Combining storytelling, standup comedy, and mask performance, The Horse of Jenin is constructed from fragments of Palestinian actor and comedian Alaa Shehada’s own memories—including the actual Horse of Jenin sculpture built from rubble after the 2003 invasion—and stands as an ode to the power of imagination and the resilience it brings. This exclusive in-person Seattle screening of Alaa's 80-minute performance at Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2025 will be followed by a talkback with local artists whose creative liberation work draws compelling parallels with Alaa’s groundbreaking performance: Kamari Bright, Diana Fakhoury, and Hala Saleh. 

The play opens as a woman walks into an autobody shop in the town of Herzliya, Israel, and starts talking to a mechanic who works there. This seems quite natural until the conversation progresses, a mystery starts to unfold, and tensions build. One of the two people is Palestinian, one of them is Jewish Israeli—and by the end of the play, both their lives will be changed forever. The screening will be followed by a discussion with playwrights Hanna Eady and Edward Mast. 

From Executive Producer Macklemore, The Encampments offers an urgent, intimate portrait of America’s student movement, ignited at Columbia University as students protested their universities’ ties to the war on Gaza. Their actions sparked a nationwide uprising, with encampments spreading across hundreds of campuses. Featuring detained activist Mahmoud Khalil, alongside professors, whistleblowers, and organizers, the film captures the deeper stakes of a historic moment that continues to reverberate across the globe

A Nubian woman who was forcibly displaced from her village in the south of Egypt due to its intentional flooding for the construction of the Aswan High Dam, tells her true story interwoven with a traditional folktale passed down to her from her grandmother. 

Join us for an enchanting evening featuring the mesmerizing sounds of the Oud, performed by the talented Habib Shahadeh Hanna.

Set at the site of a massacred Palestinian village--Deir Yassin--which is now occupied by an Israeli mental health institution, this play explores the collective memory of the Palestinian people. Through a multiplicity of voices and vividly surreal scenes, the four characters deliver a profoundly relevant narrative about atrocity, displacement, human relationships, and hope.

Playwright Hanna Eady says, “Through remembrance, storytelling, and resilience, the play demonstrates the essence of Palestinian sumud, or steadfastness. This is not a passive quality, but an active one that perseveres through attempts to silence historical truths.” 

Severed tells the story of Mohamad Saleh, an 18-year-old who lost his home, family members, best friends, and, at the age of 12, his leg, from multiple assaults on Gaza.

Join us for a soul-stirring evening of Arab classical music with House of Tarab, Seattle’s beloved takht ensemble. Let the sounds of oud, qanun, nay, and riqq transport you to the golden age of Arabic music.

Woven from personal and shared histories, Of Us by Jenna Eady and Tariq Mitri is a testament to Palestinian resilience and spirit and a reflection of the long standing connection between its creators.

This Seattle premiere by Palestinian playwright Hanna Eady and Seattle-based playwright Edward Mast deftly dramatizes the tensions between a Palestinian and an Israeli Jew who might have known each other in the past.

abila, a Nubian woman who was forcibly relocated from her village in the south of Egypt due to its intentional flooding for the construction of the Aswan High Dam, tells the story of her people through her own incredible biography as well as through the ancient Nubian folkloric tales she grew up with.

Dunya Productions first holiday fundraiser, featuring a staged reading of A Muslim Christmas Carol by Nabra Nelson, a silent auction, and refreshments & Syrian appetizers!