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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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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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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
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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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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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:20260427T031435
CREATED:20220929T160333Z
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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
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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
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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
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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:20260427T031435
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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:20260427T031435
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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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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221007
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221009
DTSTAMP:20260427T031435
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SUMMARY:BuildPalestine Summit 2022
DESCRIPTION:Our partners at BuildPalestine are planning their third annual summit under the theme of “Designing for Unity”. You are invited to join an exciting 2-day virtual gathering of the global Palestinian community to design the future of Palestine. \nWhat does it mean to be Palestinian today? Furthermore\, in the midst of struggle\, how do we not lose sight of the society that we aspire to build? How do we ensure that unity is a reflection of the rich diversity that is the Palestinian experience? Can we actively ‘design for unity’ in a way that crosses geographic\, economic\, and political divides within Palestine and beyond? \nJoin 65+ speakers in discussion panels\, workshops\, and special talks with influential speakers\, and get to know Palestine’s most dynamic social entrepreneurs to inspire you to make a change.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/buildpalestine-summit-2022/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Education,Social Justice,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221006T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221006T200000
DTSTAMP:20260427T031435
CREATED:20220928T192417Z
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SUMMARY:Rusha Latif with Isma'il Kushkush
DESCRIPTION:This virtual program brings to readers here (everywhere) the work of Rusha Latif\, a San Francisco Bay area writer/researcher and a first-generation Egyptian American. Travels and research undertaken in Cairo a decade ago and since have now become her new book\, Tahrir’s Youth: Leaders of a Leaderless Revolution (American University in Cairo Press). \n“As its excellent subtitle indicates\, this book debunks many myths related to the so-called leaderless revolutions through meticulous fieldwork investigation of the young leaders of Egypt’s 2011 uprising in its Cairene epicenter. It is a much-needed contribution to the study of the twenty-first century’s pattern of uprisings\, showing how a popular movement that goes beyond an ephemeral explosion of anger is necessarily led by more than a virtual network.”―Gilbert Achcar. \n“In a moment characterized by the revival of authoritarian regimes and democratic setbacks\, this book is a welcome analysis that puts youth activism in post-2011 Egypt in a revealing historic\, sociological\, and political perspective. Using primary sources\, including in-depth interviews with the youth leaders of the January 25 Revolution\, Latif’s work offers indispensable insights into the mobilization strategies and trajectories of the youth groups that resisted three successive regimes between 2011 and 2013. Her book powerfully explains how youth activism has forever changed Egyptian politics.”―Amr Hamzawy. \n“Rusha Latif . . . embedded herself with young activists and writes about what the world can learn from a defeated revolt.”―Leila Fadel\, NPR. \nIsma’il Kushkush will join Rusha in conversation. He is a journalist who has contributed to The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, New Yorker\, The Atlantic\, The Nation\, CNN\, the Associated Press (AP)\, Guernica Magazine\, and others. He has covered political\, economic\, social and cultural stories from Sudan\, South Sudan\, Kenya\, Ethiopia\, Somalia\, Burundi\, Sweden\, Israel the Palestinian territories and the United States. He is currently based in Khartoum\, Sudan.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/rusha-latif-with-ismail-kushkush/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Book Reading,Lecture/Panel Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221001T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221001T170000
DTSTAMP:20260427T031435
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SUMMARY:Virtual screening of the film "Hanna K"
DESCRIPTION:Hanna K. is a 1983 American drama film (1H40M) directed by Costa-Gavras\, starring Jill Clayburgh and Gabriel Byrne. The film was an attempt to depict the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in human terms. \nHanna K. is the story of Hanna Kaufman\, a child of Holocaust survivors and an American-Jewish immigrant to Israel\, who is a court-appointed lawyer assigned to defend a Palestinian\, Salim Bakri\, accused of terrorism and infiltration. Salim claims that he was trying to regain possession of his family house. Hanna saves him from a jail sentence\, but he is deported to Jordan. Salim eventually returns\, is jailed for illegal immigration\, and he again asks for her services. Hanna investigates the story and discovered that Salim’s family home is now a tourist attraction in Kafr Rimon\, a settlement built and lived in by Russian Jews. Bakri’s former village of Kufr Rumaneh has disappeared except for a few stones and trees.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/virtual-screening-of-the-film-hanna-k/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Movie
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220928
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221003
DTSTAMP:20260427T031435
CREATED:20220927T154031Z
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SUMMARY:Mizna:  Arab Film Fest (Virtual Screenings)
DESCRIPTION:The Arab Film Fest opens THIS WEEK! Do you have your tickets yet? \nThe fest takes place September 28–October 2\, 2022 in hybrid format. The theme\, Life in Diaspora\, engages and interrogates SWANA diaspora as an experience and filmmaking practice. \nCheck out the in-person screening schedule and the virtual screening line up. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFILMS TO LOOK FORWARD TO\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMEMORY BOX (DIR. JOANA HADJITHOMAS\, KHALIL JOREIGE\, 2021) // LEBANON \nMaia\, a single mother\, lives in Montreal with her teenage daughter\, Alex. On Christmas Eve\, they receive an unexpected delivery: notebooks\, tapes\, and photos Maia sent to her best friend from 1980’s Beirut. Maia refuses to open the box or confront its memories\, but Alex secretly begins diving into it. Between fantasy and reality\, Alex enters the world of her mother’s adolescence during the Lebanese civil war. \nOpening Night Tickets: 9/28 at 7pm\, Walker Art Center \n+ Post-screening discussion w/ director \n+ 5:30pm Opening Night Reception \nVirtual Tickets \n+ Don’t miss the free filmmaking workshop with Khalil Joreige on 9/27\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFADIA’S TREE (DIR. SARAH BEDDINGTON\, 2021) // LEBANON\, PALESTINE\, UK \nWhile millions of birds migrate freely in the skies\, Fadia\, a Palestinian refugee in Lebanon\, yearns for the ancestral homeland she is denied. She challenges the director\, Sarah\, to find an ancient mulberry tree that stands witness to her family’s existence. \nThis film screens in honor of the memory of Shireen Abu Akleh\, made possible by the estate of Dr. Inaam Matar. \nFree Screening: 9/29 at 4pm\, Trylon Cinema \nVirtual Tickets \n+ Virtual Conversation w/ Fadia Loubani and Leila Awadallah\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYOU RESEMBLE ME (DIR. DINA AMER\, 2021) // EGYPT\, FRANCE \nProduced by Spike Lee\, Spike Jonze\, and Riz Ahmed\, among others\, You Resemble Me blends documentary and narrative techniques to tell a harrowing story about loss\, displacement\, and violence. Cultural and intergenerational trauma erupt in this story about two sisters on the outskirts of Paris. \nIn-Person Tickets: 9/29 at 9pm\, Trylon Cinema \nVirtual Tickets \n+ Virtual Conversation w/ Dina Amer and Adey Almohsen\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMIGUEL’S WAR (DIR. ELIANE RAHEB\, 2021) // LEBANON \nMiguel’s War is a documentary film portrait of Michel Jleilaty\, a gay man from Lebanon who has been living in Spain as an adult under the assumed name Miguel Alonso\, as he revisits the childhood traumas that made him want to escape his homeland. \nIn-Person Tickets: 9/30 at 9pm\, Trylon Cinema \nVirtual Tickets\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMAY GOD BE WITH YOU (DIR. CLÉO COHEN\, 2021) // ALGERIA\, TUNISIA\, FRANCE \nCléo wonders if she has to choose between being a Jewish and an Arab woman. She pays visits\, again and again\, to her four grandparents\, Jews from Algeria and Tunisia\, exiled in France in the 1960s. She is determined to confront them with the meaning of these two identities she inherited from them. With humor and self-mockery\, she questions the contradictions and the un-thoughts\, staging the many different versions of her constantly rewritten family history. \nIn-Person Tickets: 10/1 at 3pm\, Trylon Cinema \n+ Post-screening discussion w/ director \nVirtual Tickets\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMARINER OF THE MOUNTAINS (DIR. KARIM AÏNOUZ\, 2021) // ALGERIA\, BRAZIL \nIn January 2019\, filmmaker Karim Aïnouz decides to take a boat across the Mediterranean and embark on his first journey to Algeria. Accompanied by his camera and the memory of his mother\, Iracema\, Aïnouz provides a detailed account of the journey to his father’s homeland. The film follows a winding path through languages\, memories\, relatives\, and histories\, all the while interweaving the present\, past\, and future. \nIn-Person Tickets: 10/1 at 5pm\, Trylon Cinema \nVirtual Tickets
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/mizna-arab-film-fest-virtual-screenings/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Movie
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220928
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221003
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SUMMARY:NWFF Movie:  Boycott (virtual)
DESCRIPTION:When a news publisher in Arkansas\, an attorney in Arizona\, and a speech therapist in Texas are told they must choose between their jobs and their political beliefs\, they launch legal battles that expose an attack on freedom of speech across 33 states in America.\nBoycott traces the impact of state legislation designed to penalize individuals and companies that choose to boycott Israel due to its human rights record. A legal thriller with “accidental plaintiffs” at the center of the story\, Boycott is a bracing look at the far-reaching implications of anti-boycott legislation and an inspiring tale of everyday Americans standing up to protect our rights in an age of shifting politics and threats to freedom of speech.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/movie-boycott/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Movie
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220904T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220904T110000
DTSTAMP:20260427T031435
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SUMMARY:Matthew Teller\, author of Nine Quarters of Jerusalem with Palestine Museum US
DESCRIPTION:The program begins at 12 Noon US EDT; 7:00 PM Palestine Time\nPlease join us for a session of open discussion about Palestinian topics.\nOur guest for this episode is Matthew Teller\, author of Nine Quarters of Jerusalem\, A New Biography of the Old City \nThis is a Virtual Book Launch \n\n\n\n\nAbout the Book\nThis unique\, absorbing biography of Jerusalem brings to light its overlooked histories and diverse contemporary voices. \nIn Jerusalem\, what you see and what is true are two different things. The Old City has never had “four quarters” as its maps proclaim. And beyond the crush and frenzy of its major religious sites\, many of its quarters are little known to visitors\, its people ignored and their stories untold. Nine Quarters of Jerusalem lets the communities of the Old City speak for themselves. Ranging from ancient past to political present\, it evokes the city’s depth and cultural diversity. \nMatthew Teller’s highly original “biography” features the Old City’s Palestinian and Jewish communities\, but also spotlights its Indian and African populations\, its Greek and Armenian and Syriac cultures\, its downtrodden Dom Gypsy families\, and its Sufi mystics. It discusses the sources of Jerusalem’s holiness and the ideas—often startlingly secular—that have shaped lives within its walls. It is an evocation of place through story\, led by the voices of Jerusalemites.
URL:https://arabishway.com/event/matthew-teller-author-of-nine-quarters-of-jerusalem/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Book Reading
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