Yara Presents: Shabe Yalda

Yara Presents: Shabe Yalda

Shabe Yalda, Yalda Night, has been celebrated from ancient times in Iran, Afghanistan, Kurdistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and many of the other countries surrounding. A night celebrated to mark the winter solstice, the longest night of the year and the rebirth of the sun, as the days start to get longer. Shabe Yalda symbolizes hopes for longer days and the triumph of light over darkness.

During the holiday, family and friends gather around to read poetry, most famously from Hafez and take the time to reflect.

Many of the people in our communities have been experiencing tragedy happening to our homelands from afar. We hope to be able to take the opportunity to come together and provide a space for our communities to heal through poetry and community - in hopes of better brighter days ahead and the triumph of good (light) over evil (darkness).

We will be selling holiday cards and poetry books and 50% of the proceeds will be donated to PCRF and Lebanese Red Cross.

Join us at Limoncello as we celebrate Shabe Yalda! Get ready for a night filled with poetry and good company.

Sign up for our poetry open mic here!

Refreshments will be provided. Dinner available for purchase.

About Yara: The Community Project is a passion project aimed to encourage intercultural communication and connection, to build bridges and break stereotypes. As two Iranian Americans, we noticed a lack of community spaces for us to connect with one another, and celebrate our cultures and identities. We are a community project that aim to bring communities together through social events, holidays, book club, education workshops, and more. We aim to learn, connect and heal through culture. As we continue to witness global turmoil, we find the need for unity more important than ever. Our hope is to create a space we never had and/or always longed for as members of the larger Iranian-American* community that is welcoming and inclusive to all.

Host or Publisher Yara the Community Project