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Al Awda Vancouver

Al Awda Vancouver advocates for Palestinian rights and liberation through education, activism, and community engagement. They focus on the experiences of Palestinian political prisoners and the ongoing struggle against displacement and injustice.

Join Dalia, from the Watermelon Palette, to paint an image reminiscent of the Nakba Key of Return. Dalia is a self-taught oil painter. Since 2023, she has centred her work on Palestine, highlighting the culture, stories, and history of the Levant through her art. In &ldquo;Rooted Return&rdquo; a key becomes the trunk of an olive tree, symbolizing resilience, heritage, and an unbroken bond to the land. Acrylic on canvas. <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.instagram.com/thewatermelonpalette" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; -webkit-user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Follow Dalia on Instagram!</a>

Gaza Remains the Story: Paint Palestine - Rooted Return

Join us for a Tatreez Workshop, in collaboration with Tatreez 4 Palestine, to learn about the historic art of tatreez (Palestinian Cross-Stitch).&nbsp; Participants will have the option to choose between a beginner-friendly pattern to learn the techniques of tatreez, and create their own patch to sew onto any cloth item OR, to bring their own cloth item (such as a t-shirt or kufiya) and learn to use waste canvas to add tatreez to their own clothing. Registration fee includes a take-home beginner kit to continue practicing tatreez at home!

Gaza Remains the Story: Tatreez Workshop

Presented by Parents 4 Palestine YVR. An interactive workshop where children and parents decorate small keys with art and messages, then pin them onto a large map of Palestine to mark their place of return or connection to Palestine creating a collective community art piece that commemorates the Nakba. We will take this opportunity for children to learn about the Nakba through art, while affirming the Palestinian people&rsquo;s right to return to their ancestral homes.

Gaza Remains the Story: Nakba. Learn It. End It.

Join Waleed, who visited the destroyed village of Ma'aloul, as he discusses the way in which Palestinians work to preserve their collective memory in the face of erasure. Movie Description: Like countless Palestinian villages since 1948, Ma’loul has been erased from the map. Every year on Israel's independence day (the only day that no permits are needed to move around that area freely) Ma'loul's expelled indigenous Palestinian inhabitants go back to their village, to show their children where they are from, to re-conjure the houses, the school, the bakery. Movie: 32 mins

Gaza Remains the Story: Ma’aloul Celebrates its Destruction

Presented by Basil Al-Araj Committee, a sub-committee of the Canada Palestine Association of Vancouver (CPA Vancouver). Since 1948, the Nakba has functioned as a living structure of displacement, siege, and imprisonment. Learning about the prisoner&rsquo;s movement is absolutely essential because it lies at the heart of the broader struggle for Palestinian liberation struggle. Without centering their fight, any discussion of justice remains incomplete. This teach-in focuses on Palestinian political prisoners as a compass of the national liberation struggle. We will explore how hunger strikes, prison escapes, acts of reproductive resistance, and prisoner exchanges chart the path forward. Join us for education, letter-writing, and discussion : learn the pillars of prisoners&rsquo; resistance, and how we in the diaspora can stay connected to them and centre their struggle. <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.instagram.com/basilalarajcommittee" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; -webkit-user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Follow Basil Al-Araj Committee on Instagram</a><a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.instagram.com/cpavancouver" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; -webkit-user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Follow CPA Vancouver on Instagram</a>

Gaza Remains the Story: Defying the Nakba Behind Bars - Prisoners Guide the Struggle

Art by Mariam brings her talents to Gaza Remains the Story by guiding participants in ink painting a beautiful keepsake for Palestine. Participants will be led in an ink painting session to write Palestine in Arabic.&nbsp; About the Artist: Mariam creates artwork inspired by Islamic architecture and design, especially the sacred sites of Makkah, Madinah and Al-Aqsa. She draws inspiration from the beauty of these places, especially the heritage of Palestine through her artwork. She also uses Arabic calligraphy to add to some of her paintings, and loves using acrylic paints and ink to make bold, colourful pieces that evoke deep feelings. <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.instagram.com/art_bymariam/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; -webkit-user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Follow Mariam on Instagram!</a>

Gaza Remains the Story: Calligraphy Ink Painting

Join us for an informative talk on Palestinian political ecologies and the role that seed saving has in preserving memory of the land and its stewards. Topics will include Palestinian sovereignty and land-based resistance, zionist tools of Indigenous dispossession, seeds as objects that hold memory and keep history, and Palestinian seed-saving in diaspora and in the homelands. The presentation will be followed by a hands-on workshop creating your own zhourat herbal blend with plants from the region. Limited culturally relevant seedlings available for Palestinian and/or Arab participants to take home.

Al Awda Vancouver

Al Awda Vancouver

Past events

Past events

Gaza Remains the Story: Paint Palestine - Rooted Return

Gaza Remains the Story: Tatreez Workshop

Gaza Remains the Story: Nakba. Learn It. End It.

Gaza Remains the Story: Ma’aloul Celebrates its Destruction

Gaza Remains the Story: Defying the Nakba Behind Bars - Prisoners Guide the Struggle

Gaza Remains the Story: Calligraphy Ink Painting

Gaza Remains the Story: Palestinian Political Ecologies & the Role of Seeds in Cultural Memory

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