Arabic Storytime @ Lake City Branch / وقت القصص بالعربية في فرع ليك سيتي
2023-09-09 14:00 - 15:00, 2023-09-16 14:00 - 15:00, 2023-09-23 14:00 - 15:00, 2023-09-30 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | 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.

Lena Khalaf Tuffaha with Claudia Castro Luna and Rachel Edelman at Elliott Bay Book Company
2023-09-12 19:00 - 20:30 | Elliott Bay Book Company, 1521 10th Avenue, Seattle, 98122, United States
Poet and friend of the store Lena Khalaf Tuffaha returns for the launch of her latest collection, Kaan and Her Sisters. Fellow poets Claudia Castro Luna and Rachel Edelman will join her for the reading.
Kaan and Her Sisters illuminates the work of grief and survival, the sordid legacies of official historical record and the liberatory practice of intimate narration. Tuffaha writes in the liminal space between languages, personifying Arabic verbs who guide the reader through a “history hurtling into the future.” Kaan and Her Sisters centers character of the Arabic teacher, Miss Sahar, whose progressive displacements from Palestine and across Arab cities unfold in epistles, refashioned songs, and glimpses into the interiors of her lost home. In these disclosures, a study of time and a record of resistance to erasure emerges, and at its heart, the women who keep intergenerational memory. “Our mothers miraculous, persevering./No maps are new to the ancestors.”
Lena Khalaf Tuffaha is the author of Water & Salt, winner of the 2018 Washington State Book Award. She is the translator and curator of the Poems from Palestine series at the Baffler magazine. She is the winner of the 2022 Akron Prize for Poetry, for her book Something About Living (U of Akron Press, 2024). Her second book of poems, Kaan & Her Sisters is available now from Trio House Press.
Claudia Castro Luna has been an Academy of American Poets Poet Laureate fellow, the Washington State Poet Laureate, and Seattle’s inaugural Civic Poet. She is the author of Cipota Under the Moon; One River, A Thousand Voices; the Pushcart nominated Killing Marías, shortlisted for the Washington State 2018 Book Award in poetry; and the chapbook This City. Her most recent nonfiction can be found in the anthology There’s a Revolution Outside, My Love: Letters from a Crisis. Born in El Salvador, she came to the United States in 1981. Living in English and Spanish, Claudia writes and teaches in Seattle on unceded Duwamish lands where she gardens and keeps chickens with her husband and their three children.
Rachel Edelman is a Jewish poet raised in Memphis, TN whose writing explores the creative work of diasporic living. Her poems have appeared in Narrative, The Seventh Wave, West Branch, and many other journals, and she has received material support from the Academy of American Poets, the University of Washington, Mineral School, Crosstown Arts, and Tin House. She teaches Language Arts in the Seattle Public Schools, where embodiment and care root her personal, poetic, and pedagogical practice. Her debut book, Dear Memphis, will be published by River River Books in January 2024.

ONLINE CLASS: Spotlight on Newly Translated Memoirs of an Arabian Princess
2023-09-14 15:30 - 17:30 | Virtual
Price:

$50 Per Person (10% off for members)

Lecture and Discussion. This live class will be recorded and available for later viewing.
Beyond the fairy tales and exotic images, Zanzibar and Oman are real destinations, each with its own history, culture and proud people – people like Sayyida Salme, Princess of Oman and Zanzibar. After becoming Emily Ruete, she would be the first Arab woman to publish a book. The class will focus on her great-great-granddaughter Andrea Emily Stumpf’s newest and most accurate translation of these Memoirs, to be discussed with all their striking drama, bright moments and dark truths.
This class will be taught in conversation with Andrea Emily Stumpf.
One Thursday: September 14 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. ET Online

Required Book:
Memoirs of an Arabian Princess, translated by Andrea Emily Stumpf (9781732397538) Book is non-returnable.

Karen Leggett Abouraya is a journalist and children’s author, winning the 2013 Arab American Book Award and other honors for Hands Around the Library: Protecting Egypt’s Treasured Books. She is a dual citizen of the U.S. and Egypt, and with her Egyptian-born husband, chairs the Baltimore Luxor Alexandria Sister City Committee and the Friends of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) Maryland, Virginia, D.C. Together they also produce the podcast American Egyptian Women of Influence. Karen facilitates online conversations between Egyptian and American children and co-hosted a conference on informal education at the BA in 2015. She reviewed children’s books for the New York Times, is a past president of the Children’s Book Guild of Washington, D.C. and has served as a judge for children’s writing contests in Egypt and Montgomery County. She earned her B.A. in international relations from Brown University.

وقت القصة باللغة العربية / Arabic Story Time (online) - KCLS
2023-09-14 16:00 - 16:30, 2023-09-21 16:00 - 16:30, 2023-09-28 16:00 - 16:30 | Virtual
وقت القصة عبر الإنترنت. كل خميس من 4:00 مساءً إلى 4:30 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, 4-4:30 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.

Mona Awad with Kira Jane Buxton — 'Rouge: A Novel'
2023-09-18 19:00 - 20:30 | Third Place Books – Seward Park, 5041 Wilson Ave S, Seattle, WA, 98118, United States
Third Place Books is thrilled to welcome Mona Awad to our Seward Park store! Awad will be discussing Rouge, her new novel which holds up a warped mirror to our relationship with mortality, our collective fixation with the surface, and the wondrous, deep longing that might lie beneath. She will be joined in conversation by Kira Jane Buxton, the staff-favorite author of Feral Creatures and Hollow Kingdom. This event is free and open to the public.
For important updates, registration 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!
Click here for more about our COVID-19 policies for in-person events.
Having trouble accessing Eventbrite? Click here.
https://www.thirdplacebooks.com/event/mona-awad-kira-jane-buxton

Arab 'Meetup & Catch-up' Dinner
2023-09-19 18:00 - 21:00 | Tanoor (Seattle), 803 Dexter Ave N, Seattle, WA
Join us for an enchanting evening of Arabian delights and camaraderie! 🌍 Indulge in the rich flavors of Middle Eastern cuisine, immerse yourself in lively conversations, and relish the warmth of old and new friendships.
Let the aromas of traditional dishes whisk you away to the heart of the Arab world, all while creating cherished memories that will linger long after the last bite. 🔥
Don’t miss out on this captivating evening of culture, connection, and culinary wonders! 🥙🫔

Egyptian Street Food at the Pantry
2023-09-20 18:00 - 21:00, 2023-09-21 18:00 - 21:00 | the Pantry, 1417 NW 70th Street, Seattle, WA, 98117
Join Nadia Tommalieh as she embarks on a culinary journey to the vibrant streets of Egypt! In this class you’ll dive into the world of kushari, a popular dish of rice, lentils, pasta, and chickpeas, topped with a spiced tomato sauce and crispy fried onions. No exploration of Egyptian street food is complete without ful medames—a hearty stew made from slow-cooked dried fava beans, herbs, and lemon. Also on the menu: feteer meshaltet, a flaky pastry that showcases the mastery of Egyptian baking. You’ll bake two versions of this dough: a savory one, and a sweet one with nuts, coconuts, and raisins. You’ll complete your culinary adventure with Sobia, a refreshing street drink made from coconut milk, rice, and rosewater, whose taste will transport you to the shores of the Nile.

Art Under Occupation - Virtual Panel
2023-09-21 09:00 - 10:30 | Virtual
Eyewitness Palestine is back with the next Zoom event in our monthly series, “Art Under Occupation,” which features several globally-recognized Palestinian artists, including Saleh Bakri, Sliman Mansour, Dareen Tatour, Kher Fody, & Yazid Sadi. Saleh Bakri is a Palestinian actor who has starred in films like “The Present” (2020) and “Salt of this Sea” (2008). Sliman Mansour is the painter responsible for the one of the most iconic Palestinian artworks, “Camel of Hardships” and “Woman with Jerusalem.” Dareen Tatour is the internationally recognized poet who was jailed by Israel for one of her poems. While she was incarcerated, she spoke out about abuse she’d experienced as a child, and, by doing so, empowered Palestinian women from all over to tell their own stories. Kher Foudy is a multi-talented artist who paints pictures using Arabic calligraphy and is also the frontman of the iconic Palestinian band “Walaat,” whose music of resistance showcase the resilience of the Palestinians of occupied Akka. Yazid Sadi, embodying the Akkawi spirit, balances being a talent manager and the owner of an art gallery & cafe in the Old City of Akka, Nawaya Gallery and We look forward to hearing from these artists about the beauty and struggle of their work under occupation and hope that you’ll join us in welcoming them on September 21st at 12pm Noon ET/9am PT.
It is our goal to raise as much funding as possible. However, we do not want price to be a barrier to entry. If you do not have the capacity to donate, but would still like to attend, please email us at info@eyewitnesspalestine.org with the subject “Art Under Occupation” to receive the event link.

Arabs in Seattle Meetup + FIUTS: Argosy Cruise
2023-09-21 17:00 - 20:00
Argosy Boat Cruise
Join us for an amazing boat cruise along the beautiful Seattle waterfront! Get ready to set sail from Pier 54, Alaskan Way, Seattle, WA, USA and embark on a memorable adventure. This cruise offers breathtaking views of the city skyline, the iconic Space Needle, and the stunning Mount Rainier.
Go for a scenic harbor cruise aboard the Salish Explorer. Enjoy views of downtown Seattle, including the port and the islands from Puget Sound!
Meet FIUTS Facilitators at the U-District LINK station at 5 p.m. or be at Pier 54 at 6 p.m. sharp.
Date: Sept. 21
Time: 5:45 to 9:00 pm
Meetup point: U-District station at 5:00 pm and commute together to the pier
OR You could meet us at Pier 54, Alaskan Way at 5:45 pm sharp
Tickets: $25
To book a ticket —> https://www.fiuts.org/calendar/2023/9/21/fiuts-argosy-boat-cruise
Pizza and soft drinks are provided!
For more information about the trip or if you have any questions, reach out to FIUTS at mailto:info@fiuts.org

Mona Awad in Conversation With Leni Zumas [Portland]
2023-09-21 19:00 - 21:00 | Powell’s Books, 1005 W Burnside St., Portland, OR, 97209, United States
Mona Awad in Conversation With Leni Zumas
Thursday, September 21 @ 7pm (PT) / Powell’s City of Books
From Mona Awad, author of Bunny, comes a horror-tinted, gothic fairy tale about a lonely dress shop clerk whose mother’s unexpected death sends her down a treacherous path in pursuit of youth and beauty. Can she escape her mother’s fate — and find a connection that is more than skin deep? For as long as she can remember, Belle has been insidiously obsessed with her skin and skincare videos. When her estranged mother Noelle mysteriously dies, Belle finds herself back in Southern California, dealing with her mother’s considerable debts and grappling with lingering questions about her death. The stakes escalate when a strange woman in red appears at the funeral, offering a tantalizing clue about her mother’s demise, followed by a cryptic video about a transformative spa experience. With the help of a pair of red shoes, Belle is lured into the barbed embrace of La Maison de Méduse, the same lavish, culty spa to which her mother was devoted. There, Belle discovers the frightening secret behind her (and her mother’s) obsession with the mirror — and the great shimmering depths (and demons) that lurk on the other side of the glass. Snow White meets Eyes Wide Shut in Awad’s surreal descent into the dark side of beauty, envy, grief, and the complicated love between mothers and daughters. With black humor and seductive horror, Rouge (S&S/Marysue Rucci Books) explores the cult-like nature of the beauty industry — as well as the danger of internalizing its pitiless gaze. Brimming with California sunshine and blood-red rose petals, Rouge holds up a warped mirror to our relationship with mortality, our collective fixation with the surface, and the wondrous, deep longing that might lie beneath. Awad will be joined in conversation by Leni Zumas, author of Red Clocks.

Palestine Writes Conference (in Philadelphia)
2023-09-22 - 2023-09-24
Palestine Writes is the only North American literature festival dedicated to celebrating and promoting cultural productions of Palestinian writers and artists. Born from the pervasive exclusion from or tokenization of Palestinian voices in mainstream literary institutions, Palestine Writes brings Palestinian cultural workers from all parts of Historic Palestine and our exiled Diaspora together with peers from other marginalized groups in the United States.

Iraqi Singer: Ali Aldayyani
2023-09-23 22:00 - 23:30 | Blush, 218 CENTRAL WAY, Kirkland, WA, 98033, United States
Texas star Ali Aldayyani will be rocking the stage again at Blush Lounge. Music by Menhl Mansour.

Lebanese Emigrant Statue Reveal in Victoria
2023-09-24 12:30 - 13:00
The inauguration of the Lebanese Emigration Plaza will take place on Sun September 24th from 12-2pm. The unveiling will take place at 12:30 pm.
The statue is located at Centennial Park, 200 Belleville Street, Victoria BC.
The Honourable Bruce Ralston will be attending and representing the province of BC, in addition to the Ambassador of Lebanon to Canada, HE Fadi Ziadeh, the Mayor of Victoria, Ms. Marianne Alto, Lebanese honorary consuls from other provinces, and other VIP’s.
Please reply back to bccouncil@ulcm.org
no later than Monday August 28 if you plan on attending the unveiling ceremony.
Looking forward to seeing you there.
Carla Zarifeh
President
WLCU BC Council

Chromeo at the Showbox
2023-09-25 20:00 | The Showbox, 1426 1st Avenue, Seattle, WA, 98101, United States
World leaders, powerful CEOs, and other fat cats could learn a lesson or two from electrofunk duo Chromeo, namely: know thyself, know thy vibe, and stay thy course. The rest of the population will catch up. Indeed, Chromeo is really good at being, well, Chromeo. The mission, the package, the vision — it’s been a straight shot of pure intentionality from the jump. Funk a game plan, Montreal natives Dave 1 and P-Thugg (Lebanese) had a ten-year battle strategy: from cult 80s fetishists on 2004’s She’s In Control to indie blog darlings on 2007’s Fancy Footwork, to international touring sensations on 2010’s Business Casual, to bona fide pop stars on 2014’s White Women.
And guess what? Pee (still looking a smooth criminal in a Coogi) and Dave (ever the Semitic/Gallic heartthrob in tight pants) are back. Early 2018 will mark the release of the Funklordz’ fifth studio LP: Head Over Heels. The album not only elevates Chromeo’s blueprint of ass-targeting beats, melodic honey and clever lyrics about the foibles of contemporary love…it augments it with unprecedented conceptual cohesion, booming sonics and more collaborations than ever before. Session legends such as Pino Palladino and Jesse Johnson (The Time, D’Angelo) coexist alongside the likes of DRAM and The-Dream on this intricate and ambitious ode to funk music, orchestrated by modern day masters of the genre.
Consider the first single “Juice”, a hilarious paean to female power set to a buoyant California bop: it’s Chromeo at its biggest and baddest.

Mizna’s Twin Cities Arab Film Festival
2023-09-27 - 2023-10-01
The seventeenth edition of Mizna’s Twin Cities Arab Film Festival takes place September 27–October 1, 2023. This year’s festival is in-person at The Main Cinema with a special opening night screening and celebration at the Walker Art Center.
Bad news for us, we do not live in the Twin Cities.
The GOOD NEWS is some of the films are virtual!
https://watch.eventive.org/tcaff23

Arte East Film Series: Exploring Political and Cultural Narratives through Food (virtual)
2023-09-28 - 2023-10-01
THERE IS SALT AND BREAD BETWEEN US

Featuring Larissa Sansour & Youmna Chlala, Marwa Benhalim & Andrea Nones-Kobiakov, and Alia Yunis.

Online Screening: September 28- October 1, 2023
RSVP at arabfilmseries.org
Free / $5 Suggested donation
Available Worldwide

The Golden Harvest, Alia Yunis, Greece/ Italy/Spain/Palestine, 2019, 85 min.

The Golden Harvest is a 6,000-year old love story in which the filmmaker tries to understand the profound, often troubled, relationship between olive trees and the people of Mediterranean, including Palestinian father.

The Devil’s Recipe, Marwa Benhalim & Andrea Nones-Kobiakov, Egypt, 2020, 12 min.

The Devil’s Recipe is a collaboration between Andrea Nones-Kobiakov and Marwa Benhalim – a playful view of the nonsensicality within political discourses. Mundane everyday objects, actions, ingredients, and utterances emphasize the redundant and useless nature of propagandistic speeches. The reality in the spoken words is mixed to create new fictions, proverbs, idioms, and linguistic manipulations highlighting the absurd illusions of power and stability we regularly are made to believe. Based on remarks by Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías at the 61st United Nations General Assembly, 2006 and remarks by Muammar al-Gaddafi at the 64th United Nations General Assembly, 2009.

Trespass the Salt. Larissa Sansour & Youmna Chlala, Lebanon, 2012, 12 min.

Through this intimate and fictionalized dinner, an impossible happening becomes real. The work explores cultural fabrications and similarities in a non-mediated moment outside the Western gaze – even if the space it seeks is invariably conditioned by it. This work was initially a 3-channel video installation.

The Arab Film Series online is a monthly program of films and discussions with artists and filmmakers from the SWANA region and its diasporas, presented by ArteEast in partnership with the Arab American National Museum and Arab Film and Media Institute.

Bombino w/ special guests at Neumos
2023-09-28 19:00 - 21:00 | Neumos, 925 E Pike, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Four thousand years of living in a hostile environment taught the Tuareg that the will to survive with dignity intact is stronger than any external threat. Bombino puts that sentiment to music, writes its anthem, and gives it a life of its own. He is known as being emblematic of the next generation of Tuareg, a new voice of the Sahara and Sahel, fusing traditional Berber rhythms with the energy of rock and roll and songs about peace. After years of drought, rebellion, and tyranny, Bombino extols his audience to remember who they are, but also realize who they can be.
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Bombino’s life and travels have exposed him to the problems facing his people. He has taken on the mission of helping the Tuareg community achieve equal rights, peace, maintain their rich cultural heritage and promote education. He is an advocate for teaching children the Tuareg language of Tamasheq, the local Haoussa language as well as French and Arabic, all of which he speaks fluently. “We fought for our rights,” remarks Bombino, “but we have seen that guns are not the solution. We need to change our system. Our children must go to school and learn about their Tuareg identity.”

Global Rhythms: Bab L’Bluz Revolutionary French-Moroccan Rock + Mamnoon Popup
2023-09-28 19:30 - 21:00 | Town Hall, 1119 8th Ave, Seattle, WA, 98101, United States
Prepare to be captivated by the unique fusion of North African blues and contemporary rhythms as the revolutionary band, Bab L’ Bluz takes the Great Hall Stage.
Fronted by Yousra Mansour, an African-Moroccan woman in a traditionally male role, Bab L’ Bluz is a driving force in reclaiming the blues for North Africa. Their music echoes with the spirit of the Moroccan ‘nayda’ youth movement, infusing rich local heritage with a modern rebellious attitude.
Experience the ancient and current, the funky and rhythmic, all amplified by Arabic lyrics, soaring vocals, and bass-heavy grooves. Bab L’ Bluz’s music pulses from the heart of the Maghreb, transcending borders and bringing people together through the universal language of music.
Don’t miss this exceptional night of cultural celebration and musical revolution at Town Hall Seattle!

mamnoon Pops Up at Town Hall Seattle: Thursday, September 28
We’re setting up at Town Hall Seattle to complement the rhythms of the dynamic French-Moroccan rock group, Bab L’bluz, with our signature dishes. Join us at Town Hall from 6:00 PM for a unique pre-show dining experience before diving into the musical melodies.

[virtual] Bay Area - Gaza 5K
2023-09-30 | Virtual
Bay Area Gaza 5K
Helping Gaza’s kids overcome trauma.
In-person: Race starts 8am,
Saturday, September 30, 2023
Coyote Point Park, San Mateo, CA
Virtual: Walk from anywhere for Palestine refugees. 🌎

sign up now 🏃

Book Tour: Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire
2023-09-30 | SWANA Rose Culture + Community Center, 2942 NE MLK Jr. Boulevard, Portland, OR, 97203, United States
LIGHT IN GAZA: WRITINGS BORN OF FIRE
book tour
Edited by our friends at the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), Light in Gaza brings together sixteen essays and poems by twelve Palestinian writers. The book includes political essays, personal narratives, economic analysis, and poetry. It imagines what the future of Gaza could be, while reaffirming the critical role of Gaza in Palestinian identity, history, and struggle for liberation. Writer and contributor Yousef M. Aljamal, a Palestinian refugee from Al-Nusierat refugee camp in the Gaza Strip will be the featured speaker.

Saturday, September 30
Time: TBD
Location: SWANA Rose Culture and Community Center
2942 NE MLK Jr. Boulevard Portland, OR 97203
Light in Gaza Book Talk

Virtual Movie Screenings: Every Saturday with Palestine Museum US
2023-09-30 09:00 - 11:00 | Virtual
Saturday, September 30, 2023
12:00 PM 2:00 PM
Palestine Museum US (map)

Start on Sat, Aug 6, 2022 at 12:00pm. End on Sat, Aug 6, 2022 at 2:00pm.
Click here to register for this event.
The film screening will be followed by a discussion with the film director Basela Abou Hamed. Screening will start at 12:00 Noon US EDT; 19:00 PM Palestine, 18:00 europe. Duration: 52 Minutes | Subtitled in English, 2021.
Abou Hamed’s family sought refuge initially in Jenin, then in a village in the Ramallah area, Kufur Ni’mah, and eventually in Damascus, Syria where they ended up in the Yarmouk Refugee Camp.

Bouldering with Seattle Arabs
2023-09-30 13:00 - 15:00 | Seattle Bouldering Project, 3535 Interlake Ave N, Seattle, WA, 98103, United States
Seattle Bouldering Project: Where Arab climbers unite in Seattle’s urban climbing oasis. Connect with new people, explore diverse routes, and build lasting friendships. Your adventure starts here! 🧗‍♂️🏢🌆🤝
Everyone has to fill out one of these forms:
https://waiver.smartwaiver.com/w/5ef6307b92dac/web/

Day pass for 21+ adults is $27.53/person

OneWorld Now: Modern Standard Arabic (8th-12th grade)
2023-10-01
OneWorld Now! is an educational nonprofit that offers world language classes (Modern Standard Arabic, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Russian, and Swahili), leadership development, and study abroad opportunities to 8th-12th grade youth.
Program Tracks
Students in the World Language Track take only a world language class; students in the Leadership Track take only a Leadership class; and students in the Global Citizen Track take both world language and leadership classes.
See a comparison of the different tracks below, or read more at our website.
Welcome to the 2023-2024 OneWorld Now! Afterschool Registration Form! The deadline to register is Wednesday, October 4th, 2023 at 11:59 pm Pacific.
Learn more about our program offerings here.

Book Tour: Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire
2023-10-01 14:00 - 15:30 | Portland State University, Smith Memorial Student Union Parkway North, 1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR, 97201, United States
LIGHT IN GAZA: WRITINGS BORN OF FIRE
book tour
Edited by our friends at the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), Light in Gaza brings together sixteen essays and poems by twelve Palestinian writers. The book includes political essays, personal narratives, economic analysis, and poetry. It imagines what the future of Gaza could be, while reaffirming the critical role of Gaza in Palestinian identity, history, and struggle for liberation. Writer and contributor Yousef M. Aljamal, a Palestinian refugee from Al-Nusierat refugee camp in the Gaza Strip will be the featured speaker.

Sunday, October 1, 2-3:30 p.m.
Portland State University, Smith Memorial Student Union Parkway North, Room 101
1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR, 97201
Students United for Palestinian Equal Rights (SUPER)-Portland State presents
Gaza’s Role in the Palestine National Movement
