Ever wonder how you can research your Palestinian family history? This introductory presentation will offer practical starting points to search no matter how long you or your family has been in the United States. Come and learn how to begin that journey through family-held sources and oral history interviews, and how to look further into […]
Introducing our Hikayat series, an ongoing conversation exploring the many threads of Palestinian cultural and historical heritage.For our first Hikayat event, we will be hosting Haitham Khraishi: a Palestinian-American who grew up between Maryland and Palestine, with family roots in Tulkarem, Palestine. He has been a docent at MPP since 2020, where he has given […]
Join us on July 15th at 7pm for a hands-on painting workshop exploring Palestine, memory, identity, and diaspora through still life.Working with symbolic objects that carry stories of home, ritual, and inheritance, participants will reflect on the ways everyday things can hold the memory of family, place, and belonging.Led by artist Sarah Alsamarai, the workshop […]
In 1948, the course of life would be altered forever for the Palestinian people in one of the most transformative and traumatic periods in Palestinian history. Palestine and its people faced the loss of homeland, access, and freedom of movement. Lily Bandak was born just a few weeks following, in Amman, Jordan. Later in life, […]
Join the Museum of the Palestinian People for a night of gathering, community, and power. How can we commemorate a Nakba that is continuing? How can we heal when our wounds have never had a chance to heal? We are not a people of the past. Palestinian life, land, memory, and culture are Ever Present. […]
Food is more than nourishment, it is memory, identity, and resistance.Join us for a 3-part workshop series led by Palestinian American chef and activist Jinan Deena, exploring the deep connection between Palestinian cuisine and cultural identity.Through storytelling, history, and discussion, this series highlights how food becomes a powerful tool for preservation and resistance in the […]
WHY WE RECORDDefying Fragmentation and Erasure in PalestineExhibit by Visualizing Palestine and The American Friends Service Committee in partnership with the Museum of the Palestinian PeopleJoin us for our exhibit opening on Thursday, January 15 at 6:30 pm. Light refreshments will be served, along with opening remarks.Since October 2023, the world has been confronted with […]
