When Home is Unattainable, What Replaces it? – Alia Malek
In 2015, Malek traveled from Greece to Germany with a group of Syrians fleeing their country’s disintegration. The refugees had met while marooned on the same raft in the middle…
Home and Homeland in the Palestinian Right to Return – Nadim Khoury
The right of return has been central to the Palestinian struggle since 1948. What home Palestinian refugees should return to, however, has been less than obvious. In this talk, Nadim…
Book Review – The Home That Was Our Country: A Memoir of Syria
Two weeks ago, I was invited to talk at Rafto Conference in Bergen on the occasion of awarding Syrian-Lebanese Rouba Mhaissen the Rafto Prize for her work defending the rights…
Det som var et syrisk hjem
Bokanmeldelse av Alia Maleks The Home That Was Our Country: A Memoir of Syria. Av Zeina Bali Malek bretter ut den legendariske sameksistensen i det sammensatte syriske samfunnet, og beriker…
The Struggle for Home
The Struggle for Home 22 November 2019 Litteraturhuset Facebook event Welcome to the fifth edition of The Question of Syria; The Struggle for Home on 22nd November at Litteraturhuset. This…
ArabFuturism: Arab Contemporary Art Scene
In the aftermath of the Arab Spring, and in the wake of decisive political junctures, how can Arab artists, musicians and authors imagine the future? It is possible to dream…
Chronicles of Hope: Syrian Voices on the Past and Future – Wendy Pearlman
Chronicles of Hope: Syrian Voices on the Past and Future Just as the Syrian revolution was a triumph of hope over fear, so is the challenge before Syrians today to…
The Shadow of Oslo is Only Getting Darker – Nadim Khoury
The Shadow of Oslo is Only Getting Darker – Nadim Khoury Coming of age during the “peace process,” my trajectory was shaped by the Oslo agreements. Twenty-five years ago, my…
Songs of Separation: Film & Concert
Wajd – Songs of Separation: Film og konsert Wajd – Songs of Separation: Film and concert Wajd – Songs of Separation: Film og konsert Filmen Wajd – Songs of Separation…
ورشة عمل عن انتخابات 2019 – Valgsalong
بالتعاون مع ميلاهوسيه، تدعوكم سبيس إلى نقاش وورشة عمل بمناسبة الانتخابات المحلية القادمة يوم 9 سبتمبر/أيلول. ورشة العمل مفتوحة للجميع ولكل من يرغب بمعرفة معلومات عن المشاركة بالانتخابات القادمة والتفاعل…