Events
Anti-War Café
Palestine 101: Historical Context, Current Realities, & Visions for the Future
When: Sunday, February 1, 2026, 2:00 – 7:00 pm
Where: Christ Presbyterian Church, 944 Gorham St, Madison, WI
What: Workshops, Open Mic, Vendors, Refreshments, & Book Signing for Crossing Borders!
Social Justice Center Jubilee
When: Sunday, October 19, 2025, 4:00 – 7:00 pm
Where: Social Justice Center, 1202 Williamson Street, Madison, WI
What: Celebrate SJC’s 25th Anniversary with poetry, music, food, drinks, workshops, a silent auction, prizes, and more!
Music For Palestine Fundraiser for the Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA)
When: Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 4:00 – 8:00 pm
Where: Giant Jones Brewing, 931 East Main Street, Madison, WI
What: Hear from local poets, writers, musicians and connect with local organizations standing up for Palestine.
The Anti-War Café
When: Wednesday, July 26, 2025, 12:00 – 3:00 pm
Where: The Crossing, 1127 University Avenue, Madison, WI
What: Christa Bruhn will read from her poetry at the Open Mic.
Unity Gathering for Peace, Justice, Sustainabiity & Democracy
Anti-War Panel:
- Christa Bruhn, Author
- Alan Chavoya, Outreach Chair of the Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression
- Esty Dinur, Journalist
- Janan Najeeb, Muslim Women’s Coalition
When: Saturday, January 11 & 12, 2025, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Where: Wisconsin State Capitol, North Hearing Room
What: Panelists address actions that challenge war and violence as a means of solving conflict and creating peace with justice. both at home and abroad.
Author Bruncheon hosted by the Muslim Women’s Coalition
When: Friday, February 28, 2025
10:00 am – noon
Where: 5235 S. 27th St, Milwaukee, WI
What: In conversation with award-winning author Christa Bruhn on the realities on the ground and challenges in the current political climate. Event includes books sales and signing.
Celebrate Freedom & Democracy Rally
When: Saturday, October 19, 2024
2:30 – 5:00 pm
Where: Capitol Steps, State Street, Madison, WI
What: Reflections on Freedom and Democracy from community leaders
Link to Christa’s speech on Substack at Current Moment by Christa Bruhn
Local Author Meet & Greet
When: Saturday, August 31, 2024
12:00 – 2:00 pm
Where: Kismet Books
101 N Main St, Verona, WI 53593
What: Meet the author, book sales & signing
Local Author Open House
When: Saturday, July 20, 2024
10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Where: Oregon Public Library
Community Room 180
200 N Alpine Pkwy, Oregon, WI 53575
What: Meet the author, book sales and signing
Illan Pappé — Gaza in Context: Past, Present, Future
When: Tuesday, May 14, 2024, 6:00 pm
Where: First Unitarian Universalist Church
4605 Cass Ave, Detroit, MI 48201
What: Christa Bruhn introduces Ilan Pappé
Teach-in: The Nakba and the Right of Return
When: Friday, May 10, 2024
Where: Popular University for Gaza, UW-Madison Library Mall
What: Teach-in on the Nakba and the Right of Return and readings from Crossing Borders: The Search for Dignity in Palestine
2024 Wisconsin Grassroots Festival
When: Saturday, May 4, 2024
Where: Lawrence University, Warch Campus Center
711 E Boldt Way, Appleton, WI
What: Speaking on the Call for Peace and readings from Crossing Borders: The Search for Dignity in Palestine
Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom Breakfast Book Talk & Conversation on Palestine with local author Christa Bruhn
When: Wed, May 1, 2024 8:00 am CST
Where: Linden Cohousing
107 Sutherland Court, Madison, WI
What: Readings from Crossing Borders: The Search for Dignity in Palestine
Dearborn Open Mic English (DOME)
When: Wed, April 17, 2024 6:00 pm EST
Where: Mardigian Library, Rm 1211
4901 Evergreen Rd, Dearborn, MI 48128
What: Readings from Crossing Borders: The Search for Dignity in Palestine
Dearborn Open Mic English (DOME)
When: Wed, March 20, 2024 6:00 pm EST
Where: Mardigian Library, Rm 1211
4901 Evergreen Rd, Dearborn, MI 48128
What: Readings from Crossing Borders: The Search for Dignity in Palestine
Book Talk on Borders and Dignity in Palestine
When: Wednesday, March 13, 2024 6:00 pm EST
Where: The Center for Arab American Studies
University of Michigan – Dearborn, CASL 1013, 4901 Evergreen Rd, Dearborn, MI 48128
What: Reflections on the current crisis with select readings from Crossing Borders: The Search for Dignity in Palestine followed by a Q&A and book signing and sales
Ceramics, Stories, and Tchatchkes for Peace
When: Three dates in November
Sunday, November 19, 2023 4:00 pm CST
Friday, November 24, 2023 at 2:00 pm CST
Sunday, November 26, 2023 4:00 pm
Where: 2116 Jefferson Street, Madison, WI 53711
What: Reading from Crossing Borders: The Search for Dignity in Palestine
Open Mic in Conjunction with the Wisconsin Writers Association Fall Conference
When: Friday, October 6, 2023 at 6:30 pm CST
Where: Magellan’s On Main
370 W. Main St, Waukesha, WI 53186
What: Reading from Crossing Borders: The Search for Dignity in Palestine
Wisconsin Writers Association Fall Conference
Meet the Author & Book Signing
When: Friday, October 6, 2023, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm CST
Where: Orange Hat Publishing | Ten16 Press, 259 South St. Suite B, Waukesha, WI 53186
(Down the friendly alley!)
What: Meet the Author & Book Signing
Book Reading & Book Signing – Register Here
When: Wednesday, October 4, 2023, 6:00-7:30 pm CST
Where: Mystery to Me Bookstore, Madison, WI
What: Readings from Crossing Borders and book signing!
Returning to Humanity:
What We Can All Learn from Teshuvah for
Peace & Justice in Palestine, Israel and Beyond
When: Sunday, September 17, 2023, 10:30 am EST
Where: First Unitarian Universalist Church, Detroit, WI or via Zoom
Link to recording: https://www.facebook.com/100013895285168/videos/3700599593560426/.
(Presentation appears at 45:00 minutes into the recording)
What: Message during service followed by Coffee Hour with Discussion and Book Signing with Source Booksellershttps://www.facebook.com/100013895285168/videos/3700599593560426/
Author Showcase
When: Saturday, September 23, 2023, 10:00 am – 12 noon
Where: Waunakee Library, Waunakee, WI
What: Your chance to get a singed copy of Crossing Borders!
The Message
Returning to Humanity: What We Can All Learn from Teshuvah for Peace & Justice in Palestine and Beyond
When: Sunday, September 19, 2023, 10:30 am EST
Where: First Unitarian Universalist Church, 4605 Cass Ave, Detroit, MI
What: Invited to give The Message during Sunday service. Followed by book signing for Crossing Borders.
Link to recording (Christa’s talk begins at 45 minutes).
Book Reading & Book Signing
When: Thursday, September 14, 2023, 6:00-7:30 pm EST
Where: Pages Bookshop, Detroit, MI
What: Readings from my memoir Crossing Borders and book signing!
Printers Row Litfest
Stop by my booth and pick up your signed copy of Crossing Borders!
When: Saturday, September 9-10, 2023
What: Largest FREE outdoor literary showcase in the Midwest
Where: Chicago, IL
Virtual Book Launch at the Palestine Museum US
When: Sunday, June 4, 2023 at 11:00 am CST, 12:00 EST, 6:00 pm London, 7:00 pm Palestine
What: Conversation and select readings from Crossing Borders: The Search for Dignity in Palestine
Where: The Palestine Museum US, Woodbridge, CT via Zoom
Link to recording
What is Israel? What is Palestine? Finding Hope in a Contested Homeland
When: Sunday, November 14, 2021, 9:30 am – noon CST
What: Conversation and select readings from upcoming memoir Crossing Borders: The Search for Dignity in Palestine
Where: Aldo Leopold Nature Center, Madison, WI in person and via Zoom
Weekly Films & Madafeh Conversations at the Palestine Museum US
When: Saturdays & Sundays via Zoom, 11:00 am (CST), noon (EST), 7:00 pm (Palestine)
Where: Palestine Museum US, Woodbridge, CT
What: Join museum director Faisal Saleh and me at the Palestine Museum US for weekly films and Madafeh conversations with artists, writers, filmmakers, journalists, and many others to broaden the conversation on Palestinian history, culture, and current realities on the ground and in the diaspora.
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Link to Register for Events
February 7, 2026 The Return (2023), a play by Hanna Eady & Edward Mast.
Discussion with playwrights Hanna Eady & Edward Mast.
January 24, 2026 The Hidden War on Palestinian Women: Checkpoint Diaries (2025), a documentary by Balasan Initiative for Human Rights.
Link to film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5p4qv6x1ykQ
January 17, 2026 Louis Theroux: The Settlers (2025), a documentary by Louis Theroux.
Link to the film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zesI26Xi0Fk&list=PLAYuqc3RXHlIWmyRtdRwZdbFOcdhN1tTH
Discussion with Louis Theroux.
January 10, 2026 Emwas: Restoring Memories (2016), a documentary by director Dima Abu Ghoush.
Link to discussion with audience: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsKx-fbft_I
January 3, 2026 Rescreening of Sumud: A Doctor’s Report on Genocide and Survival (2026), a documentary by Janice Haaken (director of The Palestine Exception).
Link to discussion with director Janice Haaken and Omar Al Akkad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLCWieiaQUM
December 27, 2025 Hind Under Siege (2025), a film directed by Naji Salameh and produced by Aida Amricani.
Discussion with Executive Producer Ghassan Salamieh, director Naji Salameh, Aida Amricani, and Elina Askar (actress who plays Hind).
December 20, 2025 Hind Under Siege (2025), a film directed by Naji Salameh and produced and written by Aida Amricani.
Link to discussion with director Naji Salameh and producer and screenwriter Aida Amricani: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XxweCIzve8
December 13, 2025 Sumud: A Doctor’s Report on Genocide and Survival (2026), a documentary by Janice Haaken (director of The Palestine Exception).
Discussion with director Janice Haaken.
December 6, 2025 Book Launch Hybrid Event with Sahar Mustafah about her novel The Slightest Green.
Link to recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bydoAh4z5zk
December 6, 2025 The Grassroots Tour of Al-Quds (2025), directed by Yazan Risheq.
Discussion with director Yazan Risheq.
November 22, 2025 Awards Ceremony
- Karameh Kammerle with Doctors Against Genocide will present the Courage Award to Dr Hussam Abu Safiya
- Laura Schleifer, Development Officer, Promoting Enduring Peace, will present the 2025 Dorothy Day Award to Mahmoud Khalil from Columbia University
- MC: Justine McCabe, Middle East Crisis Committee
November 21, 2025 Israel-Palestine: Too Late for Peace (2025), a documentary directed by Yannick Tenet and presented by journalist Isabelle Duarte.
November 15, 2025 Out of the Ruins: Love in a Time of War, a video produced by Rev Loren McGrail about art and poetry from Gaza.
November 8, 2025 Miriam Margolyes Visits Palestine (2025) produced by Karl Sabbagh.
November 1, 2025 Sitting on the Fence: Is New Zealand complicit in the Gaza Genocide? a documentary directed and produced by Dan Cleary.
Discussion with Dan Cleary
October 11, 2025 Home on the Edge of Sheikh Jarrah (2022), a documentary produced and directed by British-Palestinian journalist, filmmaker, and writer Jehan Alfarra.
October 7, 2025 Opening of the exhibit Gaza Evacuation Map by Mohammed Alhaj.
Link to recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaaUy8k8oDk&t=302s
October 4, 2025 Samidoun: The Steadfast Women of Palestine (2025), directed by Mariam Shahin
September 27, 2025 Rescreening of Palestine: The Reality, Arthur Balfour & the Document that Destroyed the Middle East (2017), a documentary directed and produced by Karl Sabbagh.
Link to discussion with Karl Sabbagh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ybh4HrTDzbs
September 21, 2025 Gaza Hospital (2010), a documentary.
Discussion with Dr Swee Ang.
September 20, 2025 Rescreening Palestine: The Reality, Arthur Balfour & the Document that Destroyed the Middle East (2017), a documentary directed and produced by Karl Sabbagh.
Discussion with Karl Sabbagh.
September 13, 2025 Gaza Hospital (2010), a documentary.
Discussion with Dr Swee Ang.
September 5, 2025 In Search of Palestine (1998), a documentary directed by Charles Bruce and narrated by Edward Said.
Link to discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWUJdRCAzn0
August 23, 2025 Aftermath (1968), a documentary directed by Samir Hissen.
August 16, 2025 Video of an Interview with Dr Nick Maynard on the Owen Jones Show.
July 27, 2025 Book Launch with Feda Shtia about her book Gaza I Spy.
Link to recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4ptPoBGzgA
July 19, 2025 Gaza: Doctors Under Attack (2025), a documentary the BBC refused to air the film after commissioning it. It was screened by Channel 4 Television (London, UK) July 2, 2025.
Guests for discussion:
Nidal Jboor, MD DAG Michigan
Dr Karameh Kuemmerie, DAG Boston
Dr Maysa Hawwash, DAG Canada
Link to film: https://zeteo.com/p/watch-now-gaza-doctors-under-attack
Link to recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZrORYoIERY
August 9, 2025 Video of Falastin Podcast with Jehan Alfarra interviewing author Omar El Akkad about his book One day…everyone will have always been against this (originally aired August 7, 2025)
Link to interview with Omar El Akkad on Falastin with Jehan Alfarra, August 7, 2025: https://youtu.be/Kil65DeBrLI?si=3Tksoa-RnN3qtSmQ
Post video discussion with Palestine Museum US, August 9, 2025: https://youtu.be/xZUmOPDV5Jc?si=c1Lk9Bo3GN1KqP4S
August 2, 2025 Video of The Hidden History of Israel with Palestinian author and activist Ghada Karmi and Israeli author and academic Avi Schlaim.
Link to video: The Hidden History of Israel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUjdDYoTZG0
July 26, 2025 Last May in Palestine (2024), a documentary by director Rabeea Eid.
July 6, 2025 Palestine Museum Unveils Mural Honoring Aaron Bushnell’s Sacrifice. Artwork by Palestinian artist Taqi Spateen.
Link to recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaEVxMgpCDM
July 5, 2025 Layla Shawa – The History of Gaza as Told by Laila Shawa (2012)
June 29, 2025 Hybrid Madafeh Conversation with Jonathan Kuttab, The Moral Issue of Our Time: Palestine.
Link to recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBuj7wDwlxk
June 28, 2025 Al-Damun: The War of Memory (2024), a documentary directed by Dareen Tatour.
June 21, 2025 A virtual tour and conversation of the exhibit A Stitch in Time with Palestine Museum Director Faisal Saleh and members of the steering committee of The Palestine Tapestry Project, Jehan Alfarra, Jan Chalmers, and Ibrahim Muhtadi at Dar al-Huriyya in DC in partnership with the Palestine Museum US.
Link to recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T_oSROGk0k
June 21, 2025 WitchHunt (2019) directed by Jon Pullman and produced by Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi.
May 24, 2025 Hybrid Event – Dr Karameh Kemmerle, Doctors Against Genocide (DAG).
Link to recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9b_KF5eel8
May 24, 2025 Under Fire: Israel’s War on Medics (2025), a documentary directed by multi-Emmy Award-winning journalist Hind Hassan, a Middle East Eye production.
May 17, 2025 Roadmap to Apartheid (2012), a documentary produced by Ana Nogueira and Eron Davidson.
May 10, 2025 In Search of Palestine – Edward Said’s Return Home (BBC) 1998.
Link to discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWUJdRCAzn0
May 3, 2025 A Murder in Hebron directed by Imad Abu Shamsiyeh.
May 1, 2025 Palestine Museum – Scotland Inauguration (hybrid)
Link to recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4yavDHqueI
April 26, 2025 Terror in Palestine: Israel’s Secret Crimes (2023), a documentary produced by Karl Sabbagh.
Link to film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FbOiW05xd8
Link to discussion with Karl Sabbagh: https://youtu.be/SyqqZUB7VV4?si=N1vg8ozjaQqteyzP
April 13, 2025 Video of Amwah Choir of Hebron and Bethlehem
Guest panelists:
Michele Cantoni From Italy
Matilde From France, Musical and Artistic Director
April 12, 2025 Sands of Sorrow (1950) narrated by Dorothy Thompson
Link to discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8_TY6dHWAs
April 5, 2025 Exception (2025), a documentary directed by Ezzaldeen Shalh.
Link to discussion with director Ezzaldeen Shalh, filmmaker Monica Maurer, and screenwriter and lyricist Mohammed Sahli: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sA21adXfDCo&t=8s
March 29, 2025 Naji Al-Ali: An Artist with Vision (1999), a documentary directed by Kasim Abid.
March 9, 2025 Embroidery Art of Palestinian Women, An Exhibit in Observance of International Women’s Day
March 9, 2025 5 Minutes from Home (2008), a documentary directed by Nahed Awwad.
March 8, 2025 The Palestine Exception (2024), directed by Jan Haaken and Jennifer Ruth
March 4, 2025 Hybrid Event – From Beirut to Gaza, a talk and book signing with Dr Swee Ang.
Link to discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OezOp41HEnw&t=17s&pp=0gcJCYcKAYcqIYzv
March 1, 2025 My Jaffa (2012), a documentary by director Lubna Dajani
Discussion with director Lubna Dajani.
February 23, 2025 Rescreening of Stitching Palestine
February 22, 2025 Rescreening of Stitching Palestine
February 16, 2025 Ask the Night for a Drea: Palestinian Writing from the Diaspora with Saher Mustafa.
Link to recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y8K0x6HPaA
February 15, 2025 Palestine: The Reality, Arthur Balfour & the Document that Destroyed the Middle East (2017), a documentary directed and produced by Karl Sabbagh.
Link to discussion with Karl Sabbagh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyqqZUB7VV4&t=1s
February 9, 2025 Madafeh Conversation with artist Suzy Tamimi
Link to recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Skx8jSgfLgc
February 8, 2025 A State of Passion: Dr Ghassan Abu Sittah, a documentary directed by Carol Monsour and Muna Khalidi.
Link to discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us6Lr7qKMMw&t=109s
February 3, 2025 Madafeh Conversation with Medea Benjamin, CodePink
February 1, 2025 The Unfathomable Truth: Palestine & Israel in Context, a documentary produced by Mercy Quaye.
Link to discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euSQ7HaBO0s
January 25, 2025 Palestine As It Was – How Palestine Was Turned into a Jewish State (Dec 2024), a documentary by Karl Sabbagh
Discussion with Karl Sabbagh.
January 19, 2025 Madafeh Conversation about the Ceasefire
January 12, 2025 Madafeh Conversation with activist Yael Kahn
Link to recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHz5fXTeKRc
January 4, 2025 The Palestine Exception (2024), directed by Jan Haaken and Jennifer Ruth
Link to discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1iZJkrSsQg&t=1819s
December 21, 2024 Iron Wall (2006), a documentary directed by Mohammed Alatar
November 28, 2024 Genocide & Denial with Miko Peled at the P21 Gallery in London.
Link to recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbpXOyoS23g&t=126s
November 17, 2024 Hybrid Madafeh Conversation of the Palestine Book Awards Ceremony at the P21 Gallery in London (from November 7, 2024)
November 9, 2024 Sacrificing Liberty (2022), a documentary directed by Matthew Skow
Guests:
Phil Tourney, Survivor
November 2, 2024 Sacrificing Liberty (2022), a documentary directed by Matthew Skow
Guests:
Phil Tourney, Survivor
Alison Weir, If Americans Knew
November 2, 2024 Aida Returns (2023), a documentary directed by Carol Mansour
Discussion with Carol Mansour.
October 20, 2024 Mohammed Alhaj Remembers Artist Mahasen Alkhatib
Link to discussion with Mohammed Alhaj: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8vMSlyNVMs
October 13, 2024 Madafeh with Dania Shawwa to discuss Gaza Emergency Relief Initiative.
Link to recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3K6YmUpRqI
October 6, 2024 Madafeh In Conversation with Ghada Karmi on One Year of Genocide.
Link to recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq8niUTJgUQ
October 5, 2024 The Tower (2018), a film directed by Mats Grorud
View film on: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5847768/
Discussion with Mats Grorud.
September 26, 2024 Opening Ceremony of the exhibit Art of Palestine | From the River to the Sea.
Link to recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AA98Y5IYsCo&t=2s
September 15, 2024 Repeat Madafeh Conversation live from Gaza, Dr. Khalil Khalidy, surgeon and artist, currently at one of the hospitals in Gaza.
Link to recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp1sc3lL8qc&t=1s
September 8, 2024 Madafeh Conversation live from Gaza, Dr. Khalil Khalidy, surgeon and artist, currently at one of the hospitals in Gaza.
Link to documentary The West Bank’s Unseen Conflict: Palestinians Documenting Israeli Violence on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5JHsfYCJP0
Link to recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS5bim6JQBI&t=4s
August 31, 2024 The Orphan (2024), a documentary directed by Jordan Karr-Morse and produced by Miko Peled.
August 25, 2024 Madafeh Conversation with Suzanna Treumann
August 24, 2024 The Silent Protest (2019), a documentary by director Mahasen Nasser-Eldin
Link to discussion with Mahasen Nasser-Eldin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZQTTBfXU6I&t=2s
August 17, 2024 Forbidden Pilgrimage (2013), a documentary directed by Ahmad Damen.
Link to film on Aljazeera: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/al-jazeera-world/2013/12/19/forbidden-pilgrimage/
Discussion with Ahmad Damen.
August 11, 2024 Madafeh Conversation with Sandra Rasheed, ANERA Director
Link to recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=encb3P33eAc&t=3s
August 10, 2024 Israel – Palestine, 60 Years of Conflicts (2008)
Link to Israel – Palestine, 60 Years of Conflicts on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_isZHaZjcU
August 3, 2024 The West Bank’s Unseen Conflict: Palestinians Documenting Israeli Violence (2013), a documentary directed by Paul Moreira.
July 27, 2024 Rescreening of My Ramleh (2013), a documentary by director Lubna Dajani.
Discussion with Lubna Dajani.
July 21, 2024 Hybrid Event with Miko Peled, Founder of Dar Al-Houriyeh — House of Freedom
Link to recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY1gq-VYr7g&t=63s
July 13, 2024 Video Screening of The Old Evil by Chris Hedges
Link to discussion:
July 12, 2024 Revolution Until Victory A.K.A. We Are the Palestinian People (1973), a documentary.
Rent from Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/revolutionuntilvictory
June 22, 2024 Strawberry (Farawla) (2017), a documentary by director Aida Ka’adan.
Link to film on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/209189656/e5510a6064
Discussion with Aida Ka’adan.
June 8, 15, 23, 2024 Where Olive Trees Weep (2024), a documentary directed by Maurizio Benazzo and Zaya Benazzo.
June 9, 2024 Rescreening of Children’s Cries (2024), a documentary by director Iyad AbuRok.
Discussion with Iyad AbuRok.
June 2, 2024 Shujayya (2015), a documentary by director Mohammed Almughanni.
Discussion with Mohammed Almughanni.
June 1, 2024 Children’s Cries (2024), a documentary by director Iyad AbuRok.
Discussion with Iyad AbuRok.
May 18, 2024 My Love Awaits Me by the Sea (2013), a documentary directed by Mais Darwazah.
Discussion with Mais Darwazah.
May 5, 2024 The Algebra of Genocide (hosted by the Palestine Center for Public Policy, April 6, 2024).
Link to Chris Hedge’s presentation The Algebra of Genocide hosted by the Palestine Center for Public Policy, April 6, 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUIPf0WpURk
April 28, 2024 Madafeh In Conversation with Yale Student Encampments.
Link to recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHML88Q7U00
April 20, 2024 Opening of the Exhibition Foreigners in Their Homeland Occupation | Apartheid | Genocide.
Link to recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NQiE01jTU0&t=8s
April 21, 2024 Madafeh Conversation about the Opening of the Exhibition Foreigners in Their Homeland Occupation | Apartheid | Genocide
Link to recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xHarVvHDYU&t=15s
April 7, 2024 Madafeh conversation with Nora Lester Murad and Alice Rothchild about their recently published Toolkit to Defend K-12 Educators and Librarians Against False Accusations of Antisemitism.
April 6, 2024 My Tree (2021), a documentary directed by Jason Sherman.
Discussion with Jason Sherman.
Catalog of Weekly Programming at the Palestine Museum US
March 30, 2024 Film: The War Around Us by directors Abdallah Salem Omeish, Ayman Mohyeldin, and Sherine Tadros
March 3, 2024 Madfah: Listening Post: Is the New York Times losing its credibility on Israel-Palestine?
March 2, 2024 Film: Jews Step Forward by director Marjorie Wright
February 25, 2024 Madfah: The Chris Hedges Report with Rabbi Shaul Magid on Zionism and the subversion of Judaism
February 24, 2024 Film: Jews Step Forward by director Marjorie Wright
February 18, 2024 Madfah: Malik Qraiqea, AI Artist
February 17, 2024 Film: The Killing Zone by director Sandra Jordan and producer Rodrigo Vasquez
February 11, 2024 Madfah: Let Them Eat Dirt by Chris Hedges
February 10, 2024 Film: To My Father (2008) by Abdel Salam Shahadeh
February 3, 2024 Film: Gaza Calling (2012) by director Nahed Awwad
January 28, 2024 Madfah: Chris Hedges Interview with Craig Mokhiber
January 27, 2024 Film: Bank of Targets by director Rushdi Alsaraj (killed by Israeli airstrike)
January 21, 2024 Madfah: David Rovics, folk singer
January 20, 2024 Film: Banned In Berlin (2023) by director Nahed Awwad
January 7, 2024 Madafeh: Prof. Nurit Peled-Elhanan: Challenging Israeli Discourse and Promoting Human Rights (hybrid event)
January 6, 2024 Film: Chris Hedges Interview with Ilan Pappé
December 17, 2023 Film: The Genocide in Gaza by Chris Hedges (hybrid event)
December 16, 2023 Film: Resistance Climbing by Andrew Bisharat and producer Tim Bruns
December 10, 2023 Madafeh: Esther Farmer, JVP New York Chapter (hybrid)
December 9, 2023 – Video: “The 100 Year War on Palestine w/Rashid Khalidi | The Chris Hedges Report”
December 2, 2023 Film: Stone Cold Justice: Israel’s Torture of Palestinian Children (2014) by ABC Australia
November 25, 2023 Closing Ceremony – hybrid event on location at the Palazzo Mora in Venice, Italy, for the closing ceremony of the exhibit “From Palestine: Our Past, Our Future”
November 19, 2023 Madafeh: Raja Khouri and Jeff Wilkinson, co-authors of The Wall Between: What Jews and Palestinians Don’t Want to Know about Each Other
November 18, 2023 Madafeh: Open House “I Witness Silwan,” Art and Resistance in Occupied Jerusalem – A Community and International Solidarity Public Art Project
November 12, 2023 – Madafeh: Cultural Terrorism
November 11, 2023 Film: The Tower by director Mats Grorud
November 5, 2023 Film: Farha by director Darin Sallam
November 4, 2023 Gideon Levy as Keynote at the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs Conference (2018)
No recording of discussion
The Zionist Tango: Step Left, Step Right
October 29, 2023 Madafeh: Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian occupied territories
October 28, 2023 Film: Bank of Targets by director Rushdi Al-Saraj
October 22, 2023 Madafeh: Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian occupied territories
October 21, 2023 Film: Ambulance by director Mohamed Jabaly
October 15, 2023 – Madafeh: Discussion of Current Crisis in Gaza
October 14, 2023 – Film: Jenin, Jenin by director Mohammed Bakri
October 8, 2023 – Film: I Came, But I Didn’t Arrive by director Fidaa Ataya
September 30, 2023 – Film: From One Exile to Another by director Basela Abou Hamed
September 28, 2023 – Madafeh: Conversation with author Mohammed Sabaaneh’s on his book Power Born of Dreams: My Story Is Palestine
September 24, 2023 – Madafeh: Live Update from Palestine Writes Literary Festival, Philadelphia
September 23, 2023 – Film: Kofia by director Louis Brehony
Broadcast from Palestine Writes Literary Festival, Philadelphia
September 10, 2023 – Madafeh: Embroidery Thobe and Art Exhibit – in person and hybrid
September 2, 2023 – Film: Return to Lifta by director Umar Al-Ghubari
August 27, 2023 Madafeh: Fred Cadora, Professor of Arabic Studies, University of Cincinnati, on his book on Ramallah
August 26, 2023 Film: We Are Still Standing: The Stories of Women in Black by director Ellie Bernstein
Post-film discussion with director Ellie Bernstein
August 20, 2023 Madafeh: Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian occupied territories, Link to Discussion
August 19, 2023 Film: Two Kids A Day by director David Wachsmann and Producer Mohamad Babai
August 13, 2023 Madafeh: Linda Dittmar, Author of Tracing Homelands: Israel, Palestine, and the Claims of Belonging
Link to Discussion on Facebook or YouTube
Aug 12, 2023 Film: Foragers by director: Jumana Manna
August 8, 2023 Special Program: “Decolonization of Minds and Nature in Palestine and Globally,” a talk by Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh
August 6, 2023 Madafeh: Zeina Azzam, Poet
August 5, 2023 Film – Mayor by director David Osit
Link to post-film discussion on Facebook
July 30, 2023 Film: Native Sons (HD version) by director Tom Hayes
July 29, 2023 – Film: Checkpoint by director: Yoav Shamir
No recording of post-film discussion
July 23, 2023 – Film: Flowers of Ramallah (UN film 1962)
July 22, 2023 – Film: A Magical Substance Flows into Me by director: Jumana Manna – No recording
July 16, 2023 – Madafeh: Conversation with Matthew Hughes (Balfour) – author of Britain’s Pacification of Palestine: The British Army, the Colonial State, and the Arab Revolt, 1936–1939
July 15, 2023 – Film: Better to Jump by director Gina Anjeloni
July 9, 2023 – Madafeh: Conversation with artists Rasha Al Jundi & Michael Jabareen
July 8, 2023 – Film: The People and the Olive with director Aaron Dennis, producer Jacob Wheeler, and Nasser Abufarha, Director of Canaan Palestine
July 1, 2023 Film: Three Rs in the Sand & The Aftermath (UNRWA) – No recording
June 25, 2023 – Madafeh: Conversation with Ramsey Hanhan, author of Fugitive Dreams
June 24, 2023 Madafeh: Palestinian Chef Fadi Qattan, Bethlehem
June 17, 2023 – Film: Native Sons from director Tom Hayes
June 11, 2023 – Madafeh: Suhad Bishara, Adalah’s Advocate | Legal Director and Director of the Land and Planning Rights Unit
June 10, 2023 – Film: Two Blue Lines by director Tom Hayes
June 3, 2023 – Film: Voices from Inside by director Marjorie Wright
May 27, 2023 – Film: The Palestinian Diaspora Orchestra by director Sawsan Qaoud
May 14, 2023 – Film: Jews Step Forward by director Marjorie Wright
May 13, 2023 – Film: Abbas 36
Post-film discussion with Marwah Jbara Tibi and Nidal Rafa
May 7, 2023 – Film: Jews Step Forward by director Marjorie Wright
April 30, 2023 – Madafeh: Conversation with Students from the University of Connecticut with Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP)
April 29, 2023 – Film: Ghost Town: The Hebron Story by director Ellie Bernstein
Post-film Discussion
April 23, 2023 – Film: Sabastia by director Dima Srouji
April 15, 2023 – Film: Deir Yassin Village and Massacre by director Sahera Dirbas
April 8, 2023 – Film: The Tower by director Mats Grorud
April 8, 2023 – Palestine Solidarity Politics: A Round Table Discussion with Amahl Bishara, Ph.D., Cynthia G. Franklin Ph.D., Sarah Ihmoud, Ph.D., J. Kehaulani Kauanui, Ph.D., and on the video monitor, Rana Daher, Ph.D.
Links to Discussion:
https://www.facebook.com/PalestineMuseum.US/videos/133012072951372
April 1, 2023 – Film: Britain in Palestine 1917-1948
Post-film discussion with British diplomat Sir Vincent Fean and British historian John McHugo
March 26, 2023 – Film: The Blue Box by director Michal Weits
Post-film discussion with film director Michal Weits – No recording available
March 19, 2023 – Madafeh: Palestinian artist Steve Sabella, author of The Parachute Paradox and The Author’s Curse
March 18, 2023 – Film: Stitching Palestine by director Carole Mansour
March 12, 2023 – Special Program: International Women’s Day
March 12, 2023 – Madafeh: Anna Younis, Berlin, Germany
The Art and Craft of Palestine – Celebration of International Women’s Day
March 11, 2023 – Film: The Sabra and Chatila Sky by director Eliana Riva
March 4, 2023 – Film: Since You’ve Been Gone by director Mohammed Bakri
February 26, 2023 – Madafeh: Luisa Morgantini
February 25, 2023 – Film: Haifawi حيفاوي
Post-film discussion with film director Darwish Abu Al-Rish & Production Manager Sahera Dirbas
February 19, 2023 – Madafeh: Conversation about Settler Violence
February 18, 2023 – Film: Jerusalem… the East Side Story by director Mohammed Alatar
February 12, 2023 – Madafeh: Open Topic
February 11, 2023 – Film: A Handful of Earth by director Sahera Dirbas
Post-film discussion with film director Sahera Dirbas
February 5, 2023 – Film: Objector by director Molly Stuart
Post-film discussion with film director Molly Stuart
February 4, 2023 – Opening Ceremony From Palestine With Art at the Academia del Arte di Roma
January 29, 2023 – Madafeh: Fida Jiryis, author of memoir Stranger in My Own Land
January 28, 2023 – Film: On the Doorstep by director Sahera Dirbas
Post-film discussion with film director Sahera Dirbas
January 22, 2023 – Film: Tantura by director Alon Schwartz
January 14, 2023 – Film: The Sons of Eilabun director Hisham Zreiq
Post-film discussion with film director Hisham Zreiq
Open Mic – Wisconsin Driftless Writing Center
When: Friday, June 2, 2023 @ 7:00 PM CST
Open Mic – Wisconsin Driftless Writing Center
When: Friday, April 7, 2023 @ 7:00 PM CST
Open Mic – Wisconsin Driftless Writing Center
When: Friday, January 2, 2023 @ 7:00 PM CST
Related Events
Going Deeper in Palestine: Finding Peace in the Midst of Conflict, Guest Speaker, 23 October 2017, Midcoast Senior College, Brunswick, Maine.
From Palestine to Standing Rock: The Search for Dignity, Real Life Book Libraries, Madison Public Library, February 4, 2017. Served as a ‘Real Life Story’ for patrons of the library to tell my story and check out from the library as a video.
Interview with Women’s Liberation Radio, Madison, WI, January 7, 2017. Interview about my experience at Standing Rock, including the Women’s Silent Prayer March to the frontlines to enable Native women elders to pray and do ceremony at the river.
Interview with Green TV and YouTube video release, Madison, WI, December 2016. Interview about my experience at Standing Rock and the connection to issues of land and water in Flint, Michigan and Palestine.
Women’s Silent Prayer March, Standing Rock Reservation, North Dakota, 27 November 2016. Participated on the Front Lines of the march to escort Native Elder Women so they could pray at the Cannonball River.
Cook at the Oceti Shakowin Camp, Standing Rock Reservation, North Dakota, November 2016. Prepared Palestinian food at the California Kitchen over Thanksgiving weekend as a Water Protector.
