All in Palestine in America
Yellow roses in the hands of over 50 supporters lined the halls of Evanston Public Library (EPL) on June 2 in support of librarian Lesley Williams, who faced a disciplinary hearing that could result in her termination.
Palestine in America had the opportunity to chat with Wafa Ghnaim, author of “Tatreez and tea – Embroidery and Storytelling in the Palestinian Diaspora” a book that examines the art and history of tatreez in the most poetic of ways with great historical insights and tea recipes for all tea lovers.
Mona Aburmishan is the first Arab, Palestinian and Muslim woman to ever perform stand-up comedy at America’s most prestigious institutions—The Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall in New York City.
Join Palestinian students in the U.S. for a nationwide, day-long hunger strike to amplify the voices of over 1,500 Palestinian political prisoners on day 36 of their hunger strike
Palestine in America is hosting its second annual Palipalooza event at Logan Square Auditorium on August 10. Palestinian artist Shadia Mansour will be the headliner of this concert event.
This year’s print issue of Palestine in America will be free to all subscribers this year!
Yara Daoud, one of the opening acts for Palipalooza, wrote the poem below as a tribute to the Nakba. Today marks the 69th anniversary of the Nakba, also commonly known as the Palestinian Catastrophe.
The U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) hosted a day long encampment and tent in Burbank, IL on May 11. The encampment was hosted in solidarity with Palestinian political prisoners hunger striking in Israeli prisons.
The second annual Gaza 5K—hosted by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) USA—in Chicago raised more than $67,000 this year for mental health.
The Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) Calls on Palestinian/Arab Youth to apply to participate in the second Palestinian/Arab Youth Summer School 2017: Political Education and Transnational Movement Building.
Palestinian-American music producer DJ Khaled dropped his second single, “I’m the One,” from his forthcoming album, “Grateful.”
Students at Fordham University filed a lawsuit against their school, on April 26, for its refusal to grant club status to Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) in violation of its own policies.
“The United States of America, by and through its attorney, the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, hereby notifies the court and the defense that the government is entering a nolle prosequi in this case, thereby causing the information to be dismissed without prejudice,” said the letter.
My political position springs from my being a novelist. Insofar as I am concerned, politics and the novel are an indivisible case and I can categorically state that I became politically committed because I am a novelist, not the opposite. Ghassan Kanafani
Tufts University joined the growing list of universities that have passed divestment resolutions targeting organizations with ties to human rights violations, particularly in Palestine. Students in colleges around the country are increasing their divestment efforts, by pushing for student resolutions and beyond.
Capitol Hill police arrested Herzallah and El-Hosseiny and four white, Jewish activists from Code Pink and IfNotNow in February during the Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing for David Friedman, who has since been approved as U.S. ambassador to Israel.
Six protesters were arrested for demanding the Senate Foreign Relations Committee reject the nomination ofDavid Friedman as U.S. ambassador to Israel on Feb. 16.
Destiny Frasqueri, known as Princess Nokia, canceled her performance at the Israeli Kalamazoo Festival. Advocates for the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement had previously called on Frasqueri to cancel her show as part of the cultural boycott against Israel.
Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) held their National Membership Meeting in Chicago this past weekend at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place.
