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Misna: The Experimental Issue Virtual Launch
2022-01-30 09:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Event details

On Sunday, January 30, join Mizna in launching The Experimental Issue with TWENTY ONE AUTHORS.
Featured readers include Mays Albaik, Tamara Al-Qaisi-Coleman, Darius Atefat-Peckman, Hajjar Baban, Doris Bittar, Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhrán, Mohammed El-Kurd, Tracy Fuad, Farah Kader, Magdeline Maher, Khashayar Mohammadi, Yasmine Rukia, hana roz, Trish Salah, Glenn Shaheen, Nadia Shihab, Fargo Tbakhi, Mohamed Tonsy, Sarah Sophia Yanni, Omar Zahzah + Issam Zineh.
This event takes place virtually at 11 am CT, RSVP required.
RSVP HERE

ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Tamara Al-Qaisi-Coleman (she/her) is a bi-racial Muslim writer, historian, poet, and artist. Her first book of poetry “The Raven, The Bayou, & The Willow ” is forthcoming through FlowerSong Press Spring 2022. She is a Brooklyn Poets Fellow (2020), a Rad(ical) Poetry Fellow (2020), and a poet for the Houston Grand Opera & MFAH’s event “The Art of Intimacy.” (2019) She was nominated this year for a Pushcart Prize and the Best of the Net anthology. Her work can be found in (Art) WORDPEACE and Mixed Magazine, (Fiction) Crack the Spine Literary Magazine, (Poetry) Boundless 2021: The Anthology of the Rio Grande River Valley International Poetry Festival, and others.
Hajjar Baban is a Pakistan-born Afghan Kurdish Poet. A 2021 PD Soros Fellow and current MFA in Poetry candidate at the University of Virginia, she has poems appearing in BAHR Magazine and the Southeast Review. You can read her work here: hajjarbaban.com
Doris Bittar is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice spans painting, photography, installation, video, sound and performance. Bittar participated with Gulf Labor in the Venice Biennale in 2015 and other international and national exhibits. She won the Alexandria, Egypt Biennial 2nd prize and various awards, grants and recognitions in the United States and abroad.
Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhrán is author of Archipiélagos; Antes y después del Bronx: Lenapehoking; and South Bronx Breathing Lessons. A Tulsa Artist Fellow and National Endowment for the Arts Fellow, he is editor of Yellow Medicine Review’s international queer Indigenous issue; and co-editor of Movement Research Performance Journal’s Native dance/movement/performance issue.
Tracy Fuad is the author of about:blank, chosen by Claudia Rankine as the 2020 winner of the AWP Donald Hall Prize and published in 2021 by the University of Pittsburgh Press. She is a graduate of the Rutgers-Newark MFA Program and a 2021-22 Poetry Fellow at the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, and teaches poetry at the Berlin Writers’ Workshop.
Farah Kader is a New York-based public health analyst. She was a recipient of the 2017 Palestinian Youth Movement’s Ghassan Kanafani Writing Prize and a 2019 Hopwood Graduate Award for poetry. Kader’s work has been published in Mizna, Orion Magazine, Electric Literature, and Narrative Magazine.
Khashayar Mohammadi (He/They) is a queer, Iranian born, Toronto-based Poet, Writer and Translator. They are the winner of the Vallum Poetry Prize 2021 and author of four poetry Chapbooks. Their debut poetry collection “Me, You, Then Snow” is out with Gordon Hill Press.
Yasmine Rukia is a first generation Lebanese-American Shia experimental poet. Her work exploring the nexus between hyphens, breaths and beliefs can be found in the Black Warrior Review, Mizna, Cliterature, The Gordon Square Review, The Belt, Jaffat el-aqlam and others. She lives in Dearborn Michigan with her two sons.
Glenn Shaheen is the author of four books. He is the Executive Director of the Radius of Arab American Writers and teaches at Prairie View A&M University.
Fargo Tbakhi is a queer Palestinian performance artist, a Taurus, and a cool breeze. Find more at fargotbakhi.com.
Mohamed Tonsy is a queer Egyptian writer, ceramicist and a PhD graduate of Edinburgh University. His writing has recently appeared in Epoch Press’s ‘Transitions’ issue, e.i.i.i zine’s ‘Navel’ issue, is set to appear in Mizna’s unthemed Summer 2022 issue, and has been shortlisted for MFest’s 2021 Short Story Competition. His debut novel — You Must Believe in Spring — is set to be published by Hajar Press, late 2022.
Sarah Sophia Yanni is a Mexican-Egyptian writer, editor, and educator. She is the author of the chapbook ternura / tenderness (Bottlecap Press, 2019) and was a Finalist for BOMB Magazine’s 2020 Poetry Contest, Poetry Online’s 2021 Launch Prize, and the Hayden’s Ferry Review Inaugural Poetry Contest. She currently serves as Managing Editor of Tiding House and holds a Faculty Fellowship at CalArts.
Omar Zahzah is a writer, poet, independent scholar, and organizer of Lebanese-Palestinian descent whose creative, critical, political, academic, and journalistic writings have appeared in or are forthcoming from various publications including Narrative magazine, Mizna, FIYAH, Electronic Intifada, Middle East Eye, Arab Studies Quarterly, Full Stop, and the New York Times. Several of Omar’s poems were featured in the anthology, Beside the City of Angels: An Anthology of Long Beach Poetry. In 2016, Omar’s chapbook 13 Almost Love Poems was released, and Omar’s chapbook, DEATH, is forthcoming from swallow::tale press. Omar is the Education and Advocacy Coordinator for Eyewitness Palestine as well as a member of the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) and the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI.) Omar holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from UCLA.
Issam Zineh is a Palestinian-American poet and scientist. He is author of the poetry collection Unceded Land (forthcoming summer 2022, Trio House Press) and the chapbook The Moment of Greatest Alienation (Ethel, 2021). His poems appear or are forthcoming in AGNI, Pleiades, Gulf Coast, Guernica, and elsewhere. Find him at issamzineh.com or on Twitter @izineh.

ARCE NY: Diving the Pyramids at Nuri, Sudan
2022-01-30 08:00 - 10:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Supported by grants from the National Geographic Society, excavations of Nastasen’s pyramid and tomb represent the first attempt to conduct underwater archaeology in Sudan. While not yet completed, significant discoveries were made and will be discussed within the framework of Nuri as a whole and the site’s great potential to inform us about the people of Nuri through the generations and environments in which they lived.
Dr. Pearce Paul Creasman is an archaeologist in the fields of Egyptology, maritime archaeology, and dendrochronology who holds a PhD in nautical archaeology from Texas A&M University. He is currently director of the American Center in Research located in Amman, Jordan.

Restoring our Environment: The struggle to heal a land degraded by occupation and colonization with Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh, live from Palestine.
2022-01-29 10:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Location: Online
Cost: Free! Sign up now
In this webinar, Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh will describe the catastrophic environmental impact of Israeli settler colonialism on the land of Palestine. He will also share how Palestinian civil society organizations are working to research, educate about and conserve Palestine’s natural world, culture and heritage in the face of the Israeli state’s human rights and environmental abuses. The talk will be followed by a Q&A.
This webinar will be held online, over Zoom. Register for the webinar here: bit.ly/DrMazin.
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/634736881307457

Sundance Movie at NWFF: Sirens (in person)
2022-01-28 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, 2, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Friday, Jan. 28:
6pm: Sirens (Rita Baghdadi, US, 2021, 78 min) On the outskirts of Beirut, Lilas and Shery, co-founders and guitarists of the Middle East’s first all-female metal band, wrestle with friendship, sexuality and destruction in their pursuit of becoming thrash metal rock stars. International Documentary Feature – World Cinema: Documentary Competition

Arabic Chat Hour
2022-01-27 19:00 - 20:00 UTC
Whether you’re a native speaker or learner, this is a great chance to practice listening and speaking in Arabic!
Zoom room number: 8116-385-7344

Route 181: Fragments of a Journey In Palestine-Israel, a three-part film
2022-01-27 - 2022-01-30
To kick off the winter 2022 season, we present Route 181: Fragments of a Journey In Palestine-Israel, a three-part film with a focus on daily life in Palestine.
In the summer of 2002, Eyal Sivan and Michel Khleifi travel together from the south to the north of their country of birth; they traced their trajectory on a map and called it ROUTE 181. This virtual line follows the borders outlined in Resolution 181, which was adopted by the United Nations in 1947 to partition Palestine into two states.
As they travel, Khleifi and Sivan meet a multitude of characters, each of which has their own way of evoking the frontiers that separate them from their neighbors: concrete, barbed-wire, cynicism, humor, indifference, suspicion, aggression; frontiers have been built on the hills and in the plains, on mountains and in valleys but above all, in the collective unconscious of both societies.
JAN 26–30, 2022
PART ONE: THE SOUTH

From Ashdod to Gaza. Sivan and Khleifi begin their cinematic journey through the southern parts of Palestine-Israel, interviewing a juice seller, a candy seller, an engineer, and a manager, gaining perspectives from Israelis and Palestinians about everyday life. They visit a kibbutz, travel to Gaza, and hear residents’ understandings of the Zionist project alongside discussions of Palestinians’ right to return. Their task as filmmakers is to document, to convey what is desired and what is experienced, to distinguish people’s dreams from political projects, to hear what one wants to forget, and to listen to the other–this is how the journey begins.

Screening IN-PERSON at Trylon Cinema on Wednesday, Jan 26, 2022 at 7pm. TICKETS

Available VIRTUALLY Jan 27–30, 2022 in the US ONLY. TICKETS

Cooking Class: Palestinian Comfort Food
2022-01-26 18:00 - 21:00, 2022-01-23 18:00 - 21:00, 2022-01-18 18:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | the Pantry, 1417 NW 70th Street, Seattle, WA, 98117
When NADIA TOMMALIEH thinks back on the comforting dishes of her childhood, what comes to mind are hearty dishes that feed the whole family and keep them satisfied through the winter months. Join us in class to cook some of Nadia’s favorites along with her. On the menu: fattet hummus bil lahmeh (layered dish of brothy chickpeas, seasoned lamb, toasted pita, and tahini yogurt sauce); kibbet batata bil lahmeh (fried potato and bulgur wheat “kibbeh” stuffed with caramelized onions and minced lamb), salatah arabia (Arab-style salad with cucumbers, tomatoes, radishes, and mint in citrus olive oil dressing), and housset silik bil zeit (Swiss chard and olive oil stew with pomegranate molasses).

Jonathan Smolin & Alaa Al Aswany: Virtual Event Elliott Bay Bookstore
2022-01-26 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
Ihsan Abdel Kouddous (1919-1990) was an iconic, hugely important writer in Egypt and beyond, during his lifetime and beyond. The author of numerous major novels, his work has been too little known in English and to readers here. Thanks to translator Jonathan Smolin, professor of Asian Studies at Dartmouth and translator from the Arabic of other such writers as Abdelilah Hamdouchi and Youssef Fadel, his work is now more readily available, this in the form of I Do Not Sleep (American University of Cairo Press), a sixty-year-old novel which shocked readers when it first appeared in the 1950s. Betrayal, desire, and family drama are all part of this, the narrative being in the form of a letter written by a central protagonist.
“What sets Ihsan Abdel Kouddous apart is his ability to combine, on the page, the different overlapping threads of politics and society.”―Al-Shorouk.
“The novel I Do Not Sleep represents a turning point in Ihsan Abdel Kouddous’s narratorial style.”―Hafriyat.
Slated to be with Jonathan Smolin to discuss I Do Not Sleep is Alaa Al Aswany, one of the most acclaimed writers – Egyptian and otherwise – working today. His novels include The Yacoubian Building, Chicago, and, most recently, The Automobile Club of Egypt. T​​he recipient of numerous international literary awards, he has had his books translated into over thirty languages.

Virtual Event: Maggie P Chang, Mika Song, Dan Abdo, and Jason Patterson present graphica for early readers
2022-01-26 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
This is a virtual event taking place via Zoom Webinar.
Third Place Books welcomes Maggie P Chang, Mika Song, Dan Abdo, and Jason Patterson for a fun-filled, action-packed presentation on their graphic novels for early readers!
This event will be broadcast live on Zoom. Registering will provide you with a unique access link in an email. During the event, you can ask questions using the Q&A feature, or chat with fellow attendees. A recording of the event will be made available and emailed to all who register.
This author talk is free! You can sustain our author series by purchasing a copy of the featured book.

Nadifa Mohamed with Cynthia Bond
2022-01-25 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
Even though it is virtual, we are delighted to finally be able to present a reading/talk program with Nadifa Mohamed, a writer we’ve read and followed through her first novels, Black Mamba Boy and The Orchard of Lost Souls. Born in Hargeisa, Somaliland and then raised and educated in London, she has received the Betty Trask and Somerset Maugham Awards, and in 2013 was named one of Granta’s Best Young British Novelists – a distinction which got her to Seattle as part of a group tour. She is virtually with us tonight for her compelling, Man Booker shortlist nominated novel, The Fortune Men (Knopf). Based on a true story, the narrative centers on the unjust conviction (overturned years later) and execution of an innocent Somali immigrant, Mahmood Mattan in Cardiff, Wales in 1952. There is more to this book than that.
“Equally informative and moving . . . The immediate allure of the novel is the vibrancy of Mohamed’s prose, her ability to capture the complicated culture of Cardiff and the sound of tortured optimism. . . . The horrific finale of The Fortune Men is never in doubt, but for more than 200 pages Mohamed still creates a sharp sense of suspense by pulling us right into Mahmood’s world as his life tilts and then crashes. . . . There’s a natural grandeur to her portrayal of this ordinary man caught in the city’s gears. Readers will hear echoes of Dostoevsky and Kafka in her re-creation of this nightmare. . . . With The Fortune Men, Mohamed has given us a clear vision of so many victims caught in the maw of racist legal systems.”—Ron Charles, The Washington Post.
“Nadifa Mohamed’s The Fortune Men is a blues song cut straight from the heart. It tells about the unjust death of an innocent Black man caught up in a corrupt system. Nadifa’s masterful evocation of the full life of Mahmood Mattan, the last man executed in Cardiff for a crime he was exonerated for forty years later, is brought alive with subtle artistry and heartbreaking humanity. In one man’s life Mohamed captures the multitudes of homelands, dialects, hopes, and prayers of Somalis, Jews, Maltese and West Indians drawn in by the ships that filled Wales’ Tiger Bay in the 1950’s, all hoping for a future that eludes Mattan.”—Walter Mosley.

Online Class (series of 3): Literature of Rafik Schami With Heba F. El-Shazli
2022-01-24 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
This is a three series class starting on January 24.
Join me on this tumultuous, passionate, and heart rendering voyage back to Syria for this most interesting Syrian-German author.
Through three novels we will travel to Syria and read about a passionate love story of a Muslim woman and a Christian man and learn about the art of Arabic calligraphy. We will journey to Damascus in 1959 and read about the most famous storyteller and in the final novel to read and discuss in this series of classes, Sophia or the Beginning of All Tales, Schami ventures to the land of his childhood, where he is now unable to safely return.
Three bi-weekly Mondays: January 24, February 7 and 21, from 1 to 3 p.m. EST Online
CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS

Arabic Chat Hour
2022-01-20 19:00 - 20:00, 2022-01-13 19:00 - 20:00, 2022-01-06 19:00 - 20:00, 2021-12-30 19:00 - 20:00, 2021-12-16 19:00 - 20:00, 2021-12-09 19:00 - 20:00 UTC
Whether you’re a native speaker or learner, this is a great chance to practice listening and speaking in Arabic!

Cooking Class: Around the World - Small Plates with Big Tastes
2022-01-15 17:30 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Whisk, 10385 Main St, Bellevue, WA, 98004, United States
Join us for a delightful trip Around the World with four different Small Plates guaranteed to wow with their Big Tastes! You will join Chef Jennifer Berry in this hands-on class as your taste buds travel the world with stops in Spain, Cuba, Egypt and Greece. No passport needed, just come hungry as you will cook, eat, cook, eat, etc.
From Spain – Spanish Espelette Clams with Grilled Tomato Bread
Clams steamed in a Spanish sherry broth with Dulce (sweet) paprika and Espelette pepper.
From Cuba – Beef Picadillo filled Pastries
Flaky puff pastry filled with a sweet and briny beef filling, baked to a golden brown and brushed with a honey glaze.
From Egypt – Kataifi Prawns, Dukkah and Pistachio Yogurt
Briny prawns wrapped in shreds of phyllo dough, seasoned with a traditional Egyptian spice mixture.
From Greece – Fried Calamari, Oil Cured White Anchovies and Crispy Chickpeas
This is the Greek version of Italy’s Fritto Misto but instead of being served with a heavy tomato sauce we pair it with an acidic creamy compliment to the fried seafood.

Cooking Class: Palestinian Winter Favorites
2022-01-11 18:30 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Book Larder, 4252 Fremont Ave N, Seattle, WA, 98103, United States
Nothing beats the cold winter season than gathering around the table for comfort food served family style. Join Nadia Tommalieh in this hands-on class as she teaches you how to create an array of traditional Palestinian winter favorites. You will learn how to make: Rummaniya (lentil, eggplant and pomegranate molasses stew); Salata bi T’heeniyeh (vegetable and tahini salad); homemade khobez (the perfect soft and puffy pocket pita bread) and Namoura (semolina and coconut cake with orange blossom water syrup).

Class is limited to 12 people and is hands-on. Includes dinner. Please note that event registration is non-refundable.

Virtual Book Event "The Other End of the Sea" by Alison Glick
2022-01-09 09:00 - 10:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
Please click here to register for this event.
Click here to order the book from Palestine Museum US Bookshop
Join us for a conversation with author Alison Glick talking about and reading from her newly published book, The Other End of the Sea.

Streetfoods of the World: Whisk Cooking Class
2021-12-29 18:00 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
Want to expand your culinary passport? Are you looking for a new dish to spice up your repertoire? Do you dream of tasty treats on foreign streets, but haven’t been able to get away? If the answer is yes, this class is for you! Join Chef Drew Flanders in this hands-on class where you will prepare simple but flavor-packed dishes inspired by foods sold in the markets, festivals, and by street vendors from around the world. From Morocco to Japan, Mexico to Senegal, in this class you will prepare and enjoy a variety of flavors and textures from the simple perfection of the taco, the warm comfort of “Japanese pizza”, to the glory of two different types of grilled-meat-on-a-stick!

Make, eat amd enjoy from
Morocco – Chermoula Chicken
Mexico – Alambres- Steak and Bacon Tacos with Salsa Verde
West Africa – Spicey Peanut-Dusted Beef Skewers
Japan – Okanomiyaki – Seafood Pancakes

Participants will have the option of enjoying a wine or beer as street food is always best with a beverage!

My Fair Lady at the Paramount starring Shereen Ahmed
2021-12-28 - 2022-01-02 | The Paramont Theater, 911 Pine Street, Seattle, WA, 98101, United States
STG & Broadway at The Paramount present MY FAIR LADY at The Paramount Theatre December 28, 2021 – January 2, 2022. Tickets purchased for the previously scheduled March 3 – 7, 2021 performances will be honored for entry!
From Lincoln Center Theater that brought you The King & I and South Pacific, comes “a sumptuous new production of the most perfect musical of all time” (Entertainment Weekly), Lerner & Loewe’s MY FAIR LADY. Director Bartlett Sher’s glowing production is “thrilling, glorious and better than it ever was” (New York Times). “Every so often a revival comes along that reminds you how indispensable great theater can be” (NY1).
Boasting such classic songs as “I Could Have Danced All Night,” “The Rain in Spain,” “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly” and “On the Street Where You Live,” MY FAIR LADY tells the story of Eliza Doolittle, a young Cockney flower seller, and Henry Higgins, a linguistics professor who is determined to transform her into his idea of a “proper lady.” But who is really being transformed?
To learn more about Shereen visit: https://shereenahmed.com/about-shereen

EVE — A Poetry Performance Project by Fargo Tbakhi and George Abraham
2021-12-18 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
7 p.m. ET Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021
EVE — A Poetry Performance Project by Fargo Tbakhi and George Abraham
In-person at The Annex @ AANM OR virtual via online livestream
FREE with RSVP
Register for in-person attendance OR Register for virtual attendance
Join us for an evening of poetry and performance art with Fargo Tbakhi and George Abraham! This event will showcase work from the local community, featuring work composed in George and Fargo’s Exploring Poetry through Performance Workshop. Thereafter, Fargo and George will perform, for the first time ever, an excerpt from their residency project: EVE — A Palestinian Necropastoral, a re-imagining of Milton’s Paradise Lost through the lens of Palestinian liberation.
This is a hybrid performance. In-person participants will attend at The Annex @ AANM and virtual participants will attend via online livestream. All AANM guests are required to show proof of full vaccination, remain masked, and fill out a health screening form upon check-in in order to attend this event.
For questions, e-mail Kathryn Grabowski at KGrabowski@accesscommunity.org.

Fargo Nissim Tbakhi is a queer Palestinian American performance artist and writer. He is the winner of the Ghassan Kanafani Resistance Arts Prize, a Pushcart and Best of the Net nominee, and a Taurus. He has received fellowships from Rhizome DC, VisArts, Desert Nights Rising Stars, Halcyon Arts Lab, Mosaic Theater, and RAWI. His writing appears in Foglifter, Mizna, Peach Mag, Apex Magazine, Strange Horizons, the Shallow Ends, Prolit, and select bags of Nomadic Grounds Coffee. His performance work has been programmed at OUTsider Fest, INTER-SECTION Solo Fest, the Rachel Corrie Foundation’s Shuruq Festival, the Alwun House Monster’s Ball, Mosaic Theater, and has been supported by the Arizona Commission on the Arts.
George Abraham is a Palestinian American poet, writer, and engineer who was born and raised on unceded Timucuan lands (Jacksonville, FL). His debut poetry collection Birthright (Button Poetry) won the Arab American Book Award and the Big Other Book Award, and was a Lambda Literary Award finalist. He is a board member for the Radius of Arab American Writers, and recipient of fellowships from The Boston Foundation, and Kundiman. His poetry and nonfiction have appeared in The Nation, The Paris Review, The American Poetry Review, Mizna, and elsewhere. A graduate of Swarthmore College and Harvard University, Abraham is currently a Litowitz MFA+MA Candidate in poetry at Northwestern University.

Palestinian Holiday Feast: Cooking Class at the Pantry
2021-12-18 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Holiday tables around the globe are packed with soulful dishes, friends, family, and traditions. Come to class and let NADIA TOMMALIEH share the light and warmth of the holidays in Palestine around our table. On the menu: dajaj mahshi (whole Cornish hens stuffed with “Hashweh” seasoned rice and ground meat and garnished with an assortments of fried nuts); fattoush (vegetable and herb salad with toasted pita and pomegranate molasses dressing) khiar bil laban (cucumber, mint and yogurt sauce); and shamandar bil tahini (roasted beets with walnuts in Tahini sauce).

We are excited to welcome you into our space and would like to remind you of our covid policy. For the safety and comfort of our staff, guests, and their loved ones at home, we are requiring proof of vaccination and ID to attend in-person events in our space. Please make sure you and your guests know to bring either their vaccination card or a photo of their card as well as their ID. All guests will be required to wear a mask during instruction regardless of vaccination status. If you have had symptoms of covid or if you have been in close contact with someone with covid in the past 14 days, you will need a negative covid test to attend class. If you are sick, please stay home. Thank you for your help keeping each other and our staff safe!

Exploring Poetry through Performance Workshop with George Abraham and Fargo Tbakhi
2021-12-15 15:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
6 p.m. ET Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021
Exploring Poetry through Performance Workshop with George Abraham and Fargo Tbakhi
In-person at AANM Russell J. Ebeid Library & Resource Center OR virtual via Zoom
Purchase in-person tickets
Museum Members: $12
General Public: $15
Students: $10
OR register for FREE virtual attendance
Although performance strategies and techniques are not often taught within mainstream poetry spaces, they can offer unique modes of inspiration and revision for poets. This workshop will explore poets who use performance in dynamic ways, learning practical techniques and exercises for animating poems with performance.
Open to writers at all levels – we just ask that participants come with a piece they have already drafted and would like to expand with performance exercises. Participating writers will have the opportunity to perform their work at EVE — A Poetry Performance Project by Fargo Tbakhi and George Abraham on Saturday, Dec. 18 at 7 p.m. ET.
This is a hybrid workshop. In-person participants will attend at the AANM Library and virtual participants will attend via Zoom. All AANM guests are required to show proof of full vaccination, remain masked, and fill out a health screening form upon check-in in order to attend this event.
For questions, e-mail Kathryn Grabowski at KGrabowski@accesscommunity.org.

Fargo Nissim Tbakhi is a queer Palestinian American performance artist and writer. He is the winner of the Ghassan Kanafani Resistance Arts Prize, a Pushcart and Best of the Net nominee, and a Taurus. He has received fellowships from Rhizome DC, VisArts, Desert Nights Rising Stars, Halcyon Arts Lab, Mosaic Theater, and RAWI. His writing appears in Foglifter, Mizna, Peach Mag, Apex Magazine, Strange Horizons, the Shallow Ends, Prolit, and select bags of Nomadic Grounds Coffee. His performance work has been programmed at OUTsider Fest, INTER-SECTION Solo Fest, the Rachel Corrie Foundation’s Shuruq Festival, the Alwun House Monster’s Ball, Mosaic Theater, and has been supported by the Arizona Commission on the Arts.
George Abraham is a Palestinian American poet, writer, and engineer who was born and raised on unceded Timucuan lands (Jacksonville, FL). His debut poetry collection Birthright (Button Poetry) won the Arab American Book Award and the Big Other Book Award, and was a Lambda Literary Award finalist. He is a board member for the Radius of Arab American Writers, and recipient of fellowships from The Boston Foundation, and Kundiman. His poetry and nonfiction have appeared in The Nation, The Paris Review, The American Poetry Review, Mizna, and elsewhere. A graduate of Swarthmore College and Harvard University, Abraham is currently a Litowitz MFA+MA Candidate in poetry at Northwestern University.

Freedom Film Series #5: To Treat Kids Like Me (Virtual)
2021-12-12 11:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
“To Treat Kids Like Me:” Dec 12 screening & discussion, sponsored by Donkeysaddle Projects

About this event

With severe medicine shortages and an overstretched health care system in Gaza, children in need of medical treatments can only find them outside the strip. Yet Israel’s convoluted, arbitrary permit process leaves them waiting in pain, often missing life-saving care. To Treat Kids Like Me (produced by Donkeysaddle Projects and +972 Magazine) follows the family of Mohamed Saleh and several other children in the Gaza Strip as they navigate the often Kafqaesqe process of getting permission from the Israeli army to leave the besieged strip for medical treatments that are unavailable there.
The 5th offering in DSP’s Freedom Film Series will be followed by a discussion with filmmaker Jen Marlowe and special guests:

Ghada Majadli: Director of the Physicians for Human Rights-Israel department for Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT); featured in To Treat Kids Like Me.
Mohamed Lafi: Public health professional working for the World Health Organization in the OPT, with a focus on access to health care for patients who need to seek care outside the OPT.
Fadi Abu Shammalah: Manager of Donkeysaddle’s Palestine Grassroots Distribution Project; has been DSP’s on-the-ground support for Mohamad Salah (who is featured in To Treat Kids Like Me)
Miranda Cleland: Communications Manager for Defense for Children International-Palestine (DCIP). DCIP documents cases like Mohamed’s where Israeli forces kill or injure Palestinian children.

Tickets by donation. 50% of ticket proceeds go to Palestine Grassroots Distribution Project, including Mohamad Salah’s medical care.
Co-sponsored by Just Vision & Defense for Children International-Palestine

InFocus: Arab Cinema (2021)
2021-12-10 - 2021-12-11
We are proud to join NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA) and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) as partners for this year’s virtual edition of the annual NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA) Film Festival InFocus: Middle Eastern, Arab & Dutch Cinema program. The weekend will feature an international lineup of films by talented emerging filmmakers across three short film programs. The event will include virtual screenings, filmmaker Q&A’s and industry panels.
More details and programming information to come.

Human Rights in Palestine: An ongoing struggle for peace with justice
2021-12-08 06:00 - 09:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
We are working with the Rotary Peace Fellows Alumni to co-sponsor an important interactive webinar on the ongoing struggle for peace with justice in Palestine. We invite you to join us on Wednesday, December 8. You can register HERE!

As part of International Human Rights week, the Rotary Peace Fellows Alumni Asian group presents this insightful panel raising the voices and personal experience of Rotarians and Rotary Peace Fellows working for an end to occupation and peace with justice in Palestine/Israel, Wednesday, December 8 at 9:00 am EST, 4:00 pm CEST and MENA, 9:00 pm/21:00 Thailand time.
This interactive webinar will focus on a broad range of peace building and organizing for change including environmental justice in Western Asia as a key to peace and sustainability; importance of diversity and inclusion of Palestinian voices in media and technology for advocacy and change; peace building and nonviolent action initiatives involving Palestinian women, youth and refugee camp residents; and anti-militarism and nonviolent resistance to Israeli occupation and Palestinian oppression involving Israeli Jewish activists.
This will be a 90-minute program with time for comments and questions from participants and an announcement of the launch of a new independent Rotary Peace Fellow Alumni human rights action group and a statement of support for Palestinian human rights for the Rotary community to support and sign onto.
Moderator and Panelists:

Katherine Hughes-Fraitekh is a specialist in the Middle East in Palestine/Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Gulf States and Yemen. With more than 30 years’ experience in over 70 countries world-wide, Katherine is an expert for peacebuilding, confict transformation, human rights, and nonviolent action and organizing. She has held leadership positions in many human rights and peace and justice organizations including Peace Brigades International-USA, International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, and Solidarity 2020 and Beyond. She is also a board member of DAY-Africa, Kenya, and a Rotary Peace Fellow from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand.

Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh is founder and volunteer director of the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability (PIBS) at Bethlehem University. A 2020 laureate of the Paul K. Feyerabend Foundation award (which acknowledges and encourages remarkable accomplishments that represent a true source of inspiration), and the 2019 recipient of the Takreem award that honors Arab leading accomplishments (for environmental work). He has published numerous scientific papers, book chapters, and several books on topics ranging from cultural heritage to human rights to biodi- versity conservation to cancer. He serves on the board of a number of Palestinian youth and service organizations and oversees many projects related to sustainability of human and natural communi- ties. Qumsiyeh is a member of the Rotary Club of Bethlehem Palestine and the Organizing Committee of Solidarity 2020 and Beyond.
Reem Ghunaim, is a global citizen originally from Tulkarm, Palestine. She is a sought-after public speaker and consultant and is a Positive Peace Activator and a Global Peace Index Ambassador for the Institute for Economics and Peace. Reem started in Rotary as a Rotaractor in Ramallah, Palestine and later earned her master’s degree in City and Regional Planning and a certificate in International Peace and Confict Resolution through a Rotary Peace Fellowship at Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Center. As the immediate past Executive Director for the Rotary Action Group for Peace based in Portland, Oregon, Reem is the recipient of the 2021 Global Peace and Humanitarian Award that recognizes her transformative work and leadership. Reem is a Rotary Peace fellow from University of North Carolina and is currently leading her own company at the Founder Institute.
Suheir Freitekh is originally from Nablus and currently based in Ramallah, Palestine. She is strongly committed to peace and development exemplifed by her ongoing commitment to research and study in the eld as well as her work on peace initiatives and projects with INGOs (International Crisis Group and others) and with Palestinian NGO’s and government entities. Suheir earned a MA in Peace and Confict Resolution from a European University and is completing her second master’s degree in development and nonviolent organizing and action at the University of Haifa. She is currently a Rotary Peace Fellow at Chulalongkorn University in Thailand, working on her social change initiative to empower women in Palestine through nontraditional careers and economic security.
Sahar Vardi is an Israeli anti-militarist and human rights activist from Jerusalem. Sahar led the Israel program for the American Friends Service Committee for ten years, where she founded the Database of Israeli military and Security Export (https://dimse.info/). Prior to this, Sahar worked with the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, ICAHD, founded by Jeff Halper and New Profle. Sahar was involved in a protective presence/accompaniment program in the South Hebron Hills in the West Bank and is involved in grassroots anti-occupation activism in Jerusalem and throughout the Palestinian West Bank. She is a Rotary Peace Fellow at the University of Bradford in the UK.

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