Movie: Photo Booth
2024-06-16 16:30 - 18:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, 2, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
In this split-screen opera-documentary about boycott activism, two Palestinian brothers plot with novelist Jean Genet in Jericho to sabotage the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. Their method? Secure the collaboration of Buddy and Pedro, Toronto’s famous naked gay singing penguins. Photo Booth weaves together diverse doc, opera, and video art scenes, blending humour and song to explore the politics of boycott, staged in a surreal landscape of megaphones and photo booths, twelve-tone and split-screen, frisbees and teargas, Gaga and Gaza, solidarity and silence…

Also showing:

Sun Jun 16, 7.30pm PDT

Movie: Photo Booth
2024-06-16 19:30 - 21:30 | Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, 2, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
In this split-screen opera-documentary about boycott activism, two Palestinian brothers plot with novelist Jean Genet in Jericho to sabotage the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. Their method? Secure the collaboration of Buddy and Pedro, Toronto’s famous naked gay singing penguins. Photo Booth weaves together diverse doc, opera, and video art scenes, blending humour and song to explore the politics of boycott, staged in a surreal landscape of megaphones and photo booths, twelve-tone and split-screen, frisbees and teargas, Gaga and Gaza, solidarity and silence…

Cinema: Celebrate Pride: Arab Love
2024-06-17 - 2024-06-30 | Virtual
Arab Love is AFMI’s annual program focused on sharing the stories of the LGBTQ+ Arab community around the world.
This year’s selection of short films explores the complicated nature of gender and sexuality in relationships, and the pressure young queer people experience across the Arab world to act a role that is in inauthentic to their true selves.
Films included:

Ya Benti by Anissa Allali
Sahbety (My Girl Friend) by Kawthar Younis
Cousins by Karina Dandashi
Conditional Desire by Houcem Slouli
Eitr by Fateema Al-Hamaydeh Miller

Available online starting today, June 17th, through June 30th. Pay what you can to get access.
Please note that this program is only available in the USA.
Psst: looking for more films to watch? Check out our updated list of Queer Arab Films to watch during Pride month.

Whisk Cooking Class: Street Foods of the World
2024-06-17 18:00 - 20:30 | Whisk, 10385 Main St, Bellevue, WA, 98004, United States
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 and enjoy street foods from

Morocco – Chermoula Chicken
West Africa – Spicy Peanut-Dusted Beef Skewers
Japan – Okonomiyaki – Seafood Pancakes
Mexico – Alambres, Steak and Bacon Tacos with Salsa Verde

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

In Translation Book Club: Slipping, by Mohamed Kheir
2024-06-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Virtual
The In Translation Book Club meets in person at our Seward Park location on the third Tuesday of every month virtually and the fourth Tuesday in person at Seward Park to discuss translated books from around the globe.

Learn more about this book club.

June:

Slipping (Paperback)

By Mohamed Kheir, Robin Moger (Translator)
$16.95

Rainbow Story Time (online) w/ Lindz Amer
2024-06-19 11:30 - 12:00, 2024-06-26 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

Movie Screening: Where Olive Trees Weep
2024-06-20 17:00 - 19:00 | Central – Seattle Public Library, 1000 Fourth Avenue, Seattle, WA, 98104, United States
“It’s been a difficult year for our organization as many of you are seeing live streams on your phones everyday. We are finding community where we can and hope to find community with y’all as we host a free screening of Where Olive Trees Weep.”#whereolivetreesweep#CeaseFireNow #PalestinianLiberation#grief #indigenous #healing #trauma#authenticity #intergenerational#solidarity

Palestine Talks Teach-in Series: It's Not About Religion
2024-06-20 18:00 - 19:30 | Vibe Coworks, 19225 8th Ave NE #201, Poulsbo, WA, 98370
This is a series, occurring everything 3rd Thursday of the month until elections, ending with a Palestinian feast on December 5th. Each month is a different topic with different panel speakers, with the throughline being what is happening in Palestine.

Through knowledge sharing, panel discussions, and interactive audience discussions, participants engage in critical dialogue and community building, empowering themselves and others to become informed advocates and agents of change. Palestine Talks | Teach-in Series serve as a strategy for raising awareness, promoting education, and mobilizing action for Palestinian liberation.
Accessibility info: Large parking lot, with accessible parking. There are stairs and an elevator. Presentation with slides, and caption video recording of event available afterwards. There are snacks and water available, and “accessible bathrooms.”
Details about each month’s topic, registration link, and event organizer info can be found here: https://www.kccoalition.org/
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Peace Vigils [Olympia]
2024-06-21 16:30 - 18:00, 2024-06-28 16:30 - 18:00 | Percival Landing, 217 Thurston Ave NW, Olympia, WA, 98501
4:30-6:00 PM
Percival Landing in Downtown Olympia
4th &Water Street

Join us every Friday in downtown Olympia as we continue to gather to call for a ceasefire in Gaza, an end to occupation, saving Gaza’s children, and for peace.

Thanks to the Olympia Fellowship Of Reconciliation for supporting and joining our efforts to demand a permanent peace in Gaza. Thank you to everyone for continuing to respect the peaceful and welcoming atmosphere that the Olympia Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) has maintained at these weekly vigils for so many years.

Arabic Storytime @ Lake City Branch / وقت القصص بالعربية في فرع ليك سيتي
2024-06-22 10:30 - 11:30, 2024-06-29 10:30 - 11:30 | Lake City – Seattle Public Library, 12501 28th Ave. N.E., Seattle, Washington, 98125, United States
At storytime, children from birth through elementary school and their families can enjoy stories, songs, and fun learning activities.
Event in English and Arabic.

Vigil at the Democratic Convention
2024-06-23 08:00 - 16:00 | Meydenbauer Center, 11100 NE 6th St, Bellevue, WA, Bellevue, WA, 98004
During the convention, state delegates will be voting on critical resolutions. Our specific goal is to encourage and inform the delegates and the public as to what concretely can be done that day to curtail the continuing death and destruction in Gaza, i.e. to vote affirmatively on the resolutions supporting Palestine. IfNotNow will be working closely with the “ceasefire” delegates toward that goal.
There will be outreach, music, speakers, and reading the names of the children killed by Israeli military forces in Gaza.

In Translation Book Club: Slipping, by Mohamed Kheir
2024-06-25 19:00 - 21:00 | Third Place Books – Seward Park, 5041 Wilson Ave S, Seattle, WA, 98118, United States

Eyewitness: Live In Ramallah
2024-06-26 09:00 - 10:00 | Virtual
We will be taken around the beautiful city of Ramallah on a Virtual Delegation by Palestinian Artist, Wafa Hourani. Hourani’s work can be found here: https://www.wafahourani.com/.

Arab Tabla with Susu Pampanin (Technique and Middle Eastern Rhythms)
2024-06-26 18:00 - 19:00 | Englewood Christian Church, 511 North 44th Avenue, Yakima, WA, 98908
The Summer Culture Project is offering classes in drumming and dance from master instructors free of charge.
June 24th-Cajon with Luciana Proano (Technique and Peruvian Rhythms)
June 25th-Indian Tabla with Jaspal Singh (Beginning Technique)
June 26th-Arab Tabla with Susu Pampanin (Technique and Middle Eastern Rhythms)
June 27th-Maori Haka with Camille Wilson (Ceremonial Dance and Culture)
All classes are held at Englewood Christian Church. For more information about the classes and instructors or to register go to www.englewoodchristianchurch.com

Ferris Jabr at Town Hall
2024-06-26 19:30 - 20:30 | The Forum at Town Hall, 1119 8th Ave (Entrance off Seneca St.), Seattle, 98101, United States
Ferris Jabr visits Town Hall to explore the question: How much of our own planet do we actually understand? One of humanity’s oldest beliefs is that our world is alive. Though once ridiculed by some scientists, the idea of Earth as a vast interconnected living system has gained acceptance in recent decades.

Purchase tickets here.

In Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life, Jabr examines the connections between life and geology through the many ways that living creatures, including our own species, have transformed the atmosphere, oceans, and continents throughout the planet’s history. Becoming Earth explores ecosystems, discussing plants, weather, animal engineering, the microscopic and the microbial. Additionally, Jabr scrutinizes the human impact on Earth, noting the ways that people have altered existence through fossil fuel consumption, agriculture, and pollution.
Drawing on recent scientific insights, the book reexamines the ancient idea that Earth itself is alive and investigates how this holistic perspective can help us restore longstanding ecological rhythms and possibly mitigate some of the worst outcomes of the climate crisis. From an experimental nature reserve in remote Siberia, to the heart of the Amazon rainforest, to a gold mine-turned-research lab a mile below the Earth’s surface, Jabr invites readers to journey around the world to better understand our planet and our role in it.

Ferris Jabr is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine. He has also written for The New Yorker, Harper’s, The Atlantic, National Geographic, and Scientific American. He is the recipient of a Whiting Foundation Creative Nonfiction Grant and fellowships from UC Berkeley and MIT. His work has been anthologized in several editions of Best American Science and Nature Writing. Ferris Jabr lives in Portland, Oregon, with his husband, Ryan, their dog, Jack, and more plants than they can count.

Targeted Truth: The Assault on Palestinian Journalists
2024-06-27 09:00 - 11:00 | Virtual
Join us on Thursday, June 27 at 12 p.m. EST / 7 p.m. Jerusalem for a special panel: “Targeted Truth: The Assault on Palestinian Journalists,” which highlights the work of +972 magazine.

For the last eight months, +972 Magazine has been bringing vital and critical perspectives and lesser-heard voices from Palestine/Israel and beyond. The magazine has been consistently covering Israel’s targeting of Palestinian journalists and has been working to amplify Palestinian voices from the ground to counter the efforts to erase them.

Moderated by +972 Magazine’s editor-in-chief, Ghousoon Bisharat, the event will bring views and analysis from:

Mahmoud Mushtaha, a journalist and human rights activist from Gaza City, currently living in Cairo.
Mohammed R. Mhawish, a journalist and writer from Gaza City, currently living in Cairo, and a contributor to the book “A Land With A People — Palestinians and Jews Confront Zionism.”
Fatima AbdulKarim, a journalist based in Ramallah.
Shuruq As’ad, a journalist and media trainer with more than 30 years of experience, and the spokesperson of the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate.
Abd Elkader Abd Elhalim, a reporter and social media content writer at Radio Nas, a radio station based in Nazareth.

Comedian Sammy Obeid
2024-06-28 19:15 - 20:45, 2024-06-28 21:45 - 23:15, 2024-06-29 17:00 - 18:30, 2024-06-29 20:00 - 21:30, 2024-06-29 22:15 - 23:45 | Laughs Comedy Club, 5220 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States
Lebanese-Palestinian American, born in Oakland California, Sammy Obeid double majored in Business and Mathematics at UC Berkeley and then turned down a job at Google to be a comedian.

Virtual Movie Screenings: "Catastrophe of Gaza" directed by Iyad AbuRok
2024-06-29 09:00 - 11:00 | Virtual
Click here to register for this event.

Screening will start at 12:00 Noon US EDT; 19:00 Palestine, 18:00 Europe, 17:00 London; Running Time 17 minutes, 2024, English with Arabic subtitles. The film screening will be followed by discussions with audience,
About the Film
“Catastrophe of Gaza” is a documentary that chronicles the Palestinian reality from the Nakba of 1948 to the present day, highlighting the crimes and atrocities committed against the Palestinian people.

Cherry Street Village: Summer Clean Up
2024-06-29 10:00 - 15:00 | Cherry Street Village, 720 25th Avenue, Seattle, WA, United States
Join us in preserving history and community spirit at Cherry Street Village! This historic building, pivotal to Seattle’s Muslim and Jewish communities, is a hub for peace, justice, celebration, and culture in Seattle’s Central District. Help us give it the TLC it deserves this summer!
Clean up dates: June 29th, July 20th, and August 17th, 10am-3pm. Join the WhatsApp chat to get involved and see you there!

Baladna: Outdoor Community Gathering
2024-06-29 16:00 - 20:00 | Tibbetts Valley Park, 965 12th Ave. N.W., Issaquah, WA, 98027
We will be hosting our first Outdoor Community Gathering ☀️
⚽️ A community gathering including food, activities for children, and more! ⚽️
We hope to see everyone there 🤍🕊️🇵🇸

Bothell Bannering for Palestine
2024-06-30 11:00 - 13:00 | Brickyard Road Park and Ride, 15530 Juanita Woodinville Way NE, Bothell, WA, 98011
What: Every Sunday, same time. Freeway bannering for Palestine. Bring your flags, signs, kuffiyehs and your voices. We meet at the Brickyard park and ride and then banner on the overpass/Bridge.

Accessibility notes: “After parking in the park n ride you have to walk up to the bridge we are standing on. It’s a very easy walk to the overpass. We stand on a sidewalk and it’s easy access for wheelchairs and people can bring a chair to sit if needed. People can call me at 425-499-1925 if they need help.”

For more info: see Instagram @austita29 or email the organizer tapia.tabitha@yahoo.com

March for Sudan
2024-06-30 12:30 - 15:30 | Contact Host for Location Details
March for Sudan at Green Lake, Seattle, WA, USA (map)

The racist mainstream media refuses to cover the devastating conditions of Sudan. Stand in solidarity on June 30 at 12:30 pm, at GREEN LAKE, to amplify the demands of the Sudanese that have been tirelessly protesting since 2019 for a civilian-led democratic government, international accountability, and humanitarian aid.

More info: @nile.collective on Instagram
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Bombino w/ Publish the Quest and other guests at Nectar Lounge
2024-07-03 19:00 - 21:00 | Nectar Lounge, 412 N 36th St, Seattle, WA, 98103, United States
Four thousand years of living in a hostile environment taught the Tuareg that the will to survive with dignity intact is stronger than any external threat. Bombino puts that sentiment to music, writes its anthem, and gives it a life of its own. He is known as being emblematic of the next generation of Tuareg, a new voice of the Sahara and Sahel, fusing traditional Berber rhythms with the energy of rock and roll and songs about peace. After years of drought, rebellion, and tyranny, Bombino extols his audience to remember who they are, but also realize who they can be.
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Bombino’s life and travels have exposed him to the problems facing his people. He has taken on the mission of helping the Tuareg community achieve equal rights, peace, maintain their rich cultural heritage and promote education. He is an advocate for teaching children the Tuareg language of Tamasheq, the local Haoussa language as well as French and Arabic, all of which he speaks fluently. “We fought for our rights,” remarks Bombino, “but we have seen that guns are not the solution. We need to change our system. Our children must go to school and learn about their Tuareg identity.”
