ArabishWay

Falasteen in the Valley
2025-10-24 - 2025-10-25 | TBA
Unapologetically Palestinian. Unshakably steadfast.
SAVE THE DATE:
Falasteen in the Valley: A Benefit Festival | Oct 24-25 | Leavenworth, WA
Last year, hundreds gathered with us in solidarity in Leavenworth and raised over $7,000. This year, we rise even higher.
This year we are thrilled to partner with @yahalaseattle and @palestineforeverfest – Ya Hala will be hosting a special community space at the festival to foster an intimate and familiar sense of home for those who know Palestine and the Levant. It is a new and engaging experience for those less familiar, and all are welcome.
Join us Oct. 24-25 in Leavenworth, WA for a weekend of music, dance, poetry, and art that turns cultural expression into defiance, resistance, and resilience.
Friday: Festival kick-off headline concert by @ramzi_aburedwan & Dalouna Ensemble w/@adwanmoneim + guest performance by @hanadykader
Saturday: Dabke, poetry, global + local musicians, and a headline performance by oud virtuoso @clarissabitar
Why come?
Because art is resistance. Community is strength.
Proceeds support aid for Gaza + music education for Palestinian youth, and support of displaced Gazan musicians and their families.
Join us where joy is defiance & solidarity is the rhythm of the tableh beneath our skin.
Follow @houseofsumoud for more details, event updates and ticket announcements NEXT WEEK!
Book your stay and accommodations in the Wenatchee Valley, or if you’re joining as a valley community member, bring your friends, family, and colleagues to help us rally our community around Palestine!

The Jordanian Table: Mansaf
2025-10-23 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-10-22 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-10-09 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-10-08 18:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | the Pantry, 1417 NW 70th Street, Seattle, WA, 98117
Join Nadia Tommalieh for a journey into the heart of Jordanian hospitality through its most iconic dish. In this class, you’ll explore the cultural roots and rituals surrounding mansaf as you learn to prepare it, from slowly braising lamb shanksin a rich, tangy sauce made from jameed (dried yogurt) to serving the lamb over turmeric- and ghee-scented rice, nestled on top of shrak, a delicate Bedouin flatbread. To complete your Jordanian table you’ll prepare galayet bandoura(sautéed ripe tomatoes with garlic, olive oil, and chili, served with crispy pita chips); zaiytoon (green olives marinated in lemon, jalapeño, turmeric, and olive oil); mkhalel left (bright pink pickled turnips in brine); and, for dessert, awameh(light, crispy dough balls soaked in orange blossom syrup and sprinkled with crushed pistachios).

وقت القصة باللغة العربية / Arabic Story Time - KCLS (online)
2025-10-23 17:00 - 17:30, 2025-10-16 17:00 - 17:30, 2025-10-09 17:00 - 17:30 | Virtual
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.

Dunya Productions presents Almonds Blossom in Deir Yassin
2025-10-23 - 2025-11-15 | Cherry Street Village, 720 25th Avenue, Seattle, WA, United States
A play written and directed by Hanna Eady
Preview shows October 23 & 24, 2025, 7:30 pm
Opening night Saturday, October 25, 2025, 7:30 pm
Dunya Productions at Cherry Street Village, 720 25th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122

Tickets and full details at Dunya Productions: Almonds Blossom in Deir Yassin
ALMONDS BLOSSOM IN DEIR YASSIN is a full-length play about four people with inextricable ties to the historical Palestinian village of Deir Yassin—the site of a massacre of Palestinian men, women, and children on April 9, 1948, by Zionist paramilitary troops. By 1951, Israel had established the Kfar Shaul Mental Health Center on the grounds of Deir Yassin.

This play delves into the theme of Palestinian collective memory at the location of the massacred Palestinian village Deir Yassin, now occupied by an Israeli mental institution.
Through its surreal narrative, its characters challenge the silence surrounding historical truths and the preservation of collective memory.

Thu. October 23rd 2025, 7:30 pm
Fri. October 24th 2025, 7:30 pm
Sat. October 25th 2025, 7:30 pm
Wed. October 29th 2025, 7:30 pm
Thu. October 30th 2025, 7:30 pm
Fri. October 31st 2025, 7:30 pm
Sat. November 1st 2025, 7:30 pm
Wed. November 5th 2025, 7:30 pm
Thu. November 6th 2025, 7:30 pm
Fri. November 7th 2025, 7:30 pm
Sat. November 8th 2025, 7:30 pm
Wed. November 12th 2025, 7:30 pm
Thu. November 13th 2025, 7:30 pm
Fri. November 14th 2025, 7:30 pm
Sat. November 15th 2025, 7:30 pm

Rainbow Story Time (online) w/ Lindz Amer
2025-10-22 11:30 - 12:00, 2025-10-15 11:30 - 12:00, 2025-10-08 11:30 - 12:00 | Virtual
Join Lindz Amer, the award-winning LGBTQ+ activist, author and co-host of the beloved indie web series, Queer Kid Stuff, for songs and stories that celebrate the LGBTQ+ community all-year-round.
All ages welcome with adult.
Please register:
https://kcls.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEvdOuqpzssGtC5XlvnFdvIAD2bwlBzP-RA

Lecture: The AI Con with Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna
2025-10-21 18:30 - 21:00 | Wyncote NW Forum, 1119 8th Ave (Entrance off Seneca St.), Seattle, WA, 98101
Is artificial intelligence on the brink of world domination? Have tech giants created autonomous thinking machines? Will AI render authors, artists, and other creatives obsolete? Are we entering an era where computers surpass humans in every way?
According to linguist Emily M. Bender and sociologist Alex Hanna, the answers to these questions are clear: no, they wish, LOL, and definitely not. What fuels these dramatic predictions is a phenomenon known as AI hype—a misleading narrative that distorts reality to serve corporate interests. Hype doesn’t just exaggerate; it justifies data exploitation, accelerates surveillance capitalism, and undermines human creativity by reducing skilled work to mechanical tasks.
Bender and Hanna provide essential tools to identify AI hype, break it down, and expose the underlying power plays it seeks to conceal.
Alex Hanna
Director of Research at the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR)
Alex Hanna is the Director of Research at the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR) and a sociologist whose work explores the data behind computational technologies and its role in deepening racial, gender, and class inequalities. She also studies social movements, focusing on anti-racist campus protests in the U.S. and Canada. Dr. Hanna holds degrees in computer science, mathematics, and sociology from Purdue University and earned her MS and PhD in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
She is the co-author of The AI Con (Harper, 2025), a critical examination of artificial intelligence and the hype surrounding it. Alongside linguist Emily M. Bender, she co-hosts Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000, a lively, incisive series on Twitch and podcast platforms that deconstructs AI industry narratives.
Dr. Hanna’s research has been published in top-tier social science journals, including Mobilization, American Behavioral Scientist, and Big Data & Society, as well as leading computer science conferences such as CSCW, FAccT, and NeurIPS. She serves as a Senior Fellow at the Center for Applied Transgender Studies and is an advisory board member for the Human Rights Data Analysis Group.
Recognized for her contributions, Dr. Hanna has received the Wisconsin Alumni Association’s Forward Award, been named to FastCompany’s Queer 50 list (2021, 2024), and featured on Business Insider’s AI Power List. She was also highlighted in the Cal Academy of Sciences New Science exhibit, which celebrates queer and trans scientists of color.

ZoZ presents: Rising Voices for Gaza: A Benefit Concert for Palestine
2025-10-21 17:00 - 22:00 | Black & Tan Hall, 5608 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, Washington, 98118
📅 Tuesday, October 21st, 2025
📍 Black & Tan Hall | 🎵 21+
🕔 Doors 5pm | Happy Hour 5-7pm | Main Show 7:30pm
In a world where the suffering in Gaza can feel overwhelming and distant, it’s easy to feel paralyzed. But here’s what we know: when community comes together with intention, we create ripples of real impact ✊
JOIN US as we transform helplessness into collective action. This benefit isn’t just about raising funds—it’s about standing together for what matters. 100% of proceeds directly support Gaza Soup Kitchen, providing essential meals and aid to families in Gaza who need it most.
ARTISTS WHO CARE, COMING TOGETHER:
HAPPY HOUR:
🎤 Deeanthony_goes, Gray Hurley & Yungg Bleeze – setting the tone with purpose
HEADLINERS UNITED FOR THE CAUSE:
🔥 Campana – bringing his genre-blending energy for resistance and hope
🔥 Gifted Gab – Seattle hip-hop force using her voice for justice
🔥 DJ Whodinii – born and raised in WA with Palestinian and Jordanian roots, sharing her heritage through SWANA/MENA sounds
🔥 Parisalexa – creating intimate moments that move hearts
🔥 Perry Porter – weaving social consciousness through powerful storytelling
JOIN US for an evening where caring doesn’t feel isolating—where your desire to help gets amplified by community.
Music becomes movement. Community brings impact. BE PART OF IT.
Tickets in bio 🔗
Can’t make it? Direct donations: @gazasoupkitchen
#VoicesRisingForGaza #ZoZExperience #GazaSoupKitchen#PartyForACause #ZoZPresents

وقت القصة باللغة العربية / Arabic Story Time - KCLS (Kent)
2025-10-19 16:00 - 17:00, 2025-10-12 16:00 - 17:00 | King County Library System – Kent, 212 2nd Ave N, Kent, WA, 98032, United States

Visions of Grief and Hope
2025-10-18 17:00 - 21:00 | Sparklebarn, 2611 NW Market St, Seattle, WA, 98107
Washington for Peace and Justice presents ‘Visions of Grief and Hope’, a showcase of art by Diana Fakhoury and Brady Black. Art, henna, music, stories, drinks by @yahalaseattle and more! The event starts at 5pm, I hope to see you there!!! Also if you haven’t checked out the venue, @sparklebarn is absolutely beautiful, you will love it 🇵🇸
Flyer cred: @ryanjgill_gillco

Movie: Severed with post-film presentations
2025-10-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Olympia Capitol Theater, 206 5th Avenue SE, Olympia, WA, 98501, United States
Marking 2 Years of Genocide in Gaza
& Disability Awareness Month
The film Severed is a call to witness, solidarity, and action. As the genocide in Gaza escalates, so does the mass disabling of Palestinians. Severed tells the story of Mohamad Saleh, a teenager from Gaza, who lost his home, family members, his best friends, and, at the age of 12, his leg in a series of Israeli assaults.
Join us for the film and for presentations by Dr. Mimi Syed, Lisa Suhair Majaj, and Nomy Lamm. Save the date and spread the word. Read more about the showing here.

Healing Under Occupation: Mutual Aid Webinar with Anar Palestine and Healing to Hope
2025-10-15 09:00 - 10:30 | Virtual
Join us for a webinar with Anar Palestine and Healing to Hope to learn about their mental health work: empowering Palestinian children and their caregivers, and supporting their healing to help them realize their full potential.

Join us for a webinar with Anar Palestine and Healing to Hope to learn about their mental health work: empowering Palestinian children and their caregivers, and supporting their healing to help them realize their full potential.

Palestinian Street Food Classics
2025-10-12 11:00 - 13:30 | Whisk, 10385 Main St, Bellevue, WA, 98004, United States
In this hands-on class we will explore some of the most popular street foods and staples of Palestine and other neighboring Levantine countries such as Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. Chef Hend Yahya will guide you through some of her cultural family favorites. Your culinary street food journey will begin with classic falafel bites brimming with spices and herbs and accompanied by a silky tahini sauce. Next you will create a light vegetable filled salad ( Fattoush) with fried pita croutons. Every street food experience must include Saj, an unleavened thin flatbread which you’ll use as a wrap for your chicken shawarma. Shawarma is bold spiced marinated meat which is grilled and sliced thin. You will complete your wrap with fresh cut vegetables and a zesty yogurt garlic sauce. Join Chef Hend for a culinary journey through the beautiful food culture of Palestine and the Middle East.

Falafel with Tahini Sauce (chef demos blending, students form and fry)
Saj (thin Flatbread)
Fattoush, Romain lettuce tossed with tomato, cucumber, radish, fried pita chips with a mint and sumac vinaigrette
Grilled Chicken Shawarma, Middle Eastern Pickles and Yogurt Garlic Sauce

Film "Half Moon" at Vancouver Film Festival
2025-10-11 18:00 - 20:00 | The Cinematheque (Vancouver), 1131 Howe St, Vancouver, BC, V6Z 2K8, Canada
The act of artistic creation can feel inadequate when trying to convey the tragedy of war, but for clarinettist and composer Kinan Azmeh, music is a way to bear that grief and break down the boundaries of emotional and cultural expression. A witness to lives lost and displaced in his home country of Syria, Azmeh questions what role he can play as an artist and musician in a face of global conflicts and violence.
Frank Scheffer’s introspective documentary follows Azmeh on his travels to New York, Amsterdam, and Palestine, where the artist’s soulful music and collaborative performances enrapture audiences through outpourings of emotional urgency. Half Moon: Kinan Azmeh is a profound and celebratory meditation on art’s ability to inspire different cultures and reshape solidarity, community, and hope in the world, even in dark times.

Potting for Palestine: A Palestinian Ceramics Workshop 🇵🇸
2025-10-11 17:00 - 20:00 | The Mud Room (Cashmere), 207 Mission Ave, Cashmere, WA
Join us on Saturday, October 11th at our studio on Cashmere, WA for a hands-on workshop co-hosted with @houseofsumoud.
In this immersive session, you’ll learn about the history and significance of traditional Palestinian pottery, explore unique glazing techniques, & create your own Palestinian-inspired plate or tray infused with a touch of Wenatchee Valley flair.
Please note: All final pieces will be displayed & sold at the 2025 Falasteen in the Valley Festival in Leavenworth, WA on October 25th. 100% of proceeds benefit humanitarian relief efforts in Gaza.
Come shape clay, share stories, & make art that carries meaning and impact.
Register here: https://thelocalmudroom.kilnfire.com/classes/potting-for-palestine-a

Community at Ya Hala
2025-10-10 18:00 - 21:00 | Suzanne Zahr, Art & Architecture, 2441 76th Ave SE, Ste 160, Mercer Island, WA, 98040, United States
Games, Music, Cafe
Remember, Ya Hala’s café and retail space is open to all
More details about each weekend’s events will drop on the Monday before. 👀

Symposium | Gender, Translation, and the Short Form in the Eurasian Periodical
2025-10-10 09:00 - 15:00 | University of Washington – Thomson Hall, 1911 Skagit Lane, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States
Literary modernity did not always appear in book form, but as a periodical! Throughout the 20th century, literary and cultural production across much of Central, Western, and South Asia reached readers through the pages of periodicals. These periodicals–newspapers, magazines, and journals–housed a variety of literary forms ranging from serialized novels, to poetry, to short stories, alongside advertisements, comics, and photography. This symposium features emerging literary scholarship that investigates short form fiction as it appears in the rhizomatic 20th century periodical, and its intersections with translation and gender. How does fiction move across and between languages in 20th century periodical cultures of Eurasia? What does an explicit and intentional consideration of gender in these translingual (and frequently transnational, or transhistorical) literary movements illuminate? In exploring such questions, this symposium foregrounds gender, translation, and the short form in the growing field of Periodical Studies, and brings together scholars working on texts from across Eurasia, in Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Hindi, Tamil, Russian, and Turkish
Thomson Hall : Rm 317

From Bellingham to Palestine: Two Day Festival
2025-10-10 - 2025-10-11 | Karate Church, 519 E Maple St, Bellingham, WA, 98225
Passes are on sale now:
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/cornerpocket
final show poster and details are included here, including qr codes for the companion local music comp (free with purchased pass). We will be benefiting these four amazing Gaza orgs and efforts:
Camp Breakerz Crew (Fri night)
@campsbreakerz
Gaza Skate Team (Sat night)
@gaza_skate_team
Gaza Circus School (Sat afternoon)
@gazacircus_school
Gaza Birds Singing (Sat morning)
@gazabirdssinging
Big thank you to @karatechurch for hosting, to @whatcomfamiliesforjustice and @wwudivestapartheid for partnering with us and the @loanndbehold and the @itsbellflower crew for helping organize – including @pfsdsgn for these awesome poster designs!!!
We could only tag 20 bands but there are ten more who are playing or who contributed to the compilation. So much love for everyone, including @offkilter0 @sainttreestreet @sheaisely @thestringlightsband@basementtuesdays @bellingham_bloom @iwillfightwithlions@thewyrds @schwupsband @gallowmaker @devin_champlin_@sunnflecks @boxcutterpnw @richcanut3

Arabian Dessert Shop
2025-10-09 11:00 - 13:30 | Whisk, 10385 Main St, Bellevue, WA, 98004, United States
Growing up, Chef Hend enjoyed eating many of the sweet treats of her heritage made by her family. In this hands-on class, Chef Hend Yahya will share with you her favorite Arabian desserts with a Fall twist. Think warm spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, clove and cardamom. She will teach you her techniques and tricks to making a swirled, buttery cookie filled with date paste seasoned with Fall spices. You will also learn to make a yeasted sweet, fluffy pancake stuffed with fresh apples and walnuts and soaked in a delicious cinnamon syrup, Chef Hend’s personal favorite! Last, but definitely not least, is a light, flavorful coconut cake made with semolina flour and topped with almonds. You will go home with plenty of desserts to share with family and friends.

Makrouta (Swirled, Buttery Cookie)
Atayef (Stuffed Pancake with Cinnamon Syrup)
Besbousa (Coconut Cake with Cardamom Syrup)

March For Gaza
2025-10-07 13:00 - 15:00 | Cascade Playground, 333 Pontius Ave N, Seattle, WA, 98109
This October 7, there is a strong coalition of Palestinian liberation focused organizations building as large of a collective march and action as we can with all who are united in ending the genocide. We will meet at Cascade Playground on Tuesday October 7th at 1PM to hold a march and vigil to let those in power know that we will not allow business to continue as usual while they profit from genocide. We need as many organizations and individuals to meet the moment by mobilizing their community, so share this post widely and make plans for taking time off work!

Film "Half Moon" at Vancouver Film Festival
2025-10-06 12:00 - 14:00 | Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas, 88 W Pender St 3rd floor, Vancouver, BC, V6B 6N9, Canada

Kids for Palestine (Olympia)
2025-10-05 13:30 - 15:00 | Woodruff Park, 1500 Harrison Ave NW, Olympia, WA, 98502
Gather with other families at Woodruff Park, in West Olympia (near the tennis and pickleball courts) every Sunday, 1-4 pm, to support Palestine through conversation and art in a kid-friendly event.

Arab Monthly Meet & Greet - Brunch, Networking & Culture
2025-10-05 12:00 - 15:00 | Qamaria Yemeni Coffee Co, 17585 Northeast 67th Court, Suite 100, Redmond, WA, 98052
Looking to connect with other Arabs in the area? Curious about the culture, or just want to enjoy a welcoming brunch with friendly faces? Join us for our Arab Monthly Meet & Greet — a relaxed, recurring event designed to bring our community together.
Each month we’ll gather over brunch to:
• Meet new people & network — build friendships, share ideas, and connect with professionals from across industries.
• Celebrate Arab culture — enjoy authentic flavors, music, and traditions in an inclusive, family-friendly atmosphere.
• Socialize & exchange stories — whether you’re new to the area or a longtime local, this is your space to belong.
This event is open to everyone interested in Arab culture — Arab and non-Arab, families, couples, and singles alike. Bring your appetite, your curiosity, and your best conversation starters. Let’s build a vibrant, supportive community together — one brunch at a time.
