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cultural organizing + production in solidarity with Palestine
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We release UNBOUNDABLE: BDS MIXTAPE VOL. 3 today as we mark 20 years since the Palestinian call for BDS went global;
as Gaza’s people continue to endure genocidal siege, bombs, famine, and fire;
and as repression of Palestine solidarity rapidly escalates.
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as Gaza’s people continue to endure genocidal siege, bombs, famine, and fire;
and as repression of Palestine solidarity rapidly escalates.
www.amplifypalestine.org/bds-mixtape-...
"In each interval of calm, I feel time slowing down—as if the world outside Gaza moves forward while we remain stuck inside the same unfinished sentence trapped between survival and meaning."
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Alphabets on the Sand
In Gaza, language is insufficient to describe the magnitude of our loss, but I write anyway.
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November 13, 2025 at 10:24 PM
"In each interval of calm, I feel time slowing down—as if the world outside Gaza moves forward while we remain stuck inside the same unfinished sentence trapped between survival and meaning."
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NYC – If you missed El-Funoun's fall workshops or just want more, Samer Karaja is coming back to lead advanced workshops on street dabke Nov 4 & 7!
![Street Dabke & La Mama Theatre – spontaneous and improvised, influenced by hip hop and freestyle movement. With Samer Karaja from El Funoun Palestinian Dance Troupe. For advanced dancers. Tuesday 4 Nov 1–3 pm, Friday 7 Nov 4–6 pm. La Mama Community Art space, 74 East 4th st [NYC]. Three overlapping photos – Samer jumping high in the air, Samer demonstrates a step dabke stick in hand, a line of dancers holding hands and arms raised with the middle dancer jumping as though lifted by the line of dancers.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:s77cm4lcm5qhteijuscbimm5/bafkreifbfeeiaqi7oh7j33tmnpjly44kwhf4yj6ulrbwq7dwnuknzcng2i@jpeg)
November 1, 2025 at 6:47 PM
NYC – If you missed El-Funoun's fall workshops or just want more, Samer Karaja is coming back to lead advanced workshops on street dabke Nov 4 & 7!
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"The fear now among people here is that the [Israeli attacks] are endangering an already fragile ceasefire across the Strip."
Al Jazeera's Hani Mahmoud reports on the wave of Israeli air attacks across Gaza after Israel accused Hamas of ceasefire violations.
Al Jazeera's Hani Mahmoud reports on the wave of Israeli air attacks across Gaza after Israel accused Hamas of ceasefire violations.
October 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
"The fear now among people here is that the [Israeli attacks] are endangering an already fragile ceasefire across the Strip."
Al Jazeera's Hani Mahmoud reports on the wave of Israeli air attacks across Gaza after Israel accused Hamas of ceasefire violations.
Al Jazeera's Hani Mahmoud reports on the wave of Israeli air attacks across Gaza after Israel accused Hamas of ceasefire violations.
Let's amplify Palestine at the GRAMMYs!
Today's the last day to vote in first-round Grammy Awards nominations.
If you're an academy member, vote for Unboundable: BDS Mixtape Vol 3 in the Best Alternative Jazz category – and spread the word!
Today's the last day to vote in first-round Grammy Awards nominations.
If you're an academy member, vote for Unboundable: BDS Mixtape Vol 3 in the Best Alternative Jazz category – and spread the word!
October 15, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Let's amplify Palestine at the GRAMMYs!
Today's the last day to vote in first-round Grammy Awards nominations.
If you're an academy member, vote for Unboundable: BDS Mixtape Vol 3 in the Best Alternative Jazz category – and spread the word!
Today's the last day to vote in first-round Grammy Awards nominations.
If you're an academy member, vote for Unboundable: BDS Mixtape Vol 3 in the Best Alternative Jazz category – and spread the word!
8 pm tonight and 4 pm tomorrow at La MaMa in NYC
Registration is closed but there will be some spots available, so come on out for this truly special program
Registration is closed but there will be some spots available, so come on out for this truly special program
NYC! Members of Palestine's premiere dance troupe, El-Funoun, will be in town Oct 9–13.
Register today for their presentation Tawasol – "a living archive of memory, identity, and the enduring spirit of dabke" – and/or a dabke workshop
Details ⤵️
www.amplifypalestine.org/el-funoun-2025
Register today for their presentation Tawasol – "a living archive of memory, identity, and the enduring spirit of dabke" – and/or a dabke workshop
Details ⤵️
www.amplifypalestine.org/el-funoun-2025
El-Funoun in NYC 2025 — Amplify Palestine
Learn about dabke and cultural resistance from members of Palestine's premiere dabke troupe, El-Funoun.
www.amplifypalestine.org
October 11, 2025 at 10:40 PM
8 pm tonight and 4 pm tomorrow at La MaMa in NYC
Registration is closed but there will be some spots available, so come on out for this truly special program
Registration is closed but there will be some spots available, so come on out for this truly special program
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Everything left in this city hurts.
Even the autumn breeze it hurts.
The moonlight it hurts.
The swaying palms they hurt.
The sea, with its endless blue stretch
it hurts.
And these dry tears,
salty,
they hurt.
Even the autumn breeze it hurts.
The moonlight it hurts.
The swaying palms they hurt.
The sea, with its endless blue stretch
it hurts.
And these dry tears,
salty,
they hurt.
October 11, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Everything left in this city hurts.
Even the autumn breeze it hurts.
The moonlight it hurts.
The swaying palms they hurt.
The sea, with its endless blue stretch
it hurts.
And these dry tears,
salty,
they hurt.
Even the autumn breeze it hurts.
The moonlight it hurts.
The swaying palms they hurt.
The sea, with its endless blue stretch
it hurts.
And these dry tears,
salty,
they hurt.
Come early and get in the standby line for entry if you missed the window to register!
NYC! Members of Palestine's premiere dance troupe, El-Funoun, will be in town Oct 9–13.
Register today for their presentation Tawasol – "a living archive of memory, identity, and the enduring spirit of dabke" – and/or a dabke workshop
Details ⤵️
www.amplifypalestine.org/el-funoun-2025
Register today for their presentation Tawasol – "a living archive of memory, identity, and the enduring spirit of dabke" – and/or a dabke workshop
Details ⤵️
www.amplifypalestine.org/el-funoun-2025
El-Funoun in NYC 2025 — Amplify Palestine
Learn about dabke and cultural resistance from members of Palestine's premiere dabke troupe, El-Funoun.
www.amplifypalestine.org
October 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Come early and get in the standby line for entry if you missed the window to register!
Watermelon Pictures is streaming The Encampments and Boycott free (no subscription required) for the next week
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October 4, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Watermelon Pictures is streaming The Encampments and Boycott free (no subscription required) for the next week
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No more artwashing Israel's genocide!
European broadcasters to vote on expelling Israel from Eurovision.
The vote comes after broadcasters from Spain, the Netherlands, Ireland, Iceland & Slovenia said they would boycott if Israel was allowed to take part.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
European broadcasters to vote on expelling Israel from Eurovision.
The vote comes after broadcasters from Spain, the Netherlands, Ireland, Iceland & Slovenia said they would boycott if Israel was allowed to take part.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
European broadcasters to vote on expelling Israel from Eurovision 2026
European Broadcasting Union says vote required after several nations threaten potential boycott
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
No more artwashing Israel's genocide!
European broadcasters to vote on expelling Israel from Eurovision.
The vote comes after broadcasters from Spain, the Netherlands, Ireland, Iceland & Slovenia said they would boycott if Israel was allowed to take part.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
European broadcasters to vote on expelling Israel from Eurovision.
The vote comes after broadcasters from Spain, the Netherlands, Ireland, Iceland & Slovenia said they would boycott if Israel was allowed to take part.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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Please read this amazing essay by my dear friend Saher Safi, who discusses his childhood in Bureij Refugee Camp, Gaza, and the pain of now witnessing genocide. Saher worked for months on this essay, which was a difficult process for him. He ended up producing some exceptionally powerful writing.
I came to UK from Gaza seeking hope. Instead, I found complicity
After a lifetime under Israeli siege and shelling in Gaza, Saher Safi built a life of his own. He expected Israel’s cruelty, but not the UK’s indifference.
www.newarab.com
September 23, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Please read this amazing essay by my dear friend Saher Safi, who discusses his childhood in Bureij Refugee Camp, Gaza, and the pain of now witnessing genocide. Saher worked for months on this essay, which was a difficult process for him. He ended up producing some exceptionally powerful writing.
Icymi, Mahmoud Khalil and Nan Goldin in conversation in @dazeddigital.com
"The fact that they’re going all this way to criminalise our speech, to criminalise dissent, means that what we’re doing matters and is making change."
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"The fact that they’re going all this way to criminalise our speech, to criminalise dissent, means that what we’re doing matters and is making change."
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Mahmoud Khalil and Nan Goldin in conversation
Mahmoud Khalil’s detention for his part in the pro-Palestine campus protests at Columbia was a chilling watershed moment for free speech in the US. Here, he talks to Nan Goldin about his ordeal, advoc...
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September 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Icymi, Mahmoud Khalil and Nan Goldin in conversation in @dazeddigital.com
"The fact that they’re going all this way to criminalise our speech, to criminalise dissent, means that what we’re doing matters and is making change."
www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture...
"The fact that they’re going all this way to criminalise our speech, to criminalise dissent, means that what we’re doing matters and is making change."
www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture...
NYC! Members of Palestine's premiere dance troupe, El-Funoun, will be in town Oct 9–13.
Register today for their presentation Tawasol – "a living archive of memory, identity, and the enduring spirit of dabke" – and/or a dabke workshop
Details ⤵️
www.amplifypalestine.org/el-funoun-2025
Register today for their presentation Tawasol – "a living archive of memory, identity, and the enduring spirit of dabke" – and/or a dabke workshop
Details ⤵️
www.amplifypalestine.org/el-funoun-2025
El-Funoun in NYC 2025 — Amplify Palestine
Learn about dabke and cultural resistance from members of Palestine's premiere dabke troupe, El-Funoun.
www.amplifypalestine.org
September 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
NYC! Members of Palestine's premiere dance troupe, El-Funoun, will be in town Oct 9–13.
Register today for their presentation Tawasol – "a living archive of memory, identity, and the enduring spirit of dabke" – and/or a dabke workshop
Details ⤵️
www.amplifypalestine.org/el-funoun-2025
Register today for their presentation Tawasol – "a living archive of memory, identity, and the enduring spirit of dabke" – and/or a dabke workshop
Details ⤵️
www.amplifypalestine.org/el-funoun-2025
Tix for the DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival are now available.
The festival opens Oct 9 with a live performance from Fargo Nissim Tbakhi, followed by three days of award-winning films, discussions with artists, a culinary workshop & a children's program dcpfaf25.eventive.org/schedule
The festival opens Oct 9 with a live performance from Fargo Nissim Tbakhi, followed by three days of award-winning films, discussions with artists, a culinary workshop & a children's program dcpfaf25.eventive.org/schedule
DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival 2025
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September 22, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Tix for the DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival are now available.
The festival opens Oct 9 with a live performance from Fargo Nissim Tbakhi, followed by three days of award-winning films, discussions with artists, a culinary workshop & a children's program dcpfaf25.eventive.org/schedule
The festival opens Oct 9 with a live performance from Fargo Nissim Tbakhi, followed by three days of award-winning films, discussions with artists, a culinary workshop & a children's program dcpfaf25.eventive.org/schedule
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Nearly all of the art at New York’s Gaza Biennale had to be digitally reproduced — though not as simple “copies,” in the words of the organizers, but rather “displaced objects … signs for a message that has traveled across borders and the siege.”
A Defiant Gaza Biennale Opens in New York City
“From Gaza to the World” at Recess in Brooklyn, the show's first North American stop, brings together works by 28 Palestinian artists.
hyperallergic.com
September 15, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Nearly all of the art at New York’s Gaza Biennale had to be digitally reproduced — though not as simple “copies,” in the words of the organizers, but rather “displaced objects … signs for a message that has traveled across borders and the siege.”
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We're immensely honored to welcome Palestinian American physician, poet, and translator Fady Joudah to the store for a reading and conversation with writer, organizer, scholar and dear friend of the store Eman Abdelhadi this Saturday, September 20th at 6 pm.
www.pilsencommunitybooks.com/events/47885
www.pilsencommunitybooks.com/events/47885
September 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
We're immensely honored to welcome Palestinian American physician, poet, and translator Fady Joudah to the store for a reading and conversation with writer, organizer, scholar and dear friend of the store Eman Abdelhadi this Saturday, September 20th at 6 pm.
www.pilsencommunitybooks.com/events/47885
www.pilsencommunitybooks.com/events/47885
BREAKING: hundreds of artists and labels announce their refusal to let their music be streamed from Israel.
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No Music For Genocide
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September 18, 2025 at 4:23 PM
BREAKING: hundreds of artists and labels announce their refusal to let their music be streamed from Israel.
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I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Maha. Maha is 23 years old, she was hoping to complete her studies in English translation. Her family is trying to survive including her siblings Nour, 27, Israa, 19, Ayman, 17, Heba, 14 and her nieces and nephew Hour, 7, Shams, 5 and Majd, 3.
September 16, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Maha. Maha is 23 years old, she was hoping to complete her studies in English translation. Her family is trying to survive including her siblings Nour, 27, Israa, 19, Ayman, 17, Heba, 14 and her nieces and nephew Hour, 7, Shams, 5 and Majd, 3.
"Fuck ICE, and free Palestine”
Hannah Einbinder knows how to accept an Emmy award ❤️🔥
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Hannah Einbinder knows how to accept an Emmy award ❤️🔥
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Hannah Einbinder Declares 'F-ck Ice and Free Palestine' While Winning Emmy Award
Hannah Einbinder used her Emmys win for 'Hacks' to call for a ceasefire in Gaza and condemn ICE, wearing an Artists4Ceasefire pin onstage.
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September 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
"Fuck ICE, and free Palestine”
Hannah Einbinder knows how to accept an Emmy award ❤️🔥
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Hannah Einbinder knows how to accept an Emmy award ❤️🔥
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"The Netherlands added itself Friday to a list of countries pressuring organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest to drop Israel from the contest."
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Netherlands is latest to threaten to boycott Eurovision if Israel participates
The Netherlands has joined several countries urging the Eurovision Song Contest to exclude Israel due to its actions in Gaza.
apnews.com
September 14, 2025 at 7:21 PM
"The Netherlands added itself Friday to a list of countries pressuring organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest to drop Israel from the contest."
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Photo by John Chan from todays cultural workers march #London demanding an end to cultural complicity, censorship and for arts organisations to stand up for Palestinian rights
TAKE ACTION: www.theculturalintifada.com
TAKE ACTION: www.theculturalintifada.com
September 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Photo by John Chan from todays cultural workers march #London demanding an end to cultural complicity, censorship and for arts organisations to stand up for Palestinian rights
TAKE ACTION: www.theculturalintifada.com
TAKE ACTION: www.theculturalintifada.com
Last day for to see the full Gaza Biennale exhibition in NYC.
(An abbreviated version will show 9/18 – 12/20.)
(An abbreviated version will show 9/18 – 12/20.)
The Gaza Biennale comes to NYC, Sept 10–14.
"Recess is honored to be the first North American site hosting the Gaza Biennale, a global exhibition shaped by Palestinian artists who have been creating throughout the genocidal war in Gaza."
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"Recess is honored to be the first North American site hosting the Gaza Biennale, a global exhibition shaped by Palestinian artists who have been creating throughout the genocidal war in Gaza."
www.recessart.org/events/394-g...
September 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Last day for to see the full Gaza Biennale exhibition in NYC.
(An abbreviated version will show 9/18 – 12/20.)
(An abbreviated version will show 9/18 – 12/20.)
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A new report from @prismreports.org reveals how mainstream newsrooms across the country have been silencing journalists—particularly those who are Palestinian, Arab, or Muslim—in their reporting of Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
Journalists say U.S. newsrooms treat Palestine with fear and contempt
A Prism investigation reveals pro-Israel bias at the leadership levels of mainstream U.S. newsrooms, which intensified after Oct. 7, 2023
ow.ly
September 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
A new report from @prismreports.org reveals how mainstream newsrooms across the country have been silencing journalists—particularly those who are Palestinian, Arab, or Muslim—in their reporting of Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
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If you’re in Seattle, stop by @openpoetrybooks.bsky.social & sign up for POETRY OFFICE HOURS. I’ll be in the store on Fri 9/12 12:30-2:30 & look forward to talking about that poem you’ve been working on, sharing a prompt to get you writing again, or offering reading recommendations. See you there! 📚
September 8, 2025 at 11:06 PM
If you’re in Seattle, stop by @openpoetrybooks.bsky.social & sign up for POETRY OFFICE HOURS. I’ll be in the store on Fri 9/12 12:30-2:30 & look forward to talking about that poem you’ve been working on, sharing a prompt to get you writing again, or offering reading recommendations. See you there! 📚
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Breaking! Film workers
across the globe are answering the call of our Palestinian colleagues, who urge the film industry to "do everything humanly possible" to end our complicity in Israel's genocide in Gaza. Film workers: Join the call, sign the pledge: filmworkersforpalestine.org
#endingcomplicity
across the globe are answering the call of our Palestinian colleagues, who urge the film industry to "do everything humanly possible" to end our complicity in Israel's genocide in Gaza. Film workers: Join the call, sign the pledge: filmworkersforpalestine.org
#endingcomplicity
September 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Breaking! Film workers
across the globe are answering the call of our Palestinian colleagues, who urge the film industry to "do everything humanly possible" to end our complicity in Israel's genocide in Gaza. Film workers: Join the call, sign the pledge: filmworkersforpalestine.org
#endingcomplicity
across the globe are answering the call of our Palestinian colleagues, who urge the film industry to "do everything humanly possible" to end our complicity in Israel's genocide in Gaza. Film workers: Join the call, sign the pledge: filmworkersforpalestine.org
#endingcomplicity