ArabishWay

Oud Taqaseem Against Lung Cancer
2020-11-01 - 2020-11-02
Raise money for Project Equity, whose mission is “to bring together a multidisciplinary research team and community stakeholders to understand and develop strategies for addressing the underlying factors and mechanisms of lung cancer disparities among Black Americans,” by tuning in to daily concerts with classical musician Oud Taqaseem on Facebook Live.
Learn more about Project Equity here.
Daily at 10pm every day in November!

Virtual Artist Talks - A Conversation with Ayed Arafah
2020-11-01 09:00 - 10:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Virtual Artist Talks – A Conversation with Ayed Arafah

Sunday, November 1, 2020
12:00 PM 1:00 PM EST

Click here to register for this event.
Born in Jerusalem in 1983, Ayed Arafah currently lives in Dheisheh refugee camp, near Bethlehem.
Arafah studied art at the International Academy of Arts in Ramallah. His artwork spans many forms—murals, paintings, installations, video, and photography. He is open to working with a wide range of materials and is interested in recycling. To Arafah, art is a journey of searching, discovering, and finding solutions, while exploring many different materials and cultural concepts.

Online Vegetarian Spotlight: Shakshuka with Sur La Table
2020-11-06 09:00 - 10:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
Class start time is listed in Eastern Time. You’ll need to download the prep packet for your class. (Click here for prep packet and shopping list) This packet contains essential shopping lists, pre-class prep guides and more. Use the shopping list to gather ingredients prior to the day of your class.

Each class is fully interactive, so feel free to ask questions while you work along.

The class fee is per household—you can have as many cooks in your kitchen as you like.

Classes are 1 1/2 to 2 hours, unless otherwise noted above.

Each class is a password-protected Zoom session. You can download Zoom at www.zoom.us

You’ll receive an email with a session ID and password 30 minutes prior to your class.

Login to the Zoom session prior to the start time—late attendees may not be admitted.

Film Screening: There is a Field
2020-11-07 09:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Free Film Screening “There is a Field”

Saturday, November 7, 2020
12:00 PM 2:00 PM EST

Click Here to Register for Event.
Click here to view the film trailer.
The film screening will be followed by a live discussion with film director Jen Marlowe.
In October 2000, a police officer shot and killed unarmed 17-year old Asel Asleh. His story is tragically familiar for Americans, but Asel was not killed in Ferguson, New York City, Atlanta, or Minneapolis. Asel was a Palestinian teenager who was murdered by Israeli police as he participated in a demonstration, calling for an end to the Israeli occupation and settler-colonization.
There Is A Field began as a play about Asel’s life and his death, told from the perspective of his older sister, Nardin. Through Nardin’s struggle to cope with the murder of her brother, the play offers a uniquely personal lens for learning about intersecting systems of oppression, including Zionism, Jewish supremacy and white supremacy—root causes of state-sanctioned violence and structural racism.

Arabic Meetup - Seattle: Coffee at Greenlake
2020-11-07 13:00 - 15:00 UTC | WA, United States
Hello! Let’s hang out in Green Lake park next Saturday, Nov 7th to have pumpkin spice latte together. The weather suppose to be nice, so come join us if you are free :).
**It will be outdoor, so bring your own blanket/chair :). Sanitizers will be available, put your mask on and keep social distance if you like, and of course we kindly ask you NOT to attend if you have/had Covid 🙂

Amal Murkus Accompanied by Fadi Deeb, in Virtual Concert: Restreamed
2020-11-08 09:00 - 11:00 UTC
Re-Streaming of Amal Murkus Accompanied by Fadi Deeb, in Virtual Concert

Sunday, November 8, 2020
12:00 PM 1:00 PM EST

Please click here to register for the concert.

2020 Arab American Book Awards: A Ceremony of Live Readings
2020-11-11 15:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
6 p.m. EST Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020
Arab American Book Awards: A Ceremony of Live Readings
FREE with RSVP or suggested $10 donation
RSVP for streaming link
Join the 2020 Arab American Book Award winners and honorable mentions for a celebratory live reading, featuring guests Stacy D. Fahrenthold, Malaka Gharib, Massoud Hayoun, Laila Lalami and Jasmine Warga from among this year’s winners, and hosted by 2016 Book Award winner Susan Muaddi Darraj!

The 17th Annual New York Arab-American Comedy Festival - Opening Night
2020-11-13 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
OPENING NIGHT ARAB COMEDY ALL STARS – 8:00 PM
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The opening night of the festival will feature a taste of all of the funny folks in the 16th Annual New York Arab American Comedy Festival. This show features 20 comedian in under 2 hours. These comics have been featured on CNN, Mr. Robot, Sirius XM, TED Talks, HBO, and more!
Maysoon Zayid – #1 Ted Talk
Aron Kader- Comedy Central’s Axis of Evil Special
Dean Obeidallah- Host of SiriusXM radio’s The Dean Obeidallah Show
Maher Matta
Sammy Obeid
Eman El Husseini
Reem Edan
Aron Kader
Go Remy
Nemr Abou Nassar

Grateful Every Day: Writing Poems Together — Youth Workshop with Naomi Shihab Nye
2020-11-14 11:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Online via Zoom
Registration required
How can poems help our lives? Naomi Shihab Nye, Young People’s Poet Laureate, leads this friendly writing workshop for students in grades 6, 7 and 8 — no experience in poetry necessary. This online workshop, taking place via Zoom, will involve simple strategies for writing around the general topics of attention and gratitude, with some on-the-spot note-taking and sharing of ideas and work. After two hours, participants will have rough drafts of at least 3-4 poems of their own. Bring paper and pen. Bring an open mind about your own writing powers and potential. We are all richer in resources than we think we are. How do we welcome some of our thoughts and insights onto the page? No stress. You don’t have to dress up! Register for the workshop
Naomi Shihab Nye was born in St. Louis, lived in Jerusalem and now lives in San Antonio, Texas. Palestinian American, she started writing poems at the age of 6 and believes “we are all living in poems.” She has published more than 30 books of poetry and prose and conducted writing workshops all over the world since college days. Nye was named by The Poetry Foundation as the Young People’s Poet Laureate for 2019-2021, making her the first Arab American to earn this honor.

Arab-American Comedy Festival: The Legends of Arab Comedy
2020-11-14 16:30 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
THE LEGENDS OF ARAB COMEDY – 7:30 PM
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The majority of the comedians on tonight’s lineup have been performing with the New York Arab American Comedy Festival since the very first show 16 years ago. These comics have been featured on CNN, ABC’s The View, Sirius XM, TED Talks, HBO, and more!
Maysoon Zayid – #1 Ted Talk
Dean Obeidallah- Host of SiriusXM radio’s The Dean Obeidallah Show
Jameeleh Shelo
Atheer Yacoub
Majdy Fares
Mike Easmeil
Mo Kheirs
Go Remy

Arab-American Comedy Festival: World's Funniest Arabs
2020-11-14 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
WORLD’S FUNNIEST ARABS – 10 PM EST
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Your favorite Arab American comedians in one BIG show. These comics have been featured on CNN, Mr. Comedy Central, SiriusXM radio, TED Talks, HBO, and more!
Aron Kader- Comedy Central’s Axis of Evil Special
Maysoon Zayid – #1 Ted Talk
Nataly Aucar
Nina Kharoufeh
Salma Hindy
Aron Kader
Ali Al Sayed
Go Remy
Nemr Abou Nassar

Alternative Archives: Discourses and Disruptions: Session 2: Global Uprising: Indigeneity, Land, Heritage // Hawaiʻi & Palestine
2020-11-15 12:00 - 13:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
Alternative Archives: Discourses and Disruptions
AANM, ArteEast and NYU’s Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies are excited to come together to present Alternative Archives: Discourses and Disruptions, a series of events that will explore themes of storytelling, archiving and evolving technologies in the digital world as they relate to the SWANA (South West Asia and North Africa) region. These programs are part of two broader thematic series from the Kevorkian Center titled Digital Forays and Global Uprising. For more information or to RSVP for all sessions, visit www.alternativearchives.org
3 – 4:30 p.m. EST Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020
Session 2: Global Uprising: Indigeneity, Land, Heritage // Hawaiʻi & Palestine
Online via Zoom
Registration required
How do cultivation, contractors, culture and cosmopolitics relate to land rights struggles in Palestine and Hawaiʻi? This panel will reflect on growing ecological crises, displacement from land and alienation from heritage through potential strategies or antidotes presented by education and cultural projects that bridge art, science and agriculture. Through the practice of two working artists and two academics we will think through linkages of land, lineage and laws.
Featuring panelists Nida Sinnokrot (artst), Sean Connelly (artist), and moderators Nasser Abourahme (NYU) and ‘Ilima Long (University of Hawaiʻi).

Yalla Eat! Chef Series: Sheila Mansour presents Iraqi Spiced Beef Bourek
2020-11-17 14:30 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Our Yalla Eat! Instagram Takeover Chef Series features Arab American chefs demonstrating delectable recipes, Tuesday evenings on our Instagram Stories. Tune in on Instagram to join in, and check out previous recipes on our Instagram highlights or here.

5:30 p.m. EST Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020
Sheila Mansour (Sheila’s Pitas and More) presents Iraqi Spiced Beef Bourek

Ingredients (makes 24 egg rolls):

3 pounds 10-15% fat ground beef
3 bunches chopped parsley
2 medium onions
2 bunches green onions
2 tablespoons curry spice
2 tablespoons cumin
1 tablespoon allspice
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoons pepper
3 cloves chopped garlic
1 cup small golden raisins *optional
1-2 packages of egg roll wrappers
2 eggs for an egg wash
Grapeseed oil, for frying

Details TBA: Kinan Azmeh
2020-11-18
New York, November 18 @SUNY Downstate Medical Center in duo with Guitarist Ayman Fanous , details TBA.

Online: Lake Hills Library Book Discussion Group
2020-11-18 19:00 - 21:00 UTC
Online: Lake Hills Library Book Discussion Group
Description

Salt Houses by Hala Alyan

For adults.
This group is meeting on the 3rd Wednesday of the month in November due to the Veteran’s Day Holiday.
Please register by 7pm on November 17 with your email. A Zoom link will be emailed to you before the program.

Museum of the Palestinian People Global Reception
2020-11-19 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
MPP Global Reception
Thu, Nov 19th 2020 at 8:00 PM EDT · By Museum of the Palestinian People
Every year we get together at the Tabard Inn to celebrate Palestinian culture, our community and the museum’s achievements. We count on this event to bring together our community whose gifts support the museum, but this year we are understandably unable to host our reception at the Tabard Inn. Even though we can’t meet in person this year, we’re still excited to “see” you virtually and we need your help to make this reception bigger and better than ever.

We invite you to join us on November 19th for a night of Palestinian music, comedy, and an auction offering Palestinian arts, handicrafts, and even a vacation home in Palestine!

Tickets are 100% tax deductible.

Upping the Stakes: Persecution and Resistance Across Contexts
2020-11-21 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
1 p.m. EST Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020
Upping the Stakes: Persecution and Resistance Across Contexts
FREE with RSVP or suggested $10 donation*
*Donate $25 or more and receive a free e-subscription of Michigan Quarterly Review!
RSVP for streaming link
Writers published in Sukoon Magazine and the Michigan Quarterly Review’s special issue on Persecution will share their work and participate in a panel discussion around the theme of persecution, injustice, displacement and disenfranchisement. Arab writers and artists will share their poetry, essays, music and film and engage in dialogue about what it means to up the stakes on human rights campaigns and artistic endeavors that transcend borders. In the shifting political and literary landscape of Arab culture, what does the future hold?
Featuring writers/artists Rahim AlHaj, Zeina Hashem Beck, Esmat Elhalaby, Mona Kareem, Ahmed Naji and Hind Shoufani, with host/emcee Rewa Zeinati and panel moderator Khaled Mattawa.

Free Screening: Love During Wartime
2020-11-28 09:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
The recently married couple Jasmin and Assi are forced to live separated. She lives in Berlin, he in Ramallah. They want desperately to make a life together but it proves to be an impossible task. When an Israeli marries Palestinian they are beyond security offered to other members of society at every turn they are faced with a Catch 22 situation. Israeli bureaucracy filled with suspicion and a menacing Palestinian society makes their life a nightmare.
https://www.palestinemuseum.us/events/2020/loveduringwartime

Commemorating the Detroit Arab Workers Strike for Palestine
2020-11-28 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
NOV 28: “Commemorating the Detroit Arab Workers Strike for Palestine” virtual panel hosted by our Detroit chapter!

On November 28th in 1973, 2,500 Arab auto workers SHUT DOWN production at Chrysler’s Dodge Main assembly plant near Detroit, in a historic wildcat strike called for by the Arab Workers Caucus. The strike resulted in the first ever “BDS” victory in U.S. history — successfully demanding UAW divest from their State of Israel bonds (over $300k purchased with union dues money).

You don’t want to miss this event featuring a panel of 3 distinguished speakers who will discuss what took place during the strike, the political context and organizing that made it possible, as well as important lessons for our movements today.

Speakers List
GEORGE KHOURY – Nakba survivor, long-time Detroit based Palestinian leftist, labor and community organizer, and leading member of US Palestinian Community Network (USPCN)
JEROME SCOTT – Founding member of League of Revolutionary Black Workers member, member of LRNA, board member of General Baker Institute
MIKE SIVIWE ELLIOT – former Detroit auto worker, retired leader of UAW Local 551, member of Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (CAARPR)
Moderated by Julia Kassem and Danya Zituni of USPCN-Detroit

Poster by Danya / @qamarprints on Instagram

https://www.facebook.com/events/2671486793165505

Virtually Tour the Museum for Palestinian People
2020-12-01 - 2020-12-31
The Museum of the Palestinian People is here to tell our stories; stories that encompass the rich history, vibrant arts and culture, of a people who thrive even in the face of adversity. Our stories are many, our hearts are one.
Take a virtual tour today!

Palestine Writes Conference
2020-12-02 - 2020-12-06
This conference is 4 days packed full of poets, authors, artists, cooking, comedy and more!
Susan Abulhawa, Amer Zahr and his mother, Susan Muaddi Darraj, Lena Tuffaha, Randa Jarrar, Angela Davis, Isabella Hammad, Remi Kanazi, Acrafty Arab, Wafa Ghnaim and that’s not even the half of it.
You must check out the full program so that you don’t miss a thing!
www.palestinewrites.org/program
and be sure to register and support in advance:
www.palestinewrites.vfairs.com

Story Time the ArabishWay: Me and My Family
2020-12-02 09:45 - 10:15 (America/Los_Angeles)
During this fun and engaging story time, you will learn parts of your body and some names of family members in Arabic while enjoying stories in a colloquial Levantine dialect, hear songs in Arabic and do a fun craft.
Geared for ages 3 to 6 but great for all aged learners.
This is part of the Palestine Writes Conference!
Check out the full program here.
And be sure to register and support here.

Arab Film Fest Film Collab!
2020-12-03 - 2020-12-13
Four Arab film + cultural orgs from across the country are partnering this year to bring you a virtual Arab Film Fest, beginning on December 3, 2020.
The Arab American National Museum (AANM), Arab Film and Media Institute (AFMI), ArteEast and Mizna collectively present the Arab Film Fest Collab December 3–13, 2020. With programs highlighting Afro-Arab and Black SWANA voices and narratives, AFFC aims to capture the diverse narratives and complexity of the Arab world. Genres include drama, science-fiction, comedy and documentary, in both short-form and feature lengths. While films are in Arabic, French, Somali or English, every festival offering is subtitled in English.
All-Access passes are $90 and individual tickets for select films will also be available. All details here.
#AFFC2020

Arab Film Fest Collab Opening Night
2020-12-03 16:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
The Arab Film Fest Collab will open with Najwa Najjar’s much anticipated Between Heaven and Earth. The screening will be followed by a discussion with the filmmaker.
There will also be a special welcome from Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib!
Inspired by true events, Najjar’s film focuses on Salma and Tamer who live in Occupied Palestine and have decided to divorce after five years of marriage. For the first time, Tamer is given a three-day permit to cross the Israeli checkpoint to file for divorce in the courts of Nazareth. However, things do not go as planned when the court’s clerk refuses to process the divorce after he confronts them with a secret about Tamer’s father’s past––an affair with an Iraqi Jewish woman in the 1950s. With only 72 hours to find this woman and finalize the divorce documents before Tamer’s permit expires, the couple sets out on a journey that takes them between the present and the past.
Please note: After this content becomes available December 3rd at 4:00 pm PST, you’ll have 7 days to start watching. Once you begin, you’ll have 48 hours to finish watching.
Questions? Learn How to Fest

Story Time the ArabishWay: Colors
2020-12-04 13:00 - 13:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
During this fun and engaging story time, you will hear the colors in Arabic while enjoying stories in a colloquial Levantine dialect, hearing songs in Arabic and doing a fun craft.
Geared for ages 3 to 6 but great for all aged learners.
This is part of the Palestine Writes Conference!
Check out the full program here.
And be sure to register and support here.

Story Time the ArabishWay: Numbers/Days of the Week
2020-12-05 08:00 - 08:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
During this fun and engaging story time, you will hear the numbers and the days of the week in Arabic while enjoying stories in a colloquial Levantine dialect, hearing songs in Arabic and doing a fun craft.
Geared for ages 3 to 6 but great for all aged learners.
This is part of the Palestine Writes Conference!
Check out the full program here.
And be sure to register and support here.

Story Time the ArabishWay: Animals
2020-12-05 09:30 - 10:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
During this fun and engaging story time, you will learn the names of some animals in Arabic while enjoying stories in a colloquial Levantine dialect, hearing songs in Arabic and doing a fun craft.
Geared for ages 3 to 6 but great for all aged learners.
This is part of the Palestine Writes Conference!
Check out the full program here.
And be sure to register and support here.

Middle Eastern Sweets with Nadia Tommalieh
2020-12-05 15:00 - 17:00, 2020-12-12 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Whenever NADIA TOMMALIEH graces the kitchen at the Pantry, she brings with her the stories of her beautiful home and family in the form of delicious and heart-warming food. The holidays are the perfect time to dig into some of her favorite sweet treats yourself, and to share them with those you love. You’ll make ka’ak asawer (Palestinian date cookies) along with toasty barazek (sesame and pistachio cookies) and delicate, ghraybeh (shortbread cookies with orange blossom water).
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.

InFocus: Middle Eastern, Arab & Dutch Cinema program
2020-12-12 12:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
We are proud to join NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA) and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) as presenting partners for this year’s virtual edition of the annual NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA) Film Festival InFocus: Middle Eastern, Arab & Dutch Cinema program, powered by Seed&Spark. The weekend will feature an international lineup of films by talented emerging filmmakers across three short film programs. The event will include virtual screenings, filmmaker Q&A’s and industry panels.
The second program of the evening is InFocus: Arab Cinema, a compelling program of short films we curated in partnership with NFMLA to showcase Arab storytellers from across the world, featuring stories that cinematically capture resilience and community amidst the hardships of immigration, political instability and personal loss.
The night concludes with InFocus: Middle Eastern Cinema, a selection of striking short films from Middle Eastern filmmakers who have made their work all over the world – Lebanon, Israel, Iran and the US. They tell thrilling and thoughtful stories of taking risks, finding and embracing authenticity, the struggle of persecution and the strength of those who fight it.
SCHEDULE DETAILS
Program #1: InFocus: Dutch Cinema
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM – Suggested Screening Time
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM – Audience Q&A
Program #2: InFocus: Arab Cinema
2:45 PM – 4:45 PM – Suggested Screening Time
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM – Audience Q&A
Program #3: InFocus: Middle Eastern Cinema
6:15 PM – 7:45 PM – Suggested Screening Time
8:00 PM – 9:00 PM – Audience Q&A
Grab your virtual seat!
