ArabishWay

Pasadena Library discussion of The Moor’s Account
2021-02-11 17:00 - 18:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
Authors & Their Journeys: Laila Lalami
Author Laila Lalami will discuss her novel The Moor’s Account and share her journey writing it.

Presented in Zoom • Sign up here, and a link to join will be sent to you.

This event is sponsored by The Friends of the Pasadena Public Library

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Lalami was born in Rabat and educated in Morocco, Great Britain, and the United States. She is the author of four novels, including The Moor’s Account, which won the American Book Award, the Arab-American Book Award, the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction. Her most recent novel, The Other Americans, was a national bestseller and a finalist for the Kirkus Prize and the National Book Award in Fiction. Her essays and criticism have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, The Nation, Harper’s, the Guardian, and the New York Times. She has received fellowships from the British Council, the Fulbright Program, and the Guggenheim Foundation and is currently a full professor of creative writing at the University of California at Riverside. She lives in Los Angeles. Her new book, a work of nonfiction called Conditional Citizens, was published by Pantheon in September 2020.

Reflection Session: Alert! with Andrea Assaf
2021-02-09 16:00 - 17:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
FREE with RSVP
Reflection Sessions are live, interactive, online events led by Arab American theatre artist and AANM artist-in-residence Andrea Assaf, on the second Tuesday of each month this year, leading up to the 20th anniversary of 9/11. Each session is grounded in a performance excerpt from Eleven Reflections on September*, with special guest artists who share their work, and engage in a “back stage” conversation about the themes of the month.
This February session will feature the poem Alert! by Andrea Assaf, and explore themes of surveillance, Islamophobia and drone technology in the post-9/11 era. Special guest announcement coming soon!
For questions, e-mail Kathryn Grabowski, Curator of Public Programs at kgrabowski@accesscommunity.org
*Eleven Reflections on September is a poetry/spoken word, multimedia performance on Arab American experience, Wars on/of Terror, and “the constant, quiet rain of death amidst beauty” that each autumn brings in a post-9/11 world. The annual witnessing of autumn leaves becomes a metaphor for the fallen. This trans-disciplinary project includes performances with interactive media design and live music; community dialogues; visual arts exhibits; open mics, panels and opportunities for action through partnerships with peace organizations. In 2021, this project will be re-created as a large-scale, community-based, devised performance directed by Andrea Assaf, engaging Middle Eastern/North African (MENA) and Muslim American artists and allies in San Antonio, Texas, commissioned by The Carver.

Visit Gaza City with Eyewitness Palestine
2021-02-09 09:00 - 10:30, 2021-02-07 09:00 - 10:30, 2021-02-04 11:00 - 12:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
Spend FEBRUARY in the Old City of Gaza
on a Virtual Delegation
with your Guide, Mohammed Rafik

Co-sponsored by We Are Not Numbers
Choose between one of the following four tours:
February 4th, 7th, 9th, 17th, or 20th
(Dates for this series have had to be postponed from January to February, due to the closures and school schedule changes in Gaza because of COVID-19.)
For this Virtual Delegation, our guide is Mohammed Rafik, a young writer and blogger from We Are Not Numbers. He will take you on a tour around Gaza City, where many of the oldest historical places lie in the Gaza Strip and firmly show Palestinians’ historical connection and right to this land.

You will be introduced to places like the Al Basha Palace, the Great Al Omari Mosque, and the Church of Saint Porphyrius. During the walk around, Mohammed will provide you with some interesting historical information about how these places were constructed and what they mean to the Palestinians in Gaza. We will also walk with Mohammed in the streets of Gaza’s old city and learn more about the people living there.

The Falafel Stand: Cooking Class
2021-02-07 17:00 - 19:30, 2021-02-01 17:00 - 19:30 UTC | the Pantry, 1417 NW 70th Street, Seattle, WA, 98117
In this class NADIA TOMMALIEH will teach you how to make pita sandwiches that will have you convinced you’ve traveled to the Mediterranean to eat them. You’ll learn about the history of the region as she shows you how to get the perfect puff on your homemade khubez (pita bread), and how to achieve flavorful, crispy, falafel every time. You’ll top your piping hot sandwiches with tarator (tahini garlic sauce), tatbeeleh (jalapeno lemon sauce), and tomato cucumber salad.
This is a live, hands-on cooking class held in your kitchen via Zoom. Class is meant to be as interactive as it would be at our table, with the instructor teaching you how to prepare each recipe. Each class ticket is for one kitchen, and we welcome group cooking on the same screen. To learn more about how class will go visit our FAQ PAGE.

You can find Nadia’s work on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/nadiatommalieh

Moorish Splendors - Online Art Workshop
2021-02-06 11:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
The Alhambra Palace is a remarkable work of architecture adorned with tiled geometric mosaics, biomorphic carving and calligraphy. Learn how to construct a geometric pattern using a compass and ruler and paint with watercolor.
Workshop includes illustrated handouts with step-by-step instructions and recording of class.
REGISTER HERE $35

Amina Quraishi is an artist and art educator based in Seattle, Washington. Her work is inspired by the beauty of traditional Islamic art and nature. She received an Honors Bachelors of Science majoring in Psychology and an Advanced Diploma in Art & Art History at the University of Toronto. With the focus mostly on European art movements she began to wonder what about art in other parts of the world. Going back to her roots as a Muslim, she felt a personal connection to the rich cultural and artistic history of the Islamic lands. She began studying and practicing Islamic art and architecture using traditional tools.
Amina has been teaching Islamic art since 2017. She hopes by sharing her love and fascination of Islamic art will work towards awareness and inclusion in art education.

Egyptian Rule and Canaanite Resistance as Seen from Jaffa: ARCE Lecture
2021-02-04 11:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
The excavations of the Egyptian New Kingdom fortress in Jaffa, on the southern side of Tel Aviv were undertaken from 1956 to 2014. It was the only Egyptian fortress excavated in Canaan. Its archaeological record, particularly the evidence from several dramatic destructions, provides a unique perspective on Egyptian rule and local resistance to it from ca. 1460 to 1125 B.C. The archaeological evidence, taken together with textual sources, yields a picture of Canaanite resistance to the Egyptian military presence in Jaffa. This originated in centers located throughout the coastal plain and persisted for several centuries. This talk is drawn from excavations directed by the author and undertaken by the Jaffa Cultural Heritage Project between 2011 and 2014. Dr. Aaron Burke is the Kershaw Chair of Ancient Eastern Mediterranean Studies at UCLA.

Reconstruction, Reconsidered: Belonging and Urban Contestation In Mogadishu's 'Building Boom'
2021-02-03 12:00 - 13:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
Despite a remarkable post-war building boom and returning diaspora, Somalia’s capital city remains contested. Ballooning property values and the refurbishment of public and private spaces continue to embody the politics of urban belonging, memory and violence of the past three decades.

Surer Mohamed is a David and Elaine Potter Cambridge Trust Scholar and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellow at the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge.

Additional co-sponsor: Department of History

Mayor: On Demand via SIFF
2021-02-01 - 2021-02-07
Mayor is a real-life political saga following Musa Hadid, the Christian mayor of Ramallah, during his second term in office. His immediate goals: repave the sidewalks, attract more tourism, and plan the city’s Christmas celebrations. His ultimate mission: to end the occupation of Palestine. Rich with detailed observation and a surprising amount of humor, Mayor offers a portrait of dignity amidst the madness and absurdity of endless occupation while posing a question: how do you run a city when you don’t have a country?

YEAR
2020

RUNTIME
89 mins

LANGUAGE
English, Arabic

COUNTRY
United States, United Kingdom

RATING
NR

Notturno: Streaming at NWFF
2021-02-01 - 2021-02-07
From the Oscar-nominated director of Fire at Sea, this lyrical tour-de-force captures the peoples and places ravaged along the borders between Syria, Iraq, Kurdistan, and Lebanon. Italy’s Oscars 2021 Best International Feature Film Submission. Includes special pre-recorded conversation with director Gianfranco Rosi and Alejandro González Iñárritu.

Connect Arab America: Empowerment Summit
2021-02-01 - 2021-02-05
Join the Arab America Foundation as we salute and empower Arab American unity and identity with discussions from exciting speakers in public service, cultural institutions, business innovators, influencers, and performances by exciting artists from the U.S. at this year’s first annual Connect Arab America: Empowerment Summit, February 1-5, 2021.

The primary purpose of the summit is to connect, educate, and empower Arab Americans by bringing inspiring and successful Arab Americans to present the best of Arab America.

The Connect Arab America: Empowerment Summit will run virtually on Zoom, February 1-5, 2021 Monday-Friday, from
7-8 pm ET with networking to follow each evening from 8-8:30 pm, ET.

REGISTER HERE!

As a marginalized community, Arab Americans are becoming more active politically in municipal, regional, state, and all levels of politics. This panel will meet some of the public officials that are making a difference in their respective communities.

the Pantry Sunday Supper: Classic Kofta with Nadia Tommalieh
2021-01-31 16:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Whatever your Sunday traditions may be, let cooking with your loved ones be a part of it! Our Sunday Supper series aims to get your whole household cooking together, whipping up a comforting meal to be shared at your table. “Sawani” is the Arabic word for trays, and refers to many kinds of baked trays of comfort food found across the Arab world. In this class NADIA TOMMALIEH will teach you about her family’s favorite sawani: Kofta! You’ll learn how to mix and form kofta for kofta bil bandora (baked lamb and beef patties with potatoes and tomato sauce) with ruz bil she’iryeh (vermicelli rice). We will finish with muhalabia bil bortokal (layered milk and orange pudding) for dessert.
This is a live, hands-on cooking class held in your kitchen via Zoom. Class is meant to be as interactive as it would be at our table, with the instructor teaching you how to prepare each recipe. Each class ticket is for one kitchen, and we welcome group cooking on the same screen. All recipes are designed for four servings.

Prevention and the Vaccine - Urgent Covid 19 Information
2021-01-31 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
PREVENTION and the VACCINE

URGENT COVID-19 INFORMATION
QUESTIONS and ANSWERS with EXPERTS

SUNDAY JANUARY 31, 4 PM

The American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee-ADC Southern California invites you
to learn about common misconceptions about COVID-19, how to keep you and your family safe, and how to help end the pandemic.
Pass this along, especially to Arabic speakers. Everyone is welcome!
Conducted in English with translations and summaries in Arabic.

Dr. Souhail Toubia and Dr. Raed Al-Naser will offer the latest information on the vaccines and vigilance in prevention behavior. We are looking forward to your attendance.
Please spread widely, especially to Arabic speakers.

ADC SoCal is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: COVID-19 PREVENTION and the VACCINE in English & Arabic
Time: Jan 31, 2021 04:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting This Sunday at 4PM:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85156704102?pwd=[REDACTED]

Celebration of Life: A Tribute to Michel Merhej and Bassam Saba
2021-01-31 11:00 - 12:15 (America/Los_Angeles)
Join us for a Celebration of Life honoring the lives and achievements Michel Merhej (1928-2020) and Bassam Saba (1958-2020), master musicians and faculty members of the Arabic Music Retreat. Both lost their lives to COVID-19 in 2020. Simon Shaheen is curating the program to salute and honor them both. The event will be on-line on Zoom.
The event will take place at 2:00PM Eastern Daylight Time (New York time).

Please RSVP for the Zoom event using this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/161…/WN_LDe4wMJTS4-jRL1fpS1JNw

Photo credits: Bassam Saba photo by Hanan Debwania (2016). Michel Merhej photo by Eric Crawford (2019)
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To Palestine With Love - The poetry and art of Najwa Kawar Farah
2021-01-31 09:00 - 10:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
A reading of poems and a review of artwork by Palestinian writer, poet, and artist Najwa Kawar Farah, followed by audience discussion
Najwa Kawar Farah is a Palestinian writer who has contributed to Palestinian and Arabicliterature for several decades. The bulk of her publications are short stories, novels and poems. Najwa was born in Nazareth and lived in Haifa until 1965, and then in two West Bank cities, Jerusalem and Ramallah. Najwa also lived in Lebanon, the UK and Canada. She passed away in Canada in 2015.
Najwa’s life experiences in Palestine and the Middle East, provided her with the political, historical, and socio-cultural milieu from which she drew and developed her characters.
Most of her protagonists are Palestinians, mainly ’ordinary’ people especially refugees uprooted from their homes and homeland, who seek answers to their individual and collective historical predicament. Many of these protagonists are resilient women, who in addition to their political oppression encounter social discrimination. Her stories and novels come in eleven collections in Arabic. A number of these have been translated into English.
About the Readers/Moderators
Zeina Azzam is a Palestinian American poet, writer, editor, and community activist. Currently she works as publications editor at the think tank, Arab Center Washington DC. Her chapbook, Bayna Bayna, In-Between, will be published by The Poetry Box in 2021. Zeina’s poems appear/will appear in Pleiades, Passager, Sukoon Magazine, Mizna, Cordite Poetry Review, Beltway Poetry Quarterly, Barzakh: A Literary Magazine, Infinite Rust, Heartwood Literary Magazine, Lunch Ticket, The Fourth River, Split This Rock, Voice Male, and the edited volumes Tales from Six Feet Apart (2021),Bettering American Poetry (2019), Making Mirrors: Writing/Righting by and for Refugees (2019), The Poeming Pigeon (2017), Write Like You’re Alive 2017, Gaza Unsilenced (2015), and Yellow as Turmeric, Fragrant as Cloves (2008). She volunteers for organizations that promote Palestinian rights and the civil rights of vulnerable communities in Alexandria, Virginia, where she lives, and is a mentor for We Are Not Numbers, a writing program for youth in Gaza. Zeina holds an M.A. in Arabic literature from Georgetown University, an M.A. in sociology from George Mason University, and a B.A. in psychology from Vassar College.
Sahar Mustafah
Sahar Mustafah is the daughter of Palestinian immigrants, an inheritance she explores in her fiction. Her first novel The Beauty of Your Face (W.W. Norton, 2020) was named a 2020 Notable Book and Editor’s Choice by New York Times Book Review, a Los Angeles Times United We Read selection, one of Marie Claire Magazine’s 2020 Best Fiction by Women, and a Great Group Reads for National Reading Group Month. It was long-listed for the Center for Fiction 2020 First Novel Prize, and was a finalist for Chicago Writers Association Best Book of the Year award and the Chicago Review of Books award. Her short story collection Code of the West was the winner of the 2016 Willow Books Fiction Award. Her stories have earned a Distinguished Story citation from Best American Short Stories 2016, First Place in Fiction from the Guild Literary Complex of Chicago, and three Pushcart Prize nominations, among other honors. Mustafah earned her MFA from Columbia College Chicago where she was the recipient of the David Friedman Award for Best Fiction. She writes and teaches outside of Chicago.

Virtual Arabic: Meetup
2021-01-30 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Join us for a chat and maybe a game. I was thinking we could play codenames (https://codenames.game/). The words will be in english (unfortunately it doesn’t support arabic yet) but you can give “spoken” hints which we can give in arabic out loud.
No pressure if you just want to spectate/chat.

Samarkand Rosettes - Online Art Workshop
2021-01-30 11:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Samarkand is one of the oldest cities in Central Asia. Learn to draw and a 10-fold geometric rosette with beautiful biomorphic patterns.

Workshop includes illustrated handouts with step-by-step instructions and recording of class.
REGISTER HERE $35

Amina Quraishi is an artist and art educator based in Seattle, Washington. Her work is inspired by the beauty of traditional Islamic art and nature. She received an Honors Bachelors of Science majoring in Psychology and an Advanced Diploma in Art & Art History at the University of Toronto. With the focus mostly on European art movements she began to wonder what about art in other parts of the world. Going back to her roots as a Muslim, she felt a personal connection to the rich cultural and artistic history of the Islamic lands. She began studying and practicing Islamic art and architecture using traditional tools.
Amina has been teaching Islamic art since 2017. She hopes by sharing her love and fascination of Islamic art will work towards awareness and inclusion in art education.

Movie: Jenin, Jenin - Live Stream
2021-01-30 09:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
To register for this event please click here.
To view the film trailer please click here.
The screening of the film will be followed by Q&A discussion with film Director Mohammad Bakri.
About the Film
Muhammad Bakri’s film “Jenin, Jenin” caused a storm in Israel and even made it to the Supreme Court (which made a decision banning its release).
The film deals with the events of Jenin in April 2002, when the Israeli Army invaded the West Bank town and the refugee camp as part of the so-called “Operation Defensive Shield.”
Palestinians as well as human rights groups accuse Israel of war crimes committed during the siege and invasion of the Palestinian refugee camp in April 2002. “Jenin Jenin” demonstrates the extent of Israeli oppression and terror and the effects they have left behind.

Share a Language: Arabic - Virtual Event via Tinley Park Public Library
2021-01-30 08:00 - 08:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
Event by Tinley Park Public Library

Online: us02web.zoom.us

Saturday, January 30, 2021 at 8 AM PST – 8:30 AM PST

Tickets
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_V0muwOBIRuWGySEnf_w-1Q

Public · Anyone on or off Facebook

Ages 3-8 years with adult(s): Enrich your day by joining this storytime offered by a native speaker of Arabic. Signup required through Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/reg…/WN_iilYKUo9Sl-WqomUgA2umQ

Smithsonian Sampler Series: Tatreez
2021-01-29 12:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
For generations, Palestinian women have gathered with their daughters to work collectively on embroidery projects, bonding with one another over a cup of tea. Guided by Wafa Ghnaim, who began her training in embroidery with her mother at age 2, learn the basic Palestinian cross-stitch and how to create a tatreez sampler, using a standard size sheet of Aida cloth fabric and one that can incorporate numerous patterns and eventually become a wall-hanging.
If you have already begun a tatreez sampler, this workshop will teach you traditional patterns and stitching strategies to further develop your piece. You are not required to take all three workshops in this winter series (Jan. 29; Feb. 26; and March 12)—you may take one, or all. The purpose of the sampler series is to develop your stitching skills, introduce you to new patterns throughout the region’s history, as well as learn more about textiles produced in the Holy Land throughout the centuries.
Open to students of all skill levels, learn the history and meaning behind traditional Palestinian patterns, basics of transferring a pattern to fabric, threading a needle, various cross-stitching methodologies, how to keep the back of your cloth clean, color theory and design, project planning, and motif repetition. No experience is required.
Download the supply list for this class

ARCE NY Chapter: Aesop, Egypt, and the Origins and Reception of Fables
2021-01-28 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles)

Online Book Launch: Decolonizing Israel, Liberating Palestine by Jeff Halper
2021-01-27 11:00 - 12:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
Please join Jeff Halper and chair Yasmin Alibhai Brown for the launch event of his latest book Decolonizing Israel, Liberating Palestine: Zionism, Settler Colonialism, and the Case for One Democratic State, published by Pluto Press and co-hosted by The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD).

POSTED ONFRI, JAN 22, 2021
Online Book Launch: Decolonizing Israel, Liberating Palestine by Jeff Halper

Please join Jeff Halper and chair Yasmin Alibhai Brown for the launch event of his latest book Decolonizing Israel, Liberating Palestine: Zionism, Settler Colonialism, and the Case for One Democratic State, published by Pluto Press and co-hosted by The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD).

For decades we have spoken of the ‘Israel-Palestine conflict’, but what if our understanding of the issue has been wrong all along? This book explores how the concept of settler colonialism provides a clearer understanding of the Zionist movement’s project to establish a Jewish state in Palestine, displacing the Palestinian Arab population and marginalizing its cultural presence.EVENT DETAILS
Jeff Halper argues that the only way out of a colonial situation is decolonization: the dismantling of Zionist structures of domination and control and their replacement by a single democratic state, in which Palestinians and Israeli Jews forge a new civil society and a shared political community.
To show how this can be done, Halper uses the 10-point program of the One Democratic State Campaign as a guide for thinking through the process of decolonization to its post-colonial conclusion. Halper’s unflinching reframing will empower activists fighting for the rights of the Palestinians and democracy for all.
Jeff Halper is the head of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) and a founding member of the One Democratic State Campaign. He is the author of War Against the People: Israel, the Palestinians and Global Pacification (Pluto, 2015), An Israeli in Palestine (Pluto, 2010), Obstacles to Peace (ICAHD, 2003 and subsequent editions) and Redemption and Revival: The Jewish Yishuv in Jerusalem in the Nineteenth Century (Westview, 1991).
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown is a prominent political and social commentator, a journalist, an author and an Orwell Prize and National Press Awards winner. A regular columnist for the i and feature writer for the Sunday Times Magazine, she is the editor of Biteback’s Provocations series, for which she wrote Refusing the Veil in 2014 and In Defence of Political Correctness in 2018. Her other works include Exotic England, which tells the story of a nation that has always been diverse and hybrid

Lion Rock Visiting Writers Series @ Central Washington University (Online)
2021-01-26 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
Lion Rock Visiting Writers Series @ Central Washington University (Online)

Dujie Tahat (he/they) is a Filipino-Jordanian immigrant living in Washington state. They are the author of Here I Am O My God and Salat, winner of the Tupelo Press Sunken Garden Chapbook Award. With Luther Hughes and Gabrielle Bates, they cohost The Poet Salon podcast. dujietahat.com
Jourdan Imani Keith is an essayist, playwright, naturalist, educator, and storyteller whose work blends the textures of political, personal and natural landscapes to offer voices from the margins of American lives. Keith has performed nationally and internationally, including on TEDx. Jourdan Keith is Founder and Director of Urban Wilderness Project. jourdankeith.wordpress.com

P&P Live! Eman Quotah — BRIDE OF THE SEA - with Susan Muaddi Darraj
2021-01-25 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
During a snowy Cleveland February, newlywed university students Muneer and Saeedah are expecting their first child, and he is harboring a secret: The word “divorce” is whispering in his ear. Soon, their marriage will end, and Muneer will return to Saudi Arabia, while Saeedah remains in Cleveland with their daughter, Hanadi. Consumed by a growing fear of losing her child, Saeedah disappears with the little girl, leaving Muneer to desperately search for his daughter for years. The repercussions of the abduction ripple outward, not only changing the lives of Hanadi and her parents, but also their interwoven family and friends—those who must choose sides and hide their own deeply guarded secrets.
Eman Quotah’s Bride of the Sea is a spellbinding debut of colliding cultures, immigration, religion, and family; an intimate portrait of loss and healing; and, ultimately, a testament to the ways we find ourselves inside love, distance, and heartbreak.
Quotah will be in conversation with Susan Muaddi Darraj, author of the short story collection A Curious Land: Stories from Home, which won the 2016 AWP Grace Paley Prize for Short Fiction, the 2016 Arab American Book Award, and was shortlisted for a Palestine Book Award. In 2019, she launched the viral #TweetYourThobe social media campaign to promote Palestinian culture.
This event is presented in partnership with the Middle East Institute. MEI’s Arts & Culture Center facilitates cross-cultural understanding by promoting the work of Middle Eastern artists, hosting them in conversation, and MEI’s Arts & Culture Center facilitates cross-cultural understanding by promoting the work of Middle Eastern artists, hosting them in conversation, and connecting them with American counterparts connecting them with American counterparts.
Monday, January 25, 2021 – 8 p.m.

VIRTUAL TALK | Street Sounds: Listening to Everyday Life in Modern Egypt
2021-01-25 12:30 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Presenter: Ziad Fahmy is Professor of Modern Middle East History, Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University. He is the author of Street Sounds: Listening to Everyday Life in Modern Egypt (Stanford, 2020); and Ordinary Egyptians: Creating the Modern Nation through Popular Culture (Stanford, 2011). He is currently writing his third book, tentatively titled, Broadcasting Identity: Radio and the Making of Modern Egypt, 1925-1952.
Zoom online. Register at: washington.zoom.us…
Monday, Jan 25, 2021, 12:30 – 2 p.m.

Gaza Lockdown Remote Theatre- Short Plays Written and Performed by Gaza Children
2021-01-24 09:00 - 10:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
Gaza Lockdown Remote Theatre – Short Plays Written and Performed by Gaza Children
The Hands Up Project (London, UK) works with children in Gaza on learning English and drama. Children write their own plays and perform them in English. In this one hour program we will be showing a few of the remote theatre plays, each under 5 minutes, including some live performance, technology and electricity in Gaza permitting.

Whose Struggle for What? Sexual Minorities and Social Movements in Africa
2021-01-22 12:00 - 13:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
Have popular political protests in Tunisia, Ethiopia, and Sudan in the past decade allowed sexual minorities to imagine cultivating a world beyond the violence and injustices to which they have been subjected?

Serawit Debele is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity in Göttingen, Germany.

Additional co-sponsor: Department of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies
PLEASE NOTE: THE DATE OF THIS EVENT HAS MOVED TO FRIDAY, JANUARY 22. If you already registered for this event on the original date of January 20, you do not need to re-register.

Making and Cooking Grape Leaves (Warak ElEnab) with Sereen
2021-01-22 11:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Highline College Arabic Club
Presents
Making and Cooking Grape Leaves (Warak ElEnab) with Sereen
Come and see how to make the famous Arabic Grape Leaves dish Palestinian Style with one of our students, Sereen.
Arabic Club Group Page:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/hcarabicclub
Live on Zoom: https://highline.zoom.us/j/82828994329
January 22, 2021 at 11 AM
Sponsored by Highline College &
