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This year, Yalda, the winter solstice festival celebrated across Iran, Afghanistan, and elsewhere in the SWANA region, takes place as Gaza faces over two months of genocide. As part of programming associated with the installation Bear Witness: Honoring Gaza’s Martyrs, join us for an evening of Iranian and Afghan solidarity with Palestine to mark the winter solstice and raise money for Gaza. Featuring art and food from local artists, all sales will go to support the Gaza Mutual Aid Solidarity Campaign which has been sending direct aid to displaced & distressed families in Gaza to meet their basic needs during these catastrophic times.

When: December 22, 2023, 6–9pm
Where: Public Functionary, Northrup King #247, 1500 Jackson Street NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413
Accessibility: The gallery is ADA accessible

For sale

• Ceramic watermelon pins made by Katayoun Amjadi, Joy O’Conner, Q.arma Building artists, and the Minneapolis Clay Collective
• Letterpress-printed posters and stamp-printed postcards designed by Lamia Abukhadra, Andrea Shaker, and Jamie Kubat
• Posters, postcards, shirts, and stickers from Spill Oil, Not Paint
• Osh reshteh (Hearty Iranian bean and noodle soup)
• Sholleh zard (Iranian rice pudding flavored with saffron, rosewater, and cardamom)
• Embroidered patches by Nailah Taman
• And more!

Drumming, 7pm

Drumming performance at 7pm from Yalla! Drum of New Arab American Theater Works

Additional collaborator in Yalda for Gaza: Afghan Cultural Society

Bear Witness: Honoring Gaza’s Martyrs and its programs are presented by Mizna, UMN Students for Justice in Palestine, UMN Palestine Studies Working Group (soon to become Faculty for Justice in Palestine), and Public Functionary and supported by the Headwaters Foundation.

The installation is on view through December 31, 2023.

Find more events and resources for Gaza at our page, Toward a Free Palestine