Category: Announcements

Valley Shore Community TV Features “Rest in My Shade”

Faisal Saleh and Dina Omar are guests on Valley Shore Community Television’s segment on “Poetry of Immigrants,” talking about the Palestine Museum US, and Palestinian culture. From 50:45-54:09, the host reads an excerpt from “Rest in My Shade,” which is being sponsored by the Palestine Museum. See the video at http://www.esenetworks.com/player.aspx?id=51988&content-id=175391.

Crowdsourcing art

We knew there was a lot of fantastic art of olive trees made by Palestinians, but it wouldn’t be easy to find it for consideration for our book. We decided to crowdsource the art on a Facebook page dedicated to Rest in My Shade, and what a great idea that was! Friends all over the world shared examples of their…