The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)

Ahed Tamimi

Oct 9, 2026

2025.04.03: “They Called Me a Lioness” Book Discussion
Online, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Ahed Tamimi, apartheid, books, calendar, Dena Takruri, Israeli, justice, literature, Madison, Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP), Nabi Salih, Nakba, occupation, online, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, prison, prisoners, projects, Rafah, Ramallah, Read Palestine!, resistance, sister cities, West Bank, women, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), world
2024.09.21: Film “Where Olive Trees Weep”
International Peace Day Viewing Friends Meeting House, 1704 Roberts Court, Madison 7 pm (social gathering…
Ahed Tamimi, Amira Hass, Ashira Darwish, calendar, confiscation, film, Gabor Mate, Gaza, Grassroots, home demolition, human rights, Israeli, justice, land, Madison, occupation, olive trees, Palestinian, peace, prison, Rafah, torture, war, water, West Bank, women
2024.08.03: Read Palestine! High School Book Club
10 am Read Palestine!, a project of the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, is hosting a book club for high…
Ahed Tamimi, calendar, Dena Takruri, Google, Israeli, Madison, Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP), military, occupation, Palestine, Progressives, projects, Rafah, Read Palestine!, schools, students, West Bank
2024.07.23: Film “Where Olive Trees Weep”
worldbeyondwar.uw Antiwar Film Series Central Library, 201 W Mifflin St, Room 302 Meet at 6:00…
Ahed Tamimi, Amira Hass, Ashira Darwish, calendar, confiscation, film, Gabor Mate, Grassroots, home demolition, human rights, Israeli, justice, land, media, occupation, olive trees, Palestinian, prison, torture, video, war, water, women, world
Trailer: “Where Olive Trees Weep” (2024)
May 14, 2024 Online Premiere, June 6-27, 2024 “Where Olive Trees Weep” offers a searing…
Ahed Tamimi, Ashira Darwish, confiscation, detainees, ethnic cleansing, film, Grassroots, home demolition, human rights, Israeli, justice, land, media, occupation, olive trees, online, Palestinian, prison, travel, video, water, West Bank
2024.03.24: Read Palestine! plants seeds of hope and solidarity with Gaza
Rodlyn-mae Banting, Madison 365, March 28, 2024
Ahed Tamimi, Aya Ghanameh, books, calendar, culture, Dena Takruri, donate, education, Edward Said, ethnic cleansing, Gaza, human rights, Ilan Pappé, Israel, Israeli, justice, land, literature, Madison, Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP), Madison365, media, Meta, Nablus, Nakba, occupation, olive trees, online, Palestine, Palestinian, projects, Rafah, Rashid Khalidi, Read Palestine!, resources, schools, sister cities, solidarity, stories, volunteer, war, West Bank, Wisconsin, women
2024.02.19: Read Palestine! Book Clubs
The Read Palestine! project, supported by Madison Rafah Sister City Project, is hosting book clubs…
Ahed Tamimi, books, calendar, Dena Takruri, education, Madison, Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP), Palestine, projects, Rafah, Read Palestine!, sister cities
Ten Lessons on Palestine & Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
“Israel unleashes rain of fire as death toll tops 1,170,” New York Post, July…
Ahed Tamimi, American, apartheid, Arab, BDS, books, California, checkpoints, Deir Yassin, diaspora, education, Europe, football, free speech, Geneva Conventions (1949), images, Iraq, Islamophobia, Israel, Israeli, Italy, land, law, Madison, media, military, Muslim, Muslims, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, prison, protest, Rafah, Ramadan, resistance, Russia, sanction, solidarity, stories, students, Syria, terrorism, UC Berkeley, University of California, victims, video, volunteer, war, war crimes, West Bank, world
2020.05.16: Commemorate by Resisting: The Nakba and Indigenous Struggles
Friends of Sabeel-North America (FOSNA), 5/11/20 From Palestine to Turtle Island (North America) settler colonialism…
Ahed Tamimi, American, Birzeit University, calendar, education, ethnic cleansing, Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA), Grassroots, human rights, indigenous, Israeli, justice, land, law, Nakba, Native American, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, prison, Ramallah, resistance, resources, solidarity, stories, women
My grandfather Nelson Mandela fought apartheid
I see the parallels with Israel It took an international effort to end institutionalised racism…
Ahed Tamimi, allies, apartheid, arms, BBC, BDS, Bedouin, Congress, corporations, embargo, equality, ethnic cleansing, Europe, Great March of Return, Haaretz, human rights, images, Israel, Israeli, Jewish, justice, land, law, media, military, Nakba, nationalism, nonviolence, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, prison, protest, racism, resistance, sanction, schools, settlers, solidarity, South Africa, terrorism, travel, violations, Wall, war, West Bank, world
She slapped an Israeli soldier and was sent to prison. Now a Palestinian teen is free — and in the limelight
“We can change people’s minds by defending our cause” Noga Tarnopolsky, LA Times, Aug 02,…
Ahed Tamimi, detainees, film, football, Germany, human rights, Israel, Israeli, Jewish, law, media, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, prison, protest, resistance, settlers, South Africa, terrorism, Turkiye, United States (US), video, war, West Bank, women, world
Israeli lawmaker stands by call to shoot Ahed Tamimi
Tamara Nassar, The Electronic Intifada, 25 April 2018
Ahed Tamimi, Electronic Intifada, Intifada, law, terrorism, West Bank
The Palestinian women at the forefront of Gaza’s protests
Mersiha Gadzo & Anas Jnena, Al Jazeera, 20 Apr 2018
Ahed Tamimi, aid, Al Jazeera, blockade, Egypt, ethnic cleansing, Fatah, Gaza, Gaza City, Grassroots, Hamas, hospitals, images, Intifada, Israel, Israeli, journalists, land, Nakba, nurses, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, police, prison, protest, refugees, resistance, snipers, terrorism, volunteer, war, women, world
2018.04.09: Voices of the Palestinian Resistance
UW-Madison Multicultural Student Center, 716 Langdon Street, 7–9 pm
Ahed Tamimi, BBC, Bethlehem, calendar, delegation, documentary, Egypt, Electronic Intifada, film, Gaza, Google, Hebron, Hosni Mubarak, hospitals, human rights, International Solidarity Movement (ISM), Intifada, Islamic, Israeli, Jenin, justice, Madison, media, Middle East, military, Nabi Salih, Nablus, New York Times, Palestine, Palestinian, prison, prisoners, protest, Rachel Corrie, Rafah, Ramzy Baroud, refugees, resistance, schools, solidarity, students, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), Tom Hurndall, training, UW-Madison, violations, volunteer, West Bank, world
2018.04.08: Radiance of Resistance, a Tribute to Rachel Corrie
PLUS hummus and tabbouleh; desserts including baklawa; and the ever-popular DOOR PRIZES. Palestinian olive…
Ahed Tamimi, Allen Ruff, Amnesty International, Bethlehem, Bright Stars of Bethlehem, calendar, Caterpillar, Craig and Cindy Corrie, education, embroidery, film, human rights, images, International Solidarity Movement (ISM), Islamic, Israeli, Jewish, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), justice, law, Madison, Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP), media, olive oil, online, Palestine, Palestinian, peace, Playgrounds for Palestine, projects, protest, Rachel Corrie, Rafah, resistance, Samira, sister cities, solidarity, students, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), terrorism, UW-Madison, volunteer, West Bank, women, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), WORT 89.9 FM
Students for Justice in Palestine call for Univ. of California to divest!
Anna Baltzer, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, 14 March 2018
Ahed Tamimi, allies, American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), Anna Baltzer, apartheid, BDS, California, colleges & universities, Congress, corporations, divest, Donald Trump, human rights, Israeli, justice, media, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, prison, schools, solidarity, South Africa, students, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), take action, University of California, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR), vote, withdrawal, world
2018.04.08: Radiance of Resistance: A Madison tribute to Rachel Corrie
501(c)(3), Ahed Tamimi, benefit, calendar, Caterpillar, Craig and Cindy Corrie, delegation, donate, education, embroidery, film, International Solidarity Movement (ISM), Israeli, justice, law, Madison, Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP), media, Middle East, Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA), olive oil, online, Palestinian, peace, projects, protest, Rachel Corrie, Rafah, resistance, Samira, sister cities, solidarity, volunteer, war
Open military courtroom for Ahed’s Trial
CODEPINK, March 9, 2018
Ahed Tamimi, CODEPINK, detainees, human rights, Israel, Israeli, Madison, media, military, Palestinian, petition, prison, Rafah, State Department, take action, video, West Bank, women, world
New billboard campaign raises awareness about child prisoners held by Israel
Palestine Advocacy Project, Mondoweiss, March 8, 2018
Ahed Tamimi, Amnesty International, apartheid, detainees, human rights, International Criminal Court (ICC), Israel, Israeli, media, military, occupation, Palestine, Palestinian, prison, prisoners, protest, resistance, South Africa, UN International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), video, war, West Bank, world
Ahed Tamimi is turning 17 – demand her freedom on her birthday!
Jan 30, 2018 — Dear friend, Tomorrow, 31 January, Ahed Tamimi, the imprisoned Palestinian teen,…
Ahed Tamimi, Al-Khalil, apartheid, detainees, human rights, Israeli, media, military, occupation, online, Palestine, Palestinian, prison, prisoners, solidarity, West Bank, world