FARAH In Action
Community Events and FundraisersCelebrate,
educate,
advocate.
Community Events and Fundraisers
- December 29, 2024: Sweet Nablusi Knafeh & Savory Egyptian Fateer making workshop at Popolari Restaurant, Little Falls
- February 22, 2025: Ladies Night of Belly Dancing lesson & history, Henna Artistry, Arab wines and food at The Space Gallery, Montclair
- March 24-April 27, 2025: Roots of Radiance Art Exhibit Celebrating Arab and Arab American Artists at The Space Gallery, Montclair
- April 3, 2025: Arab DJ Dance Party at Porta Montclair
- April 2025: Programming with the Montclair Public Library: Bilingual Arabic-English Children’s Book Readings Khalil Gibran The Prophet film screening and poetry readings
FARAH Festival: A Joyful Celebration of Arab American Heritage
On April 26, 2025 we kicked off the first-ever Arab American Heritage Month festival in Montclair at the Montclair Art Museum.
Our continued goal for the festival is to introduce, educate, and engage families and individuals from Montclair and the surrounding communities to Arab heritage and culture. By doing this we aim to broaden the awareness and understanding of our rich cultural heritage and help to change the negative stereotypes about Arabs in America.
Festivities Included:
- Dance and Musical Performances
- Food Vendors featuring Arab cuisine
- Wine & Spirits from the Arab world
- Mocktails with Arab flavors
- Marketplace (Souk) featuring local artisans
- Cultural Crafts & Story readings for kids
In April 2021 the United States Department of State recognized April as National Arab American Heritage Month. The Arab American community in the U.S. is estimated today to number 3.7 million people.
Arab Americans constitute an ethnicity made up of several waves of immigrants from Arabic-speaking countries of the Middle East, North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa that have been settling in sizable numbers in the United States since the 1880s.
Today’s Arab American community is made up of individuals with heritage that reflects a culture that is thousands of years old and have roots from one of 22 Arab countries in the Middle East and North Africa: Algeria, Bahrain, the Comoros Islands, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.