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Stitching Palestine: Virtual Movie Screenings with Palestine Museum US
2025-02-22 09:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | 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!

This Saturday – Documentary Film – “Stitching Palestine,”by Carole Mansour.
Saturday, 12:00 Noon US EDT, 19:00 Palestine Time, 18:00 Europe
Running Time 77 minutes, English with English subtitles as applicable. The film screening will be followed by discussions with the audience.
The Story behind “Stitching Palestine:” 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.
Please Click here to register for this event.

No Other Land (in person) - NWFF
2025-02-22 16:00 - 18:00, 2025-02-22 19:00 - 21:00 | Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, 2, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 2025 Academy Awards!
Basel Adra, a young Palestinian activist from Masafer Yatta, has been fighting his community’s mass expulsion by the Israeli occupation since childhood. Basel documents the gradual erasure of Masafer Yatta, as soldiers destroy the homes of families – the largest single act of forced transfer ever carried out in the occupied West Bank. He crosses paths with Yuval, an Israeli journalist who joins his struggle, and for over half a decade they fight against the expulsion while growing closer. Their complex bond is haunted by the extreme inequality between them: Basel, living under a brutal military occupation, and Yuval, unrestricted and free. This film, by a Palestinian-Israeli collective of four young activists, was co-created during the darkest, most terrifying times in the region, as an act of creative resistance to Apartheid and a search for a path towards equality and justice.
Synopsis courtesy of mTuckman Media
Sat Feb 22: 4.00pm PDT, 7.00pm PDT
Fri Feb 28: 7.00pm PDT
Sat Mar 01: 4.00pm PDT, 7.00pm PDT
Sun Mar 02: 4.00pm PDT

Registration Open: Fighting Fascism at Home and Abroad: Study and Action for Palestine
2025-02-25 - 2025-03-02 | Virtual
We are all connected. The same forces oppressing our communities at home are arming the Israeli regime abroad. “Study & Action for Palestine” is an online course and learning community that explores the question of how we can build a durable movement, strong enough to take on these forces at home and abroad. The course provides a direct avenue of engagement with experienced Palestinian, Jewish, Christian & Labor Union organizers taking action for Palestine right now AND a community of learning & support that fortifies participants with knowledge, skills & supportive relationships for the long haul as we demand an end to genocide and a #FreePalestine.
Cosponsors: @uscpr @jewishvoiceforpeace@adalahjusticeproject @showingupforracialjustice@_catalystproject_ @highlandercenter @rabbis4ceasefire
Guest teachers: @nouraerakat @ahmadabuznaid@huwaida.arraf @sumayaawad … and more!
Facilitators: @chrisforliberation & Eleanor Hancock of @comrades.education
Link in @comrades.education bio and on comrades.education homepage for full details & registration.
Artwork: Yasmine Abulhab @yabulhab_creates_stuff
Photography: Naaman Omar via apaimages & Nikolas Gannon via Unsplash

The Falafel Stand
2025-02-25 18:00 - 21:30, 2025-02-26 18:00 - 21:30 | the Pantry, 1417 NW 70th Street, Seattle, WA, 98117
For the love of fresh bread, falafel, hummus, and everything in between! In this class Nadia Tommalieh will teach you how to make a traditional “sandweishet falafel” (falafel sandwiches) that will have you convinced you’ve traveled to the Arab world to eat them. You will learn about the different falafel variations of the region as she shows you how to get the perfect puff on your homemade khobez (pita bread), and how to achieve flavorful, crispy falafel every time. This super delicious street food sandwich is never complete without a layer of fresh smooth hummus. You will top your piping hot sandwiches with tarator (tahini garlic sauce), tatbeeleh (jalapeno lemon sauce), Mkhalal left (pickled turnips) and salatah Arabia (Arabic style tomato and cucumber salad).
Please note: some classes can be adjusted for students with dietary restrictions, but many cannot. If you’re vegetarian, pescatarian, or gluten-free, you can use the drop-down menu on our events page to view the best classes to fit your needs. If a class you’re interested in doesn’t appear in that filtered view, please email us before registering and we’ll see if the class’s menu can be modified.

Teach Truth: Jesse Hagopian
2025-02-25 19:00 - 20:30 | Third Place Books – Seward Park, 5041 Wilson Ave S, Seattle, WA, 98118, United States
In the face of relentless attacks on antiracist education, a much-needed reckoning with the roots of this latest wave of censorship and an urgent call to action to defend education.

Third Place Books is thrilled to welcome local educator, activist, and writer Jesse Hagopian to our Seward Park store for a presentation of his new book, Teach Truth: The Struggle for Antiracist Education.
This event is free and open to the public. For 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!
Having trouble accessing Eventbrite? Click here.

Omar El Akkad with Ijeoma Oluo at Seattle Public Library
2025-02-27 19:00 - 21:00 | Central – Seattle Public Library, 1000 Fourth Avenue, Seattle, WA, 98104, United States
Award-winning novelist and journalist Omar El Akkad discusses his new book, ONE DAY EVERYONE WILL ALWAYS BE AGAINST THIS, with Ijeoma Oluo

Community Book Reading with Lena Khalaf Tuffaha
2025-02-28 18:00 - 19:30 | Register for Location
Join us for a special evening with poet and essayist Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, as she reads from her acclaimed collection, Something About Living, on Friday, February 28, at 6 PM on the UW Seattle Campus. Something About Living, which chronicles the history and experiences of Palestinian diaspora, was awarded the 2024 National Book Award for Poetry. The event is open to all Seattle-area students, staff, and community members. Food is provided, and more information on location will be sent after RSVPing at bit.ly/LenaTuffahaReading 📚✨

Hend Yahya: Essential Knife Skills
2025-02-28 18:00 - 20:00 | PCC-Edmonds, 9803 Edmonds Way, Edmonds, WA, 98020, United States
Build confidence in the kitchen by mastering knife skills! Practice knife-handling hands-on and learn how to cut safely and efficiently in this skill-building workshop. Build a foundation of knife efficiency, including proper grip, everyday use and professional techniques. You can bring your favorite chef’s knife or use one of ours. A light snack will be served in class.
About the instructor: After cooking in Michelin Star restaurants and high volume catering events, I made a “temporary” switch to teaching cooking classes. However, the satisfaction and unique experience I received from teaching convinced me that this was my new culinary path. I am a graduate of the Le Cordon Bleu, where I mainly focused on French and Western technique, but I have deep roots in Middle-Eastern cuisine and an enthusiastic, developed passion for Japanese cuisine. In my travels I seek out to learn something new, and for me, the more specific and obscure, the better. My interests and abilities continue to range out further, as long as I can do it, I will teach it.

No Other Land (in person) - NWFF
2025-02-28 19:00 - 21:00 | Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, 2, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 2025 Academy Awards!
Basel Adra, a young Palestinian activist from Masafer Yatta, has been fighting his community’s mass expulsion by the Israeli occupation since childhood. Basel documents the gradual erasure of Masafer Yatta, as soldiers destroy the homes of families – the largest single act of forced transfer ever carried out in the occupied West Bank. He crosses paths with Yuval, an Israeli journalist who joins his struggle, and for over half a decade they fight against the expulsion while growing closer. Their complex bond is haunted by the extreme inequality between them: Basel, living under a brutal military occupation, and Yuval, unrestricted and free. This film, by a Palestinian-Israeli collective of four young activists, was co-created during the darkest, most terrifying times in the region, as an act of creative resistance to Apartheid and a search for a path towards equality and justice.
Synopsis courtesy of mTuckman Media
Fri Feb 28: 7.00pm PDT
Sat Mar 01: 4.00pm PDT, 7.00pm PDT
Sun Mar 02: 4.00pm PDT

Arabic Storytime @ Lake City Branch / وقت القصص بالعربية في فرع ليك سيتي
2025-03-01 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.

Islamic Art Patterns Watercolor Workshop
2025-03-01 14:00 - 16:00 | King County Library System – Valley View, 17850 Military Road S, Seatac, WA, 98188
Description

Explore techniques to create vibrant patterns and flowing biomorphic motifs. Using watercolor, blend traditional
artistry with modern expression.

No Other Land (in person) - NWFF
2025-03-01 16:00 - 18:00, 2025-03-01 19:00 - 21:00 | Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, 2, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 2025 Academy Awards!
Basel Adra, a young Palestinian activist from Masafer Yatta, has been fighting his community’s mass expulsion by the Israeli occupation since childhood. Basel documents the gradual erasure of Masafer Yatta, as soldiers destroy the homes of families – the largest single act of forced transfer ever carried out in the occupied West Bank. He crosses paths with Yuval, an Israeli journalist who joins his struggle, and for over half a decade they fight against the expulsion while growing closer. Their complex bond is haunted by the extreme inequality between them: Basel, living under a brutal military occupation, and Yuval, unrestricted and free. This film, by a Palestinian-Israeli collective of four young activists, was co-created during the darkest, most terrifying times in the region, as an act of creative resistance to Apartheid and a search for a path towards equality and justice.
Synopsis courtesy of mTuckman Media
Sat Mar 01: 4.00pm PDT, 7.00pm PDT
Sun Mar 02: 4.00pm PDT

Ismail: Film Screening + Discussion
2025-03-02 10:00 - 12:00 | Virtual
Register below to join us for an online film screening of “Ismail”, a Palestinian short film. Following the film will be a discussion with our teachers from the West Bank to hear about the present situation in the region. There will also be an opportunity to learn about upcoming PAB classes and to support the project! COST: *FREE* DATE: March 2 TIME: 1 pm EST / 8pm Palestine ABOUT THE FILM: “Inspired by a day in the life of Palestinian painter Ismail Shammout, Ismail tells the story of a young man struggling to support his parents after their expulsion to a Refugee camp in 1948”. This is a tender hearted film with minimal depictions of violence.
ABOUT PAB: “Palestinian Arabic Bridge” We are a mutual aid project working to connect those who want to learn Arabic with Palestinians in the West Bank who are offering online Palestinian Arabic lessons, conversation practice, and cultural lessons. Every penny goes directly into the teachers hands. All admin and marketing is done through an entirely volunteer basis.
Right now, we are looking to raise a small amount of funds so that we can extend PAB’s reach to more prospective students. There will be an opportunity to donate whatever you can or to help us spread the word in other ways. Learn more about PAB through our linktree: https://linktr.ee/palarabicbridge If you have any questions, feel free to email us at: PAB.Connect.Info@gmail.com ACCESS NEEDS: We will be enabling Automatic Captions during the event. Participants are welcome to have video on or off. Participants will be muted during the screening. If you have any access needs that have not been addressed above, please send us an email at PAB.Connect.Info@gmail.com We will do our best to accommodate needs as we are able! NEWSLETTER: If you would like to hear about upcoming PAB events and classes, please join our mailing list! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeyV9xppLDNX2EsZjloVfi7mCgcy9LlI4I9pgDuQmNE4wgoVQ/viewform

Presentation: Eight Families in Gaza: Amplifying Their Voices
2025-03-02 13:30 - 15:00 | Bellingham Central Public Library, 210 Central Ave, Bellingham, WA, 98225
Upcoming Event: “Eight Families in Gaza: Amplifying Their Voices,” Sunday, March 2, 2025
This special presentation offers an opportunity to learn about eight families in Gaza who are connected to a local community member who has received their permission to share their stories and words. This is an opportunity to learn more about their lives, loves, and challenges, and to find out more about ways you can offer meaningful and direct support to Palestinians in Gaza. Affiliated with Whatcom Coalition for Palestine. Open to the public.
Date:Sunday, March 2, 2025 / Time:1:30 PM – 2:30 PM (with optional Q & A / Discussion following the presentation from 2:30 to 3:00 PM)
Location: Lecture Room at the Bellingham Central Public Library
Categories: Non-Library Program

No Other Land (in person) - NWFF
2025-03-02 16:00 - 18:00 | Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, 2, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 2025 Academy Awards!
Basel Adra, a young Palestinian activist from Masafer Yatta, has been fighting his community’s mass expulsion by the Israeli occupation since childhood. Basel documents the gradual erasure of Masafer Yatta, as soldiers destroy the homes of families – the largest single act of forced transfer ever carried out in the occupied West Bank. He crosses paths with Yuval, an Israeli journalist who joins his struggle, and for over half a decade they fight against the expulsion while growing closer. Their complex bond is haunted by the extreme inequality between them: Basel, living under a brutal military occupation, and Yuval, unrestricted and free. This film, by a Palestinian-Israeli collective of four young activists, was co-created during the darkest, most terrifying times in the region, as an act of creative resistance to Apartheid and a search for a path towards equality and justice.
Synopsis courtesy of mTuckman Media
Sun Mar 02: 4.00pm PDT

Movie: The Palestine Exception [Spokane]
2025-03-02 16:00 - 18:00 | Unitarian Universalist Church of Spokane, 4340 West Whistalks Way, Spokane, WA, 99224
After years of right-wing assaults on higher education, attacks took a new form in 2023 and 2024 that has been described as the new McCarthyism. As students across the country organize protests against Israel’s war on Gaza, decades-long taboos in academia around criticism of Israel–the “Palestine exception”–are shattered. This film features professors and students as they join calls for a ceasefire and divestment from companies that do business with Israel and face waves of crackdown from administrators, the media, the police and politicians. Scholars from diverse disciplines explain what is at stake in these protests and why so many young people identify with the Palestinian cause. The documentary unfolds as a story of college campuses as sites of both rebellion and repression, places where personal and collective histories converge in unexpected ways.

Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/events/s/the-palestine-exception/647578521288742/?

Unbroken Circle: Palestinian Folk Music with Hanady Kader
2025-03-03 17:00 - 18:30 | King Street Station (2nd Floor), King Street Station (2nd Floor) 303 S Jackson St, Seattle, WA, 98104
Start or deepen your musical journey in a casual, all-are-welcome setting where you’ll explore a new artistic tradition each week.

Professional musicians and artists from across the greater Seattle region want to share their stories and experience with you. Explore musical skills, hear advice from seasoned performers, and help preserve cultural stories and wisdom.
Some of our most meaningful, moving moments happen on Mondays in Unbroken Circle, and we want you to be a part.
Before each session, you’re also invited to come to Drop In Hours starting at 4:00 pm. Pick up an instrument, practice what you’ve learned, and connect with other community members.

Flexible pricing available
Youth Tuition (10-25yrs) $0 – $10 per session.
Adult Tuition (26+ )$25 – $60 per session.

Flavors of the Arabian Seas at the Pantry with Nadia
2025-03-03 18:00 - 21:30, 2025-03-04 18:00 - 21:30 | the Pantry, 1417 NW 70th Street, Seattle, WA, 98117
Fresh seafood dominates the vibrant culinary traditions of the Arabian Seas and in this class, Nadia Tommalieh will teach you how to prepare a menu inspired by the rich maritime heritage of the region — blending spices, herbs, and sauces. You’ll learn how to prepare samak makli (marinated and fried whole fish) served with batata harra (spicy potatoes in Aleppo pepper and cilantro sauce); habbar “squid” mahshi (stuffed squid in tomato and pomegranate molasses sauce); fattet gambari (layers of toasted pita bread, tahini, caramelized onion, and sauteed shrimp in spicy citrus sauce); and salatet jarjeer w shamandar (roasted beets, arugula and parsley salad in pomegranate molasses dressing).

Boycott Chevron!
2025-03-05 11:00 - 13:00 | Chevron Station – Aurora, 15510 Aurora Ave N, Shoreline, WA
Choose one and join us! We would love to meet you and build this movement together. Show up to picket Chevron, raise awareness about their complicity in genocide and apartheid, pressure Safeway to stop purchasing fuel from Chevron, and encourage people to #BoycottChevron gas stations! You can also sign and share the letter at http://bit.ly/boycottchevron

Rainbow Story Time (online) w/ Lindz Amer
2025-03-05 11:30 - 12:00 | 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

Movie: No Other Land
2025-03-05 15:30 - 17:00 | Firehouse Theater, 11171 NE State Highway 104, Suite 111, Kingston, WA, 98346
No Other Land
|96 minutes

This film made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective shows the destruction of the occupied West Bank’s Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers and the alliance which develops between the Palestinian activist Basel and Israeli journalist Yuval.

3:30 PM
6:30 PM

Movie: No Other Land
2025-03-05 18:30 - 21:00, 2025-03-06 15:30 - 17:30, 2025-03-06 18:30 - 20:00 | Firehouse Theater, 11171 NE State Highway 104, Suite 111, Kingston, WA, 98346
No Other Land
|96 minutes

This film made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective shows the destruction of the occupied West Bank’s Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers and the alliance which develops between the Palestinian activist Basel and Israeli journalist Yuval.

6:30 PM

Movie: Settlements Above the Law
2025-03-06 19:00 - 21:00 | Virtual
THE EPISCOPAL BISHOP’S COMMITTEE FOR JUSTICE & PEACE IN THE HOLY LAND

presents
The Mideast Focus Twelfth Annual Film Series 2025

“Bearing Witness”
The next film is Settlements Above the Law: Seizing the West Bank
BBC Eye investigates a campaign of violence and harassment to seize the lands of Palestinians in the West Bank
This film is freely available on YouTube.

Click here to watch it at your convenience.

Join our discussion over Zoom on Thursday, March 6 at 7 p.m. Pacific Time
Special guest speaker: Israeli-American anthropologist and author, Jeff Halper

Come with questions about the film and Jeff’s work with the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions
Click here to sign up for the Zoom.
You will receive your confirmation and link within 48 hours of the discussion.
The Zoom link is for you; do not share it.

Literary Salon: SZ Gallery: Weaving Stories
2025-03-07 17:00 - 20:00 | SZ Art Gallery, 2441 76th Avenue SE, Suite 160, Mercer Island, WA
SZ Gallery continues to feature Palestinian and Global South Artists to amplify their distinct and diverse voices, putting their humanity on display through an artist’s lens. It’s important that we showcase indigenous cultural experiences, in order to dispel dangerous stereotypes and dehumanizing propaganda. Our hope is for viewers to not only take refuge in the beauty, resilience and strength of the work, but to also offer prompts for empathetic and meaningful conversations about the art and culture of peoples around the world.
SZ Gallery proudly presents Weaving Stories by PICHA, a book exhibit celebrating the unique perspectives of Afrocentric communities, that also reveal the universal truths that connect us all.

LITERARY SALON: Friday, March 7, 5 – 8PM
Mercer Island First Friday Art Walk
Warm tea, wine & sweet treats will be served.
