The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)

culture

Aug 26, 2026

2025.03.08: Overture Center International Festival
Madison, 10 am – 5 pm
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2025.03.21-30: Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW)
Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), February 10, 2025
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2024.12.14: 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…
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2024.11.29-12.06: Read Palestine Week
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Madison Rafah Sister City Project (@madisonrafah)
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2024.11.30 & 12.02: Read Palestine! Events
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2024.11.11 & 25: Children’s African Story Hour
Children’s African Story Hour: Egyptian LullabyFrom the Middle East Studies Program at UW-MadisonNovember 11, 4 -5…
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2024.10.19: Madison Video of Gazan Poet Mosab Abu Toha
Wisconsin Book Festival Video View this post on Instagram A post shared by Read Palestine…
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2024.10.27: Celebrating Palestinian Cultural Resistance
UW Memorial Union, Great Hall5-9 PM View this post on Instagram A post shared by…
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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…
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2024.08.09: Culinary Passport Series features Palestinian Cuisine
Catholic Multicultural Center 5256 Verona Road, Fitchburg 6 pm CMC has announced that the next…
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24.07.18: Crafts Sale & Conversation with Laila Hasan of Women in Hebron
July 18, 2024 Goodman Community Center, Merrill Lynch Room 6 – 8 pm Another chance to meet…
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2024.06.29: International Festival
Overture Center201 State Street, Madison10 am – 5 pm Join Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, Palestine…
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The Gaza Kitchen Cookbook Club
More info & registration
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Visiting Palestinian textile artist has a message for Madisonians
Miquéla V. Thornton, The Cap Times, June 6, 2024 When Laila Hasan thinks back to…
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2024.06.09: Laila Hasan’s Embroidery & Jewelry
Listen to Laila Hasan and Esty Dinur on WORT 89.9 FM’s A Public Affair, 5/31/24…
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2024.05.29: 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…
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2024.05.12: Read Palestine! Sitti’s Bird
Kismet Books, 101 N. Main St, Verona, WI, 608.845.2500 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
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2024.04.29: 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…
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2024.03.24: Read Palestine! plants seeds of hope and solidarity with Gaza
Rodlyn-mae Banting, Madison 365, March 28, 2024
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2024.03.24: Read Palestine! Presents These Olive Trees
Room of One’s Own Bookstore 2717 Atwood Avenue, Madison 1 pm Written and illustrated by…
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