ArabishWay

Lebanese-American Actress Kathy Najimy in Hocus Pocus at Crossroads Movie in the Park
2023-08-24 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | Crossroads Park, 16140 NE 8th St, Bellevue, WA, 98008, United States
After three centuries, three witch sisters are resurrected in Salem Massachusetts on Halloween night, and it is up to two teenagers, a young girl, and an immortal cat to put an end to the witches’ reign of terror once and for all.
Starring Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and the actress of Lebanese descent Kathy Najimy!

Film : Genre: Action,Comedy,Sci-Fi, 1993

Virtual Movie Screenings: Every Saturday with Palestine Museum US
2023-08-26 09:00 - 11:00, 2023-09-09 09:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual
Check website: https://www.palestinemuseum.us/events for current showings and for registration links!
Often the screening ends with a Q&A with the director!

Arab board games at Mox Boarding House Cafe
2023-08-27 16:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Mox Boarding House – on Leary, 5105 Leary Ave NW, Seattle, WA, 98107, United States
The Cafe offers hot and cold beverages and light food. They have a 100s of board games to choose from.
Bring your best game and let’s go for it together.

Rainbow Story Time (online) w/ Lindz Amer
2023-08-30 11:30 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual
Rainbow Story Time

dates for: Rainbow Story Time
Online event

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.
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Whisk Cooking Class: Street Foods of the World
2023-08-30 18:00 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | 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
Mexico – Alambres, Steak and Bacon Tacos with Salsa Verde
West Africa – Spicy Peanut-Dusted Beef Skewers
Japan – Okonomiyaki – Seafood Pancakes

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

وقت القصة باللغة العربية / Arabic Story Time (online) - KCLS
2023-08-31 16:00 - 16:30, 2023-09-07 16:00 - 16:30, 2023-09-14 16:00 - 16:30, 2023-09-21 16:00 - 16:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual
وقت القصة عبر الإنترنت. كل خميس من 4:00 مساءً إلى 4:30 مساءً.
استمتعوا بالقصص والحركة والأناشيد باللغة العربية التي تنمي مهارات القراءة والكتابة لدى أطفالكم في وقت مبكر.
نرحب بجميع الأعمار مع الكبار.
الرجاء التسجيل *عبر الإنترنت هنا*. بعد التسجيل، ستصلكم رسالة تأكيد بالبريد الإلكتروني تحتوي على رابط Zoom الخاص بالبرنامج. سيتم استخدام نفس الرابط كل أسبوع لوقت القصة باللغة العربية. إذا كنتم لا ترون رسالة بريد إلكتروني، فتحققوا من ملف البريد العشوائي.
تتوفر ترتيبات تيسيرية ملائمة للأشخاص ذوي الإعاقة عند الطلب عبر البريد الإلكتروني access@kcls.org قبل سبعة أيام على الأقل من الحدث. و أيضا تتوفر التسميات التوضيحية التلقائية دائمًا للأحداث عبر الإنترنت.
Online Story Time. Thursdays, 4-4:30 pm.
Enjoy stories, music, movement, and rhymes in Arabic that develop your child’s early literacy skills.
All ages welcome with adult.
Please register online. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing the program’s Zoom link. The same link will be used each week for Arabic Story Time. If you do not see an email, check your Junk or Spam folder.
Reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities is available by request. Email access@kcls.org at least seven days before the event. Automated closed captioning is always available for online events.

Virtual Arabic Classes thru Mizna
2023-09-01
Registration for Fall Arabic classes is now open. Classes will begin the week of September 25 and run for 11 weeks, ending the week of December 4, 2023. Mizna is offering Beginning, Intermediate, and Conversation levels of Arabic, taught virtually by Dunia Khoury.
REGISTER NOW

Free virtual screening of the documentary film "Return to Lifta," a Zochrot film narrated by Umar al-Ghubari.
2023-09-02 09:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual
Please click here to register for this event.

Screening will start at 12:00 Noon US EDT; 19:00 Palestine, 18:00 Europe, Running Time 26 minutes, English with English subtitles as applicable. The film screening will be followed by discussions with the audience.
This educational video (tour) is a message of refusal to accept the current situation in Lifta, and an act of resistance to the destructive plan that seeks to finally erase the Palestinian village.
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Check website: https://www.palestinemuseum.us/events for current showings and for registration links!
Often the screening ends with a Q&A with the director!

Arab Senior Men's Coffee Club
2023-09-02 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Queen Bee Cafe – Kirkland, 1002 Lake Street S., Kirkland, WA, 98033, United States
Are you bored at home?
Do you like to share your rich life experiences with others?
Are you interested in discussing politics and how to solve world problems?
Then join the Arab senior men’s club for coffee.

We will meet on the first Saturday of every month.
We had two wonderful meetings so far and our group is growing. We will be meeting at private residence.
If you are interested please email Nadera at:
nadera0425@yahoo.com

We look forward to seeing you there.

12th Annual Arab Mahrajan Festival [Oregon]
2023-09-03 11:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Oaks Park, 7805 SE Oaks Park Way, Portland, WA, 97202, United States
Join us Sunday, September 3rd, 2023 at Oaks Park!
delicious cuisine, bazaar, music, dance, poetry
clothing, crafts, children’s activities, henna
FREE ADMISSION | OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
open 11am to 7pm

Fouad Masoud at Bumbershoot
2023-09-03 13:00 - 13:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Seattle Center, 305 Harrison St, Seattle, WA, 98109, United States
Fisher Stage

Sunday, Sep 3rd
1:00 PM – 1:30 PM

Meet Fouad Masoud, the Seattle-based DJ who’s been a fixture in the city’s music scene for over a decade. As a talent buyer and resident DJ with Studio 4/4, a collective dedicated to bringing high-quality electronic music to Seattle, Fouad has played a key role in shaping the local scene.
With a passion for exploring a wide range of electronic genres, Fouad takes pride in his ability to set the vibe and take listeners on a sonic journey full of surprises. He’s played alongside some of the biggest names in the industry, including Carl Cox, Maceo Plex, Nicole Moudaber, Pete Tong, Peggy Gou, Sasha, and more

Culinary Line Up: Mamnoon Street Eats: https://bumbershoot.com/culinary-lineup/

Egyptian Street Food at the Pantry
2023-09-05 18:00 - 21:00, 2023-09-06 18:00 - 21:00, 2023-09-20 18:00 - 21:00, 2023-09-21 18:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | the Pantry, 1417 NW 70th Street, Seattle, WA, 98117
Join Nadia Tommalieh as she embarks on a culinary journey to the vibrant streets of Egypt! In this class you’ll dive into the world of kushari, a popular dish of rice, lentils, pasta, and chickpeas, topped with a spiced tomato sauce and crispy fried onions. No exploration of Egyptian street food is complete without ful medames—a hearty stew made from slow-cooked dried fava beans, herbs, and lemon. Also on the menu: feteer meshaltet, a flaky pastry that showcases the mastery of Egyptian baking. You’ll bake two versions of this dough: a savory one, and a sweet one with nuts, coconuts, and raisins. You’ll complete your culinary adventure with Sobia, a refreshing street drink made from coconut milk, rice, and rosewater, whose taste will transport you to the shores of the Nile.

Arabic Storytime @ Lake City Branch / وقت القصص بالعربية في فرع ليك سيتي
2023-09-09 14:00 - 15:00, 2023-09-16 14:00 - 15:00, 2023-09-23 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | 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.

Lena Khalaf Tuffaha with Claudia Castro Luna and Rachel Edelman at Elliott Bay Book Company
2023-09-12 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Elliott Bay Book Company, 1521 10th Avenue, Seattle, 98122, United States
Poet and friend of the store Lena Khalaf Tuffaha returns for the launch of her latest collection, Kaan and Her Sisters. Fellow poets Claudia Castro Luna and Rachel Edelman will join her for the reading.
Kaan and Her Sisters illuminates the work of grief and survival, the sordid legacies of official historical record and the liberatory practice of intimate narration. Tuffaha writes in the liminal space between languages, personifying Arabic verbs who guide the reader through a “history hurtling into the future.” Kaan and Her Sisters centers character of the Arabic teacher, Miss Sahar, whose progressive displacements from Palestine and across Arab cities unfold in epistles, refashioned songs, and glimpses into the interiors of her lost home. In these disclosures, a study of time and a record of resistance to erasure emerges, and at its heart, the women who keep intergenerational memory. “Our mothers miraculous, persevering./No maps are new to the ancestors.”
Lena Khalaf Tuffaha is the author of Water & Salt, winner of the 2018 Washington State Book Award. She is the translator and curator of the Poems from Palestine series at the Baffler magazine. She is the winner of the 2022 Akron Prize for Poetry, for her book Something About Living (U of Akron Press, 2024). Her second book of poems, Kaan & Her Sisters is available now from Trio House Press.
Claudia Castro Luna has been an Academy of American Poets Poet Laureate fellow, the Washington State Poet Laureate, and Seattle’s inaugural Civic Poet. She is the author of Cipota Under the Moon; One River, A Thousand Voices; the Pushcart nominated Killing Marías, shortlisted for the Washington State 2018 Book Award in poetry; and the chapbook This City. Her most recent nonfiction can be found in the anthology There’s a Revolution Outside, My Love: Letters from a Crisis. Born in El Salvador, she came to the United States in 1981. Living in English and Spanish, Claudia writes and teaches in Seattle on unceded Duwamish lands where she gardens and keeps chickens with her husband and their three children.
Rachel Edelman is a Jewish poet raised in Memphis, TN whose writing explores the creative work of diasporic living. Her poems have appeared in Narrative, The Seventh Wave, West Branch, and many other journals, and she has received material support from the Academy of American Poets, the University of Washington, Mineral School, Crosstown Arts, and Tin House. She teaches Language Arts in the Seattle Public Schools, where embodiment and care root her personal, poetic, and pedagogical practice. Her debut book, Dear Memphis, will be published by River River Books in January 2024.

ONLINE CLASS: Spotlight on Newly Translated Memoirs of an Arabian Princess
2023-09-14 15:30 - 17:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual
Price:

$50 Per Person (10% off for members)

Lecture and Discussion. This live class will be recorded and available for later viewing.
Beyond the fairy tales and exotic images, Zanzibar and Oman are real destinations, each with its own history, culture and proud people – people like Sayyida Salme, Princess of Oman and Zanzibar. After becoming Emily Ruete, she would be the first Arab woman to publish a book. The class will focus on her great-great-granddaughter Andrea Emily Stumpf’s newest and most accurate translation of these Memoirs, to be discussed with all their striking drama, bright moments and dark truths.
This class will be taught in conversation with Andrea Emily Stumpf.
One Thursday: September 14 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. ET Online

Required Book:
Memoirs of an Arabian Princess, translated by Andrea Emily Stumpf (9781732397538) Book is non-returnable.

Karen Leggett Abouraya is a journalist and children’s author, winning the 2013 Arab American Book Award and other honors for Hands Around the Library: Protecting Egypt’s Treasured Books. She is a dual citizen of the U.S. and Egypt, and with her Egyptian-born husband, chairs the Baltimore Luxor Alexandria Sister City Committee and the Friends of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) Maryland, Virginia, D.C. Together they also produce the podcast American Egyptian Women of Influence. Karen facilitates online conversations between Egyptian and American children and co-hosted a conference on informal education at the BA in 2015. She reviewed children’s books for the New York Times, is a past president of the Children’s Book Guild of Washington, D.C. and has served as a judge for children’s writing contests in Egypt and Montgomery County. She earned her B.A. in international relations from Brown University.

Mona Awad with Kira Jane Buxton — 'Rouge: A Novel'
2023-09-18 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Third Place Books – Seward Park, 5041 Wilson Ave S, Seattle, WA, 98118, United States
Third Place Books is thrilled to welcome Mona Awad to our Seward Park store! Awad will be discussing Rouge, her new novel which holds up a warped mirror to our relationship with mortality, our collective fixation with the surface, and the wondrous, deep longing that might lie beneath. She will be joined in conversation by Kira Jane Buxton, the staff-favorite author of Feral Creatures and Hollow Kingdom. This event is free and open to the public.
For important updates, registration 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!
Click here for more about our COVID-19 policies for in-person events.
Having trouble accessing Eventbrite? Click here.
https://www.thirdplacebooks.com/event/mona-awad-kira-jane-buxton

Arab 'Meetup & Catch-up' Dinner
2023-09-19 18:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Tanoor (Seattle), 803 Dexter Ave N, Seattle, WA
Join us for an enchanting evening of Arabian delights and camaraderie! 🌍 Indulge in the rich flavors of Middle Eastern cuisine, immerse yourself in lively conversations, and relish the warmth of old and new friendships.
Let the aromas of traditional dishes whisk you away to the heart of the Arab world, all while creating cherished memories that will linger long after the last bite. 🔥
Don’t miss out on this captivating evening of culture, connection, and culinary wonders! 🥙🫔

Art Under Occupation - Virtual Panel
2023-09-21 09:00 - 10:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual
Eyewitness Palestine is back with the next Zoom event in our monthly series, “Art Under Occupation,” which features several globally-recognized Palestinian artists, including Saleh Bakri, Sliman Mansour, Dareen Tatour, Kher Fody, & Yazid Sadi. Saleh Bakri is a Palestinian actor who has starred in films like “The Present” (2020) and “Salt of this Sea” (2008). Sliman Mansour is the painter responsible for the one of the most iconic Palestinian artworks, “Camel of Hardships” and “Woman with Jerusalem.” Dareen Tatour is the internationally recognized poet who was jailed by Israel for one of her poems. While she was incarcerated, she spoke out about abuse she’d experienced as a child, and, by doing so, empowered Palestinian women from all over to tell their own stories. Kher Foudy is a multi-talented artist who paints pictures using Arabic calligraphy and is also the frontman of the iconic Palestinian band “Walaat,” whose music of resistance showcase the resilience of the Palestinians of occupied Akka. Yazid Sadi, embodying the Akkawi spirit, balances being a talent manager and the owner of an art gallery & cafe in the Old City of Akka, Nawaya Gallery and We look forward to hearing from these artists about the beauty and struggle of their work under occupation and hope that you’ll join us in welcoming them on September 21st at 12pm Noon ET/9am PT.
It is our goal to raise as much funding as possible. However, we do not want price to be a barrier to entry. If you do not have the capacity to donate, but would still like to attend, please email us at info@eyewitnesspalestine.org with the subject “Art Under Occupation” to receive the event link.

Arabs in Seattle Meetup + FIUTS: Argosy Cruise
2023-09-21 17:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Argosy Boat Cruise
Join us for an amazing boat cruise along the beautiful Seattle waterfront! Get ready to set sail from Pier 54, Alaskan Way, Seattle, WA, USA and embark on a memorable adventure. This cruise offers breathtaking views of the city skyline, the iconic Space Needle, and the stunning Mount Rainier.
Go for a scenic harbor cruise aboard the Salish Explorer. Enjoy views of downtown Seattle, including the port and the islands from Puget Sound!
Meet FIUTS Facilitators at the U-District LINK station at 5 p.m. or be at Pier 54 at 6 p.m. sharp.
Date: Sept. 21
Time: 5:45 to 9:00 pm
Meetup point: U-District station at 5:00 pm and commute together to the pier
OR You could meet us at Pier 54, Alaskan Way at 5:45 pm sharp
Tickets: $25
To book a ticket —> https://www.fiuts.org/calendar/2023/9/21/fiuts-argosy-boat-cruise
Pizza and soft drinks are provided!
For more information about the trip or if you have any questions, reach out to FIUTS at mailto:info@fiuts.org

Mona Awad in Conversation With Leni Zumas [Portland]
2023-09-21 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Powell Books, 1005 W Burnside St., Portland, OR, 97209, United States
Mona Awad in Conversation With Leni Zumas
Thursday, September 21 @ 7pm (PT) / Powell’s City of Books
From Mona Awad, author of Bunny, comes a horror-tinted, gothic fairy tale about a lonely dress shop clerk whose mother’s unexpected death sends her down a treacherous path in pursuit of youth and beauty. Can she escape her mother’s fate — and find a connection that is more than skin deep? For as long as she can remember, Belle has been insidiously obsessed with her skin and skincare videos. When her estranged mother Noelle mysteriously dies, Belle finds herself back in Southern California, dealing with her mother’s considerable debts and grappling with lingering questions about her death. The stakes escalate when a strange woman in red appears at the funeral, offering a tantalizing clue about her mother’s demise, followed by a cryptic video about a transformative spa experience. With the help of a pair of red shoes, Belle is lured into the barbed embrace of La Maison de Méduse, the same lavish, culty spa to which her mother was devoted. There, Belle discovers the frightening secret behind her (and her mother’s) obsession with the mirror — and the great shimmering depths (and demons) that lurk on the other side of the glass. Snow White meets Eyes Wide Shut in Awad’s surreal descent into the dark side of beauty, envy, grief, and the complicated love between mothers and daughters. With black humor and seductive horror, Rouge (S&S/Marysue Rucci Books) explores the cult-like nature of the beauty industry — as well as the danger of internalizing its pitiless gaze. Brimming with California sunshine and blood-red rose petals, Rouge holds up a warped mirror to our relationship with mortality, our collective fixation with the surface, and the wondrous, deep longing that might lie beneath. Awad will be joined in conversation by Leni Zumas, author of Red Clocks.

Palestine Writes Conference (in Philadelphia)
2023-09-22 - 2023-09-24
Palestine Writes is the only North American literature festival dedicated to celebrating and promoting cultural productions of Palestinian writers and artists. Born from the pervasive exclusion from or tokenization of Palestinian voices in mainstream literary institutions, Palestine Writes brings Palestinian cultural workers from all parts of Historic Palestine and our exiled Diaspora together with peers from other marginalized groups in the United States.
