Thank you for joining Kathy Engel at MECA!
Feb 27, 2025
Dear Friends, We are so grateful to everyone who joined us last week at MECA’s new office space for an inspiring evening with poet Kathy Engel. It was a night...
Community Events
BERKELEY, CA: LIFE SUPPORT – A POETRY EVENT WITH KATHY ENGEL
Jan 24, 2025
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...
Berkeley, CA: Direct from Gaza: Mosab Abu Toha
Oct 23, 2024
Direct from Gaza: Mosab Abu Toha Author, Poet, and Founder of the Edward Said Library in Gaza Reading from his new book: FOREST of NOISE Date: Friday, 8 November Time:...
Recording: Conversation with Mosab Abu Toha
Dec 17, 2023
Thanks to the hundreds of individuals who joined us last Wednesday to listen to the words of Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha. We are pleased to share a recording of...
Stories of Our Work
Berkeley, CA: Rumi’s Caravan Returns to the East Bay!
Jul 24, 2023
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)...
Virtual Poetry Book Celebration! “You Can Be the Last Leaf” by Maya Abu Al-Hayyat
Sep 14, 2022
Poetry Readings and Conversation with Maya Abu Al-Hayyat & Special Guest Deema Shehabi “You Can Be the Last Leaf: Selected Poems” by Maya Abu Al-Hayyat directs the Palestine Writing Workshop....
ONLINE EVENT: Naomi Shihab Nye & Friends: Poetry for Palestine!
Sep 08, 2020
Tuesday, September 22: 5pm PT/8pm ET Sign up for this special online event now! NAOMI SHIHAB NYE is a multiple-award-winning poet, songwriter, and novelist, the daughter of a Palestinian refugee....
Oakland, CA: Rumi’s Caravan
May 20, 2019
July 13th: Rumi’s Caravan Returns to Oakland Unitarian Church, 685 14th Street, 7:00 PM (Doors open at 6:00) Recitation of World Poetry with Doug Von Koss, Barry and Maya Spector,...
