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Virtual Delegation: Yafa
2020-09-13 11:00 - 13:00 UTC | WA
Throughout the month of September we will hold Virtual Delegations to visit Yafa with:
Abed Shehadeh – Tel Aviv’s only Palestinian City Council Member and Political Activist
Join us to explore Yafa and understand the challenges faced by Palestinian citizens of Israel.
Whether this is your first time “visiting” Yafa or you want an update about the current situation, this virtual delegation is for you!
We are asking for each person to pay on a sliding scale: $25 – $75
(Any payment above $25 is a tax deductible donation)
Register here: https://eyewitnesspalestine.salsalabs.org/virtualdelegationtoyafa/index.html

Sept 13th – 2pm ET

Sept 26th – 12pm ET

Sept 30th – 2pm ET

Amal Murkus Accompanied by Fadi Deeb, in Virtual Concert
2020-09-13 09:00 - 11:00 | WA
Amal Murkus Accompanied by Fadi Deeb, in Virtual Concert

Sunday, September 13, 2020
12:00 PM 2:00 PM EST (9:00 AM 11:AM PST)

Please click here to register for the concert.

A Sepulchral Grand Tour: Exploring Egyptian and Classical Monuments at Graceland Cemetery
2020-09-12 15:00 - 17:00 | WA
A Sepulchral Grand Tour: Exploring Egyptian and Classical Monuments at Graceland Cemetery

Presented by: Dr. Foy Scalf & Dr. Tasha Vorderstrasse

5:00 PMIllinois/3pm PST

In the 19th century, Americans were very interested in ancient Egypt and the Classical world and this was reflected in the monuments they built, including those where they interred their dead. Join Dr. Foy Scalf and Dr. Tasha Vorderstrasse of the Oriental Institute as they take you on a fascinating journey through the tombs of wealthy Chicagoans at Graceland Cemetery. From Classical and Egyptian temples to pyramids and Roman sarcophagi, learn about Chicago funerary architecture and the Chicagoans who built them.
This event will be held on Zoom. A link will be emailed one week before the event.
Biographies on Foy Scalf and Tasha Vorderstrasse:
Foy Scalf is a Research Associate and the Head of the Research Archives library at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. He received his PhD in Egyptology from the University of Chicago, specializing in ancient Egyptian religious literature. His recent publications cover topics such as the Book of the Dead, a “lost” papyrus formerly in the Newberry Library, a Demotic archive now in the Oriental Institute, and Egyptian grammar and linguistics. In 2017, he curated the Oriental Institute special exhibit Book of the Dead: Becoming God in Ancient Egypt and edited the accompanying catalog.
Tasha Vorderstrasse is the University and Continuing Education Program Coordinator at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. She received her PhD in Near Eastern Archaeology from the University of Chicago in 2004. Her work focuses on the intersection of archaeology, art and texts in the Near East, the Caucasus, and Central Asia and the relationships between these regions and China.

Virtual Delegation: Yafa
2020-09-08 09:00 - 12:00 | WA
Throughout the month of September we will hold Virtual Delegations to visit Yafa with:
Abed Shehadeh – Tel Aviv’s only Palestinian City Council Member and Political Activist
Join us to explore Yafa and understand the challenges faced by Palestinian citizens of Israel.
Whether this is your first time “visiting” Yafa or you want an update about the current situation, this virtual delegation is for you!
We are asking for each person to pay on a sliding scale: $25 – $75
(Any payment above $25 is a tax deductible donation)
Register here: https://eyewitnesspalestine.salsalabs.org/virtualdelegationtoyafa/index.html

Sept 8th – 12pm ET

Sept 13th – 2pm ET

Sept 26th – 12pm ET

Sept 30th – 2pm ET

A Conversation with Dr. Abdelhamid Siyam - UAE Normalization with Israel
2020-09-06 09:00 - 10:00 | WA
Please click here to register for this event.
Dr. Abdelhamid Siyam will discuss the recent normalization of relations between the United Arab Emirates and Israel; its implications, impact on the Palestinian struggle and possible responses and reactions from the Palestinian and world community. He will also discuss the state of the Palestinian national case and the options available to the Palestinian Authority.
Siyam is currently a professor of Political Science and Middle Eastern Studies at Rutgers, the State University of NJ since 2007.
He is teaching courses on United Nations and the Middle East, Islam and Democracy, Contemporary Politics in Middle East, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Media in the Arab World and others.
Prior to joining Rutgers University, Siyam has been working for the United Nations (UN) for over 25 years as Political Affairs Officer, Information Officer at the Office of the Spokesman for the Secretary-General, Spokesman for the UN Mission in Western Sahara, Pakistan and Afghanistan, Iraq and chief of Radio and News Centre at the “Department of Public Information.”
On August 2008 he started publishing a weekly columnist in the Arabic daily, Alquds Alarabi and he became the Bureau Chief of the paper at the United Nations Headquarters in New York since March 2014.
In October 2010, he published his book called “That Unforgettable Day” ذلك اليوم العصيب, in memory of his colleagues killed in the bombing of UN Headquarters in Baghdad on August 19, 2003. Currently he is working on three books that deal with UN and ME crises for the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies.
He is a regular commentator for Al-Jazeera, BBC, DW, France 24 and other media outlets. He is a free-lance consultant for UNFPA and ILO on media, communication and population. Siyam is a media trainer for journalists and senior government officials on communication skills. He conducted numerous workshops in Tunisia, Algeria, Jordan, Qatar, Egypt, Pakistan, Syria, Switzerland, and many others.
He obtained his B.A. in Arabic Language and Literature from the University of Jordan, his M.A. in International Relations from New York University (NYU) and his PhD in International Relations from the City University of New York (CUNY).

Palestine Museum: "Stitching Palestine" Film Screening
2020-09-05 09:00 - 11:00 | WA
Screening of the Film “Stitching Palestine”

Saturday, September 5, 2020
12:00 PM 2:00 PM EST / 9:00 AM 11:00 AM PST

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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.
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 remaining 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.

Join Eyewitness Palestine on a Virtual Delegation
2020-09-03, 2020-08-30, 2020-08-24 | WA
Join Eyewitness Palestine on a Virtual Delegation
We will Spend August with Shoruq – in Deheisheh
Also, don’t miss one more opportunity to join a SPECIAL tour in Hebron!
Our August Virtual Delegations begin in TWO WEEKS! Throughout August, we will be hosting Shoruq. Our hosts, Tamara Abu Laban and Hazam Alqassas will be taking us to the Deheisheh Refugee Camp.
Join us to explore Deheisheh and learn about Shoruq’s powerful work!
Four Chances to Join Virtual Delegations to Deheisheh
Aug 24 I Aug 30 I Sept 3
Learn more and sign up today – space is limited!
This will fill up quickly! Register today!

Confronting Whiteness in Hollywood: The Color Line - Virtual Class
2020-09-02 18:30 - 20:00 | WA
Randa Tawil examines the depiction of racism and the color line in film, and what that teaches us about whiteness.
CLASS SPECIFICS
September 2, 2020
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Zoom Webinar
$25 Sustainer | $15 Regular | $10 Reduced / SIFF Member
All proceeds from this Confronting Whiteness in Hollywood class will be donated to the Lebanese Red Cross.

Tatreez Workshops and Lectures by Tatreez and Tea
2020-09-01 - 2020-12-31 | WA
Your instructor is author and scholar Wafa Ghnaim, founder of Tatreez & Tea!
Tatreez & Tea’s mission is to preserve Palestinian embroidery and storytelling traditions in the diaspora. Tatreez & Tea is the first of it’s kind. When Wafa first founded Tatreez & Tea in 2016, she was the only educator solely focused on Palestinian embroidery, traveling the US and the world. Now, new local initiatives, culture bearers, “tatreez circles”, and mentors are emerging from communities around the world like never before. The tatreez revolution has gained a beautiful momentum and now is the time to join.
Wafa’s goal in her educational classes are three-fold: educate students from art history and oral history perspectives that preserve the meanings, stories and symbolism of traditional Palestinian embroidery motifs; teach versatile skills that allow students to eventually produce large independent projects; encourage students to become creative and grow beyond simply abiding by traditional embroidery principles.
Click here for upcoming events!
https://www.tatreezandtea.com/events

Arab Film Series Online: 10 Days Before the Wedding + Talkback
2020-08-30 12:00 - 15:00 | WA
3 p.m. EDT/12 p.m. PST Sunday, Aug. 30, 2020
10 Days Before the Wedding (2018) dir. Amr Gamal
Free; $5 suggested donation
RSVP for streaming link
Rasha and Ma’moon, a young Yemeni couple, were set to get married but the war of 2015 stood in the way of their wedding. After so much suffering, they try the best they can to make it happen in 2018. But yet again, obstacles appear—except this time it’s not the war, but its aftermath. From evacuating their homes to dealing with warring parties controlling certain areas to the economic crisis, the couple struggles to race against time to make sure the wedding of their dreams happens on time.
Following the screening we will be joined by director Amr Gamal for an intimate talkback hosted by Romooz Foundation director and current AANM artist-in residence Ibi Ibrahim.
Yemen / Drama / 120 minutes / Rated R for Explicit Language / In Arabic with English Subtitles

The Goddess Isis and the Kingdom of Meroe - ARCE Members Only
2020-08-30 12:00 - 14:00 | WA
The Goddess Isis and the Kingdom of Meroe

Dr. Solange Ashby

2:00 PM Illinois/12pm PST

Discussions of the widespread appeal of the cult of Isis in antiquity often omit any mention of the Nubian priests who served the rulers of the Kingdom of Meroe (located south of Egypt in the Sudan) and the royal donations of gold that they delivered to the temple of Isis at Philae, located at Egypt’s border with Nubia. Those funds were essential to the survival of the temple of Philae, allowing it to remain in active use for centuries after other temples had been abandoned in Egypt. I will describe the rites performed by the Nubian priests and their participation in a tradition of Nubian pilgrimage to this site that spanned one thousand years.
As a Black Egyptologist it is important to me to investigate the southern connections that are evident in the ancient religious practices of Egypt. Much work remains to be done to highlight these connections.

This online lecture is available exclusively to active ARCE members. To register, click here.
Registration is required and closes 48 hours before the event.
Biography of Solange Ashby:
Solange Ashby received her PhD in Egyptology, with a specialization in ancient Egyptian language and Nubian religion, from the University of Chicago. She has researched in Egypt at the temple of Philae and participated in an archaeological excavation in El-Kurru, Sudan (royal Kushite cemetery). Her first book, Calling Out to Isis: The Enduring Nubian Presence at Philae, was released in July by Gorgias Press. Her current research explores the roles of women in traditional Nubian religious practices. Dr. Ashby is working on the first monograph dedicated to the history, religious symbolism, and political power of the queens of Kush.

Virtual Poetry Workshop with Mona Kareem
2020-08-30 09:00 - 11:00 | WA
12 – 2 p.m. EDT, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2020
Virtual Poetry Workshop with Mona Kareem
Free
Registration required by Aug. 13
Join AANM artist-in-residence, poet, and translator Mona Kareem for a one-day Virtual Poetry Workshop! This workshop is for adult writers and teens age 17+ who are committed to using poetry as a medium to explore and intertwine the personal with the political. Those interested in themes, practices, theory and/or poetics of translation in relation to expression and narrative are especially welcome to join.
Mona Kareem will provide participants with two texts to review as well as a writing prompt prior to the workshop (via email). The workshop will unfold, via Zoom, with a close reading of selected texts, followed by an open reading and discussion of participants’ poems.
Workshop timeline:
Aug. 13: Registration deadline; limited to 10 participants
Aug. 16: Poet will provide participants with selected reading texts and a writing prompt
Aug. 23: Writing prompt submission deadline
Aug. 30: Workshop from 12 – 2 p.m.
Register by Aug. 13 to secure your spot in the workshop!
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. 13: Live Reading & Discussion with Mona Kareem

Virtual Artist Talks - Documentary Photography
2020-08-30 09:00 - 10:00 | WA
Click here to register for this event.
Laura Boushnak is a Kuwait-born Palestinian photographer based in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Her work mainly focuses on the Arab world, looking at issues that she finds stem from her own personal experience of gender, education, and aftermath of war.
After receiving a degree in Sociology from the Lebanese University in Beirut in 1999, Boushnak infused her interest in social issues with her passion for the visual arts and began her career as a photographer for the Associated Press in Lebanon. She then went on to work with the Agence France-Presse (AFP) at its Middle East hub in Cyprus and its headquarters in Paris. During this nine-year span, Boushnak’s experience included covering hard news in conflict zones such as the war in Iraq and the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war.

Free Screening of the Film "Martin Luther King in Palestine"
2020-08-29 09:00 - 11:00 | WA
Martin Luther King in Palestine follows an African American gospel group led by Stanford professor and King scholar Clay Carson who travel to Palestine in March of 2011 to perform an original play about MLK written by Carson. While there, the small choir of political neophytes quickly discover the repressive conditions Palestinians endure daily under the Occupation, and empathy develops between peoples who have a shared history of oppression

(Virtual Class) Sewing & Mounting Basics
2020-08-29 09:00 - 10:30 | WA
Click here to register.

Posted in Classes, Special Sessions, Virtual

Saturday, August 29, 2020 12:00 PM 1:30 PM EST/9:00 AM 10:30 AM PST

2020 Pasadena Festival of Women Authors - online
2020-08-29 - 2020-09-04 | WA
Due to the coronavirus we are not able to hold the 2020 Pasadena Festival of Women Authors that was scheduled for August 29, 2020.
We will be presenting the 2020 author talks online. Donors to the 2020 event will be the first to receive access to the videos in early September. The videos will be made available to the public later in September.

Featuring 7 female authors, including Laila Lalami!

Seattle Arab Film Festival 2020
2020-08-29 - 2020-08-30 | WA
Movies short and long from Sudan, Tunesia, Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine and more!
Check out this amazing list of movies and get your passes today!
https://seattlearabfilmfest.com/?page_id=1451

Abolition and Liberation: A Conversation with Angela Davis and Jamal Juma'
2020-08-28 10:00 - 12:00 | WA
Abolition and Liberation:
A Conversation with Angela Davis and Jamal Juma’
Friday, August 28
1pm ET / 10am PT / 8pm Palestine
Join the Arab American Cultural Center for an international discussion of the connections between Black Lives Matter calls to defund the police and abolish the prison industrial complex, and Palestinian calls to tear down all apartheid walls and free Palestine.

If you missed this event you can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aSStKFaMQ0

Movie screening and discussion of Naila and the Uprising
2020-08-28 09:00 - 11:00 | WA
Join us for a screening and discussion of Naila and the Uprising, a Just Vision documentary, with the Deputy Director and a Producer.

About this Event

Join Museum of the Palestinian People for a special film screening and discussion of Naila and the Uprising with Just Vision’s Deputy Director, Emma Alpert and one of the film’s producers, Rula Salameh.
Naila and the Uprising is a documentary film about a nation-wide uprising that breaks out in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, and the story of a young woman in Gaza who 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. Naila and the Uprising chronicles the remarkable journey of Naila Ayesh and a fierce community of women at the frontlines, whose stories weave through the most vibrant, nonviolent mobilization in Palestinian history – the First Intifada in the late 1980s. You can watch the trailer, here.
The film will be available for registrants to view at their own convenience prior to our discussion with Emma and Rula on Zoom on Friday, August 28 at 12pm EDT. All registrants will receive info to watch the film and join the Zoom conversation via email after they register.
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

Independent Filmmaking 101
2020-08-26 17:30 - 18:30 | WA
Join us on Wednesday August 26 for a live, online webinar all about making YOUR film!
RSVP here.
We will be joined by two filmmakers who will share how they went from pre- production to distribution and who will answer your most pressing questions.
Arab Film Festival fans, you all already know Rami Alayan‘s films. Rami was the Producer and Writer of Love, Theft and other Entanglements which won the Best Film Award at #AFF2015.
And he also wrote The Reports on Sarah and Saleem, shown at #AFF2018. He was awarded the Special Jury Award for exceptional artistic achievement for that screenplay at the Hivos Tiger Competition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2018.
Yasmeen Turayhi is the Writer and Producer of Short Film – A Star in The Desert, whose star, Jamal Mutrahji, just won the Best Child Actor Award at Beirut International Children And Family Film Festival.
Don’t wait, join us next week. RSVP here to receive the link to attend this online event.

Creating a Culture of Change: Queer Experiences in Arab and Black Communities
2020-08-26 16:30 - 18:30 | WA
7:30 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Aug. 26, 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 5: Queer Experiences in Arab and Black Communities
Free
RSVP for Zoom link
This conversation on Queer Experiences in Arab and Black Communities welcomes the following panelists:
Hannah L. Drake – Blogger, poet, activist
Hamed Sinno – Musician (lead singer of Mashrou’ Leila), poet, activist
Dr. Sa’ed Atshan – Author, assistant professor at Swarthmore College

Watch Previous Discussions
June 30: Youth & Race Education
July 14: The Power of Words
July 29: Building Community through Faith
Upcoming Discussions
Aug. 11: Documenting Community through Film & Journalism
Sept. 2: Palestinian-Black Solidarity

English-Arabic Storytime Online (recorded): Something Happened in Our Town
2020-08-24 | WA
1 p.m. EDT Monday, Aug. 24, 2020
Something Happened in Our Town with Sari Mira
Join our resident storyteller Sari Mira for another exciting English-Arabic Storytime from the comfort of your home! Children ages 4+ and their parents are invited to join Sari who will read Something Happened in Our Town by Drs. Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins and Ann Hazzard, teaching a few Arabic words and phrases along the way.
A note on content: This story explores sensitive topics of racial injustice and police brutality.
Something Happened in Our Town follows two families — one White, one Black — as they discuss a police shooting of a Black man in their community. The story aims to answer children’s questions about such traumatic events, and to help children identify and counter racial injustice in their own lives.
The storytime video will go up at 1 p.m. EDT on Monday, Aug. 24 on our Storytime page, where you can also check out previous Online Storytimes.

Naila and the Uprising - Live Stream
2020-08-22 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: Aida Cloth, Orange Blossom Motif (Yaffa)
2020-08-22 09:00 - 11:00 | WA
Register here.

Learn more about online classes here.

Posted in Classes, Level I, Virtual

Saturday, August 22, 2020 12:00 PM 2:00 PM / 9:00 AM 11:00 AM PST

Excavating Dangeil: Royal Statues and Sacred Rams
2020-08-18 10:00 - 12:00 | WA
Register by clicking here.

Join Dr. Julie Anderson for an exploration of the Dangeil archeological site.
Excavations at Dangeil, located close to the Nile in what is now central Sudan, have uncovered a previously unknown 1st century CE temple dedicated to the god Amun. Earlier rulers discovered there in a statue hoard include the celebrated Kushite Pharoah Taharqo. This is one of many discoveries at Dangeil throwing unexpected light on African history from antiquity into the medieval period and later.

Dr. Julie Anderson is responsible for curating the Sudanese and Nubian collections of the British Museum. Excavating at numerous sites in Egypt and Sudan since 1987, her research interests include daily life and material culture in the Nile valley and surrounding deserts. Since 1997, she has co-directed archaeological excavations in Sudan together with the National Corporation for Antiquities and Museums (NCAM) in the Berber-Abidiya region. Her current fieldwork is concentrated upon the late Kushite site of Dangeil (3rd century BC – 4th century AD), situated approximately 350km north of Khartoum, where excavation of a large Amun temple, surrounding temenos enclosure and associated cemetery is underway. Currently, she is the Honorary Secretary for the International Society for Nubian Studies and for the Sudan Archaeological Research Society.
This program is presented in partnership with the American Research Center in Egypt.

1:00 p.m. EST — 7:00 p.m. EET

Please help the NAC support artists. By making a donation with your registration, you contribute directly to the NAC Artist Fellows program, helping to further the careers of up-and-coming artists.
This program will be hosted via Zoom. You will receive additional details upon registration.
All images copyright Berber-Abidiya Archaeological Project.

Mediterranean Mezze at the Pantry
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.

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.

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.
