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SUMMARY:Exhibit Opening: Gaza Remains the Story
DESCRIPTION:📅 Date: Friday\, April 11\, 2025 \n⏰ Time: 6:00 PM \n📍 Location: Museum of the Palestinian People\, Washington\, DC \n💰 Contribution: Pay-What-You-Can ($25–$35) \nGaza Remains the Story” is an exhibition that centers Gaza’s cultural heritage\, resilience\, and lived reality amid genocide\, war\, and erasure. Featuring historical archives\, contemporary artworks\, and community-centered scholarship\, the exhibition bears witness to the devastation unfolding in Gaza while honoring the enduring creativity of its people. Based on the Palestinian Museum’s original exhibition\, this version is adapted by the curator Wafa Ghnaim\, with new research and urgent questions about cultural preservation\, exile\, and memory. It invites audiences to consider their role in sustaining Palestinian identity\, both through the digital archive and the intimate\, indigenous act of storytelling. “Gaza Remains the Story” is on view April 11 to November 2\, 2025 at the Museum of the Palestinian People. Learn more about this adaptation for the Museum of the Palestinian People at www.tatreezandtea.com/gaza
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LOCATION:Museum of the Palestinian People\, 1900 18th Street NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20009\, United States
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SUMMARY:Zoom Conversation with Author\, Ahmed Masour
DESCRIPTION:“Vanished: The Mysterious Disappearance of Mustafa Ouda” is a mystery novel that takes place in the heart of the now destroyed Jabaliya Camp\, through the eyes of an eight-year old boy\, Omar. Through Omar\, author Ahmed Masoud takes the reader through the alleyways of the camp\, the terrors induced by Israeli soldiers\, and the temporality of life\, in search of his missing father. \nMasoud grew up in Jabaliya Refugee Camp. His paternal family were originally from the village of Deir Sneid\, and his grandfather had owned a stone house and farms in Jerusalem prior to the Nakba. With an interest in western music and writers like Charles Dickens\, Masoud learned English at a young age and went on to study English literature at Al-Azhar University. In 2002\, at the age of 20\, he moved to London. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) and a Master of Arts (MA) in English literature from London Metropolitan University and went on to complete his PhD in comparative literature at Goldsmiths\, University of London. \nIn 2014\, Masoud wrote the play Walaa: Loyalty about the Syrian refugee crisis although his first play in 2008\, Go to Gaza\, Drink the Sea\, was about his home. His third play\, The Shroud Maker\, a satirical play about the titular woman named Hajja Souad\, went on a tour of the UK with with Amnesty International. \nMasoud’s debut novel Vanished: The Mysterious Disappearance of Mustafa Ouda was published via Rimal Books. The novel was shortlisted for a 2015 Palestine Book Award by Middle East Monitor. \nMasoud has been a lecturer at the University of the Arts London\, as well as head of international partnership development at Oxford Brookes University for nine years and\, as of 2019\, head of Regent’s University London’s international partnerships office. He joined the University of Plymouth’s Displacement Studies Research Network. He was selected to be the writer in residence at the 2019 Bristol Palestine Film Festival. In 2022\, he founded the PalArt Collective and Festival initiative and published his second novel Come What May. \nHelena Cobban is the President of Just World Educational and the Founder and CEO of Just World Books\, proud publishers of Vanished. Helena will be our co-host for this virtual conversation. \nJoin us to discuss the book’s meaning and impact with the author\, Ahmed Masoud\, as he shares his novel\, navigating life under occupation\, and his lived experience of growing up in Jabaliya.
URL:https://mpp-dc.org/event/zoom-conversation-with-author-ahmed-masour/
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SUMMARY:Documentary Screening: No Other Land
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Museum of the Palestinian People for a special screening of No Other Land\, the 2025 Oscar-winning documentary that follows Basel Adra\, a young Palestinian activist documenting the destruction of his homeland in Masafer Yatta while resisting the forced displacement of his people. \n📅 Date & Time: \n\nSaturday\, April 26 | 7:00–9:00 PM\n\nThe evening will begin with an introduction to the Museum and the history of Masafer Yatta\, providing context for the ongoing struggle against Israeli military displacement. The screening will follow\, showcasing Basel’s powerful firsthand footage and his unexpected friendship with Yuval\, a Jewish Israeli journalist who supports his cause but grapples with the deep divide between their lived realities. \nTickets: Sliding scale $20\, $25\, $30\nThe sliding scale allows us to keep our events accessible while also continuing to fund cultural programs like this one. If cost is a barrier\, please reach out to us at info@mpp-dc.org\, and we’ll be happy to make accommodations. \n📍 Location: Museum of the Palestinian People \n✉️ Contact: info@mpp-dc.org \nDon’t miss this opportunity to witness a deeply personal and urgent story of resistance\, friendship\, and the fight for justice.
URL:https://mpp-dc.org/event/documentary-screening-no-other-land/
LOCATION:Museum of the Palestinian People\, 1900 18th Street NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20009\, United States
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SUMMARY:Documentary Screening: No Other Land
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Museum of the Palestinian People for a special screening of No Other Land\, the 2025 Oscar-winning documentary that follows Basel Adra\, a young Palestinian activist documenting the destruction of his homeland in Masafer Yatta while resisting the forced displacement of his people. \n📅 Date & Time: \n\nSunday\, April 27 | 5:30–7:30 PM\n\nThe evening will begin with an introduction to the Museum and the history of Masafer Yatta\, providing context for the ongoing struggle against Israeli military displacement. The screening will follow\, showcasing Basel’s powerful firsthand footage and his unexpected friendship with Yuval\, a Jewish Israeli journalist who supports his cause but grapples with the deep divide between their lived realities. \nTickets: Sliding scale $20\, $25\, $30\nThe sliding scale allows us to keep our events accessible while also continuing to fund cultural programs like this one. If cost is a barrier\, please reach out to us at info@mpp-dc.org\, and we’ll be happy to make accommodations. \n📍 Location: Museum of the Palestinian People \n✉️ Contact: info@mpp-dc.org \nDon’t miss this opportunity to witness a deeply personal and urgent story of resistance\, friendship\, and the fight for justice.
URL:https://mpp-dc.org/event/documentary-screening-no-other-land-2/
LOCATION:Museum of the Palestinian People\, 1900 18th Street NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20009\, United States
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