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SUMMARY:Hikayat: From Family Stories to Historical Records
DESCRIPTION: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 U.S.\, British Mandate\, Ottoman-era\, and Palestinian sources. This event is co-sponsored by the Museum of the Palestinian People and the National Society for Arab & Arab American Genealogy. \n \nReem Awad-Rashmawi\, JD\, is a professional genealogist\, immigration attorney\, and founder and president of the National Society for Arab & Arab American Genealogy. She has been researching family history since the 1980s and has worked professionally in genealogy since 2019\, with a focus on Arab and Arab American genealogy\, Palestinian family history\, immigration records\, oral history\, dual citizenship\, DNA analysis\, and community-based research. Reem has presented nationally on related topics and is the author of “Arab American Genealogy Research as a Form of Public History\,” published in Arab American Public History by Temple University Press in 2026.
URL:https://mpp-dc.org/event/hikayat-from-family-stories-to-historical-records/
LOCATION:1900 18th Street NW\, 1900 18th Street NW\, Washington\, 20009\, United States of America
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260805T190000
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SUMMARY:Hikayat: The Four Quartered Myth of Jerusalem
DESCRIPTION:Introducing our Hikayat series\, an ongoing conversation exploring the many threads of Palestinian cultural and historical heritage. \n \nFor 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 guided tours\, presentations\, and helped curate the space in 2022. He also creates content online delving into the ancient\, medieval\, and modern histories of Palestine to provide insight into understanding its people\, sites\, and cities. One of his goals with content creation is to make information on Palestine easily accessible and digestible for viewers familiar with Palestine or interested in learning for the first time. \n \nFor this Hikayat\, we're exploring: Maps of Jerusalem…for as long as Haitham can remember\, maps of Jerusalem were always divided into four quarters: a Muslim\, Jewish\, Christian\, and Armenian Quarter. However\, this way of dividing the city never made sense in reality\, as multiple people\, businesses\, and religious sites exist between all of these so-called "quarters." After further research and reading\, he came to find that Jerusalem had even more ethnic and religious communities than these designations fully described. The purpose of this presentation is to explore where the myth of the four quarters originated and to uncover the stories of the other often-forgotten communities that have shaped this important city.
URL:https://mpp-dc.org/event/hikayat-the-four-quartered-myth-of-jerusalem/
LOCATION:1900 18th Street NW\, 1900 18th Street NW\, Washington\, 20009\, United States of America
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260715T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260715T213000
DTSTAMP:20261003T142716Z
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SUMMARY:Painting Memory\, Ritual\, and Palestine: Led by Sarah Alsamarai
DESCRIPTION:Join us on July 15th at 7pm for a hands-on painting workshop exploring Palestine\, memory\, identity\, and diaspora through still life. \n \nWorking 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. \n \nLed by artist Sarah Alsamarai\, the workshop will invite participants to develop a personal symbol—an object or image connected to their own history and experience—and transform it into a painted composition. In Palestinian and diasporic life\, objects such as olives\, coffee vessels\, pomegranates\, and olive branches can carry what is not always easily said: memory\, loss\, continuity\, care\, and attachment to homeland. Through guided prompts\, sketching\, and painting exercises\, participants will create a piece that reflects both personal memory and broader cultural narrative. \n \nNo prior painting experience is needed. All materials will be provided.
URL:https://mpp-dc.org/event/painting-memory-ritual-and-palestine-led-by-sarah-alsamarai/
LOCATION:1900 18th Street NW\, 1900 18th Street NW\, Washington\, 20009\, United States of America
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260613T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260613T210000
DTSTAMP:20261003T142715Z
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SUMMARY:From Lily's View - A Reception Honoring the Life & Photography of Lily
DESCRIPTION: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\, Bandak would later confront her own challenges being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis\, limiting her mobility and freedom of movement. Neither Palestine nor Bandak confined themselves to be defined by loss. \n \nBandak embodied the Palestinian spirit of sumud – transforming obstacles into opportunities. With the assistance of technology at the time\, Bandak was able to have developed a mount on her wheelchair to hold her camera\, travelling to Jordan and throughout the SWANA region and photographing some its leaders\, cultural heritage sites\, and landscapes. Much of Bandak’s life’s work of photography was lost in a fire\, making the photographs displayed in this exhibition priceless. \n \nThis exhibition highlights resilience as an adaptation and to not be defined by circumstances that have been imposed. Just as Palestinians continue to build lives\, communities\, and preserve cultural and historical heritage despite displacement and fragmentation\, Bandak refused to allow physical limitations to determine her place in the world. \n \nJoin us for our exhibit opening; light refreshments and snacks will be served.
URL:https://mpp-dc.org/event/from-lilys-view-a-reception-honoring-the-life-photography-of-lily/
LOCATION:1900 18th Street NW\, 1900 18th Street NW\, Washington\, 20009\, United States of America
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260515T193000
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SUMMARY:Ever Present: A Palestine Poetry Slam
DESCRIPTION: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. The Nakba is not a historical event with a beginning and an end. It is a condition that woke up this morning. And so did Palestinian life. Both things\, fully present\, fully alive\, sharing the same air. This is not a night of looking back. It is a night of looking around. A night of being Ever Present. We invite the community to come together\, share their words\, thoughts\, and feelings from the heart in this open mic night. \n \nLocations: Will have simultaneous speakers and set ups in the Museum and the Book Store.
URL:https://mpp-dc.org/event/ever-present-a-palestine-poetry-slam-2/
LOCATION:1900 18th Street NW\, 1900 18th Street NW\, Washington\, 20009\, United States of America
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260507T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260521T203000
DTSTAMP:20261003T142711Z
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SUMMARY:Palestinian Food & Identity Reclamation Series
DESCRIPTION:Food is more than nourishment\, it is memory\, identity\, and resistance. \nJoin 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. \nThrough storytelling\, history\, and discussion\, this series highlights how food becomes a powerful tool for preservation and resistance in the face of erasure. \n \nSession 1:\nPalestinian Agricultural History & Food Sovereignty \n Explore the roots of Palestinian cuisine\, the impact of occupation on agriculture\, and the ongoing struggle to preserve food traditions. \n \nSession 2:\nFood Through Resilience \n Highlighting chefs in Gaza and their efforts to sustain and protect culinary heritage under extreme conditions. \n \nSession 3:\nEthical Consumption & Supporting Palestinian Businesses \n Learn how everyday choices — from food to purchasing decisions — can support Palestinian communities globally. \nLight (vegetarian) bites will be served after each session. \n \nJinan Deena \n Palestinian American chef and activist based in Washington\, DC\, and founder of Bayti. Through her work\, she blends food and activism to reclaim and celebrate authentic Palestinian cuisine. Her work has been featured in BBC\, Washington Post\, Eater DC\, and more.
URL:https://mpp-dc.org/event/palestinian-food-identity-reclamation-series/
LOCATION:1900 18th Street NW\, 1900 18th Street NW\, Washington\, 20009\, United States of America
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260115T183000
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SUMMARY:Exhibit Opening: Why We Record
DESCRIPTION: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 the reality of Gaza\, but this violence did not begin then and it is not limited to Gaza. It is part of a century-long history across historic Palestine marked by displacement\, erasure\, and genocide.As Omar El Akkad warned\, there comes a time when it becomes safe to name injustice\, often when it is already too late. Throughout this history\, Palestinians have resisted erasure by creating a record of their lived experience.This exhibit highlights parts of that collective record. Through documents\, art\, writing\, images\, and testimony\, it traces the Nakba\, ongoing occupation\, and the enduring hope of return\, honoring those who continue to bear witness despite the cost.
URL:https://mpp-dc.org/event/exhibit-opening-why-we-record/
LOCATION:1900 18th Street NW\, 1900 18th Street NW\, Washington\, 20009\, United States of America
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251211T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251211T203000
DTSTAMP:20261003T142706Z
CREATED:20260913T163401Z
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SUMMARY:Ghanani Workshop
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URL:https://mpp-dc.org/event/ghanani-workshop/
LOCATION:1900 18th Street NW\, 1900 18th Street NW\, Washington\, 20009\, United States of America
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251115T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251115T235900
DTSTAMP:20261003T142703Z
CREATED:20260913T163400Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261003T142703Z
UID:10000090-1763202600-1763251140@mpp-dc.org
SUMMARY:Children's Storytime with Jenan Matari
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URL:https://mpp-dc.org/event/childrens-storytime-with-jenan-matari/
LOCATION:1900 18th Street NW\, 1900 18th Street NW\, Washington\, 20009\, United States of America
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250426T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250427T193000
DTSTAMP:20261003T142657Z
CREATED:20260913T163357Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261003T142657Z
UID:10000081-1745694000-1745782200@mpp-dc.org
SUMMARY:Documentary Screening: No Other Land
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://mpp-dc.org/event/documentary-screening-no-other-land-3/
LOCATION:1900 18th Street NW\, 1900 18th Street NW\, Washington\, 20009\, United States of America
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250411T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250411T235900
DTSTAMP:20261003T142656Z
CREATED:20260913T163357Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261003T142656Z
UID:10000080-1744394400-1744415940@mpp-dc.org
SUMMARY:Gaza Remains the Story: Exhibit Opening
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://mpp-dc.org/event/gaza-remains-the-story-exhibit-opening/
LOCATION:1900 18th Street NW\, 1900 18th Street NW\, Washington\, 20009\, United States of America
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250118T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250118T235900
DTSTAMP:20261003T142648Z
CREATED:20260913T163354Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261003T142648Z
UID:10000071-1737194400-1737244740@mpp-dc.org
SUMMARY:Family Mornings at the Museum: Featuring Wafa Shami's Books
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://mpp-dc.org/event/family-mornings-at-the-museum-featuring-wafa-shamis-books/
LOCATION:1900 18th Street NW\, 1900 18th Street NW\, Washington\, 20009\, United States of America
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241215T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241215T235900
DTSTAMP:20261003T142647Z
CREATED:20260913T163354Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261003T142647Z
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SUMMARY:Family Mornings at the Museum: Featuring Simon Sakkab
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://mpp-dc.org/event/family-mornings-at-the-museum-featuring-simon-sakkab/
LOCATION:1900 18th Street NW\, 1900 18th Street NW\, Washington\, 20009\, United States of America
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241102T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241102T120000
DTSTAMP:20261003T142645Z
CREATED:20260913T163353Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261003T142645Z
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SUMMARY:Family Mornings at the Museum: Featuring Hazar Elbayya
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URL:https://mpp-dc.org/event/family-mornings-at-the-museum-featuring-hazar-elbayya/
LOCATION:1900 18th Street NW\, 1900 18th Street NW\, Washington\, 20009\, United States of America
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