Tag: culture
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August 9, 2024 Catholic Multicultural Center 5256 Verona Road, Fitchburg 6 pm CMC has announced that the next destination in their Culinary Passport Series will celebrate the culture of the Palestinian […]
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Overture Center201 State Street, Madison10 am – 5 pm Join Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, Palestine Partners, and Playgrounds for Palestine to celebrate the rich cultural heritage of our community. Enjoy […]
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Miquéla V. Thornton, The Cap Times, June 6, 2024 When Laila Hasan thinks back to the first time she engaged in the traditional Palestinian embroidery technique of tatreez, she recalls […]
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Listen to Laila Hasan and Esty Dinur on WORT 89.9 FM’s A Public Affair, 5/31/24 Textile artist Laila Hasan joins us by phone. For many years she has brought women textile […]
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11:00 AM – 12:30 PM CDT Online Join Eyewitness Palestine on Wednesday, May 29th at 12PM ET for our Live from Haifa webinar, featuring a special virtual delegation led by Khulood Basel, who will take us […]
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Kismet Books, 101 N. Main St, Verona, WI, 608.845.2500 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
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5-6 pm CTJoin ADC for an Arab-American Heritage Month conversation on how our community relates to life’s joy and struggles through language and art. You’ll hear from award-winning Arab American artists Naomi Shihab […]
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Rodlyn-mae Banting, Madison 365, March 28, 2024 (Photo by Rodlyn-Mae Banting) The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP) hosted a Read Palestine! Book Project storytime hour on March 24 for 5-9-year-olds with […]
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Room of One’s Own Bookstore 2717 Atwood Avenue, Madison 1 pm Written and illustrated by Aya Ghanameh, These Olive Trees is the story of a Palestinian family’s ties to the land, […]
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Sponsored by UW Students for Justice in Palestine More information and RSVP
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Yahya Ashour is an emerging poet known for his profound and moving reflections on the human experience, particularly the challenges faced by Palestinians of Gaza. His unique perspective as a […]
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9:00 – noon Memorial United Church of Christ 5705 Lacy Rd, Fitchburg This will be the 19th year of selling crafts and cookies to support a full-year scholarship to a […]
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Nikki at Change Boutique, corner of Williamson and Baldwin on the eastside, has some Women in Hebron’s embroidery and earrings for the holidays. If you know anyone who shops on […]
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Some events require registration — See @solidaritymadison | Linktree
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Annual Fair Trade Holiday Festival Monona Terrace 8 am – 3 pm Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, Palestine Partners, and Madison Playgrounds for Palestine will once again be selling our fair […]
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Monday, October 16, 12 noon – 1:05 pm Arab Women’s Revolutionary Art: Between Singularities and Multitudes Ingraham 206, UW-Madison Profesor Nevine El Nossery will discuss her latest book in which […]
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Palestinians share their culture with Olive Harvest attendees (Spectrum News 1/Megan Marshall) RHONDA FOXX, OCT. 16, 2023 MADISON, Wis. — Every October, Palestinians celebrate the Olive Harvest. Olives are a major […]
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[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”29″ display=”basic_slideshow”] We will be covering the situation in Gaza, and also how areas of the West Bank are being targeted now for increased ethnic cleansing while the […]
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Friday, Sept. 22: Palestine Writes Literature Festival Live-Streamed Session From 12:30 pm CT to end of day Some of you may have heard of the spectacular Palestine Writes Literature Festival being […]
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Owner hopes playing with felines will offer therapy to those scarred from the strip’s devastating wars and other hardships Mehr Jan, American Muslim Today, Aug 21, 2023 Following the popularity […]
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Tuesday, August 29, 7 pm CT Reparations and the Palestinian Right of Return as Teshuvah (Repentence) for the Nakba: An online talk by Peter Beinart Organizers suggest you may want […]
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The olive oil soap that connects Palestinian-Americans like me to home. For the diaspora community, this commodity has become a love letter, written in sun and air and earth. The […]
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International Festival at Overture Saturday-Sunday April 1-2. MRSCP will be there on April 1 with our brand-new shipment of Hirbawi Kuffiyehs! You can browse MRSCP crafts at the Marketplace.
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Heritage Minister Eliyahu, a religious ultranationalist now in charge of the Israel Antiquities Authority, denies the existence of a Palestinian people. A 2,700-year-old ivory incense spoon, displayed at the Palestinian […]
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9:00 AM – 12:00 Noon Memorial United Church of Christ 5705 Lacy Rd, Fitchburg This will be the 18th year of selling crafts and cookies to support a full-year scholarship […]
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Widely regarded as the most blessed time of the year, Palestinian families in Gaza wait all year for the olive harvest season. A Boy in the Shahin Family Helps His […]
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Maya Abu Al-Hayyat directs the Palestine Writing Workshop on the West Bank. She’ll read poems & be in conversation with poet Deema Shehabi. A Virtual Book Celebration! October 29, 2022, […]
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The Palestine Institute for Public Diplomacy August 11, 2022 Good Morning, As you might have seen or heard, Israel launched yet another assault on the besieged Gaza strip, with […]
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318 W. Lakeside Street Madison [map] 10 am – 3 pm Mark your calendars… MRSCP has new ceramics from Hebron and new embroideries from Atfaluna Crafts. We also have olive […]
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The 46th National Women’s Music Festival June 30th – July 3rd, 2022 Marriot Madison West, 1313 John Q Hammons Dr, Middleton Thu 5 pm-9 pm, Fri-Sat 10 am-9 pm, Sun […]
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Celebrate Palestinian Heritage and Culture with Sister Cities International 11 am Central Join Webinar
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Amer Zahr, YouTube, 8 March 2022 Amer Zahr is a Palestinian Arab American comedian, speaker, writer, academic, and adjunct professor at University of Detroit Mercy School of Law. He draws […]
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10 am – 5 pm FREE Come celebrate the rich cultural heritage and diversity of our community as International Festival returns live to Overture Center! Enjoy free performances, savor cuisine […]
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Malak Mattar was 13 and living under Israeli bombardment in Gaza when she decided to direct her ‘negative energy’ into painting Indlieb Farazi Saber, Middle East Eye, 5 January 2022 […]
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Sunday, October 3, Noon – 3 pm James Madison Park shelter 614 E Gorham St, Madison, WI Wishing you could visit Palestine? Don’t miss this free outdoor celebration of Palestinian […]
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Visit with Youth of Sumud and your guides Bana & Sami September 2021 Join us for a virtual tour of the South Hebron Hills. During this tour we will visit […]
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Register Amer Zahr, founder and producer of the annual 1001 Laughs Ramallah Comedy Festival, is a rising star in both the US and the Middle East. Amer is an Arab-American […]
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Palestinian Culinary Resilience & Liberation! Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) Laila El-Haddad and Vivien Sansour cook up a treat as they share stories of Palestinian liberation. Laila & Maggie Schmitt […]
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6 pm Central Maggie Schmitt and Laila El-Haddad’s The Gaza Kitchen cookbook is back in a new, expanded 3rd edition with an all-new Authors’ Introduction, new recipes, new photos, and […]
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Handmade. One of a Kind. Diverse. Quirky. Weird. WORT. WORT volunteers bring you 160 hours of music, news, and talk every week that you won’t find anywhere else and your […]
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Palestine Advocacy Project has partnered with Anemoia Projects to bring you Ancestors of Palestinian Liberation: an educational resource spotlighting the lives and legacies of Palestinian social, cultural, and political icons […]
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2 pm CT Join UNRWA USA, Mama’s Palestinian Kitchen, and three celebrated culinary artists — Laila El-Haddad (Gaza Mom), Marcelle Afram (Shababi Chicken), and Noor Saif (Because Baking) — for […]
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Madison-Rafah Marketplace is OPEN for the International Festival (2/27-3/5) and International Women’s Day (3/6)
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Opens 10 am Saturday, February 27 The International Festival usually takes place throughout Overture Center. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 International Festival is a virtual event. Shake the […]
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Middle East Children’s Alliance Webinar, 10 am CT Only $10 donation, REGISTER NOW! Join the Middle East Children’s Alliance in this unique opportunity to hear nationally-acclaimed chef/activist REEM ASSIL interview […]
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Dear Friends, Last year at this time my friend Laila was visiting the US, bringing the fabulously beautiful hand embroidered work of Women in Hebron to Fair Trade holiday craft […]