Middle Eastern & SWANA Events in NYC

Every Middle Eastern, North African, and SWANA event worth knowing about in New York, in one place — concerts, screenings, parties, talks, food, and the gatherings that hold the community together. Updated every week.

Middle Eastern & SWANA Events in NYC

menna picks

Collection in Focus | Zidane, a 21st century portrait

Arsh Raziuddin Designing NYC's World Cup Moment

Disco Dreams: A Sunset with Theodora

Bouchra

An hour with Nataly Aukar (Work In Progress)

Omar Offendum: Neo-Hakawati Nights

Maryam Turkey

Saint Levant

Saint Levant

Mo Amer One Night Only at Radio City

Orientalism: Between Fact and Fantasy

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Sultan Bin Fahad: Blue Note

Farah Atassi: Metamorphosis

Youth Summer School: A Young Muslim's Guide to Islam

July Oil Painting for Beginners (3 session course)

Global Liberation Film Series: Coup 53 (Iran)

Sweetooth Comedy

Summer at the Library: A is for Artist

Collection in Focus | Zidane, a 21st century portrait

Queer Classics Book Club: "Hijab Butch Blues" by Lamya H.

Building a Grammy Winning Score: Taurees Habib in Conversation

Hawar: the Kurdish Roundtable

Mehrnam Rastegari Live at Barbès

Tehran Ties

Common Room: Session #2

The Kitab Club with Maria

Cotton Queen

Arsh Raziuddin Designing NYC's World Cup Moment

Greater New York 2026 ft Dean Majd + Farah Al Qasimi

RASTAH X AYAT PANEL DISCUSSION & DINNER.

Stuck: A NYC Live Event

Arabic Improv workshop in NYC

Habibi Gun Live

Rythym of Serenity

Brooklyn Lives! From the River to NYC: Poetry, Music, Art & Solidarity

Calle Málaga

The President's Cake

Gideon Forbes Quartet

Rythym of Serenity

Film Screening: Ghost Hunting (2017)

Brooklyn Lives! From the River to NYC: Poetry, Music, Art & Solidarity

PRINTMAKING OPEN STUDIO w/ DANIEL + PETER + HAMZAH

MAS BK Sisters' Volleyball 4 Sudan

A Shamanic Breathwork Journey with Zeina Yazbek

Mountains of Poetry Listening Session with Muyassar Kurdi and Jason Evans

The Healing Hour

Disco Dreams: A Sunset with Theodora

Barzakh Mehfil at the Church – Ghazal, Qawwali & Beyond

Mad East: Sunset Rooftop Arabic Party – Meddi, Amine'o & Morgan

Do You Love Me

A Matter of Life and Death

Sapphic NYC x Horny Stoner: Sapphic Sex Ed

BE-IN: A Benefit Concert for El Hakawati Theater

CINÉMA SOIRÉE: An Anti-War Silent Film Screening

Cenote Project [Open-Air Sunset Party] x Haus of Joon

WC Afterparty w/ Omar ؏, Maddylane, J.Surena

Kurdish Picnic and Seed Sovereignty Film Screening

Happy Birthday

The Stories

Bouchra

Gabe Lavin & Insia Malik at Sisters Brooklyn

Hijra

American Doctor – Film Screening at IFC Center

The Voice of Hind Rajab

Sal Mamudoski Quintet

A Sad and Beautiful World

4th International Summit on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering(ISCSEE2026)

Ceramics Now, Lizzy Chemel, Amir Hariri, Melissa Joseph

Malik Elassal

Cinema Tehran Presents: The Cycle (US Restoration Premiere)

Ziad, Kifak Enta? — An Evening of Music in Memory of Ziad Rahbani

Ziad, Kifak Enta? — An Evening of Music in Memory of Ziad Rahbani

A Sad and Beautiful World (+ Q&A's)

Indie Press Book Club: "Woodwind Harmony in the Nighttime" / Reza Ghassemi

Moroccan chaabi styles

Al-Bait Baitkom

The Greek and Persian War the Musical