Yalla Eat! Chef Series: Rania Renno presents Deconstructed Baba Ghanouj Platter
2020-07-21 14:30 - 16:00 UTC | WA
Our weekly Yalla Eat! Instagram Takeover Chef Series features Arab American chefs demonstrating delectable recipes on our Instagram Stories. Tune in on Instagram to join in, and check out previous recipes on our Instagram highlights or on the Chef Series homepage.

5:30 p.m. EDT Tuesday, July 21, 2020
Rania Renno (Hungrily Homemade) presents Deconstructed Baba Ghanouj Platter
Ingredients:
2 large globe eggplants
Cooking spray; I prefer avocado oil spray
1/2 cup tahini paste
3 tbsp cold water (or more depending on desired consistency)
2 cloves garlic, crushed
Juice of 1 & 1/2 lemons
Salt to taste
1/2 cup finely chopped parsley or dill (choose your favorite)
3/4 cup pomegranate seeds
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Rania Renno is a passionate home cook, mama of soon to be two boys, wife, daughter and sister. Her Lebanese and Palestinian heritage have influenced her cooking and the foods she brings to her kitchen table, and to tables all over the world through her writing and recipes on hungrilyhomemade.com. While living in Saudi Arabia for a portion of her life, Rania picked up flavors of the gulf as a part of her influence and had the opportunity to travel all over the world. These experiences shape the food that Rania loves and cooks every day. For some simple, flavorful and incredibly delicious recipes, head over to her website and follow her on Instagram at @HungrilyHomemade.

Sex Is Work - Two Documentaries by Elliat Graney-Saucke
2020-07-22 | WA
Screening of Conflict of Identity (Berlin Identities) and the US Culture Wars (Christian Right and Gender/Sex Radicals)

PRE-RECORDED
Screening two short documentaries by Elliat Graney-Saucke. The first is Conflict of Identity that considers mixed cultural realities in Berlin, Germany, including Afro-German Femme Performer and Palestinian-Israeli Sex Worker Performance Artist. This will be followed by a short about the US Culture Wars and defunding of the National Endowment for the Arts in the 1990s by the New Christian Right. This session begins: Screening will start on July 22 at midnight PDT / 9am CEST and be available for 24 hours (until July 22, 11:59pm PDT / July 23, 8:59am CEST).
This event is part of the the online bashment that is not only a birthday celebration for The BSWC’s founder MF Akynos: it will be 22 hours of non-stop edutainment! Bridging the gap between sex work and other forms of labor and human rights issues, our aim is to raise awareness and give support to sex workers and other freelance artists/laborers being left out of financial plans from local government.
‘Who’s Allowed To Make Money?’ when government and policy only recognizes some workers and not all, vulnerable workers are left without rights, protections, and supports. Restricting sex workers to the margins, outside of what is considered “real work,” prevents us from participating in labor struggles, as well as limits our access to the protections guaranteed to other workers. Because of current regulatory and conceptual frameworks of sex work as “not real work” our profession has unnecessary impacts on our legal status, health, housing and food security, and our families.
To raise awareness of these issues The BSWC invites you to help us raise $43,000 which will directly support US based sex workers and freelancers who are being impacted by COVID-19, and who have been excluded from accessing other supports intended for workers.
Artists and performers across Australia, Canada, Europe and the US will take part in this groundbreaking, one-of-a-kind, non-stop party and education fest. Experience DJs, burlesque showcases, workshops, symposiums, film screenings, poetry readings and other forms of engagement in streams that can be seen at different hours across continents.
It’s a one-day only, 22 hour event that you don’t want to miss! Sign up to attend each performance separately, your ticket is for the performance of your choice. Each ticket includes information on how to access your event. Check back here for the schedule as it is updated, and don’t forget to purchase a T-shirt to support the event and the BSWC! We have lots of other ways to support on our website as well, so check in there at www.TheBSWC.org

Smithsonian Lecture & Class - Tatreez & Tea - 2nd class
2020-07-23 14:00 - 15:30 | WA
(Virtual Class) Smithsonian Lecture & Class (July 16 & 23)

Thursday, July 23, 2020
2:00 PM 3:30 PM

Virtual Book Club: Me and White Supremacy
2020-07-23 15:30 - 17:30, 2020-08-06 15:30 - 17:30 | WA
Virtual Book Club: Me and White Supremacy

Session 1: 6:30 p.m. EDT Thursday, July 23, 2020
Session 2: 6:30 p.m. EDT Thursday, August 6, 2020
Free on Zoom
SIGN-UP REQUIRED
The next phase of AANM’s Virtual Book Club will bring community together for timely and crucial discussions about white supremacy and racism within each of ourselves and within the Arab American community*. AANM Artists-in-Residence Kamelya Omayma Youssef and Mariam Bazeed will help guide participants through exercises from the book, Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad, and engage in dialogue.
*All are encouraged to take part in this work, but for this program we especially welcome Arab Americans who are new to these conversations, including youth ages 15+ and their parents, grandparents, and other trusted friends, family and community members.
Dialogues will take place in two sessions on Zoom, on Thursday, July 23, and Thursday, Aug. 6 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. EDT. In order to allow for productive discussion and full engagement, space is limited.
SIGN UP TO PARTICIPATE
JOIN OUR FACEBOOK GROUP
Please note that the discussion and group entry is free, but books are for sale. Due to high demand, please be sure to order your book as soon as possible.

We encourage readers to purchase books from their local Black-owned bookstores. Find a Black-owned bookstore near you
For other ways to purchase, including e-books and audiobooks, visit www.meandwhitesupremacybook.com

ABOUT THE BOOK
When Layla Saad ran a free month-long Instagram challenge during the summer of 2018, she had no idea it would become an international cultural movement. Thousands of people from around the world were galvanized by the #meandwhitesupremacy challenge, examining and owning responsibility for the ways in which they uphold white supremacy. Over 80,000 people downloaded her guide to the movement, Me and White Supremacy Workbook in the space of just six months. And now, that guide is a published book. Me and White Supremacy leads readers through a journey of understanding their white privilege and participation in white supremacy, so that they can stop (often unconsciously) inflicting damage on Black, Indigenous and people of color, and in turn, help other white people do better, too. The book goes beyond the original workbook by adding more historical and cultural contexts, sharing moving stories and anecdotes, and includes expanded definitions, examples, and further resources.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Layla Saad is a globally respected writer, speaker and podcast host on the topics of race, identity, leadership, personal transformation and social change. As an East African, Arab, British, Black, Muslim woman who was born and grew up in the West, and lives in Middle East, she has always sat at a unique intersection of identities from which she is able to draw rich and intriguing perspectives. Saad’s work is driven by her powerful desire to ‘become a good ancestor’; to live and work in ways that leave a legacy of healing and liberation for those who will come after she is gone. She earned her Bachelor of Law degree from Lancaster University in the United Kingdom. She lives in Doha, Qatar with her husband, Sam, and two children, Maya and Mohamed. Learn more at www.laylafsaad.com.

Sundance Film Shorts: Northwest Film Forum
2020-07-24 - 2020-07-31 | WA
Many film shorts including: So What if the Goats Die
France & Morocco (Director and screenwriter: Sofia Alaoui)

Abdellah, a young shepherd living in the mountains, is forced to brave the snow blocking him in order to get food and save this cattle. Once he gets to the village, he faces a supernatural phenomenon. Winner, Sundance Film Festival Short Film Grand Jury Prize.

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Jul. 24 – Aug. 21
2020 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour (Virtual Version)
(~80 min)

A program of six shorts selected from this year’s Sundance Film Festival, a major American showcase for short films and the launchpad for many now-prominent independent filmmakers. The Short Film Tour includes fiction, documentary and animation from around the world, giving new audiences a taste of what Sundance offers. • TICKETS ON SALE JUL. 24!/

FILM PROGRAM INFO

A Conversation With Aida Touma-Sliman, Palestinian Member of the Israeli Knesset
2020-07-26 10:00 - 11:30 | WA
A Conversation With Aida Touma-Sliman, Palestinian Member of the Israeli Knesset

Sunday, July 26, 2020
1:00 PM 2:30 PM (Eastern Standard Time)

Please click here to register for this event.
Palestinian member of the Israeli Knesset will discuss Israel’s plans to annex portions of Palestinian lands in the West Bank and the current state of human rights of Palestinians under Israeli control.

Arab Film Series Online: Yemeni Stories Told by Yemeni Filmmakers + Talkback
2020-07-26 12:00 - 14:00 | WA
3 p.m. EDT Sunday, July 26, 2020
Yemeni Stories Told by Yemeni Filmmakers
Free; suggested donation benefits Yemen Aid
RSVP for streaming link
In partnership with Romooz Foundation, the Arab Film Series is pleased to bring you an afternoon of Yemeni documentary short films, created and told through the eyes of Yemeni filmmakers (full lineup TBA). These short films showcase the impact the war in Yemen has had and continues to make on the Yemeni community throughout the world. These films uplift the voices of Yemeni filmmakers and their experiences. These are their stories.
Following the screening will be an intimate talkback with several Yemeni filmmakers from across the world.
This collaboration between Romooz Foundation and AANM comes together through the Museum’s Artists + Residents program, which is currently hosting Yemeni American visual artist, filmmaker and art practitioner Ibi Ibrahim. Ibrahim is the director of Romooz Foundation, an independent, non-profit foundation dedicated to support emerging Art and Literature in Yemen.
Yemen, United States / Documentary / 60 minutes / Rated PG13 / In Arabic and English with English subtitles

One World Summer Language Camp: Learn Arabic, Chinese or Korean - Session II (2020)
2020-07-27 - 2020-08-14 | WA, United States
This language and culture camp focuses on fostering language acquisition, intercultural understanding, and a desire for international travel. During the camp, students will learn basic communicative writing, reading, listening, and speaking skills in classes taught using immersion methodology. The camp will introduce students to practices and perspectives of the Arabic-, Korean- and Chinese-speaking world, as well as the leadership skills that will enable them to become local youth leaders with a global perspective. Students will learn through classroom activities, guest speakers, music, and field trips. The last day of the camp will feature student performances in a culminating showcase for classmates, family, and community members.

For those entering 8th-12th grade!

More details and an application can be found here: https://oneworldnow.formstack.com/forms/summerprogram2020
Session Two

– Dates: July 27th – August 14th
– Courses offered: Chinese 1B, Arabic 1B, and Korean 1B
– Content: the equivalent of a second semester high school class.
–This class is right for: Students who completed Level 1A in their language or have equivalent prior knowledge.

Daily Arab Movie Streams - Aflamuna
2020-07-28 - 2020-12-31 | WA
about aflamuna
aflamuna (our films) is an initiative launched by a group of arab filmmakers and film institutions, led by Beirut DC. During these hard times – and hopefully long after they’ve passed – we will be bringing you some of the best, most thought-provoking and independently-minded works of contemporary Arab cinema to enjoy for free on this website for a limited time. A new issue will be released (at least) every 15 days.
Check their website for currently running films!

Tatreezing Collective: Special Guest, Samar Hussaini
2020-07-28 13:00 - 15:00 | WA
Samar Hussaini, is an Arab American, Fine Artist, and Graphic Designer working, creating, and living outside of NYC in West Orange, NJ.
Learn more about Samar Hussaini
Register here for the tatreezing collective

Posted in Free, Special Sessions, Virtual

The Good Old Days in Jaffa: Hasan Hammami, Episode III
2020-07-31 08:00 - 09:00 | WA
Join us for the third episode in our conversation series with 87-year-old Nakba survivor, Hasan Hammami.

About this Event

Join Hasan Hammami, an 87-year-old Nakba survivor from Jaffa, Palestine as he shares about what life was like in Jaffa before 1948 – his life and experiences in Jaffa up to age 15, when he and his family were forced out of their home and country on a Cargo Sailboat with nearly 3,000 people packed like sardines. A personal review of his memories, of family, neighborhood, City and Country, relating what it was like to grow up in this pre-Biblical city and country. These were the Good Years.
Hasan will also share about his seven years as a stateless Palestinian refugee youth: navigating through the interrupted life of being a stateless Palestinian refugee as he adjusted to life and schooling in Lebanon, to years of survival as a teenage worker in a Saudi Arabian Desert Labor camp, earning a living as a Translator and Statistical Analyst to build what has turned out as a foundation of friends, learning and associations for a life in the Diaspora. These were the Interrupted life years.
This event will be on Zoom and live streamed to our Facebook page. Make sure you like and follow us to get the live stream notification!
Suggested donation: $10. Free for Resilience Monthly Club Members.
Thanks to our Resilience Club supporters, we are able to host weekly events on Palestinian culture, history and heritage. To become a member, please visit here.
We are very grateful for your partnership and support. The Museum of the Palestinian People is based in Washington DC and here to tell our stories, which encompass the rich history, vibrant arts, culture and spirit of a people who thrive even in the face of adversity.
Visit our website to learn more: mpp-dc.org

(Virtual Class) Level I: Palestinian Aida Cloth Technique, Cleopatra's Crown
2020-08-01 08:30 - 10:00 | WA
Register here: https://www.tatreezandtea.com/shop/level-i-aida
Learn more about how to prepare for a successful online tatreez class here: https://www.tatreezandtea.com/online-classes

Posted in Classes, Level I, Virtual

Saturday, August 1, 2020
11:30 AM 1:00 PM EST / 8:30 AM 10:00 AM PST

Naila and the Uprising - Live Stream
2020-08-01 09:00 - 11:00 | WA
NAILA and the UPRISING
Click here to register for this event.
The screening will be followed by Q&As and discussion with Suhad Babaa, Executive Producer.
Synopsis
When a nation-Wide uprising breaks out in 1987, a woman in Gaza must make a choice between love, family and freedom. Undaunted, she embraces all three, joining a clandestine network of women in a movement that forces the world to recognize the Palestinian right to self-determination for the first time.

(Virtual Class) Level I: Palestinian Waste Canvas Technique, Baqlawa Cakes
2020-08-01 11:00 - 13:00 | WA
Learn the basics of waste canvas in this 2-hour session!
Register here: https://www.tatreezandtea.com/shop/level-i-wc
Learn more about how to prepare for a successful online tatreez class here: https://www.tatreezandtea.com/online-classes

Posted in Classes, Virtual, Level I

Saturday, August 1, 2020 2:00 PM 4:00 PM EST / 11:00 AM 1:00 PM PST

Arabic Coffee. قهوة عربية: online event
2020-08-02 10:00 - 11:30 | WA
AUGUST 2nd, 10:00am Arabic Coffee. قهوة عربية (Qahwah Arabiyaa)

أهلا و سهلا Bring your own cup of coffee and join us online.

ZOOM LINK:
https://highline.zoom.us/j/97654151015?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 976 5415 1015
Password: [REDACTED]

Public event. Hosted by the Seattle Arab Festival

(Virtual Class) Special Session, Variegated Threads, Ramallah Berries
2020-08-07 11:00 - 12:30 | WA
Register here

Posted in Virtual, Classes, Special Sessions

Friday, August 7, 2020 2:00 PM 3:30 PM EST / 11:00 AM 12:30 PM PST

Mediterranean Mezze at the Pantry
2020-08-07 12:00 - 14:00, 2020-08-09 10:00 - 12:00, 2020-08-10 16:00 - 18:00, 2020-08-17 18:00 - 20:00 | the Pantry, 1417 NW 70th Street, Seattle, WA, 98117
Mezze (small plates) pop up all across the Mediterranean, and they extend beyond the standard hummus and tabbouleh served at most restaurants. In this class, Nadia Tommalieh will show you how to transform local ingredients into mezze that can be served as appetizers or as the centerpiece of a Mediterranean-style feast. You’ll learn how to layer flavors in musakhan (chicken with caramelized onions and sumac), accompanied by salatet betinjan (roasted eggplant, tomatoes, and pomegranate molasses), labneh bil joz (strained yogurt with walnuts and parsley), and soak up any last sauce with homemade koubez saj (flatbread).
This is a live, hands-on cooking class held in your kitchen via Zoom. Class is meant to be as interactive as it would be at our table, with the instructor teaching you how to prepare each recipe. Each class ticket is for one kitchen, and we welcome group cooking on the same screen. All recipes are designed for four servings.
Two days before class we will email everyone the detailed recipe packet and a Zoom link. All classes are listed in Pacific Standard Time.
Please click here for the list of ingredients and equipment that you will need for class.
Don’t feel like shopping? Let us do it for you! If you would like to pick up a pre-measured ingredients kit for this class, please add both the class and the kit to your shopping cart. Please be sure that you select the same date for your ingredient kit and class! Your ingredient kit can be picked up in our garden between 10am-6pm the day before class.

Seattle Arab Festival 2020
2020-08-08 | WA
Arab Festival – Seattle 2020

Due to COVID-19 and Stay Home order, the Seattle Arab Festival organization will highly consider offering an online streaming festival.

We will offer:

Story Telling
Food Demonstrations
Arab History in Seattle and USA
Seattle Arab Festival History
Upcoming start entertainers
Games Workshop
And, more

(Virtual Class) Level II: Palestinian Waste Canvas Technique, Motif: Qasfa Crown (Yazour Region)
2020-08-08 09:00 - 11:00 | WA
August 8 & 15, 12pm EST/9am PST, Motif: Qasfa Crown (Yazour Region)
Register here.

Posted in Classes, Level II, Virtual

(Virtual Class) Level III: The Keffiyeh Series
2020-08-09 11:00 - 13:00 | WA
Click here to register for this 5-week program.

Posted in Classes, Level III, Virtual

Sunday, August 9, 2020 – 2:00 PM 4:00 PM EST/11:00 AM 1:00 PM PST

Creating a Culture of Change: A Series of Conversations on Race and Community Building
2020-08-11 16:30 - 18:30 | WA
7:30 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020
Creating a Culture of Change: A Series of Conversations on Race and Community Building
Presented in partnership with Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture and the National Network for Arab American Communities
Conversation 4: Documenting Community through Film & Journalism
Free
RSVP for Zoom link
This conversation on Documenting Community through Film & Journalism welcomes the following panelists:
Assia Boundaoui – filmmaker, journalist
Louis Massiah – filmmaker, director of Scribe Video Center
Yawu Miller – journalist, senior editor at Bay State Banner
In light of recent protests and actions across America in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, there is a need among Arab American communities to have intentional conversations around issues of race, racism and social justice. Through a cultural lens, the Arab American National Museum, Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture and the Network of Arab American Communities are organizing a series of virtual presentations during the summer that bring together Arab American artists in conversation with Arab and African American educators, community leaders, journalists and scholars. We hope these conversations will provide space for increased understanding and community building towards a more just and equitable America that addresses the structures of systemic racism and inspires our individual and collective efforts for change.

Watch Previous Discussions
June 30: Youth & Race Education
July 14: The Power of Words
July 29: Building Community through Faith
Upcoming Discussions
Aug. 26: Queer Experiences in Arab and Black Communities
Sept. 2: Palestinian-Black Solidarity

Tatreezing Collective
2020-08-13 14:00 - 16:00 | WA
Register here for the tatreezing collective

Posted in Free, Special Sessions, Virtual

Thursday, August 13, 2020 5:00 PM 7:00 PM EST – 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM PST

Live Reading & Discussion with Mona Kareem
2020-08-13 15:00 - 17:00 | WA
6 p.m. EDT, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020
Live Reading & Discussion with Mona Kareem
Free, livestreamed on Facebook
RSVP to Facebook event
Join AANM artist-in-residence Mona Kareem for a live reading from her poetry collection Crossover, and discussion with AANM director Dr. Diana Abouali.
Throughout her residency, taking place remotely, Kareem is finalizing Crossover, a poetry collection that touches on themes particular to Arab experience/s in the United States: the loss or gain of language, the weight of a marked body passing through airports, the lingua of immigration and bureaucratic violence, and the fetishization of Arab sexuality in visual culture and colonial imaginary. The poems cross a range of narratives, working beyond the typical family-story, as many of us have arrived alone to this continent. They explore what this loneliness entails, especially for the bilingual artist.
Mona Kareem is the author of three poetry collections, most recently Femme Ghosts (Publication Studio, 2019), a trilingual chapbook. Her work has been translated into nine languages and published in anthologies and periodicals, including Brooklyn Rail, Michigan Quarterly Review, Ambit, The Los Angeles Review of Books, Asymptote, Words Without Borders, Poetry International, PEN English, Modern Poetry in Translation, Two Lines and Specimen. She has held fellowships with Poetry International, BANFF Center, Norwich Center and Forum Transregionale Studien. Kareem has been a featured writer at festivals and conferences in Cairo, Istanbul, Berlin, Amsterdam, Brussels, Seoul, Copenhagen and across the United States. She holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from SUNY Binghamton, and has taught at SUNY Binghamton, Rutgers, Bronx Community College and the University of Maryland.

Related event: Aug. 30: Virtual Poetry Workshop with Mona Kareem

(Virtual Class) Special Session, Metallic Thread Series: Metallic Pearl Cotton
2020-08-14 12:00 - 14:00 | WA
Register here

Learn more about each class in the series here. You are not required to take the full series, and can take these classes à la cart.

Posted in Virtual, Classes, Special Sessions

Friday, August 14, 2020 3:00 PM 5:00 PM EST/12:00 PM 2:00 PM PST

Seffarine: Edmonds City Park Concert
2020-08-16 17:00 - 18:00 | Edmonds City Park, 600 3rd Ave S, Edmonds, WA, 98020, United States
Seffarine’s international blend of sounds features soulful Moroccan singer Lamiae Naki and flamenco guitarist Nat Hulskamp. Their music embraces and extends Naki’s rich heritage, which spans from Moorish Spain to the Sahara, by mixing Arabic Andalusi music with Manuel Gutierrez’s explosive flamenco footwork, the grooves of acclaimed bassist Damian Erskine and the exotic instrumentation of Persian master multi-instrumentalist Bobak Salehi. These diverse backgrounds meld into an intoxicating blend of ancient and modern that Bass Player Magazine describes as a “gorgeous intersection of Spanish flamenco, Arabic and Andalusian music, Persian classical, and jazz”.

Seffarine takes its name from the ancient metalworking square in Lamiae’s home city of Fes, Morocco. Her family is well known in the Seffarine as master metalworkers continuing the tradition today. The square dates back to the 9th century and is famous for the complex rhythms that can be heard from the blacksmiths’ hammers.

Falafel and Pita - PCC Cooking Class
2020-08-17 16:00 - 17:00 | WA
DESCRIPTION
Make any night falafel night! Tiago will share his taken on this popular Arabic takeout dish, one of his very favorite foods. He’ll demonstrate how to make fresh pita bread – from dough to fluffy grilled final product – and blend, flavor, form and fry falafel. To complete the meal, he’ll show you how to whip up a tangy tahini sauce.
About the instructor: Tiago graduated from the Culinary Institute of America in 2014. After graduation, he honed his skills as a lead sauté cook for a fine dining establishment. He has been teaching cooking classes for the last several years and has found teaching to be one of the most gratifying experiences of his life. Tiago is also a wine enthusiast and certified sommelier.
CLASS NOTES
This is a demonstration class offered live via the Zoom app. You will receive an email with recipes and class details five days in advance. After class, we will share a recorded version. This class is not designed as a cook-along. All key elements will be shown in class; however, instructors may complete time-consuming steps in advance. Online classes are nonrefundable.
