West Asian and North African Students (WANAS)

West Asia North African Students club (WANAS) student-faculty mixer with hot tea.

Join us in cooking and having a North African dinner with classic dishes such as couscous, skewers, msemmen, and mint tea! RSVP required.

Join Nadim Maghzal, MNSA (Wake Island Duo) and guests performers for a special edition of their NYC party series, Laylit at the Bunker on March 28. Highlighting SWANA dance music and EDM, Laylit is a high energy performance by world class DJs you don’t want to miss.  Read more about Laylit here, and check out Nadim and MNSA performing with Boiler Room here. Open to the public. No bags allowed.

Amira Hass, Jerusalem born and daughter of two Jewish holocaust survivors,  joined Haaretz daily in 1989 and has been the paper’s correspondent in the Occupied Palestinian Territory since 1993.    She lived in Gaza between 1993-1997 and since then in El-Bireh, the West Bank.   Her book “Drinking the Sea at Gaza” was published by Henry Holt in 2000.  Two other books, in various languages, are compilations of her articles in Haaretz and the Italian weekly Internazionale.

Join WANAS for our semesterly faculty-student social! This is an affinity space for those of West Asian / Middle Eastern / North African descent.

Come join us for a wonderful night of meeting student orgs, building community, and getting some grub ;)

As West Asian North African Students (WANAS), we invite all our members to our first social. Enjoy some tea and snacks while welcoming our new members.  

Embroidery Workshop for traditional Tatreez. One of the many events for Arab American Heritage Month organized by WANAS AND AFC