The Madison-Rafah Sister City Project (MRSCP)
literature
Sep 20, 2026
2026.05.17: Author Event: Sahar Mustafah with Fawzy Qamar
A Room of One’s Own, 2717 Atwood Ave, Madison, 3-4 pm
2026.04.01: Children’s Book event with Angela Medina and Palestinian author Maysa Odeh
Madison Central Library, Room 302, 7 pm
American Friends Service Committee Newsletter
AFSC, December 8, 2025
aid, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), Arab, arms, artist, Aya Ghanameh, banned books, BDS, Ben and Jerry’s, Ben Cohen, books, Ceasefire Oct 8 2025, censorship, children, divest, Gaza, genocide, Hannah Moushabeck, Homeland, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Interlink Foundation, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Israel, land, literature, Madison, Noura Erakat, olive trees, Palestine, Palestinian, poetry, Rafah, Rashida Tlaib, resources, schools, Sim Kern, solidarity, State Capitol, stories, sumud, take action, UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), United Nations (UN), United States (US), war, world
2025.12.04: Book Circle – “Land of the Cranes” by Aida Salazar
Online, 6:00 pm social, 6:30 pm program
We write / to keep our names alive / to carve our stories into time.
Eman Eid, We Are Not Numbers, November 9, 2025. Artist: Jan Khaled, Flyers for Falastin
2025.11.14: Sim Kern & Hannah Moushabeck in Madison!
Christ Presbyterian Church, 944 E Gorham, 7 pm, RSVP
2025.09.17-12.06: Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities in Madison
Cassandra Dixon, Sep 2, 2025
2025.08.13: Bread and Blood: A Message from Gaza
Online, 11 AM CT
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Palestinians fear razing of villages in West Bank, as settlers circle their homes
William Christou and Quique Kierszenbaum in Masafer Yatta, The Guardian, 7 Jul 2025
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Madison’s Andaleeb Cartonera Honors Palestinian Endurance With Handmade Books
Ben Slowey, Wisconsin Muslim Journal, Jun 6, 2025
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2025.04.29: Read Palestine! Writing Workshop
Room of One’s Own Annex, 6-8 pm
The Oscar went to ‘No Other Land,’ but that might not save Masafer Yatta
Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, March 8, 2025
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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
After Gaza ceasefire, Israel turns its firepower on the West Bank
Basel Adra, +972 Magazine, January 28, 2025
apartheid, Basel Adra, Bethlehem, Birzeit University, blockade, checkpoints, Civil Military Coordination Center (CMCC), civilians, diaspora, Donald Trump, environment, Gaza, Hamas, healthcare, Hebron, hospitals, human rights, images, Iron Wall, Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli, Jenin, La Crosse, land, literature, Madison, media, military, Nablus, occupation, October 7, Palestine, Palestinian, Palestinian Authority (PA), Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), Rafah, Ramallah, resistance, schools, students, sumud, Tel Aviv, travel, tunnels, UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), video, volunteer, Wall, war, water, West Bank, world, Youth of Sumud
Wisconsin Coalition For Justice In Palestine Looks Beyond The Ceasefire
Sandra Whitehead, Wisconsin Muslim Journal, Jan 24, 2025
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We Can’t Afford to Ignore This Threat to the People of Gaza
ABDULLAH SHIHIPAR, THE NATION, JANUARY 9, 2025. The very air that Gazans breathe could put…
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Where is Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, and what is Israel doing to him?
TAREQ S. HAJJAJ, MONDOWEISS, JANUARY 3, 2025. It has been one week since the Dr. Hussam…
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Let’s Turn Refaat Alareer’s “If I Must Die” into a Bestseller
On December 10 Palestinian writer, poet and educator Refaat Alareer will posthumously publish a book,…
