“Syria Differently” – The third Syrian narrative. 12 February 2015 18:00 at Litteraturhuset With the picture of the Syrian struggle being blurred and the focus being shifted to Islamic extremism only, it is important to bring back to the scene the increasingly neglected aspects of the Syrian ‘conflict’. “Syria Differently” provides an alternative image of…
The situation for the refugees has become increasingly present in the Norwegian and European media over the last weeks and months. However, the debate about the refugees is still being repeatedly depoliticized and reduced into a question of numbers only. In this debate we will take as a point of departure the assertion that the…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkKGxGDBXwQ Our Terrible Country’ takes us on the perilous journey of Yassin Haj Saleh, a well-known Syrian intellectual and dissident, and the young photographer Ziad Homsi who travel together in an arduous and dangerous route from the liberated area of Douma/Damascus to Raqqa in northern Syria, only to find themselves eventually forced to leave their…
Love during the Siege They come in sinking boats. They hide in asphyxiating underbellies of trucks. Their lives are destroyed and their suffering left them with lack of means and choices. But along with the piece of land upon which they live, they have access to a camera, and some of them are making films.…
Join us for an informal art gathering at Kunstplass ! By Sulafa Hijazi Sulafa Hijazi, Syrian visual artist and director, will present some of her work and talk about the concept behind it, before and after the revolution. After that we will listen to readings from “The Guide for Using Life” written by the Egyptian…