ArabishWay

Global Groove with DJ Whodinii
2025-04-19 21:00 - 2025-04-20 00:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Rendezvous, 2322 2nd Ave, Seattle, Washington, 98121
Four years, countless nights of music, and an unstoppable dance floor, it’s time to celebrate!
Join us on Saturday, April 19th at The Rendezvous for a special anniversary edition featuring live performances and DJ sets
Live Performances:
Terror/Cactus – Psychedelic electro cumbia
Cuervo Cuervo – Hypnotic folk electronica
DJs:
Albina Cabrera – Modern Latin alternative
Whodinii – A journey through SWANA beats & Arab electronic
Rizoma – All-vinyl eclectic global set
Expect a night filled with Psychedelic Electro-Cumbia, Digital Folklore, Modern Latin Alternative, Arabic Sounds, Amapiano, Highlife, Afrobeat, and Afro-Latin rhythms to keep you moving all night long!
⏰ 9PM | 21+
📍 The Rendezvous, Seattle
📅 Saturday, April 19, 2024
🎟 $15 presale | $30 at the door (link in bio)
What started as a DJ residency at LoFi has grown into a thriving home for underground global sounds and diasporic celebration. Let’s make this anniversary one for the books!
Flyer by el maestro @luis.crono
#globalgrooveseattle #anniversary #dj #argentina #palestine#jordan #chile #party

Ya Hala Cafe and Retail Space: Fairuz and Coffee
2025-04-20 10:00 - 13:00, 2025-04-26 10:00 - 13:00 | Suzanne Zahr, Art & Architecture, 2441 76th Ave SE, Ste 160, Mercer Island, WA, 98040, United States
Remember, Ya Hala’s café and retail space is open to all on weekends this April, Fridays 5-9p, Saturdays and Sundays 10a-1p.
📣 IMPORTANT: Some events will require registration/RSVP so you can save a spot!
Take a look ahead at the calendar and then keep an eye out for links to sign up for specific events. You won’t want to miss out.
More details about each weekend’s events will drop on the Monday before. 👀

Ya Hala Cafe and Retail Space: Open Mic
2025-04-20 13:00 - 15:00 | Suzanne Zahr, Art & Architecture, 2441 76th Ave SE, Ste 160, Mercer Island, WA, 98040, United States

Jerusalem Street Food
2025-04-22 18:00 - 21:30, 2025-04-29 18:00 - 21:30 | the Pantry, 1417 NW 70th Street, Seattle, WA, 98117
Join Nadia Tommalieh on a culinary journey to the bustling markets of the ancient city of Jerusalem, where she’ll show you how to make iconic street foods that have been savored for generations. You’ll learn the rich cultural history behind these beloved recipes as you make freshly baked ka’ak al Quds (Jerusalem Sesame Bread) and qudsiyeh (creamy hummus with fava beans in a zesty citrus sauce). You’ll discover a twist on traditional favorites with falafel mahshi (falafel stuffed with caramelized onions and sumac) paired with tarator sauce; fattet hummus(seasoned chickpea stew with toasted bread and crunchy fried nuts). No Jerusalem street food experience would be complete without a side of traditional salatah Qudsiyeh, a salad of seasonal vegetables and herbs dressed in a jalapeno and tahini dressing.
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.

Aysenur Resolution Reading, Reception and Rally in Olympia
2025-04-23 09:30 - 14:00
Tomorrow’s the big day — we’d love to see you there!
Please don’t forget to RSVP at the link in bio.
We’re gathering at the Washington State Capitol to push for justice and accountability in her killing.
Here’s the plan:
🕤 9:30 AM – Grab a seat
House R Gallery, 4th floor (left side), Main Legislative Building – the big dome building
🔨 10:00 AM – House Gavel + Resolution Recognition
🥪 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM – Reception + Lunch
Senate Rules Room, Room 220, 2nd floor, Main Legislative Building – the big dome building
📣 1:00 PM – Press Conference + Rally
Capitol Steps
Join us in Olympia to learn about the fight for justice and accountability for our beloved Ayşenur, and how you can help.
See you at the Capitol!

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Words for Palestine
2025-04-24 16:00 - 17:15 | Virtual
Join our monthly online series “Words for Palestine” which aims to center and highlight Palestinian voices during this devastating time. Featured readers TBA.
“Words For Palestine” is co-sponsored by Al Nadwa Freethinking Society, Mizna, Palestine Writes and RAWI, and is free with RSVP. We encourage you to make a donation to support the work of Palestine Legal and Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF). Palestine Legal is an organization dedicated to protecting the civil and constitutional rights of people in the U.S. who speak out for Palestinian freedom. PCRF is the primary humanitarian organization in Palestine, providing crucial and life-saving relief and humanitarian aid in Gaza.
For questions, e-mail Rewa Zeinati at rzeinati@accesscommunity.org

Movie: The Teacher
2025-04-25 | Yakima Cinema, 1305 N 16th Ave, Yakima, WA, 98902
In this gripping drama by Oscar nominated and BAFTA winning director Farah Nabulsi (The Present), Palestinian schoolteacher Basem (Saleh Bakri) faces personal turmoil after a tragic incident involving his son. He finds solace in a deep bond with his student Adam and British social worker Lisa (Imogen Poots). Meanwhile, an American attorney and his wife push for the return of their son, an Israeli soldier held by a Palestinian resistance group, leading to tensions over a potential prisoner exchange. The intertwining stories highlight themes of empathy and conflict, culminating in a powerful narrative marked by unexpected twists.

Opens 4/25

Ya Hala Cafe and Retail Space
2025-04-25 17:00 - 21:00 | Suzanne Zahr, Art & Architecture, 2441 76th Ave SE, Ste 160, Mercer Island, WA, 98040, United States

Boycott War Profiteers
2025-04-26 10:00 - 12:00 | PCC-Central District, 2230 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122
Join Seattle DSA’s Boycott War Profiteers Campaign to make our communities apartheid free!

You can help by joining our table outside the Central District PCC. There, we will engage PCC workers and consumers to build momentum for our push to divest PCC of Israeli goods and protect the rights of PCC workers to express their solidarity with Palestine.
No experience is required, training will be provided on site and you will be paired with experienced volunteers!

4/26 Central District PCC Table
Start: Saturday, April 26, 2025•10:00 AM
End: Saturday, April 26, 2025•12:00 PM
Central District PCC• 2230 E Union St, Seattle, WA 98122 US

Ya Hala Cafe and Retail Space: Hakawati
2025-04-26 13:00 - 15:00 | Suzanne Zahr, Art & Architecture, 2441 76th Ave SE, Ste 160, Mercer Island, WA, 98040, United States

Souk Seattle
2025-04-26 13:00 - 19:00 | The 101, 101 S Jackson St, Seattle, WA, 98104
🧿 Yalla, we’re ready to bring back the good vibes!
Excited to announce that our next SOUK is set for Saturday April 26th!
After the incredible turnout at our first market with over 700 attendees, we are now going BIGGER with a much larger venue where we can host more artists, performances and members of our community! And as always, we will be raising funds for charity.
🏺Interested in participating as a vendor? Applications (link in bio) are open until March 31st.

Boycott Chevron!
2025-04-26 14:00 - 16:00 | Chevron Station – Aurora, 15510 Aurora Ave N, Shoreline, WA
Choose one and join us! We would love to meet you and build this movement together. Show up to picket Chevron, raise awareness about their complicity in genocide and apartheid, pressure Safeway to stop purchasing fuel from Chevron, and encourage people to #BoycottChevron gas stations! You can also sign and share the letter at http://bit.ly/boycottchevron

Theater: One Family in Gaza
2025-04-26 16:00 - 17:30 | Gray Coast Guildhall, 11 Old Church Road, Quilcene, WA, 98376
An original play by Crystal Zevon
Based on texts from Yasser in Gaza
In November 2023, Crystal Zevon, a longtime activist for Palestine, began a text conversation with a young 33 year old Palestinian man in Gaza. Yasser is a civil engineer, a husband and the father of three young children under the age of seven. For more than a year, and continuing, Yasser and Crystal have exchanged texts, photos and videos on almost a daily basis. These unedited texts create the basis for telling the poignant, terrifying, and sometimes joyful story of one family’s struggle to survive through a genocide. Yasser’s texts are juxtaposed against news items of corresponding dates, and the thoughts and feelings of someone living in comfort and safety oceans away.
One Family in Gaza is a play about simply that – One Family in Gaza .
The objective for creating this play is three-fold:

To offer a play that is profound in its reliance on the truths disclosed through a relationship grounded in the reality of two distant and distinct realities, yet a play so simple that anyone can perform it anywhere – from a dining room table reading to a staged performance.

To humanize Palestinians by creating a relationship with one family whose loves, fears, hopes and dreams are not unlike yours.

To motivate those who see the play to continue the discussion, to delve beneath the media’s glossing over of a genocide and take action to expose it.
It is through identification with the basic human truths revealed in the daily life of one family that we can and must create change.

More information to come (please check website)

Cadence 2025 – my more-than-me [Hybrid event]
2025-04-26 16:00 - 17:30 | Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, 2, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Tapping into the collective unconscious, this showcase excavates shared knowledge buried just below the surface. These films remind us that the roots of humanity and nature are intertwined. When pavement erases habitat and the evolutionary thread is lost, we can weave poetry into a home, recombine scattered lines, and dream possible futures.
*There is a Palestinian film maker included! – Come out and support!

Lal Nas (For The People) – A Celebration of MENA Music & Culture
2025-04-26 21:00 - 2025-04-27 00:30 | Black & Tan Hall, 5608 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, Washington, 98118
Join us for a night that’s all about community and culture filled with live music and DJ sets! We are excited to bring the sounds of the Middle East and North Africa to you here in Seattle! With live music performances from the talented Naseem band and DJ sets from mansaf mama and whodinii keeping the energy high. Lal Nas is a celebration for the culture and the people!
A portion of proceeds will go towards Zaytoon UW helping incoming students from Gaza that will be attending UW in the fall, so come through, enjoy the music, and be part of something meaningful. Yalla we’ll see you there!
Date: Saturday April 26th
Time: 9p-12:30a
Location: Black & Tan Hall (5608 Rainier Ave S)

More info to come! Check here for updates:
https://www.instagram.com/who.dinii/

Ya Hala Cafe and Retail Space: Arab Heritage Month Event + Activities
2025-04-27 10:00 - 14:00 | Suzanne Zahr, Art & Architecture, 2441 76th Ave SE, Ste 160, Mercer Island, WA, 98040, United States

Seattle Arab Film Club: monthly screening
2025-04-30 | Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, 2, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
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SAFF is thrilled to bring you The Arab Film Club, a monthly screening of contemporary and classic Arab cinema in Seattle starting April.
Screenings will take place on the last Wednesday of the month at the @nwfilmforum.
Arabic Calligraphy by @mortada_gzar
#Seattle #capitolhill #nwff #SAFF2025 #ArabFilmClub#ArabCinema

From Egypt to Palestine: Celebrating Arab Heritage in Teaching
2025-04-30 16:00 - 17:00 | Virtual
NCTE members are invited to join English Language Arts Teacher Educators (ELATE) and Hannah Moushabeck and Dr. Sawsan Jaber in celebration of National Arab American Heritage Month. This enriching event will uplift Arab literature and culture, with a particular focus on Palestine.
Moushabeck and Jaber will share their personal stories, expertise, and practical strategies for how teacher educators and K–12 classroom teachers can integrate Arab and Palestinian literature and culture into teacher education spaces and K–12 ELA classrooms.
Participants will

learn about the history, culture, and texts of Arab regions in the world, with a particular emphasis on Palestine;
gain practical strategies for integrating Arab and Palestinian literature and culture into educational settings; and
access booklists across K–12 and college settings to expand their text sets and to support the inclusion of Arab literature and culture in their curricula.

Special opportunities for attendees:

Book Giveaway: Attendees can enter to win a book from Interlink Publishers.
Resource Packet: All attendees will receive a curated booklist and teaching resources to support the inclusion of Palestinian literature and culture in their curricula.

This is a members-only event, and registration is required (but it’s free to join). Contact profdev@ncte.org with any questions.

Movie: Bye Bye Tiberius
2025-04-30 19:00 - 21:00 | Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, 2, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
“Bye Bye Tiberias,” a documentary by Lina Soualem, explores the lives of four generations of Palestinian women and their experience with displacement, legacy, and memory. The film follows Hiam Abbass, an actress who left her Palestinian village for a career in Europe, as she returns with her daughter, Lina Soualem, to examine her family’s history and the impact of exile on their lives. The documentary weaves together present-day interviews, family footage, and historical archives to trace the story of Palestinian women and their enduring bonds.

وقت القصة باللغة العربية / Arabic Story Time - KCLS
2025-05-01 17:00 - 17:30 | Virtual
Description

وقت القصة باللغة العربية
انضموا إلينا للاستماع إلى القصص و الأناشيد باللغة العربية لتطوير مهارات القراءة المبكرة لأطفالكم. سنستمتع أيضا باللعب والمرح، وتكوين صداقات جديدة.
.جميع الأعمار مرحب بها برفقة الكبار
تتوفر ترتيبات تيسيرية ملائمة للأشخاص ذوي الإعاقة عند الطلب عبر البريد الإلكتروني access@kcls.org قبل سبعة أيام على الأقل من الحدث. و أيضا تتوفر التسميات التوضيحية التلقائية دائمًا للأحداث عبر الإنترنت

Enjoy stories, music, movement and rhymes in Arabic that develop your child’s early literacy skills, then stay to play, have fun and make new friends.
All ages welcome with adult.
Reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities is available by request. Email access@kcls.org at least seven days before the event. Automated closed captioning is always available for online events.

Arabic English Language Exchange Meetup: Chatting and Games at Lune Cafe
2025-05-01 18:30 - 20:30 | Lune Cafe, Lune Cafe 107 1st Ave S, Seattle, WA, 98104
Details:
أهلا يا جماعه
هنلتقي في Lune Cafe ونتكلم بالعربي او انجليزي وممكن نلعب حاجه كمان. هاجيب معايا مواضيع للنقاش وطوله وألعاب كروت وممكن تجيبوا ألعابكو كمان
نرحب بكل اللهجات العربيه والمستويات الإنكليزيه
We’ll meet at Lune Cafe for some chatting in Arabic/English and possibly some games. I’ll bring conversation starters and games but feel free to bring your own!
All dialects and English levels welcome!
Come join us, all dialects welcome!

Chef Hend Yahya at Whisk: Macarons
2025-05-02 11:00 - 13:30 | Whisk, 10385 Main St, Bellevue, WA, 98004, United States
This class features one shell and two seasonal fillings:
– Classic Almond Shells
– Strawberry Shortcake Filling
– Cream Cheese Buttercream

The world of macaron varieties is seemingly never ending. Both the classic almond meringue shell and filling can be flavored and tinted to create an array of tastes, textures and colors. In this hands-on class, Chef Hend Yahyawill teach you how to make the classic French-meringue macaron shell, which is naturally gluten free, and two different fillings.
You will sample your macarons in class and have plenty to take home to wow your family and friends!

Movie: The Encampments
2025-05-02 16:00 - 17:30 | The Beacon, 4405 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, WA, 98118, United States
THE ENCAMPMENTS follows student organizers at some of the world’s most prestigious universities as they take a historic stand against their institutions’ investments in the ongoing genocide in Gaza, igniting one of the largest student movements in history which continues to have far-reaching effects on US and world policies today.
Filmed on the ground and in real-time as these events were unfolding, THE ENCAMPMENTS features detained student activist Mahmoud Khalil and takes viewers inside America’s student uprising with incredible intimacy and urgency. Professors, whistleblowers from inside Ivy League administrations, and student activists shed light on a moment that captivated the nation’s attention and continues to make headlines today.
“What makes THE ENCAMPMENTS artistically triumphant is its sense of contemporary and historical detail, owed to both footage shot by the filmmakers, as well as by the protesters themselves. In the process, co-directors Kei Pritsker and Michael T. Workman craft a work of cinema that’s as rigorously journalistic in its arguments as it is nakedly sentimental.” – IndieWire
“This is more than a student protest—it’s a generational struggle for justice. Students have always led the charge for justice, from the sit-ins of the Civil Rights Movement to the campus protests against South African apartheid. The encampments that started at Columbia are part of that legacy, inspiring millions of people around the world. The film ensures the students in US and Gaza are heard, their actions are remembered, and the fight for Palestinian liberation continues.” – Macklemore
“Khalil remains detained at an ICE facility in Louisiana amid a legal battle to prevent his deportation from the U.S. after the Trump administration ordered his removal… The legal challenge to Khalil might ultimately come down to the Supreme Court, which would decide how far the secretary of state can determine whether a permanent resident can be removed for speech.” – Axios

Movie: No Other Land: SIFF
2025-05-02 16:30 - 18:30 | SIFF Cinema Uptown, 511 Queen Anne Ave N,, Seattle, WA, 98109, United States
For half a decade, Basel Adra, a Palestinian activist, films his community of Masafer Yatta being destroyed by Israel’s occupation, as he builds an unlikely alliance with an Israeli journalist who wants to join his fight.

Director:Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor
Country:Palestine, Norway
Running Time:95 min.
Producer:Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning
Cinematographers:Rachel Szor
Editors:Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor
Music:Julius Pollux Rothlaender
Language:Arabic, Hebrew, English
US Distributor:Cintetic Handling
International Sales:Autlook

TICKETS
Other showtimes:

FRIDAY, MAY 2, 2025, SIFF Cinema Uptown

7:30 PM

SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2025, SIFF Cinema Uptown

1:30 PM4:30 PM7:30 PM

SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2025, SIFF Cinema Uptown

2:00 PM7:30 PM

MONDAY, MAY 5, 2025, SIFF Cinema Uptown

4:30 PM7:30 PM

WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2025, SIFF Cinema Uptown

4:30 PM

THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2025, SIFF Cinema Uptown

4:30 PM

FRIDAY, MAY 9, 2025, SIFF Cinema Uptown

4:30 PM7:30 PM

SATURDAY, MAY 10, 2025, SIFF Cinema Uptown

1:30 PM4:30 PM7:30 PM

SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2025, SIFF Cinema Uptown

4:30 PM7:30 PM

Movie: The Teacher
2025-05-02 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-05-02 19:10 - 21:00 | Cententa Films, 3800 Finnerty Road University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, V8P 5C2, Canada
The title character is Basem El-Saleh (Saleh Bakri), a divorced man who teaches in a school on the West Bank where most of his male students have already spent time in Israeli detention centers. Two of those students, Yacoub and Adam, are brothers, with Yacoub a brawny type who doesn’t do well in school and Adam his studious younger brother. They come home one day after school to find that their house is being demolished by the Israelis, who then present them with a bill and threaten to throw them in jail if they can’t pay… “The Teacher” is charged, angry and incredulous about the injustices and indignities visited upon Palestinians there; it’s an effective polemic that views the situation through a variety of characters from a single perspective. Nabulsi struggles to hold it all together at times, but she hasn’t lost her ability to tell a big story through smaller individual journeys. And while her movie flirts with happier resolutions, it’s not interested in hanging on to false hopes for long. – The Wrap

Ya Hala Cafe and Retail Space: T'faddlu Game Night
2025-05-02 17:00 - 21:00 | Suzanne Zahr, Art & Architecture, 2441 76th Ave SE, Ste 160, Mercer Island, WA, 98040, United States
Game Night
Music
Cafe
Remember, Ya Hala’s café and retail space is open to all
📣 IMPORTANT: Some events will require registration/RSVP so you can save a spot!
Take a look ahead at the calendar and then keep an eye out for links to sign up for specific events. You won’t want to miss out.
More details about each weekend’s events will drop on the Monday before. 👀

Movie: Leila and the Wolves at the Beacon
2025-05-02 19:00 - 21:00 | The Beacon, 4405 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, WA, 98118, United States
Forty years ago, this landmark film by Lebanese director Heiny Srour (THE HOUR OF LIBERATION HAS ARRIVED) centred the less visible stories and histories of women’s resistance in Lebanon and Palestine through an audacious feminist rewriting. Now re-emerging in a new restoration, LEILA AND THE WOLVES revolves around the eponymous Leila (Nabila Zeitouni), a London-based Lebanese woman who, in pondering her future within the limits of the patriarchal imagination, begins to question the long-hidden roles that women have had in Arab history, including how they entwine with the Palestinian resistance movement.
A photography exhibition, organised by a male friend and chronicling the Palestinian struggle, intrigues Leila further. When she questions why there are only photographs of men, he responds casually that women simply weren’t present. Leila’s visceral rejection of this response sets her on a time-travelling journey from the early 1900s to the 1980s, as well as into her own future – or what it will be like if she merely accepts women’s lack of historical agency.
LEILA AND THE WOLVES weaves together fictional drama, memory, myth and archival footage (from sources ranging from the films of Palestinian director Mai Masri to the archives of UNRWA and the Imperial War Museum) to conjure images of active, activist and defiant women – a restitution of sorts, which reverberates around the world. In an interview from 2020, the filmmaker says: “Nowadays, LEILA is travelling the world again, more relevant than ever; my unconscious and the collective unconscious of the women of the Middle East spoke together throughout the extreme conditions of making this film.”
“Heiny Srour’s LEILA AND THE WOLVES is a film of monumental resolve and ambition, determined to address the contradictions within the anti-colonial struggle. With a single actress playing multiple characters in different historical moments, the film dispenses with teleological linearity to emphasize the recurrence of oppression and the consequent need for constant and multifarious opposition. Its restored relevance is not only thematic but methodological: here’s a film that defiantly disregards any moralist binary of good versus evil, us versus them, to champion the immense and composite task that is liberation from all shackles, wherever and whomever we are.” – Celluloid Liberation Front
