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Street Dabka
دبكة الشارعDabka pulled out of the hall and into the street, where anyone can join.
Street Dabka is a participatory movement project that brings Palestinian folk dabke into public and community spaces through simple, accessible workshops inspired by the atmosphere of weddings and social gatherings. The practice is flexible and can happen anywhere — studios, parks, streets, and public spaces — inviting anyone to join, learn the rhythm, and feel the collective energy of the dance.
Founded by Samer Karaja, farmer, Palestinian dancer, and choreographer from Saffa, Palestine.
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The Art of Living Film Series
سلسلة أفلام فن الحياةA film series on how Palestinian artists keep creating amid rupture.
The Art of Living Film Series began after October 7th, when filmmaker Hamza experienced complete creative paralysis. He began documenting how Palestinian artists in Ramallah continue to create, survive, and remain human amid rupture.
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Art from the Heart
فن من القلبVisual art and somatic movement as collective healing.
Art from the Heart is a research-informed art and somatic movement project using visual art and embodied practice as collective healing. Grounded in Palestinian lived experience, the project creates space to process frustration, anger, grief, and resilience through shared creation — informed by the legacy of the Nakba and ongoing catastrophe.
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ONGOING
The Little Palestine Project
مشروع فلسطين الصغيرةAn oral history project gathering the stories of Little Palestine's immigrant community.
The Little Palestine Project is seeking to interview community members who immigrated from an Arab country and are currently living in the southwest Chicago suburb known as "Little Palestine." Through recorded conversations, the project documents the journeys, memories, and everyday lives that shaped this neighborhood into a home away from home.
If you'd like to share your story, you can reach the project at littlepalestineproject@gmail.com or submit the interest form.
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AUG 2025
The puppet show
عرض الدمىA night of shadow puppetry and giant puppets in Little Palestine, reviving an ancestral art as an act of defiance.
On August 22nd, Palestinian youth, families, and allies brought Little Palestine alive with creativity, solidarity, and ancestral expression — leading into a five-mile march down Chicago's lakefront trail the following Sunday. Two shows were performed: a ceremonial wedding and a sunbird dance, staged to expand the imagination of local children, uplift community spirits, and ground everyone in Gaza while reviving the ancestral arts of theatre and shadow puppetry. It was also an act of defiance against Chicago alderpersons who, in January 2025, attempted to censor a puppet from the Chicago Cultural Center simply for naming the death toll of children in Gaza. Our art will never be silenced; with it we resist.
AUG 2025
The puppet parade
مسيرة الدمىThe largest puppet parade in the United States, by distance and by number of giant puppets.
The Sunshine Puppeteers Pro-Palestine Puppet Parade took place on August 24, 2025, running six miles along the Chicago lakefront — more than twice the length of Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade at 2.5 miles — and carried more than 20 giant puppets standing 5 to 15 feet tall. Over 50 professional and volunteer puppeteers traveled from Chicago, Minneapolis, and Cincinnati to march alongside families, children, and activists in a single collaborative artistic and political statement.
