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Concert of Colors Forum on Community, Culture & Race: Community Self-Determination
2020-10-06 15:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | WA
Concert of Colors Forum on Community, Culture & Race: Community Self-Determination
Livestreamed on Detroit Public TV and Facebook
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The Concert of Colors Forum on Community, Culture & Race, one of the Arab American National Museum’s signature annual events, is a dynamic gathering of artists, activists and advocates who use performance and dialogue as a tool for advocacy and community building. This year’s program will be presented online at www.dptv.org and on Facebook live. Breaking bread together is a tradition during this signature event; we hope you’ll break bread with us and tune in during dinner!
Featuring keynote speaker Ismael Ahmed, panelists/performers Leila Awadallah, ShoShona Kish, Sterling Toles and Malik Kenyatta Yakini, and moderator Charles Ezra Ferrell.
Concert of Colors, Detroit’s annual diversity festival, will be happening Oct. 6-11, 2020, broadcast on Detroit Public TV. More info + concert lineup

Shuruq 4.5: Olympia Arab Festival
2020-10-05 - 2020-10-30
The first online Olympia Arab Festival!
This free, month-long festival celebrates the arts and cultures of the Arabic-speaking region and diaspora.

Free Film Screening “My Neighborhood”
2020-10-03 09:00 - 10:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
Free Online Virtual Event
Click Here to Register for Event. Free Event but Registration is Required.
Click here to view the film trailer.
SYNOPSIS
Mohammed El Kurd is a Palestinian boy growing up in the neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah in the heart of East Jerusalem. When Mohammed turns 11, his family is forced to give up part of their home to Israeli settlers, who are leading a campaign of court-sanctioned evictions to guarantee Jewish control of the area.
Shortly after their displacement, Mohammed’s family and other residents begin peacefully protesting against the evictions, determined not to lose their homes for good. In a surprising turn, they are quickly joined by scores of Israeli supporters who are horrified to see what is being done in their name. Among them is Jewish West Jerusalem resident Zvi Benninga and his sister Sara, who develop a strong relationship with Mohammed and his family as they take on a leading role in organizing the protests.
Through their personal stories, My Neighbourhood goes beyond the sensational headlines that normally dominate discussions of Jerusalem and captures voices rarely heard, of those striving for a shared future in the city.
My Neighbourhood follows Mohammed as he comes of age in the midst of unrelenting tension and remarkable cooperation in his backyard. Highlighting Mohammed’s own reactions to the highly volatile situation, reflections from family members and other evicted residents, accounts of Israeli protesters and interviews with Israeli settlers, the film chronicles the resolve of a neighbourhood and the support it receives from the most unexpected of places.
My Neighbourhood is directed and produced by Rebekah Wingert-Jabi, who documented Mohammed’s story over two years, and acclaimed filmmaker Julia Bacha. It is the latest production by Just Vision, an award-winning team of Palestinian, Israeli, North and South American filmmakers, journalists and human rights advocates dedicated to telling the stories of Israelis and Palestinians working nonviolently to achieve security, freedom and peace.

Conversation with Malak Mattar and Taqi Spateen
2020-10-02 09:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Join us for a conversation with Malak Mattar and Taqi Spateen, whose artwork for George Floyd and Iyad Al-Hallaq went viral on Instagram.

About this Event

Join us for our second event to celebrate our new virtual exhibit, “Intersections: Palestinian and African American Art for Social Justice” as we talk with two of our Palestinian artists for the exhibit, Malak Mattar and Taqi Spateen.
In a span of five days, Black American George Floyd was killed by a Minnesota police officer and Iyad al-Hallaq, an unarmed Palestinian man with autism, was fatally shot by two Israeli officers on his way to a school for the disabled. Their deaths inspired a wave of protests—and art—around the world. In this one-time event, Malak and Taqi will share their artwork, creative process, and perspectives on the relationship between art and activism.
Donations are welcome: 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: mpp-dc.org/

Three acclaimed Seattle-area writers including Lena Tuffaha
2020-10-01 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
Join us for an evening with three acclaimed Seattle-area writers, all published by Red Hen Press!
Kristen Millares Young is the author of the novel Subduction, a Paris Review staff pick called “whip-smart” by the Washington Post, a “brilliant debut” by the Seattle Times and “utterly unique and important” by Ms. Magazine. Her essays, investigations and reviews appear in the Washington Post, Literary Hub, the Guardian, and elsewhere, as well as the anthologies Latina Outsiders, Pie & Whiskey and Alone Together: Love, Grief, and Comfort During the Time of COVID-19. She was the researcher for the New York Times team that produced “Snow Fall,” which won a Pulitzer Prize. From 2018 to 2020, Kristen served as Prose Writer-in-Residence at Hugo House.

Amber Flame is a writer, composer and performer whose work has garnered artistic merit residencies with Hedgebrook, The Watering Hole, Vermont Studio Center, and Yefe Nof. Flame served as the 2017-2019 Poet-in-Residence at Hugo House. Her first collection, Ordinary Cruelty, was published in 2017 by Write Bloody Press, and her second collection is forthcoming from Red Hen Press.

Lena Khalaf Tuffaha is a poet, essayist, and translator. Her first book of poems, Water & Salt won the Washington State Book Award and was a finalist for the Arab American Book Awards. Her chapbook, Arab in Newsland, won the 2016 Two Sylvias Press Prize, and her most recent chapbook, Letters from the Interior, was published by Diode editions. Her poems and essays have received the Robert Watson Literary Prize and been published in Adroit journal, Jubilat, Kenyon Review Online, the New England Review, the Rumpus, Southern Humanities Review, and World Literature Today, among others.
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Redlining and Real Estate with Randa Kayyali Privett, Ph.D.
2020-10-01 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
As part of her commitment to fighting racism, Dr. Randa Kayyali Privett will be discussing how past redlining affects today’s real estate markets. This talk, based on the book, The Color of Law, is sponsored by two University of Washington groups: UW Libraries and the UWAA Book Club, and will be moderated by UW Alumna, Melony Pedersen, Senior Development and Construction Manager at Forterra.

Laila Lalami in Conversation with Kiese Laymon Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America | Virtual Talk
2020-09-30 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
About the Program

Hear from Laila Lalami, Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of The Other Americans, as she discusses her first work of nonfiction, Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America. Using her own journey from Moroccan immigrant to United States citizen as a starting point, Lalami explores how marginalized groups—including immigrants, women, and people of color—are often blocked from many of the rights, liberties, and protections associated with American citizenship. Moderated by writer Kiese Laymon (Heavy: An American Memoir), this evening offers illuminating and deeply personal insights about the experiences of those whom America embraces with one arm and pushes away with the other.
Signed books available for preorder on booksoup.com.

Virtual Delegation: Yafa
2020-09-30 11:00 - 13:00 UTC
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 30th – 2pm ET

Movie: Bayt Jadeed
2020-09-30 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Part of the Social Justice Film Festival

Bayt Jadeed: Seeking Home explores the parallels between Somali refugees’ experiences in St. Cloud, MN and refugees’ experiences in Germany. Through the commonalities in experiences, we hope to present a variety of perspectives to encourage a complex and honest conversation about how we define community.

YEAR
2019

RUNTIME
30 minutes

COUNTRY
Germany & US

This movie can be found in BLOCK 3: Together Against Hate as part of the Social Justice Film Festival Series. It includes:

Liberation Heroes (40 min.)
Bayt Jadeed: Seeking Home (29 min.)
Seva (16 min.)
Stronger than Steel (7 min.)

Cooking by the Book: Falastin
2020-09-27 11:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Cooking by the Book

Sunday, September 27, 2020
2:00 PM 3:00 PM EST

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Movie: Gaza Fights for Freedom
2020-09-26 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Film Screening:
“Gaza Fights for Freedom”
Saturday
September 26th
1:00 – 3:00 PM
(US Eastern Time)

Virtual Delegation: Yafa
2020-09-26 09:00 - 12:00 UTC
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 26th – 12pm ET

Sept 30th – 2pm ET

Laila Lalami with Viet Thanh Nguyen (livestream) Conditional Citizens
2020-09-25 19:30 - 21:00 UTC
What does it mean to be an American? Author Laila Lalami joins us via livestream to discuss this question in conversation with fellow author Viet Thanh Nguyen. Drawing from her book Conditional Citizen, she recounts her unlikely journey from Moroccan immigrant to US citizen, using it as a starting point for her exploration of the rights, liberties, and protections that are traditionally associated with American citizenship. Tapping into history, politics, and literature, she interrogates how white supremacy survives through adaptation and legislation, keeping the modern equivalent of white male landowners at the top of the social hierarchy. With deeply personal stories, Lalami invites us to explore the place of nonwhites in the broader American culture.

Laila Lalami was born in Rabat and educated in Morocco, Great Britain, and the United States. She is the author of four award-winning novels: Secret Son, Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits, The Other Americans, and The Moor’s Account. Her essays have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, The Nation, Harper’s, The Guardian, and The New York Times. Lalami is a professor of creative writing at the University of California at Riverside. You can follow her on Twitter @LailaLalami.
Viet Thanh Nguyen is a writer, whose novel The Sympathizer won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. He has written and edited a number of other works, and is a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times. He is an English professor at the University of Southern California. You can follow him on Twitter @viet_t_nguyen.

Virtual Visit with Naomi Shihab Nye
2020-09-24 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Naomi Shihab Nye
09/24/2020 – 6:30PM
Benefit for PONGO Poetry Project One of this country’s foremost poets, a poet who has had her work published in collections for forty years now, Naomi Shihab Nye does a virtual visit to support the vital work of non-profit Pongo Teen Writing’s Poetry Project in a two-part
program. Naomi Shihab Nye is the recipient of numerous honors and awards, is the author of many books of poems, including some for younger readers. Her most recent is last year’s The Tiny Journalist (BOA).
“On every page, Shihab Nye’s insistent call is the same: people, all people, deserve to live safe and healthy lives, free from fear and violence. She mourns, rages, takes politicians to task, but always lands on the side of compassion.” – Shelf Awareness.

Lost In Translation — Album Launch Party + Talkback with Omar Offendum & Thanks Joey
2020-09-24 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
8 p.m. EDT Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020
Lost In Translation — Album Launch Party + Talkback with Omar Offendum & Thanks Joey
Free with RSVP; $10 suggested donation
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AANM is excited to host the launch party for new album Lost In Translation by Omar Offendum and Thanks Joey — tune in and jam out with us to live performance of the album by Omar and Joey + talkback hosted by Arij Mikati!
Journey through the Syrian-Pacific with your own personal dragoman Omar Offendum, along with his partner-in-thyme Thanks Joey. This Shamreeki sonic saga is equal parts nostalgic and futuristic. Featuring samples from some iconic Syrian films, and a dizzying dose of Damascene bilingualism, Lost In Translation is a celebratory love-letter to this very merry and hairy Arabian way of life in the California Califate of Los Shamgeles.
Lyrics by Omar Offendum | Music by Thanks Joey

Toronto Palestine Film Festival: Resisting Borders Short Film Program and Other Special Events
2020-09-23 - 2020-09-29
Available starting 3 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020
Toronto Palestine Film Festival: Resisting Borders Short Film Program
$5 (Canadian dollars)
More info + Tickets
We are excited to co-present the short film program Resisting Borders with the Toronto Palestine Film Festival (happening online Sept. 23-29, 2020). Audiences around the world can enjoy this program with on-demand availability for the entire duration of the festival, in addition to other films, concerts and special events by your favorite Palestinian artists. Full festival schedule
Resisting Borders is a collection of fiction and documentary films that delves into the lives of teenage girls, a political prisoner and a subversive undertaker. Each story explores the physical and emotional toll of borders, and the different ways each character resists their effects.

Total Run time: 73 min, followed by Q&A.

The Girl Who Lost Her Imagination with Sari Mira - Arabic StoryTime
2020-09-21 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
1 p.m. EDT Monday, Sept. 21, 2020
The Girl Who Lost Her Imagination with Sari Mira
Join our resident storyteller Sari Mira for another exciting English-Arabic Storytime from the comfort of your home! Children ages 2-6 and their parents are invited to join Sari who will read The Girl Who Lost Her Imagination by Reem Makhoul and Stephen Farrell, illustrated by Fouad Mezher; in both Arabic and English.
The Girl Who Lost Her Imagination is the story of a girl called Sheherazade who lives in New York City and loses her imagination for a day.
The storytime video will go up at 1 p.m. EDT on Monday, Sept. 21 on our Storytime page, where you can also check out previous Online Storytimes.

Arab Film Series Online: Brooklyn Inshallah + Talkback
2020-09-20 12:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
3 p.m. EDT Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020
Brooklyn Inshallah (2019) dir. Dir. Ahmed Mansour
Free; $5 suggested donation
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This documentary follows Father Khader El-Yateem, a Palestinian American practicing Lutheran pastor, and, he hopes, the first Arab American on the New York City Council. Having grown up amidst conflict before emigrating to the U.S., Father K works to alleviate the mounting fears of the diverse but marginalized Arab American community of Bay Ridge following the 2016 presidential election. With the support of political activist Linda Sarsour, he mounts the campaign of a lifetime, taking viewers into the heart of identity politics.
United States / Documentary / 83 minutes / In English and Arabic with English Subtitles
Embark on an engaging evening with community leaders from around the country! The program will kick off with opening remarks from activist and civil rights leader Linda Sarsour to set the stage. As an organizer and activist both in and outside the film, she will share her expertise and experience in mobilizing communities across the country, and the importance of being active and informed participants. Directly following the film screening we will be joined by director Ahmed Mansour and Father Khadr El-Yateem for an intimate talkback.

Virtual Artist Talks - Setting Up Virtual Exhibits
2020-09-20 09:00 - 10:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Virtual Artist Talks – Setting Up Virtual Exhibits

Sunday, September 20, 2020
12:00 PM 1:00 PM EST

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Amman, Jordan-based Palestinian Artist Dalia Ali discusses her new virtual exhibit and what she had to do to get it up and running.

Free Film Screening “My Love Awaits Me by the Sea”
2020-09-19 09:00 - 11:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
Saturday, September 19, 2020
12:00 PM 2:00 PM EST

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Click here to view the film trailer.
“My Love Awaits Me by the Sea” is a poetic documentary narrating the story of the director who takes a first time journey back to her homeland, Palestine. She leaves a secluded reality and follows a lover whom she has never met, Hasan, a Palestinian artist who discovers a beautiful and utopian world. Fairytale and reality are woven together to ask the question about the elusive place, and the need to believe in dreams.

Simon Shaheen & Naomi Shihab Nye in Concert + Talkback
2020-09-18 16:30 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
7:30 p.m. EDT Friday, Sept. 18, 2020
Simon Shaheen & Naomi Shihab Nye in Concert + Talkback
Free with RSVP; $10 suggested donation
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Let music and poetry end your week on a sweet note with a night of exclusive performances by world renowned artists, musician Simon Shaheen and writer/poet Naomi Shihab Nye, followed by a live talkback!
Simon Shaheen dazzles his listeners as he deftly leaps from traditional Arabic sounds to jazz and Western classical styles. His soaring technique, melodic ingenuity, and unparalleled grace have earned him international acclaim as a virtuoso on the ‘oud and violin. As a composer, Shaheen has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, Meet the Composer, the Jerome Foundation, Continental Harmony, and Yellow Springs Institute. In addition to performing with his two bands, Qantara and the Near Eastern Music Ensemble, Shaheen tours as a solo artist internationally and as a lecturer throughout the academic world promoting awareness to Arab music through numerous lectures and workshop presentations. Shaheen is currently an instructor at Berklee School of Music, and directs the Arabic Music Retreat each summer at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts.
Naomi Shihab Nye was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Her father was a Palestinian refugee and her mother an American of German and Swiss descent, and Nye spent her adolescence in both Jerusalem and San Antonio, Texas. Nye is the recipient of numerous honors and awards for her work, including the Ivan Sandrof Award for Lifetime Achievement from the National Book Critics Circle and the Paterson Poetry Prize, among others. The Poetry Foundation named Nye the Young People’s Poet Laureate for 2019 to 2021, making her the first Arab American to earn this honor. Known for poetry that lends a fresh perspective to ordinary events, people, and objects, Nye’s experience of both cultural difference and different cultures has influenced much of her work. Nye is also considered one of the leading female poets of the American Southwest. In addition to poetry, Nye has written fiction for children, poetry and song recordings, and poetry translations. She has also published a book of essays and edited several anthologies.

Nadia Tommalieh: Virtual Cooking Class: Palestinian Home Cooking
2020-09-16 17:00 - 18:30 UTC
Join food enthusiast and cooking instructor Nadia Tommalieh as she teaches some of her favorite authentic Palestinian home dishes. She will prepare:

Hashweh seasoned rice and ground meat pilaf, topped with a layer of sautéed peas and carrots and garnished with an assortment of roasted nuts
Salatah Arabia an assortment of freshly chopped vegetables tossed with lemon, olive oil and sumac dressing
Khiar bil Laban a refreshing side salad/ dip of diced cucumbers, garlic and dried mint in yogurt sauce.

P&P Live!: Diane Nine – My Life With Helen: The Dean of the White House Press Corps Through Her Agent's Eyes
2020-09-13 14:00 - 17:00 UTC
P&P Live!: Diane Nine – My Life With Helen: The Dean of the White House Press Corps Through Her Agent’s Eyes — with Cindy Williams

Sunday, September 13, 2020 – 5 p.m EST (2 p.m PST)

This event will be streamed online as part of our P&P Live! Series.
There’s no denying that Helen Thomas was a larger-than-life personality, but more importantly, she was a trailblazer for women in journalism. Professionally, she reported on more presidential administrations than anyone in history, and she rightfully earned her place–front row, center–as the Dean of the White House Press Corps. However, later in her life, Helen made some regrettable comments that subsequently ended her illustrious career and tarnished her reputation.
In My Life With Helen, readers learn for the first time what was going on behind the scenes after Helen’s fall from grace and how Diane struggled to come to terms with the media frenzy that followed.
Diane S. Nine is a Washington, D.C.-based literary agent and attorney, the author of Get Published: A Guide to Literary Tips, Traps & Truth, and the president of Nine Speakers, Inc.
Actress, writer and producer Cindy Williams has starred in some of the most historical movies and television programs in entertainment history. Her career began in the 1970s in prestigious movies like Travels with My Aunt , American Graffiti, and The Conversation. Once she and Penny Marshall played “loose girls” on the hit TV show Happy Days, the network quickly ordered a spin-off of the dynamic comedy duo. After changing their characters to blue-collar workers in the mid-West, they made their debut in Laverne & Shirleyin 1976. The show quickly became the most-watched American television program. The show remains in syndication around the world and has a very loyal following of original and new fans. Cindy continues to work in her first love, the theater, as she performs in musicals all over the country. She is the author of Shirley, I Jest.

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Virtual Delegation: Yafa
2020-09-13 11:00 - 13:00 UTC
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 UTC
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 UTC
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 UTC
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 UTC
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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 UTC
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
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!
