Palestine Writes Literature Festival

Agenda

Wednesday, December 2, 2020

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM EST

Welcome & Opening Remarks

Add to Calendar 2020/12/02 12:00:00 2020/12/02 12:30:00 America/New_York Opening Remarks Festival committee member, Susan Muaddi Darraj will open the festival with a welcome, housekeeping and announcements, and introductions to the co-chairs, susan abulhawa and Bill Mullen.

Bill Mullen, followed by susan abulhawa will give opening remarks. Haifa Hall false MM/DD/YYYY 60 OPAQUE awzreTQpIzAwLQoBfmkd104238

12:45 PM - 1:30 PM EST

Coffee & Books | Ghada Karmi

Add to Calendar 2020/12/02 12:45:00 2020/12/02 13:30:00 America/New_York Book: Return: A Palestinian Memoir | COFFEE & BOOKS Ghada Karmi will discuss her book, Return: A Palestinian Memoir, with Bill Mullen.

“A hauntingly written, remorselessly honest, and surely long lasting account of Palestinian loss and struggle.”
—Donald MacIntyre, Independent Nazareth Hall false MM/DD/YYYY 60 OPAQUE awzreTQpIzAwLQoBfmkd104238

12:45 PM - 1:15 PM EST

CHILDREN'S PROGRAM | Me & My Family: Storytime the ArabishWay

Add to Calendar 2020/12/02 12:45:00 2020/12/02 13:15:00 America/New_York Me & My Family: Storytime the ArabishWay | CHILDREN'S PROGRAM During this fun and engaging storytime, you will learn parts of your body and some names of family members in Arabic while enjoying stories in a colloquial Levantine dialect, hear songs in Arabic and do a fun craft.

Geared for ages 3 to 6 but great for all ages.

Materials needed: scissors, glue, a shaker/maraca. *printouts & instructions available

Led by Laila Taji. Children's Tent false MM/DD/YYYY 60 OPAQUE awzreTQpIzAwLQoBfmkd104238

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM EST

PANEL | Literature in the Time of Erasure

Add to Calendar 2020/12/02 13:00:00 2020/12/02 14:15:00 America/New_York Literature in the Time of Erasure | PANEL What does it mean to write in a world that denies or trivializes your existence? How does erasure influence creative productions? How does creative production influence erasure?

Panel: Ibrahim Nasrallah, Mahmoud Shqeir, Lena Khalaf Tuffaha Haifa Hall false MM/DD/YYYY 60 OPAQUE awzreTQpIzAwLQoBfmkd104238

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM EST

PERFORMANCE | Palestine in Parallel: Poetry Slam

Add to Calendar 2020/12/02 14:30:00 2020/12/02 16:00:00 America/New_York Palestine in Parallel: Poetry Slam | PERFORMANCE Featuring Palestinian, African, Indigenous American, men and women, young and younger poets, this session is meant to showcase the varied forms of poetry, performed or recited verses in both English and Arabic.

Poets: Ayah el Fahmawi, Remi Kanazi, Fargo Tbakhi, Rafeef Ziadeh, Ibrahim Nasrallah, Fady Joudeh, Mark Tilsen, Jamila Osman, Tariq Luthun, Dareen Tatour, Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, Tahani Saleh Haifa Hall false MM/DD/YYYY 60 OPAQUE awzreTQpIzAwLQoBfmkd104238

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM EST

CHILDREN'S PROGRAM | Arabic Initial Wrapping Paper: A Crafty Arab.

Add to Calendar 2020/12/02 16:00:00 2020/12/02 16:30:00 America/New_York Arabic Initial Wrapping Paper: A Crafty Arab | CHILDREN'S PROGRAM Create personalized wrapping paper, with the recipients initial from the Arabic alphabet, to make your wrapped gift really stand out. Join artist and educator Koloud Tarapolsi as she goes through the steps you’ll need to make a special day even more memorable!

Supplies: pencil with new eraser, double sided tape, Kraft wrapping paper, scissors, exacto, sharpie, ink stamp Children's Tent false MM/DD/YYYY 60 OPAQUE awzreTQpIzAwLQoBfmkd104238

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM EST

COFFEE & BOOKS | Isabella Hammad

Add to Calendar 2020/12/02 16:00:00 2020/12/02 16:45:00 America/New_York Book: The Parisian | COFFEE & BOOKS Isabella Hammad will discuss her book, The Parisian, with Zaha Hassan.

“Dazzling… A deeply imagined historical novel with none of the usual cobwebs of the genre… Exquisite.”
―New York Times Book Review Nazareth Hall false MM/DD/YYYY 60 OPAQUE awzreTQpIzAwLQoBfmkd104238

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM EST

COOKING DEMONSTRATION | Migrant Kitchen (Nasser Jaber & Alex Hernandez)

Add to Calendar 2020/12/02 16:30:00 2020/12/02 17:00:00 America/New_York Migrant Kitchen | COOKING DEMONSTRATION Nasser Jaber and Alex Hernandez will demonstrate a Pastelon Mashi dish, a Palestinian-Mexican fusion meal of stuffed plantain based on Levantine mahshi with jackfruit. Jericho Hall false MM/DD/YYYY 60 OPAQUE awzreTQpIzAwLQoBfmkd104238

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

INTERVIEW | Narrating the Kufr Qassem Massacre, by Samia Halaby

Add to Calendar 2020/12/02 17:30:00 2020/12/02 18:30:00 America/New_York Narrating the Kufr Qassem Massacre | INTERVIEW Renowned artist, Samia Halaby, will narrate the stories of the families who survived the Kufr Qassem massacre through her drawings, and in conversation with Faisal Saleh, founder and director of the Palestine Museum. Haifa Hall false MM/DD/YYYY 60 OPAQUE awzreTQpIzAwLQoBfmkd104238

6:15 PM - 7:00 PM EST

COFFEE & BOOKS | Tariq Luthun

Add to Calendar 2020/12/02 18:15:00 2020/12/02 19:00:00 America/New_York Book: How the Water Holds Me | COFFEE & BOOKS Tariq Luthun will discuss his book, How the Water Holds Me, with Ayah El Fahmawi.

“Tariq Luthun’s poems are vulnerable confessions and whispered conversations about becoming, and continuing to become, a young man, a Palestinian, an immigrant, a witness, and a fighter.”
—Noura Erakat, author of Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine Nazareth Hall false MM/DD/YYYY 60 OPAQUE awzreTQpIzAwLQoBfmkd104238

6:45 PM - 8:00 PM EST

PANEL | Organizing & Boycott in the Cultural Sphere

Add to Calendar 2020/12/02 18:45:00 2020/12/02 20:00:00 America/New_York Organizing & Boycott in the Cultural Sphere | PANEL Panelists will discuss the challenges of organizing among cultural workers. In particular, issues surrounding cultural boycott and engagement of artists in liberation struggles will be examined.

Panel: Nitasha Dhillon, Amin Hussein, Jasbir Puar, J Kehaulani Kauanui Haifa Hall false MM/DD/YYYY 60 OPAQUE awzreTQpIzAwLQoBfmkd104238

Thursday, December 3, 2020

10:00 AM 10:45 PM EST

COFFEE & BOOKS | Salman AbuSitta

Add to Calendar 2020/12/03 10:00:00 2020/12/03 10:45:00 America/New_York Book: Mapping My Return: A Palestinian Memoir | COFFEE & BOOKS Salman AbuSitta will discuss his book, Mapping My Return: A Palestinian Memoir, with Nur Masalha.

"Abu Sitta's memoir conveys a still burning sense of outrage at the injustice of the dispossession of the Palestinians and the denial of their rights--a personal and collective Nakba without end."
--Ian Black, The Guardian Nazareth Hall false MM/DD/YYYY 60 OPAQUE awzreTQpIzAwLQoBfmkd104238

10:15 AM 10:45 AM EST

CHILDREN'S PROGRAM | Farah Rocks Fifth Grade: Susan Muaddi Darraj

Add to Calendar 2020/12/03 10:15:00 2020/12/03 10:45:00 America/New_York Farah Rocks Fifth Grade | CHILDREN'S PROGRAM Award winning author Susan Muaddi Darraj will read from Book 1 in her chapter book series, Farah Rocks, in a fun session filled with crafts and storytelling. Children's Tent false MM/DD/YYYY 60 OPAQUE awzreTQpIzAwLQoBfmkd104238

10:00 AM 12:00 PM EST

WORKSHOP | Tatreez & Tea (limited capacity, 12)

Add to Calendar 2020/12/03 10:00:00 2020/12/03 12:00:00 America/New_York Tatreez | WORKSHOP In this 2-hour virtual workshop, students will learn Palestinian tatreez (embroidery), with origins in Palestine since the 16th century, with iconographical significance that dates back to Chinese symbols found around 5000 BC.

Limit 12 people.

Participants must obtain supplies listed here: https://www.tatreezandtea.com/supplies

Led by Wafa Ghnaim Jericho Hall false MM/DD/YYYY 60 OPAQUE awzreTQpIzAwLQoBfmkd104238

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM EST

COFFEE & BOOKS | Ibtisam Azem

Add to Calendar 2020/12/03 11:00:00 2020/12/03 11:45:00 America/New_York Book: The Book of Disappearance | COFFEE & BOOKS Ibtisam Azem will discuss her book, The Book of Disappearance, with Marcia Lynx Qualey.

“Ibtisam Azem has gifted us with a poignant, mysterious, lyrical, new novel.”
--Ahdaf Soueif, author of The Map of Love Nazareth Hall false MM/DD/YYYY 60 OPAQUE awzreTQpIzAwLQoBfmkd104238

12:00 PM - 1:15 PM EST

PANEL | Architects of Our Narrative: Emerging Palestinian Writers (including award)

Add to Calendar 2020/12/03 12:00:00 2020/12/03 13:15:00 America/New_York Architects of Our Narrative: Emerging Palestinian Writers | PANEL & AWARD A panel featuring past and present finalists of the Ghassan Kanafani Scholarship will discuss their journey to writing and reflections on narrative in the Palestinian diaspora. An award will be presented in collaboration with the Palestine Youth Movement & the Kevorkian Center.

Panel: Voulette Hattar, Maysam Ghani, Mohammed El Kurd, Nadya Tannous Haifa Hall false MM/DD/YYYY 60 OPAQUE awzreTQpIzAwLQoBfmkd104238

1:00 PM 1:30 PM

CHILDREN'S PROGRAM | Storytime with Lisa Suhair Majaj

Add to Calendar 2020/12/03 13:00:00 2020/12/03 13:30:00 America/New_York Storytime with Lisa Suhair Majaj | CHILDREN'S PROGRAM Scholar, poet, and fiction writer Lisa Suhair Majaj will read from her children's book, "Naila Shares a Story," and discuss the book's background and inspiration. Children's Tent false MM/DD/YYYY 60 OPAQUE awzreTQpIzAwLQoBfmkd104238

1:30 PM 2:45 PM EST

PANEL | SciFi Palestine

Add to Calendar 2020/12/03 13:30:00 2020/12/03 14:45:00 America/New_York SciFi Palestine | PANEL This panel will discuss the genre of science fiction literature, inviting a conversation on Emergent Strategy, a sci-fi social justice model that has developed since 2014.

Panel: Rawan Yaghi, Ibtisam Azem, Saleem Haddad, Ebony Coletu Haifa Hall false MM/DD/YYYY 60 OPAQUE awzreTQpIzAwLQoBfmkd104238

3:00 PM - 4:15 PM EST

PANEL | Food Sovereignty

Add to Calendar 2020/12/03 15:00:00 2020/12/03 16:15:00 America/New_York Food Sovereignty | PANEL This panel of food writers, chefs, seed archivists and culinary historians will explore the importance of preserving culinary traditions, particularly as colonizers claim those traditions as their own.

Panel: Vivien Sansour, Leila el Haddad, Nasser Jaber, Mirna Bamieh, Ahmad Qabaha Haifa Hall false MM/DD/YYYY 60 OPAQUE awzreTQpIzAwLQoBfmkd104238

4:15 PM - 5:00 PM EST

CHILDREN'S PROGRAM | “Habibi”, with Naomi Shihab Nye (for big kids, too, up to 99 years)

Add to Calendar 2020/12/03 16:15:00 2020/12/03 17:00:00 America/New_York Playground of Poetry with Naomi Shihab Nye | CHILDREN'S PROGRAM A conversation with US Poet Laureate for Children and Young Adults Naomi Shihab Nye. Moderated by Ibtisam Barakat.

Ages 10-15 Children's Tent false MM/DD/YYYY 60 OPAQUE awzreTQpIzAwLQoBfmkd104238

4:45 PM - 5:30 PM EST

COOKING DEMONSTRATION | Food & Comedy, with Anan and Amer Zahr

Add to Calendar 2020/12/03 16:45:00 2020/12/03 17:30:00 America/New_York Food & Comedy | COOKING DEMONSTRATION Amer Zahr and his mother, Anan Zahr, will prepare a surprise authentic Palestinian vegan meal, with a side of comedy. Jericho Hall false MM/DD/YYYY 60 OPAQUE awzreTQpIzAwLQoBfmkd104238

5:15 PM - 6:00 PM EST

COFFEE & BOOKS | Sahar Mustafa

Add to Calendar 2020/12/03 17:15:00 2020/12/03 18:00:00 America/New_York Book: The Beauty of Your Face | COFFEE & BOOKS Sahar Mustafa will discuss her book, The Beauty of Your Face, with Susan Muaddi Darraj.

“A story of survival and hope, forgiveness and connection.”
- Elisabeth Egan, New York Times Book Review Nazareth Hall false MM/DD/YYYY 60 OPAQUE awzreTQpIzAwLQoBfmkd104238

5:30 PM - 6:00 PM EST

CHILDREN'S PROGRAM | Recycled Cup Darbuka: A Crafty Arab.

Add to Calendar 2020/12/03 17:30:00 2020/12/03 18:00:00 America/New_York Recycled Cup Darbuka: A Crafty Arab | CHILDREN'S PROGRAM Create a darbuka, a drum with a goblet shaped body, so you can pretend to play along with Arabic music. Join artist and educator Koloud Tarapolsi as she goes through the steps you’ll need to make a unique instrument that is played all over the Arab world!

Supplies: paper cups, sharpie (fine and ultra fine), paintbrush, brown acrylic paint, masking tape, paper towel Children's Tent false MM/DD/YYYY 60 OPAQUE awzreTQpIzAwLQoBfmkd104238

6:00 PM - 6:45 PM EST

PERFORMANCE | Farah Siraj Concert

Add to Calendar 2020/12/03 18:00:00 2020/12/03 18:45:00 America/New_York Music | Haifa Hall Named Jordan’s Musican Ambassador, Farah Siraj's ethereal and haunting voice is matched only by the profound lyrics of her songs. She will perform songs that yearn for a gentler world and reach for our common humanity. false MM/DD/YYYY 60 OPAQUE awzreTQpIzAwLQoBfmkd104238

Friday, December 4, 2020

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM EST

COFFEE & BOOKS | Hala Alayan

Add to Calendar 2020/12/04 10:00:00 2020/12/04 10:45:00 America/New_York Book: Salt Houses | COFFEE & BOOKS | Nazareth Hall Hala Alyan will discuss her book, Salt Houses, with Ayah Al-Fahmawi.

“Moving and beautifully written.” — Entertainment Weekly false MM/DD/YYYY 60 OPAQUE awzreTQpIzAwLQoBfmkd104238

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM EST

CHILDREN'S PROGRAM | The Memory Factory: How To Write A Story From An Old Family Photograph

Add to Calendar 2020/12/04 10:30:00 2020/12/04 11:30:00 America/New_York The Memory Factory: How To Write A Story From An Old Family Photograph | CHILDREN'S PROGRAM | Children's Tent Workshop with Ahlam Bsharat. Ages 12-18 years old.

Instructions: Please have to hand a pen/paper and an old photograph from the family album [from Palestine]. This can be of a group of people or just one person, perhaps a grandparent.

Limit: 10 people false MM/DD/YYYY 60 OPAQUE awzreTQpIzAwLQoBfmkd104238

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM EST

COFFEE & BOOKS | Mahmoud Shqeir

Add to Calendar 2020/12/04 11:00:00 2020/12/04 11:45:00 America/New_York Book: Praise for the Women of the Family | COFFEE & BOOKS | Nazareth Hall Mahmoud Shqeir will discuss his book, Praise for the Women of the Family, with Nur Masalha.

“Elegant and captivating novel.”
— This Week in Palestine false MM/DD/YYYY 60 OPAQUE awzreTQpIzAwLQoBfmkd104238

11:30 AM - 12:45 PM EST

WORKSHOP | The Graphic Novel

Add to Calendar 2020/12/04 11:30:00 2020/12/04 12:45:00 America/New_York Graphic Novel Workshop | Haifa Hall Palestinian graphic novelists and comic artists will discuss the strengths of comics and visual storytelling in the context of Palestine, and the particular challenges that Palestinian comic artists face in the comics community. Topics will include how we have mobilized and politicized our comics community around Palestine, the importance of by-us-for-us storytelling when it comes to Palestine, and the power of visuals and comics in movements and liberation struggles.

Speakers: Mohammad Sabaaneh, Marguerite Debaie, Iasmin Omar Ata false MM/DD/YYYY 60 OPAQUE awzreTQpIzAwLQoBfmkd104238

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM EST

PANEL | The Parallel Lives of Ghassan Kanafani and James Baldwin

Add to Calendar 2020/12/04 13:00:00 2020/12/04 14:30:00 America/New_York The Parallel Lives of Ghassan Kanafani and James Baldwin | PANEL | Haifa Hall This panel is meant to explore the lives of James Baldwin and Ghassan Kanafani, how their lives intersected even though they never knew each other. Discussion would touch on their intersections, how far ahead of their time they were, their moral fortitude, dignity, and how they brought all of that to profoundly moving literary prose, both fiction and nonfiction.

Huzama Habayeb, Bill Mullen, Robin D. G. Kelley, Rami Abushehab, Maha Nassar, Huzama Habayeb false MM/DD/YYYY 60 OPAQUE awzreTQpIzAwLQoBfmkd104238

2:45 PM - 4:00 PM EST

PANEL | Memoir & Family Biography

Add to Calendar 2020/12/04 14:45:00 2020/12/04 16:00:00 America/New_York Memoir & Family Biography | PANEL | Haifa Hall Tom Suarez will speak with renowned memoirists and family biographers on their craft—individual processes and motivations, the significance of biography and memoir in literature, reader responses to their specific works, and more.

Panel: Ghada Karmi, Ibtisam Barakat, Massoud Hayoun, Tom Suarez false MM/DD/YYYY 60 OPAQUE awzreTQpIzAwLQoBfmkd104238

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM EST

CHILDREN'S PROGRAM |Colors: Storytime the ArabishWay

Add to Calendar 2020/12/04 16:00:00 2020/12/04 16:30:00 America/New_York Colors: Storytime the ArabishWay | CHILDREN'S PROGRAM | Children's Tent During this fun and engaging learning opportunity, you will hear the colors in Arabic while enjoying stories in a colloquial Levantine dialect, hear songs in Arabic and do a fun craft. Geared for ages 3 to 6 but great for all ages.

Materials needed: colored paper, scissors, large 11 x 17 paper, pencil, and glue stick. *Printouts & instructions available.

Led by Laila Taji. false MM/DD/YYYY 60 OPAQUE awzreTQpIzAwLQoBfmkd104238

4:15 PM - 5:30 PM EST

PANEL | The Cost of Solidarity

Add to Calendar 2020/12/04 16:15:00 2020/12/04 17:30:00 America/New_York The Cost of Solidarity | PANEL | Haifa Hall Three renowned scholars will discuss the private and public impact of upholding Palestinian humanity, and what reading Palestinian literature has meant to them.

Panel: Shami Chakrabarti, Marc Lamont Hill, Steven Salaita false MM/DD/YYYY 60 OPAQUE awzreTQpIzAwLQoBfmkd104238

5:30 PM - 6:45 PM EST

PANEL | Cultural Dislocation & Dissonance

Add to Calendar 2020/12/04 17:30:00 2020/12/04 18:45:00 America/New_York Cultural Dislocation & Dissonance | PANEL | Haifa Hall This panel will touch on the phenomenon of writing one’s identity and culture in a language and/or land that are foreign to that culture. In other words, what is it like to write in English about the very identity and culture that has been tortured and violated by the culture and language you’re communicating in.

Panel: Fady Joudah, Nick Estes, Sophia Azeb, David Palumbo-Liu false MM/DD/YYYY 60 OPAQUE awzreTQpIzAwLQoBfmkd104238

7:00 PM - 8:15 PM EST

PANEL | Writing Palestinian Queernesss: Literature, poetry, and film

Add to Calendar 2020/12/04 19:00:00 2020/12/04 20:15:00 America/New_York Writing Palestinian Queerness: Literature, poetry, and film | PANEL | Haifa Hall Moderated by renowned author and scholar, Sa’ed Atshan, this panel will discuss the importance, beauties, pitfalls, challenges, and examples of writing Palestinian queerness.

Panel: George Abraham, Zaina Arafat, Sa'ed Atshan false MM/DD/YYYY 60 OPAQUE awzreTQpIzAwLQoBfmkd104238

Saturday, December 5, 2020

10:00 AM - 11:15 AM EST

PANEL | Children's & YA Literature

Add to Calendar 2020/12/05 10:00:00 2020/12/05 11:15:00 America/New_York Children's & YA Literature | PANEL | Haifa Hall This panel will touch on issues of representation in literature aimed at young audiences—in particular, what it means to raise children amidst popular cultural images that do not speak to their realities. Panelists will talk about their own experiences in creating books that reflect the lives of Palestinian children. The panel will also talk about creating books that offset the consumerist individualism, which are promulgated in most popular children’s venues.

Panel: Susan Muaddi Darraj, Lisa Majaj, Daoud Kuttab, Taghreed Najjar, Diana Buttu false MM/DD/YYYY 60 OPAQUE awzreTQpIzAwLQoBfmkd104238

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST

Tatreez Workshop

Add to Calendar 2020/12/05 10:00:00 2020/12/05 12:00:00 America/New_York Tatreez | WORKSHOP | Jericho Hall Based on demand, in this 2-hour virtual workshop, students will learn Palestinian tatreez, with origins in Palestine since the 16th century, with iconographical significance that dates back to Chinese symbols found around 5000 BC.

Limit 12 people.

Participants must obtain supplies listed here: https://www.tatreezandtea.com/supplies

Led by Wafa Ghnaim. false MM/DD/YYYY 60 OPAQUE awzreTQpIzAwLQoBfmkd104238

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM EST

COFFEE & BOOKS | Suad Amiry

Add to Calendar 2020/12/05 10:30:00 2020/12/05 11:15:00 America/New_York Book: My Damascus | COFFEE & BOOKS | Nazareth Hall Suad Amiry will discuss her book, My Damascus, with Malini Johar Schueller. false MM/DD/YYYY 60 OPAQUE awzreTQpIzAwLQoBfmkd104238

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM EST

Numbers & Days: Storytime the ArabishWay

Add to Calendar 2020/12/05 11:00:00 2020/12/05 11:30:00 America/New_York Numbers & Days: Storytime the ArabishWay | CHILDREN'S PROGRAM | Children's Tent During this fun and engaging learning opportunity, you will hear the Arabic numbers from wa-had to it-na'aesh while enjoying stories in a colloquial Levantine dialect, hear songs in Arabic and do a fun craft. Geared for ages 3 to 6 but great for all ages.

Materials needed: paper plate, scissors, colors (crayons, markers or pencils), glue stick, brad fastener, something sharp to make a hole in the paper plate. *Printouts & instructions available.

Led by Laila Taji. false MM/DD/YYYY 60 OPAQUE awzreTQpIzAwLQoBfmkd104238

11:30 AM - 12:45 PM EST

PANEL | Rewriting the World

Add to Calendar 2020/12/05 11:30:00 2020/12/05 12:45:00 America/New_York Rewriting the World | PANEL | Haifa Hall This panel will discuss the ways in which women have transformed, enriched and revolutionized literature, and what that has meant to readers and our perception of the world. Panelists will also explore the limitations and expectations placed on women in art. It would also include discussions not only of a male gaze, but of a white gaze, which dominates the publishing industry.

Panel: Nathalie Handal, Shailja Patel, Neferti Tadiar false MM/DD/YYYY 60 OPAQUE awzreTQpIzAwLQoBfmkd104238

12:30 PM - 1:00 PM EST

CHILDREN'S PROGRAM | Animals: Storytime the ArabishWay

Add to Calendar 2020/12/05 12:30:00 2020/12/05 13:00:00 America/New_York Animals: Storytime the ArabishWay | CHILDREN'S PROGRAM | Children's Tent During this fun and engaging storytime, you will learn the names of animals in Arabic while enjoying stories in a colloquial Levantine dialect, hear songs in Arabic and do a fun craft. Geared for ages 3 to 6 but great for all ages.

Materials needed: scissors, glue, paper plate, pencil, large red, small yellow and small black paper. *Printouts & instructions available.

Led by Laila Taji. false MM/DD/YYYY 60 OPAQUE awzreTQpIzAwLQoBfmkd104238

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM EST

PANEL | Translation & Publication

Add to Calendar 2020/12/05 13:00:00 2020/12/05 14:15:00 America/New_York Translation & Publication | PANEL | Haifa Hall This panel will explore the scarcity of English translations of Arab writers, discuss experiences with translation, publication, distribution and sales. It would examine the social, political, and literary roadblocks and perhaps offer ideas.

Panel: Mahmoud Muna, Ra Page, Michel Mushabek, Nancy Krikorian false MM/DD/YYYY 60 OPAQUE awzreTQpIzAwLQoBfmkd104238

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM EST

COFFEE & BOOKS | Atef Alshaer

Add to Calendar 2020/12/05 14:00:00 2020/12/05 14:45:00 America/New_York Book: A Map of Absence | COFFEE & BOOKS | Nazareth Hall Atef Alshaer will discuss his book, A Map of Absence, with Bill Mullen.

“Throughout this book, it is the human experience that stands out, elsewhere discarded to make space for the politics that have disrupted and ruptured Palestinian lives.”
--Middle East Monitor false MM/DD/YYYY 60 OPAQUE awzreTQpIzAwLQoBfmkd104238

2:30 PM - 3:45 PM EST

PANEL | Nature Under Settler Colonialism

Add to Calendar 2020/12/05 14:30:00 2020/12/05 15:45:00 America/New_York Nature Under Settler Colonialism | PANEL | Haifa Hall This panel will discuss the ways in which nature is—and has been— altered under settler colonialism. Presenters will discuss their own work on this topic as it pertains to Palestine, in particular.

Panel: Andrew Ross, Rabei Eghbaria, Rana Baker, Raja Shehadeh, Samer Abboud false MM/DD/YYYY 60 OPAQUE awzreTQpIzAwLQoBfmkd104238

3:45 PM - 4:15 PM EST

CHILDREN'S PROGRAM | Shared Reading, with Arwa Nasir

Add to Calendar 2020/12/05 15:45:00 2020/12/05 16:15:00 America/New_York Shared Reading, with Arwa Nasir | CHILDREN'S PROGRAM | Children's Tent Dr. Arwa Nasir will do a bilingual (Arabic and English) storybook reading of some of her children's books, including "A Visit to the Doctor," as well as discuss the benefits of shared reading. false MM/DD/YYYY 60 OPAQUE awzreTQpIzAwLQoBfmkd104238

4:00 PM - 5:15 PM EST

PANEL | Cultural Appropriation

Add to Calendar 2020/12/05 16:00:00 2020/12/05 17:15:00 America/New_York Cultural Appropriation | PANEL | Haifa Hall Panelists will discuss what this term means and the ways it manifests in literature, art, music and culinary heritage to erase the historic keepers of these traditions, at the same time those traditions themselves are being perverted.

Panel: Mark Tilsen, Tariq Luthun, Ryan Opalanietet Pierce, Kalamaoka'aina Niheu, Adam Miyashiro false MM/DD/YYYY 60 OPAQUE awzreTQpIzAwLQoBfmkd104238

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM EST

FILM SCREENING | Odyssey of Hope ملحمة الأمل: Film & Discussion with Director Ahmed Mansour.

Add to Calendar 2020/12/05 17:30:00 2020/12/05 18:30:00 America/New_York Odyssey of Hope ملحمة الأمل | FILM SCREENING | Haifa Hall Film Screening & Discussion with Director Ahmed Mansour. Odyssey of Hope is the story of a Palestinian family trying to reunite after seven years of forced separation as a result of the Israeli offensive against Gaza in 2014. false MM/DD/YYYY 60 OPAQUE awzreTQpIzAwLQoBfmkd104238

6:45 PM 7:00 PM

PERFORMANCE | Concert, with Shadia Mansour

Add to Calendar 2020/12/05 18:45:00 2020/12/05 19:15:00 America/New_York Shadia Mansour Concert | PERFORMANCE | Haifa Hall Renowned hip hop artist Shadia Mansour will perform a set, featuring DJ Snuff. false MM/DD/YYYY 60 OPAQUE awzreTQpIzAwLQoBfmkd104238

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM EST

WORKSHOP | Culture Jamming Workshop

Add to Calendar 2020/12/05 19:00:00 2020/12/05 20:00:00 America/New_York Culture Jamming | WORKSHOP | Jericho Hall This workshop is about public political art. Advertising For the People creates works to disrupt and/or subvert mainstream culture and dominant and deceptive messaging to support movements. We’ll share work designed to counter Pinkwashing, quell Islamophobic hate speech on public transit, and to support BDS in general. We’ll also give you some tips on how to do this work yourself. In the second half of the workshop we’ll break into groups to discuss methods and tactics to support movement work in your orbit.

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Sunday, December 6, 2020

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM EST

COFFEE & BOOKS | Ibrahim Nasrallah

Add to Calendar 2020/12/06 10:00:00 2020/12/06 10:45:00 America/New_York Book: The Lanterns of the King of Galilee | COFFEE & BOOKS | Nazareth Hall Ibrahim Nasrallah will discuss his book, The Lanterns of the King of Galilee, with Rabab Abdulhadi.

"Nasrallah presents us with many gifts: a sympathetic but realistic image of a major figure in Palestinian history who deserves to be far better known; a portrayal of a little-explored period in Palestine; and a deeply enjoyable novel in which to encounter these things."
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10:15 AM - 10:45 AM EST

CHILDREN'S PROGRAM | Farah Rocks Summer Break, with Susan Muaddi Darraj

Add to Calendar 2020/12/06 10:15:00 2020/12/06 10:45:00 America/New_York Farah Rocks Summer Break | CHILDREN'S PROGRAM | Children's Tent Susan Muaddi Darraj will read and discuss Book 2 in her chapter book series, the first in English to feature a Palestinian American character. false MM/DD/YYYY 60 OPAQUE awzreTQpIzAwLQoBfmkd104238

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM EST

INTERVIEW | The Internationalism of Sylvia Pankhurst, with Rachel Holmes and susan abulhawa

Add to Calendar 2020/12/06 11:30:00 2020/12/06 12:30:00 America/New_York Sylvia Pankhurst, Natural Born Rebel | INTERVIEW | Haifa Hall Rachel Holmes, one of the most talented and accomplished biographers of our time, will speak with susan abulhawa about her most recent book, Sylvia Pankhurst: Natural Born Rebel—a vivid and powerful biography of one of the most extraordinary women of the 20th century. Sylvia Pankhurst was a feminist and socialist, whose radical compassion ushed women’s suffrage, labor rights, and internationalist solidarity. false MM/DD/YYYY 60 OPAQUE awzreTQpIzAwLQoBfmkd104238

12:15 PM - 12:45 PM EST

CHILDREN'S PROGRAM | Dabke Dancers Paper Bags: A Crafty Arab

Add to Calendar 2020/12/06 12:15:00 2020/12/06 12:45:00 America/New_York Dabke Dancers Paper Bags: A Crafty Arab | CHILDREN'S PROGRAM | Children's Tent Make these adorable dabke dancers from recycling your paper lunch bags. Dabke is a folk-dance native to Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine, Saudi Arabia and Syria. Join artist and educator Koloud Tarapolsi as she goes through the steps you’ll need to repurpose your school lunch bag into a keffiyeh wearing dabke dancer, with moving body parts!

Supplies: paper lunch bag, hole punch, glue, double sided tape, sharpie, scissors, metal brads, card stock paper in beige, green, white and red. false MM/DD/YYYY 60 OPAQUE awzreTQpIzAwLQoBfmkd104238

12:45 PM - 1:45 PM EST

INTERVIEW | Palestinian Cinema, with Mai Masri and Victoria Brittain

Add to Calendar 2020/12/06 12:45:00 2020/12/06 13:45:00 America/New_York Palestinian Cinema | INTERVIEW | Haifa Hall On stage interview between acclaimed Palestinian filmmaker, Mai Masri, and award-winning journalist Victoria Brittain, who has just written a book about Mai Masri. This session will also discuss the history and status of Palestinian cinema, including recent leaps in this genre of storytelling, which has seen multiple Oscar nominations, Canne Festival Awards and other accolades bestowed upon them. false MM/DD/YYYY 60 OPAQUE awzreTQpIzAwLQoBfmkd104238

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM EST

CHILDREN'S PROGRAM | Palestine Landscape Notebook: A Crafty Arab.

Add to Calendar 2020/12/06 13:30:00 2020/12/06 14:00:00 America/New_York Palestine Landscape Notebook: A Crafty Arab | CHILDREN'S PROGRAM | Children's Tent Make your notebooks distinctive by decorating their covers with images of a Palestinian landscape, that includes the various religions in this holy land. Join artist and educator Koloud Tarapolsi as she goes through the steps you’ll need to draw a beautiful landscape of harmony.

Supplies: composition notebook, sharpie, scissors, duct tape (any solid color) false MM/DD/YYYY 60 OPAQUE awzreTQpIzAwLQoBfmkd104238

1:45 PM - 3:30 PM EST

PANEL | Keynote: Culture, Solidarity, & Internationalism

Add to Calendar 2020/12/06 13:45:00 2020/12/06 15:45:00 America/New_York Keynote: Culture, Solidarity, & Internationalism | PANEL | Haifa Hall For the first time ever, legendary cultural figures and life-long champions for universal dignity on three separate continents—Angela Davis, Hanan Ashrawi, and Jeremy Corbyn—will share a stage together in conversation about the intersections of culture with moral evolution and global solidarity. Moderated by susan abulhawa and Bill Mullen.

A letter from Khalida Jarrar will be read by her daughters Suah and Yafa, about culture and literature, and also thanking writers, scholars, intellectuals, artists, etc. for refusing normalization. false MM/DD/YYYY 60 OPAQUE awzreTQpIzAwLQoBfmkd104238

PROGRAM

Agenda

Wednesday, December 2, 2020

Welcome & Opening Remarks

Coffee & Books | Ghada Karmi

CHILDREN'S PROGRAM | Me & My Family: Storytime the ArabishWay

PANEL | Literature in the Time of Erasure

PERFORMANCE | Palestine in Parallel: Poetry Slam

CHILDREN'S PROGRAM | Arabic Initial Wrapping Paper: A Crafty Arab.

COFFEE & BOOKS | Isabella Hammad

COOKING DEMONSTRATION | Migrant Kitchen (Nasser Jaber & Alex Hernandez)

INTERVIEW | Narrating the Kufr Qassem Massacre, by Samia Halaby

COFFEE & BOOKS | Tariq Luthun

PANEL | Organizing & Boycott in the Cultural Sphere

Thursday, December 3, 2020

COFFEE & BOOKS | Salman AbuSitta

CHILDREN'S PROGRAM | Farah Rocks Fifth Grade: Susan Muaddi Darraj

WORKSHOP | Tatreez & Tea (limited capacity, 12)

COFFEE & BOOKS | Ibtisam Azem

PANEL | Architects of Our Narrative: Emerging Palestinian Writers (including award)

CHILDREN'S PROGRAM | Storytime with Lisa Suhair Majaj

PANEL | SciFi Palestine

PANEL | Food Sovereignty

CHILDREN'S PROGRAM | “Habibi”, with Naomi Shihab Nye (for big kids, too, up to 99 years)

COOKING DEMONSTRATION | Food & Comedy, with Anan and Amer Zahr

COFFEE & BOOKS | Sahar Mustafa

CHILDREN'S PROGRAM | Recycled Cup Darbuka: A Crafty Arab.

PERFORMANCE | Farah Siraj Concert

Friday, December 4, 2020

COFFEE & BOOKS | Hala Alayan

CHILDREN'S PROGRAM | The Memory Factory: How To Write A Story From An Old Family Photograph

COFFEE & BOOKS | Mahmoud Shqeir

WORKSHOP | The Graphic Novel

PANEL | The Parallel Lives of Ghassan Kanafani and James Baldwin

PANEL | Memoir & Family Biography

CHILDREN'S PROGRAM |Colors: Storytime the ArabishWay

PANEL | The Cost of Solidarity

PANEL | Cultural Dislocation & Dissonance

PANEL | Writing Palestinian Queernesss: Literature, poetry, and film

Saturday, December 5, 2020

PANEL | Children's & YA Literature

Tatreez Workshop

COFFEE & BOOKS | Suad Amiry

Numbers & Days: Storytime the ArabishWay

PANEL | Rewriting the World

CHILDREN'S PROGRAM | Animals: Storytime the ArabishWay

PANEL | Translation & Publication

COFFEE & BOOKS | Atef Alshaer

PANEL | Nature Under Settler Colonialism

CHILDREN'S PROGRAM | Shared Reading, with Arwa Nasir

PANEL | Cultural Appropriation

FILM SCREENING | Odyssey of Hope ملحمة الأمل: Film & Discussion with Director Ahmed Mansour.

PERFORMANCE | Concert, with Shadia Mansour

WORKSHOP | Culture Jamming Workshop

Sunday, December 6, 2020

COFFEE & BOOKS | Ibrahim Nasrallah

CHILDREN'S PROGRAM | Farah Rocks Summer Break, with Susan Muaddi Darraj

INTERVIEW | The Internationalism of Sylvia Pankhurst, with Rachel Holmes and susan abulhawa

CHILDREN'S PROGRAM | Dabke Dancers Paper Bags: A Crafty Arab

INTERVIEW | Palestinian Cinema, with Mai Masri and Victoria Brittain

CHILDREN'S PROGRAM | Palestine Landscape Notebook: A Crafty Arab.

PANEL | Keynote: Culture, Solidarity, & Internationalism

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