Mike Eshaq at Club Comedy Seattle
2023-01-06 20:00 - 21:00, 2023-01-06 22:30 - 23:30, 2023-01-07 20:00 - 21:30, 2023-01-07 22:30 - 23:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Club Comedy – Seattle, 328 15th Ave E, Seattle, 98112, United States
After a tour in the Marines, Mike Eshaq traded his rifle in for a microphone! Mike has a unique angle in his comedy being Middle Eastern, serving as a United States Marine and being a Muslim who can’t stop eating bacon.
Some of his TV credits include ‘Detroiters’ on Comedy Central, and ‘Grace and Frankie’ on Netflix and Station 19 on ABC. He made his standup television debut on “FUNNY AF” on P Diddy’s REVOLT TV!
Recent clubs he’s performed at have been The Comedy Store, Hollywood Improv, Mark Ridleys Comedy Castle, Rick Bronson’s House of Comedy, Funnybone, Cleveland Improv, and The Dirty at 12:30 in Las Vegas!
He’s also a self taught filmmaker directing many short comedy sketches since 2004, like the award winning video “MTV Cribs – Arab American Style” and the web-series The Ed and Moe Show. He continues to create videos on his Instagram and YouTube pages. Mike also produced hit reality TV shows like Swamp People on History Channel. You can follow him at www.MikeFromDetroit.com

2022 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour [In-Person Only]
2023-01-07 16:30 - 18:00 | Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, 2, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
The 2022 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour is a 95-minute theatrical program of 7 short films curated from the 2022 Sundance Film Festival short film program, including three titles that won Festival awards.
Including:
Warsha

France & Lebanon (Director and Screenwriter: Dania Bdeir, Producer: Coralie Dias)
A Syrian migrant working as a crane operator in Beirut volunteers to cover a shift on one of the most dangerous cranes, where he is able to find his freedom. Fiction. Cast: Khansa. Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction.
Dania Bdeir is a Canadian-Lebanese writer and director. She’s a member of the Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective and has an MFA in directing from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. In 2019 she was selected as a Berlinale Talent and participated in its Short Film Station with Warsha. She is currently based in Dubai and is developing her first feature film.

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Sat Jan 07: 4.30pm PDT, 7.30pm PDT

Sun Jan 08: 4.30pm PDT, 7.30pm PDT

Wed Jan 11: 7.30pm PDT

Thu Jan 12: 7.30pm PDT

2022 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour [In-Person Only]
2023-01-07 19:30 - 21:00 | Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, 2, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
The 2022 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour is a 95-minute theatrical program of 7 short films curated from the 2022 Sundance Film Festival short film program, including three titles that won Festival awards.
Including:
Warsha

France & Lebanon (Director and Screenwriter: Dania Bdeir, Producer: Coralie Dias)
A Syrian migrant working as a crane operator in Beirut volunteers to cover a shift on one of the most dangerous cranes, where he is able to find his freedom. Fiction. Cast: Khansa. Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction.
Dania Bdeir is a Canadian-Lebanese writer and director. She’s a member of the Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective and has an MFA in directing from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. In 2019 she was selected as a Berlinale Talent and participated in its Short Film Station with Warsha. She is currently based in Dubai and is developing her first feature film.

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Sat Jan 07: 7.30pm PDT

Sun Jan 08: 4.30pm PDT, 7.30pm PDT

Wed Jan 11: 7.30pm PDT

Thu Jan 12: 7.30pm PDT

2022 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour [In-Person Only]
2023-01-07 19:30 - 21:30, 2023-01-08 16:30 - 18:00 | Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, 2, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
The 2022 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour is a 95-minute theatrical program of 7 short films curated from the 2022 Sundance Film Festival short film program, including three titles that won Festival awards.
Including:
Warsha

France & Lebanon (Director and Screenwriter: Dania Bdeir, Producer: Coralie Dias)
A Syrian migrant working as a crane operator in Beirut volunteers to cover a shift on one of the most dangerous cranes, where he is able to find his freedom. Fiction. Cast: Khansa. Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction.
Dania Bdeir is a Canadian-Lebanese writer and director. She’s a member of the Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective and has an MFA in directing from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. In 2019 she was selected as a Berlinale Talent and participated in its Short Film Station with Warsha. She is currently based in Dubai and is developing her first feature film.

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Sun Jan 08: 4.30pm PDT, 7.30pm PDT

Wed Jan 11: 7.30pm PDT

Thu Jan 12: 7.30pm PDT

2022 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour [In-Person Only]
2023-01-08 19:30 - 21:00 | Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, 2, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
The 2022 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour is a 95-minute theatrical program of 7 short films curated from the 2022 Sundance Film Festival short film program, including three titles that won Festival awards.
Including:
Warsha

France & Lebanon (Director and Screenwriter: Dania Bdeir, Producer: Coralie Dias)
A Syrian migrant working as a crane operator in Beirut volunteers to cover a shift on one of the most dangerous cranes, where he is able to find his freedom. Fiction. Cast: Khansa. Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction.
Dania Bdeir is a Canadian-Lebanese writer and director. She’s a member of the Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective and has an MFA in directing from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. In 2019 she was selected as a Berlinale Talent and participated in its Short Film Station with Warsha. She is currently based in Dubai and is developing her first feature film.

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Sun Jan 08: 7.30pm PDT

Wed Jan 11: 7.30pm PDT

Thu Jan 12: 7.30pm PDT

Arab Comfort Food: Arayes with Nadia Tommalieh
2023-01-11 18:00 - 21:30, 2023-01-12 18:00 - 21:30 | the Pantry, 1417 NW 70th Street, Seattle, WA, 98117
In the chilly months of winter, comfort food is where we turn to warm ourselves, whether for a big weekend gathering or a weeknight family meal. Nadia Tommalieh is the curator of a special kind of Palestinian hospitality, and when you’re seated at her table, you can’t help but forget the cold outside. Join us in class to make kobez arabi (fresh made pita bread) that you’ll use for baked arayes (seasoned ground meat and pomegranate molasses in a crispy pita pockets); laban bil na’na (mint yogurt sauce); mshaat with tatbeeleh (fried cauliflower and herb fritters); and shorabet freekeh bil krema (creamy freekeh, corn, and herb soup).

Sur La Table: A Taste Of Morocco
2023-01-11 19:00 - 21:30 | Sur La Table – Kirkland, 90 Central Way, Kirkland, WA, 98033, United States
Menu: Orange and Olive Salad – Roasted Chicken, Caramelized Onion and Preserved Lemon – Couscous with Saffron and Ginger – Almond and Date Tarts
Class Description: Moroccan cuisine is one of the most diversified cuisines in the world. A result of the centuries-long interaction with the outside world, the cuisine of Morocco is a mix of, Spanish, French, Middle Eastern, and African cuisines. Spices are used extensively, and we’ll show you how to bring these rich and exotic flavors to prepare an amazing authentic Moroccan feast from start to finish.

2022 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour [In-Person Only]
2023-01-11 19:30 - 21:00 | Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, 2, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
The 2022 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour is a 95-minute theatrical program of 7 short films curated from the 2022 Sundance Film Festival short film program, including three titles that won Festival awards.
Including:
Warsha

France & Lebanon (Director and Screenwriter: Dania Bdeir, Producer: Coralie Dias)
A Syrian migrant working as a crane operator in Beirut volunteers to cover a shift on one of the most dangerous cranes, where he is able to find his freedom. Fiction. Cast: Khansa. Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction.
Dania Bdeir is a Canadian-Lebanese writer and director. She’s a member of the Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective and has an MFA in directing from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. In 2019 she was selected as a Berlinale Talent and participated in its Short Film Station with Warsha. She is currently based in Dubai and is developing her first feature film.

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Wed Jan 11: 7.30pm PDT

Thu Jan 12: 7.30pm PDT

UK New Artists in conversation with Habib Hajallie
2023-01-12 08:30 - 10:00 | Virtual
Habib Hajallie was named as the winner of the Robert Walters Group UK New Artist of the Year Award at an awards ceremony held at the prestigious Saatchi Gallery on Thursday 10 November 2022, and he is also a recipient of the Samuel Ross Black British Artist Grant 2022.
During this online talk, Habib will talk about his creative practice, his work with UK New Artist and winning the Robert Walters Group UK New Artist of the Year Award. Habib will also be sharing his top tips for new, emerging artists that he has learnt on his journey.
Habib seeks to empower often marginalised minorities through the exploration of identity within his ballpoint pen portraiture. Confronting socio-political issues within his drawings acts as a catalyst for a discourse regarding the perception of various demographics as being of lesser humanistic value. Specifically, with the disenfranchised often being undermined by mainstream media; somewhat paradoxically reflecting an archaic hierarchy of status, similar to colonial ideologies. Habib’s practice is informed by his Sierra Leonean and Lebanese heritage, in the representation of figures that have been left-out of traditional British Portraiture, he works to investigate how identity can be reconstructed by historical oppression.
Find out more about Habib’s work here.

Arabic Chat Hour
2023-01-12 19:00 - 20:00, 2023-01-19 19:00 - 20:00 | Virtual
Whether you’re a native speaker or learner, this is a great chance to practice listening and speaking in Arabic!
Zoom room number provided upon registeration.

2022 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour [In-Person Only]
2023-01-12 19:30 - 21:00 | Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, 2, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
The 2022 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour is a 95-minute theatrical program of 7 short films curated from the 2022 Sundance Film Festival short film program, including three titles that won Festival awards.
Including:
Warsha

France & Lebanon (Director and Screenwriter: Dania Bdeir, Producer: Coralie Dias)
A Syrian migrant working as a crane operator in Beirut volunteers to cover a shift on one of the most dangerous cranes, where he is able to find his freedom. Fiction. Cast: Khansa. Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction.
Dania Bdeir is a Canadian-Lebanese writer and director. She’s a member of the Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective and has an MFA in directing from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. In 2019 she was selected as a Berlinale Talent and participated in its Short Film Station with Warsha. She is currently based in Dubai and is developing her first feature film.

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Tatreez & Tea - Free Instagram Live Course
2023-01-14 09:00 - 10:00 | WA
Date/Time: Saturday, January 14, 2023 at 12pm EST
Pattern Link: https://www.tatreezandtea.com/shop/friendsof
Motif: First Intifada Flag
Supplies: A minimum of 4”x4” Aida Cloth Cross Stitch Cloth, 11-14 Count, Any Color (though black is notably challenging for a beginner), 1 Tapestry Needle, Size 22-24, embroidery scissors/any small scissors, Red, Green, Black and White DMC pearl cotton size 8 (if your fabric is white, you can skip the white thread).
A Note on Colors: I am not going to specify which color of embroidery thread to use, because I do not want to encourage purchasing new supplies. If you have red pearl cotton on hand, please just use that red. It is best to use what you have, and there is no need to purchase more. Don’t worry about “traditional colors”. The most traditional color is the one you have and will not waste. 🙂
Need supplies? I am happy to send you a small pack of starter supplies. In order to receive a pack of starter supplies, please follow the below link and donate $20.
The Palestinian embroidery starter set includes;

A postcard with custom illustrated stitching guidance, and a tree of life pattern with the meaning and significance

A woven garment label that says “Made According to Palestinian Traditions”

1-2 pieces of white or beige 11 count Aida cloth, each a minimum of 4×4 inches

A size 22 or 24 DMC tapestry needle

3 arms lengths each of 3 thread colors in red, green and black (DMC pearl cotton thread, size 8)

Domestic shipping to anywhere in the United States. If you are international, I may have to ask you to cover the excess of shipping. Please make sure the address you enter when you make the donation is your shipping address.

Movie: Sons of Eilaboun
2023-01-14 09:00 - 11:00 | Virtual
Please click here to register for this event.

Screening will start at 12:00 Noon US EST; 7:00 PM Palestine Time.
24 minutes, English subtitles. The film screening will be followed by a discussion with filmmaker Hisham Zreiq.
SYNOPSIS
He choked and his eyes were full of tears, and with a trembling voice he said “I remember it as if it has just happened”, this is the way he ended the story, the story of a nine years old boy from a small village called Eilaboun (Eilabun), in Palestine 1948, the story of my father, when he was a refugee.

Cooking class: Mediterranean Inspired Vegetables
2023-01-14 16:00 - 18:00 | PCC – Bothell, 22621 Bothell Everett Hwy, Bothell, WA, 98021, United States
Mediterranean cuisine is as diverse and colorful as the regions that surround the Sea, from Europe to North Africa and the Middle East. Join Ben in discovering how all the lovely flavors meet in a menu that represents the best in vegetarian dishes from this shining region. Craft flatbreads, roast and grill vegetables and make fresh sauces that elevate every dish.
Vegetarian with dairy, gluten, and nuts.
MENU

Skillet Flatbreads with Roasted Carrots, Parsnips and Red Chermoula
Roasted Cauliflower with Green Goddess, Feta and Pistachios
Winter Squash and Grilled Onion Salad with Romesco

Author Amal Ghandour [afikra Conversations]
2023-01-16 07:00 - 08:00 | WA
Amal Ghandour is a Lebanese-Jordanian author and blogger (Thinking Fits), with a career that spans more than three decades in the fields of research, communication, and community development. Her book, About This Man Called Ali (2009), was named the first biography of a modern Arab artist by the renowned Historian Philip Mansel. Ghandour describes her new book, This Arab Life, A Generation’s Journey Into Silence (October 11, 2022), “as a memoir that is not of an individual but of the generation that came of political age in the 1980s in the Levant.” This Arab Life, she adds, “is an intimate rendition of the times that shaped us; the way we internalized our parents’ myriad dejections and disappointments; the pragmatism and silence that defined us; and the dispiriting inheritance we inexorably bequeathed our own children.” Ghandour holds an MS in International Policy from Stanford University and a BSFS from Georgetown University. Among her works: Aeon, The Daily Beast, Washington Independent Review of Books, Midanmasr, Canvas.

Cooking Class: Palestinian Winter Favorites
2023-01-17 18:30 - 21:00 | Book Larder, 4252 Fremont Ave N, Seattle, WA, 98103, United States
Nothing beats the cold winter season than gathering around the table for comfort food served family-style. Join Nadia Tommalieh in this hands-on class as she teaches you how to create an array of traditional Palestinian winter favorites. You will learn how to make: Kofta bil T’heeniyeh (meat patties, tahini, and potato bake); Ruz Bil She’iryeh (toasted vermicelli rice in olive oil); Salata Arabiyya (classic Arabic salad); and Gers Ogaily (sesame, cardamom and saffron winter cake).
Class is limited to 11 people and is hands-on. Includes dinner.
Masking is optional. Please note that event registration is non-refundable.

Cooking class: Mediterranean Inspired Vegetables
2023-01-18 18:00 - 20:00 | PCC-Edmonds, 9803 Edmonds Way, Edmonds, WA, 98020, United States

Des Moines Evening Book Group
2023-01-18 18:30 - 19:30 | KCLS – Des Moines, 21620 11th Avenue S, Des Moines, WA, 98198, United States
Description

Between Two Kingdoms by Suleika Jaouad
New members always welcome.
Please register.
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.

About the Author: Born in New York City to a Tunisian father and a Swiss mother, Suleika attended The Juilliard School’s pre-college program for the double bass, and earned her BA with highest honors from Princeton University and an MFA in writing and literature from Bennington College.

Seattle Arabs - Welcome 2023
2023-01-21 11:00 - 13:00 | Urban Luxe Cafe, 6105 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98115, United States
Let’s start this year together!!
Come have coffee or lunch and meet our beautiful Seattle’s community 🤗 we will discuss plans for our community events for the year. Open for event suggestions, activities and ideas.
See you then 🌸

Free virtual screening of the film "TANTURA" directed by Alon Schwartz
2023-01-22 09:00 - 11:00 | WA
Please click here to watch the film trailer.
Please click here to register for this event.
Screening will start at 12:00 Noon US EST; 7:00 PM Palestine Time.
94 minutes, English subtitles. The film screening will be followed by a discussion with Israeli filmmaker Alon Schwartz.
Tantura investigates the massacre at the Palestinian village of Tantura in 1948 and the dogged work of one Israeli researcher to finally expose the truth.

Streaming: There is Field + panel discussion
2023-01-22 12:00 - 14:00 | Virtual
Amnesty International Puget Sound AIPS and Local Group AI-270 will be presentingThere Is A Field this Sunday, January 22, 2023 from 6-8pm PT. The film will be followed by a panel discussion moderated by Nada Elia, with Alicia Koustoulieris, Jesse Hagopian, and Jen Marlowe.
About the film:
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 begins 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, the root causes of state-sanctioned violence and structural racism. Learn more about the film.
About The Panelists:

Nada Elia PhD, (moderator) is a diaspora Palestinian scholar and activist who teaches in the American Cultural Studies program at Western Washington University WWU, and is the author of Greater Than the Sum of Our Parts: Feminism, Inter/Nationalism, and Palestine.
Alicia Koutsoulieris, Amnesty International, USA country specialist for the Israel Occupied Territories – Palestinian Authority – IOPT-PA.
Jesse Hagopian is an educator, author, and part of the 2011 African Heritage Eyewitness Palestine delegation. Jesse’s African ancestors survived the middle passage and enslavement on plantations in Mississippi and Louisiana.
Jen Marlowe is the founder of Donkeysaddle Projects and director and producer of the documentary film There Is A Field.

The free event will take place on Sunday at 3pm ET/6pm PT. Follow this link to register.

Amnesty International Puget Sound AIPS and Local Group AI-270 will be presentingThere Is A Field this Sunday, January 22, 2023 from 6-8pm PT. The film will be followed by a panel discussion moderated by Nada Elia, with Alicia Koustoulieris, Jesse Hagopian, and Jen Marlowe.

The Lives Along the Nile (5 series class)
2023-01-23 10:00 - 12:00 | Virtual
Welcome to another series in attempting to better understand the Middle East and North Africa yet, this time we are traveling south to north with the Nile River. We will go on an expedition (no need for passport, inoculations or tents for camping or visas) from the origins of Nile to the Mediterranean Sea. We will read history books, journalists’ accounts and novelists describe the river and the inhabitants along its banks. Join us on this journey along the Nile River. According to the National Geographic: “The Nile River flows from south to north through eastern Africa. It begins in the rivers that flow into Lake Victoria (located in modern-day Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya), and empties into the Mediterranean Sea more than 6,600 kilometers (4,100 miles) to the north, making it one of the longest rivers in the world. The Nile River was critical to the development of ancient Egypt. In addition to Egypt, the Nile runs through or along the border of 10 other African countries, namely, Burundi, Tanzania, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, and South Sudan. Its three main tributaries are the White Nile, the Blue Nile, and the Atbara.”
Five Mondays: January 23, February 6 and 20, March 6 and 27 from 1 to 3 p.m. ET Online
1. 23rd January 2023: River of the Gods – Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the search for the source of the Nile by Candice Millard (9780385543101)
2. 6th February: The Black Nile by Dan Morrison (9780143119371)
3. 20th February: God Dies by the Nile by Nawal al Saadawy (9781783605965)
4. 6th March: Adrift on the Nile by Naguib Mahfouz (9780385423335)
5. 27th March: Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie (9780063139848)
AND/OR
The Fugitives by Jamal Mahjoub (9781838850821)

Cooking class: Mediterranean Inspired Vegetables
2023-01-24 18:00 - 20:00 | PCC-Issaquah, 1810 12th Ave NW, Issaquah, WA, 98027, United States

Mary Ann Peters "Pulse of Time"
2023-01-25 - 2023-03-18 | Virtual
James Harris Gallery is pleased to present our ninth exhibition by Seattle artist Mary Ann Peters titled “Pulse of Time.” This online exhibition focuses on her series this trembling turf and makes connections to previous work throughout her forty-year career. Black and white have been an important element in Peters art making. For the artist, black and white is often used to tie together aspects of place or the delineation of territory without the potential sentiment of spectrum distractions. In black and white the narrative is consolidated. More recently these colors or anti-colors communicate the experiential storytelling of hidden histories.
