ArabishWay

LASS Early Mother Day Brunch
2023-03-11 11:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Crossroads Community Center, Crossroads Community Center 16000 NE 10th Street, Bellevue, WA, 98008, United States
Event by Lebanese American Society of Seattle

Crossroads Community Center

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Join our first event of the year to celebrate Mother’s Day. on March 11, 2023

16000 NE 10th St, Bellevue, WA 98008

The Falafel Stand
2023-03-12 10:00 - 13:30 | the Pantry, 1417 NW 70th Street, Seattle, WA, 98117
For the love of fresh bread, falafel, hummus, and everything in between! In this class Nadia Tommalieh will teach you how to make a traditional “sandweishet falafel” (falafel sandwiches) that will have you convinced you’ve traveled to the Arab world to eat them. You will learn about the different falafel variations of the region as she shows you how to get the perfect puff on your homemade khobez (pita bread), and how to achieve flavorful, crispy falafel every time. This super delicious street food sandwich is never complete without a layer of fresh smooth hummus. You will top your piping hot sandwiches with tarator (tahini garlic sauce), tatbeeleh (jalapeno lemon sauce), Mkhalal left (pickled turnips) and salatah Arabia (Arabic style tomato and cucumber salad).
Please note: some classes can be adjusted for students with dietary restrictions, but many cannot. If you’re vegetarian, pescatarian, or gluten-free, you can use the drop-down menu on our events page to view the best classes to fit your needs. If a class you’re interested in doesn’t appear in that filtered view, please email us before registering and we’ll see if the class’s menu can be modified.

Arab Meetup: Escape Room
2023-03-12 16:00 - 18:00 | Locurio, 619 N 35th St, Seattle, WA, 98103, United States
Details: Come and join us in this group adventure as we try to escape the most fun escape room in Seattle. This game includes physical activity such as kneeling and crawling, though not every guest needs to participate. Comfortable shoes are highly recommended.

Amazing Mediterranean
2023-03-13 19:00 - 21:30 | Sur La Table – Kirkland, 90 Central Way, Kirkland, WA, 98033, United States
Menu

Grilled Shrimp with Chermoula Dipping Sauce
Homemade Pita Bread
Roasted Spiced Cauliflower with Cucumber and Herb Yogurt Sauce
Olive Oil Cake

Instructor: PeterL

What You Will Learn

Cooking Class Description: Join us and explore Mediterranean flavors in fun and unexpected ways. Get plenty of hands-on practice grilling shrimp, roasting cauliflower and making a cucumber herb yogurt sauce. Plus, bake up fresh pita bread to complement your meal. For a sweet ending, we’ll enjoy an olive oil cake.

What To Expect: Great cooking is about more than recipes—it’s about techniques. In our classes you’ll work together with other students in a fun, hands-on environment led by our professional chef instructors.

Classes are 2 to 2 1/2 hours, unless otherwise noted above
You will work with other students in groups of 4.
Hands-on classes are limited to 12-16 students, depending on location.
You will be standing, cooking and working for most of the class
Please wear comfortable, closed-toe shoes and have long hair tied back
Students receive a coupon good for 10% off in-store purchases the day of class

Sur La Table recipes are developed using common cooking and baking ingredients that may or may not be specified in the menu titles, including various fruits and vegetables, nuts, meats, spices, wheat flours, etc. If you have a food allergy, please check with your local Cooking School before attending the class. Adjustments to recipes cannot be made during class.

Cooking Class Description: Join us and explore Mediterranean flavors in fun and unexpected ways. Get plenty of hands-on practice grilling shrimp, roasting cauliflower and making a cucumber herb yogurt sauce. Plus, bake up fresh pita bread to complement your meal. For a sweet ending, we’ll enjoy an olive oil cake.

What To Expect: Great cooking is about more than recipes—it’s about techniques. In our classes you’ll work together with other students in a fun, hands-on environment led by our professional chef instructors.

Classes are 2 to 2 1/2 hours, unless otherwise noted above
You will work with other students in groups of 4.
Hands-on classes are limited to 12-16 students, depending on location.
You will be standing, cooking and working for most of the class
Please wear comfortable, closed-toe shoes and have long hair tied back
Students receive a coupon good for 10% off in-store purchases the day of class

Sur La Table recipes are developed using common cooking and baking ingredients that may or may not be specified in the menu titles, including various fruits and vegetables, nuts, meats, spices, wheat flours, etc. If you have a food allergy, please check with your local Cooking School before attending the class. Adjustments to recipes cannot be made during class.

The Palestinian Bakery with Nadia Tommalieh
2023-03-15 18:00 - 21:00, 2023-03-16 18:00 - 21:00 | the Pantry, 1417 NW 70th Street, Seattle, WA, 98117
Sfeeha yafawiyeh is a traditional Palestinian pastry made with dough that is rolled thin, stuffed, twisted into a spiral, and baked with olive oil. These little twirls are a showstopping addition to any feast, and in this class Nadia Tommalieh will teach you how to make traditional Yafawiyeh dough and a variety of savory and sweet fillings. On the menu: sfeeha yafawiyeh (spiced beef and onion-stuffed pinwheels); yafawiyeh bil jebneh wa za’atar (akawai cheese and zaatar-stuffed pinwheels); and nabulsi tamriyeh (pocket pastries stuffed with semolina pudding, fried and dusted with powdered sugar and pistachios). You’ll enjoy your freshly made pastries with khiar bil na’na (yogurt mint sauce) and salatet jarjeer w shamander (arugula, beets and pine nuts salad with olive oil and pomegranate molasses dressing).

Arabic Chat Hour
2023-03-16 19:00 - 20:00, 2023-03-23 19:00 - 20:00, 2023-03-30 19:00 - 20:00 | Virtual
Whether you’re a native speaker or learner, this is a great chance to practice listening and speaking in Arabic!
Zoom room number provided upon registeration.

Sultans of String: Edmonds
2023-03-18 11:00 - 12:00 | Edmonds Center for the Arts, 410 Fourth Avenue North, Edmonds, WA, 98020, United States
Three-time JUNO Award nominees and Billboard charting band Sultans of String creates “energetic and exciting music from a band with talent to burn!” according to Maverick magazine. Thrilling their audiences with their genre-hopping passport of Celtic reels, flamenco, gypsy-jazz, Arabic, Cuban and South Asian rhythms, the group celebrates musical fusion and human creativity with warmth and virtuosity.

Gather for Gaza: A Fundraiser for UNRWA
2023-03-19 15:00 - 16:30 | Virtual
Join Nadia Tommalieh for an online fundraiser benefiting refugee families in Gaza via the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA USA). Fatteh (or fattet) is an Arabic word that refers to bread that is broken and then steeped in a sauce or broth; it’s a layered dish of toasted bread, vegetables, meat and garlic infused tahini and yogurt sauce. Fatteh dish is beloved across the Arab world and is especially popular during the month of Ramadan. In this online class Nadia will teach you how to make two preparations of fattet betinjan (Eggplant Fatteh), one vegetarian and one with lamb or beef, as well as mhalabiyeh bi ma’ elzaher, a milk pudding dessert flavored with orange blossom water. 100% of proceeds will provide food assistance to refugee families in Gaza during the month of Ramadan.

Hassaniya Arabic Poetry by Saharawi poet Zaim Allal
2023-03-20 11:30 - 13:00 | Virtual
Part of the Late Winter Poetry Translation Workshops 2023 collection
Translating the work of Zaim Allal, a famous Saharawi poet who is living in a refugee camp in Algeria with Hamza Lakhal.

The Shape of Home Anthology Virtual Author Talk
2023-03-20 15:30 - 17:00 | Virtual
Join us to chat with several authors published within The Shape of Home anthology and learn how they came up with their story ideas, what their writing process is, and more!

Email rocyouth@clpvd.org for the Zoom link

Faza'a Immersion Program in Palestine - Summer 2023
2023-03-21 - 2023-03-26 | WA
Apply for a fully funded youth organizer immersion program to Palestine with @fazaaprogram for this July (2023)
Apply at bit.ly/apply-fazaa

Eligibility Criteria:

Between the ages of 20-34.
Reside in the United States.
Have a minimum of 1 year of grassroots/volunteer organizing experience for Palestinian liberation.
Be available and ready to commit to a 4 week program from July 1st to July 31st, 2023 and attending pre and post trip zoom meetings.
Be able to commit to fundraise based on an equity sliding scale, between $100-$500 USD by June 15th.

Mama and Me
2023-03-21 16:30 - 18:00 | Virtual
Beloved Palestinian chefs with their mothers and grandmothers have teamed up with UNRWA USA to deliver you our sweetest *free* event of the year – Mama & Me: A Palestinian Cook-Off 🇵🇸👵🏼
Join us LIVE on #ArabMothersDay Tuesday 3/21 at 7:30 pm EST via YouTube, Facebook, or Twitter for a festive cooking demo that helps refugees.
Hit the link in our bio for your free ticket! 🎟️
This year’s cooking stars include:
🥗 Suzanne Husseini @suzannehusseini
🍅 Laila El-Haddad @gazamom
🍉 Mai Kakish from @almondandfig
🍹 Muna Dubbaneh from @zandzdc
🥘 Reem Assil from @reemscalifornia
🥮 Maha Kailani from @makedelicioushappen
🫒 Fadi Kattan @fadi.f.kattan

Poet Charif Shanahan with Luther Hughes and Jane Wong
2023-03-21 19:00 - 20:00 | Elliott Bay Book Company, 1521 10th Avenue, Seattle, 98122, United States
Chicago poet Charif Shanahan visits Seattle on the occasion of his second published collection of poetry Trace Evidence. Two acclaimed local poets who have both read their poetry on Elliott Bay’s stage, Jane Wong and Luther Hughes, will join in the celebratory night of poetry.

International Book Club with ArabLit and Alice Guthrie
2023-03-23 10:00 - 11:30 | Virtual
About the Book
Malika Moustadraf is a cult feminist icon in contemporary Moroccan literature, celebrated for her uncompromising depiction of life on the margins.
Something Strange, Like Hunger presents Moustadraf’s collected short fiction: haunting, visceral stories by a master of the genre. Here, we tune into Casablanca’s unheard: a sex worker struggling to keep warm on the streets; a housewife flirting with strangers online; a kidney patient, priced-out of treatment, facing the harsh reality of his condition; and a mother scheming to ensure her daughter passes a virginity test. Something Strange, Like Hunger is a sharp provocation to patriarchal power, and a celebration of the life and genius of one of Morocco’s preeminent writers.
About the Author
Malika Moustadraf (1969–2006) was a writer from Casablanca, Morocco, celebrated for her distinctive style and experimental language. An exacting social critic, she wrote unflinchingly about life in the margins and was persecuted for her taboo-busting subject matter. Denied the life-saving treatment she needed, Moustadraf died at thirty-seven of kidney disease, leaving behind a semiautobiographical novel and a collection of short stories. Something Strange, Like Hunger is the first full-length translation of her work into any language.
About the Translator
Alice Guthrie is an independent translator, editor and curator specialising in contemporary Arabic writing. Her work often focuses on subaltern voices, activist art and queerness (winning her the 2019 Jules Chametzky Translation Prize). She programmed the literary strand of London’s Arab arts biennale Shubbak Festival between 2015 and 2019, and has curated queer Arab arts events for the Edinburgh International Book Festival, Outburst International Queer Arts Festival and Arts Canteen. Guthrie teaches translation at the University of Exeter and the University of Birmingham.

Reading of a Play: Nubian Stories
2023-03-25 14:00 - 16:00 | WA
Nubian Stories by Nabra Nelson & Mona Sherif Nelson
directed by Lia Fakhouri
featuring Ifrah Mansour as Sabila, and Hanna Eady on the oud
Produced by Dunya Productions

In a private home in Burien – see ticket for details.

International Day of Lebanese Emigrant 2023
2023-03-25 18:30 - 21:30 | WA
Join us for a night of culture, and short films. Followed by a social hour, dessert and refreshments

Nature Around Us - March - Formal Arabic Classes for Kids
2023-03-27 10:00 - 10:30 | Virtual
Four sessions of dialogue in classical Arabic are suitable for children between the ages of 4-8 years. The dialogues will be about topics related to the nature around us. These dialogues will be via the Zoom application with Mr. Mustafa Abu Saleh. Every Monday at 10 am Pacific time for half an hour.

Join MELAW at the 2023 Joint Minority Membership Program
2023-03-30 18:15 - 21:00 | Foster Garvey, 1111 3rd Ave 30th Fl, Seattle, WA, 98101, United States
2023 Joint Minority Membership Program!

Thursday, March 30, 2023
6:15pm-9:00pm
1111 3rd Ave Ste 3000, Seattle, WA 98101

Register TODAY!

JMMP aims to pair law students and new lawyers in Washington State (from historically under-represented groups) with mentor attorneys and judges (from all walks of life, including allies) to support mentees as they prepare to enter and navigate their legal careers.
Participants will be formally matched, and pairs will create their own agreement regarding discussion topics, meetings, and follow-up. The formal program will last through the end of 2023. But we hope the relationships will continue beyond. Register below to attend the Kick-Off Event on March 30th from 6:15-9 pm at Foster Garvey’s law office: 1111 3rd Ave Ste 3000, Seattle, WA 98101.

Music: Tavia Rhodes, Intisaar, and Ayako Okano (Tsubaki)
2023-03-30 19:30 - 21:00 | Sunset Tavern, 5433 Ballard Ave NW, Seattle, WA, 98107, United States
Intisaar is a Seattle-based singer, composer, and acoustic/electric powerhouse.

Solidarity in storytelling: Meet & Greet with Fadi Abu Shammalah from Gaza!
2023-03-31 19:00 - 21:00 | WA
Meet and hear from Fadi Abu Shammalah, the manager of Donkeysaddle’s Palestine Grassroots Distribution Project, who is visiting from Gaza!

Virtual screening of the documentary film "Britain in Palestine 1917-1948"
2023-04-01 09:00 - 10:30 | Virtual
To register for this event please click here.
Screening will start at 12:00 Noon US EDT; 7:00 PM Palestine Time 18 minutes, English. The film screening will be followed by Q&A discussion with Sir Vincent Fean, a British diplomat, and John McHugo, a British historian.
About the Film
The film investigates the contradictory promises and actions which defined British Mandatory rule in Palestine and laid the groundwork for the Nakba (the catastrophe) and the creation of the state of Israel in 1948.

Arabic School: Saturdays in Kent
2023-04-01 10:00 - 12:00 | Kent Meridian High School, 10020 SE 256th St, Kent, WA, 98030
Our Arabic School provides those who want to learn Arabic the opportunity to fine-tune their knowledge. Our classes are held weekly at Kent Meridian High School for our kids and youth.
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Program Eligibility Requirements:
– Elementary or middle-school age children
– Living in King County

When: Saturdays
Time: 10-12
Where: Kent Meridian High School (10020 SE 256th St, Kent, WA 98030)

Fatma Said (soprano) with Rafael Aguirre (guitar) - virtual concert
2023-04-01 20:00 - 21:30 | WA
Soprano Fatma Said and guitarist Rafael Aguirre bring the beauty of Arabic and Spanish cultures together to create a sublime and illuminating experience that you won’t want to miss.
Fatma Said, making her United States recital debut with this performance, began her singing career at age fourteen in Cairo. She has since become a frequent principal at Teatro alla Scala and other opera houses and festivals across Europe. She maintains a busy schedule as a soloist with orchestras as well, appearing locally in the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s 2019 performances and recording of Suor Angelica. Of her latest album El Nour, which means ‘the light,’” in Arabic, Fatma says, “I feel I am shedding light on how music that has been interpreted many times in the past can be presented in different ways—in other words, it can be perceived in a different light. The idea is to connect three cultures—Arabic, French, and Spanish—and to show how much, despite cultural, geographical, and historical differences, they have in common when it comes to music.”

The program features Spanish, Egyptian, Brazilian, and Lebanese songs, including works by Manuel de Falla, Daoud Hosni, Heitor Villa-Lobos, contemporary Egyptian composer Sherif Mohie El Din, and many more.

Cooking Class: Arabic Mezze
2023-04-05 18:30 - 21:00 | Book Larder, 4252 Fremont Ave N, Seattle, WA, 98103, United States
Welcome to the world of mezze! In this hands-on class, Nadia Tommalieh will show you how to create a delicious and traditional spread of small plates, known as “Mokabelat” aka mezze, that are perfect for sharing with family and friends.
You’ll start with Muhammara, a spicy and nutty dip made from roasted red peppers, walnuts, and pomegranate molasses. Next, we’ll move on to make freshly baked Musakhan Rolls, spiced chicken and caramelized onions wrapped in bread buns. You’ll learn how to make the filling, the dough, and bake them to perfection.
Next, you’ll prepare Eggplant Raheb, a smoky and tangy eggplant salad and then finish with Labaneh bil Avocado w Za’atar, a creamy and tangy labneh and avocado dip that’s perfect for pairing with the other dishes. You will enjoy everything we make with freshly baked crispy pita chips.
Class is limited to 11 students and is hands-on. Includes dinner.
Please note that event registration is non-refundable and non-transferable between classes.

Salt of This Sea: Streaming
2023-04-06 - 2023-04-09 | Virtual
Soraya, born in Brooklyn in a working class community of Palestinian refugees, discovers that her grandfather’s savings were frozen in a bank account in Jaffa when he was exiled in 1948. Stubborn, passionate and determined to reclaim what is hers, she fulfills her life-long dream of “returning” to Palestine. Slowly she is taken apart by the reality around her and is forced to confront her own internal anger. She meets Emad, a young Palestinian whose ambition, contrary to hers, is to leave forever. Tired of the constraints that dictate their lives, they know in order to be free, they must take things into their own hands, even if it’s illegal.

Streaming virtually through Arab Film Media Institute (AFMI)

The Desert Rocker: Streaming
2023-04-06 - 2023-04-09 | Virtual
THE DESERT ROCKER won Best Feature Documentary at last year’s Arab Film Festival and we are excited to host an in-person screening in NYC and to make it available for streaming online, together with a pre-recorded Talkback with director Sara Nacer.
This screening is presented in partnership with YallaPunk.
About The Desert Rocker:
The Desert Rocker is an intimate, witty and profound portrait of the extraordinary Hasna El Becharia, a pioneer Gnawa artist. The first musician to break through the social barrier of this culture, she empowers and inspires women of all ages by reclaiming a musical tradition reserved for men for centuries. A singularly talented artist, she leads women to redefine their roles and challenge cultural norms, one musical performance at a time.

Movie: Sirens: Streaming
2023-04-06 - 2023-04-09 | Virtual
A powerful documentary, SIRENS is not to be missed! Join us in NY on April 8th or stream it online, together with a pre-recorded Talkback with director Rita Baghdadi.
This screening is presented in partnership with YallaPunk.
About Sirens:
On the outskirts of Beirut, Lilas and her thrash metal bandmates have big dreams but few opportunities. When the band’s appearance at a UK music festival isn’t the life-changer they had hoped for, Lilas comes home to Lebanon on the brink of collapse. At the same time, the complicated relationship between Lilas and her fellow guitarist Shery starts to fracture. The future of her band, her country, and her dreams now all at stake, Lilas faces a crossroad.
