Cairo Cabaret: Celebrating Live Arabic Music and Improvisational Dance in the Heart of San Francisco Facebook event Many thanks to the artists for making the December Cairo Cabaret a benefit for MECA! Improvisational dance to live Arabic music is an integral part of any Middle Eastern arts and cultures. Unfortunately, this is a dying art. The [...]
Dear Friend, Unfortunately, I’m so sorry to let you know that that the Middle East Children’s Alliance and I have decided that, due to concerns about the Corona virus, we have decided to cancel the public talk I was planning to give in San Francisco on March 21st. I still hope to find a way at [...]
DATE: February 7, 2025 TIME: 6:30 pm PST LOCATION: Middle East Children's Alliance, 1101 8th Street, Berkeley, CA 94710 Tickets: $10 from Eventbrite Poet, educator, and activist, Kathy Engel will read from her new book: Dear Inheritors and the anthology she co-edited with Kamal Boullata, We Begin Here: Poems for Palestine and Lebanon. Introduction by Aracelis Girmay, poet, children’s [...]
United in Song, United for Gaza: Benefit Concert for MECA's Gaza Relief Sunday, October 26, 2025 La Peña Cultural Center, Berkeley 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm (Doors open at 6:00pm) Tickets: $25-$75. Reserve your spot on Humantix Join us for an evening of powerful music and solidarity featuring the renowned Georges Lammam Ensemble, legendary activist-artist [...]
Author Talk: Michael J Cooper on Crossroads of Empire Date: April 14, 2026 Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Location: MECA Offices, 1101 8th Street, Berkeley CA 94710 Join MECA in welcoming author Michael J Cooper as he introduces two of his books of historical fiction which are set in Ottoman Palestine during WW1 and [...]