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SUMMARY:Cherry Street Village presents Nadia Tommalieh making Ka’ak Fallahi
DESCRIPTION:Join Cherry Street Village in welcoming cooking instructor and Instagram foodie influencer Nadia Tommalieh (@nadiatommalieh). This is a live cooking demonstration held in the comforts of your living room via Zoom. To join you must register at: http://bit.ly/CSVNadiaZoom\nThose who register will be sent the recipe to enjoy after the demonstration.\nNadia Tommalieh will be showing us how to make Ka’ak Fallahi\, a traditional Palestiian sweet cookie made to celebrate the upcoming Easter\, Eid or Arabic Mother’s Day holidays. There will also be time for questions and answers.\nNadia shared this about our afternoon demostration: “Our celebrations are never complete without these melt in your mouth traditional Palestinian date stuffed cookies. Also known as “ Ka’ak Fallahi” which translates to farmer’s cookies or “Asawer” which means bracelets. The dough is made from a mix of flour and semolina\, kneaded with ghee and olive oil and loaded with aromatic spices. The perfect treat for any occasion!” \nSee Less
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/cherry-street-village-presents-nadia-tommalieh-making-kaak-fallahi/
CATEGORIES:Cooking/Food
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210320T090000
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SUMMARY:The Ethnic Cleansing of Sheikh Jarrah - Screening of Short Films & Discussion with Mohammed El-Kurd
DESCRIPTION:Please click here to register for this event. \nA virtual screening of two short films about Sheikh Jarrah followed by a discussion with Mohammed El-Kurd. \nMohammed El-Kurd is an award-winning writer and internationally-touring poet from Jerusalem\, Palestine. His work has appeared in The Nation\, The Guardian\, and Al-Jazeera among others. He is from Sheikh Jarrah\, a neighborhood battling ethnic cleansing since 1972. Today\, his family\, among 12 others\, is ruled to be displaced from their homes by August 2021.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/the-ethnic-cleansing-of-sheikh-jarrah-screening-of-short-films-discussion-with-mohammed-el-kurd/
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Panel Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210319T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210319T203000
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SUMMARY:Movie: There is a Field via Mideast Focus Ministry
DESCRIPTION:THERE IS A FIELD\nThis film by local filmmaker Jen Marlow\, tells the story of a 17-year-old Palestinian peace activist\, killed by the IDF. It is told through the lens of Black Lives Matter activists in the U.S. \nIn 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. \nLearn more here. \nwith guest speaker: TBA \nContact info@saintmarks.org to be added to the Mideast Focus Ministry mailing list\, or use this form. (Check the box marked “Mideast Focus.”)
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/movie-there-is-a-field/
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Panel Discussion,Movie
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210319T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210319T180000
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SUMMARY:Arab Film Series Online: 7 x 7 // 7 Artists\, 7 Years
DESCRIPTION:7 p.m. EDT Friday\, March 19\nOnline Stream – Register for Free \nAANM\, Arab Film and Media Institute\, ArteEast\, the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College\, the Department of Art History at Pomona College and Youth of the World Together\, in total partnership\, are pleased to present the public premiere of two experimental short films by Yemeni-Bosnian multi-media artist Alia Ali: Conflict is More Profitable Than Peace and مهجر // Mahjar. Immediately following the premiere will be a dialogue with Alia Ali hosted by AANM Film Curator Dave Serio. \nMarking the seventh year of the war in Yemen\, this event will launch 7 x 7 // 7 Artists\, 7 Years: a film presentation of short films by seven Yemeni filmmakers\, that collectively push back against binary portrayals of Yemenis as victims and/or villians\, and instead provide an expansive view on how Yemenis present themselves\, on their terms. Following the live premiere\, all films will be available to stream for 48 hours. \nFeaturing the following films/filmmakers: \nCarrom dir. Nashwan Sadek / 9 minutes / Documentary\nOzazah dir. Ala’a Hafed / 6 minutes / Documentary\nMade of Gold dir. Saber Wasel / 6 minutes / Documentary\nThe Last Resort dir. Noordeen Morgan / 10 minutes / Documentary\nScene 2 dir. Abdulrahman Alward / 21 minutes / Fiction\nThe Helmet dir. Osama Khaled / 9 minutes / Sci-Fi \nPlease note that some of these films may address difficult and sensitive topics\, such as war\, trauma and sexual harassment and may be triggering for some.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/arab-film-series-online-7-x-7-7-artists-7-years/
CATEGORIES:Movie
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210318T190000
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SUMMARY:Lecture at San Jose State University: Laila Lalami
DESCRIPTION:The acclaimed\, award-winning novelist–author of The Moor’s Account and The Other Americans–now gives us a bracingly personal work of nonfiction that is concerned with the experiences of “conditional citizens.” \nWhat does it mean to be American? In this starkly illuminating and impassioned book\, Pulitzer Prize Finalist Laila Lalami recounts her unlikely journey from Moroccan immigrant to U.S. citizen\, using it as a starting point for her exploration of the rights\, liberties\, and protections that are traditionally associated with American citizenship. Tapping into history\, politics\, and literature\, she elucidates how accidents of birth–such as national origin\, race\, or gender–that once determined the boundaries of Americanness still cast their shadows today. Throughout the book\, she poignantly illustrates how white supremacy survives through adaptation and legislation\, with the result that a caste system is maintained\, keeping the modern equivalent of white male landowners at the top of the social hierarchy. Conditional citizens\, she argues\, are all the people whom America embraces with one arm\, and pushes away with the other. \nBrilliantly argued and deeply personal\, Conditional Citizens weaves together the author’s own experiences with explorations of the place of nonwhites in the broader American culture.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/lecutre-sjsu-laila-lalami/
CATEGORIES:Book Reading,Lecture/Panel Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210317T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210317T210000
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SUMMARY:Readings & Conversations with Laila Lalami
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lecture with Laila Lalami\, novelist\, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award\, and author of The Moor’s Account and The Other Americans. \nLAILA 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 and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Her most recent novel\, The Other Americans\, was a Los Angeles Times bestseller\, a best-of-2019 selection from NPR\, Time\, and Kirkus\, and a finalist for the National Book Award in Fiction. Her essays and criticism have appeared in the Los Angeles Times\, the Washington Post\, Harper’s\, the Guardian\, and the New York Times. In fall 2020\, she will release Conditional Citizens\, a nonfiction exploration of how the rights\, liberties\, and protections of American citizenship are not always uniformly applied.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/readings-conversations-with-laila-lalami/
CATEGORIES:Book Reading,Lecture/Panel Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210317T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210317T190000
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SUMMARY:NGP Talks with Susan Muaddi Darraj
DESCRIPTION:Susan Muaddi Darraj’s (NGP Member) short story collection\, A Curious Land: Stories from Home\, was named the winner of the AWP Grace Paley Prize for Short Fiction\, judged by Jaime Manrique. It also won the 2016 Arab American Book Award\, a 2016 American Book Award\, and was shortlisted for a Palestine Book Award. Her previous short story collection\, The Inheritance of Exile\, was published in 2007 by University of Notre Dame Press.\nIn 2018\, she was named a Ford Fellow by USA Artists. Susan also is a two-time recipient of an Individual Artist Award from the Maryland State Arts Council. She has also been awarded a Ruby’s Artist Grant from the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance and a grant from the Sustainable Arts Foundation.\n\nIn 2019\, she launched the viral #TweetYourThobe social media campaign to promote Palestinian culture. Later that year\, she was named winner of the Rose Nader Award\, by the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC)\, an award given by the Nader family to a person who “demonstrates an unwavering dedication and commitment to values of equality and justice.”\nIn January 2020\, Capstone Books launched her debut children’s chapter book series\, Farah Rocks\, about a smart\, brave Palestinian American girl named Farah Hajjar.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/10995/
CATEGORIES:Book Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210316T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210316T113000
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CREATED:20210310T232208Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210310T232238Z
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SUMMARY:Vaccine Apartheid\, Grassroots Resistance and Transnational Connections
DESCRIPTION:Rachel Corrie: Commemorating 18 Years \nJoin the Rachel Corrie Foundation for a roundtable discussion commemorating Rachel Corrie’s life\, legacy\, and commitment to Palestinian solidarity. Huwaida Arraf\, Ahmed Abu Artema\, Dr. Yasser Abu Jamei\, and the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project will be discussing vaccine apartheid\, grassroots resistance\, and transnational connections in Gaza and abroad. \nRegistration link: http://bit.ly/2MHVjgC\nLivestream link: https://youtu.be/hybPB0EZARQ
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/vaccine-apartheid-grassroots-resistance-and-transnational-connections/
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210315T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210315T213000
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CREATED:20210224T212115Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210224T212308Z
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SUMMARY:P&P Live! Nicholas Freudenberg\, Abdul El-Sayed\, and Micah Johnson — American Healthcare: What's Broken and How We Can Fix It
DESCRIPTION:CLICK HERE to join the Live! event\n\n\n\n\n\nThere are few issues as consequential in the lives of Americans as healthcare–and few issues more politically vexing. Every single American will interact with the healthcare system at some point in their lives\, and most people will find that interaction less than satisfactory. And yet for every dollar spent in our economy\, 18 cents go to healthcare. What are we paying for\, exactly? \nHealthcare policy is notoriously complex\, but what Americans want is simple: good healthcare that’s easy to use and doesn’t break the bank. Polls show that a majority of Americans want the government to provide universal health coverage to all Americans. Medicare for All: A Citizen’s Guide is the roadmap to America’s most debated policy-in-waiting \n—– \nAt What Cost confronts how globalization\, financial speculation\, monopolies\, and control of science and technology have enhanced the ability of corporations and their allies to overwhelm influences of government\, family\, community\, and faith. As corporations manipulate demand through skillful marketing and veto the choices that undermine their bottom line\, free consumer choice has all but disappeared\, and with it\, the personal protections guarding our collective health. At What Cost argues that the world created by 21st-century capitalism is simply not fit to solve our most serious public health problems\, from climate change to opioid addiction. However\, author and public health expert Nicholas Freudenberg also shows that though the road is steep\, human and planetary well-being constitute a powerful mobilizing idea for a new social movement\, one that will restore the power of individual voice to our democracy.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/abdul-el-sayed-and-micah-johnson-livestream-a-citizens-guide-to-medicare-for-all-pp/
CATEGORIES:Book Reading
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210401
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SUMMARY:Middle Eastern Galleries Now
DESCRIPTION:This March\, Artsy celebrates artists and galleries who are based in or identify with countries in the Middle East and North Africa. We will showcase online exhibitions and gallery shows to highlight artworks that are both innovative and timely. This is a chance for collectors to discover and support the work of these important artists. \n  \nhttps://www.artsy.net/fair/middle-eastern-galleries-now
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/middle-eastern-galleries-now/
CATEGORIES:Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210313T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210313T100000
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CREATED:20210311T210744Z
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SUMMARY:Free Virtual Screening of the Film "The People's Patriarch" Produced by Dr. Lily Habash
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, March 13\, 2021\n12:00 PM  1:03 PM\nPalestine Museum US (map)\n\n\nTimes are based on US ET zone \nThe screening of the film will be followed by Q&A discussions with film producer Dr. Lily Habash and audience. \nTo register for this event please click here. \nTo view the film trailer please click here. \nAbout the Film \nPatriarch Michel Sabbah: An Arab\, Palestinian and Christian believer from Nazareth. In 1987\, Pope John Paul II appointed him as the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem in 1987\, to be the first Arab Patriarch to hold the office in the Catholic Church’s history. He made an honorable history during his work as a Patriarch. His work marked significant milestones in the struggle against injustice and oppression to bring peace to the country of the Prince of Peace. He is still active in many initiatives and activities to spread his human and spiritual message in Palestine and the world. The film is a humble contribution to honor the Patriarch and shed light on some crucial moments in his life\, his thought\, and his constant obsession with the consolidation of love\, justice\, and peace.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/free-virtual-screening-of-the-film-the-peoples-patriarch-produced-by-dr-lily-habash/
CATEGORIES:Movie
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210312T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210312T140000
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SUMMARY:Smithsonian Sampler Series:  Tatreez
DESCRIPTION:PROGRAM DESCRIPTION \nFor 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. \nIf 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. \nOpen 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. \n Download the supply list for this class
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/smithsonian-sampler-series-tatreez-3/
CATEGORIES:Art,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210311T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210311T210000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Book Club: The Wandering Palestinian with Dr. Anan Ameri
DESCRIPTION:FREE with RSVP \nJoin Dr. Anan Ameri\, founding director of AANM\, at the next Virtual Book Club! Dr. Ameri will give a live reading from her recently published book The Wandering Palestinian\, and discussion hosted by AANM deputy director Dr. Jumana Salamey. The Wandering Palestinian is a memoir of Dr. Ameri’s journey from immigrating to Detroit\, Michigan to becoming a driving force of her community. \nPlease note that the event is free\, but books are for sale. We encourage readers to purchase books from Nicola’s Books: hardcover\, paperback. \nABOUT THE BOOK\nAnan Ameri played a pivotal role in the creation of the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn\, Michigan. The Wandering Palestinian chronicles her life from 1974 in Beirut\, Lebanon to Detroit\, Michigan as she learns how to adjust to culture shock\, finds her independence and becomes a driving force in Detroit’s large and politically active Arab American community—an involvement that helped her break away from her isolation and resume her activism\, and paved the way for her to become a recognized and respected leader in her community.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/virtual-book-club-the-wandering-palestinian-with-dr-anan-ameri/
CATEGORIES:Book Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210309T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210309T153000
DTSTAMP:20260403T175506
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SUMMARY:Arabic Conversation Hours Spring 2021 جلسة الحوار بالعربية
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a fun hour of conversation in Arabic. Do you want to practice your Arabic without being judged? Do you want to learn some new words or ways of saying things? Do you want to meet other people who are trying to learn or strengthen their Arabic? \nPour You coffee or tea and let’s talk \nYou will receive a zoom link after you RSVP \nMarch 9 @ 2:30-3:30 \nApril 8 @ 1-2 \nFor assistance or accessibility\, email us at arabamcc@uic.edu \n\nRSVP 
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/arabic-conversation-hours-spring-2021-%d8%ac%d9%84%d8%b3%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ad%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%b1-%d8%a8%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%b1%d8%a8%d9%8a%d8%a9/
CATEGORIES:Language
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210308T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210308T140000
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SUMMARY:Women’s History Month English-Arabic Storytime Online
DESCRIPTION:She Persisted and Think Big\, Little One with Sari Mira\n\nJoin us for a Women’s History Month-themed English-Arabic Storytime from the comfort of your home! Children ages 2-6 and their parents are invited to tune in as resident storyteller Sari Mira reads the books She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World and Think Big\, Little One\, in both English and Arabic. \nShe Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World introduces young readers to thirteen inspirational women who never took no for an answer\, and who always\, inevitably and without fail\, persisted. \nThink Big\, Little One introduces eighteen trailblazing women\, ranging from writers to inventors\, artists to scientists; like influential modernist painter Mary Blair\, environmental activist Wangari Maathai and architect Zaha Hadid. \n\n\nThe Storytime will go up at 1 p.m. EST on Monday\, March 8 on our Storytime page\, where you can also check out previous Online Storytimes.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/womens-history-month-english-arabic-storytime-online/
CATEGORIES:Story Time
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210309
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LAST-MODIFIED:20220915T221405Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Art Exhibition: Legacy Trilogy: Past Edition
DESCRIPTION:ArteEast is proud to present the Legacy Trilogy series of exhibitions celebrating the organization’s legacy as a forum for contemporary art practices from the Middle East North Africa region. This fundraising exhibition consists of three parts: Past\, Present\, and Future.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/virtual-art-gallery-legacy-trilogy-past-edition/
CATEGORIES:Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210306T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210306T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T175506
CREATED:20210224T025931Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210224T025931Z
UID:10000821-1615039200-1615050000@arabishway.com
SUMMARY:Part of Creating Art with Islamic Patterns Series
DESCRIPTION:Ages 12 and older. \nPresented by Amina Quraishi. \nArabesque art is one of the main components of Islamic art and consist of rhythmic linear motifs with floral and vegetal foliage. Learn to draw an arabesque pattern with step-by-step instructions and paint with watercolor. \nSupplies needed: Pencil\, ruler\, printed handout (this will be emailed to you). \nOptional supplies: Tracing paper\, tape\, art or watercolor paper\, watercolors or coloring medium of choice. \nPlease register. You will be sent a Zoom link.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/part-of-creating-art-with-islamic-patterns-series/
CATEGORIES:Art,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210306T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210306T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T175506
CREATED:20210223T235226Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210224T023517Z
UID:10000819-1615024800-1615032000@arabishway.com
SUMMARY:Eggstraordinary Objects: ostrich eggs as luxury items in the ancient Mediterranean
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Tamar Hodos\, University of Bristol \nDecorated ostrich eggs were traded as luxury items from the Middle East to the western Mediterranean during the second and first millennia BCE. The eggs were engraved\, painted\, and occasionally embellished with ivory\, precious metals and faience fittings. While archaeologists note their presence as unusual vessels in funerary and dedicatory contexts\, little is known about how or from where they were sourced\, decorated and traded. An ongoing project between researchers at Bristol University and the British Museum has established techniques to identify where the eggs originated and how they were decorated. This talk shares the results of our study\, revealing the complexity of the production\, trade\, and economic and social values of luxury organic items between competing cultures of the ancient Mediterranean world. \nRegister Here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMscuGhrzMvGdB8aReWTG8Q5DLaMX2vLsSP
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/eggstraordinary-objects-ostrich-eggs-as-luxury-items-in-the-ancient-mediterranean/
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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ORGANIZER;CN="American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE)":MAILTO:nw.arce@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210306T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210306T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T175506
CREATED:20210211T230657Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210211T230657Z
UID:10000813-1615021200-1615028400@arabishway.com
SUMMARY:Palestine Writes Cultural Spotlight: Ibtisam Azem: The Book of Disappearance
DESCRIPTION:We are excited to announce the Palestine Writes Cultural Spotlight.  These zoom webinar events will offer registration and live-streaming on facebook. \nThis month\, we are featuring Ibtisam Azem and her incredible novel\, The Book of Disappearance. The event will be co-sponsored by the Institute of Palestinian Studies and moderated by Laura Al Bast\, a digital editor at the Institute for Palestinian Studies. Please register for the event here! \nhttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScrZw-Cv6Q2BdV7p_7kPdVNNUIQcM9KGV7Hve4gBt8ntYBOoA/viewform
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/palestine-writes-cultural-spotlight-ibtisam-azem-the-book-of-disappearance/
CATEGORIES:Book Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210305T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210305T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T175506
CREATED:20210211T223249Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210211T223249Z
UID:10000805-1614970800-1614978000@arabishway.com
SUMMARY:Movie: EAST JERUSALEM/WEST JERUSALEM via St Marks
DESCRIPTION:EAST JERUSALEM/WEST JERUSALEM \nAmerican\, Israeli\, and Palestinian musicians record a new album. And\, in defiance of Israel’s dark realities\, start a new program for children living under occupation. \nIsraeli singer-songwriter David Broza sets out to realize his dream of cooperation and dialog between Israelis and Palestinians through music. During 8 days and nights of joint creation by his mixed Jewish and Muslim band in an East Jerusalem studio\, a hopeful message of equality and unity arises. Featuring Steve Earle and Mira Awad. \nLearn more here. \nwith guest speaker: TBA \nContact info@saintmarks.org to be added to the Mideast Focus Ministry mailing list\, or use this form. (Check the box marked “Mideast Focus.”)
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/movie-east-jerusalem-west-jerusalem-via-st-marks/
CATEGORIES:Movie
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210304T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210304T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T175506
CREATED:20210225T201255Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210225T201417Z
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SUMMARY:Palestinian Fatayer with Nadia Tommalieh
DESCRIPTION:The universal practicality of packing deliciousness into a portable dough package ranges from Cornish pasties to empanadas to fatayer\, a type of savory pie eaten throughout the Middle East. In this class\, NADIA TOMMALIEH will guide you through the Palestinian take on this most perfect of mezze. You’ll layer a citrusy spinach filling into dough triangles to make fatayer sabanekh\, fold cheese and herbs into boat-shaped fatayer jebneh\, and make open-faced spiced beef sfeeha. \nThis 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. \n\nThere are two options for gathering ingredients for this class! You can shop for your own ingredients or we are happy to pre-measure ingredients and assemble them into a 4-serving kit. And if you like to sip wine while you cook\, consider adding a lovingly paired bottle with your kit! \nYou can preview the ingredients and equipment needed by FOLLOWING THIS LINK. One week before class we will send out a detailed shopping list\, and a few days before class we will email you a detailed recipe packet and Zoom link. All classes are listed in Pacific Time.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/palestinian-fatayer-with-nadia-tommalieh-4/
CATEGORIES:Cooking/Food,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210303T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210303T133000
DTSTAMP:20260403T175506
CREATED:20210127T222816Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210127T222816Z
UID:10000786-1614772800-1614778200@arabishway.com
SUMMARY:Policing Somali Refugees: Somali Refugee Resistance to State Violence
DESCRIPTION:For Somali refugees\, San Diego’s City Heights neighborhood and the camp at Dadaab\, Kenya are connected carceral spaces. Both are governed by militarized techniques and technologies of surveillance and militarism\, and both demand counter-technologies through which refugees survive and even thrive. \n  \nMohamed Abumaye is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at California State University\, San Marcos. \nAdditional co-sponsor: UW Center for Human Rights
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/policing-somali-refugees-somali-refugee-resistance-to-state-violence-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210302T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210302T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T175506
CREATED:20210224T024622Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210224T024727Z
UID:10000820-1614713400-1614718800@arabishway.com
SUMMARY:Abdul El-Sayed and Micah Johnson (livestream) A Citizen’s Guide to Medicare for All
DESCRIPTION:Doctors Abdul El-Sayed and Micah Johnson join us via livestream to present a simple guide to America’s most debated policy-in-waiting. Using their book Medicare for All: A Citizen’s Guide as a base\, they relate how\, although healthcare policy is notoriously complex\, what Americans want is simple: good healthcare that’s easy to use and doesn’t break the bank. And two-thirds of Americans want the government to provide universal health coverage. Is Medicare for All the solution? El-Sayed and Johnson offer a serious examination of this complex subject\, offering viewpoints on how Medicare for All would transform the way we give\, receive\, and pay for healthcare in America. Don’t miss this conversation that is perhaps more significant than ever before. \nAbdul El-Sayed\, MD\, DPhil\, is a physician\, epidemiologist\, public health expert\, and progressive activist. He rebuilt Detroit’s Health Department after the City’s bankruptcy as the youngest big-city health commissioner in a major US city. He ran for Governor of Michigan in 2018 on a state-level single-payer platform in a bid endorsed by Senator Bernie Sanders\, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez\, The Nation\, and Current Affairs. He holds a doctorate in Public Health from University of Oxford where he was a Rhodes Scholar\, and a medical degree from Columbia University.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/abdul-el-sayed-and-micah-johnson-livestream-a-citizens-guide-to-medicare-for-all/
CATEGORIES:Book Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210302T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210302T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T175506
CREATED:20210224T191827Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210224T191827Z
UID:10000825-1614706200-1614711600@arabishway.com
SUMMARY:We Want Representation: Students Speak Up for MENA Category
DESCRIPTION:Join Undergraduate Student Government and the Arab American Cultural Center to share your voices\, your stories\, and your perspective on why a MENA category is important at the U of Illinois. Speak about your experiences and what you would like to see take shape on campus to support MENA students. \nEvent will be co-hosted by students Sarah Hassan and Malak Kanan \nReal-time captioning will be provided \nfor questions email us at: arabamcc@uic.edu \nEvent is being co-sponsored by Students for Justice in Palestine – UIC\, Students for Justice in Palestine – UIUC\, Arab Student Association at UIUC\, Relief or Yemen at UIC\, Palestine Children’s Relief Fund at UIC\, Muslim Student Association at UIC
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/we-want-representation-students-speak-up-for-mena-category/
CATEGORIES:Gathering
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210302T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210302T100000
DTSTAMP:20260403T175506
CREATED:20210211T225131Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210211T225131Z
UID:10000812-1614672000-1614679200@arabishway.com
SUMMARY:4.4 DIALOGUES ON THE ART OF ARAB FASHION: WHAT EGYPTIAN DRESS TELLS US ABOUT SYMBOLS
DESCRIPTION:4.4 DIALOGUES ON THE ART OF ARAB FASHION: WHAT EGYPTIAN DRESS TELLS US ABOUT SYMBOLS\nEvent Description: This conversation with anthropologist and author\, Dr Andrea Rugh\, is based upon Andrea’s book “Reveal and Conceal”\, which studies the complex cultural expressions of clothes and dress in Egypt. Dr Andrea analyses contemporary social meanings found in the symbols of dress and shows the way groups and individuals use the symbols like a language to reveal or conceal significant aspects of their identities. \nDate: 2nd March 2021 \nTime: 11 am NYC\, 4 pm London\, 8 pm Dubai \nTickets: Donation \nStudents: If you are a student\, or member of academia please register here to receive your complimentary registration links. \nRegistering will not only give you access to the live session\, but also a recorded version to catch up on in your own time.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/4-4-dialogues-on-the-art-of-arab-fashion-what-egyptian-dress-tells-us-about-symbols/
CATEGORIES:Art
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210301
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210303
DTSTAMP:20260403T175506
CREATED:20210224T223134Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220915T174322Z
UID:10000833-1614556800-1614729599@arabishway.com
SUMMARY:Tatreez Workshops and Lectures by Tatreez and Tea  - Ongoing
DESCRIPTION:Your instructor is author and scholar Wafa Ghnaim\, founder of Tatreez & Tea! \nTatreez & Tea’s mission is to preserve Palestinian embroidery and storytelling traditions in the diaspora. Tatreez & Tea is the first of it’s kind. When Wafa first founded Tatreez & Tea in 2016\, she was the only educator solely focused on Palestinian embroidery\, traveling the US and the world. Now\, new local initiatives\, culture bearers\, “tatreez circles”\, and mentors are emerging from communities around the world like never before. The tatreez revolution has gained a beautiful momentum and now is the time to join. \nWafa’s goal in her educational classes are three-fold: educate students from art history and oral history perspectives that preserve the meanings\, stories and symbolism of traditional Palestinian embroidery motifs; teach versatile skills that allow students to eventually produce large independent projects; encourage students to become creative and grow beyond simply abiding by traditional embroidery principles. \nClick here for upcoming events! \nhttps://www.tatreezandtea.com/events
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/tatreez-workshops-and-lectures-by-tatreez-and-tea-copy/
CATEGORIES:Art,Lecture,Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Tatreez and Tea":MAILTO:WAFA@TATREEZANDTEA.COM
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210228T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210228T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T175506
CREATED:20210128T214736Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210128T220726Z
UID:10000795-1614513600-1614520800@arabishway.com
SUMMARY:Arab Film Series Online: There Is A Field + Talkback
DESCRIPTION:3 p.m. EST Sunday\, Feb. 28\, 2021\nArab Film Series Online: There Is A Field (2020) dir. Jen Marlowe \nFree with RSVP/$5 suggested donation \nRSVP for streaming link \nThere Is A Field tells the story of Asel Asleh\, an unarmed 17-year old Palestinian teenager who was murdered while participating in a demonstration calling for an end to Israeli occupation and settler-colonization. \nA play turned performance-reading film\, There Is A Field is performed by Black Lives Matter activists in the U.S.\, and is intercut with the activists’ own realizations of the parallels they see between Asel’s story and the experiences of BIPOC communities in the U.S. Amidst the ongoing Black Lives Matter uprising that reignited in recent months following the police murder of George Floyd\, There Is A Field provides a unique and timely lens for discussing decolonization\, Black liberation\, Black-Palestinian solidarity and cross-movement organizing. \nFollowing the screening\, we are pleased to be joined by director Jen Marlowe for a talkback. \nPalestine\, U.S.A. / 70 minutes / Documentary\, Performance / English \nFor questions\, e-mail Dave Serio\, Public Programming Specialist at dserio@accesscommunity.org.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/arab-film-series-online-there-is-a-field-talkback/
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Panel Discussion,Theater
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210228T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210228T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T175506
CREATED:20210224T205735Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210224T205735Z
UID:10000831-1614513600-1614517200@arabishway.com
SUMMARY:A Conversation with Gideon Levy - Haaretz Columnist and Member of Editorial Board
DESCRIPTION:Please click here to register for this event. \n\nGideon Levy is an Israeli journalist and author who writes regularly for the newspaper Haaretz. His writings often focus on the daily lives and sufferings of ordinary Palestinians living under Israeli occupation and control in the West Bank and Gaza. His work raises sharp criticism from mainstream Israeli journalists and politicians who accuse him of being pro Palestinian and of treason. \nDuring this one hour conversation with the Palestine Museum US\, Levy will share his unique insights and perspective on issues related to the current Palestinian situation\, including the obstacles and prospects for peace\, the one/two-state solutions\, the role of the Palestinian Authority\, prospects for Palestinian unity\, Israeli elections/politics\, and Israel’s relations with the new Biden administration.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/a-conversation-with-gideon-levy-haaretz-columnist-and-member-of-editorial-board/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210227T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210227T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T175506
CREATED:20210224T202530Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210224T202530Z
UID:10000830-1614427200-1614434400@arabishway.com
SUMMARY:Free Virtual Screening of the Film "Recollection" by Palestinian Director Kamal Aljafari
DESCRIPTION:To register for this event please click here. \nTo view the film trailer please click here. \nThe following description is by Shimrit Lee writing for Warscapes.com \nAbout the Film \n\n\n\n\nKamal Aljafari remembers when Jaffa was transformed into civil war-torn Beirut. Under the direction of Menachem Golan\, the production team of The Delta Force (1986) created urban mayhem\, arranging for the explosion of real buildings in the staging of a fictional battle. Aljafari recalls standing on the side of the road with a group of other children\, eagerly awaiting a glimpse of Chuck Norris racing by in a van with the name of their school\, “St. Joseph\,” printed on the door. Years later\, while flipping through television channels in a hotel room in London\, Aljafari was shocked to recognize this scene. He sat on the bed mesmerized\, not by the action shots but by the background: a clear documentation of the Jaffa of his childhood\, a city which has since been destroyed\, renovated\, gentrified and rebuilt beyond recognition. \nAljafari’s latest film Recollection is composed entirely of footage from Israeli and American fiction features shot in Jaffa from the 1960s to the 1990s\, primarily of the so-called bourekas genre that dramatized tense romantic relationships between Mizrahi male “thugs” and Ashkenazi female elites. Jaffa provided the perfect setting to construct new Israeli narratives on top of emptied Palestinian ruins. As Aljafari explains\, Palestinians were effectively “uprooted in reality and in fiction.” In Recollection\, Aljafari removes the Israeli actors to give the stage to the people who appear by chance in the background of these shots\, including both Palestinians and Iraqi Jews who were settled in the city\, enacting what he describes as “cinematic justice.” \nAljafari was born in neighboring Ramle in 1972 and later emigrated to Germany to attend film school. His previous films include The Roof (2006)\, which follows him on a return visit to the homes of his parents and grandmother in Palestine\, and Port of Memory (2009)\, which traces the eviction of his mother’s family from their home in Ajami. Aljafari’s dark humor and silent communication style liken his work to that of Palestinian filmmakers Elia Sulieman and Michel Khleifi. \nUnlike his previous films\, Recollection has no central protagonist. Aljafari moves through the found-footage\, creating the illusion of a dreamer sleep-walking through the city with a handheld camera. While Aljafari sometimes describes this unseen cameraman as himself\, each excavated memory is shared\, belonging to his grandfather\, his mother\, his neighbors\, and others who cannot return. Each footstep holds a certain urgency; as Aljafari explains\, “I walk everywhere\, sometimes hesitant and sometimes lost. I wander through the city; I wander through the memories. I film everything I encounter because I know it no longer exists. I return to a lost time.”
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/free-virtual-screening-of-the-film-recollection-by-palestinian-director-kamal-aljafari/
CATEGORIES:Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210227T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210227T123000
DTSTAMP:20260403T175506
CREATED:20210223T234317Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210223T234706Z
UID:10000818-1614423600-1614429000@arabishway.com
SUMMARY:Beyond the Two State Solution: Book Talk and Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Jonathan Kuttab’s new book is a short introduction to the crisis in Palestine-Israel\, which has been characterized by the competing visions of Zionism and Palestinian nationalism. While many thought the two-state solution would offer a resolution\, Jonathan explains that the two-state solution (that he supported) is no longer viable. He suggests that any solution be predicated on the basic existential needs of the two parties\, which he lays out in exceptional detail. He formulates a way forward for a one-state solution that challenges both Zionism and Palestinian nationalism. This book invites readers to begin a new conversation based on reality: two peoples will need to live together in some sort of unified state. It is balanced and accessible to neophytes and to experts alike. \nZoom Registration
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/beyond-the-two-state-solution-book-talk-and-discussion/
CATEGORIES:Book Reading,Lecture/Panel Discussion
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