Rumi says, “Ours is not a caravan of despair.” We are here to share the Oral Tradition and revive the Soul of the World! For twenty years, Rumi’s Caravan (www.rumiscaravan.com) has offered an improvised poetic conversation with music, quoting from Rumi, Hafiz, Mary Oliver, Kabir, Wendell Berry, Pablo Neruda, Nikki Giovanni, Robert Bly, W.B. Yeats, Naomi [...]
For those of you in the Bay Area, please join us for this emergency protest BAY AREA: Stand with Palestine. Stand on the right side of history. ALL OUT FOR GAZA! ALL OUT FOR PALESTINE! NO US AID FOR GENOCIDE! Join us on Saturday, October 14, 12pm at the SF Ferry Building [...]
MECA Presents: Dena Takruri in Conversation with Dr. Hatem Bazian Un-Erasing Palestine Please join us to hear award-winning journalist and author Dena Takruri in conversation with Dr. Hatem Bazian about Dena's reporting on the daily struggles of Palestinians. Dena will also talk about the book she co-authored with Ahed Tamimi, They Called Me A Lioness, as well [...]
Celebrate 20 years of supporting Palestinian artisans and keeping ancient crafts alive! Purchase unique holiday gifts that support Palestinian children and families. Olive oil, ceramics, embroidery, jewelry, olive wood, cookbooks, keffiyehs, soap, stunning scarves & shawls, Palestinian Dead Sea products, children’s toys and books, kitchenware, t-shirts, and much more. This year's bazaar is a benefit for emergency aid for [...]
Join MECA for this special online event with poet Mosab Abu Toha. The event will honor two dear friends and colleagues Refaat Al-Areef & Doaa Al-Masri who were killed by Israeli attacks several days ago and feature poetry by Refaat as well as Mosab's own work. Mosab is the founder of MECA partner the Edward Said [...]
Join MECA for this special for a discussion with this panel of chefs, cookbook authors and activists for food justice to discuss current situation in Gaza and the fight for a more socially and economically just world. Featuring: Laila El-Haddad, Jocelyn Jackson, Crystal Wahpepah, and Reem Assil in Conversation Small nourishing [...]
Poetry for Peace in Palestine A Reading by Monterey Peninsula Poets to benefit Middle East Children’s Alliance with Marie Boucher, Farnaz Fatemi, Rana Issa, Elliot Ruchowitz-Roberts, Daniel Summerhill & Patrice Vecchione reading poems by Palestinian and Palestinian American poets Saturday, April 6, 3:00 - 5:00pm Carl Cherry Center for the Arts 4th & Guadalupe, Carmel, [...]
We are pleased to present this important event with: Hannah Moushabeck, author of the children’s book Homeland: My Father Dreams of Palestine Bahar Hashemi, MD, child and adolescent psychiatry specialist Faten Hijazi, parent advocate Samia Shoman, Teach Palestine Project of the Middle East Children’s Alliance Sunday, May 5, 2024, 2-4pm Arab American Cultural Center of the [...]
Date: Thursday, 11 July Time: 7:00 pm PST Location: 1736 Franklin St, Oakland, CA Tickets: $10, available via Eventbrite Join us as Bay Area Midwife Bridget Rochios discusses her recent mission to Gaza in conversation with Palestinian-American Psychologist Dr Jess Ghannam. Bridget Rochios is a Certified Nurse Midwife and Reproductive Health Nurse Practitioner dedicated to reproductive [...]
SAN FRANCISCO ONE YEAR OF GENOCIDE ONE YEAR OF RESISTANCE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ACTION Date: Sunday, 6 October, 2024 Time: 1:00 pm PST Location: 16th and Valencia, Mission District, San Francisco, CA The Bay Area will honor our martyrs in Palestine, we will demand an end to the US’ complicity in Israel’s crimes against Palestine [...]