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SUMMARY:UNRWA: My Big Fat Palestinian Christmas
DESCRIPTION:Since we can’t all be in Palestine for Christmas\, we’re bringing Palestine to you\, accept a *free* virtual seat at My BIG Fat Palestinian Christmas (RSVP for the link)! \nYour favorite foodies are gathering next week\, from Jerusalem to DC\, to inject some joy and spice into our lives\, and bring a month of food to 100 refugee families in Gaza! This fun and heartwarming cooking demo will be livestreamed Wednesday\, December 7 at 5 pm EST. \nFrom sahlab to mahshi\, chefs Maha Kailani\, Izzeldin Bukhari\, Mai Kakish\, Marcelle Afram\, Suzanne Husseini\, and Johnny Dubbaneh will walk us through how to make their favorite Palestinian dishes. \nPalestinian pianist Nahed Elrayes will also dazzle us with jazzy Arab versions of your favorite Christmas tunes.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/unrwa-my-big-fat-palestinian-christmas/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Benefit/Fundraiser
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SUMMARY:Online Ticket—Poetry Reading—Out of the Ordinary Conference
DESCRIPTION:This public poetry reading forms part of the programme of Out of the Ordinary: On Poetry and the World\, a three day conference on poetry’s relationship to the extraordinary. This carbon-neutral event will be held at the University of Canberra over December 5th\, 6th and 7th 2022. For all further info: https://www.ucpoetry2022.info/ \nREADERS:\, Paul Collis\, Olena Kalytiak Davis and Omar Sakr \nOmar Sakr is a poet and writer born in Western Sydney to Lebanese and Turkish Muslim migrants. He is the author of These Wild Houses (Cordite Books\, 2017)\, and The Lost Arabs (University of Queensland Press\, 2019)\, which won the 2020 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Poetry. He is the first Arab-Australian Muslim to win this prestigious award. The Lost Arabs was also shortlisted for the Judith Wright Calanthe Award\, the John Bray Poetry Award\, the NSW Premier’s Multicultural Literary Award\, and the Colin Roderick Award; it has been released in the US and worldwide through Andrews McMeel Universal. In 2019\, Omar was the recipient of the Edward Stanley Award for Poetry\, and in 2020\, the Woollahra Digital Literary Award for Poetry. His poems have been published in English\, Arabic\, and Spanish. Omar’s debut novel\, Son of Sin (Affirm Press)\, was published in 2022. \nhttp://omarsakr.com/
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/online-ticket-poetry-reading-out-of-the-ordinary-conference/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Poetry
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SUMMARY:Heygo: The Presidential Palace - Abu Dhabi
DESCRIPTION:The Presidential Palace of Abu Dhabi also known as Qasr Al Watan is more than just a palace. It is an unique testament to the spirit of the United Arab Emirates’ people and its leaders. The Palace invites the world to share in our culture\, knowledge and inspiring journey. It is an enriching interactive journey in a contemporary setting that reveals and reflects on governance\, knowledge and craftsmanship.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/heygo-the-presidential-palace-abu-dhabi/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Travel
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SUMMARY:Afikra: Chef Joudie Kalla [Matbakh]
DESCRIPTION:“Palestine on a Plate” \nJoudie Kalla is a Palestinian-British chef. She is the author of two prizewinning cookbooks. Although she identifies the food in her cookbooks as Palestinian\, some of the recipes reflect British influences\, such as her za’tar scones.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/afikra-chef-joudie-kalla-matbakh/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Cooking/Food
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221201T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221201T200000
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SUMMARY:Arabic Chat Hour
DESCRIPTION:Whether you’re a native speaker or learner\, this is a great chance to practice listening and speaking in Arabic! \nZoom room number provided upon registeration.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/arabic-language-meetup-dec-a/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Gathering,Language
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SUMMARY:Instant Pot - Tastes of Africa (online)
DESCRIPTION:Travel to different parts of Africa in this global cooking adventure. Learn how to use new spices and other ingredients typically found in this country’s cuisine. In this vegan cooking class\, we will create deliciously fragrant salads and soups using the instant pot. Rachel will share her instant pot tips and tricks to make any meal a success. \n  \n\nMoroccan beet salad\n15 minute North African red lentil soup\nWest African peanut soup with chickpeas and sweet potatoes
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/instant-pot-tastes-of-africa-online/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Cooking/Food
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221129T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221129T190000
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SUMMARY:Kahoot! Trivia: Mythology with KCLS
DESCRIPTION:6:00 PM – 7:00 PM6:00 PM to 7:00 PM | Tuesday\, November 29on November 29\, 2022\n\nOnline event\n\n\nPlay Kahoot! Trivia featuring mythology based on various backgrounds including Greek\, Egyptian and much more! \nPlease register. You will be emailed a link no later than one hour before the program start time. If you do not see an email\, check… \n\n\nRegister for Kahoot! Trivia: Mythology on 11-29-2022Registration closes November 29 at 3:00pm (74 spots remaining)Register for event
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/kahoot-trivia-mythology-with-kcls/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Education
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221129T170000
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SUMMARY:Authors: Peter Cole and Iman Mersal (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:If only this evening could be staged in the same room\, as we range around a good part of the world in hosting three poets – Peter Cole and Iman Mersal virtually at 5 p.m. – and another\, Naveen Kishore in store at 7 p.m. Between them\, the U.S.\, Israel/Palestine\, Egypt\, Canada\, and India\, with their poetic and literary concerns extending beyond whatever borders those nationalities might pose. This 5 p.m virtual program returns poet/translator/editor Peter Cole to Elliott Bay to read from his newest collection\, Draw Me After (Farrar\, Straus & Giroux)\, and it helps introduce an overdue major collection of one of the world’s major poets\, Iman Mersal with her new book\, The Threshold (translated from the Arabic by Robyn Creswell / Farrar\, Straus & Giroux).  \nPeter Cole’s Draw Me After very much has ‘drawing’ in it\, with work by Terry Winters\, which he dares from\, so to speak.\n“‘Waking the letters from their slumber’: that’s Peter Cole’s mad\, sublime task in these phantasmagoric poems. Every line of this book breaks the literal—the letters—into visionary scenes where sorrow marries joy and blessings almost rhyme with curse. A revelation.” —Rosanna Warren.\n“Peter Cole shows himself in Draw Me After to be our great master of ekphrasis. Visually\, sonically\, rhythmically\, semantically\, his are some of the most inventive\, witty\, profound\, and genuinely beautiful lyric poems of our moment.” —Marjorie Perloff.\nPeter Cole has written several previous books of poems\, including Hymns & Qualms and Rift\, and he has also translated widely from Hebrew and Arabic works—both medieval and modern. With Adina Hoffman\, he has co-written Sacred Trash: The Lost and Found World of the Cairo Geniza and also published books as Ibis Editions. He is the recipient of many honors\, including a Guggenheim Fellowship\, an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature\, the PEN Award for Poetry in Translation\, a National Jewish Book Award\, and a MacArthur Fellowship. He divides his time between Jerusalem and New Haven.  \nJoining us\, we believe\, from Edmonton\, where she is a professor of Arabic language and literature at the University of Alberta is Iman Mersal. The Threshold\, translated by Robyn Creswell\, draws from several of her noted earlier books of poetry ranging back nearly thirty years and coming up to the present – A Dark Alley Suitable for Dance Lessons\, Walking as Long as Possible\, Alternative Geography\, and Until I Give Up the Idea of Home. Her most recent book\, the prose work Traces of Enayat (all of these\, we’re giving translated titles)\, received the Sheikh Zayed Book Award for Literature in 2021.\n“The publication of Iman Mersal’s The Threshold is a major literary event. Long recognized throughout the Arab world and in Europe\, Mersal is one of the strongest confessional (or postconfessional) poets we now have\, in any language: her poems are fueled by a mordant wit\, sensual vibrancy\, and feminist brio. Impatient with pieties—whether political\, erotic\, or poetic—she writes\, like Louise Glück\, with emotional intensity and analytic coolness. This is poetry of earned and perfect pitch: the notations of an impassioned mind. I read The Threshold straight through; it will become a permanent companion.” —Maureen N. McLane. “Undeceived\, ironic\, daring\, Iman Mersal’s poems are animated by a singular sensibility. They deal candidly with real life—migration\, dying parents\, emotional entanglements—and discover general truths among the fine particulars. Robyn Creswell’s translation is deft and subtle\, and the Anglophone world is lucky to have it.” —Nick Laird. \n  \nPeter Cole and Iman MersalTuesday Nov 29 2022 5:00pm – 6:00pm\nVirtually Hosted by Elliott Bay Book Company. \nRegistration/Information
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/authors-peter-cole-and-iman-mersal-virtual/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Book Reading
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SUMMARY:Iraqi Book Club | Fifteen Iraqi Poets: Dunya Mikhail
DESCRIPTION:We are a community group of people who have a relationship with Iraq. Some of us were born there\, some of our parents were born there\, some have lived and worked there and some are just curious. \nTogether\, we aim to share our ✨ stories about Iraq and meet new people in a supportive environment. We do this by talking about books. \nWe talk about books written by Iraqi authors\, both 📚 non-fiction and fiction. We like to read traditionally 💪 minority voices\, like those of women\, religious minorities and people who are queer. We do this so we can get the full picture of what it means to live in 🇮🇶 Iraq. \nWe meet every other month online to learn and get to know new people. Every so often we have a get-together in person somewhere in the UK. All sessions are appropriate for anyone with an open mind and heart\, of any ethnicity and background!
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/iraqi-book-club-fifteen-iraqi-poets-dunya-mikhail/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221117T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221117T183000
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SUMMARY:Community Write-In with Zain Shamoon
DESCRIPTION:Join writers from around the world every Thursday evening for a healthy dose of inspiration. With discussions and writing prompts facilitated by our best teachers\, and the opportunity to connect with other writers.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/community-write-in-with-zain-shamoon-2/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221112T150000
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SUMMARY:16th Annual Arab American Book Awards Ceremony (Live and Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:FREE with RSVP\nRegister for in-person attendance OR Register for virtual attendance \nJoin the 2022 Arab American Book Award winners and honorable mentions\, featuring awardees Eman Quotah\, Mansoor Adayfe\, Zainab Saleh\, Threa Almontaser\, Safia Elhillo\, Michael W. Suleiman\, Suad Joseph\, Louise Cainkar and Eli Tareq Bechelany-Lynch for a celebratory reading of the winning books. The event will also be livestreamed. \nStick around after the ceremony for a community open mic! Sign up to perform here. \nFor questions\, e-mail Kathryn Grabowski-Khairullah\, Curator of Public Programming\, at KGrabowski@accesscommunity.org.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/arab-american-book-awards-ceremony/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Art
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221112
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221120
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SUMMARY:26th Arab Film Festival Shorts: Queer Lens
DESCRIPTION:AFMI’s annual Queer Lens program celebrates the multi-dimensional formations of Arab queerness in stories that so urgently need to be told\, especially in today’s polarized media climate that leaves issues of visibility lost in the haze\, or\, worse: cast in a one-size-fits-all “Western Queer Narrative” that ignores the many complexities and nuances faced by LGBTQ+ persons in the Arab World and beyond. \nThis year’s program theme is Diaspora & Displacement and features 5 award-winning short films that highlight the experiences of Queer Arabs around the globe. The characters in these stories all find themselves at the intersection of their identities. Some must reconcile the reality of their sexuality with a family who loves but does not understand\, others work towards a life lived authentically in a society that does not accept them and a few explore leaving a place that is not safe even though it means letting go of those they care about. In this collection\, audiences will find stories that may be unique in their details but are deeply relatable at their core and despite the difficulties\, celebrate honesty and love. \nJoin us after the screening for Arab + Queer + Film: between here and there a conversation with four of the filmmakers in the Queer Lens program. \nThis program includes the following films: \nHabib & the Thief (Sweden) dir. Naures Sager \nThe Window (Lebanon) dir. Sarah Kaskas \nFaraway (Canada) dir. Aziz Zoromba \nDress Up (United States) dir. Karina Dandashi \nWarsha (Lebanon) dir. Dania Bdeir
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/26th-arab-film-festival-shorts-queer-lens/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Movie
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221111
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221121
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SUMMARY:Arab Film Festival - San Francisco (virtual)
DESCRIPTION:North America’s largest and oldest festival of Arab films opens on Friday\, November 11th at the historic Castro Theatre and will run through November 20th. Our presale is over\, but you can still get a pass! Festival passes are the best way to watch as many films as you can 😉 \nPsst: Not in the San Francisco Bay Area? Choose our VIRTUAL ONLY pass.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/arab-film-festival-san-francisco-virtual/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Movie
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221110T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221110T200000
DTSTAMP:20260426T223533
CREATED:20221026T205155Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221026T205226Z
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SUMMARY:Arabic Chat Hour
DESCRIPTION:Whether you’re a native speaker or learner\, this is a great chance to practice listening and speaking in Arabic! \nZoom room number provided upon registeration.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/arabic-language-meetup-nov/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Gathering,Language
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221110T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221110T183000
DTSTAMP:20260426T223533
CREATED:20220829T184805Z
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SUMMARY:Community Write-In with Zain Shamoon (via Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:Join writers from around the world every Thursday evening for a healthy dose of inspiration. With discussions and writing prompts facilitated by our best teachers\, and the opportunity to connect with other writers.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/community-write-in-with-zain-shamoon-5/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221103T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221103T200000
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SUMMARY:Arabic Chat Hour
DESCRIPTION:Whether you’re a native speaker or learner\, this is a great chance to practice listening and speaking in Arabic! \nZoom room number provided upon registeration.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/arabic-language-meetup-oct-e/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Gathering,Language
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221103T173000
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SUMMARY:Community Write-In with Zain Shamoon (via Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:Join writers from around the world every Thursday evening for a healthy dose of inspiration. With discussions and writing prompts facilitated by our best teachers\, and the opportunity to connect with other writers.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/community-write-in-with-zain-shamoon-6/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221102T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221102T083000
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SUMMARY:Geography and Ethnicity of Arab Food with Sami Zubaida [Matbakh]
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we interview Professor of Emeritus Politics and Sociology\, Sami Zubaida\, who also authored books such as The Idea of Arab Food: Geography and Ethnicity\, on our Matbakh series.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/geography-and-ethnicity-of-arab-food-with-sami-zubaida-matbakh/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Cooking/Food
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221029T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221029T123000
DTSTAMP:20260426T223533
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SUMMARY:Benefit for the Palestine Writing Workshop with Maya Abu Al-Hayyat
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER NOW\, www.mecaforpeace.org/lastleaf  to hear the director of the Palestine Writing Workshop\, Maya Abu Al-Hayyat— on Saturday\, October 29\, 11am PT / 2pm ET — with her new book\, “You Can Be the Last Leaf: Selected Poems”. She and Deema K. Shehabi will share poetry and conversation in this virtual event. \nBooklist wrote about Maya’s new book\, “Al-Hayyat’s latest devastating and courageous collection captures the precarious everyday lives of Palestinians with enormous empathy and glistening clarity.” \n  \nMaya Abu Al-Hayyat is a Palestinian writer\, storyteller\, and mother based in occupied East Jerusalem. Each day she passes through Israeli checkpoints\, like the infamous Qalandia checkpoint\, to direct the Palestine Writing Workshop\, one of MECA’s partner organizations. Maya and her team at the Palestine Writing Workshop have published award-winning Arabic children’s books and led hundreds of interactive workshops from Nablus to Silwan to Gaza for children\, youth\, librarians and parents on reading aloud\, creative writing\, and storytelling. Her work is grounded in the belief that art and literature can change lives and aims to improve Palestinian children’s literacy and also encourage their imaginations. She is a gifted storyteller who captures the attention of children of all ages (and adults too!).Maya also runs writing courses for former prisoners\, helping them transform trauma into art. \nShe has published four collections of poems\, four novels\, and numerous children’s stories\, including The Blue Pool of Questions. She contributed to and wrote a foreword for A Bird Is Not a Stone: An Anthology of Contemporary Palestinian Poetry\, and she is an editor of The Book of Ramallah. Her work has appeared in the Los Angeles Review of Books\, Cordite Poetry Review\, The Guardian\, and Literary Hub. \n  \nPlease join us to learn more about Maya’s work and life in Palestine!
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/benefit-for-the-palestine-writing-workshop-with-maya-abu-al-hayyat/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Poetry
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221028T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221028T080000
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SUMMARY:Nubian Architect Menna Agha [afikra Conversations]
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Menna Agha is an architect and researcher who has recently been coordinating the spatial justice agenda at the Flanders Architecture Institute in Belgium. She joins the Azrieli School to promote pedagogy and research in the newly established area of Design and Spatial Justice. Menna holds a PhD in Architecture from the University of Antwerp\, and a Master of Arts in Gender and Design from Köln International School of Design. In 2019/2020\, she was the Spatial Justice Fellow and a visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Oregon. She is a third-generation displaced Fadicha Nubian\, a legacy that infuses her research interests in race\, gender\, space\, and territory. Among her publications are: Nubia still exists: The Utility of the Nostalgic Space; The Non-work of the Unimportant: The shadow economy of Nubian women in displacement villages; and Liminal Publics\, Marginal Resistance.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/nubian-architect-menna-agha-afikra-conversations/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Lecture/Panel Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221027T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221027T203000
DTSTAMP:20260426T223533
CREATED:20220928T224808Z
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SUMMARY:One Book One Village: Author Presentation: Laila Lalami
DESCRIPTION:Join us as Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist Laila Lalami discusses her life and work\, including the One Book One Community featured title\, The Other Americans. Lalami will be in conversation with author and educator Sahar Mustafa. Attendees will have an opportunity for Q&A with the author.\nLaila Lalami was born in Rabat and educated in Morocco\, Great Britain\, and the United States. She is the author of five books\, including The Moor’s Account\, which won the American Book Award\, the Arab-American Book Award\, and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award. It was on the longlist for the Booker Prize and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction. The Other Americans\, was a national bestseller and a finalist for the Kirkus Prize and the National Book Award in Fiction. She has been awarded fellowships from the British Council\, the Fulbright Program\, and the Guggenheim Foundation and is currently a distinguished professor of creative writing at the University of California at Riverside. Lalami will be in conversation with author and educator Sahar Mustafa.\nSahar Mustafah is the daughter of Palestinian immigrants\, an inheritance she explores in her fiction. Her first novel The Beauty of Your Face was named a 2020 Notable Book and Editor’s Choice by New York Times Book Review\, a Los Angeles Times United We Read selection\, and one of Marie Claire Magazine’s 2020 Best Fiction by Women.\nThis virtual program will be presented both in-person inside the library and virtually via Zoom.\n\nRegister HERE for the in-person viewing party inside the library.\n\nParticipants must register and provide a working email address to receive the login information\, if attending through Zoom.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/one-book-one-village-author-presentation-laila-lalami/
LOCATION:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221027T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221027T200000
DTSTAMP:20260426T223533
CREATED:20220929T160449Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221021T180317Z
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SUMMARY:Arabic Chat Hour
DESCRIPTION:Whether you’re a native speaker or learner\, this is a great chance to practice listening and speaking in Arabic! \nZoom room number provided upon registeration.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/arabic-language-meetup-oct-d/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Gathering,Language
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221027
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221101
DTSTAMP:20260426T223533
CREATED:20221027T215821Z
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SUMMARY:Movie: Fangs (virtual)
DESCRIPTION:Films available 12 a.m. ET Thursday\, Oct. 27 to 11:59 p.m. ET Monday\, Oct. 31\nArab Film Series Online: Fangs (Anyab)\nFree Online Stream | Suggested $5 Donation – Register \nA girl and her fiancé are on their way to a party on New Year’s Eve when their car has an accident\, and they find nowhere to go except a strange castle. They are met there by many vampires\, led by count Dracula\, who instantly falls in love with the girl and wants her for himself. The two lovers discover that Dracula is in Egypt in many forms (doctor\, taxi driver\, plumber\, etc.) not to suck people’s blood but to suck their money\, as a typical modern profiteer. Combining the genres of horror\, fantasy and musical\, this film will definitely leave a lasting impression! Directed by Mohammed Shebl. \n“A lost gem of Egyptian queer cinema\, Anyab is an unfaithful remake of the musical cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Although the story is apparently the same\, Shebl’s film is almost too homoerotic to handle. Weaved into its camp aesthetics\, horror genre tropes and 80s disco numbers\, Anyab provides a running commentary on the social situation in Egypt\, from youth unemployment to class struggle\, while intersecting sexual politics into the mix.” (Gasworks) \n100 Minutes / 1981 / Egypt / Horror\, Drama\, Camp / PG-13 / Arabic with English subtitles \nFor questions\, e-mail Dave Serio at dserio@accesscommunity.org.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/movie-fangs-virtual/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Movie
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221022T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221022T123000
DTSTAMP:20260426T223533
CREATED:20220927T155518Z
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SUMMARY:Reviving The Jericho ‘Thobe Ubb’
DESCRIPTION:Date/Time: October 22\, 2-3:30pm EST \nFormat: Virtual Event \nFee: Sliding Scale $10 or $20 \nThe SWANA Style Saturday Series is a lecture series focused on exploring the traditional dress of cultural communities living in SWANA (Southwest Asia & North Africa). The aim of this series is to bring awareness to styles that have generally been left out of the historical record\, however have great historical origination stories. Our cultural memory must preserve this knowledge for the next generation. \nJericho is the oldest continuously inhabited area in the world. Today\, it is the last Palestinian city before crossing the Allenby Bridge to Jordan. Geological and geographic factors have contributed to its long history of survival and an ideal place for settlement\, making it a source of envy and coveted possession for invaders who have seen Jericho as the key to controlling Palestine. In the oldest continuously inhabited place on earth\, what is the oldest traditional dress worn by the residents? And\, is it still being worn today? \nLearn the answers to these questions\, and more\, at the next installment of SWANA Style Series\, titled “Reviving The Jericho ‘Thobe Ubb’. Learn about Wafa’s most recent discovery of the Thobe Ubb at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City\, a treasure that has yet to be identified in the museum’s catalogue. \nPlease note that you are welcome to register for the lecture and watch the recording at a later time\, because it will be recorded and sent to all registrants within 24 hours of the live event. However\, the recording will be available for a limited time.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/reviving-the-jericho-thobe-ubb/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221020T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221020T200000
DTSTAMP:20260426T223533
CREATED:20220929T160333Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221021T180403Z
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SUMMARY:Arabic Chat Hour
DESCRIPTION:Whether you’re a native speaker or learner\, this is a great chance to practice listening and speaking in Arabic! \nZoom room number provided upon registeration.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/arabic-language-meetup-oct-c/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Gathering,Language
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221018T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221018T190000
DTSTAMP:20260426T223533
CREATED:20220928T224424Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220928T224511Z
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SUMMARY:Where Do We Come From? Maud Newton\, author of Ancestor Trouble\, in conversation with Laila Lalami
DESCRIPTION:WHERE DO WE COME FROM?\nMaud Newton\, author of Ancestor Trouble\, in conversation with Laila Lalami\n5pm PT / 8pm ET\, Tuesday\, October 18\, 2022\, online event \nEver since her mother explained that she’d married her father so they would have smart children\, Maud Newton has felt vexed by her kin. As an adult\, she spent years researching her genealogy\, uncovering\, among other things\, ten of her grandfather’s marriages\, an accused witch\, and her ancestors’ roles in slavery and genocide. Her journey took her into the realms of genetics\, epigenetics\, and the debates over intergenerational trauma. She mulled over modernity’s dismissal of ancestors along with psychoanalytic and spiritual traditions that center them. Searching\, moving\, and inspiring\, Ancestor Trouble is one writer’s attempt to use genealogy—a once-niche hobby that has grown into a multi-billion-dollar industry—to expose the secrets and contradictions of her own ancestors\, and to argue for the transformational possibilities that reckoning with our ancestors offers all of us. Read more about Ancestor Trouble.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/where-do-we-come-from-maud-newton-author-of-ancestor-trouble-in-conversation-with-laila-lalami/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Book Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221013T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221013T200000
DTSTAMP:20260426T223533
CREATED:20220929T160107Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220929T160309Z
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SUMMARY:Arabic Chat Hour
DESCRIPTION:Whether you’re a native speaker or learner\, this is a great chance to practice listening and speaking in Arabic! \nZoom room number provided upon registeration.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/arabic-language-meetup-oct-b/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Gathering,Language
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221011T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221011T173000
DTSTAMP:20260426T223533
CREATED:20220928T221817Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220928T221817Z
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SUMMARY:"It Won't Always Be Like This" Author Talk with Malaka Gharib & Hannah Bae
DESCRIPTION:This is an online program. Join the 53rd Street Library for a conversation with Malaka Gharib\, the award-winning author of I Was Their American Dream\, to discuss her latest work It Won’t Always Be Like This. A chronicle of growing up with her Egyptian father’s new family\, forging unexpected bonds and navigating adolescence in an unfamiliar country It Won’t Always Be Like This is a touching time capsule of Gharib’s childhood memories—each summer a fleeting moment in time—and a powerful reflection on relationships\, values\, family\, and what happens when it all collides. Malaka will be joined by freelance journalist and fellow author Hannah Bae for what will be an unforgettable discussion on the power of identity and belonging.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/it-wont-always-be-like-this-author-talk-with-malaka-gharib-hannah-bae/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Book Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221011T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221011T170000
DTSTAMP:20260426T223533
CREATED:20220928T231920Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220929T161436Z
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SUMMARY:P&P Live! Muhammad Najem\, Nora Neus\, & Julie Robine
DESCRIPTION:Muhammad Najem had mostly known a life of war during his childhood in Syria; he was only thirteen when a bombing killed his father. Realizing that people did not know what families like his were living through\, he began reporting on the war using the camera on his phone and social media. Through interviews with kids like himself\, he revealed a painful truth: that ordinary Syrians were being bombed by their own government and were spending their days hiding in underground shelters. Despite strong personal losses and tremendous risk for his family\, he continued reporting\, and his stories began to gain notice around the world. Muhammad Najem\, War Reporter: How One Boy Put the Spotlight on Syria is the graphic memoir written by Muhammad Najem and Nora Neus\, the CNN producer who helped bring international recognition to his reporting. \nMuhammad Najem is an internationally recognized journalist from Eastern Ghouta\, Syria. He began his reporting career as a child\, under near-constant bombardment by the Assad regime\, by taking videos on his cell phone and posting them on social media. His story went viral in 2018\, putting a target on his and his family’s backs. In 2019\, he and his family fled Syria and moved to Turkey.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/pp-live-muhammad-najem-nora-neus-julie-robine/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Book Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221010T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221010T080000
DTSTAMP:20260426T223533
CREATED:20220928T225743Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220929T205957Z
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SUMMARY:Author Sahar Mustafah in conversation with afikra
DESCRIPTION:Join Sahar in a virtual conversation with afikra\, a grassroots movement that evolved into a global media and educational platform focused on the history and culture of the Arab world. RSVP
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/author-sahar-mustafah-in-conversation/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Reading
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