La La Lil Jidar

A film screening & community conversation on the film "Gaza Mon Amour"Join for an evening film screening and community conversation grounded in the film "Gaza Mon Amour."This event has been made possible with the generous support of Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture.Please consider a sliding scale donation that goes directly towards making events like this possible and to support artists from Gaza who now find themselves here in the US.About the FilmGaza, today. Sixty-year-old fisherman Issa is secretly in love with Siham, a woman who works at the market with her daughter Leila. When he discovers an ancient phallic statue of

A community reading w/ excerpts from the book "Inheritance of Exile:" Stories from South PhillyJoin us in a conversation about belonging, home, and navigating old and new cultures, stories, and histories of immigrants growing up in South Philadelphia.We will read together passages from Susan Muadi Darraj's book "Inheritance of Exile" which tells the stories of multi-generational Palestinian and Palestinian-American familities in Philadelphia.We invite you to bring your story, your feelings, and your experience navigating unfamiliar spaces and pasts. This is a collective reading event, with opportunities to create and tell your own stories and responses to the stories in the

Artist talk with Aisha Mershani in conjunction with their exhibition La La Lil Jidar: 20 Years Behind the Apartheid Wall in PalestinePlease join us on Wednesday, January 17, 7-9pm pm for an artist talk with Aisha Mershani in conjunction with their exhibition La La Lil Jidar: 20 Years Behind the Apartheid Wall in Palestine, currently on view at Studio 34.Aisha Mershani’s (they/them) photography focuses on the Israel Apartheid Wall, visually exposing the realities on the ground in Palestine, reframing the source of violence. For nearly 20 years Mershani has photographed military checkpoints, popular demonstrations, house demolitions, destroyed villages, and the

What the World's Silence Says: A Reading with Gazan Poet Yayha Ashour including reading from his new e-book "A Gaza of Siege and Genocide."Please join La La Lil Jidar at Studio34 for an evening of poetry with Palestinian acclaimed poet from Gaza, Yahya Ashour in conversation with writer, translator, and Associate Professor of Arabic Literature at the University of Pennsylvania, Huda J. Fakhreddine. This event is co-sponsored by Mizna.Opening reading with local Palestinian student activist, creative writer, and artist - Nada Abuasi.ABOUT YAHYA ASHOURYahya Ashour, born in Gaza City on April 22nd, 1998, is a touring poet and awarded author.

This is a fundraiser for Gazan Families. This will be a family-friendly event w meditation, yoga & other activities for adults & childrenIf you purchase a ticket for $25+ (per person), you will receive a t-shirt (See here for t-shirt samples). Please register to receive the order form so you can select the style/size for your shirt! Please look at FAQs to know how to buy multiple tickets.On this International Day of Yoga (IDY) (June 21st, 2024), Yogis for Palestine, La La Lil Jidar, & Philly Families for Ceasefire invite you to embody yoga in the service of Palestinian liberation

A multi-sensory experience of a pop-up exhibit of Gazan photographers, Artist Conversation, and Reading CircleMohamed Badarne, from Untold Palestine, is visiting Philadelphia for a one-night pop-up photography exhibition (all works for sale!). The evening will include Mohamed in conversation with La La Lil Jidar photographer, Aisha Mershani, and a Reading Circle of excerpts from Passages Through Genocide.Photo credits:Photo 1: Samar Abo EloufPhoto 2: Hosam SalemPhoto 3: Fatima ShabirUntold Palestine (https://untoldpalestine.com/en/ IG: @untoldpalestine) is a social media platform launched in 2020. The goal of the project is to tell stories of the everyday lives of Palestinians, with their small and big

Book Launch and Conversation about the new book "Visualizing Palestine: A Chronicle of Colonialism and the Struggle for Liberation"Please join La La Lil Jidar at Studio34 with Visualizing Palestine deputy director Jessica Anderson and Professor Huda Fakhreddine in conversation, moderated by Aisha Mershani from La La Lil Jidar, for the book launch of Visualizing Palestine: A Chronicle of Colonialism and the Struggle for Liberation. In addition to discussing the book, Jessica and Huda will explore where the movement for Palestine is today, solidarity with other movements, and the importance of narrative, in all its forms, to fight colonial oppression. The