Our recent recommendations for Bristol Palestine Museum
Donations OTD! Screening of two pertinent Al Jazeera documentaries, dispelling the myth that pre-Nakba Palestine was of ‘a land without a people’, including a panel sharing their family stories and distant memories of a harmonious and undivided land.
2 short documentaries exploring what Palestine was like before the Nakba and the effect on Gaza today. Followed by discussion
Sell out warning! Come see Ramallah on the big screen! Thank You For Banking is Laila Abbas’ intimate and darkly humorous family drama, where two sisters unite against patriarchal inheritance laws to reclaim money from their beloved father. A stark reminder that, in amongst the horrors of war, Palestinian women must always fight a battle on several fronts.
Laila Abbas' funny and enthralling West Bank-set story of Mariam and Noura who must race against time to secure their inheritance while putting aside their own personal
Sell out warning! Inspirational sonic gathering sending solidarity and 100% of profits to three grassroots charities in Palestine. Featuring a string quartet and two choirs touching on Middle Eastern melodies and the classical jazz fusion of Rabih Abou-Khalil + Bristol’s answer to Frank Zappa, Fabio Ferreri, on guitar with BEJE’s David Mowat on trumpet.
The Island Folk Choir and Bristol Palestine Alliance Choir Join Forces for a Big Sing for Palestine, Accompanied by Bristol Musicians Fabio Ferri and Ben Mowat
A vital introductory evening on Palestinian embroidery and its relationship to resistance, with a talk and workshop on tatreez techniques and their importance from fair trade co-op founder Nawal Slemiah. Each tatreez stitch interweaves the maker’s life with ancestral biographical glyphs and cultural motifs, creating an act of historical preservation in the current climate of erasure.
Join Nawal Slemiah for an inspiring talk and hands-on Palestinian embroidery workshop celebrating resilience, culture, and craftsmanship.
Free entry! Bristol Palestine Alliance hosts another urgent discussion exploring how media outlets have distorted facts and suppressed pro-Palestine voices to conceal the West’s complicity in genocide. On the panel: police-harassed investigative journalist Sarah Wilkinson, Electronic Intifada reporter Asa Winstanley and Bristol East’s independent MP candidate Farooq Siddique.
How the media has been dehumanising Palestinians with one-sided reporting