Join us on Saturday, December 20th, from 7-9pm at @scorpionheartsclub for the first event in our Holy Land 5 series: Poetry of the Holy Land—a night of pro-Palestine poetry reading about resistance & liberation! 🇵🇸 🗓 Saturday, December 20th ⏰️ 7 - 9 PM 📌 Scorpion Hearts Club 🦂🫶 1035 Wealthy St SE, #GrandRapids, #Michigan 🍉 Sign up to read your own poems about liberation and resistance. 🍉 Listen to poems from "Light from Deep Under" by Palestinian political prisoner Shukri Abu Baker. Shukri Abu Baker is a Palestinian political prisoner and former CEO of the Holy Land Foundation, formerly the largest Muslim charity in the U.S. In 2008, Shukri and four colleagues—collectively known as the Holy Land Five—were wrongfully convicted of "t3rrorism" for their fundraising efforts for Palestinian families. After 17 years, Shukri is still being held at "Bloody Beaumont" federal prison in Texas; he is the last remaining member of the Holy Land Five still alive. In Summer 2025, Abu Baker released his first poetry collection "Light from Deep Under," about his time in confinement. This is the first event in a series about the Holy Land 5. — Upcoming Events — 🍉 12/20 - HEAR - Poetry wrought from struggle 🍉 01/09 - WATCH - 2-part Al Jazeera documentary 🍉 01/17 - LEARN - Panel featuring Nida Baker #FreePalestine #EndUSAidToIsrael #FreePoliticalPrisoners #HolyLand5 #FreeThemAll