20 or 30-Something Arab Night
Are you in your twenties or thirties and interested in meeting other Arabs in this area?
Let's meet up!
What we have initiated is a monthly gathering of young Arab adults who hang out and talk about whatver: life, careers, music, politics, etc. We want it to be a place to have fun, network and make connections with other Arabs. This is not a singles event. All are welcome.
Hope to see you there.
Arab Center of Washington is currently looking for a volunteer or group of volunteers to coordinate future events for Arabs in their 20's and 30's. Please email info@arabcenter.net if you are interested.
Past Events:
August 27th, 2009
Dinner at Petra.
We gathered and ate at our very own Khaldoun Beleh's restaurantPetra Mediterranean Bistro. We ate fabulous kebabs and hummus and baba ganouj. I drank tamar hindi for the first time . . . delicious! I highly recommend this restaurant.
July 27th, 2009
BBQ at Crossroads Park- Fundraiser for the 2009 Festival
Goal is to have 60 people/raise $1,000 for the festival
June 9th, 2009
Happy Hour at ZigZag near Pike Place
It was a beautiful day. We had a wonderful mix of drinkers and non-drinkers. Thanks to Yazid's connections with the bartender, those of us who drank alcohol had amazing drinks.
June 7th, 2009(delayed May event)
Hike up Rattlesnake Ridge
The weather did not cooperate but everyone who turned out was a good sport. Fun group of about 15, some of whom this was their first hike. I was so impressed.
April 22nd, 2009
DAM Concert at the University of Washington brought to you by the Students for Justice In Palestine (UW Chapter)
March 15th, 2009
DJ and Arab Music at Casablanca (downtown)
Special thanks to DJ Nacer for the great music and Casablanca for hosting
Thanks to all those who dined, danced and donated. We raised ~$300 for Washington Moroccan Association and The Arab Center of Washington
February 22nd, 2009
Tarneeb Tournament at the B&O.
Congrats to Fadi and Ayman
Tarneeb Champions of 2009
January 25th, 2009
Bowling at Lucky Strike. Super fun. Sad to say, not much improvement in the scores from last game.
December 18, 2008
Cancelled due to weather.
November 19, 2008
Trivia night at Spitfire was interesting. Not much more I can say about that night.
October 23rd, 2008
Bowling was a blast . . and extremly hilarious. Each team of five, almost bowled over 400 pts. :)
September 24th, 2008
Mira! left a lot to be desired. Ugh! If anyone knows a good hookah place, please let me know.
August 26th, 2008
Despite the weather, we had 20+ people show. We had lots of delicious food including kufta kebab, chicken, kibbeh, hummus, etc. Lots of new faces which was nice to see. I did not get anyone's email (Ammar that includes you) so please make sure you are all signed up to receive the newsletter and stay in touch!
June 25th and July 24th, 2008
The usual suspects hanging out at the B&O. Plans made to change things up - BBQ planned.
May 29th, 2008
We had some new faces this time which was great. We entertained ourselves with jokes and stories. A few people from Microsoft mentioned that they are starting an Arab group as well. We ended up hanging out well past 930pm.
April 30th, 2008
We ate some good food and had some good drinks. We hung out until 1030pm talking about everything and nothing. People mentioned they wanted to do a hike and maybe do a trip to the aquarium. We talked about seeing a movie together and 4 of us ended up meeting up the following week to see "The Visitor".
March 19th, 2008
We brainstormed ideas for future events including a trip to an Arab club in Portland, starting a soccer team, picnic on the beach, shisha at Zaina's/Mira, and bowling.
If you have ideas and want to plan an event please let us know. We welcome all ideas and volunteers!
February 27, 2008
See photos!
About 10 of us made it out and had a great time. We're hoping more can join us next time.
Poll Results:
(1) Most of us get our news about the Middle East from aljazeera.com
(2) We get our music from:mazika.com, and itunes.com
(3) For Middle Eastern Food, we go to: Byblos in Lynnwood, Aladdin Gyro-cery in the U District, Gorgeous Georges on Greenwood,Pita King(for fresh pita)
