Det er en stor ære å få tildelt Oslo bys kunstnerpris for 2024! Prisen består av et diplom samt kr 75 000. – Vi er stolte og takknemlige for denne anerkjennelsen i vårt 10-årsjubileum. Det gir oss inspirasjon til å fortsette vårt arbeid for å skape et fellesrom for arabisk…
God kveld, alle sammen! Det er en stor glede å se så mange av dere her i vakre Grønland Kirke i kveld. Hjertelig velkommen til åpningskonserten for den fjerde utgaven av Masahat-festivalen for arabisk kunst og kultur. Mitt navn er Rana Issa, og jeg har æren av å være kunstnerisk…
Det er med stor glede at Masahatfestivalen 2024 presenterer den ikoniske libanesisk-amerikanske Hamed Sinno med deres solodebut Poems of Consumption på Riksscenen den 21. september. Hamed Sinno er tidligere vokalist i det legendariske indie-rock bandet, Mashrou’ Leila. Det kritikerroste «Poems of Consumption» er en litterær sangsyklus og en multimediaforestilling som…
We are beyond excited to announce that Lina Attalah is the first keynote speaker at Masahat Festival 2024 . Lina is publisher and founding editor of Mada Masr, a Cairo-based news website at the forefront of investigative journalism in Egypt. She leads a team of fearless reporters who expose high-level…
The renowned Palestinian artist Nai Barghouti will open Masahat festival 2024. Join us for an evening of grief, hope and joy at Grønland Kirke on the 18th of September. Nai will perform a curated concert dedicated to Gaza.
Masahat for Arab Culture in Exile is looking for an enthusiastic and self-driven Communications Coordinator to lead the communications and media outreach around Masahat festival for Arab Arts and Culture taking place 18-22 September in Oslo. We are a small, dynamic and passionate team working to make Masahat Festival a…
The theme for Masahat festival 18-22 September 2024 is “Protest”. Since the onset of the war on Gaza, the Norwegian public has shown immense solidarity for Palestine, with thousands of people relentlessly organizing to protest the complicity of Western governments in the ongoing genocide, and calling for divesment from the…
We are so excited to welcome the latest additions to our board: Selma Benmalek and Jan Lothe Eriksen! Eriksen, a cultural entrepreneur and former musician and director of Safemuse, brings a great experience from the music field, cultural politics and management, while Benmalek, a program consultant in literature and debates…
masahat is a non-profit organization established in 2015 in Oslo to curate and present knowledge, history, art and culture from the Middle East and North Africa with a special focus on the Arab world.
