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FOA are launching the second Palestine Awareness Week from Monday 4th to Sunday 10th November 2024.

With a year of ongoing genocide in Gaza and the continued occupation, we must create spaces to celebrate and raise awareness of what's happening in Palestine.

Palestine Awareness Week is a much-needed opportunity to organise for Palestine as well as unite to build a broader and stronger movement for a free Palestine. During this week we encourage every one of you, whether you’re an individual, part of an organisation, university societies, places of worship and any other network to organise events, start conversations and come together for Palestine. We must all make a consious effort to take part in activities and actions that help Palestine. We’re inviting you to join us for Palestine Awareness Week as an act of solidarity, to celebrate Palestine's rich history and culture, and to be inspired to demand justice for the Palestinian people.

Let's get ready to educate, empower and organise for Palestine!

Please note: we will soon be releasing FOA organised events for Palestine Awareness Week

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Event ideas:

Culture

• Exhibition of Palestinian traditional wear predating 1948

• Tatreez embroidery workshop

• Palestinian pottery painting workshop

• Sports day including sports traditionally played in Palestine

Food

• Supper club

• Cooking Palestinian food workshop

• Kanafe and a film night

• Picnic for Palestine

• Inivte a Palestinian chef to host an event

• University MasterChef style event

Faith

• An event on Masjid Al-Aqsa (a talk, mosque event, gallery on Al-Aqsa, kids workshop)

• Khutba

• Interfaith event supporting Palestine

• Childrens Aqsa arts & crafts

• Prophets in Palestine children's storytelling (we can provide the story)

Arts

• Gallery showcasing artwork on Palestine or by Palestinian artists

• Live drawing of something related to Palestine

• Spoken Word

• Comedy show

• Theatre night

• Host a Palestine art competition in your circle

Politics

• Conference

• Student conference

• Quiz

• Parliament event or plan a meeting with your MP during the week (We have a lobby during Palestine Awarenss Week for you to attend)

• Dedicate a podcast on Palestine during the week

• Host a local campaign street action during the week (we can provide you with campaign material)

History

• Gallery on the history of Palestine

• Timeline VR on the history

• A talk on the history of Palestine

Additional events:

• Sponsored bike ride or a walk for Palestine (with funds going to FOA to continue campaigning for Palestine & Al-Aqsa)

• Auction

• Tailored networking events

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Sponsorship

You can support this dynamic initiative by kindly sponsoring £250 towards Palestine Awareness Week. If interested, please email info@foa.org.uk. You will also get information on how your support is acknowledged.

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Please do make every effort to get involved in Palestine Awareness Week. Your event can be however big or small you want. As long as we utilise this time to all come together to celebrate and raise awareness of Palestine and Masjid Al-Aqsa.

If you have any questions, please email aisha@foa.org.uk