ArabishWay

No Other Land (in person) - NWFF
2025-03-02 16:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, 2, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 2025 Academy Awards!
Basel Adra, a young Palestinian activist from Masafer Yatta, has been fighting his community’s mass expulsion by the Israeli occupation since childhood. Basel documents the gradual erasure of Masafer Yatta, as soldiers destroy the homes of families – the largest single act of forced transfer ever carried out in the occupied West Bank. He crosses paths with Yuval, an Israeli journalist who joins his struggle, and for over half a decade they fight against the expulsion while growing closer. Their complex bond is haunted by the extreme inequality between them: Basel, living under a brutal military occupation, and Yuval, unrestricted and free. This film, by a Palestinian-Israeli collective of four young activists, was co-created during the darkest, most terrifying times in the region, as an act of creative resistance to Apartheid and a search for a path towards equality and justice.
Synopsis courtesy of mTuckman Media
Sun Mar 02: 4.00pm PDT

Movie: The Palestine Exception [Spokane]
2025-03-02 16:00 - 18:00 | Unitarian Universalist Church of Spokane, 4340 West Whistalks Way, Spokane, WA, 99224
After years of right-wing assaults on higher education, attacks took a new form in 2023 and 2024 that has been described as the new McCarthyism. As students across the country organize protests against Israel’s war on Gaza, decades-long taboos in academia around criticism of Israel–the “Palestine exception”–are shattered. This film features professors and students as they join calls for a ceasefire and divestment from companies that do business with Israel and face waves of crackdown from administrators, the media, the police and politicians. Scholars from diverse disciplines explain what is at stake in these protests and why so many young people identify with the Palestinian cause. The documentary unfolds as a story of college campuses as sites of both rebellion and repression, places where personal and collective histories converge in unexpected ways.

Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/events/s/the-palestine-exception/647578521288742/?

Unbroken Circle: Palestinian Folk Music with Hanady Kader
2025-03-03 17:00 - 18:30 | King Street Station (2nd Floor), King Street Station (2nd Floor) 303 S Jackson St, Seattle, WA, 98104
Start or deepen your musical journey in a casual, all-are-welcome setting where you’ll explore a new artistic tradition each week.

Professional musicians and artists from across the greater Seattle region want to share their stories and experience with you. Explore musical skills, hear advice from seasoned performers, and help preserve cultural stories and wisdom.
Some of our most meaningful, moving moments happen on Mondays in Unbroken Circle, and we want you to be a part.
Before each session, you’re also invited to come to Drop In Hours starting at 4:00 pm. Pick up an instrument, practice what you’ve learned, and connect with other community members.

Flexible pricing available
Youth Tuition (10-25yrs) $0 – $10 per session.
Adult Tuition (26+ )$25 – $60 per session.

Flavors of the Arabian Seas at the Pantry with Nadia
2025-03-03 18:00 - 21:30, 2025-03-04 18:00 - 21:30 | the Pantry, 1417 NW 70th Street, Seattle, WA, 98117
Fresh seafood dominates the vibrant culinary traditions of the Arabian Seas and in this class, Nadia Tommalieh will teach you how to prepare a menu inspired by the rich maritime heritage of the region — blending spices, herbs, and sauces. You’ll learn how to prepare samak makli (marinated and fried whole fish) served with batata harra (spicy potatoes in Aleppo pepper and cilantro sauce); habbar “squid” mahshi (stuffed squid in tomato and pomegranate molasses sauce); fattet gambari (layers of toasted pita bread, tahini, caramelized onion, and sauteed shrimp in spicy citrus sauce); and salatet jarjeer w shamandar (roasted beets, arugula and parsley salad in pomegranate molasses dressing).

Boycott Chevron!
2025-03-05 11:00 - 13:00 | Chevron Station – Aurora, 15510 Aurora Ave N, Shoreline, WA
Choose one and join us! We would love to meet you and build this movement together. Show up to picket Chevron, raise awareness about their complicity in genocide and apartheid, pressure Safeway to stop purchasing fuel from Chevron, and encourage people to #BoycottChevron gas stations! You can also sign and share the letter at http://bit.ly/boycottchevron

Rainbow Story Time (online) w/ Lindz Amer
2025-03-05 11:30 - 12:00, 2025-03-12 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: No Other Land
2025-03-05 15:30 - 17:00 | Firehouse Theater, 11171 NE State Highway 104, Suite 111, Kingston, WA, 98346
No Other Land
|96 minutes

This film made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective shows the destruction of the occupied West Bank’s Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers and the alliance which develops between the Palestinian activist Basel and Israeli journalist Yuval.

3:30 PM
6:30 PM

Movie: No Other Land
2025-03-05 18:30 - 21:00, 2025-03-06 15:30 - 17:30, 2025-03-06 18:30 - 20:00 | Firehouse Theater, 11171 NE State Highway 104, Suite 111, Kingston, WA, 98346
No Other Land
|96 minutes

This film made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective shows the destruction of the occupied West Bank’s Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers and the alliance which develops between the Palestinian activist Basel and Israeli journalist Yuval.

6:30 PM

Movie: Settlements Above the Law
2025-03-06 19:00 - 21:00 | Virtual
THE EPISCOPAL BISHOP’S COMMITTEE FOR JUSTICE & PEACE IN THE HOLY LAND

presents
The Mideast Focus Twelfth Annual Film Series 2025

“Bearing Witness”
The next film is Settlements Above the Law: Seizing the West Bank
BBC Eye investigates a campaign of violence and harassment to seize the lands of Palestinians in the West Bank
This film is freely available on YouTube.

Click here to watch it at your convenience.

Join our discussion over Zoom on Thursday, March 6 at 7 p.m. Pacific Time
Special guest speaker: Israeli-American anthropologist and author, Jeff Halper

Come with questions about the film and Jeff’s work with the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions
Click here to sign up for the Zoom.
You will receive your confirmation and link within 48 hours of the discussion.
The Zoom link is for you; do not share it.

Literary Salon: SZ Gallery: Weaving Stories
2025-03-07 17:00 - 20:00 | SZ Art Gallery, 2441 76th Avenue SE, Suite 160, Mercer Island, WA
SZ Gallery continues to feature Palestinian and Global South Artists to amplify their distinct and diverse voices, putting their humanity on display through an artist’s lens. It’s important that we showcase indigenous cultural experiences, in order to dispel dangerous stereotypes and dehumanizing propaganda. Our hope is for viewers to not only take refuge in the beauty, resilience and strength of the work, but to also offer prompts for empathetic and meaningful conversations about the art and culture of peoples around the world.
SZ Gallery proudly presents Weaving Stories by PICHA, a book exhibit celebrating the unique perspectives of Afrocentric communities, that also reveal the universal truths that connect us all.

LITERARY SALON: Friday, March 7, 5 – 8PM
Mercer Island First Friday Art Walk
Warm tea, wine & sweet treats will be served.

No Other Land: SIFF
2025-03-08 | SIFF Film Center, 305 Harrison St, Seattle, 98109
For half a decade, Basel Adra, a Palestinian activist, films his community of Masafer Yatta being destroyed by Israel’s occupation, as he builds an unlikely alliance with an Israeli journalist who wants to join his fight.

Director:Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor
Country:Palestine, Norway
Running Time:95 min.
Producer:Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning
Cinematographers:Rachel Szor
Editors:Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor
Music:Julius Pollux Rothlaender
Language:Arabic, Hebrew, English
US Distributor:Cintetic Handling
International Sales:Autlook

TICKETS

showtimes TBD

Arabic Storytime @ Lake City Branch / وقت القصص بالعربية في فرع ليك سيتي
2025-03-08 10:30 - 11:30, 2025-03-15 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.
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في وقت القصص، يمكن للأطفال الذين تتراوح أعمارهم من حديثي الولادة وحتى سن الخامسة وعائلاتهم الاستمتاع بالقصص والأغاني وأنشطة التعلُّم المرحة.
نرحب بالعائلات من جميع الأعمار.
يُعقد الحدث باللغة الإنجليزية والعربية.
Registration is not required.

Dunya at the Cherry Street Village Iftar Fundraiser
2025-03-08 17:30 - 19:30 | Cherry Street Village, 720 25th Avenue, Seattle, WA, United States
Join us for a special Ramadan performance of @Dunya Productions’ “Almonds Blossom in Deir Yassin” by Hanna Eady.
This magical evening will start with a delicious Iftar (Fasting Breakfast) sponsored by SCM Salaam Cultural Museum.
Come help us fill the gap and sustain Dunya Productions at the Cherry Street Village

Fundraiser: Whitney for Palestine
2025-03-09 16:00 - 19:00 | Coupeville United Methodist Church – Fellowship Hall,, 608 N Main St, Coupeville, WA, 98239
We’re getting closer to our event on March 9th! Get your (free) tickets and spread the word!
This fundraising event will include a presentation, dinner, live music, and lots of local art vendors. Learn more about the event using the link in our bio.
All event proceeds will be donated directly to families in G@£@.
Tickets are FREE but registration is required. RSVP using the link in our bio!
Details:
• March 9
• 4-7pm
• Coupeville United Methodist Church, Fellowship Hall, Whidbey Island WA

Professor Karam Dana at Third Place Books: To Stand with Palestine
2025-03-13 19:00 - 21:00 | Third Place Books – Ravenna, 6504 20th Ave NE, Seattle, WA, 98115, United States
Although Palestinians have long been demonized in U.S. media and politics, their struggle portrayed as illegitimate, emergent progressive voices increasingly challenge the status quo on Israel and Palestine and express solidarity with Palestinian resistance. What accounts for this change and its evolution?
Third Place Books is pleased to welcome University of Washington Bothell professor Dr. Karam Dana for a presentation and discussion of his new book, To Stand with Palestine: Transnational Resistance and Political Evolution in the United States. Timely and insightful, To Stand with Palestine offers an inside look at how Palestinians have shared their story with the world and why sympathy for their plight is growing, with significant implications for the global political landscape. He will be joined in conversation by UW professor Dr. Reşat Kasaba. This event is free and open to the public.
For important updates, RSVP is highly recommended in advance. This event will include a public signing and time for audience Q&A. Sustain our author series by purchasing a copy of the featured book!
Having trouble accessing Eventbrite? Click here.

Streaming: Movie: Abou Farid’s War (2021) by Omar Mismar
2025-03-14 - 2025-03-19 | Virtual
Archaeology inspector and conservator Abou Farid shares part of his image library documenting the condition of mosaic works in the aftermath of several raids on Ma’arrat Al-Numan Museum in Idlib, Syria as well as the independent preservation efforts that ensued. The images give way to an aleatory conversation interweaving questions of cultural heritage and territory, preservation techniques and destruction, traceability and looting, and the production and circulation of images in times of war.

يشـــاركنا مفتـــش الآثـــار ومرممهـــا أبـــو فريـــد جـــز ًءا مـــن مكتبـــة صـــوره الـــي التقطهـــا لتوثيـــق حالـــة العديـــد مـــن الفسيفســـاء عقـــب عـــدة مداهمـــات عـــى متحـــف معـــرة النعمـــان في إدلـــب في ســـوريا،ولتوثيـــقجهـــودالحفـــظالمســتقلةالـيتلـتذلـك.تفســحالصـورالطريـقلمحادثـةمتشـّعبة تتشـــابك مـــع أســـئلة الـــتراث الثقـــافي والأرض، وتقنيــــات الحفــــظ والتدمــــر، وإمكانيــــات التتبــــع
والنهـــب، وإنتـــاج الصـــور وتداولهـــا في أوقـــات الحـــرب.

International Day of the Lebanese Emigrant 2025
2025-03-14 18:30 - 20:00 | SFU Harbour Centre, 515 W Hastings, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6B 5K3, Canada
Join us for a special celebration at our annual International Day of the Lebanese Emigrant 2025.
This event is under the Patronage of the H. Consulate of Lebanon in Vancouver; organized by WLCU-BC Council and hosted by The Lebanese Canadian Society of BC.
Date: Friday, March 14, 2025
Location: SFU Harbour Centre – 515 W Hastings, Vancouver
Tickets: $30 each
Time: 6:30pm (Reception to follow)
Buy your tickets before March 10th by sending an e-transfer to bccouncil@ulcm.org

Free Virtual Screening of "Jenin Jenin 2024," by Palestinian filmmaker Mohammed Bakri
2025-03-15 09:00 - 11:00
Free Virtual Screening of “Jenin Jenin 2024,” by Palestinian filmmaker Mohammed Bakri; running time 60 min; released 2024.
Saturday March 15, 2025 at 12:00 Noon US EDT; 18:00 Palestine, 17:00 Europe, UK 16:00; Running Time 60 minutes, 2024, English subtitles. The film screening will be followed by discussions with the film director Mohammad Bakri.
Please click here for more information or to register to view the film via Zoom

How To Talk to Kids About Palestine
2025-03-15 12:00 - 13:30 | Virtual
Step 1: Donate to Sameer Project here (sugg. donation $30).
Step 2: Register for “How to Talk to Kids About Palestine” here.
In this workshop, illustrator Nathi Ngubane will discuss art as a tool for education and communication, and how adults can talk to children about Palestinian liberation. Nathi will then lead us in an all-ages drawing exercise open to parents, kids, and everyone in between.
Nathi Ngubane is a South African-based writer and illustrator. His most recent work is From the River to the Sea: A Colouring Book (Social Bandit Media, 2024), which features illustrations that teach children about the injustice of the Nakba, the history and culture of the land, as well as key concepts driving and sustaining the Palestinian resistance.

Study & Action for Palestine 2025: Fighting fascism at home & abroad
2025-03-16 13:00 - 15:30 | Virtual
This year’s course is designed to be responsive to the current moment, focusing on campaigns and organizing efforts within the context of the Trump administration and volatile circumstances on the ground in Palestine. This includes a focus on the way in which fighting fascism at home is intimately intertwined with fighting against US state-sponsored violence in Palestine.

Participants are welcome to join us and apply analysis & organizing lessons to their own work at this time, whether their primary focus is on Palestine solidarity or something else. All of our struggles are connected!
All six sessions include curated study materials, engaging guest teacher discussions, and opportunities to share, reflect, receive support, and inspire one another in small and large group formats. We are honored to be joined by an amazing roster of guest teachers, and we encourage participants to join the program with others they know.
Comrades Education (formerly White Awake & based in the U.S.) has outlined community guidelines and expectations for this learning community in our Course Structure, Agreements & Ground Rules document for the program.

CO-SPONSORS: US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, Jewish Voice for Peace, Adalah Justice Project, Highlander Center, SURJ, Catalyst Project & Rabbis for Ceasefire
FACILITATORS: Eleanor Hancock and Chris Crass
WITH GUEST TEACHERS: Noura Erakat, Huwaida Arraf, Ahmad Abuznaid, Rabbi Alissa Wise, Sumaya Awad, Rama Ali Kased, Rochelle Watson, Sophia Elena Gurulé, Andrew Kadi and Jemma Pasch

Author Laila Lalami at Elliot Bay Bookstore
2025-03-18 19:00 - 20:00 | Elliott Bay Book Company, 1521 10th Avenue, Seattle, 98122, United States
Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist Laila Lalami visits the store to celebrate the release of her latest novel. The Dream Hotel is a riveting and utterly original novel about one woman’s fight for freedom, set in a near future where even dreams are under surveillance.
This event is free to the public. Please help us plan for audience size by RSVPing here.
Sara has just landed at LAX, returning home from a conference abroad, when agents from the Risk Assessment Administration pull her aside and inform her that she will soon commit a crime. Using data from her dreams, the RAA’s algorithm has determined that she is at imminent risk of harming the person she loves most: her husband. For his safety, she must be kept under observation for twenty-one days.
The agents transfer Sara to a retention center, where she is held with other dreamers, all of them women trying to prove their innocence from different crimes. With every deviation from the strict and ever-shifting rules of the facility, their stay is extended. Months pass and Sara seems no closer to release. Then one day, a new resident arrives, disrupting the order of the facility and leading Sara on a collision course with the very companies that have deprived her of her freedom.
Eerie, urgent, and ceaselessly clear-eyed, The Dream Hotel artfully explores the seductive nature of technology, which puts us in shackles even as it makes our lives easier. Lalami asks how much of ourselves must remain private if we are to remain free, and whether even the most invasive forms of surveillance can ever capture who we really are.
Laila Lalami is the author of five books, including The Moor’s Account, which won the American Book Award, the Arab-American Book Award, and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award; was on the longlist for the Booker Prize; and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Her most recent novel, The Other Americans, was a national bestseller, won the Simpson/Joyce Carol Oates Prize, and was a finalist for the National Book Award. Her books have been translated into twenty languages. Lalami’s writing appears regularly in the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, The Nation, Harper’s, The Guardian, and The New York Times. She has been awarded fellowships from the British Council, the Fulbright Program, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the Radcliffe Institute at Harvard University. She lives in Los Angeles.

Laila Lalami presenting The Dream Hotel
2025-03-18 19:00 - 21:00 | Elliott Bay Book Company, 1521 10th Avenue, Seattle, 98122, United States
MARCH 18, 2025 @ 7:00PM
Presenting The Dream Hotel in Seattle
Elliott Bay Book Company
1521 10th Avenue
Seattle, Washington
https://lailalalami.com/events/

The Mideast Focus Twelfth Annual Film Series 2025 "Bearing Witness": The Law and The Prophets
2025-03-20 19:00 - 20:30 | Virtual
THE EPISCOPAL BISHOP’S COMMITTEE FOR JUSTICE & PEACE IN THE HOLY LAND
presents
The Mideast Focus Twelfth Annual Film Series 2025
“Bearing Witness”
The next film is The Law and The Prophets
“a feature documentary that amplifies the voices of the brave, determined individuals who are trying to expose the destructive, unjust, and sometimes invisible ways in which Israel exploits and oppresses Palestinians” https://www.thelawandtheprophetsfilm.com/
This film is freely available on here.
Click here to watch it at your convenience.
Join our discussion over Zoom on Thursday, March 20 at 7 p.m. Pacific Time
Special guest speaker: filmmaker Joshua Vis
Come with questions about the film and Joshua’s work building houses in Palestine and giving tours of the region
Click here to sign up for the Zoom
You will receive your confirmation and link next week (March 17-18) and again on Thursday the 20th.
This confirmation email will come from Zoom.
We will monitor our inbox on Thursday for last minute requests and questions so please reach out if you need assistance!

The Mideast Focus Film Series 2025: The Law and the Prophets
2025-03-20 19:00 - 21:00 | Virtual
March 20, 2025
Film: “The Law and the Prophets” Speaker, Josh Vis
Zoom discussion 7pm. Screening of film on own prior to discussion.

April 3, 2025
Film: “Where Olive Trees Weep” Speaker, Issa Amro
Screening online together 6:30pm, followed by Zoom discussion.

April 10, 2025
Film: “Lyd” Speaker, Sabrene Odeh and Maher Joudi
Zoom discussion 7pm. Screening of film on own prior to discussion.

WEBINAR: ON THIRD WORLD FEMINISM & THE LIBERATION OF PALESTINE
2025-03-21 17:00 - 18:00 | Virtual
Join the Palestinian Feminist Collective and CODEPINK during Women’s History Month for a popular education webinar on the revolutionary living histories and tradition of Third World feminist and women’s movements.
Together, we’ll learn how we can harness their teachings, tools, and legacies to inform our movement for Palestine and build a future free from oppression and systemic subjugation.

DATE: MARCH 21
TIME: 8 PM ET
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