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Cancelled: Palestinian Spring Feast with Nadia Tommalieh
2020-05-31 10:00 - 13:30, 2020-05-30 10:00 - 13:30, 2020-05-16 18:00 - 21:30, 2020-05-15 18:00 - 21:30 UTC | the Pantry, 1417 NW 70th Street, Seattle, WA, 98117
This event has been cancelled.
Laden with spices and brimming with flavor, many Palestinian dishes are centered around tradition and community. Join Nadia Tommalieh as she shows you how to create a traditional Palestinian feast to celebrate spring. You’ll make dajaj mahshi (roasted Cornish hens stuffed with spiced meat and rice); salatah bil tahini (spring vegetable and herb salad with tahini yogurt dressing); ful akhdar bil ziet (olive oil-sauteed fava beans); and qalayet bandora (tomato stew with fresh herbs and olive oil).
You can follow Nadia on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nadiatommalieh

Postponed: Alia Al-Hatlani: Cake Decorating with Lady Grey Seattle
2020-05-31 09:30 - 12:00 | Book Larder, 4252 Fremont Ave N, Seattle, WA, 98103, United States
POSTPONED: ALIA AL-HATLANI: COOKING CLASS: CAKE DECORATING WITH LADY GREY SEATTLE

Hands-on class. Each student will go home with their own three layer 6-inch cake and will enjoy a slice of cake with coffee or tea at the conclusion of class.
Start your Sunday off with something sweet, and join Alia Al-Hatlani of Lady Grey Seattle for a cake decorating class! She’ll walk you through filling, stacking, and decorating a cake in her signature painted buttercream floral style. Alia will be bringing her background in painting to the table, talking through some color theory and giving you some tips and tricks on how to get those shades just right! She’ll be answering your cake questions along the way, and finishing the class off with some cake to share.
Students will decorate and take home: vanilla buttermilk cake with whipped cream cheese and tart raspberry sauce. Alia will demo (and students will get to taste): ginger cake with whipped cream cheese and strawberry rhubarb compote.
Class is limited to 11 students. Please note that class reservations are non-refundable.

Virtual Artist Talks - 5-31-2020 - Palestine Museum US
2020-05-31 09:00 - 10:00 | WA
Virtual Artist Talks – 5-31-2020

Description
Virtual Artist Talks Series – Telling the Palestinian Story

Time

May 31, 2020 12:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)

(Virtual Class) Level II: Palestinian Aida Cloth Chest Design Segment (El Khalil) & Qutibet el Namel
2020-05-30 11:00 - 13:00 | WA
(Virtual Class) Level II: Palestinian Aida Cloth Chest Design Segment (El Khalil) & Qutibet el Namel

Saturday, May 30, 2020
2:00 PM 4:00 PM EST

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_c7GEBV8kRDmPsQFYc5LgJQ
Learn more about how to prepare for a successful online tatreez class here: https://www.tatreezandtea.com/online-classes

Justice Beats
2020-05-30 10:00 - 16:00 | WA
JUSTICE BEATS

SCHEDULE / EASTERN STANDARD TIME!

The Peace Poets / 1 pm. (10am PST)
DJ Sarouna / 1:15pm (10:15am PST)
Clarissa Bitar / 1:50pm (10:50am PST
Ty Defoe / 2:15pm (11:15am PST)
John Scott-Richardson / 2:35pm (11:35am PST)
Dakota Camacho / 2:50pm (11:50am PST)
Rebel Betty / 3:15pm (12:15pm PST)
Emmanual Candelario / Peace Poets / 3:55pm (12:55pm PST)
Yadira De La Riva / 4:05pm (1:05pm PST)
Tef Poe / 4:20pm (1:20pm PST)
Agile One / 5:05pm (2:05pm PST)
Pacia Elaine / 5:35pm (2:35pm PST)
Makeda Kravitz / 5:45pm (2:45pm PST)
Frantz Jerome / Peace Poets / 6:20pm (3:20pm PST)
MarshaMayI? / 6:25pm (3:25pm PST)
Lyriq Tye / 6:55pm (3:55pm PST)

https://www.justicebeats.com/lineup

Movie: "Gaza Fights for Freedom" - Saint Mark's Mideast Focus Ministry Middle East Film Series
2020-05-29 18:00 - 21:00 | WA, United States
GAZA FIGHTS FOR FREEDOM

Filmed during the height of a six-week campaign of protests near the Gaza-Israeli border in 2018, this film features exclusive footage of the demonstrations. This documentary tells of Gaza’s complex history through rare archival footage, info-graphics, and first-hand accounts. Backed by thorough legal documentation and exclusive evidence, this film details Israeli military war crimes that are supported by our own country. See the trailer here.
The documentary will be paired with NIGHTMARE OF GAZA, an award-winning short film by Farah Nebulsi.
After viewing the documentary, join together on Zoom for a live discussion with Former Congressman Dr. Brian Baird. Email Liz Gilbert, elizabethegg@hotmail.com , for the links to participate, or to sign up for the Mideast Focus mailing list and receive the links automatically.
Links to watch the films and participate in the discussions are sent out to the Mideast Focus mailing list (and by request). Watch the films any time before Friday evening. Live discussions with special guests begin at 8 p.m.

Virtual Book Club - Bitter Almonds by Lilas Taha
2020-05-27 15:00 - 17:00 | WA
May Book Selection: Bitter Almonds by Lilas Taha
Live discussion with Lilas Taha, hosted by Carol Fadda: 6 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, May 27 via Facebook live
E-book (English) E-book (Arabic Translation)

Virtual Book Club
AANM is excited to launch our Virtual Book Club! Each month, AANM will choose a digitally-available book by an Arab American author to read and discuss via the dedicated Facebook group, culminating in a live discussion with the author.

Video Exhibit: Palestine Museum: 50 Women Artists, 200 Works of Art
2020-05-27 - 2020-06-30 | WA
See a selection of works from the Palestine Museum US exhibit “Telling the Palestinian Story – Fifty Women Artists – 200 Works of Art”
https://www.palestinemuseum.us/exhibit-videos

Rajaa Gharbi: Cauldron Delights at Gallery 110
2020-05-27 - 2020-05-30, 2020-05-20 - 2020-05-24, 2020-05-13 - 2020-05-17 | Gallery 110, 110 3rd Ave. S, Seattle, WA, 98104, United States
Tunisian artist and award-winning poet and translator Gharbi delves into warm and cold palettes using an unusual mixed-media combination: acrylic paint, semi-precious stones, and olive pits.
May 6–30, Wednesdays–Sundays, 11 am–6 pm

Team Mashallah Poetry Eid
2020-05-23 15:00 - 16:00 | WA
Team Mashallah Poetry Eid
with Angel Nafis, Fatimah Asghar, Safia Elhillo, Hanif Abdurraqib, Kaveh Akbar

When: Sat, May 23, 3pm – 4pm

E-mail: teammashallahpoetry@gmail.com for Zoom invite!

Palestine Museum: "Stitching Palestine" Film Screening
2020-05-23 09:00 - 11:00 | WA
PALESTINE MUSEUM
Film Screening Online: Saturday May 23rd
Please join us for the screening of “Stitching Palestine” followed by a virtual discussion with
Carol Mansour (Director) and Muna Khalidi (Producer)
Twelve resilient, determined and articulate women from disparate walks of life: lawyers, artists, housewives, activists, architects, and politicians stitch together the story of their homeland, of their dispossession, and of their unwavering determination that justice will prevail. Through their stories, the individual weaves into the collective, yet remaining distinctly personal.

Clock with Arabic Numbers with ArabishWay at Northwest Folklife Festival
2020-05-23 - 2020-05-25 | WA
From Home to Home: Northwest Folklife Festival!

May 23-25, 2020 online here at nwfolklifestreaming.org
Suggested Daily Donation: $20 per person | $30 per family
Committed to Access for All | Powered by Your Donations
ArabishWay created a video so you can make your own clock with Arabic numbers at home!

It is part of the “Family Fun: Create and Explore” channel
Sponsored by BECU, ParentMap, and Seattle’s Child
Additional videos, photos, and downloadable content to promote interactive learning for the whole family
The PDF can be found here: https://arabishway.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/ARABIC-CLOCK-1.pdf
NWFF is also streaming concerts as well as hosting dance and other activity videos. Check it out here: nwfolklifestreaming.org

SYZYGY reading series: with Janan Alexandra and Others
2020-05-22 16:00 - 17:00 | WA
SYZYGY reading series: ross gay, marlee grace, janan alexandra, l. renée, juliet johnson, essence london, sophie whitmore

When: Fri, May 22, 4pm – 5pm

Description: https://wthetrees.earth/syzygy

On Zoom at 7pm EST:
Register here: https://iu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEud-moqDIoHtd4KHXGieDlIabxKNtUdJ8R

Annexation & What it Means: Part 3 – Israeli Perspectives
2020-05-18 08:00 - 09:00 | WA
Annexation & What it Means: Part 3 – Israeli Perspectives

Please join our brothers and sisters at The Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP) and the Middle East Institute (MEI) for this 3-part webinar series: “Annexation & What it Means: Views from the Ground & Around the World.”

Date:
Wed, May 13, 2020 – 11:30-1pm
Fri, May 15, 2020 – 11am-12pm
Mon, May 18, 2020 – 11am-12pm

Location:
Online Webinar

Information:
Event information here →

Tickets:
Free, Must Register for each webinar

EVENT DETAILS
Israel has been de facto annexing land in the West Bank since the inception of its military occupation of Palestinian territories following the 1967 war. Now, under the new Netanyahu-Gantz government and in close coordination with the Trump Administration, the Israeli government is poised to formalize and massively expand the extent of that annexation. What will this mean for Palestinians and for Israelis? What does it mean for the international community? And what happens next – in Israel, Palestine, the region, and the world?
This three-part webinar series, co-moderated by FMEP’s Lara Friedman and MEI’s Khaled Elgindy, will engage leading voices from Israel and Palestine, in addition to U.S., European, and Arab perspectives.
Part 2 – Palestinian Perspectives (Friday, May 15, 11am-12pm ET)
Part 3 – Israeli Perspectives (Monday, May 18, 11am-12pm ET)
More information here →

Arabic Language "Virtual" Meetup/عربي من البيت - Seattle
2020-05-17 14:00 - 16:00 | WA, United States
This will be a Zoom session, I enabled the video option, so comb your hair, and wear your finest pajamas.
Make sure to install zoom (https://zoom.us/) and have it setup ahead of time so that it’s ready to go. Feel free to reach out if you’re running into any issues and I can try to help :).
How to join?
I updated the location with the meeting link (visible to attendees).
Feel free to post ideas on the comment section if there’s an activity we should try out during the next meetup. In the past we’ve done podcasts and played pictionary.
Thank you!!

Palestine Museum: "The Tower" Film Screening
2020-05-17 11:30 - 13:30 | WA
PALESTINE MUSEUM
Film Screening Online: Sunday May 17th
“The Tower” Film Screening
Free Admission
Limited space available
Film contains Violence and Adult Language
Not appropriate for children
The Tower
Wardi, an eleven-year-old Palestinian girl, lives with her whole (extended) family in the Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon where she was born. Her beloved great-grandfather Sidi was one of the first people to settle in the camp after being chased from his home back in 1948. The day Sidi gives her the key to his old house back in Galilea, she fears he may have lost hope of someday going home. As she searches for Sidi’s lost hope around the camp, she will collect her family’s testimonies, from one generation to the next.

Persian Patterns- Amina Quarashi
2020-05-16 13:00 - 15:00 | WA
Join me weekly on Saturdays for a live Zoom workshop!
$25 per workshop | $100 for all 5 (April 18th, April 25th, May 2nd, May 9th, & May 16th)
Email aquraishi.arts@gmail.com to register! (1-3pm Pacific Daylight Time)

(Virtual Class) Level I: Palestinian Waste Canvas Technique, Camel, El-Khalil Region
2020-05-16 11:00 - 13:00 | WA
(Virtual Class) Level I: Palestinian Waste Canvas Technique, Camel, El-Khalil Region

Saturday, May 16, 2020
2:00 PM 4:00 PM EST

Register here: https://us04web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MuqcTj5YTa6ednguZFZRUQ
Learn more about how to prepare for a successful online tatreez class here: https://www.tatreezandtea.com/online-classes

Webinar: Commemorate by Resisting: The Nakba and Indiginous struggles
2020-05-16 09:00 - 10:30 | WA
Webinar: Commemorate by Resisting: The Nakba and Indiginous struggles

Please join our brothers and sisters at Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA) in a conversation with Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi, Indigenous scholar-activist Melanie Yazzie and Nadya Tannous, a Palestinian activist residing in the USA. These powerful women will share past and present stories of Indigenous resistance to colonialism.

Date:
Saturday, May 16, 2020

Time:
9am PT; 12pm ET

Location:
Webinar

Information:
Event information here →

Tickets:
Webinar Registration

EVENT DETAILS
Panelist Bios:
Ahed Tamimi is a 19 year old Palestinian, living in Al Nabi Saleh, Northwest of Ramallah. Currently she is a Law student at Birzeit University. She spent 8 months in Israeli prisons after being accused of slapping an Israeli soldier, and other charges. Her continual resistance to the Israeli occupation has earned her then nickname, the Lioness of Palestine.
Melanie Yazzie is an Assistant Professor of Native American Studies and American Studies at the University of New Mexico. She co-founded and helps lead The Red Nation, a grassroots organization committed to the liberation of Indigenous people from colonialism and capitalism. She specializes in Navajo/American Indian history, political ecology, Indigenous feminisms, queer Indigenous studies, and theories of policing and the state.
Nadya Tannous is a passionate community organizer with a focus on refugee rights, transitional justice, youth education, and inter-community empowerment. She is a member of the Palestinian Youth Movement –USA and was previously on staff of Friends of Sabeel North America. Nadya holds an MSc in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies from the University of Oxford and a BA in Anthropology and Global Information and Social Enterprise Studies from UC Santa Cruz.
More information here →

Movie: Voices Across the Divide: Online viewing plus ZOOM discussion
2020-05-15 19:00 - 21:00 | WA
COPING WITH OCCUPATION
After the opening reception and screening on February 28, the remainder of the film series originally planned for Spring 2020 has been cancelled. We hope to share those films at some point in the future. However, the Mideast Focus Film Series has been reimagined for this pandemic season, with films shown screening online, and online Q&A sessions with filmmakers via Zoom.
Check back on their webpage for links and instructions for viewing the films online and participating in the discussions which follow.
MOVIE: VOICES ACROSS THE DIVIDE

Voices Across the Divide is a powerful documentary and oral history project exploring the Israeli/Palestinian conflict through rarely heard personal stories. Narrated by Alice Rothchild, an American Jew raised on the tragedies of the Holocaust and the dream of a Jewish homeland in Israel, the film follows Alice’s personal journey as she begin to understand the Palestinian narrative, while exploring the Palestinian experience of loss, occupation, statelessness, and immigration to the US.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/72614558

Cancelled: Movie: "The Lobby" - Saint Mark's Mideast Focus Ministry Middle East Film Series
2020-05-15 19:00 - 21:00 | St. Marks Cathedral, 1245 10th Ave E, Seattle, WA, 98102, United States
This event has been cancelled. See website for on-line movie options.
Please join our brothers and sisters at Saint Mark’s Mideast Focus Ministry for a film series to educate and promote understanding about the struggle for peace and justice in the Holy Land. Each screening includes presentations by guest speakers with personal experience on the subject.
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The Lobby is a series of documentaries produced by Al Jazeera that investigate the influence of the Israel lobby in the United Kingdom[1] and the Israel lobby in the United States and their relationship to the BDS movement.[2][3]

Film Series Dates Include:

February 28, 2020: Tel Aviv on Fire (catered reception at 6:15 p.m, movie at 7pm)
March 27, 2020: Gaza Fights for Freedom
April 24, 2020: Imprisoning a Generation
May 15, 2020: The Lobby—U.S.A

Level I: Palestinian Aida Cloth Technique, Pasha's Tent
2020-05-15 11:00 - 13:00 | WA
Level I: Palestinian Aida Cloth Technique, Pasha’s Tent

This class will be taught through Circle World Arts, and is in partnership with Lebanese American University in New York.
Register here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/WafaGhnaim/register

Palestine Museum: "Stitching Palestine" Film Screening
2020-05-15 09:00 - 11:00 | WA
PALESTINE MUSEUM
Film Screening Online: Friday May 15th
Please join us for the screening of “Stitching Palestine” followed by a virtual discussion with
Carol Mansour (Director) and Muna Khalidi (Producer)
Twelve resilient, determined and articulate women from disparate walks of life: lawyers, artists, housewives, activists, architects, and politicians stitch together the story of their homeland, of their dispossession, and of their unwavering determination that justice will prevail. Through their stories, the individual weaves into the collective, yet remaining distinctly personal.

Annexation & What it Means: Part 2 – Palestinian Perspectives
2020-05-15 08:00 - 09:00 | WA
Annexation & What it Means: Part 2 – Palestinian Perspectives

Please join our brothers and sisters at The Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP) and the Middle East Institute (MEI) for this 3-part webinar series: “Annexation & What it Means: Views from the Ground & Around the World.”

Date:
Wed, May 13, 2020 – 11:30-1pm
Fri, May 15, 2020 – 11am-12pm
Mon, May 18, 2020 – 11am-12pm

Location:
Online Webinar

Information:
Event information here →

Tickets:
Free, Must Register for each webinar

EVENT DETAILS
Israel has been de facto annexing land in the West Bank since the inception of its military occupation of Palestinian territories following the 1967 war. Now, under the new Netanyahu-Gantz government and in close coordination with the Trump Administration, the Israeli government is poised to formalize and massively expand the extent of that annexation. What will this mean for Palestinians and for Israelis? What does it mean for the international community? And what happens next – in Israel, Palestine, the region, and the world?
This three-part webinar series, co-moderated by FMEP’s Lara Friedman and MEI’s Khaled Elgindy, will engage leading voices from Israel and Palestine, in addition to U.S., European, and Arab perspectives.
Part 2 – Palestinian Perspectives (Friday, May 15, 11am-12pm ET)
Part 3 – Israeli Perspectives (Monday, May 18, 11am-12pm ET)
More information here →

Annexation & What it Means: Part 1 – U.S. & International Views
2020-05-13 08:30 - 10:00 | WA
Annexation & What it Means: Part 1 – U.S. & International Views

Please join our brothers and sisters at The Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP) and the Middle East Institute (MEI) for this 3-part webinar series: “Annexation & What it Means: Views from the Ground & Around the World.”

Date:
Wed, May 13, 2020
Fri, May 15, 2020
Mon, May 18, 2020

Time:
11:30 – 1:00 pm
EST

Location:
Online Webinar

Information:
Event information here →

Tickets:
Free, Must Register for each webinar

EVENT DETAILS
Israel has been de facto annexing land in the West Bank since the inception of its military occupation of Palestinian territories following the 1967 war. Now, under the new Netanyahu-Gantz government and in close coordination with the Trump Administration, the Israeli government is poised to formalize and massively expand the extent of that annexation. What will this mean for Palestinians and for Israelis? What does it mean for the international community? And what happens next – in Israel, Palestine, the region, and the world?
This three-part webinar series, co-moderated by FMEP’s Lara Friedman and MEI’s Khaled Elgindy, will engage leading voices from Israel and Palestine, in addition to U.S., European, and Arab perspectives.
Part 2 – Palestinian Perspectives (Friday, May 15, 11am-12pm ET)
Part 3 – Israeli Perspectives (Monday, May 18, 11am-12pm ET)
More information here →
