We share the rich history, vibrant arts & culture, and spirit of the Palestinian people. Discover what unites us all. Our stories are many, our hearts are one.
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QAIC, in collaboration with the @MPPDC, welcomed 26 guests for an introductory #Tatreez Class with textile researcher, author and curator, Wafa Ghnaim (@tatreezandtea).
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QAIC and the Museum of the Palestinian People (@MPPDC) are thrilled to host an Introductory Palestinian Embroidery Class with Wafa Ghnaim (@tatreezandtea) on Friday, May 12, from 6 – 8 pm at QAIC’s headquarters.
Purchase tickets here: eventbrite.com/e/introductor…
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Byzantine mosaics dating from the 5th to the 7th century have been unveiled in the central Gaza Strip on Friday.
— in pictures aje.io/93vwpr
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A floor mosaic dating back to the Byzantine-era has been discovered in Gaza by a farmer while he was tending to his olive orchard ⤵️
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I’m very excited to announce my forthcoming book They Called Me A Lioness: A Palestinian Girl’s Fight for Freedom, written with Ahed Tamimi.
The book is being published by @OneWorldLit on September 6, but you can preorder now: bit.ly/3wu5klM
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Here's the link to the full conversation: npr.org/templates/story/stor…
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It's a good day when you get to vent about the atrocities being done to hummus with someone else who just gets it. Had a great time chatting with @realmoamer on @MorningEdition about his new show.
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If you’re in the DMV, join @MPPDC today at 8:30 PM for a vigil honoring the Palestinian people in Gaza that we lost to Israel’s violence these past few days.
Bring a friend, flowers, & show up for Palestine today.
#GazaUnderAttack
Join us for a vigil tomorrow to honor Palestinians killed in Gaza—especially the 15 Palestinian children killed since the Israeli attack on Gaza began on Friday. Feel free to bring flowers, photos, toys, or other items to leave for a memorial outside the museum. #GazaUnderAttack
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Check out our upcoming events for 2022, make sure to mark the dates on your calendar!
For more updates visit our website and sign up for our newsletter at thejerusalemfund.org/
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Thank you to everyone who joined for a curator-led tour of our Dreams Rising exhibition on Friday! Book your curator-led tour on a Friday evening in August for just $10: mpp-dc.org/visit/
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Our second Falasteen Film Friday is THIS FRIDAY! We're screening an encore of Angel of Gaza, produced by our Dreams Rising curator Ahmed Mansour. If you missed our first screening, make sure you get tickets this time around! ow.ly/rnHp50K3Pes
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Dabke is an Arabic folk dance which originated in the mountains of the Levantine region; including Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan & Syria. Dabke is derived from the Levantine Arabic word dabaka دبكة meaning “stamping of the feet” or “to make a noise”
A thread on the art of Dabke...
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Zainab Al-Qoulaq, a talented young Palestinian artist from Gaza, is giving a virtual artist talk on July 22 at 2 pm. She'll discuss creating art in the wake of losing 22 family members to the Israeli bombardment of Gaza last year. Get your tickets here: ow.ly/P3i750JXvhQ
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Hello, hello! Announcing . . .
A Palestinian poetry anthology! OPEN TO SUBMISSIONS through @haymarketbooks !! Submit, submit, submit your best poems! @IntifadaBatata & I are excited to be working on this anthology!
Details: tinyurl.com/palestineantho
ALT Palestinian Poetry Anthology. Co-editors George Abraham & Noor Hindi are seeking submissions for a Palestinian global anglophone poetry anthology focusing on contemporary poems. Please submit 3-5 poems by August 15th. We are open to translated poems. tinyurl.com/palestineantho.
ALT Submission Guidelines. Potential threads of poetic exploration: Palestinian futurity, hybrid & multi-lingual forms, ecopoems + bio & necropolitics, speculative poems, permission to (counter-)narrate, queer palestinian poetics, lineage & collective-oriented poems, poems on communal relations & care. These are just initial threads to get you thinking! We ultimately want to center you, as our community, and your unique contributions to Palestinian anglophone poetics.
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Check out this great event from our friends at @MPPDC!
New date! Our first Falasteen Film Friday is rescheduled to Friday, July 8, when we'll be screening Angel of Gaza. Tickets are 50% sold out, so reserve your seat soon! bit.ly/AngelOfGaza
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Join us TOMORROW for the "Resisting Until Liberation: A Black-Palestinian Solidarity Conversation" Instagram Live with @MariamBarghouti and @amberashleyj.
Follow us on Instagram to join live: instagram.com/uscpr/
ALT Resisting Until Liberation: A Black-Palestinian Solidarity Conversation. Tuesday, May 17 at 12 noon ET. @uscpr on Instagram Live. Moderated by Cat Knarr and featuring: Mariam Barghouti, Palestinian journalist and analyst, and Amber James, abolition organizer and lawyer.
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wish you and your beloved ones a blessed Eid Al-Fitr.
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أتمنى لكم ولأحبائكم عيد فطر مبارك.
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Woman carrying Jerusalem, oil on canvas, 1979
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#palestinian #palestine #freepalestine #palestina #EidMubarak #عيد_الفطر #عيدكم_مبارك
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‘Shows a serious conviction; a yearning for an alternative version of what is, and an imagining of what’s also possible.’ — @Anthony1983
@Zena_Agha’s Objects from April and May is out on 14 April ✨
hajarpress.com/books/objects…
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If this video doesn’t get you hyped for #LandDay, we don’t know what will!
A compilation of Land Day posters from the last 46 years; on the power of art in resistance.
(Credit goes to @ palestine.poster.project on Instagram for great resources)