currently living in Paris. In 2018, he founded the production company ArabQ Films, and released his debut feature The Wedding across the U.S. and Middle East. The film screened in Turkey, Tunisia, Lebanon, and Egypt; countries in which it is difficult & in parts illegal to identify as gay or nonbinary. In 2020 Abbas acted as curator, director, editor, and producer and teamed with leading cinematographers from around the world to create the documentary Eremita (Anthologies).
SUNDAY OCTOBER 10 4:00 PM the grand cinema #1
MONDAY OCTOBER 11 4:30 PM the grand cinema #1

The Palestinian Table: Sayadieh
2021-10-10 18:00 - 21:00 | WA
Laden with spices and brimming with flavor, many Palestinian dishes are centered around tradition and community. Join NADIA TOMMALIEH as she shows you how to bring these concepts to your table as you create a beautiful, bountiful Middle Eastern feast. You’ll make classic smooth hummus; shamandar bil tahini (beet dip with walnuts and tahini); pita chips; sayadieh (shrimp and fish rice pilaf) with fried pine nuts and caramelized onions; and salatah fallahia (Palestinian farmer’s salad with tomatoes, cucumber, peppers, and sumac).
