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American Educational Trust
Category: Local Services Community Service/Non-Profit Community Service/Non-Profit [Edit]
1902 18th Street NW(between N T St & N Willard St)
Washington, DC 20009
Neighborhood: Dupont Circle
(202) 939-6050
- Nearest Transit:
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Dupont Circle Metro Station (Red)
- Hours:
Mon-Fri 10 am - 6 pm
Sat 11 am - 7 pm
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
One review for American Educational Trust
1 review in English
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Review from Will S.
Washington, DC
3/11/2009 1 photo
The American Education Trust - Middle East Book Club & Palestinian Arts & Crafts Trust offers a wide array of books on the Middle East, as well as beautiful arts and crafts from Palestine -- including pottery, embroidery, and ceramics. The shop also includes fair trade treats like olive oil soap from Bethlehem and olive oil from Jenin. It's a great shop for gifts!
Specialties
As we are a nonprofit, we try to keep our products at 20-30% of the retail suggested value. Every product is a bargain:
-Fair trade, organic olive oil from Jenin
-Soaps and gifts made by nonprofit cooperatives in West Bank and Galilee
-Embroidery and handicrafts made in Gaza that support Deaf Children and Women including shawls, pillows, coaster sets, bags, and baskets.
- Solidarity items (Flags, playing cards, hat)towards Palestine and the greater Middle East
- Handmade pottery including tea sets, dinner plates, coffee mugs, ceramic trays, and decorative tile. All artisan crafted in Jerusalem and Hebron
-Huge selection of hard to find literature, nonfiction, religious studies, women's studies, and children's books
-DVDs and music from the middle east from indie documentaries to Arab hip hop.
-Excellent cookbooks specializing in cuisine from Morocco to Oman
-Specialty cards made by Arab artists in watercolor, embroidery, and calligraphy featuring everything from condolences to Eid
History
Established in 1982
Middleeastbooks.com is an iniative of the American Educational Trust and Washington Report on the Middle East to expand the availability of literature and multimedia about the Middle East and support traditional industries that provide the livelihood of Palestinians.
To provide these books, the American Educational Trust began importing thousands of titles about the Middle East from Europe. Four times a year shipments crossed the Atlantic in sea containers to be sold by the newly-formed AET Book Club. The AET Book club and middleeastbooks.com was formed to meet the recognized need for quality books about the region and U.S. policies there.
In 2005, AET officially added the Palestinian Arts & Crafts Trust (PACT) as a fair trade oriented arm of the book club.The Palestinian Arts & Crafts Trust (PACT) is aims to supply a growing demand for Palestinian products and, in turn, to help sustain traditional industries in Palestine during their ongoing struggles.
Meet the Manager: Adam C.
Adam is the director of the AET book club. He manages their website, middleeastbooks.com, helps promote their products, and is always in the store willing to help out!
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