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Giving Tuesday Ideas!
2023-11-28 | WA
Susan Abulhawa’s Playgrounds for Palestine: Giving Tuesday to Rebuild Gaza
Saalam Cultural Museum: Please consider getting some items for the families in need or donating to our Resettlement Assistance fund to help the families with things like rent and utilities.
UNRWA USA: Over 5,000 UNRWA humanitarian workers are on the ground to deliver lifesaving medical assistance, but food, water, and fuel soon be depleted. https://www.unrwausa.org/donate
Karam Foundation: https://give.karamfoundation.org/give/530541#!/donation/checkout supporting refugee communities after the devastating earthquakes!
PCRF: https://pcrf1.app.neoncrm.com/forms/giving-tuesday2023 to raise funds necessary to help support a number of humanitarian needs, programs, and projects, including those for sick and injured children in the Middle East, regardless of their religion and without political affiliation or purpose.

No Tech For Apartheid: Panel
2023-11-27 11:30 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual
Join us in a series of discussions with an amazing group of scholars, journalists and activists to learn about tech enabled Israeli apartheid, the history of tech workers in both enabling and dismantling apartheid, and what you can do to support Palestinians.

***Register through Ticket Tailor to receive a link to the live-streamed video on the day of the event. This event will also be recorded and captioning will be provided.***
Speakers:
Caroline Hunter co-founded the Polaroid Revolutionary Workers Movement.
Marwa Fatafta leads Access Now’s policy & advocacy work on digital rights in MENA region.
Mona Shtaya is Campaigns & Partnerships Manager (MENA) and Corporate Engagement Lead at Digital Action. She was also advocacy & communications manager at 7amleh.
Ariel Koren was pushed out of Google for advocacy on the #NoTechForAparthied and Drop Nimbus campaigns.
Antony Loewenstein is the author of The Palestine Laboratory.
Matt Mahmoudi is Researcher/Adviser on Artificial Intelligence & Human Rights at Amnesty Tech, and co-author of Digital Witness. He is a professor at University of Cambridge.
Timnit Gebru (moderator) is the founder and executive director of the Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (DAIR). Prior to that she was fired by Google in December 2020 for raising issues of discrimination in the workplace, where she was serving as co-lead of the Ethical AI research team.
Alex Hanna (moderator) is Director of Research at the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR). A sociologist by training, her work centers on the data used in new computational technologies, and the ways in which these data exacerbate racial, gender, and class inequality.
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This event is sponsored by Haymarket Books and the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR) and is part of Until Liberation: A Series for Palestine by Haymarket Books cosponsored by Palestinian American Organizations Network, Mondoweiss, Spectre, Dissenters, Tempest, Palestine Deep Dive, The New Arab, and more. While all of our events are freely available, we ask that those who are able make a solidarity donation in support of our important publishing and programming work. A portion of the proceeds from this event will be donated to Palestine Legal and Respond Crisis Translation

Streaming Movies from Aflamuna: Films From Palestine
2023-11-27 - 2023-11-29 | Virtual
اخترنا لكم في تشرين الثاني
تكرّس AFLAMUNA.online شهر تشرين الثاني لأفلام مؤثرة عن فلسطين، وإصرار شعبها الذي لا يكلّ.
في هذا البرنامج المخصّص، نسلّط الضوء على النضال الذي لا يتزعزع وروح الشعب الفلسطيني التي لا تُقهر، وقوّتهم ومثابرتهم.
منصّتنا لأصوات الفلسطينيين؛ نحتفي بالسردية الفلسطينية وقوة شعبها، ونقف ضد أي محاولات لتزييف تاريخها والمساس بحقوق الفلسطينيين.

OUR PICKS FOR NOVEMBER
AFLAMUNA.online is dedicating the month of November to a compelling selection of films, each a profound testament to the story of Palestine.
In this dedicated program, we shed a brilliant light on the unwavering struggle and indomitable spirit of the Palestinian people, unearthing narratives that resound with their strength and perseverance.
A heartfelt tribute to Palestine, amplifying Palestinian voices, adhering to the rights of Palestinians, honoring Palestinian narratives, and standing against any attempts to falsify its history and any violation of the rights of its people.

كأنّنا عشرون مستحيل
آن ماري جاسر 17 د.
فلسطين المحتلّة: عندما يقرّر طاقم فيلم فلسطيني تفادي نقطة تفتيش مغلقة وإتخاذ طريق فرعيّ، يتبيّن المشهد السياسي، ويُفصل بين الرّكاب بوحشيّةالإحتلال الدونية. قصيدة بصريّة وسرديّة في آن واحد، يتساءل فيلم “كأنّنا عشرون مستحيل” بسخرية عن المسؤوليّة الفنّية وسياسة صناعة الأفلام من خلال مساءلة سياسات تجزئة وتقسيم شعب بأكمله.

Like Twenty Impossibles
Annemarie Jacir 17 MINS

Occupied Palestine: When a Palestinian film crew averts a closed checkpoint by taking a remote side road, the political landscape unravels, and the passengers are slowly taken apart by the mundane brutality of military occupation. A visual poem and a narrative, “Like Twenty Impossibles” wryly question artistic responsibility and filmmaking’s politics while speaking to a people’s fragmentation.

play / للمشاهدة

23 تشرين الثاني – 6 كانون الأول

November 23 – December 6

اليد الخضراء
إيمانويل جيروزا 65 د.
جهاد وعبدالله، مؤسسي فريق باركور غزة، نشآ معًا في قطاع غزة، لكن خياراتهما فرقتهما على مرّ السنين. اليوم، أكثر من أي وقت مضى، يحتاجون إلى معرفة ما إذا كان هناك سبيل إلى الحرية، لشخص مثلهما، وُلد في السجن.

One More Jump
Emanuele Gerosa 65 MINS

Jehad and Abdallah, founders of the Gaza Parkour Team, were brought up together in the Gaza Strip, but their choices divided them for years. Today, more than ever, they need to find out if there is a way to lead to freedom for someone who, like them, was born in prison.

play / للمشاهدة

30 تشرين الثاني – 13 كانون الأول

November 30 – December 13

خيوط السرد
كارول منصور 78 د.
تجلس أمامنا إثنتا عشر إمرأة فلسطينية وتتحدّثن عن حياتهن قبل الشتات، عن ذكرياتهن، حياتهن، وهويّتهن. ترتبط القصص من خلال خيط التطريز الأبدي. إثنتا عشر امرأة، يمتلكن الصّمود، العزم، وبلاغة التعبير، يستمدّنّ إيّاها من مختلف أوجه حياتهنّ: محاميات، فنانات، ربّات منزل، ناشطات، مهندسات، وسياسيّات، يطرزن معًا قصة وطنهن وحرمانهن وثبوتهن على مبدأ أنّ العدالة لا بد أن تسود يومًا. من خلال قصصهن، يتشابك السرد الفردي مع السرد الجماعي، محافظًا في الوقت ذاته على تميّزه وخصوصيّته. إثنتا عشر إمرأة، إثنتا عشر عمرًا، وقصصٌ من فلسطين، أرضٌ كان موقعها محدّدًا على خريطة العالم، صار واقعها مطرّزًا على وجهه.

Stitching Palestine
Carol Mansour 78 MINS

Twelve Palestinian women sit before us and talk of their life before the Diaspora, of their memories, of their lives, and of their identity. Their narratives are connected by the enduring thread of the ancient art of embroidery. Twelve resilient, determined, and articulate women from disparate walks of life: lawyers, artists, housewives, activists, architects, and politicians stitch together the story of their homeland, of their dispossession, and of their unwavering determination that justice will prevail. Through their stories, the individual weaves into the collective yet remains distinctly personal. Twelve women, twelve life spans, and stories from Palestine, a land whose position was fixed on the map of the world but is now embroidered on its face.

play / للمشاهدة

Sammy Obeid at Laughs Comedy Club
2023-11-25 21:30 - 23:00, 2023-11-25 19:30 - 21:00, 2023-11-24 21:30 - 23:00, 2023-11-24 19:30 - 21:00 | Laughs Comedy Club, 5220 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States
November 24 @ 7:30 pm – November 25 @ 11:00 pm
Comedian Sammy Obeid
Laughs Comedy Club 5220 Roosevelt Way Northeast, Seattle, WA 98105, Seattle, WA, US

Lebanese-Palestinian American, born in Oakland California, Sammy Obeid double majored in Business and Mathematics at UC Berkeley and then turned down a job at Google to be a comedian. Now the host of 100 Humans on Netflix, he’s also appeared on NBC’s Last Comic Standing and America’s Got Talent, as well as TBS’s Conan, and is best known for his world record of performing comedy 1,001 nights in a row, a story featured in both Time Magazine and The New York Times.

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Cease Fire Now Protest at Westlake
2023-11-25 14:00 - 16:00 | Westlake Center, 400 Pine Street, Seattle, WA, 98033, United States
This Saturday 11/25 we take the streets once more at 2PM (starting at Westlake center)
📣 END THE OCCUPATION
📣END THE GENOCIDE
📣END THE SIEGE ON GAZA
📣CEASEFIRE NOW
🇵🇸 Until liberation, we’ll be in the streets 🇵🇸

Arabic Storytime @ Lake City Branch / وقت القصص بالعربية في فرع ليك سيتي
2023-11-25 14:00 - 15:00, 2023-11-18 14:00 - 15:00 | Lake City – Seattle Public Library, 12501 28th Ave. N.E., Seattle, Washington, 98125, United States
At storytime, children from birth through elementary school and their families can enjoy stories, songs, and fun learning activities.
Event in English and Arabic.

وقت القصة باللغة العربية / Arabic Story Time (online) - KCLS
2023-11-23 17:00 - 17:30, 2023-11-16 17:00 - 17:30, 2023-11-09 17:00 - 17:30 | Virtual
Description

وقت القصة عبر الإنترنت. كل خميس من 5:00 مساءً إلى 5:30 مساءً.
استمتعوا بالقصص والحركة والأناشيد باللغة العربية التي تنمي مهارات القراءة والكتابة لدى أطفالكم في وقت مبكر.
نرحب بجميع الأعمار مع الكبار.
الرجاء التسجيل *عبر الإنترنت هنا*. بعد التسجيل، ستصلكم رسالة تأكيد بالبريد الإلكتروني تحتوي على رابط Zoom الخاص بالبرنامج. سيتم استخدام نفس الرابط كل أسبوع لوقت القصة باللغة العربية. إذا كنتم لا ترون رسالة بريد إلكتروني، فتحققوا من ملف البريد العشوائي.
تتوفر ترتيبات تيسيرية ملائمة للأشخاص ذوي الإعاقة عند الطلب عبر البريد الإلكتروني access@kcls.org قبل سبعة أيام على الأقل من الحدث. و أيضا تتوفر التسميات التوضيحية التلقائية دائمًا للأحداث عبر الإنترنت.
Online Story Time. Thursdays, 5-5:30 pm.
Enjoy stories, music, movement, and rhymes in Arabic that develop your child’s early literacy skills.
All ages welcome with adult.
Please register online. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing the program’s Zoom link. The same link will be used each week for Arabic Story Time. If you do not see an email, check your Junk or Spam folder.
Reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities is available by request. Email access@kcls.org at least seven days before the event. Automated closed captioning is always available for online events.

Arabgiving at Mamnoon (change of location!)
2023-11-21 18:00 - 21:00 | Mamnoon, 1508 Melrose Ave, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Celebrate Arabgiving with us at ZEITOON GRILL HOUSE in Kirkland!
Join us for a special Arabgiving celebration at ZEITOON GRILL HOUSE in Kirkland!
Let’s share a Thanksgiving feast with a Middle Eastern twist together and be thankful for what life has to offer.
What is Arabgiving?
Arabgiving is a time for Arabs to come together and celebrate their heritage and culture. It is also a time to give thanks for the blessings in our lives.
What can you expect at our Arabgiving event?

A delicious Thanksgiving feast.
A chance to connect with other Arabs in the community

When and where is the event?
The event will be held on Tuesday, November 21st at Mamnoon. Doors open at 6:00 PM.
We hope to see you there!
Please RSVP by November 16th.

Screening and Solidarity Panel on Interconnected Struggles
2023-11-21 18:00 - 20:30 | Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center, 3930 Brooklyn Ave NE, Seattle, WA, United States
“In collaboration with the African Association & the Black Student Journal, we have organized a screening & solidarity panel to bring light to and illuminate our interconnected struggles.

All tickets purchased go directly to MECA in order to best raise support for Palestinians currently displaced in Gaza.

Join us Tuesday the 21st at the ECC Theatre from 6:00–8:30pm for a night of recognition and solidarity.” (@super_uw)

Whisk Cooking Class: Street Foods of the World
2023-11-20 18:00 - 20:30 | Whisk, 10385 Main St, Bellevue, WA, 98004, United States
Want to expand your culinary passport? Are you looking for a new dish to spice up your repertoire? Do you dream of tasty treats on foreign streets, but haven’t been able to get away? If the answer is yes, this class is for you! Join Chef Drew Flanders in this hands-on class where you will prepare simple but flavor-packed dishes inspired by foods sold in the markets, festivals, and by street vendors from around the world. From Morocco to Japan, Mexico to Senegal, in this class you will prepare and enjoy a variety of flavors and textures from the simple perfection of the taco, the warm comfort of “Japanese pizza”, to the glory of two different types of grilled-meat-on-a-stick!
Make, eat and enjoy street foods from

Morocco – Chermoula Chicken
Mexico – Alambres, Steak and Bacon Tacos with Salsa Verde
West Africa – Spicy Peanut-Dusted Beef Skewers
Japan – Okonomiyaki – Seafood Pancakes

Participants will have the option of enjoying wine or beer as street food is always best with a beverage!

We See You: Community Feast
2023-11-19 17:30 - 21:00 | Washington Hall, 153 14th Ave, Seattle, WA, 98122
It takes a village to ensure we all feel seen, supported, and safe. It’s a tall order but we know that together, we can. We believe in the power that exists within the collective to co-create spaces of care.
This month, we’ve organized a very special healing event that centers around the idea of community care.In the wake of the violence taking place in Gaza, we want invite our community to come together to PRACTICE solidarity work in accessible ways.
On top of our signature free catered meals, free entertainment , healing services, and conscious community building work; this month we will have a few more offerings that may support us in living out our desires to be in solidarity.
There will be education spaces to learn more about the talking points and how to advocate, there will be a collective space for grief , there will be cultural performances and celebrations of Palestinian culture, sign creation, and opportunities to create self care kits for the core Palestinian organizers doing the important work here in seattle.
If you’d like to contribute to the self care kits, please bring items for between 15-30 people so we can construct the kits. Also reach out to us if you’d like to offer up any food , resources , or energy.
Look out for more info about all the amazing people involved in our collective action and the spaces we will create. Please share this post with people you feel might want to participate in our collective action and continue to build conscious community with us.

Lady Grey Pop-UP
2023-11-19 12:00 - 15:00 | Ben’s Bread, 216 N 70th St., Seattle, WA, 98103
Announcing our ✨ FINAL TWO ✨ pop-ups of the year. First things first, ~ this Sunday ~ Nov. 19th, at our gracious host’s, Ben’s Bread.
After this week, our absolute last pop-up of the year will be Sunday, 12/3.
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We’re so excited to be back with some familiar flavors, and some news ones. 👀 🍰 Swipey swipe for this weekend’s menu!
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We’ve been so so grateful for all of you that turn up for our pop-ups. It’s no stretch to say that Becca puts her whole heart into baking these friggin’ delicious cakes, and I hope it shows.
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Be there, be square! We can’t wait to see you all again. ♥️

*Arab owned!

Yalla Nemshi! - Let's Walk!
2023-11-19 10:00 - 12:00 | Google Building C (Parking Lot), 747 6th Street South, Kirkland, WA, 98033, United States
A family walk, one Sunday each month. 10am – all levels welcome.
Meet on Google’s Kirkland Campus
You can park in the parking lot of Building C. Head down to the trail and meet us at the playground

Head down to the trail and meet us at the playground

Contact Nadera with questions: nadera0425@yahoo.com
This event is NOT rain or shine . . . only shine! For the safety of the older and younger participants, the walk will be cancelled if it rains.

We can walk and talk!

There is a community garden with mint, sage, parsley and more!

And find the Palestinian flag amongst all the other flags!

Cease Fire Now Protest at Westlake
2023-11-18 14:00 - 16:00 | Westlake Center, 400 Pine Street, Seattle, WA, 98033, United States
This Saturday 11/18 we take the streets once more at 2PM (starting at Westlake center)
📣 END THE OCCUPATION
📣END THE GENOCIDE
📣END THE SIEGE ON GAZA
📣CEASEFIRE NOW
🇵🇸 Until liberation, we’ll be in the streets 🇵🇸

Honor Our Martrys: Falastine Vigil
2023-11-17 18:30 - 20:00 | Gas Works Park, 2101 N Northlake Way, Seattle, WA, 98103
6:30pm. Friday November 17th.
Join us at Gasworks Park in Seattle to honor our Falastine Martyrs.
Please bring flowers.

The Olive Oil Harvest with Nadia Tommalieh at the Pantry
2023-11-16 18:00 - 21:00 | the Pantry, 1417 NW 70th Street, Seattle, WA, 98117
Join Nadia Tommalieh as she shares the beauty, importance, and tradition of the olive harvest and olive oil pressing across the Arab world. Olive oil is a staple in most culinary cultures, and in this class you’ll learn about the different flavor profiles of olive oil, the best temperatures for cooking, and how to repurpose flavor-infused oils. You’’ll cook an array of dishes traditional to celebrate the olive harvest season, before sitting down to feast on shorabet freekeh bil hamid w zeit al-zaytoon (citrusy freekeh and olive oil soup); musakhan (roasted Cornish hens with olive oil, caramelized onions, and sumac); salatet bandora bil a’ashab (tomatoes and herbs tossed in olive oil and sumac), as well as salset laban w na’ana (garlicky yogurt, mint, olive oil sauce). Yansoonnieh, an aromatic anise and olive oil sticky cake drenched in orange blossom syrup, will close out our meal, and our love letter to the majestic olive.

The Return: Dunya Productions
2023-11-16 - 2023-11-19 | Cherry Street Village, 720 25th Avenue, Seattle, WA, United States
The play is set in an automobile repair shop in the mid-sized city Herzliya. This Seattle premiere by Palestinian playwright Hanna Eady and Seattle-based playwright Edward Mast deftly dramatizes the tensions between a Palestinian and an Israeli Jew who might have known each other in the past. By the end of the play, both of their lives will be forever changed by the realities of present-day Israel.

Each Night at 8pm!
And 5:00 PM on Sunday November 19

Youth Interested in Public Policy (at MAPS)
2023-11-15 17:30 - 18:45 | Muslim Assocation of Puget Sounds (MAPS), 17550 NE 67th Ct, Redmond, WA, 98052, United States
Event this Friday right for youth interested in public policy from 5:30-6:45 in the MAPS conference room! DM for registration link or use the link on our story!

The Land Speaks Arabic (La terre parle arabe): Free Screening and Discussion [In-Person Only]
2023-11-14 18:30 - 20:30 | Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, 2, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Join us for a screening of Maryse Gargour’s 2007 documentary that explores the history of Palestine, and the Zionist leaders who worked to remove its people from their homeland.
Afterward, we will discuss the film and reflect on our individual power to enact change and support Palestinian liberation.

Community Gathering: Baladna Palestinian Community of the PNW
2023-11-12 14:30 - 16:00 | WA
On November 12th we will be hosting a community gathering in order to unify efforts in the Palestinian community and mobilizing for Gaza.
Who we are: Baladna Palestinian Community of the PNW
Where: Bothell King County Library
When: Sunday, November 12th at 2:30pm

Information Professionals and Academic Freedom in a Time of Cultural Terrorism.
2023-11-12 12:00 - 14:00 | Virtual
Open House – Week 5
This Sunday November 5, 2023, 12:00 Noon US EST; 19:00 Palestine; 18:00 Europe.
Our Topic:
Information Professionals and Academic Freedom in a Time of Cultural Terrorism.
Please click here to register for this event.
Information Professionals and Academic Freedom in a Time of Cultural Terrorism .
Join us for a thought-provoking conversation on the pressing issue of academic freedom and the role of information professionals in today’s climate of cultural terrorism.

NIGHTS OF ARABE~ a sojourn across the Near East
2023-11-11 19:30 - 21:00 | Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center, 3930 Brooklyn Ave NE, Seattle, WA, United States
Title: NIGHTS OF ARABE~ a sojourn across the Near East
Date: Saturday, November 11
Time: Doors at 7 pm, show at 7:30 pm
Location: Kelly Ethnic Cultural Theatre (ECT), 3930 Brooklyn Ave NE, Seattle, 98105Join us for an evening of cultural dance arts from the near east featuring the Qabila Dance Company and special guest artist Lara Victoria*! This year’s show has a specific focus on dance as resilience and celebration of life. We hope to see you there.

More info here: https://www.qabilafoundation.org/calendar/2023/11/4/qabila-presents-nights-of-arabe-seattle

*one of the accompanying dancers is Egyptian-American

2023 Arab American Book Awards Ceremony: Virtual
2023-11-11 15:00 - 17:00 | Virtual
6 p.m. ET Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023

2023 Arab American Book Awards Ceremony
FREE with RSVP
Register for in-person attendance OR Register for virtual attendance
Join the 2023 Arab American Book Award winners and honorable mentions, featuring awardees Chelsea Abdullah, Noor Naga, Edward E. Curtis IV, Ghassan Zeineddine, Nabeel Abraham, Sally Howell, Zeina Hashem Beck, Nora Lester Murad, Cathy Camper, Evelyn Alsultany, Louise Cainkar, Pauline Homsi Vinson, Amira Jarmakani, Luma Mufleh, Noor Hindi, Lubna Safi, Naomi Shihab Nye, Rashida Tlaib, Adam Tlaib and Miranda Paul for a celebratory reading of the winning books. The event will also be livestreamed.

Protest at Westlake
2023-11-11 14:00 - 16:00 | Westlake Center, 400 Pine Street, Seattle, WA, 98033, United States
This Saturday 11/11 we take the streets once more at 2PM (starting at Westlake center)
📣 END THE OCCUPATION
📣END THE GENOCIDE
📣END THE SIEGE ON GAZA
📣CEASEFIRE NOW
🇵🇸 Until liberation, we’ll be in the streets 🇵🇸
