MIT Arab Students' Organization

🍵🌍 Riwaq: A*O Biweekly Grad Tea Forum

Need a break from the lab 🧪? Join us for Riwaq, a new bi-weekly space to unwind, connect, and build community with folks from—or interested in—the broad region.

🗓️ Wednesday, Feb 25 | 7:00 PM
📍4th floor R&D Pub of Stata (Building 32)

Come for the tea, stay for the culture ✨

Expect cozy community vibes and future plans like:
🎧 music listening sessions
📽️ film screenings
🏛️ shared history
🍽️ food + storytelling

Who’s welcome?
Focused on grad students & postdocs, but open to any MIT member (including undergrads!) who’s interested in the region and culture.

🍯 On the menu: rotating tea + desserts — a different Arab country is featured each time! 🥐

We are starting with Egypt () because, of course, مصر أم الدنيا (Mas Omm ElDonia/Egypt, Mother of the World)! 🇪🇬

To help us cut down on waste, please bring your own mug if you can so we can avoid single-use cups! ♻️

The A*O is excited to announce that we’ll be sponsoring FREE Dabke classes hosted by this semester!

Join us to learn this traditional dance originating in the Levantine region - Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan.

If you’re interested in participating, please fill out our non-binding interest form: (https://forms.gle/biEQprppkbcDYpv89)

🗓️ Thursday, February 12th
⏰ 7:30 PM
📍Wellbeing Lab - W20 3rd Floor
🍰 Tea & desserts provided!

The African Student Association, Arab Student Organisation, Eritrean-Ethiopian Student Association, and Muslim Student Association proudly invite you to our Thanksgiving dinner! 🦃
Come on Tuesday, November 26 at 6 pm to the BC Porter Room ✨ Link to RSVP in our bio!

We, as MIT Arab Students of conscience, wholly condemn the MIT administration’s attacks on PhD student Prahlad Iyengar

Banning Prahlad from campus and disrupting his graduate career without due process is not an acceptable response to him exercising his right to free speech. We demand that MIT end its censorship of Prahlad and Written Revolution.

Free Palestine 🇵🇸 🇵🇸🇵🇸

[SUPER IMPORTANT] TLDR: ELECTIONS ARE COMING UP AND WE NEED YOU TO READ AND FILL OUT THE GOOGLE FORM ATTACHED IN OUR LINKTREE

This is likely one of the most important things we will ask the arabs as a community to participate in this semester, please come and participate in our ✨2024-2025 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ELECTIONS✨
As you have seen, the role of the Arab Student Organization has evolved, and will continue to evolve, on this campus. The executive committee is a crucial part of ensuring this organization’s events and involvements are positive experiences for the Arabs and offer a good representation of Arab culture to outside observers. This cannot be done without you. Whether you plan on running for office or not, show up and cast your vote for the committee you believe will make the most positive impact.
In order to ensure the maximum amount of people can come, we decided to let you all decide the day and time of the elections. Vote in the above google form on the time(s) that work for you. We will announce the final date and location by Friday, May 10. If you would like to run for a position, or nominate a friend for a position, attached in the google form is a list of open positions.

COME ON ALL ARABSSS

Vote YES for GSU ceasefire resolution! A*O encourages all grad students to vote on this historic resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, and end to MIT labor complicity, and standing in solidarity with student organizers and grad workers who have faced harassment. You can vote anonymously via a secure, personal link in your MIT email. Let’s stand on the right side of history!

Welcome to the incoming class of ✨2028 ✨ !!! Come meet us during Campus Preview Weekend. Enjoy Kebab grilled by our very own exec committee, learn how to Debkeh, and get some tea and sweets with our current members!

Please join us on a joint Iftar with the MIT MSA! It is happening today at 7:00 pm in Lobdell on the second floor of the student Center. MIT affiliates and registered guests only.

UPDATE: The location of this event has changed to the first floor of the Stata Center at MIT, located at 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA, 02139.
Note that the RSVP form is now officially closed. Thank you to all who filled it out, and see you on Saturday.

Hope you are enjoying your spring break so far! We are proud to announce that MIT A*O will be hosting an 🌟intercollegiate mixer🌟 along with BU A*O, Harvard SAS, Wellesley ASAL, and Northeastern ASA! Come participate in a 💖speed dating (dardasha)💖 activity and meet amazing Arab students from all around the Boston area!
This will be hosted HERE at MIT in our very own Porter Room in Burton Conner. Save the date. Saturday, April 6 at 6:30 pm. RVSP using link in our linktree so we can order enough food + add you to the guest list.

IMPORTANT UPDATE: The event has been moved to 7-9 pm instead of 5-7 pm to allow our Muslim siblings to break their fast :) Everything else is exactly the same. Sorry for any inconvenience this many have caused. We’ll see you at 7 🫡