Makan

Palestine and Intersectional Anti-Racism in Schools
2024-09-14 10:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London)
Sarona Bedwan, Makan’s Programmes manger will take part in this workshop on issues of race and racism surrounding Palestine. The workshop will examine the colonial connections between antisemitism, anti-Arab racism and Islamophobia, and discuss intersectional strategies for confronting these forms of prejudice in UK schools.
Register here.

How to Talk About Palestine Workshop
2024-09-18 18:00 - 20:30 (Europe/London)
Sign up to our ‘How To Talk About Palestine Workshop’ to unpack common misconceptions you come across in the conversation on the Palestinian liberation struggle. In a safe discussion space, we will go through a variety of recurring talking points regularly heard in the media and the wider public conversation, and collectively analyse these arguments and how to respond to them.
Apply here.

Palestinian Digital Rights, Genocide and Big Tech Accountability Talk with Amnesty & 7amleh
2024-10-09 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
Moderated by Makan and anchored in 7amleh’s and Amnesty Tech’s critical work, this event will centre the necessity for organisers and human rights defenders to become educated on their digital rights one year into Israel’s genocide in Gaza and ongoing apartheid regime. Providing both legal and research based expertise, speakers will unpack how Israel violates digital rights, with the complicity of big tech corporations such as META and Instagram, to spy on and punish human rights defenders globally, and will speak to advocacy and policy efforts offer practical steps on what activists can do to protect themselves and their advocacy efforts across digital platforms.
Where: Palestine House, 113 High Holborn, London, UK / In-person event

Trinity College Dublin - How to tell the story of Palestine
2024-10-14 18:00 - 20:30 (Europe/London)
Trinity College Dublin’s Services Industrial Professional & Technical Union Workers (SIPTU) are hosting Sarona Bedwan, Makan’s Programmes Manager, for a training focusing on ‘’How to tell the story of Palestine’’. This training will delve into the key frameworks and concepts through which the Palestinian struggle can be understood, such as settler-colonialism, occupation, apartheid, peace process, Nakba, and more. Through interweaving a historical and conceptual analysis of the trajectory of the Palestinian cause, this workshop offers a critical understanding of Palestine, its history, and the discourse around it.

Palestine Mini-Series 1: The lead up to the Nakba
2024-10-16 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/London)
This Palestine Mini-Series offers a cohesive understanding of the Palestinian struggle through four 1-hour sessions taking place every other week. The series interweaves historical overview with an analysis of the framing of the Palestinian struggle. The aim is to empower you with the knowledge needed to not just know historical facts, but to be able to effectively talk about and frame Palestine. You can attend all sessions for cumulative knowledge or select one(s) specific to your needs/interest.
The first session focuses on the local and global context of the early 20th century to provide an understanding of the period leading up to the Nakba. The session will include a 40 minute talk and a Q&A section.
Deadline to Register: Tuesday 15th October, 6pm London time
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Nowhere' at Battersea Arts Centre post show panel on 'The Space of Solidarity'
2024-10-17 19:30 - 22:30 (Europe/London)
Makan Director, Aimee Shalan, will participate in post show panel on solidarity following the performance of ‘Nowhere’, written and performed by Khalid Abdalla

Gender, Sexuality and Anti-Colonialism in Palestine
2024-10-22 18:00 - 20:30 (Europe/London)
This interactive workshop will critique intersectionality and examine gender and sexuality in relation to Palestine. By focusing on the roles of Israeli settler colonialism and Western imperialism in gender and sexual oppression, as well as looking at frameworks for resistance and liberation, this training goes beyond the pinkwashing framework to deepen our solidarity.
This workshop is suitable for people who are involved in the queer and feminist movement and would like to learn more about how it applies to the context of Palestine, and/or for people who are involved in the Palestinian liberation movement and would like to learn more about how queer and feminist liberation is central to it.
Deadline to Apply is Wednesday 16 October, 6pm London time
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Makan & shado mag: How To Talk About Palestine
2024-10-23 19:00 - 21:30 (America/New_York)
Jointly held by shado mag & Makan, this workshop helps participants hone their skills when talking about Palestine by offering communication tips on how to engage in such conversations, and by building participants’ confidence to know how to respond to various arguments. Through facilitating a safe discussion space, we go through a variety of recurring talking points regularly heard in the media and the wider public conversation, and we collectively analyse these arguments and how to respond to them.
This workshop is suitable for people with foundational or advanced knowledge on Palestine who would like to develop how to best debunk arguments in the mainstream narrative.
Deadline to Apply is Thursday 17 October, 6pm London time
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Palestine Mini-Series 2: Settler Colonialism & Imperialism
2024-10-30 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/London)
This Palestine Mini-Series offers a cohesive understanding of the Palestinian struggle through four 1-hour sessions taking place every other week. The series interweaves historical overview with an analysis of the framing of the Palestinian struggle. The aim is to empower you with the knowledge needed to not just know historical facts, but to be able to effectively talk about and frame Palestine. You can attend all sessions for cumulative knowledge or select one(s) specific to your needs/interest.
The second session discusses Palestine as a struggle against settler-colonialism and a global struggle against imperialism. The session will include a 40 minute talk and a Q&A section.
Deadline to Register: Tuesday 29th October, 6pm London time
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Amnesty International Student Training Day (Bristol)
2024-11-02 10:30 - 17:00 (Europe/London)
Join us on 2 November 2024 in Bristol for a dedicated day of training and organising. We’ve partnered with Amnesty International UK to help equip you with the knowledge and skills to effectively debate, hold meaningful conversations, and navigate your legal rights to protest and take action on campus.
Don’t miss this chance to connect with like-minded activists, share experiences, and gain practical tools to take your activism further this academic year!
Click here for more information and to register.

Palestine Mini Series 3: Framing Israeli Apartheid: Uses and Limitations for Palestine Advocacy
2024-11-13 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/London)
This Palestine Mini-Series offers a cohesive understanding of the Palestinian struggle through four 1-hour sessions taking place every other week. The series interweaves historical overview with an analysis of the framing of the Palestinian struggle. The aim is to empower you with the knowledge needed to not just know historical facts, but to be able to effectively talk about and frame Palestine. You can attend all sessions for cumulative knowledge or select one(s) specific to your needs/interest.
The third session critically examines the apartheid framework in relation to the Palestinian context, outlining its strategic uses and its limitations. The session will include a 40 minute talk and a Q&A section.
Deadline to Register: Tuesday 12th November, 6pm London time
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Fighting Systems of Oppression: How Do Our Principles Guide Our Work for Justice?
2024-11-13 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/London)
Makan Director, Aimee Shalan, will be joining educators and organisers that are doing powerful work for justice, locally, nationally, and globally–from resisting genocide to fighting for abolitionist futures.
We will discuss and learn from each other’s experiences about how the principles we hold dear help guide and shape our work for justice.
Speakers:
Welcome: Nina Mehta is a community educator and co-director of PARCEO, a community research, resource, and education center that partners with a range of groups and institutions to strengthen our collective work for justice.
Moderator: Morgan Bassichis is a writer and performer who has been a member of Jewish Voice for Peace-New York City since 2014. They co-edited the anti-zionist anthology Questions to Ask Before Your Bat Mitzvah, published by Wendy’s Subway in 2023.
Ujju Aggarwal is an Assistant Professor at The New School. She brings a long history of working to build organizing for educational justice, immigrants’ rights, and abolition as well as projects at the intersection of arts and social justice, popular education, and adult literacy.
Nyle Fort is a minister, organizer, and scholar. He is currently an Assistant Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies at Columbia University.
Darakshan Raja is the founding director of Muslims for Just Futures (MJF) where she manages the organization’s overall development, programming, administration, and strategic direction. She leads MJF’s national advocacy and movement-building efforts, local Chicago power-building programming, and DC Guaranteed Income Program.
Aimee Shalan is a British-Palestinian and Director of Makan, a not for profit organisation providing transformative education to strengthen the movement for Palestinian liberation.
Lesley Williams is a longtime advocate for Palestinian rights and for anti racism in local and municipal government and services.
Register here.

Free the People, Free the Land: Climate Justice Training
2024-11-19 18:00 - 20:30 (Europe/London)
This workshop aims to develop understandings of the material connections between justice for Palestine and climate justice. The session will dive into the relationship between settler colonialism and ecological violence on a local level, and discuss the relationship between the climate crisis and imperialism on a global scale and why the climate justice movement should have Palestine and anti-imperialism at the heart of it.
This workshop is suitable for people involved in the climate justice movement who would like to learn more about how climate justice connects to Palestine, and/or for people who are involved in the Palestine movement and would like to learn how climate justice relates.
Deadline to Apply is Wednesday 13 November, 6pm London time
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Edward Said: The Question of Palestine
2024-11-20 19:30 - 21:30 (Europe/London)
Hosted by Makan Director, Aimee Shalan, to mark the re-publication of Edward Said’s The Question of Palestine, this landmark event gathers eight key authors to reflect on the enduring legacy of Said’s work and its role in the ongoing Palestinian struggle for self-determination.

Gender, Sexuality & Anti-Colonialism in Palestine
2024-11-27 11:30 - 15:30 (Europe/London)
This interactive workshop will critique intersectionality and examine gender and sexuality in relation to Palestine. By focusing on the roles of Israeli settler colonialism and Western imperialism in gender and sexual oppression, as well as looking at frameworks for resistance and liberation, this workshop goes beyond the pink-washing framework to deepen our solidarity.

This workshop is suitable for people who are involved in queer and feminist movements and would like to learn more about how feminist/queer struggles relate to the context of Palestine, and/or for people who are involved in the Palestinian liberation movement and would like to learn more about how queer and feminist liberation is central to it.
The workshop will be jointly facilitated by Sarona from Makan and Ghiwa from Kohl. It has been organised with the Queer Hope and Futures Project (led by Aytak, Qais, and Akanksha) and the Centre for Feminist Research.
This workshop is being held at Goldsmiths, University of London. The venue will be in the main building (Richard Hoggart Building – RHB) on Goldsmiths campus in New Cross, SE London – https://maps.app.goo.gl/RfbADo3zfoAVAeBo6 The exact room will be emailed before the workshop to confirmed participants. The room will be accessible by lift.

The workshop will run from 11:30 AM to 3:30 PM with an hour break for lunch (1-2 PM) and hot lunch will be provided for everyone. We have approximately 30 spaces for the workshop.

Register here

Palestine Mini Series 4: Where are we today? (Online Workshop)
2024-11-27 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/London)
This Palestine Mini-Series offers a cohesive understanding of the Palestinian struggle through four 1-hour sessions taking place every other week. The series interweaves historical overview with an analysis of the framing of the Palestinian struggle. The aim is to empower you with the knowledge needed to not just know historical facts, but to be able to effectively talk about and frame Palestine. You can attend all sessions for cumulative knowledge or select one(s) specific to your needs/interest.
The final session focuses on the current period in the Palestinian struggle, focusing on the consequences of the so-called ‘peace process’ and on current forms of Palestinian and global resistance. The session will include a 40 minute talk and a Q&A section.
Deadline to Register: Tuesday 26th November, 6pm London time
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Solidarity is the Political Version of Love: Book Talk & Panel
2024-11-30 19:30 - 21:30 (Europe/London)
Makan Programmes & Outreach Manager, Sarona Bedwan, will participate on a panel discussion alongside Rebecca Vilkomerson, Rabbi Alissa Wise, Ben Jamal, and Asad Rehman following a book talk featuring the themes of their new book, Solidarity is the Political Version of Love: Lessons From Jewish Anti-Zionist Organizing.

Nothing About Us Without Us: Disability Justice & Palestine Training (Online Training)
2024-12-03 18:00 - 20:30 (Europe/London)
In this interactive workshop, co-developed with Diversity & Ability, we examine concepts of disability and disablement in relation to Palestine. Through growing our understanding of disability justice in Palestine, we explore how disability justice is not only a human rights issue but also an integral part of the broader anti-colonial movement.
This workshop is suitable for people who are involved in the disability justice movement and would like to learn more about how it applies to the context of Palestine, and/or for people who are involved in the Palestinian liberation movement and would like to learn more about how disability justice is central to it.
Deadline to apply: Wednesday 27 November, 6pm London time
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How to Talk About Palestine (Online Workshop)
2024-12-04 19:00 - 21:30 (Europe/London)
We’re excite to collaborate with Cutting The Tightrope for our How To Talk About Palestine workshop. This online workshop helps participants hone their skills when talking about Palestine by offering communication tips on how to engage in such conversations, and by building participants’ confidence to know how to respond to various arguments. Through facilitating a safe discussion space, we go through a variety of recurring talking points regularly heard in the media and the wider public conversation, and we collectively analyse these arguments and how to respond to them.

This workshop is suitable for people with foundational or advanced knowledge on Palestine who would like to develop how to best debunk arguments in the mainstream narrative.

Register today!

How to Talk About Palestine
2024-12-07 11:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London)
We’re excite to collaborate with Cutting The Tightrope for our How To Talk About Palestine workshop. This in person workshop helps participants hone their skills when talking about Palestine by offering communication tips on how to engage in such conversations, and by building participants’ confidence to know how to respond to various arguments. Through facilitating a safe discussion space, we go through a variety of recurring talking points regularly heard in the media and the wider public conversation, and we collectively analyse these arguments and how to respond to them.

This workshop is suitable for people with foundational or advanced knowledge on Palestine who would like to develop how to best debunk arguments in the mainstream narrative.

Register today!

Reframing Palestine (Online Training) Makan & shado mag
2025-01-22 18:30 - 21:00 (Europe/London)
Jointly held by shado mag & Makan, this training will delve into the key frameworks and concepts through which the Palestinian struggle can be understood, such as settler-colonialism, occupation, apartheid, peace process, Nakba, and more. Through interweaving a historical and conceptual analysis of the trajectory of the Palestinian cause, this workshop offers a critical understanding of Palestine, its history, and the discourse around it.
This workshop is suitable for people who would like to establish or refresh their base foundational knowledge on Palestine.
Click here to apply, please note the application deadline is Thursday 16th January, 6.00pm London time*

Nothing About Us Without Us: Disability Justice & Palestine Training (Online Training) - Makan & shado mag
2025-02-05 18:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
Jointly held by shado mag & Makan, and co-developed with Diversity & Ability, we examine concepts of disability and disablement in relation to Palestine. Through growing our understanding of disability justice in Palestine, we explore how disability justice is not only a human rights issue but also an integral part of the broader anti-colonial movement.
This workshop is suitable for people who are involved in the disability justice movement and would like to learn more about how it applies to the context of Palestine, and/or for people who are involved in the Palestinian liberation movement and would like to learn more about how disability justice is central to it.
Apply today!
Deadline to apply: Wednesday 29 January, 6pm London time

How to Talk About Palestine (Online Workshop) - Makan & shado mag
2025-02-19 18:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
Jointly held by shado mag & Makan, this online workshop helps participants hone their skills when talking about Palestine by offering communication tips on how to engage in such conversations, and by building participants’ confidence to know how to respond to various arguments. Through facilitating a safe discussion space, we go through a variety of recurring talking points regularly heard in the media and the wider public conversation, and we collectively analyse these arguments and how to respond to them.

This workshop is suitable for people with foundational or advanced knowledge on Palestine who would like to develop how to best debunk arguments in the mainstream narrative.

Register today!

Settler Colonialism & Imperialism (Online Mini-Lecture)
2025-02-25 18:30 - 19:30 (Europe/London)
This Palestine Mini-Lecture is a 1-hour session which interweaves historical overview with an analysis of the framing of the Palestinian struggle. The aim is to empower you with the knowledge needed to not just know historical facts, but to be able to effectively talk about and frame Palestine. The ‘Settler Colonialism & Imperialism’ session discusses Palestine as a local struggle against settler-colonialism and a global struggle against imperialism.
This session includes a 40 minute lecture, and a short Q&A.
Register today!
Registration Deadline – Monday 24th February, 12pm London time

'The imprisonment of our people and our archives': A conversation with Makan, Alia Al Sabi and Zena Agha (In-person event)
2025-02-28 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | Reference Point, 2 Arundel St, Temple, London, WC2R 3DA
Book your place here
The genocide in the Gaza Strip represents an intensification and acceleration of Israel’s colonial practices against Palestinians living on the ground and in exile. At the same time, education, research, the university, and archives are sites where these colonial practices coalesce.
For decades, Israel has targeted Palestinian educational institutions through raids, closures, and bombardments, routinely stealing and destroying archives and records, while educators and students have been subjected to scholasticide, kidnappings, torture, and imprisonment, with at least 10,000 Palestinians currently being held captive inside of Israeli prisons.
And today, following the physical destruction of every university building in Gaza, an urgent question Palestinian scholars have been contending with since the Nakba is how do we do the work of producing knowledge, archiving our histories, and mapping out our futures under a settler colonial and apartheid regime that seeks to erase our existence?
Makan’s upcoming conversation with scholars Alia Al-Sabi and Zena Agha will explore the nature of archiving in this context and how conditions of oppression manifest for Palestinian researchers and archivists working in different locations.

Where: Reference Point, 2 Arundel St, Temple, London WC2R 3DA
When: 28th of February
Time: Doors open at 7pm. Conversation begins at 7.30 and will last until 9.00pm.
Please note this is an in-person event and registration is needed in order to attend.
The Syrian Sunflower will be providing snacks at the event

About Alia Al Sabi

Alia is a writer and researcher based in Brooklyn, New York. She is currently a PhD Candidate in the Performance Studies department at NYU, where she is researching prison literatures in various archives in Palestine. Her research focus considers theories of movement and subversion within logics of surveillance and confinement through examining the textual practices produced within carceral structures.

About Zena Agha
Zena is a Palestinian-Iraqi writer, poet and multi-disciplinary artist from London. She previously served as the US Policy Fellow for Al-Shabaka: the Palestinian Policy Network, where her areas of expertise include Israeli spatial practices, climate change and Palestinian adaptive capabilities. She was awarded the Kennedy Scholarship to undertake a Masters in Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University, and is currently an ESRC-funded doctoral candidate at Newcastle University exploring colonial cartography in Palestine.

About Makan:
Makan is an independent, non-partisan organisation dedicated to intersectional learning. Our approach is grounded in a belief that education is a liberatory act that can lay the ground for structural change. Situating Palestine within the context of other human rights, social justice and global liberation movements, we work towards transformation by adopting educational approaches that capture the history of the Palestinian struggle and the realities on the ground. We aim to support advocates as part of a community that is not only well-informed, interconnected, and empowered, but passionately committed to cultivating a future for Palestinians built on freedom, justice, and dignity.

Settler Colonialism & Ecological Violence in Palestine (Online Mini-Series)
2025-03-05 18:30 - 20:30 (Europe/London)
Session 1: ‘Settler Colonialism & Ecological Violence in Palestine’

The first workshop of our Climate Justice online Mini-Series aims to deepen understanding of settler colonialism as the driver of land and natural resource destruction in Palestine. The workshop will expand how we think of violence, and explore how settler colonialism both disrupts Indigenous people’s sovereignty over land as well as weaponises natural resources and ‘greenwashing’ to conceal settler violence. Through this, the session will provide a strong foundation for understanding and articulating ecological violence in Palestine.

These sessions prioritise interactivity and invites participants to engage in close reading of texts and images in group discussions, and are interspersed with lecturing.
This workshop is suitable for people who are involved in the climate justice movement and would like to learn more about how it applies to the context of Palestine, and/or for people who are involved in the Palestinian liberation movement and would like to learn more about how climate justice is central to it.

Apply today!
Settler Colonialism & Ecological Violence in Palestine’ Deadline – Thursday 27 February, 6pm (GMT)

Makan Educational Facilitator Training Programme (Online)
2025-03-16 11:00 - 13:30 (Europe/London)
Purpose Of The Facilitator Programme:

Support Makan’s Programmes team by co-facilitating our educational trainings and workshops on an ad hoc basis alongside a member of our staff
Gain transferable knowledge and skills on how to facilitate workshops to support the wider liberation movement
Build networks with people who are engaging with the Palestine liberation movement

Criteria That We Will Be Looking For:

This programme is suitable for those:

Who are familiar with Makan’s work and have previously attended our workshops or trainings (online or in-person)
Who have experience in education. Experience can mean you have studied education or have facilitated workshops for various audiences (e.g. grassroots organisations, unions, student groups)
Arabic is not required but desirable
Strong knowledge on Palestine
Preferable – Experience working on wider social justice issues (e.g. climate justice, disability, gender and sexuality)

Setting Expectations For The Application Process

Deadline to submit an application is Tuesday 25 February 6.00pm London time
Makan will reach out to you by with next steps by Wednesday 26 February
If you’re application is successful, we’ll ask you for a 30 minute zoom call in the time between your acceptance and the facilitator training
Please reserve Sunday 16 March from 11.00am – 1.30pm for the online 2.5 hour Facilitator Programme Training
Following the Facilitator Programme Training, you will be invited on an ad-hoc basis to support Makan by co-delivering our educational trainings based on your availability

Payment For Facilitators:

You will be compensated for each workshop/training you facilitate with Makan
Any transport costs incurred to facilitate an in-person training will be reimbursed by Makan

Apply now!
Deadline to submit an application is Tuesday 25 February 6.00pm London time

Reconnecting Gaza, Empowering the Future - Makan & 7amleh joint webinar
2025-03-18 19:00 - 20:00 (Europe/London)
This joint webinar by Makan & 7amleh provides an overview of 7amleh’s report publication, ‘Gaza Telecommunications Infrastructure: Assessment of Damages and Humanitarian Impact’. This session will:

Explain what telecommunications and digital rights are, and what their importance to the Palestinian struggle is

Explore how Israel weaponises repeated telecommunications blackouts as a method to silence and isolate Palestinians in Gaza

Highlight how the urgent need to rebuild Gaza’s communications infrastructure is central to achieving digital rights and justice

The session will include a 40 minute talk and a short Q&A.
Register for the webinar
Deadline to register is Monday 17 March 6.00pm London time

Connecting Israel, Imperialism & the Climate Crisis (Online Mini-Series 2)
2025-03-19 19:00 - 20:30 (Europe/London)
Session 2: ‘Connecting Israel, Imperialism & the Climate Crisis’

The second workshop of the Mini-Series aims to deepen knowledge on imperialism as a framework to analyse the connection between Palestine and the climate crisis. The session will dive into the relationship between imperialism and resource extraction in Palestine and the wider Arab region. It will also touch upon other contexts to show how global imperialism aims to profit from over-consuming natural resources, and how this both fuels the climate crisis and shapes the contemporary situation in Palestine today.

These sessions prioritise interactivity and invites participants to engage in close reading of texts and images in group discussions, and are interspersed with lecturing.
This workshop is suitable for people who are involved in the climate justice movement and would like to learn more about how it applies to the context of Palestine, and/or for people who are involved in the Palestinian liberation movement and would like to learn more about how climate justice is central to it.

Apply today!
Connecting Israel, Imperialism & the Climate Crisis’ Deadline – Wednesday 12 March, 6pm (GMT)

Palestine, Gender and Sexuality Series with Makan & Queercircle Workshop 1: Zionism, Gender, and Sexuality
2025-04-09 18:30 - 20:30 (Europe/London) | Building 4, 3 Barton Yard, London, SE10 0BN, Building 4, 3 Barton Yard, London, SE10 0BN
In the first part of our ‘Palestine, Gender and Sexuality’ workshop series, we examine the relationship between colonialism and gender broadly, and examine how this applies in the context of Palestine. This workshop will focus specifically on the role of gender in the construction of Israeli society historically, during the early days of the Zionist movement and the foundation of the Israeli state, before examining how the role of gender in Israeli society has adapted and shifted over time, co-opting progressive ideas but maintaining these same colonial goals.
The workshops in this series prioritise interactivity and invite participants to engage in close reading of texts and images in group discussions, and are interspersed with lecturing.
Register here.
