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Virtual Event: Olga Tokarczuk and Jennifer Croft with Rabih Alameddine — The Books of Jacob
2022-02-19 10:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Third Place Books is proud to partner with Community Bookstore and the Transnational Literature Series at Brookline Booksmith to welcome Nobel Prize–winner Olga Tokarczuk and her translator Jennifer Croft for a discussion of their latest book, The Books of Jacob—the astonishing, 900-page volume from Poland’s most well-regarded novelist. Tokarczuk and Croft will be joined by Rabih Alameddine, National Book Award finalist and the author, most recently, of The Wrong End of the Telescope.
This event will be broadcast live on Brookline Booksmith’s Zoom platform. Registering will provide you with a unique access link in an email within 48 hours of the event. 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. Order a book-bundled ticket at the link below to received a signed bookplate by the author. Supply is limited.

Still Married presented by Just For Laughs Vancouver
2022-02-18 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Biltmore Cabaret, 755 Prince Edward St, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Event Info
19+ ONLY

*Limited seating available on a first come first service basis*
Doors 6:00 7:00 PM
The El-Salomons are a married Jewish-Palestinian lesbian comedy couple who after years of performing solo decided to add yet another challenge to their relationship: A duo act! Now they tell jokes about one another, in front each other. A sacrifice they make for the fans.

Arabic Chat Hour
2022-02-17 19:00 - 20:00, 2022-02-10 19:00 - 20:00, 2022-02-03 19:00 - 20:00, 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

Gaza 101 A mini-course in four parts: History, Politics, Culture & Economics: Part 2: History & Historical Significance of Gaza
2022-02-17 09:30 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Gaza 101 A mini-course in four parts: History, Politics, Culture & Economics

Discussions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the West all too often neglect to include Gaza and the voices of Palestinians there, seemingly because the situation is seen to be too overwhelming or challenging to take-on. This program will openly and honestly present the reality of the siege, the occupation, and political leadership as well as include ways participants can advocate with their elected officials to encourage U.S. policies that will help end the siege of Gaza and advance human rights and security for all.
This series is co-organized by Churches for Middle East Peace, Arab American Institute, and American Friends of Combatants for Peace. Each 90-minute session will present on one of the four aspects of Gaza:
1. History & Historical Significance
2. Politics
3. Culture
4. Economics
Part 2
The History & Historical Significance of Gaza
February 17
Moderated by Rev. Dr. Mae Elise Cannon, Executive Director, Churches for Middle East Peace
with Speakers TBA

Cooking Class: Mokabelat: Winter Mezze
2022-02-16 18:00 - 21:00, 2022-02-15 18:00 - 21:00, 2022-02-14 18:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | the Pantry, 1417 NW 70th Street, Seattle, WA, 98117
Mokabelat (small plates) pop up all across the Arab world, and they extend beyond the standard hummus and tabbouleh served at most restaurants. In this class, NADIA TOMMALIEH will show you how to transform local ingredients into Mokabelat that can be served as appetizers or as the centerpiece of an Arabic-style feast. You’ll learn how to layer flavors in musakhan (chicken with caramelized onions and sumac), accompanied by salatet maqali/hawader (roasted cauliflower, potato, and eggplant with tahini dressing), labneh bil joz (strained yogurt with walnuts and parsley); salatet jarjeer (arugula, onion, and pine nut salad in pomegranate dressing), and toum (garlic paste), that you can soak up with homemade koubez saj (flatbread).

Arabs friend’s Valentines 💖
2022-02-13 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Come enjoy hot chocolate and Molten cake with friends this Valentine’s Day. Couples are welcome if you want to spend the evening with friends 🤗

at: Hot Cakes Molten Chocolate Cakery
5427 Ballard Ave NW, Seattle, WA 98107
https://getyourhotcakes.com/

Gaza 101 A mini-course in four parts: History, Politics, Culture & Economics: Part 1: The Culture of Gaza
2022-02-10 09:30 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Gaza 101 A mini-course in four parts: History, Politics, Culture & Economics

February 10 @ 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm

Discussions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the West all too often neglect to include Gaza and the voices of Palestinians there, seemingly because the situation is seen to be too overwhelming or challenging to take-on. This program will openly and honestly present the reality of the siege, the occupation, and political leadership as well as include ways participants can advocate with their elected officials to encourage U.S. policies that will help end the siege of Gaza and advance human rights and security for all.
This series is co-organized by Churches for Middle East Peace, Arab American Institute, and American Friends of Combatants for Peace. Each 90-minute session will present on one of the four aspects of Gaza:
1. History & Historical Significance
2. Politics
3. Culture
4. Economics
Part 1
The Culture of Gaza
February 10

Moderated by Maya Berry, Executive Director, The Arab American Institute
with Alaa Hammouda and Omar Ghraieb

A streamed co-presentation of The Shroud Maker, a play by Ahmed Masoud
2022-02-10 - 2022-02-13
Dunya Productions is delighted to invite you to join us for a streamed co-presentation of The Shroud Maker, a play by Ahmed Masoud. A compelling black comedy, The Shroud Maker delves deep into the intimate life of ordinary Palestinians to weave a highly distinctive path through Palestine’s turbulent past and present.

Watch the streamed performance and then join a Zoom discussion with Ameer Makhoul, an activist, writer, and former political prisoner in an Israeli prison, who will join us from Palestine.

Your ticket will allow you to watch the streamed performance anytime from Thursday February 10 through Sunday February 13, plus join us on Saturday February 12 at 11amPacific Time for the special Zoom discussion with Ameer Makhoul.

Tickets and more information here! We will send video performance and Zoom discussion links to ticket-holders before February 10.

Produced in partnership with Medina Theater Collective and Dunya Productions.

Synopsis:
Hajja Souad, an 80-year old Palestinian woman living on the besieged Gaza Strip, knows about business. She has survived decades of wars and oppression by making shrouds for the dead. A compelling black comedy, The Shroud Maker delves deep into the intimate life of ordinary Palestinians to weave a highly distinctive path through Palestine’s turbulent past and present. Loosely based on a real-life character still living in Gaza, this one-woman comedy weaves comic fantasy and satire with true stories told first hand to the writer and offers a vivid portrait of Palestinian life in Gaza underscored with gallows humor.

Reviews:
“The mixture of comical yet painful words bring a unique balance of heartache and laughter to the dark satire of Masoud’s script, and the audience is left with tears in their eyes even as they try to laugh at Souad’s attitude”
-Middle East Monitor

“While the context of the performance adds an extra layer of tragedy, Masoud’s gallows humour is more than welcome”
-Ceasefire Magazine

“Pangs of pain and heartache accompany the dark satire of Masoud’s script, and the audience are left with tears in their eyes even as they try to laugh grimly to Hajja’s no-nonsense attitude. The final scene is met with a standing ovation, claps filling the studio which moments before trembled with anguish and heartbreak.”
-The New Arab

Tickets and information here!

Cooking Class: Palestinian Comfort Food
2022-02-08 18:00 - 21:00, 2022-01-26 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).

Dialogues on the Art of Arab Fashion: MESOPOTAMIA: The Art of Jewellery
2022-02-08 08:00 - 10:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Event Description: Dr Reem El Mutwalli in conversation with Hajer Ghani, Iraqi Jewellery Designer.
Hajer Ghani is an Iraqi jewelry designer who believes that jewellery is more than a mere accessory, but a work of art rich in history and significance. Every piece she creates always has a story behind it. Hajer began her journey by designing gold and silver jewellery inspired by the work of her father, the late Iraqi sculptor Mohammed Ghani Hekmat, also known as “Sheikh of Sculptors”, who in turn captured the Babylonian, Assyrian, and Sumerian civilizations of Iraq in his work. Hajer then moved on to design different types of jewellery inspired by the tales and history of Mesopotamia.

Date: 8th February 2022
Time: 11 am (NYC), 4 pm (London), 8 pm (Dubai)

Comedian Paul Elia at Laughs Comedy Club Seattle
2022-02-05 21:30 - 23:00, 2022-02-05 19:30 - 21:00, 2022-02-04 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Laughs Comedy Club, 5220 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States
Originally from Detroit, actor/comedian Paul Elia started his career as a stand-in for Michael Imperioli on the show Detroit 187. In 2010 he moved to Los Angeles, where he acted in films and television, including the shows Conan, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and Mixology. As a stand-up comic, Paul has toured and performed at festivals across the U.S. and abroad, and has opened up for comedians Dana Carvey, Jason Stuart, and Chris Kattan.

Cooking Class: Around the World - Small Plates with Big Tastes
2022-02-05 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.

Monthly Arab Hookah Meeting
2022-02-04 21:00 - 23:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Eye Hookah Lounge, 8074 Lake City Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98115, United States
Let’s meet for the best Arabic live music and hookah in town 🤗

Unpacking the ArteArchive Online Film Program: Four Films
2022-02-04 - 2022-02-13
This film series includes a cult-classic from the archives, an essay film exploring the nature of archiving, and three experiments in transmission: celluloid, CGI, and the mosalsalat. They are examples of imagining otherwise, in a region where feminist histories remain on the margins.

In South West Asia and North Africa, there are historical records of women’s cinema since the 1920s. However, a lack of state funding for archival projects, as well as factors such as conflict and war, mean that we often encounter these films only through written accounts. The films themselves are inaccessible, or more often damaged or lost.
Feminist history is subversive, and often excluded from mainstream historiographies. Since the 1970s, many women have made films about archiving practice, or their own cultural histories, which have been erased from popular imagination. In more recent times, digital technology has become a mode of reconstructing stories in the absence of archival material, as well as a tool to undertake more ambitious restoration projects.

THE NOUBA WOMEN OF MOUNT CHENOUA, Assia Djebar, Algeria,1977, 115 min, 35mm-to-digital.In Arabic and French w/ English subtitles

KHTOBTOGONE, Sara Sadik, France, 2021, 16 min, digital. In French w/ English subtitles.

A FEELING GREATER THAN LOVE / SHU’OUR AKBAR MIN AL HOB, Mary Jirmanus Saba, Lebanon, 2017, 99 min, digital. In Arabic w/ English subtitles.

GHARIBA, Meriem Bennani, Morocco/U.S., 2017, 19 min, digital. In Arabic w/ English subtitles

RSVP FOR ARCHIVE FEVER ONLINE SCREENING!

Co-presented by ArteEast and Anthology Film Archives, this series is part of the legacy program Unpacking the ArteArchive, which preserves and presents over 17 years of film and video programming by ArteEast. In addition to the in-person, theatrical screenings at Anthology Film Archives, the series will be presented on artearchive.org from February 4 -13. For more information, visit artearchive.org

Powell's Books Presents Simon Jacobs in Conversation With Mona Awad (Zoom)
2022-02-01 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Eerie, hypnotic, and shot through with dark comedy, Simon Jacobs’s String Follow (MCD x FSG) is a razor-sharp suburban Gothic that cuts deep, exposing the sweating, bleeding truth of how kids become adults in 21st-century America. In spellbinding, incisive prose, Jacobs blends the startlingly original and the uncannily familiar, revealing the dark chaos that lurks under the surface of Midwestern suburbia.

Jacobs will be joined in conversation by Mona Awad, author of All’s Well, Bunny, and 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl.

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Al-Bustan’s Arabic Course for Youth
2022-01-31
Register your student for Al-Bustan’s Arabic Course for Youth today! On Mondays and Thursadays from 6-7pm EST on Zoom, Instructor Issam Bougtoub teaches students Mondern Standard Arabic at the beginner level to youth in the 4th grade or above. Our course is capped at 10 students.
$200 for 10-weeks
10% discount for 2nd and 3rd siblings
Dates:
January 31
February 3, 7, 10, 14, 17, 21, 24, 28
March 3, 7, 20, 14, 17, 21, 24, 28, 31
April 4, 6
Issam Bougtoub
Issam Bougtoub graduated with an MS in Education from Saint Joseph’s University in 2014, after obtaining his Bachelors in the English Language from Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdallah University in Fes, Morocco. He has taught English and Arabic to students K-12 in both private and public school. He was an Arabic instructor with Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture in 2013 and has taught our remote course since the fall of 2020.

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

Hotter Than Egypt
2022-01-28 - 2022-02-20 | Act Theater, 700 Union Street, Seattle, WA, 98101, United States
ACT – A CONTEMPORARY THEATRE
in association with
MARIN THEATRE COMPANY
presents
Hotter Than Egypt
Dates: January 28-February 20, 2022
Run time: TBD
Location: Allen Theatre
ACT proudly presents Hotter than Egypt, its 50th world premiere by Core Company member and Seattle playwright Yussef El Guindi in a co-production with the Marin Theatre Company in California. Hotter than Egypt is a poignant play about personal revelation. Paul and Jean, an American couple, travel to Cairo for their 24th wedding anniversary. Long-dormant troubles within the marriage start to percolate, and their two Egyptian tour guides, newly engaged Maha and Seif, become drawn into the crisis. This dramedy set in the aftermath of the Egyptian revolution explores the uneven power dynamics between these Western tourists and the locals. Dreams and relationships are put to the test when old connections lead to new temptations. Hotter than Egypt, recently workshopped through the ACT Local program, is a vivid new work from the acclaimed author of Threesome, Ramayana, and People of the Book.

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
