ArabishWay

Protest for Gaza - Starbucks Roastery
2024-01-06 12:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Starbucks Roastery, 1124 Pike Street, Seattle, WA, 98101
NO BUSINESS AS USUAL WHILE PALESTINIANS FACE GENOCIDE
NEW LOCATION Starbucks Roastery 1124 Pike St
Join us next week on Saturday at 12 PM to tell Seattle that there can be no business as usual while Palestinians face ongoing genocide, mass displacement, famine, siege and occupation. Arrive prepared to shut it down. Escalate more in 24!
As part of a symbolic action we are requesting community assistance in making pretend “bodies” wrapped in white sheets! Scroll to second slide for more info.
Steadfast until liberation, from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.
END THE GENOCIDE
FREE ALL PRISONERS
BREAK THE SIEGE ON GAZA
CEASEFIRE NOW
END WESTERN MEDIA COMPLICITY
END THE OCCUPATION

Arabic Storytime @ Lake City Branch / وقت القصص بالعربية في فرع ليك سيتي
2024-01-06 14:00 - 15:00, 2024-01-13 14:00 - 15:00, 2024-01-20 14:00 - 15:00 | 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.

Movie: Four Daughters [In-Person Only]
2024-01-06 16:30 - 18:30 | Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, 2, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Kaouther Ben Hania’s riveting, experimental mix of documentary and fiction explores rebellion, memory, and sisterhood as it reconstructs the story of Olfa Hamrouni and her four daughters. Through intimate interviews and performance, the film unpacks how Olfa’s two eldest were radicalized by the Islamic State. Tunisia’s Official Submission to the 96th Academy Awards, and winner of l’Oeil d’Or at Cannes

Tickets + Info

Sat Jan 06: 4.30pm PDT, 7.30pm PDT

Sun Jan 07: 4.30pm PDT, 7.30pm PDT

Movie: Four Daughters [In-Person Only]
2024-01-06 19:30 - 21:30 | Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, 2, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Kaouther Ben Hania’s riveting, experimental mix of documentary and fiction explores rebellion, memory, and sisterhood as it reconstructs the story of Olfa Hamrouni and her four daughters. Through intimate interviews and performance, the film unpacks how Olfa’s two eldest were radicalized by the Islamic State. Tunisia’s Official Submission to the 96th Academy Awards, and winner of l’Oeil d’Or at Cannes

Tickets + Info

Sat Jan 06: 7.30pm PDT

Sun Jan 07: 4.30pm PDT, 7.30pm PDT

I Finished My Book! Now What??? - Writing Workshop
2024-01-07 09:00 - 11:00 | Virtual
You’ve finished writing a novel or other full length book, and find yourself wondering, “Now what?!” Whether you completed your book during NaNoWriMo or at any other point during this year, you won’t be able to fulfill your goals until you are clear about next steps. This webinar will give you a detailed roadmap of how to proceed with your writing journey so that your book not only finds it’s way to publication, but does so while measuring up to the books already on the market.
Organized by Hend Hegazi

Curious About Gaza: Virtual Discussion
2024-01-07 15:00 - 17:00 | Virtual
Curious About Gaza?
Join us for an online panel discussion on Sun Jan 07 2024 at 15:00:00 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time) .
After registering here and before the event date, you will receive an email with more information about how to join us online.

We will share the Palestinian Peace Perspective, in light of the crisis that has continued since the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. Discussion will provide insight into the 75 year conflict and how we arrived where we are today. Panelists will include a Muslim Palestinian, a Christian Palestinian, a secular Jew, and an observant Jew. There will be opportunity for questions after the panel presentation.
We will deepen our understanding and awareness of the situation in occupied Gaza
in order to combat misinformation and censorship regarding what is happening to the
Palestinian people and the roots of the conflict.
Inquiries to CuriousAboutGaza@gmail.com

Movie: Four Daughters [In-Person Only]
2024-01-07 16:30 - 18:30 | Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, 2, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Kaouther Ben Hania’s riveting, experimental mix of documentary and fiction explores rebellion, memory, and sisterhood as it reconstructs the story of Olfa Hamrouni and her four daughters. Through intimate interviews and performance, the film unpacks how Olfa’s two eldest were radicalized by the Islamic State. Tunisia’s Official Submission to the 96th Academy Awards, and winner of l’Oeil d’Or at Cannes

Tickets + Info

Sun Jan 07: 4.30pm PDT, 7.30pm PDT

Flavors of Somalia: Cooking Class
2024-01-07 18:00 - 21:00 | the Pantry, 1417 NW 70th Street, Seattle, WA, 98117
Located in the horn with the longest coastline in mainland Africa, Somalia was a powerhouse in the spice trade for centuries and a common stopping point for sailing vessels from all over the world. This allowed indigenous Somali cuisine to expand and incorporate the influence of Indian, East African, Italian, and Middle Eastern flavors, leading to a delicious and unique culinary tradition. Join local chef Ifrah Ahmed in class, where she will teach you about the cuisine of Somalia and how to make some of her favorite classic dishes. On the menu: suqaar digaag (spiced chicken and pepper saute); bariis (Somali rice); sambuus (fried triangular dumplings filled with beef and vegetables); and basbaas (Somali-style hot sauce).
Please note: some classes can be adjusted for students with dietary restrictions, but many cannot. If you’re vegetarian, pescatarian, or gluten-free, you can use the drop-down menu on our events page to view the best classes to fit your needs. If a class you’re interested in doesn’t appear in that filtered view, please email us before registering and we’ll see if the class’s menu can be modified.

Solidarity Dinner for Gaza
2024-01-07 19:00 - 21:00 | Muslim Assocation of Puget Sounds (MAPS), 17550 NE 67th Ct, Redmond, WA, 98052, United States
KinderUSA is the leading American Muslim organization focused on the health and well-being of Palestinian children. We envision a free, just and peaceful Palestine where children thrive and look forward to a productive future, like children everywhere.
Every year, KinderUSA extends a helping hand to Gazan families, assisting them in recovering from economic losses that persist in their lives. With your support we look forward to continuing this essential work by providing additional support to families in need. Currently, ninety percent of Gazans rely on humanitarian aid to meet their daily nutritional needs.
Come join for an evening to support the work of KinderUSA as they serve and support Gazans on the ground today. Enjoy a traditional Palestinian meal and listen to inspirational speakers.

Movie: Four Daughters [In-Person Only]
2024-01-07 19:30 - 21:30 | Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, 2, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Kaouther Ben Hania’s riveting, experimental mix of documentary and fiction explores rebellion, memory, and sisterhood as it reconstructs the story of Olfa Hamrouni and her four daughters. Through intimate interviews and performance, the film unpacks how Olfa’s two eldest were radicalized by the Islamic State. Tunisia’s Official Submission to the 96th Academy Awards, and winner of l’Oeil d’Or at Cannes

Tickets + Info

Sun Jan 07: 7.30pm PDT

PCC Cooking Class: Palestinian Levantine Table
2024-01-08 18:00 - 20:00 | PCC – Bothell, 22621 Bothell Everett Hwy, Bothell, WA, 98021, United States
Bring the foods of Palestine, Lebanon and Syria together learning to make Chef Hend’s deep-rooted family recipes. Make handmade Taboon, a yeasted flatbread that is essential for the table. Build the spice combination to make Musakhan, a flavorful chicken dish made to serve atop your taboon. For a bite of sweetness, learn to make Atayef, pillowy stuffed pancakes that are a delight to celebrate. This class is brimming with unique recipes and essential Middle Eastern ingredients to bring to your kitchen.
With dairy, nuts, and poultry.
About the instructor: After cooking in Michelin Star restaurants and high volume catering events, I made a “temporary” switch to teaching cooking classes. However, the satisfaction and unique experience I received from teaching convinced me that this was my new culinary path. I am a graduate of the Le Cordon Bleu, where I mainly focused on French and Western technique, but I have deep roots in Middle-Eastern cuisine and an enthusiastic, developed passion for Japanese cuisine. In my travels I seek out to learn something new, and for me, the more specific and obscure, the better. My interests and abilities continue to range out further, as long as I can do it, I will teach it.

BOTHELL PCC

Monday, January 8, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
REGISTER FOR CLASS

BURIEN PCC

Sunday, February 11, 4:00 – 6:00 pm
REGISTER FOR CLASS

COLUMBIA CITY PCC

Saturday, January 6, 4:00 – 6:00 pm
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EDMONDS PCC

Monday, January 29, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
REGISTER FOR CLASS

GREEN LAKE VILLAGE PCC

Monday, January 22, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
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ISSAQUAH PCC

Monday, February 12, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
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REDMOND PCC

Sunday, January 21, 4:00 – 6:00 pm
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Palestinian Classics: Maqlouba and Knafeh: Cooking Class
2024-01-08 18:00 - 21:00, 2024-01-09 18:00 - 21:00 | the Pantry, 1417 NW 70th Street, Seattle, WA, 98117
Join Nadia Tommalieh as she dives into the most famous classical Palestinain family-style dishes and the memories, stories, and traditions behind them. You will learn the art of layering and flipping the perfect maqlouba , a world-renowned showstopper of upside-down chicken with roasted eggplant, cauliflower, rice, and fried nuts). You’ll enjoy it with salatet khodar w t’heeniyeh (tomato, herb, and tahini salad); qalayet bandora (spicy tomato, garlic and herb stir fry); and finish the meal with freshly made knafeh nabulsiya (shredded fine angel hair dough stuffed with sweet cheese and sweetened with orange water syrup and topped with crushed pistachio.
Please note: some classes can be adjusted for students with dietary restrictions, but many cannot. If you’re vegetarian, pescatarian, or gluten-free, you can use the drop-down menu on our events page to view the best classes to fit your needs. If a class you’re interested in doesn’t appear in that filtered view, please email us before registering and we’ll see if the class’s menu can be modified.

International Court of Justice: hearings on accusations of genocide
2024-01-11 00:30 - 14:30, 2024-01-12 00:30 - 14:30 | WA
Where to watch the Hearing on the genocide against Israel at the International Court of Justice
This Thursday, January 11, the International Court of Justice will hear accusations of genocide.
The BBC and other media do not cover this issue. It will be broadcast live on United Nations Television (https://webtv.un.org).
>. Thursday 11 January 2024: 12:30am
>. Friday 12 January 2024: 12:30am
Please share and help spread the genocide to the general Public: — Please distribute…
https://webtv.un.org/en/schedule

وقت القصة باللغة العربية / Arabic Story Time (online) - KCLS
2024-01-11 17:00 - 17:30, 2024-01-18 17:00 - 17:30 | Virtual
Description

وقت القصة عبر الإنترنت. كل خميس من 5:00 مساءً إلى 5:30 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, 5-5:30 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.

Kite Making Workshop
2024-01-11 17:00 - 19:00 | Muslim Assocation of Puget Sounds (MAPS), 17550 NE 67th Ct, Redmond, WA, 98052, United States
Come make kites for the upcoming Palestine protest in Olympia.
Supplies will be provided

In Conversation: Sophia Al-Maria and Arbella Bet-Shlimon
2024-01-11 17:30 - 19:30 | Henry Art Gallery, 15th Avenue NE + NE 41st Street, Seattle, WA, 98195, United States
Join us for an evening with artist Sophia Al-Maria in conversation with University of Washington Williams Family Endowed Associate Professor in History, Arbella Bet-Shlimon. Al-Maria is a Qatari-American artist, writer, and filmmaker whose current Henry exhibition, Not My Bag, interrogates histories of colonial authority in contemporary culture. Bet-Shlimon’s teaching and research focuses on the politics, society, and economy of twentieth-century Iraq and the broader Persian Gulf region, as well as Middle Eastern urban history.
Through sharing of personal stories and literary, journalistic, and scholarly references that have been crucial to their work, Al-Maria and Bet-Shlimon will explore how historical fiction and a critical study of histories can be acts of dissent while looking toward global social change.

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Sophia Al-Maria has had solo exhibitions at Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Qatar; the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow; the Tate Britain, London; and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; among other institutions. Her work has been included in group exhibitions at the Institute of Contemporary Art, London; LUMA Arles, France; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Toronto; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; the New Museum, New York; the Palais de Tokyo, Paris; and the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing; La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy; and numerous other venues. She has been writer in residence at the Whitechapel Gallery, London. She is the author of three books: Sad Sack (Book Works, London, 2019), Virgin with a Memory (Cornerhouse Publications, Manchester, 2014), and The Girl Who Fell to Earth (Harper Perennial, New York, 2012).

Arbella Bet-Shlimon is a historian of the modern Middle East. In her research and teaching she focuses on the politics, society, and economy of twentieth-century Iraq and the broader Persian Gulf region, as well as Middle Eastern urban history. Among others her teaching has been recognized by the UW’s Distinguished Teaching Award. Bet-Shlimon’s first book, City of Black Gold: Oil, Ethnicity, and the Making of Modern Kirkuk (Stanford University Press, 2019), explores how oil and urbanization made ethnicity into a political practice in Kirkuk, a multilingual city that was the original hub of Iraq’s oil industry.

Emergency Rally for Yemen
2024-01-12 18:00 - 19:00 | Seattle Central College Plaza, Broadway and E Pine, Seattle, WA, 98122
🇾🇪📣‼️ SEATTLE – EMERGENCY RALLY FOR YEMEN ‼️📣🇾🇪
Stop the US-UK bombing of Yemen! Join us Friday at 6pm at Seattle Central College Plaza (corner of Broadway and E Pine) for an emergency rally in response to the United States’ bombing of Yemen and escalation of war. The Biden administration is threatening to escalate a regional war with this retaliation against Yemen’s principled solidarity with Palestine. The people of Seattle say HANDS OFF YEMEN, US OUT OF YEMEN, UK OUT OF YEMEN

Mountlake Terrace Protest for Gaza
2024-01-13 11:00 - 12:00 | Mountlake Terrace Park and Ride, 6001 236th St SW #1, Mountlake Terrace, Washington, 98043

Let's Talk About Palestine: Greater Than the Sum Of Our Parts with author Nada Elia
2024-01-13 11:30 - 13:00 | TBD
For anyone who wants to learn, discuss and understand Palestine.
Our first book is starting in the present:
we will read and discuss with Nada Elia her book: Greater Than the Sum of Our Parts: Feminism, Inter.Nationalism, and Palestine
we will meet on Saturday, January 13th at Shoreline or Woodinville Library
We hope to continue to meet every other month on the second Friday of the month
Please sign up here if you are interested: https://forms.gle/eFxQ5Ps6JbJfAYAE8

Protest in Olympia
2024-01-13 13:00 - 14:00 | Heritage Park – Olympia, 5th Ave SW and Water Street SW, Olympia, WA, 98051
March on the Capitol and Shut it Down for Palestine!
Bring banners, kuffiyehs and your own voice.
Get ready to be loud!

Levantine Arabic Story and Song from Honored Guest Laila
2024-01-15 13:00 - 15:00 | Pups, Cups and Cones, 1103 Perry Ave, Bremerton, WA, 98310
Center Palestinian Voices
Hear stories, try dances, do crafts and taste foods from Palestine.
Free/donations encouraged

PCC Cooking Class: Palestinian Levantine Table
2024-01-15 18:00 - 20:00 | PCC-Bellevue, 11615 NE 4th St, Bellevue, WA, Bellevue, WA, 98004, United States
Bring the foods of Palestine, Lebanon and Syria together learning to make Chef Hend’s deep-rooted family recipes. Make handmade Taboon, a yeasted flatbread that is essential for the table. Build the spice combination to make Musakhan, a flavorful chicken dish made to serve atop your taboon. For a bite of sweetness, learn to make Atayef, pillowy stuffed pancakes that are a delight to celebrate. This class is brimming with unique recipes and essential Middle Eastern ingredients to bring to your kitchen.
With dairy, nuts, and poultry.
About the instructor: After cooking in Michelin Star restaurants and high volume catering events, I made a “temporary” switch to teaching cooking classes. However, the satisfaction and unique experience I received from teaching convinced me that this was my new culinary path. I am a graduate of the Le Cordon Bleu, where I mainly focused on French and Western technique, but I have deep roots in Middle-Eastern cuisine and an enthusiastic, developed passion for Japanese cuisine. In my travels I seek out to learn something new, and for me, the more specific and obscure, the better. My interests and abilities continue to range out further, as long as I can do it, I will teach it.

BELLEVUE PCC

Monday, January 15, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
REGISTER FOR CLASS

BOTHELL PCC

Monday, January 8, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
REGISTER FOR CLASS

BURIEN PCC

Sunday, February 11, 4:00 – 6:00 pm
REGISTER FOR CLASS

COLUMBIA CITY PCC

Saturday, January 6, 4:00 – 6:00 pm
ADD TO WAITING LIST

EDMONDS PCC

Monday, January 29, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
REGISTER FOR CLASS

GREEN LAKE VILLAGE PCC

Monday, January 22, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
REGISTER FOR CLASS

ISSAQUAH PCC

Monday, February 12, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
REGISTER FOR CLASS

REDMOND PCC

Sunday, January 21, 4:00 – 6:00 pm
REGISTER FOR CLASS

Whisk Cooking Class: Street Foods of the World
2024-01-15 18:00 - 20:30 | 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!

Seattle: Shut It Down for Palestine
2024-01-20 18:00 - 20:00 | WA
🚨SEATTLE: SHUT IT DOWN FOR PALESTINE THIS SATURDAY 1/20 🇵🇸
As part of the international day of action to #shutitdown4palestine, we will be demonstrating at the U-District light rail station to denounce the links between the publicly-funded Sound Transit and multinational conglomerate, Siemens, who works to enhance Israeli occupation and colonisation in Palestine.
Over $118,000,000 of our state taxes already directly fund the Israeli military, but unfortunately, our taxes and economy are even more intertwined with Zionist occupation and U.S. imperialism. In 2016/2017, Sound Transit entered into a $714,718,000 contract with Siemens to acquire 152 light rail vehicles. This is despite the fact that another company can produce the same vehicles and is not actively breaking international law by supporting Israeli occupation and colonialism.
Right now, the Sound Transit board is in the process of acquiring 10 more light rail vehicles from Siemens at the cost of over $96 million dollars, paid for by our tax dollars!
* We demand an end to the Sound Transit contracts with Siemens!
* Sound Transit, cut ties with genocide!
* End all U.S. aid to Israel!
* Immediate ceasefire on Gaza!
* End the Siege on Gaza!
* Release all Palestinian prisoners!
* End the occupation!

Global General Strike to End the Seige on Gaza
2024-01-21 - 2024-01-28 | WA
URGENT CALL TO ACTION! @wizard_bisan1 has called for a global general strike to end the siege on Gaza and call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire. It has been over 100 days of this continued genocide in Gaza. Palestinian and Palestinian solidarity organizations in Seattle have joined forces to uplift this call from Gaza. Swipe through the slides to see how you can participate in the economic boycott and strike and stay tuned to see actions we will be uplifting throughout the week.
In Bisan’s words, “we are human beings like you. We had beautiful cities, many lives and dreams. They were destroyed. You can make a difference and stop this genocide. Do not despair and continue until the ceasefire” #FreePalestine #StopTheSeigeOnGaza #PermanentCeasefireNow #EndTheOccupation #FromTheRiverToTheSea #GlobalStrike #GeneralStrike #BDS
