The Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice

Rep. Strickland Tele-Town Hall
2023-11-09 18:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York)
ACT NOW!
Olympia & Washington 10th Congressional District friends,
This Thursday, November 9, at 6:30 p.m., Representative Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) is hosting a one-hour Tele-Town Hall. Make your voice heard! If you or someone you know lives in Olympia, or elsewhere in Washington’s 10th Congressional District, demonstrate your concern for the families of Gaza and all that has happened in the Middle East by registering for the Tele-Town Hall and submitting a written question to Rep. Strickland about the current crisis. Rep. Strickland will likely respond to only a couple questions on this topic during her hour-long Tele-Town Hall Thursday, but by submitting your question, you will help to let her know that many people in our WA/10 Congressional District care deeply about this issue and about all that is happening now.
With the space allowed, you may also be able to support the following:

An immediate ceasefire.

Protection for the civilians of Gaza and the West Bank, for whom Israel holds responsibility – as stipulated by the Fourth Geneva Convention.

An end to military aid to Israel and that no U.S. funding be used for bombing, the commission of war crimes, or the perpetuation of a genocide in Gaza.
Humanitarian and life-saving aid to the civilian population of Gaza.

Pre-register to join the Tele-Town Hall here: https://strickland.house.gov/live

Arts Walk: Hidden Histories Launch & the Rededication of the ORSM
2023-10-07 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | Olympia-Rafah Solidarity Mural, State Ave NE & Capitol Way N, Olympia, WA, 98501, United States
Join the Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice (RCF) and the Olympia-Rafah Solidarity Mural Project during Fall Arts Walk weekend to see images from the Palestinian Cultural Palace – a cultural, developmental, and social gathering place for young people in Gaza. On Saturday, October 7, between 12:00 and 1:00 p.m. at Capitol Way and State Ave., we will also rededicate the Olympia-Rafah Solidarity Mural in commemoration of RCF’s 20th anniversary. We will hear from artists, activists and community members about the mural’s past, present, and future and about its impact. For those who can’t make the rededication event, RCF, Art Forces, and the ORSMP will be at the mural for the duration of Arts Walk, providing information on the mural’s history, its relationship to the community, and details on our recent and upcoming projects. There will be live music, Palestinian crafts, and artisan olive oil from Canaan Palestine available for purchase.
We encourage the public to also join us at the mural from 10:00-11:00 a.m., Saturday, October 7, the second day of Arts Walk, for the launch of three new “Olympia’s Hidden Histories” self-guided walking tours, created by students and faculty at The Evergreen State College. This growing collection of downtown walks makes visible the stories of Olympia’s diverse communities, natural ecology, and connections to the world. The new tours, developed by students in Evergreen’s “Taking Back Empire” program, focus on the Port of Olympia and its connections to global shipping and trade, militarization, and fossil fuels. Students who produced the tours will speak on their projects, together with community members who collaborated with the project, and public and college officials who wish to express support. Attendees can then walk the self-guided ArcGIS StoryMaps tours, which are accessible (without an app download) on a smartphone, tablet, or laptop, using the QR Code or the link at https://artforces.org/hiddenhistories. The ArcGIS StoryMaps walking tours collection is a collaboration of Evergreen State College students and faculty with the “Walls Tell Stories, Olympia” project, created by Art Forces and supported by the Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice (the organizations that created the Olympia-Rafah Solidarity Mural). The project has been partially funded by a Washington Humanities SHARP grant, a Thurston County Heritage Grant, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

"Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire" Book Tour
2023-10-02 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Traditions Cafe, 300 5th Ave. SW, Olympia, WA, 98501, United States
We’re excited to invite those of you in the Olympia area to join us next Monday, October 2, 7:00 PM, at New Traditions Fair Trade in downtown Olympia, 300 5th Ave SW, for Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire.
Yousef Aljamal, Palestinian writer and translator from Gaza, will speak about the ongoing struggle for Palestinian liberation, freedom of movement, and the impacts of the Israeli occupation.
Joining the event will be Jennifer Bing, National Director of the Palestine Activism Program at the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC). Jennifer began her advocacy for Palestinian children after working as a teacher in a Quaker school in Ramallah during the first Palestinian uprising (1986-1989). During those years she also worked as a field worker and researcher for Save the Children, documenting the impact of the first popular uprising on Palestinian children under the age of 16. Since joining AFSC in 1989, Jennifer brings a long history of advocating for peace with justice and Palestinian rights.
This event is part of the AFSC sponsored 2023 Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire Book Tour. Yousef Aljamal contributed to the anthology, and Jennifer Bing served as its co-editor.
We hope to see you next Monday, October 2, at New Traditions Fair Trade as we all take advantage of this unique opportunity to focus on Gaza!
“Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire (Haymarket Books, 2022) is a seminal, moving and wide-ranging anthology of Palestinian writers and artists. It constitutes a collective effort to organize and center Palestinian voices in the ongoing struggle. As political discourse shifts toward futurism as a means of reimagining a better way of living, beyond the violence and limitations of colonialism, Light in Gaza is an urgent and powerful intervention into an important political moment.”

Nakba 75 - Resist Until Return
2023-05-13 12:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Cal Anderson Park, 1635 11th Ave, Seattle, WA, 98122
SUPER-UW, Falastiniyat, Samidoun Seattle, and their allies invite you to join this community gathering, rally, and march to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Al-Nakba and to create a space to channel our grief into action. The gathering will uplift 75 years of Palestinian “sumud” (steadfastness) and unified resistance to the continuing ethnic cleansing of Palestine.

The Nakba - 75 Years and Remembering Shireen Abu Akleh
2023-05-12 16:30 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | 4th & Water Streets, Olympia, 98501
Join the Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice May 12th at the weekly peace vigil organized by the Olympia Fellowship of Reconciliation. We will remember Shireen Abu Akleh, Palestinian-American journalist killed by the Israeli military in the West Bank a year ago on May 11, and will mark the 75th anniversary of the “Nakba” that Palestinians continue to endure.
There will be signs, or bring your own!
FOR encourages people to stay safe and wear masks.

Palestine Through Two Lenses
2023-05-07 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | King’s Books, 218 St Helens Ave, Tacoma, WA, 98402, United States
Two writers, one Palestinian and one Jewish, exploring ways to move forward.
Nada Elia and Alice Rothchild have published books in the last year that focus on Palestine/Israel in two very different ways. Alice’s is a young-adult novel, while Nada’s is a nonfiction exploration and analysis. What the books have in common in addition to their Palestine/Israel focus is awakening to injustice. One is a personal awakening, the other is intersectional — an exploration of the connected and intertwined social fabric. Both books include options for moving forward.
You can also find the event on Facebook.

Community Gathering on Rachel's Birthday and Twenty Years of RCF
2023-04-10 18:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | South Bay Grange, 3918 Sleater Kinney Rd NE, , WA, Olympia, WA, 98506
The Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice will mark Rachel’s 44th birthday with a celebration of the foundation’s 20 years of work in the Olympia community and beyond – and with a look to the future. Participate with us! Hear from our community, from those who have worked with us, and from those who have lived the issues the foundation addresses.

Peace Vigil and Sign-Waving
2023-03-17 16:00 - 18:30 (America/New_York) | 4th & Water Streets, Olympia, 98501
RCF is exited to join our friends at Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) at the weekly peace vigil.
There will be signs remembering Rachel, and advocating for peace and justice. You’re welcome to bring your own signs.
FOR encourages people to remain healthy and wear masks.

Break the Silence -Stories of Occupation – Tantura: Online Film & Discussion
2023-03-16 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Online (Zoom)
Our colleagues at the Mideast Focus Film Series at St. Mark’s Cathedral in Seattle will commemorate the twentieth anniversary of Rachel’s death with a film screening and discussion of the film Tantura: “When Israeli graduate student Teddy Katz meticulously documented a massacre of Palestinian civilians surrounding Israel’s independence, he was initially celebrated for his groundbreaking work. But soon, he was stripped of his degrees and was publicly shamed as a fraudulent traitor. Decades later, incendiary new evidence emerges to corroborate Teddy’s initial findings, not just vindicating him, but raising profound questions about how Israelis—and we all—deal with the darker chapters of history.” The discussion will feature a pre-recorded interview with director Alon Schwarz. Learn more and watch the trailer here.
Zoom only: Register for a link to this film and discussion by requesting a link at seattlemideastfocus@gmail.com.

Remembering Rachel Corrie: Warrior of Love
2023-03-16 13:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Evergreen State College, 2700 Evergreen Parkway NW, Olympia, Washington , 98505
Film (We Are Them) and Panel Discussion
Sponsored by Academic Programs: Taking Back Empire, Comparative Literature and World Cinema, Moving Toward Health, Psychology of Gender and Sexuality.
Location: Sem 2 D-1105, Evergreen State College Campus
Free and open to the public
Rachel Corrie (1979-2003), Evergreen student and human rights activist, was killed by an Israeli military-operated Caterpillar bulldozer in Gaza, as she tried to prevent the demolition of a Palestinian family’s home. Rachel’s solidarity actions and writing have resonated around the world in the play My Name is Rachel Corrie and the collection Let Me Stand Alone. Iris Dement honors her in a recent song as a “warrior of love.”
After the film We Are Them (Daniel Kopec) her parents, friends and faculty will discuss Rachel’s legacy and current events in Israel/Palestine. Students will share local history StoryMaps.
Paid parking is available at Evergreen. The campus is served by two Intercity Transit bus routes with service that is currently free: Route 41 (downtown via Division); Route 48 (downtown via Capital Mall)

A Public Affair with host Alan Ruff - interview with Cindy and Craig Corrie
2023-03-16 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | WORT 89.9 FM Madison
The Cindy and Craig Corrie will talk with host Allen Ruff about their daughter, 20 years of the Rachel Corrie Foundation, RCF’s kinship with the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, and the foundation’s commitment to Gaza and to Palestinian rights today, as startling events continue to unfold in the region. The hour-long program can be heard live at the WORT 89.9 FM website. The program will be archived at the WORT 89.9 website for later listening, as well.

Trauma & Hope Tour "Continuous Trauma and Social Devastation - or Caring for ALL?"
2023-01-26 19:00 (America/New_York) | St Mark’s Episcopal Church, 1245 10th Ave E, Seattle, WA, 98102
The Rachel Corrie Foundation is honored to be one of multiple co-sponsors of this Seattle event featuring Dr. Yassar Abu-Jamei, who has led the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme – a leading Palestinian non-governmental organization providing mental health services to the Gaza Strip – for fifteen difficult years. During this time, those in Gaza have suffered daily from an international blockade, and continuing military threats and raids by the Israeli army.

The event, organized by the Massachusetts-based Gaza Mental Health Foundation, will also feature the following local leaders speaking about social and racial disparity globally and in Washington State:

Imraan Siddiqi, Executive Director, Council of American-Islamic Relations (Washington Chapter)
The Honorable Damon Shadid, Seattle Municipal Court judge
Dr. Jonathan Kanter, Director, Center for the Science of Social Connection (University of Washington)
Dr. Brian Baird, psychologist, and U.S. Congressman for 12 year

Sign-Waving for the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
2023-01-22 14:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York)
Join us in Olympia, WA, for sign-waving in favor of abolishing nuclear weapons.

Public Launch of "Olympia's Hidden Histories" and Peacemaker Gallery
2022-10-07 - 2022-10-08 | 119 Capitol Way N, Olympia, WA 98501, 119 Capitol Way North, Olympia, 98501, United States
The public launch for Olympia’s Hidden Histories walking tours, which will include speakers from the Squaxin Island Tribe, Olympia Historical Society, and Locke Family Association, will be at the Olympia-Rafah Solidarity Mural (Capitol and State) on Friday, October 7 (the first day of Fall Arts Walk) at 10:00-11:00 am. The audience will be invited to walk the web-based multimedia tours on smartphones; no app download is needed. The tours collection can be accessed by scanning the QR Code or going to https://arcg.is/1O5D0a.
The Olympia-Rafah Solidarity Mural Project and Art Forces are also launching a new exhibition space, tentatively called “Peacemaker Gallery.” The inaugural show will intersect with the publication of Olympia’s Hidden Histories, and will showcase collaborative and local art connecting to the themes of history and connection found in the Hidden Histories Walking tours and Olympia-Rafah Solidarity mural. The gallery on the second floor of the historic Labor Temple Building at 119 Capitol Way N. will be open to the public 11am-9pm, Friday, October 7th, and 12-5pm, Saturday, October 8th.
For those who can’t make the Friday morning launch of Olympia’s Hidden Histories, walking tour information will be available at the Olympia-Rafah Solidarity Mural site throughout Arts Walk weekend.

“Olympia’s Hidden Histories” Launch – Program Schedule:
-Opening drum and welcome to Steh-Chass land: Charlene Krise and Jeremiah George (Squaxin Island Museum)
-Welcome to event: Zoltán Grossman, Kristina Ackley, Mike Ruth (Evergreen faculty)
-Welcome to Olympia-Rafah Solidarity Mural: Susan Greene and Lindsey Dalthorp (Art Forces) and Cindy Corrie (Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice)
-Steh-Chass tour: Chairman Kristopher Peters (Squaxin Island Tribe)
Evergreen students (Steh-Chass Team): Nico Maynes or James Martinez
-Tidelands tour: Edward Echtle (Olympia Historical Society)
Evergreen students (Tidelands Team): Kaiah Costa
-Chinatowns tour: Ron Locke (Locke Family Association);
Evergreen students (Chinatowns Team): Tucker Morehouse
-Dam tour: Ali Johnson (Salmon Defense)
Evergreen students (Dam Team): Arlo Dolven
-Closing: Gratitude to partners, and invitation to navigate tours and visit the gallery
-Group photo
The tours collection produced by Evergreen students is part of the “Walls Tell Stories, Olympia” project, created by Art Forces (based in Olympia and the San Francisco Bay Area) and supported by the Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice (Olympia). “Walls Tell Stories” is partially funded by Humanities Washington, the National Endowment for Humanities (NEH), Handleman Fund, and by a Thurston County Heritage Grant (recommended by the Thurston County Historic Commission and awarded by the Thurston County Board of Commissioners). The launch event is partially funded by a Mellon Foundation grant (via the Evergreen Dean’s Office).

No Tech for Apartheid: Sept. 8 Seattle
2022-09-08 17:00 (America/New_York) | 1000 Mercer Street, Seattle, WA 98109 US
“For over a year, Amazon and Google workers have been organizing to end their companies’ $1 billion contract with the Israeli military and apartheid government. Through their contract, Amazon and Google help the Israeli government surveil Palestinians, expand illegal settlements, and inflict violence on Palestinians under siege and occupation.
The message is clear: tech workers do not want to build technology used to enable Israel’s oppression of Palestinians. And as The New York Times just revealed, when these workers speak up for Palestine, they face threats and retaliation. But they’re not stopping and we’re showing up in solidarity.
On September 8th, Amazon and Google tech workers will lead direct actions in front of their offices in New York City, the Bay Area, and Seattle to escalate the pressure on their companies.
Join workers and community organizations in Seattle to say #NoTechForApartheid and show Amazon and Google that we won’t stay silent while they power violence against Palestinians.
Not in Seattle? Click here to learn how to take action.”

Holding Israel Accountable: Zoom Webinar on March 16, 2022
2022-03-16 17:00 - 18:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online (Zoom)
On March 16, 2022, it will be 19 years since Rachel Corrie’s killing. Amnesty International recently published a report calling “Israel’s apartheid against Palestinians a cruel system of domination and a crime against humanity.” We would like to invite the community to attend a zoom webinar on “Holding Israel Accountable,” featuring voices and perspectives from the Palestinian Diaspora, solidarity groups, and current actions being taken in the United States and internationally. Co-hosted by the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project. Wednesday, March 16th, 5 pm – 6:30 PST.
Register in advance for this webinar here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Yt8LqFNMR_isEDu63dXavw
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Watch on Youtube after the event!
Featuring:
Moderator

Phyllis Bennis, Director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, and a Fellow of the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam

Panelists

Muhammad Sankari, Lead Organizer at the Arab American Action Network (AAAN) in Chicago, where he began as an AmeriCorps volunteer in 2010; and volunteer leader of the Chicago chapter of the U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN)
Lubna Alzaroo, Lecturer at the University of Washington currently researching the connections between settler colonial infrastructure, necropolitics, and the environment in the U.S. and Palestinian context
Katherine Gallagher, Senior Staff Attorney, Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)
Josh Ruebner, Director of Government Relations, Institute for Middle East Understanding (IMEU) and adjunct lecturer in Justice and Peace Studies at Georgetown University

Cosponsors:
Americans United for Palestinian Human Rights http://www.auphr.org/
Bright Stars of Bethlehem-Madison brightstarsbethlehem.com
Bishop’s Committee for Justice and Peace in the Holy Land https://holylandjustice.org/bishops-committee/
Center for Constitutional Rights https://ccrjustice.org/
Task Force for Palestinian Human Rights, Episcopal Diocese of Oregon https://diocese-oregon.org/
Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA) https://www.fosna.org/
The Gaza Mental Health Foundation https://www.gazamentalhealth.org/
Jewish Voice for Peace – Madison https://www.facebook.com/jvpmadison/
Jewish Voice for Peace-Tacoma https://www.facebook.com/Tacoma.JVP/
Jewish Voice for Peace – Seattle https://www.facebook.com/JVPSeattle/
Palestinian Christian Alliance for Peace (PCAP) www.pcap-us.org
Students for Justice in Palestine at UW-Madison https://www.facebook.com/SJPatUW/
Students United for Palestinian Equal Rights – University of Washington (SUPER-UW) https://www.facebook.com/SuperUw/
Tree of Life – West Coast
US Palestinian Community Network https://uspcn.org
Whatcom Peace and Justice Center https://www.whatcompjc.org/

The Battle for Beita: Confronting Israeli Settler Colonialism in the West Bank & Beyond
2021-08-04 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York)
Join us on Wednesday, August 4th at 7:00 PM PST for “The Battle for Beita: Confronting Israeli Settler Colonialism in the West Bank & Beyond.” Registration is available at https://bit.ly/3iefZKi.

Israel’s theft of Palestinian lands for Jewish settlements has met fierce resistance in the Palestinian town of Beita in the northern West Bank. Palestinian land defenders have mobilized against a new Israeli settler outpost on Mount Sabih that aims to steal valuable agricultural land from Beita and nearby Palestinian villages. The battle for Beita is a microcosm of the broader Palestinian struggle against Israeli settler-colonialism throughout historic Palestine that illegally targets Palestinian land and property in order to replace them with Jewish settlement. The story of forcible dispossession for settlement is the same, whether in Beita, Bethlehem, Sheikh Jarrah, Jaffa or the Naqab/Negev desert.

This event will feature two speakers who will illuminate the struggle on the ground in Beita and provide a broader overview of Israel’s settler-colonial land theft throughout historic Palestine so that participants can deepen their knowledge of the situation in order to take action.

SPEAKERS:

Imad Ahmad is a Palestinian-American whose family hails from Beita and who has spent extensive time in Beita. He will explain Beita’s long history of anti-settlement resistance and outline the innovative popular resistance strategy they are employing to fight back against the Israeli settlement outpost and land theft.

Steve Niva is a professor of Middle East politics at The Evergreen State College and former editor of Middle East Report magazine who studies Israeli settlement expansion and has lived and worked in the West Bank. He will explain the broader strategy of Israeli colonization in the West Bank, why Beita’s lands are being targeted and how Israel’s new government is composed of far-right settlers who support the annexation of Palestinian land.

Palestine/Israel: The Bombing is Over, the Occupation Continues
2021-06-14 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
Join us on June 14th at 7:00 PM PST for “Palestine/Israel: The Bombing is Over, The Occupation Continues.”

This event is co-organized by The Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace & Justice and Economics for Everyone – Olympia.
SPEAKERS:

Alia Taqieddin (Palestinian Feminist Collective) – “Palestine as a Feminist Issue”
Steve Niva (Faculty in Political Science, The Evergreen State College) – “The Nature, Extent, and Ultimate Reasons Behind the U.S.-Israeli Relationship and How to Challenge It”
Moderated by Peter Bohmer (Faculty, The Evergreen State College & Economics for Everyone)
THIS EVENT IS FREE TO THE PUBLIC, BUT YOU MUST REGISTER IN ADVANCE AT: https://bit.ly/3vj6i0w

THE EVENT WILL ALSO BE LIVE STREAMED AT http://www.facebook.com/rcfoundation

Shuruq 4.5 Film Series Feature: The Feeling of Being Watched (w/ Artist Q&A)
2020-10-17 10:00 - 12:30 (America/New_York)
Assia Bendaoui sets out to investigate long-brewing rumors that her quiet, predominantly Arab-American neighborhood was being monitored by the FBI. When she’s investigating, she exposes a surveillance program on a scale no one could have imagined.
Shuruq 4.5 and Habibi Collective present a live screening of the feature film, ​The Feeling of Being Watched.​ Following the screening, join Habibi Collective founder Róisín Tapponi and director Assia Boundaoui for a Q&A session on surveillance in Arab American cinema.
Róisín Tapponi is an Iraqi-Irish curator, film programmer and writer based in London. In 2018 she founded Habibi Collective, a digital archive and curatorial platform for MENA women’s filmmaking. She has directed four film festivals in the region, most recently Iraq’s first independent film festival, Independent Iraqi Film Festival (IIFF). She has​curated programmes on MENA filmmaking in galleries, festivals and cinemas across the world and has lectured on Arab film at institutions such as Oxford University. She is currently developing the first independent streaming service for MENA cinema, Shasha Movies Ltd. She is also founder and editor of ART WORK Magazine, a critical art e-publication for cultural workers operating on the margins, and has worked as a freelance journalist for publications such as The Guardian, Frieze, Vogue and i-D. Tapponi currently works at The Mosaic Rooms, a gallery in Kensington dedicated to contemporary Arab art and is pursuing postgraduate research at UCL.

Assia Boundaoui​ is an Algerian-American journalist and filmmaker based in Chicago. She has reported for BBC, NPR, Al Jazeera, VICE, and CNN and was the recipient of a first place Mark of Excellence Award from the Society of Professional Journalists for her reporting in Yemen.

Shuruq 4.5 Writing Showcase: Monique Mansour
2020-10-16
Monique Mansour is a first-generation Iraqi-Chaldean American and was born and raised in Southern California. She earned her MFA in Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts from UC Riverside, and a BA in Screenwriting and Sociology from Loyola Marymount University before serving as a Fulbright Scholar in Malta, where she taught Creative Writing to middle grade students and lectured in Rhetorical Studies at the University of Malta. She’s a Professor of Rhetoric at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. She’s working on a few TV projects, and is in process of co-authoring a novel based in-part by her cultural upbringing as an Iraqi-Chaldean American.

Canadabkeh Dabke Performance
2020-10-15 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
Join Vancouver, B.C.- based Canadabkeh troupe in this specially-choreographed piece, showcasing the beauty of Levantine folkloric dance! Video is pre-recorded and available for multiple viewing.
Canadabkeh was founded by Haytham and Zaid Alhamaydeh, two brothers from Nablus, Palestine. After both noticing that dabke culture was not active in Vancouver, they decided to look for passionate individuals who would share and pursue the vision of bringing joy to the community through zaffe chants and loud dabke footwork.
Canadabkeh consists of a women’s dabke team and a men’s dabke team who work closely to establish a functional well-rounded dabke representation. Canadabkeh is known for their diverse and energetic performances.

Shuruq 4.5 Writing Showcase: Samira Abed
2020-10-15
Samira Abed​ is a recent graduate from UC Berkeley, where she majored in English. She is of Palestinian origins, lives in the East Bay, and loves: dancing, thinking, sitting, drawing, and writing poetry. Email her at s​amirajabed@gmail.com

Shuruq 4.5 Writing Showcase: Farida Rady
2020-10-14
Farida Rady​ is an Egypt-born, UAE-raised, and Toronto-based writer and multi-disciplinary artist, focused primarily on film photography. She is currently pursuing a Masters of Environmental Studies in Urban Planning at York University. Farida​is always seeking new avenues of expression for herself and others, and you can find her work at @faridafilms on Instagram.

Seattle Arab Feminisms: Then and Now
2020-10-13 18:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York)
Seattle in the 1990s saw a critical shift in Arab feminist organizing work. Founding members of Seattle’s Arab Women’s Solidarity Association (AWSA) include Therese Saliba, professor and dean at the Evergreen State College, Nadine Naber, renowned Arab American scholar/activist, and Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, poet, writer and co-founder of IMEU. Join these panelists in a reflective conversation on the history of AWSA and the future of Arab feminism in the arts, media, and political organizing.

Shuruq 4.5 Writing Showcase: Dania Ayah Alkhouli
2020-10-13
Dania Ayah Alkhouli​ is a Syrian writer, editor, poet, and community organizer from sunny SoCal. She is the author of three poetry collections, the latest being ​Contortionist Tongue​from Moon Tide Press released early 2020. Her work centers on feminism, sexuality, culture, identity, religion, death & grief, domestic violence & sexual assault, and her homeland, Syria. In 2012, Alkhouli and her mother cofounded the nonprofit traveling exhibition and series of events, A Country Called Syria.

Shuruq 4.5 Film Series: Shorts Night feat. Madina IA, Planet of the Arabs, and Like Salt
2020-10-12 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
Join us for these three fabulous films:

Madina IA – T​wo Arab immigrant sisters navigate the cold and violent land of a ghost town in the American Midwest. The absurdity of their surroundings mixed with their previous life begins to loom over their relationship, threatening the only comfort they have: each other.
Like Salt – While boxing and jazz rely on improvisation, they both have a deep sense of resilience. Hala, an Arab American female boxer in New York City, and Kendrick, an African American jazz musician, improvise their way through a passive aggressive America. She’s Miles Davis in boxing gloves and he’s Muhammad Ali refusing to live a lie.
Planet of the Arabs – ​Planet of the Arabs​ is an experimental short on Hollywood’s negative depiction of Arabs and Muslims through the decades. Inspired by Dr. Jack Shaheen’s book “Reel Bad Arabs”, Planet was an official selection at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival and continues to screen at art exhibits and used in classrooms as an educational tool on stereotypes in the media.

Shuruq 4.5 Writing Showcase: Nabra Nelson
2020-10-12
Nabra Nelson​ is a writer, community organizer, and theater creator from Nubia, Egypt, and California. Her Nubian side is from the Fadijja tribe of the village of Abu Simbel. As a playwright, arts administrator, director, and teaching artist, she works with theaters, universities, and community organizations to create positive change, strengthen community, and amplify under-heard voices through theater. She is the Director of Arts Engagement at Seattle Rep, a founding company member of Dunya Productions and Heard Space Arts Collective, and leads the Nubian Foundation for Preserving a Cultural Heritage. For more of her work, and more resources on Nubian, check out h​ttp://nubianfoundation.org/

Shuruq 4.5 Film Series Feature: Brooklyn Inshallah
2020-10-09 18:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
Khader El-Yateem, an Arab American Pastor from Palestine, and Linda Sarsour, organizer of the Women’s March on Washington, come together in the wake of President Trump’s anti-Muslim policies. With Sarsour’s support, El-Yateem runs for New York City council. Will he be the first Arab American to ever win a seat in the race? The documentary follows the drama of his candidacy.

Shuruq 4.5 Writing Showcase: Hiba Dagher
2020-10-09
Hiba Dagher is a student at the University of Michigan & founder of Hikayat. She is the recipient of two Hopwood prizes & her work has been featured in Xylem literary magazine & the Cafe Shapiro anthology. You can find her @mtndaughter on twitter.

Cooking with Salima's Kitchen
2020-10-08 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
Moroccan and Puerto Rican food blogger Salima from Salima’s Kitchen is here to share a classic Moroccan Tomato Salad. This dish is traditionally served as a side salad, but also tastes fabulous on top of omelettes, with any kind of meat or on top of a toasted slice of bread.
