The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)
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May 15, 2025
New Watermelon+ Streaming Platform
Wisconsin Muslim Journal, May 6, 2025
May 3, 2025 Update: Palestine Solidarity Fair
Friends Meeting House, 1704 Roberts Ct, Madison, 2-4:30 pm Open House
Apr 14-18, 2025: UW Against Apartheid Week
Students for Justice in Palestine UW-Madison
Apr 5, 2025: Read Palestine! Celebrates Arab American Heritage
Madison, 1:30 pm
Mar 8, 2025: Overture Center International Festival
Madison, 10 am – 5 pm
Mar 21 – 30, 2025: Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW)
Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), February 10, 2025
Dec 14, 2004: Holiday Craft & Cookie Sale for Dar al-Kalima University in Bethlehem
Memorial United Church of Christ 5705 Lacy Rd, Fitchburg 9 am – 12 noon All…
Nov 29-Dec 6, 2024: Read Palestine Week
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Nov 11 & 25, 2024: Children’s African Story Hour
Children’s African Story Hour: Egyptian LullabyFrom the Middle East Studies Program at UW-MadisonNovember 11, 4 -5…
Oct 19, 2024: Madison Video of Gazan Poet Mosab Abu Toha
Wisconsin Book Festival Video View this post on Instagram A post shared by Read Palestine…
Oct 27, 2024: Celebrating Palestinian Cultural Resistance
UW Memorial Union, Great Hall5-9 PM View this post on Instagram A post shared by…
Special Back-to-School Appeal: Please support Read Palestine!
During the past year the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project joined with a group of local…
Aug 9, 2024: Culinary Passport Series features Palestinian Cuisine
Catholic Multicultural Center 5256 Verona Road, Fitchburg 6 pm CMC has announced that the next…
Jun 29, 2024: International Festival
Overture Center201 State Street, Madison10 am – 5 pm Join Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, Palestine…
The Gaza Kitchen Cookbook Club
More info & registration
Visiting Palestinian textile artist has a message for Madisonians
Miquéla V. Thornton, The Cap Times, June 6, 2024 When Laila Hasan thinks back to…
Jun 9, 2024: Laila Hasan’s Embroidery & Jewelry
Listen to Laila Hasan and Esty Dinur on WORT 89.9 FM’s A Public Affair, 5/31/24…
May 29, 2024: Live from Haifa Virtual Delegation
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM CDT Online Join Eyewitness Palestine on Wednesday, May 29th at 12PM ET for our Live…
May 12, 2024: Read Palestine! Sitti’s Bird
Kismet Books, 101 N. Main St, Verona, WI, 608.845.2500 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
April 29, 2024 Online: A Conversation with Naomi Shihab Nye and Heather Raffo
5-6 pm CTJoin ADC for an Arab-American Heritage Month conversation on how our community relates…
Read Palestine! plants seeds of hope and solidarity with Gaza
Rodlyn-mae Banting, Madison 365, March 28, 2024 (Photo by Rodlyn-Mae Banting) The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project…
March 24, 2024
Read Palestine! Presents These Olive TreesRoom of One’s Own Bookstore 2717 Atwood Avenue, Madison 1 pm Written and illustrated by…
March 2, 2024
Madinah Academy Ramadan ShowReserve your tickets!
March 2, 2024
Existence is Resistance Palestinian Cultural NightSponsored by UW Students for Justice in Palestine More information and RSVP
February 8, 2024
Gaza Poet Yahya Ashour at UW-MadisonYahya Ashour is an emerging poet known for his profound and moving reflections on the…
December 16, 2023
Dar al-Kalima University Cookie and Crafts Sale9:00 – noon Memorial United Church of Christ 5705 Lacy Rd, Fitchburg This will be…
Women in Hebron at Change Boutique
Nikki at Change Boutique, corner of Williamson and Baldwin on the eastside, has some Women…
December 2 — 10, 2023
Madison-Palestine Solidarity WeekSome events require registration — See @solidaritymadison | Linktree
December 2, 2023
Fair Trade Holiday FestivalAnnual Fair Trade Holiday Festival Monona Terrace 8 am – 3 pm Madison-Rafah Sister City…
October 16, 2023
Arab Women’s Revolutionary ArtMonday, October 16, 12 noon – 1:05 pm Arab Women’s Revolutionary Art: Between Singularities and…
Spectrum News: Madison’s Olive Harvest filled with somber celebrations
Palestinians share their culture with Olive Harvest attendees (Spectrum News 1/Megan Marshall) RHONDA FOXX,…
October 15, 2023
Madison Celebrates Palestine and the Olive HarvestWe will be covering the situation in Gaza, and also how areas of the West…
More September Events!
Friday, Sept. 22: Palestine Writes Literature Festival Live-Streamed Session From 12:30 pm CT to end…
Cat Cafe to De-Stress Residents Opens in Gaza Strip
Owner hopes playing with felines will offer therapy to those scarred from the strip’s devastating…
Upcoming Events: August 29 — October 16, 2023
Tuesday, August 29, 7 pm CT Reparations and the Palestinian Right of Return as Teshuvah…
Searching for Saboun Nabulsi
The olive oil soap that connects Palestinian-Americans like me to home. For the diaspora community,…
International Festival at Overture
International Festival at Overture Saturday-Sunday April 1-2. MRSCP will be there on April 1 with…
Israel probes legality of US giving artifact to Palestinians
Heritage Minister Eliyahu, a religious ultranationalist now in charge of the Israel Antiquities Authority, denies…
December 10, 2022
Cookie and Crafts Sale for Dar Al Kalima University Scholarships9:00 AM – 12:00 Noon Memorial United Church of Christ 5705 Lacy Rd, Fitchburg This…
Gaza’s olive harvest from farm to table
Widely regarded as the most blessed time of the year, Palestinian families in Gaza wait…
“You Can Be the Last Leaf” by Maya Abu Al-Hayyat
Maya Abu Al-Hayyat directs the Palestine Writing Workshop on the West Bank. She’ll read poems…
October 2, 2022
Turath Baladna: A Celebration of Palestine’s Olive HarvestAnd here’s a link for donations to cover the costs of this event:
Gaza is Not a Breaking News Cycle
The Palestine Institute for Public Diplomacy August 11, 2022 Good Morning, As you might…
July 23, 2022
Madison-Rafah Palestinian Crafts Yard Sale318 W. Lakeside Street Madison [map] 10 am – 3 pm Mark your calendars… MRSCP…
Palestine Partners at the National Women’s Music Festival
The 46th National Women’s Music Festival June 30th – July 3rd, 2022 Marriot Madison West,…
April 9, 2022
Celebrate with Sister Cities InternationalCelebrate Palestinian Heritage and Culture with Sister Cities International 11 am Central Join Webinar
They think we Arabs are uncivilized?
Amer Zahr, YouTube, 8 March 2022 Amer Zahr is a Palestinian Arab American comedian, speaker,…
March 19, 2022
International Festival at Overture Center10 am – 5 pm FREE Come celebrate the rich cultural heritage and diversity of…
