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10-Week Group Percussion Course with Nezih Antakli - Spring 2026
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MAY
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The Censorship of Dreams
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MAY
10
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The Horse of Jenin
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10
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10
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Greater New York 2026 ft Dean Majd + Farah Al Qasimi
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MAY
11
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Sinkane & Friends โ Blue Note NYC
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MAY
11
MON
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Speech Acts: Censorship, Palestine, and the Cultural Front
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MAY
11
MON
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Sudan Bakhoor Making Fundraiser
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MAY
11
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Ross Barkan presents Colossus, with Shadi Hamid
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MAY
11
MON
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Y.M. Abdel-Magied with Hala Alyan
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MAY
12
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MAY
12
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Eauquation โ Water Distribution at Douiret-Sbรขa + 99 Names: My Liberation Is Tied to Yours [shorts]
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MAY
13
WED
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Dance
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Nur ala Nur at Road to Dance Beyond
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MAY
13
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THE NEW YORK OUD FESTIVAL presents: ALBERT AGHA
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MAY
13
WED
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Shannon Chakraborty + Hadeer Elsbai: The Tapestry of Fate
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MAY
13
WED
Literature,
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Decolonizing Afghanistan: Countering Imperial Knowledge and Power
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MAY
14
THU
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Ongoing Nakba: Building a People's Archive of Displacement and Return
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MAY
14
THU
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New York Oud Festival 2026 Day 2 | How to Listen to the Oud with NY Oud Festival
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MAY
14
THU
Music
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Niina Soleil: The California Dreamin' Tour โ 2nd SET
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MAY
14
THU
Community,
Literature
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Book Talk: Migration, Race, and Illegality in a Moroccan City
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MAY
15
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Art,
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ArteEast Presents: Hikayat - Dreamweaving at Damask Rose: A Gathering
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MAY
15
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Fouad Dakwar: Amo Juliano
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15
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Mahmut Orhan Open-Air
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MAY
15
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Devika & Amira Jazeera
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MAY
15
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BEYZA YAZGAN Plays BACH'S COMPLETE GOLDBERG VARIATIONS
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MAY
15
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Sounds That Move: DJ Habibeats | Habibi's House
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MAY
15
FRI
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LIVE from NYPL: The Future Is Peace: Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon
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MAY
15
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Ghalya Saadawi + Olivia Tapiero
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MAY
15
16
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Laylit
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MAY
16
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KAN YAMA KAN w/ Sarah Aziza+Chiara Di Lello+AERI+Darius Phelps
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MAY
16
SAT
Community,
Music
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Turkish Day Parade NYC 2026
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MAY
16
SAT
Music,
Spirituality,
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Extended Release: A Somatic Journey with Sound Healing
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MAY
16
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Move with Myyuh
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MAY
16
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The Umm Kulthum Workshop
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MAY
16
SAT
Music,
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Fundraiser Concert for Lebanon
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MAY
16
SAT
Art,
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Artmaking Workshop: Weaving Sites of Palestinian Solidarity
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MAY
16
SAT
Music,
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Community
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Disco Turco ft. Bade
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MAY
16
SAT
Spirituality,
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Book Launch for Drinking the Ocean Novel by Saad Khan
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MAY
16
SAT
Comedy,
Theater
Arab-ish Improv Show
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MAY
16
SAT
Music,
Art
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New York Atatรผrk Chorus Spring Concert
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MAY
16
SAT
Community,
Wellness
Messy Hearts Circle
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MAY
16
SAT
Music,
Party
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Local Fest: The Croaks, Jacqueline Hackett, and more
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MAY
16
SAT
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Food
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Cairo to Cartagena - Festival (Including Esseily)
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MAY
16
SAT
Literature,
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LGBTQ+
BOOK LAUNCH โ Queer and Muslim: On Faith, Family, and Healing
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MAY
16
SAT
Cinema,
Politics
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The Battle of Algiers
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MAY
17
SUN
Music
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Mira. - Live at Bowery Palace
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MAY
18
MON
Art,
Theater
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In the shadows of her past selves | MELTINGPLOT
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MAY
18
MON
Cinema
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CAST ASIDE THE CLOUDS NYC Film Premiere
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MAY
18
MON
Workshop,
Literature
Anyone Can Write: Workshop led by Maha Hashwi
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MAY
19
TUE
Music
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LVBEL C5 โ Turkish Trap & Hip-Hop Concert
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MAY
19
TUE
Music,
Workshop,
Community
Group Maqam Singing Classes: Arabic Music for All โ May 19
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MAY
20
WED
Workshop,
Art
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May 20th Tatreez Circle Gathering
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MAY
20
WED
Food,
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Dinner at the Grocer with Jasmine & Musashi
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MAY
20
WED
Music,
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NY Andalus Ensemble - Spring 2026 "Ya'alat แธคen" (Graceful Beloved)
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MAY
21
THU
Music
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Simon Shaheen with Mehrnam Rastegari
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MAY
21
THU
Workshop,
Art
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We Are All Designers | Interior Design Workshop (3-session course)
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MAY
21
THU
Politics,
Wellness,
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Therapy is Political Speaker Series featuring Lara Sheehi
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MAY
21
THU
Music
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Simon Shaheen with Mehrnam Rastegari (WMI)
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MAY
21
THU
Cinema,
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Seeds for Liberation
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MAY
22
FRI
Music,
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Brooklyn Maqam ft. Nibal Malshi x Haza Party โ Lincoln Center
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MAY
22
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Sounds of the levant with Layan Hawila
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MAY
22
FRI
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Community
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NY Arabic Chorus - Spring 2026 Concert
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MAY
23
SAT
Workshop,
Community,
Art
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Tatreez Community Circle
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MAY
23
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Music
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NY Oud Festival Day 3: Volkan Efe, Brandon Terzic, Bahloul
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MAY
23
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Yalla Habibi NYC: Habibi Nights โ NYC'S Biggest Arabic Rooftop Party
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MAY
23
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New York Oud Festival 2026 Day 3 | Volkan Efe, Brandon Terzic, Bahloul
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MAY
23
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Music
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Turkish American Concert Seasons - Mevsimler
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MAY
23
SAT
Cinema
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Shorts Program 1: Out of Bounds
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MAY
23
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Cinema
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The Sky is Falling + How to Hide It [shorts]
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MAY
24
SUN
Food,
Community
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The Art of Aba: A Henna & Dessert Pop-Up
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MAY
24
SUN
Music
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NY Oud Festival Day 4: Layan Hawila, Bahar Badiei, Dr. Farah Zahra
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MAY
24
SUN
Music,
Art
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New York Oud Festival Day 4: Bahar Badiei, Layan Hawila, Farah Zahra at Maqฤm Studio
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MAY
24
SUN
Music,
Spirituality,
Art
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loadbang Presents: Testament
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MAY
24
SUN
Music,
Literature
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Traveling with the Tunisian writer Abdelwahab Meddeb
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MAY
24
SUN
Music,
Politics,
Fundraiser
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Antonius Chedid & Souq El-Jum3a Collective present: A Fundraiser Night For Lebanon
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MAY
24
SUN
Literature,
Music,
Community
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Traveling with the Tunisian writer Abdelwahab Meddeb
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MAY
24
SUN
Cinema
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Cotton Queen
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MAY
26
TUE
Music
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NY Oud Festival Day 5: Adam Good, Michael Burdi
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MAY
26
TUE
Music
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New York Oud Festival 2026 Day 5 | Michael Burdi, Adam Good
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MAY
26
TUE
Literature,
Community,
LGBTQ+
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Offsite: Bobuq Sayed: No God but Us w/ Aria Aber and Sarah Schulman
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MAY
27
WED
Music,
Art
Eliza Salem โ New Work (Roulette Commission)
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MAY
29
FRI
Music,
Workshop
NY Oud Festival Day 6: Ameer Armaly โ Lecture and Listening Session
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MAY
29
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Cinema
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CAST ASIDE THE CLOUDS NYC Theatrical Run
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MAY
29
FRI
Music,
Workshop
New York Oud Festival 2026 Day 6 | Ameer Armaly
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MAY
29
JUN 4
Cinema,
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With Hasan in Gaza (+ Q&A)
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MAY
30
SAT
Literature,
Art,
Community
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An Ode To You: A Literary Reading with New York-based Sudanese Writers
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MAY
30
SAT
Literature,
Art
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An Ode To You: A Literary Reading with New York-based Sudanese writers
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MAY
30
SAT
Music
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Mohamed Ramadan at Infosys Theater at Madison Square Garden
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MAY
30
SAT
Literature,
Community,
Art
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An Ode To You: A Literary Reading with New York-based Sudanese writers
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MAY
30
SAT
Food,
Community,
Shopping
NYC Eid Festival | Malikah
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MAY
31
SUN
Music
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Sefo โ Turkish Hip-Hop Concert
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MAY
31
SUN
Music
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NY Oud Festival Day 7: Huda Asfour, Armadi Tsayn at Joe's Pub
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MAY
31
SUN
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Masquerave
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MAY
31
SUN
Music
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New York Oud Festival
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JUN
1
MON
Literature,
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Community
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28th Poetry Walk Across the Brooklyn Bridge
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JUN
1
MON
Literature,
Community
In-Store: F.S. Yousaf: Notes on Love w/ Aymann Ismail
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JUN
2
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Summer Writers Camp: Workshops for New and Advanced Adult Writers
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JUN
3
WED
Music
Souq El-Jazz
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JUN
4
THU
Music
Joudy at The Sultan Room
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JUN
5
FRI
Music,
Literature
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Summer Nights: Kinsale Drake, Terrance Hayes, and Miriam Elhajli
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JUN
6
SAT
Music,
Community
NYC Habibi Rooftop on the Beach
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JUN
9
11
Cinema
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Unidentified
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JUN
10
WED
Music
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Lora Mouna / Mark Natama / Sarah Khatami / Nicole Caracost
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JUN
10
13
Cinema,
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How to Feed a Dictator
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JUN
12
FRI
LGBTQ+,
Party
FUNCTION XXVII // 5TH ANNIVERSARY
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JUN
12
FRI
Music
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Dystinct Live in New York
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JUN
12
18
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Promised Sky
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JUN
13
SAT
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Sport
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World Cup Music Fest
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JUN
14
SUN
LGBTQ+,
Party
Muslim Pride 2026
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JUN
16
TUE
Music,
Workshop,
Community
Group Maqam Singing Classes: Arabic Music for All โ June 16
โ
JUN
17
WED
Cinema,
Politics,
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Friendly Strangers & Nour Chamoun presentโฆ Women Beyond Borders - ุฃุฑุถ ุงููุณุง
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JUN
17
WED
Cinema,
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Community
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Women Beyond Borders
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JUN
18
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OBLIVION: Forced Disappearance, Memory, Absence, and Political Erasure
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JUN
19
25
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Unidentified
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JUN
20
SAT
Party
Omar ุ - Omar's World
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JUN
21
SUN
Food,
Community,
Music
Malikah's Astoria Halal Fest 2026
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JUN
21
SUN
Music
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Inner Spaces (Amir Elsaffar + Lorenzo Bianchi-Hoesch)
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JUN
21
SUN
Party
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Disco Tehran
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JUN
25
THU
Community,
Sport
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World Cup Music Fest
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JUN
26
FRI
Music,
Party
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Bayou
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JUN
26
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Baila Habibi ุญุจูุจู NYC Yacht Party
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JUL
5
SUN
Dance
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Akram Khan Company: Thikra: Night of Remembering
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JUL
14
TUE
Literature,
Community
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[Hybrid] Literary Social Club: If An Egyptian Cannot Speak English
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JUL
14
TUE
Literature,
Community
๐ช๐ฌ
Literary Social Club
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JUL
15
WED
Music,
Community
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SummerStage: Morocco โ From Dakhla to Casablanca
โ
JUL
21
TUE
Comedy
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Malik Elassal
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JUL
22
WED
Comedy
๐ฑ๐ง
Malik Elassal
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JUL
23
AUG 28
Art
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Ceramics Now, Lizzy Chemel, Amir Hariri, Melissa Joseph
โ
JUL
23
THU
Comedy
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Malik Elassal
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SEP
18
FRI
Comedy,
Politics
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Bassem Youssef: The Belly of the Beast
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TBD
Cinema,
Politics
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The Square
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TBD
Music,
Fundraiser,
Politics
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Queens Performs for Palestine
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TBD
Comedy
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Sammy Obeid
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TBD
Art,
Workshop,
Community
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PRINT-MAKING OPEN STUDIO w/ DANIEL + FRANCESCA
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TBD
Workshop,
Art
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Traditional Turkish Mosaic Lamp Workshop in NYC
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TBD
Politics,
Community,
Workshop
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The MENA Capital Landscape: Risk, Resilience & the Road Ahead
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TBD
Cinema,
Politics
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The Hour of Liberation Has Arrived
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TBD
Music,
Workshop,
Community
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Arabic Singing Workshop with Hadi Eldebek | April 2026
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TBD
Cinema
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Promised Sky (+ Q&A)
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