Seeds for Liberation by director Matthew Solomon
2026-02-15 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Raisbeck Auditorium at the Ivey Tower, 2017 Boren Ave, Seattle, WA, 98121
Join us in Seattle for a screening of the new documentary film, “Seeds for Liberation,” by director Matthew Solomon (“Reimagining Safety”)
Don’t miss the “Seeds for Liberation” Seattle Premiere on February 15th!
The new documentary from Matthew Solomon & Donna Hadjikhani and Alana Hadid, highlights the Free Palestine movement and its connections to Black, Chicano, and collective liberation. Featuring some of the biggest names in the movement, from Palestine to Stop Cop City, “Seeds for Liberation” is both powerful and inspiring, spanning decades of solidarity and culminating in reflections on what liberation and a free Palestine truly mean.
Sunday, February 15th, at 11:00 am
Raisbeck Auditorium at the Ivey Tower
2017 Boren Ave Seattle WA 98121
**Tickets are free, and there are donation options to support the film.
**Doors open at 11 am. The movie begins at 12 noon.
A panel discussion follows, featuring members from the film: Dr. Mimi Syed, Ayman Nijim, Synth, and Director Matthew Solomon.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/seeds-for-liberation-seattle-premiere-tickets-1981075563339

Souk Seattle
2026-02-15 11:00 - 17:00 | The 101, 101 S Jackson St, Seattle, WA, 98104
Less than a month out from our next SOUK!
Join us for culture, creativity, and community at @the101.828 in Pioneer Square 🧿
Tell your friends and grab your free ticket through the link in our bio!
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ILPS Seattle-Tacoma Reportback from the International People's Tribunal for Palestine
2026-02-15 15:00 - 18:00 | RSVP for Location
Right to Resist: The Palestinian People vs the Zionist Occupation and the US Government was an International People’s Tribunal on the US-Backed Zionist Occupation’s War of Forced Starvation and Ecocide in Palestine. It found the US & Zionist entity “Israel” found GUILTY OF GENOCIDE, ECOCIDE & FORCED STARVATION. Join us as we share back the proceedings of the International People’s Tribunal on Palestine to expose and oppose the occupation, genocide and ecocide of Palestine in any way that we can.
ILPS Seattle-Tacoma

The Palestinian Table: Sayadieh
2026-02-18 18:00 - 21:00, 2026-02-23 18:00 - 21:00, 2026-02-24 18:00 - 21:00, 2026-02-26 18:00 - 21:00 | the Pantry, 1417 NW 70th Street, Seattle, WA, 98117
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; salatet betinjan el raheb (roasted eggplant with pomegranate molasses); 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).

Rainbow Story Time (online) w/ Lindz Amer
2026-02-20 11:00 - 11:30, 2026-02-27 11:00 - 11:30, 2026-03-06 11:00 - 11:30, 2026-03-13 11:00 - 11:30 | Virtual
Join Lindz Amer, the award-winning LGBTQ+ activist, author and co-host of the beloved indie web series, Queer Kid Stuff, for songs and stories that celebrate the LGBTQ+ community all-year-round.
All ages welcome with adult.
Please register:
https://kcls.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEvdOuqpzssGtC5XlvnFdvIAD2bwlBzP-RA

Weekly Peace Vigil
2026-02-20 16:30 - 18:00, 2026-02-27 16:30 - 18:00, 2026-03-06 16:30 - 18:00, 2026-03-13 16:30 - 18:00 | Percival Landing, 217 Thurston Ave NW, Olympia, WA, 98501
ONGOING LOCAL ACTIONS FOR PEACE

WEEKLY PEACE VIGIL
Every Friday 4:30 – 6:00 pm
Percival Landing in Downtown Olympia
4th & Water Street

We continue to vigil, network, and advocate for Palestinians, for peace with justice, and for our civil rights. Despite an agreed ceasefire, Israel continues to attack Gaza. Bring a sign and a friend, and join us at Percival Landing every Friday!
Thanks to the Olympia Fellowship of Reconciliation for organizing these peace vigils through the years, and for inviting us to share this space as we advocate for peace.

Community at Ya Hala
2026-02-20 18:00 - 21:00, 2026-02-27 18:00 - 21:00, 2026-03-06 18:00 - 21:00, 2026-03-13 18:00 - 21:00 | Suzanne Zahr, Art & Architecture, 2441 76th Ave SE, Ste 160, Mercer Island, WA, 98040, United States
Games, Music, Cafe
Remember, Ya Hala’s café and retail space is open to all
More details about each weekend’s events will drop on the Monday before. 👀

Virtual Movie Screenings: Every Saturday with Palestine Museum US
2026-02-21 09:00 - 11:00, 2026-02-28 09:00 - 11:00, 2026-03-07 09:00 - 11:00 | Virtual
Check website: https://www.palestinemuseum.us/events for current showings and for registration links!
Often the screening ends with a Q&A with the director!

Arabic Storytime @ Lake City Branch / وقت القصص بالعربية في فرع ليك سيتي
2026-02-21 10:30 - 11:30, 2026-02-28 10:30 - 11:30, 2026-03-07 10:30 - 11:30 | 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.
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في وقت القصص، يمكن للأطفال الذين تتراوح أعمارهم من حديثي الولادة وحتى سن الخامسة وعائلاتهم الاستمتاع بالقصص والأغاني وأنشطة التعلُّم المرحة.
نرحب بالعائلات من جميع الأعمار.
يُعقد الحدث باللغة الإنجليزية والعربية.
Registration is not required.

UW Public Lectures: Palestine to Iraq with Adam Hanieh
2026-03-06 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
While World War I is often framed as a European conflict, its most far-reaching consequences were profoundly felt far beyond Europe’s borders. In the Middle East, the war sparked a sweeping political crisis that ultimately led to the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. In its wake, the European victors imposed new borders and mandates, carving the region into fragmented zones of imperial control and influence.
But this was not merely a story of unchecked colonial dominance. In the postwar moment, a spectrum of fluid, intersecting anti-colonial movements emerged. Palestine became a key site in these struggles, as a racialized order of settler-colonial capitalism took shape under British rule. This talk locates those movements within the broader transition from British to American imperial ascendancy, contending that the political history of the region must be understood as integral to the global history of fossil capitalism.
Moving beyond frameworks centered solely on empire, the talk examines how anti-colonial actors envisioned their futures within a rapidly transforming global system—even as new hierarchies of race, empire, and capital were being redefined.

Seffarine
2026-03-10 19:30 - 21:00 | Triple Door, 216 Union Street, Seattle, WA, 98101, United States
“Seffarine’s music can melt the coldest hearts” -Chicago Reader
At a momentous first meeting at a coffee shop in Fez, Moroccan vocalist Lamiae Naki and multi-instrumentalist Nat Hulskamp composed their first song and decided to get married. Brought together by their deep knowledge of the music of both sides of the Straits of Gibraltar — Spanish flamenco and Moroccan Arabic music — they created Seffarine.
Seffarine takes its name from the ancient metalworking square in Fez, which is famous for the complex rhythms that ring out from the blacksmiths’ hammers, and where Lamiae’s family is well known as masters of the tradition. Seffarine’s music embraces and extends Morocco’s musical collision between Arabic, Iberian and West African cultures, forging vibrant original music deeply rooted in their backgrounds in flamenco guitar, oud and Arab Andalusian music. Nat and Lamiae built an international quintet bringing in all star musicians from Iran, the US and Spain, who infuse the sound with textured instrumentation and inspired improvisation. Sweeping oud (Arabic lute) ornamentation plays off gritty bass grooves and explosive flamenco percussion, with Lamiae’s fluidly riveting voice at the center, sending up sheets of cascading Andalusi melodies punctuated by the catchy hooks of North African Chaabi, sung in her native Moroccan Arabic. Their sound has taken them around the world, from touring Indonesia, Australia and Europe to receiving grants to study Ottoman singing in Turkey, to recording with top flamenco musicians in Spain such as Latin Grammy Award winner Antonio Rey.

Seffarine
2026-03-11 19:00 - 21:30 | McMenamin’s Elks Temple, 565 Broadway, Tacoma, WA, 98402
At a momentous first meeting at a coffee shop in Fez, Moroccan vocalist Lamiae Naki and multi-instrumentalist Nat Hulskamp composed their first song and decided to get married. Brought together by their deep knowledge of the music of both sides of the Straits of Gibraltar – Spanish flamenco and Moroccan Arabic music – they created Seffarine.
Seffarine takes its name from the ancient metalworking square in Fez, which is famous for the complex rhythms that ring out from the blacksmiths’ hammers, and where Lamiae’s family is well known as masters of the tradition. Seffarine’s music embraces and extends Morocco’s musical collision between Arabic, Iberian and West African cultures, forging vibrant original music deeply rooted in their backgrounds in flamenco guitar, oud and Arab Andalusian music. Nat and Lamiae built an international quintet bringing in all star musicians from Iran, the US and Spain, who infuse the sound with textured instrumentation and inspired improvisation. Sweeping kamancheh (Persian spike-fiddle) ornamentation plays off gritty bass grooves and explosive flamenco footwork, with Lamiae’s fluidly riveting voice at the center, sending up sheets of cascading Andalusi melodies punctuated by the catchy hooks of North African Chaabi, sung in her native Moroccan Arabic. Their sound has taken them around the world, from touring Australia and Europe to receiving grants to study Ottoman singing in Turkey, to the Rainforest World Music Festival in Borneo, to recording with top flamenco musicians in Spain such as Diego del Morao and Latin Grammy winner Antonio Rey.

Seffarine
2026-03-12 18:30 - 21:30 | Alberta Rose Theater, 3000 NE Alberta St, Portland, Oregon, 97211

Material Identities: Regional Dress in Late Ottoman Syria
2026-03-13 09:00 - 11:00 | Virtual
Virtual Lecture Registration

Material Identities: Regional Dress in Late Ottoman Syria
Date: Friday, March 13, 2026
Time: 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST
Location: Online, Zoom link will be emailed at 10am EST on event day
Instructor: Wafa Ghnaim, Dress Historian, Researcher & Educator
Registration Fee: Sliding scale
Description: This lecture examines the regional styles of embroidered traditional dress produced within the geographic boundaries of present-day Syria during the late Ottoman period, roughly 1850–1922. It centers on historical garments from various villages, towns, and desert regions across Syria, as well as the textile traditions that shaped them. Participants will learn about Syria’s role as a major center of textile production, including the rise and decline of its fabric industries and the historic cloth types most commonly used in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The lecture surveys distinctive village and regional styles, with attention to materials, structure, and surface design, beginning in the Northern Galilee and extending into southern Syria and beyond.
The presentation draws on surviving garments, visual documentation, and the work of leading scholars in the field of Syrian dress history. This research is informed by the expertise of Aida Dalati, Anne Marie Weiss-Armush, Hanan Munayyer, and other leading collectors and historians in the field. Through this focused visual and historical review, the lecture situates Syrian dress within its social, economic, and cultural contexts, highlighting how regional identity was expressed as a broad regional tradition shared by communities of the eastern Mediterranean over centuries. While many have argued that the cultural knowledge of Syrian dress styles is extinct, Wafa argues that new digital archives led by a new generation are ensuring its survival and revival.
