BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:31351@arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20230922T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20230924T200000 DTSTAMP:20230707T151643Z URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/palestine-writes-literature-festiva l/ SUMMARY:Palestine Writes Literature Festival DESCRIPTION:\nPalestine Writes Literature Festival is back!\n\n\nPalestine Writes is the only North American literature festival dedicated to celebra ting and promoting cultural productions of Palestinian writers and artists . Born from the pervasive exclusion or tokenization of Palestinian voices in mainstream literary institutions\, Palestine Writes brings Palestinian cultural workers from all parts of Historic Palestine and our exiled Diasp ora together with peers from other marginalized groups in the United State s. Crossing multiple borders—geographic\, linguistic\, and cultural boun daries—writers\, artists\, publishers\, booksellers\, scholars\, musicia ns\, and thinkers will hold conversations about art\, literature\, and the intersections between culture and power\, struggle\, politics\, climate c hange\, sexuality\, human rights\, animal rights\, food sovereignty\, and more. The festival boasts panel discussions\, workshops\, music\, children ’s programming\, networking\, food\, readings\, dance\, theatre\, and or al storytelling.\n\n<\;p "="">\;By purchasing a ticket or registering to attend the festival\, you agree to the following TERMS OF AGREEMENT:Pal estine Writes is a celebration of Palestinian culture\, an ancient\, rich\ , and multi-layered indigenous heritage. The Palestine Writes board and st aff endeavor to ensure that the Palestine Writes Literature Festival (“F estival”) is a safe\, respectful\, and enriching experience for all. By registering for the Festival you are agreeing to the following terms\, whi ch form a legal contract between Palestine Writes and the registered atten dee and/or participant (“you”). If you are registering on behalf of an other\, it is your responsibility to ensure that the person attending is a ware of these terms and accepts them\, and by completing the registration you are warranting that you have made the attendee aware of these terms an d that they have accepted these terms.\n\nAll registrants and attendees of the Festival agree to refrain from disrupting\, heckling\, or otherwise s abotaging any feature of the Festival. You further agree not to bring any weapon\, alcohol\, or any illegal substance to the Festival\, and to abide by all venue rules and regulations.\n\n<\;p "="">\;By registering\, y ou acknowledge that Palestine Writes reserves the right to request your re moval from the Festival if Palestine Writes considers your behavior as c reating a disruption or hindering the Festival and/or the enjoyment of the Festival by other attendees or speakers. In such an event\, you will not be entitled to receive a refund of any money paid to Palestine Writes to a ttend the Festival\, nor of any other expenses incurred to attend the Fest ival.By registering\, you further acknowledge that the Festival will be ph otographed and/or videotaped for promotional purposes and that you may app ear in a photograph or video that is used by Palestine Writes for such pur poses. By voluntarily attending the Festival\, you grant Palestine Writes and/or one or more of its affiliates the right to take\, edit\, alter\, co py\, exhibit\, publish\, distribute\, and make use of any and all photos o r videos taken to be used in and/or for promotional and/or any other lawfu l purpose.\n\n<\;p "="">\;All intellectual property rights in and to t he Festival\, the Festival content\, and all materials distributed at or i n connection with the Festival\, including names\, trademarks and logos\, are owned by Palestine Writes and/or the Festival partners\, sponsors\, or speakers presenting at the Festival.\n\nA big thank you to our sponsors!\ n\nSilver Sponsorship\n\n\nAlix Gerz\n\n\nAhmet Tekelioglu\n\n\n\n\nBronze Sponsorship\n\n\nAl-Awda\, Palestine Right to Return Coalition\n\n\nAnera \n\n\nMobilization4Mumia\n\n\nMondoweiss\n\n\nJudith Butler\n\n\nManal Fak houry\n\n\nNoor Tamimi\n\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2 023/07/poster_board_4_3x.jpeg CATEGORIES:#arabic,Arab,Arab Ameircan Event,Arab American,Arab Festival,Palestine,Palestinian LOCATION:University of Pennsylvania\, 3417 Spruce St\, Philadelphia\, Penns ylvania\, 19104\, United States GEO:39.950914;-75.193874 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=3417 Spruce St\, Philadelph ia\, Pennsylvania\, 19104\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Unive rsity of Pennsylvania:geo:39.950914,-75.193874 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR