BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ArabishWay - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:ArabishWay X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://arabishway.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for ArabishWay REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20220313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20221106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20230312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20231105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250522T151500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250522T171500 DTSTAMP:20260510T134643 CREATED:20250430T192208Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250430T192459Z UID:10003057-1747926900-1747934100@arabishway.com SUMMARY:Seattle International Film Festival: Everybody Loves Touda DESCRIPTION:Want a discount on your ticket? Use code ARABISH51 for $3 when purchasing tickets! \nIn the latest film from Nabil Ayouch (Horses of God\, SIFF 2014) co-written with his wife\, director Maryam Touzani (The Blue Caftan\, SIFF 2023)\, Touda dreams of being a sheikha\, or traditional Moroccan folk singer. More than that\, she is determined to be one\, which is fortunate because the road ahead is a rocky one. A single mother with a young son to support\, she sings at parties and in bars in her provincial town. But these opportunities are limited and fraught with risk\, as her male audience’s “love” often shades into something more proprietary and threatening. She sets her sights on Casablanca and\, leaving her son with her parents and ignoring the disapproval of her conservative brother\, she heads to the big city. There Touda meets an older musician\, a violinist who recognizes her ambition and her potential\, and becomes a sort of mentor. With his help\, she sets about to master the aita\, a Moroccan musical genre rooted in poetry about the many struggles of life\, from the personal to the political. As her singing improves\, she can command higher fees and a more elite audience. But in a culture where female performers are as often eroticized and stigmatized as venerated\, what does it really mean to be loved? \n  \nOther Showtimes: \n\n\nTICKETS\nSelect showtime for pricing and tickets. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nFRIDAY\, MAY 23\, 2025 \n\n\n\n\nSIFF Cinema Uptown \n8:30 PM URL:https://arabishway.com/event/seattle-international-film-festival-touda/ LOCATION:SIFF Cinema Uptown\, 511 Queen Anne Ave N\,\, Seattle\, WA\, 98109\, United States CATEGORIES:Movie ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://arabishway.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Everybody-Loves-Touda_Fest25_Outreach_1080x1080.png ORGANIZER;CN="Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF)":MAILTO:info@siff.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250522T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250522T150000 DTSTAMP:20260510T134643 CREATED:20250430T192841Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250430T192920Z UID:10003060-1747918800-1747926000@arabishway.com SUMMARY:Seattle International Film Festival: Happy Holidays DESCRIPTION:Want a discount on your ticket? Use code ARABISH51 for $3 when purchasing tickets! \nOscar® winner Scandar Copti (Ajami) is back with a new film about a middle-class Arab family in Israel and the impact of the country’s divisions on every aspect of their lives\, mundane and momentous alike. \nFouad’s business is in trouble\, which has plunged him into debt. This has major implications for his wife\, Hanan\, a woman very invested in maintaining the family’s social position\, especially in anticipation of their elder daughter Leila’s upcoming wedding. Son Rami has a different kind of problem. His Jewish Israeli girlfriend is pregnant\, but how would they raise a child in a country where their relationship must be kept secret? This question takes on a new urgency when the couple become the object of mysterious threats. Meanwhile\, younger daughter Fifi has a secret of her own. After a minor car accident\, she ends up in the hospital where her medical records\, including her sexual history\, come to light\, causing further upheaval for the family and Fifi herself. \nThis ensemble of characters (mostly played by non-professional actors) and their stories create a rare portrait of Arab and Jewish lives in Israel and the effects of social\, political\, and religious divisions on every aspect of those lives\, mundane and momentous alike. \nOther Showtimes: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTHURSDAY\, MAY 22\, 2025 AMC Pacific Place\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1:00 PM URL:https://arabishway.com/event/seattle-international-film-festival-happy-holidays-2/ LOCATION:AMC Pacific Place\, 600 Pine St suite 400\, Seattle\, WA\, 98101\, United States CATEGORIES:Movie ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://arabishway.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Happy-Holidays_Fest25_Outreach_1080x1080.png ORGANIZER;CN="Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF)":MAILTO:info@siff.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250521T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250521T223000 DTSTAMP:20260510T134643 CREATED:20250430T192619Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250430T192832Z UID:10003059-1747859400-1747866600@arabishway.com SUMMARY:Seattle International Film Festival: Happy Holidays DESCRIPTION:Want a discount on your ticket? Use code ARABISH51 for $3 when purchasing tickets! \nOscar® winner Scandar Copti (Ajami) is back with a new film about a middle-class Arab family in Israel and the impact of the country’s divisions on every aspect of their lives\, mundane and momentous alike. \nFouad’s business is in trouble\, which has plunged him into debt. This has major implications for his wife\, Hanan\, a woman very invested in maintaining the family’s social position\, especially in anticipation of their elder daughter Leila’s upcoming wedding. Son Rami has a different kind of problem. His Jewish Israeli girlfriend is pregnant\, but how would they raise a child in a country where their relationship must be kept secret? This question takes on a new urgency when the couple become the object of mysterious threats. Meanwhile\, younger daughter Fifi has a secret of her own. After a minor car accident\, she ends up in the hospital where her medical records\, including her sexual history\, come to light\, causing further upheaval for the family and Fifi herself. \nThis ensemble of characters (mostly played by non-professional actors) and their stories create a rare portrait of Arab and Jewish lives in Israel and the effects of social\, political\, and religious divisions on every aspect of those lives\, mundane and momentous alike. \nOther Showtimes: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTHURSDAY\, MAY 22\, 2025 AMC Pacific Place\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1:00 PM URL:https://arabishway.com/event/seattle-international-film-festival-happy-holidays/ LOCATION:SIFF Film Center\, 305 Harrison St\, Seattle\, 98109 CATEGORIES:Movie ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://arabishway.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Happy-Holidays_Fest25_Outreach_1080x1080.png ORGANIZER;CN="Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF)":MAILTO:info@siff.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250521T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250521T153000 DTSTAMP:20260510T134643 CREATED:20250430T193114Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250430T193207Z UID:10003062-1747834200-1747841400@arabishway.com SUMMARY:Seattle International Film Festival: Khartoum DESCRIPTION:Want a discount on your ticket? Use code ARABISH51 for $3 when purchasing tickets! \nWhat begins as a street-level documentary of five ordinary lives in Khartoum—a civil servant\, a tea vendor\, a resistance volunteer\, and two young bottle collectors—evolves into a radically inventive chronicle of a city at the edge of collapse. Shot on donated iPhones by four Sudanese filmmakers working alongside British director Phil Cox\, production was interrupted when war erupted in April 2023. The filmmakers fled Sudan and regrouped in Nairobi\, where they transformed the project using green screen re-enactments\, animation\, and dreamlike visual reconstructions. \nThe film’s five interwoven stories bear witness to lives disrupted by conflict but never reduced by it. A mother sings lullabies to shield her daughter; two boys flee militias on the back of an invisible lion; a government worker hides from a regime unraveling around him. Through surreal vignettes and raw detail\, Khartoum refuses the distancing lens of crisis coverage. \nSo while Khartoum began as a vérité documentary shot in Sudan\, it became a diasporic production: completed in exile\, shaped by displacement\, and creatively reassembled across borders. A collaborative act of remembrance and resistance\, it is not simply about a city under siege—it is made by those who fled it\, carrying its stories with them. URL:https://arabishway.com/event/seattle-international-film-festival-khartoum/ LOCATION:AMC Pacific Place\, 600 Pine St suite 400\, Seattle\, WA\, 98101\, United States CATEGORIES:Movie ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://arabishway.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Khartoum_Fest25_Outreach_1080x1080.png ORGANIZER;CN="Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF)":MAILTO:info@siff.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250519T213000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250519T233000 DTSTAMP:20260510T134643 CREATED:20250430T192936Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250430T193318Z UID:10003061-1747690200-1747697400@arabishway.com SUMMARY:Seattle International Film Festival: Khartoum DESCRIPTION:Want a discount on your ticket? Use code ARABISH51 for $3 when purchasing tickets! \nWhat begins as a street-level documentary of five ordinary lives in Khartoum—a civil servant\, a tea vendor\, a resistance volunteer\, and two young bottle collectors—evolves into a radically inventive chronicle of a city at the edge of collapse. Shot on donated iPhones by four Sudanese filmmakers working alongside British director Phil Cox\, production was interrupted when war erupted in April 2023. The filmmakers fled Sudan and regrouped in Nairobi\, where they transformed the project using green screen re-enactments\, animation\, and dreamlike visual reconstructions. \nThe film’s five interwoven stories bear witness to lives disrupted by conflict but never reduced by it. A mother sings lullabies to shield her daughter; two boys flee militias on the back of an invisible lion; a government worker hides from a regime unraveling around him. Through surreal vignettes and raw detail\, Khartoum refuses the distancing lens of crisis coverage. \nSo while Khartoum began as a vérité documentary shot in Sudan\, it became a diasporic production: completed in exile\, shaped by displacement\, and creatively reassembled across borders. A collaborative act of remembrance and resistance\, it is not simply about a city under siege—it is made by those who fled it\, carrying its stories with them. \nOther Showtimes: \n\n\n\n\nWEDNESDAY\, MAY 21\, 2025 – AMC Pacific Place \n\n\n\n\n\n\n1:30 PM URL:https://arabishway.com/event/seattle-international-film-festival-khartoum-2/ LOCATION:AMC Pacific Place\, 600 Pine St suite 400\, Seattle\, WA\, 98101\, United States CATEGORIES:Movie ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://arabishway.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Khartoum_Fest25_Outreach_1080x1080.png ORGANIZER;CN="Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF)":MAILTO:info@siff.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250519T151500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250519T171500 DTSTAMP:20260510T134643 CREATED:20250430T192104Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250430T192152Z UID:10003056-1747667700-1747674900@arabishway.com SUMMARY:Seattle International Film Festival: Balconettes DESCRIPTION:Want a discount on your ticket? Use code ARABISH51 for $3 when purchasing tickets! \n  \nWhile perhaps best known for her understated yet powerful performances in Portrait of a Lady on Fire and TÀR\, Noémie Merlant showcases her equally striking talent for the WTF (weird\, titillating\, and fascinating) both in front of and behind the camera with her sizzling sophomore feature as director. In the thick of a near-apocalyptic heat wave in Marseille\, we are introduced to our trio of cohabitating bosom buddies: neurotic\, sexually frustrated writer Nicole (Sanda Codrenau)\, free-spirited camgirl Ruby (Souhelia Yacoub) – actress of Tunisian descent\, and Élise (Merlant)\, an actress rapidly reaching her boiling point. A chance encounter with the brooding artist on the balcony across the way rapidly spirals into a bloody affair that threatens to haunt the girls forever—possibly literally. What begins as a sexy\, sun-drenched romp reveals itself to be a blood-drenched\, searing takedown of rape culture\, and an equally tough and tender look at the necessity of female friendship. With this bombastic\, hilarious\, and heart-rending film\, Merlant cements herself as not only a face\, but a singular voice in contemporary cinema across the globe. URL:https://arabishway.com/event/seattle-international-film-festival-balconettes-2/ LOCATION:SIFF Cinema Downtown\, 2100 4th Ave\, Seattle\, WA\, 98121 CATEGORIES:Movie ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://arabishway.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/The-Balconettes_Fest25_Outreach_1080x1080.png ORGANIZER;CN="Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF)":MAILTO:info@siff.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250518T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250518T230000 DTSTAMP:20260510T134643 CREATED:20250430T192048Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250430T192048Z UID:10003055-1747602000-1747609200@arabishway.com SUMMARY:Seattle International Film Festival: Balconettes DESCRIPTION:Want a discount on your ticket? Use code ARABISH51 for $3 when purchasing tickets! \n  \nWhile perhaps best known for her understated yet powerful performances in Portrait of a Lady on Fire and TÀR\, Noémie Merlant showcases her equally striking talent for the WTF (weird\, titillating\, and fascinating) both in front of and behind the camera with her sizzling sophomore feature as director. In the thick of a near-apocalyptic heat wave in Marseille\, we are introduced to our trio of cohabitating bosom buddies: neurotic\, sexually frustrated writer Nicole (Sanda Codrenau)\, free-spirited camgirl Ruby (Souhelia Yacoub) – actress of Tunisian descent\, and Élise (Merlant)\, an actress rapidly reaching her boiling point. A chance encounter with the brooding artist on the balcony across the way rapidly spirals into a bloody affair that threatens to haunt the girls forever—possibly literally. What begins as a sexy\, sun-drenched romp reveals itself to be a blood-drenched\, searing takedown of rape culture\, and an equally tough and tender look at the necessity of female friendship. With this bombastic\, hilarious\, and heart-rending film\, Merlant cements herself as not only a face\, but a singular voice in contemporary cinema across the globe. \n\n\nOther Showtimes:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMONDAY\, MAY 19\, 2025 \n\n\n\n\nSIFF Cinema Downtown \n3:15 PM URL:https://arabishway.com/event/seattle-international-film-festival-balconettes/ LOCATION:SIFF Cinema Uptown\, 511 Queen Anne Ave N\,\, Seattle\, WA\, 98109\, United States CATEGORIES:Movie ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://arabishway.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/The-Balconettes_Fest25_Outreach_1080x1080.png ORGANIZER;CN="Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF)":MAILTO:info@siff.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240520 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240528 DTSTAMP:20260510T134643 CREATED:20240425T034102Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240425T034226Z UID:10002385-1716163200-1716854399@arabishway.com SUMMARY:SIFF: Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano [Lebanon] DESCRIPTION:While shooting Costa Brava\, Lebanon (SIFF 2022)\, the film crew’s world stopped when Lebanon’s Port of Beirut suddenly exploded\, killing over 200 people and injuring thousands more. What does it mean to strive for human dignity and make art amid a country’s continuing turmoil? \n  URL:https://arabishway.com/event/dancing-on-the-edge-streaming/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Movie ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://arabishway.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Dancing-on-the-Edge-of-a-Volcano-1080-x-1920-px-e1713982359410.png ORGANIZER;CN="Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF)":MAILTO:info@siff.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240518T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240518T193000 DTSTAMP:20260510T134643 CREATED:20240425T032443Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240425T032530Z UID:10002380-1716053400-1716060600@arabishway.com SUMMARY:SIFF: Three Promises [Palestine] DESCRIPTION:In the early 2000s\, when the Israeli army was retaliating against the Second Intifada in the West Bank in Palestine\, Suha filmed the experience from the hillside town of Beit Jala\, where she lived with her family. Two decades later\, her son has edited that footage and interwoven it with present-day conversations with his mother about what that period was like. The result provides a remarkable insight into daily life during wartime—the uncertainty\, the upheaval\, the terror—which families in Gaza are experiencing today. Suha and her husband try to gauge the distance of the attacks in order to calculate the degree of threat. Is it time to go down to the basement\, or is it still okay to remain upstairs? Will the children be safer against the wall or in the corner? At the moments of greatest danger\, Suha promises God that\, if they survive\, they will leave—they are fortunate enough to be able to do so. But leaving feels almost as impossible as staying\, a choice between emotional anguish (not to mention the logistical ordeal) and physical jeopardy. In this way\, the film is also an exploration of the topic of forced migration\, another aspect of the Palestinian experience that is still with us in the present. \n  \n  URL:https://arabishway.com/event/three-promises-2/ LOCATION:SIFF Film Center\, 305 Harrison St\, Seattle\, 98109 CATEGORIES:Movie ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://arabishway.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Arabic-Cinema-1080x1080-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF)":MAILTO:info@siff.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240517T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240517T163000 DTSTAMP:20260510T134643 CREATED:20240425T030809Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240425T032421Z UID:10002379-1715956200-1715963400@arabishway.com SUMMARY:SIFF: Three Promises [Palestine] DESCRIPTION:In the early 2000s\, when the Israeli army was retaliating against the Second Intifada in the West Bank in Palestine\, Suha filmed the experience from the hillside town of Beit Jala\, where she lived with her family. Two decades later\, her son has edited that footage and interwoven it with present-day conversations with his mother about what that period was like. The result provides a remarkable insight into daily life during wartime—the uncertainty\, the upheaval\, the terror—which families in Gaza are experiencing today. Suha and her husband try to gauge the distance of the attacks in order to calculate the degree of threat. Is it time to go down to the basement\, or is it still okay to remain upstairs? Will the children be safer against the wall or in the corner? At the moments of greatest danger\, Suha promises God that\, if they survive\, they will leave—they are fortunate enough to be able to do so. But leaving feels almost as impossible as staying\, a choice between emotional anguish (not to mention the logistical ordeal) and physical jeopardy. In this way\, the film is also an exploration of the topic of forced migration\, another aspect of the Palestinian experience that is still with us in the present. \n  \n  URL:https://arabishway.com/event/three-promises/ LOCATION:SIFF Film Center\, 305 Harrison St\, Seattle\, 98109 CATEGORIES:Movie ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://arabishway.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Arabic-Cinema-1080x1080-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF)":MAILTO:info@siff.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240513T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240513T223000 DTSTAMP:20260510T134643 CREATED:20240424T181329Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240425T034308Z UID:10002375-1715634000-1715639400@arabishway.com SUMMARY:SIFF: Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano [Lebanon] DESCRIPTION:While shooting Costa Brava\, Lebanon (SIFF 2022)\, the film crew’s world stopped when Lebanon’s Port of Beirut suddenly exploded\, killing over 200 people and injuring thousands more. What does it mean to strive for human dignity and make art amid a country’s continuing turmoil? \n  URL:https://arabishway.com/event/dancing-on-the-edge-2/ LOCATION:AMC Pacific Place\, 600 Pine St suite 400\, Seattle\, WA\, 98101\, United States CATEGORIES:Movie ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://arabishway.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Dancing-on-the-Edge-of-a-Volcano-1080-x-1920-px-e1713982359410.png ORGANIZER;CN="Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF)":MAILTO:info@siff.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240513T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240513T223000 DTSTAMP:20260510T134643 CREATED:20240425T031205Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240425T031345Z UID:10002377-1715632200-1715639400@arabishway.com SUMMARY:SIFF: Hajjan [Saudi Arabia] DESCRIPTION:Two young Bedouin brothers Matar (first-time actor Omar AlAtawi) and Ghanim have grown up listening to stories about their legendary grandfather\, referred to only as “Hajjan\,” the Arabic word for jockey. Determined to carry on the family tradition\, Ghanim is preparing for the Great Safwa Race\, where both jockeys and camel owners vie for glory. After Ghanim is killed during the race\, it appears that Jasser Al Saqqar\, the scheming owner of another team\, is responsible. But Matar wants to follow in his brother’s footsteps and volunteers himself and his beloved camel\, Hofira\, for the next race. When he comes in second\, his family sells Hofira to the rival team—which happens to be owned by Jasser. Refusing to be separated from her\, Matar is forced to ride for Jasser. In the races that follow\, the stakes become higher and higher. Set against the backdrop of the Arabian desert\, Hajjan\, the second film from Abu Bakr Shawky (Yommedine\, SIFF 2019) offers a fascinating glimpse into the world of camel racing\, one of the region’s oldest and most popular sports. “Camels are adored by their jockeys\,” a Bedouin camel herder sings at the beginning of the film\, which is\, at its heart\, a moving account of the bond that can develop between human and animal. \n  URL:https://arabishway.com/event/hajjan-2/ LOCATION:SIFF Cinema Uptown\, 511 Queen Anne Ave N\,\, Seattle\, WA\, 98109\, United States CATEGORIES:Movie ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://arabishway.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Hajjan-1080-x-1080-px-e1713982306951.png ORGANIZER;CN="Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF)":MAILTO:info@siff.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240512T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240512T170000 DTSTAMP:20260510T134643 CREATED:20240425T050500Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240426T053450Z UID:10002388-1715526000-1715533200@arabishway.com SUMMARY:SIFF: Stress Positions DESCRIPTION:Alt comic John Early (“Search Party”)\, Amy Zimmer (Problemista)\, writer/director Theda Hammel (“My Trip to Spain”)\, and newcomer Qaher Harhash star is this frantic\, coarse\, and bitterly funny ensemble comedy set at a pandemic-era Brooklyn brownstone. URL:https://arabishway.com/event/siff-stress-positions-2/ LOCATION:SIFF Cinema Uptown\, 511 Queen Anne Ave N\,\, Seattle\, WA\, 98109\, United States CATEGORIES:Movie ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://arabishway.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Screenshot-2024-04-24-at-9.52.08-PM-e1714020995526.png ORGANIZER;CN="Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF)":MAILTO:info@siff.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240511T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240511T213000 DTSTAMP:20260510T134643 CREATED:20240425T044723Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240425T050441Z UID:10002387-1715455800-1715463000@arabishway.com SUMMARY:SIFF: Stress Positions DESCRIPTION:Alt comic John Early (“Search Party”)\, Amy Zimmer (Problemista)\, writer/director Theda Hammel (“My Trip to Spain”)\, and newcomer Qaher Harhash star is this frantic\, coarse\, and bitterly funny ensemble comedy set at a pandemic-era Brooklyn brownstone. URL:https://arabishway.com/event/siff-stress-positions/ LOCATION:SIFF Cinema Uptown\, 511 Queen Anne Ave N\,\, Seattle\, WA\, 98109\, United States CATEGORIES:Movie ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://arabishway.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Screenshot-2024-04-24-at-9.52.08-PM-e1714020995526.png ORGANIZER;CN="Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF)":MAILTO:info@siff.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240511T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240511T153000 DTSTAMP:20260510T134643 CREATED:20240425T040350Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240425T044705Z UID:10002386-1715434200-1715441400@arabishway.com SUMMARY:SIFF: The Ride Ahead DESCRIPTION:Samuel Habib is an adventurous\, cool\, 20-year-old disabled guy who says things like\, “Taking risks makes me feel proud\, powerful\, confident\, bold.” He doesn’t want much for his adult life\, just to “move into my own place\, get married\, and maybe have kids.” The Ride Ahead documents three years of Samuel’s search for how he can achieve things that feel so daunting for disabled folks; security\, independence\, and girlfriends. With the help of his father\, filmmaker Daniel Habib\, Sam outfits his chair with two video cameras\, enabling the audience to see Samuel’s actual point-of-view and how people interact with him. Samuel tells his own story\, in his own voice\, with the assistance of lovely animation by Xilia Faye and Ben Luce. The question of how to live a great life as a disabled badass propels Samuel to interview leading disability activists and advocates Judy Heumann\, Bob Williams\, Keith Jones\, Ali Stroker\, Maysoon Zayid\, Andrew Peterson\, and Lydia X.Y. Brown. \n  URL:https://arabishway.com/event/siff-the-ride-ahead/ LOCATION:SIFF Cinema Uptown\, 511 Queen Anne Ave N\,\, Seattle\, WA\, 98109\, United States CATEGORIES:Movie ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arabishway.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/RideAhead.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF)":MAILTO:info@siff.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240510T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240510T180000 DTSTAMP:20260510T134643 CREATED:20240424T174738Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240425T034359Z UID:10002374-1715356800-1715364000@arabishway.com SUMMARY:SIFF: Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano [Lebanon] DESCRIPTION:While shooting Costa Brava\, Lebanon (SIFF 2022)\, the film crew’s world stopped when Lebanon’s Port of Beirut suddenly exploded\, killing over 200 people and injuring thousands more. What does it mean to strive for human dignity and make art amid a country’s continuing turmoil? \n  URL:https://arabishway.com/event/dancing-on-the-edge/ LOCATION:SIFF Cinema Uptown\, 511 Queen Anne Ave N\,\, Seattle\, WA\, 98109\, United States CATEGORIES:Movie ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://arabishway.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Dancing-on-the-Edge-of-a-Volcano-1080-x-1920-px-e1713982359410.png ORGANIZER;CN="Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF)":MAILTO:info@siff.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240510T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240510T150000 DTSTAMP:20260510T134643 CREATED:20240425T030247Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240425T031135Z UID:10002376-1715346000-1715353200@arabishway.com SUMMARY:SIFF: Hajjan [Saudi Arabia] DESCRIPTION:In the Saudi Arabian desert\, teenage Matar and his camel Hofira are inseparable. But when his older brother dies\, Matar’s only chance of saving Hofira is to become a “hajjan\,” or jockey\, and join the winner-takes-all world of Bedouin camel racing. \n  URL:https://arabishway.com/event/hajjan/ LOCATION:SIFF Cinema Uptown\, 511 Queen Anne Ave N\,\, Seattle\, WA\, 98109\, United States CATEGORIES:Movie ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://arabishway.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Hajjan-1080-x-1080-px-e1713982306951.png ORGANIZER;CN="Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF)":MAILTO:info@siff.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231129T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231129T210000 DTSTAMP:20260510T134643 CREATED:20231128T190509Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231128T190545Z UID:10002039-1701284400-1701291600@arabishway.com SUMMARY:Pray Beyond Borders - Films for Palestine from Mexico to Gaza DESCRIPTION:We will be showing clips from the forthcoming documentary Pray Beyond Borders – A Requiem for Friendship Park and discussing the feature-length version of the film we are finishing now and the ongoing crisis at the border\, as well as showing a series of short films from Palestine. \nAll proceeds from ticket sales will go directly to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund. \nBuy Tickets URL:https://arabishway.com/event/pray-beyond-borders-films-for-palestine-from-mexico-to-gaza/ LOCATION:SIFF Cinema Uptown\, 511 Queen Anne Ave N\,\, Seattle\, WA\, 98109\, United States CATEGORIES:Benefit/Fundraiser,Movie ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arabishway.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/REN_PrayBeyondBorders_1600x900.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF)":MAILTO:info@siff.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230512 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230530 DTSTAMP:20260510T134643 CREATED:20230426T194021Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230508T182148Z UID:10001771-1683849600-1685404799@arabishway.com SUMMARY:SIFF movies (the Arab ones): various times! DESCRIPTION:Art for Everybody: Director\, Miranda Yousef (Egyptian-American)\nThomas Kinkade was one of the most successful artists of his day\, with millions of cozy cottage paintings sold across the U.S. On his passing in 2012\, a newly discovered vault contained a series of darkly themed paintings that reveal a more complicated and troubled man than his most popular works implied. \nDirector Miranda Yousef\, Producer Tim Rummel\, and Subject Chandler Kinkade scheduled to attend. \n\n\nFRIDAY\, MAY 12\, 2023\, 8PM SIFF Cinema Uptown  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSATURDAY\, MAY 13\, 2023\, 11AM SIFF Cinema Uptown  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nMONDAY\, MAY 22 – MONDAY\, MAY 29\, 2023 SIFF Streaming  \n  \n \nThe Blue Caftan: Morocco\n\nIn this remarkable story of love\, longing\, and acceptance\, middle-aged couple Mina and Halim run a traditional caftan boutique in Morocco. When a handsome young apprentice joins the shop\, Halim’s desires are soon ignited. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTUESDAY\, MAY 16\, 2023\, 5:30PM SIFF Cinema Uptown  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nWEDNESDAY\, MAY 17\, 2023\, 3:45PM AMC Pacific Place  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nMONDAY\, MAY 22 – MONDAY\, MAY 29\, 2023 SIFF Streaming  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHanging Gardens: Iraq\n\nWhen a 12-year-old “rubbish picker” in one of Baghdad’s dumps discovers a blonde sex doll amidst the mountains of detritus\, he and a new friend use it to their financial advantage in this masterfully crafted look at necessity\, survival\, and the loss of innocence.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFRIDAY\, MAY 12\, 2023. 8:30PM SIFF Cinema Uptown  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSATURDAY\, MAY 13\, 2023\, 2PM SIFF Cinema Uptown  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nMONDAY\, MAY 22 – MONDAY\, MAY 29\, 2023 SIFF Streaming \n\n\n\n\n\n  \n \nHarka\n\nA gripping sociopolitical thriller about a young Tunisian petrol bootlegger who\, dreaming of a better life\, is pushed to the brink by misfortune\, injustice\, and government corruption still in place over a decade after the Arab Spring. \n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \nSATURDAY\, MAY 13\, 2023\, 4:30PM SIFF Film Center  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nMONDAY\, MAY 15\, 2023\, 1:30PM\, AMC Pacific Place  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nMONDAY\, MAY 22 – SUNDAY\, MAY 28\, 2023\, SIFF Streaming  \n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n \nA House in Jerusalem: Palestine\nA Jewish-British child mourning the death of her mother moves to a house in Jerusalem\, only to discover the ghost of an abandoned Palestinian girl in this stirring and supernatural coming-of-age drama. From the filmmakers of SIFF 2018’s The Reports on Sarah and Saleem. \nDirector Muayad Alayan and Producer Rami Musa Alayan scheduled to attend. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \nMONDAY\, MAY 15\, 2023\, 6PM\, AMC Pacific Place  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nTUESDAY\, MAY 16\, 2023\, 1PM SIFF Cinema Uptown  \n  \n\n\n\nWTF – All Turnt On (Mix of shorts: includes one from Lebanon called Sisters of the Rotation)\nThey’re wet\, they’re wild\, they’re turning a wheel for mysterious reasons. Don’t miss this year’s batch of laugh-out-loud oddities. \nVarious filmmakers expected to attend. \nTHURSDAY\, MAY 18\, 2023\, 9PM\, SIFF Cinema Egyptian  URL:https://arabishway.com/event/siff-movies-the-arab-ones-various-times/ LOCATION:Varies (see notes) CATEGORIES:Movie ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://arabishway.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/SC_SIFFlogo_165x92.png ORGANIZER;CN="Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF)":MAILTO:info@siff.net END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR