Mimouna is an ancestral moroccan/n.african celebration of jewish and muslim relationships that happens on the last night of passover. Mimouna is Not zionist by definition, and lifts up stories of arab jews living in shared community with their muslim neighbors. the week before passover, moroccan jews would “sell” their chametz (flour/bread) to their muslim neighbors. on the last night, jewish homes would open for celebration, and muslim neighbors would be the first to bring over flour and other baked goods. throughout the year muslims and jews shared community, social lives, and economies. Mimouna was a time to stay up eating, dancing, and celebrating a new year for their relationships. “I’ve never heard of an arab jew, who are they?” al-yahud al-arab arab jews are what we sound like: jews in diaspora from arab countries whose judaism is shaped and guided by our arab culture. arab jews have historic relationships with palestine and have had their identities erased and often co-opted by zionism -an ideology that never included us. Mimouna is an opportunity for reclamation and celebration learn more here!