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  • RUMI’S CARAVAN: Recitation of World Poetry

    Unitarian Church 685 14th Street, Oakland, CA, United States

    Doug Von Koss, Barry and Maya Spector, Larry Robinson, Kay Crista, Carol Fitzgerald and Carol Bower Foote, with musicians Christine Tulis, Suellen Primost and Sufi dancer Chelsea Rose  Unitarian Church, 685 14th Street, 7:00 PM (Doors open at 6:00) TICKETS: $15.00/Advance, $30.00 at the door www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3371248 A Poetic Conversation: For fifteen years Rumi’s Caravan has inspired audiences, weaving together poems by Rumi, Hafez, Machado, Rilke, [...]

  • Oakland, CA: Fundraising Dinner Celebration

    Bacheesos 246 Grand Avenue, OAKLAND, CA, United States

    Join us! Fundraising Dinner Celebration In honor of Middle East Children’s Alliance 30th Anniversary— This event benefits MECA’s work providing humanitarian aid to children in Palestine & Lebanon (including refugees from Syria) SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2018 – 6pm-9pm BACHEESOS 246 Grand Avenue, Oakland Delicious Buffet! Mediterranean & Middle Eastern Cuisine Vegan and Gluten Free Cuisine Available [...]

    $50

  • San Antonio, TX: A Night of Hope: 5th Annual Fundraiser for the Children of Gaza

    St Mark's Episcopal Church 315 East Pecan Street, San Antonio, TX, United States

    We are pleased to announce the 5th Annual Night of Hope Gala on Friday, October 19, 2018. Please join us at 6:30 PM at St Mark's Episcopal Church, 315 East Pecan St, 78205. Proceeds from your purchase of tickets to join us at this wonderful event will go to the Middle East Children's Alliance whose projects [...]

    $40 – $50

  • Film: Imprisoning a Generation

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    Berkeley City College Auditorium 2050 Center Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    "Imprisoning a Generation" is a documentary film which follows the stories of four young Palestinians who have been detained and imprisoned under the Israeli military system. Their perspectives, along with the voices of their families, form a lens into the entangled structures of oppression that expand well beyond the prison walls. TICKETS: $15, $25, $50 available [...]

    $15 – $50

  • Save the Dates! Joining Hands and MECA Palestinian Craft Bazaar

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    Middle East Children's Alliance 1101 8th Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Joining Hands and MECA present our 16th Annual Palestinian Holiday Crafts Bazaar! 2 days only! SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8: 10am-5pm SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9: 11am-3pm At the Middle East Children's Alliance 1101 8th Street, Berkeley (near Gilman & San Pablo) Facebook event - please share and invite friends! Every purchase aids Palestinian children & their families A magnificent [...]

  • Award-winning documentary “THE JUDGE”

    Berkeley City College Auditorium 2050 Center Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    When she was a young lawyer, Kholoud Al-Faqih walked into the office of Palestine’s Chief Justice and announced she wanted to join the bench. He laughed at her. But just a few years later, Kholoud became the first woman judge to be appointed to the Middle East’s Shari’a (Islamic law) courts. WINNER of the Best Bay [...]

    $15 – $50

  • Berkeley, CA: AHMED ABU ARTEMA, Gaza Great March of Return

    St John's Church 2727 College Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United States

    MECA & American Friends Service Committee Present: AHMED ABU ARTEMA, Gaza Great March of Return Cosponsored by St. John's Presbyterian Church Mission & Justice Committee Thursday, March 7, 7pm St. John's Church 2727 College Avenue, Berkeley Palestinian journalist and refugee, Ahmed Abu Artema, was one of the original organizers of the Gaza Great March of Return. [...]

    $15 – $50

  • “Naila and the Uprising” film screening in celebration of International Women’s Day!

    Berkeley City College Auditorium 2050 Center Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Thursday, March 14, 7pm Berkeley City College Auditorium 2050 Center Street, Berkeley near downtown Berkeley BART When a nation-wide uprising breaks out in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, a young woman in Gaza must make a choice between love, family, and freedom. Undaunted, she embraces all three, joining a clandestine network of women in a movement that [...]

  • San Francisco, CA: Rally for 1st Anniversary of Gaza’s Great March of Return

    24th & Mission BART Station CA, United States

    Saturday, March 30, 2019 will mark the first anniversary of the Great March of Return in Gaza and the 43rd anniversary of Land Day in Palestine. Since March 30, 2018, more than 240 Palestinians have been killed, thousands wounded by live fire and thousands more by tear gas and other weapons. Despite being trapped inside the [...]