Gathering for Gaza

Join us for a fundraiser for humanitarian aid in Gaza, featuring classical music + classic Palestinian cuisine!

This is PROTESTRA’s first-ever collaboration with a local NYC restaurant. Come experience a fabulous 3-course menu sponsored by Qanoon + a program of chamber music featuring PROTESTRA musicians and oud soloist Hadi Eldebek.

Tickets are $175 per person and include a 3-course meal + a multicultural chamber music program following dinner. This intimate gathering has limited seating of 30 tickets — reserve your spot today!

We will donate 100% of ticket proceeds to INARA’s humanitarian mission in Gaza. If you’re unable to join us for this event but would still like to contribute to our fundraising effort, you can donate here.

Tarek Daka, Chef Founder of Qanoon, pulls from his upbringing on an industrial farm in Palestine, where his mom’s cooking was powered by the season’s freshly harvested produce like eggplants and olives. The restaurant serves his version of the meals he grew up eating and the ones he cooks for family and friends at home.

READ MORE: Eater NY.

"Qanoon means 'grill' in Arabic. The proper spelling would ideally be Kanoon but my siblings and I love the musical string instrument Qanun. I love it so much that I felt I should replace the 'K' in Kanoon with a 'Q'; and this is how the name Qanoon was born." -Tarek Daka, Chef Founder

~ Menu ~

Served family style so you can eat whatever you’d like to try!

APPETIZERS:

Tabbouleh

Parsley, mint, bulgur wheat, onion, tomato, lemon confit, pomegranate seeds

Dips

• Hummus

• Baba ganoush

MAIN COURSE:

Makloubeh

• Meat: basmati rice, lamb stew, eggplant, cauliflower, carrots, tomatoes

• Vegetarian: basmati rice, eggplant, cauliflower, carrots, tomatoes 

Mansaf: lamb cooked in fermented yogurt broth served over basmati rice and flatbread, topped with toasted almonds and pine nuts 

DESSERT:

Knafeh: shredded phyllo pastry stuffed with traditional cheeses, topped with orange blossom syrup and pistachios