Berkeley: United in Song, United for Gaza
Sep 15, 2025
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)...
Teach Palestine East Coast Tour
Mar 24, 2018
Come here Zeiad Abbas Shamrouch and Jody Sokolower from our Teach Palestine project at one of the following events! Tuesday, March 27th, 2018, 7 - 9 PM University of Massachusetts, Amherst...
The Nakba, My Brother and Me
Feb 10, 2018
At the entrance to my mother’s village Jarash, just west of Jerusalem. It is now an Israeli “nature reserve” and the indigenous Palestinian inhabitants are not permitted to return. Palestinian...
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The Middle East Children’s Alliance: Interview with Ziad Abbas about Gaza, Emergency Aid, Planting Trees and more
Jul 22, 2014
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Nakba means Catastrophe
May 17, 2014
From MECA's enewsletter on May 15, 2014. Read the full enewsletter. From MECA's enewsletter on May 15, 2014. Read the full enewsletter. Each year, Palestinians commemorate the Nakba on May...
Stories of Our Work
I hate borders
Nov 06, 2013
I hate borders. My family, like most Palestinian refugees, is torn apart and divided by Israeli borders and restrictions. The simple act of sitting around one table became an impossibility...
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“The jail stays inside you,” says Ziad Abbas on Palestinian Prisoners’ Day
Jul 21, 2013
Listen to the podcast here. The mother of hunger striking prisoner Samer Issawi stands near a portrait of her son made out of bread at a rally on Prisoner’s Day...
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MECA’s 25th Anniversary Video
Jun 25, 2013
Learn about 25 years of resistance and humanitarian work conducted by the Middle East Children's Alliance. A video by S. Smith Patrick.
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