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SUMMARY:Ytringsrommet og krigen i Gaza
DESCRIPTION:Freedom of Expression and the War in Gaza \nThe Fritt Ord Foundation\, Masahat for Arab Culture in Exile\, and Vega Scene cordially invite the public to a conversation on Wednesday\, 29 November 2023 from 6 – 8 p.m. at Vega Scene in Hausmanns gate 30\, Oslo. \nAmund Bakke Foss\, chief advisor in the foreign news section at the newspaper VG\, will moderate a conversation with Jumana Manna\, an artist based in Berlin\, Nadim Khoury\, an associate professor at the Department of Law\, Philosophy and International Studies\, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences\, Sarah Lookofsky\, artistic director at Kunstnernes Hus\, Jon Martin Larsen\, senior lecturer in journalism at Kristiania University College and commentator for the media website M24\, and Nikolai Melamed Kleivan\, reporting manager and journalist at the newspaper Morgenbladet. \nFollowing Hamas’ attack on 7 October 2023 and Israel’s military invasion\, we are witnessing in Gaza the bloodiest war in our time. \nThe war is having severe consequences for human rights and freedom of expression. The right to express oneself\, to protest\, show anger and frustration\, take an anti-war stance\, to distance oneself from the violence\, and show solidarity with those who suffer\, is leading to new confrontations\, persecutions and bans. \nPalestinians in Gaza\, the occupied West Bank\, Jerusalem and inside Israel are being persecuted and punished for their words by the Israeli authorities and their supporters. Jewish Israeli activists also face sanctions when they criticize Israel’s warfare. The pursuit of free speech involves arrests\, interrogations\, and warnings. Social media\, including past posts\, are monitored for signs that people are supporting the Palestinian side. In recent weeks\, many Palestinian citizens in Israel have been suspended from universities and fired from their jobs. \nIn Germany and France\, pro-Palestinian demonstrations and shows of solidarity have been met with bans\, arrests and violence. Accusations of anti-Semitism against Palestinian cultural workers\, artists and academics have resulted in smear campaigns\, the cancellation of exhibitions\, and terminations of employment in several European cities. At the same time\, there are reports of an increasing number of anti-Semitic incidents in Europe\, the USA and Norway. The discursive climate of communication in the USA is also being strongly influenced by the war. \nReporting on the war in Gaza has proven to be challenging and dangerous due to the total lack of safe places to work. Roughly 40 journalists and media workers have been killed\, and the lack of physical access to the Gaza Strip and the war zone creates fertile ground for propaganda from both parties. A large generation of young people is discovering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for the first time through social media images and videos. When they turn their attention to the edited media\, they find a dissonance between editor-led mainstream media and social media. \nIn this conversation\, we will discuss the challenges facing mainstream media; what it is like to be an Arab\, Muslim and Jew\, living through this war; anti-Semitism; cancellations; censorship and self-censorship in institutions; as well the double standards reflected in foreign policy – in Norway and internationally. \nThe conversation will also feature certain individuals and organizations invites to give short interventions during the event\, including Bergdis Joelsdottir\, director of Policy at Amnesty International Norway\, who is currently mapping the restrictions on freedom of expression in Europe as well as tech giants’ restrictions in light of the war. \nThe event will conclude with a dialogue with the audience\, followed by soup and open discussion until 9 p.m. \nRegister to the event
URL:https://masahat.no/event/ytringsrommet-og-krigen-i-gaza/
LOCATION:Vega Scene\, Hausmanns gate 30\, Oslo\, 0182\, Norway
CATEGORIES:open forum,Samtale
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20240919T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20240919T130000
DTSTAMP:20260418T095925
CREATED:20240719T154616Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250705T053542Z
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SUMMARY:Independent Media in Authoritarian Setting
DESCRIPTION:Since the advent of the Arab Spring\, mainstream media in Egypt and the Arab world has become an organ for state power to control public access to news\, often spreading propaganda and misinformation but also functioning as a safety valve for public disgruntlement. Alternative media like Mada Masr and others have been at the forefront of challenging state propaganda and the increasing irrelevance of mainstream media as a trustworthy source of news. As a result\, the state has cracked down on journalists through constant harassment and imprisonment of journalists to spread an atmosphere of fear around the work of a free press. \nIn this conversation with publisher of Mada Masr\, Lina Atallah\, and media expert and professor of Arabic Jacob Høigilt\, we will learn more about the current conditions of the Egyptian press\, the challenges that face journalists committed to the truth.
URL:https://masahat.no/event/the-role-of-independent-media-in-an-authoritarian-setting/
LOCATION:PRIO\, Hausmanns gate 3 \, Oslo\, 0186\, Norway
CATEGORIES:Samtale
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20240919T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20240919T203000
DTSTAMP:20260418T095925
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SUMMARY:Artists and Liberation
DESCRIPTION:The genocide in Gaza has exposed the complicity of our cultural and academic institutions in zionism and related colonial ideologies of extermination\, extraction and unlawful accumulation of wealth. Artists have contributed to a growing vanguard  global movement in solidarity for Palestine and too many have paid the price for their principled stance against oppression. Nonetheless\, artists and cultural producers continue to use their voices as well as their creative commitments to challenge cultural institutions and expose their complicity. \nIn this conversation with Farah Azrak and Hamed Sinno\, moderated by Rana Issa\, we will discuss the responsibility and necessity of art in a world descending towards authoritarianism\, the difficulties of meaning making in times of genocide\, and the problematics of yoking politics to art. \n\nThis event is in collaboration with Kunstnerforbundet. \n\nPlease note that Atelier Kunstnerforbundet Loft is on the 4th floor\, and regrettably not accessible for people with limited mobility. A long-term rehabilitation of the building is in process. Please get in touch if you have questions about accessibility.
URL:https://masahat.no/event/artists-and-liberation-a-conversation-about-artistic-responsibility-during-genocide/
LOCATION:Atelier Kunstnerforbundet Loft\, Kjeld Stubs gate 3\, Oslo\, 0160\, Norway
CATEGORIES:Samtale
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20240920T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20240920T120000
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SUMMARY:The BDS movement
DESCRIPTION:Strategies of resistance – the legacy and outlook of the BDS movement\nHow can we work together to push our institutions to take a solid stance against Israel’s occupation? Masahat invites to a talk and panel discussion of Boycott\, Divestment\, Sanctions (BDS) as a tool of resistance in arts and academia. \nThe BDS movement has lately gained momentum worldwide but has also faced harsh backlash. Cultural and academic institutions serve as a backbone of Israel’s strategy of normalizing occupation. By partnering with and maintaining relationships with these institutions\, Western organizations and donors become complicit in the continuous injustices committed against the Palestinian people by the Israeli state. \nPROGRAM \n\n10:00-10:15 Serving of light breakfast\n10:15-10:45 Talk by Layal Ftouni\n10:45-11:30 Panel discussion and Q&A\n11:30-12:00 Informal discussion and mingling\n\nIn her talk\, Dr. Layal Ftouni (Assistant Professor of Gender Studies and Critical Theory\, Utrecht University) will discuss the question of Palestine as the limit case of academic freedom and the struggle for justice that academic institutions claim to defend . Drawing on her extensive experience in BDS activism in the Netherlands and other academic contexts\, Ftouni will address the significance of boycott and divestment as strategies of resistance\, and in the context of debates on academic freedom\, decolonization\, and neoliberalism. Moreover\, she will reflect on the legacies of the BDS movement drawing parallels to the South African boycott movement. \nFollowing the talk\, a panel of invited academics and cultural workers who have been actively involved in pushing their institutions to take a stance against Israel to reflect on their experiences and the way forward: \n–Ayman Alazraq (filmmaker\, photographer\, and mixed-media artist)\n–Jassem el Hindi (Artist and choreographer)\n–Hege Hermansen (Professor of Education\, Oslo Metropolitan University) Moderators:\n–Nora Milch (PhD researcher\, University of Oslo)\n–Sarah Kazmi (Interdisciplinary artist and a writer)
URL:https://masahat.no/event/strategies-of-resistance-the-legacy-and-outlook-of-the-bds-movement/
LOCATION:Kunstnernes Hus\, Wergelandsveien 17\, Oslo\, 0167\, Norway
CATEGORIES:Samtale
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20240920T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20240920T183000
DTSTAMP:20260418T095925
CREATED:20240814T152416Z
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SUMMARY:From Nakba to Liberation
DESCRIPTION:As the world watches in horror at the unfolding genocide in Gaza—where over 40\,000 lives have been brutally taken—the Palestinian people\, along with millions of allies who champion freedom\, justice\, and dignity\, are at a pivotal crossroads. The urgency to shift from despair to a focused\, strategic movement for liberation has never been greater. \nBut how do we turn this urgency into reality? Can liberation be more than a distant dream? What shape could it take\, and what tangible steps can we\, as a global community\, take to achieve it? \nJoin us for a keynote that delves deep into these questions\, drawing from extensive studies of successful liberation movements throughout history. Through a powerful blend of historical insights and a keen analysis of the current ground realities in Palestine\, this session will illuminate the path forward for the global movement striving to end the genocide and achieve true liberation. \nBe part of this crucial conversation—one that has the potential to shape the future of a people and a movement.
URL:https://masahat.no/event/from-a-century-of-nakba-to-the-decade-of-liberation-a-defining-moment/
LOCATION:Melahuset\, Mariboes gate 8\, Oslo\, 0183\, Norway
CATEGORIES:Samtale
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20240921T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20240921T133000
DTSTAMP:20260418T095925
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SUMMARY:Solidarity and its undersides
DESCRIPTION:Listening in to a history on the sidelines\, tracing overlaps between personal history and public history\, witnessing a genocide and morphing through the witnessing\, daydreaming of the moment the war will be over\, remaking a home by the sea in Gaza\, imagining a politics that defaces the universal but that is not stuck in the particular. The aforementioned is a laundry list that tries to unpack solidarity; turning it from a moral act of sympathy and alignment to a mode of engagement where one’s own life from here on is in question. It is an engagement through the troublesome substance of time. \nThis event is in collaboration with Centre for Islamic and Middle East Studies.
URL:https://masahat.no/event/masahat-2024-keynote-with-lina-attalah/
LOCATION:Interkulturelt Museum\, Tøyenbekken 5\,\, Oslo\, 0188\, Norway
CATEGORIES:Samtale
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250918T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250918T120000
DTSTAMP:20260418T095925
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SUMMARY:Collaborating with Gazan Artists today
DESCRIPTION:Kunstnernes Hus — September 18\, 10:00–12:00 \n  \nThe genocide in Gaza has devastated every aspect of Palestinian life. No one in Gaza is safe\, and no one who has witnessed this crime will ever forget it. In the gap between those who witness and those who endure the violence directly\, urgent questions arise: How do we speak about Gaza? How do we act in solidarity with its people? \n  \nIn Norway\, Palestinian artists have been especially attentive to these questions—reflecting on how our artistic and cultural expressions often fall short of conveying the Gazan experience of genocide. The panel we have invited consists entirely of artists who have redirected their practice and resources to stand with colleagues and friends in Gaza. Their goal is clear: to ensure that Gazan artists break through the siege and mass killing\, and speak in their own voices despite ongoing attempts to silence them. \n  \nThis conversation asks: What does it mean to collaborate with artists in Gaza today? What does it mean to make art during a genocide? And how does the extermination of Palestinians compel us to rethink our artistic tools\, languages\, and practices? \n  \nPanelists\n  \nMotaz Al Habbash\n A Palestinian artist\, producer\, and curator residing in Norway. He primarily works with video and runs the mentoring program Here and There and the art and culture platform It is hard to be Arab. His current film project The Donkey of October 7th—in collaboration with Mustafa Nabieh—focuses on the situation of donkeys in Gaza. His work includes the installation Stolen Well (Qattan Foundation\, Ramallah\, 2024) and the seven-hour live program with Gazan artists Gaza (a)live (2016). \n  \nCarmel Alabbasi\n A Palestinian visual artist whose practice spans video\, sound\, writing\, sculpture\, and installation. With a background in journalism and social anthropology\, and an MFA from KHIO (Oslo)\, Carmel’s work explores absence and disappearance\, confronting colonial and patriarchal erasures of people\, spaces\, and identities. \n  \nDahaleez Collective \n A research art collective founded in Gaza in 2021 by artists and researchers Khaled Jarada\, Rahaf Batniji\, Salman Nawati\, Majdal Nateel\, Carmel Al-Abbasi\, Mahmoud Abu Wardeh\, and Mahmoud Al-Shaer. Originating with the project Geography of Divine Magic at Beit Al-Ghussein Cultural and Heritage House\, the collective examines Palestinians’ temporal and spatial realities under siege. Dahaleez develops collaborative and analytical tools to envision liberation and reconstruction of Palestine. \n  \nAyman Azraq\n A filmmaker\, photographer\, and mixed-media artist. His short film The Passport has screened at the National Museum of Cinema (Turin)\, Cologne International VideoArt Festival\, and elsewhere. His work includes Oslo Syndrome (Autumn Exhibition\, Oslo; Dubai International Film Festival; London Palestinian Film Festival)\, the collaborative installation WALL-1\, and the documentary Into My Lungs (Kunstnernes Hus\, 2022). His mixed-media installation The Lost Tapes of a People’s Tribunal 1982 was exhibited at Fotogalleriet (2023/24). In 2023\, he launched the Artist to Artist Project\, a digital residency supporting Gazan artists\, culminating in the exhibition For You at Tenthaus and Podium. He has also exhibited at Nitja Center for Contemporary Art and Rogaland Kunstsenter. \n  \nDrew Snyder (Moderator)\n An art historian and curator based in Oslo. He is Senior Curator at Public Art Norway – KORO\, where his work includes major public art projects at the Government Quarter and Museum of the Viking Age. He is also engaged in discursive initiatives such as investigations of public art in the context of Truth and Reconciliation in Norway and Sápmi\, and the Oslo-based Artist to Artist residency program facilitating dialogue with Gazan artists. Snyder holds a PhD in art history\, theory\, and criticism from the University of California\, San Diego.\n Photo credit: Svein Erik Tøien \n  \n 
URL:https://masahat.no/event/collaborating-with-gazan-artists-today/
LOCATION:Kunstnernes Hus\, Wergelandsveien 17\, Oslo\, 0167\, Norway
CATEGORIES:Film,Samtale
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250918T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250918T193000
DTSTAMP:20260418T095925
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SUMMARY:Radical Pedagogy: Lessons from Palestine
DESCRIPTION:We are proud to welcome Munir Fasheh as  one of this year’s keynote guests. \nMunir is a mathematician who chose to leave academia to explore new ways of understanding and practicing learning. Together with others\, he founded an organization that rethinks education as a tool for liberation. \nHe summarizes his life with two words: occupation and return. Munir was among the first group of refugees in the modern Middle East\, when in 1948—as a Palestinian—he and his family lost both their house and their land. Even the mathematics in his home was “occupied\,” replaced by the logic of schools and universities\, influenced by Western philosophers such as Bertrand Russell. \nFor Munir\, knowledge became a form of “return”—not yet to land and home\, but to himself. In the Arabic language\, he discovered liberating perspectives\, such as muthanna\, the dual form that breaks down the binary between “I” and “You.” Another key concept for him is mujaawarah—“to be a neighbor”—a way of learning through stories\, relationships\, and community rather than through abstract theories. \nIn his keynote at Masahat Festival 2025\, Munir will share his experiences as a teacher and thinker. He will inspire us to dismantle structures of knowledge that confine us and show how stories\, words\, and new ways of relating can open up paths toward liberation. \n📅 18 September 2025 · 18:00📍 Litteraturhuset\, Oslo💫 Free entrance – open to all
URL:https://masahat.no/event/radical-pedagogy-lessons-from-palestine/
LOCATION:Litteraturhuset\, Wergelandsveien 29\, Oslo\, Oslo\, 0167\, Norway
CATEGORIES:Samtale
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250920T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250920T160000
DTSTAMP:20260418T095925
CREATED:20250718T150651Z
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SUMMARY:Grønlands Maidan: Home Not for Sale.
DESCRIPTION:Street Party Against the Gentrification of Grønland\n  \nPractical Information\n📍 Meeting point: Botsparken → ending at Olafiagangen🕛 Time: 12:00–16:00🌿 Open to all — free public event \n  \nA festival day of ritual\, people’s march\, stories of solidarity and resistance\, textile workshops\, games\, and music in the streets of Grønland. \nGrønland is Oslo’s cultural crossroads—a neighborhood where diverse communities and newcomers from Norway and across the world have lived\, worked\, and thrived for generations. Today\, greedy developers and their political enablers threaten to erase this history\, displace communities\, and sell our streets to the highest bidder. \nWe say no. \nJoin us at Olafiagangen for a day of celebration and solidarity—because the soul of a neighborhood lives in its people. \n\nThe march starts 12:00 at Botsparken. It ends 12:30 at Olafiagangen with speeches from Reduser Husleia\, Leieboerforeningen and Nordic Black Theatre. \nWe march to protect Grønland from the growing pressure of real estate speculation: higher rents\, unstable leases\, and gentrification that risks pushing away families\, businesses\, and organizations that have long been the heart of this neighborhood. \nArtist Waldane Walker will guide us through a powerful MAS (masquerade)\, leading a ritual procession to cleanse the neighborhood from greedy developers and city planners who seek to displace us by building homes only for those who can afford them. \n✨ March with us\, raise your voice in the chants\, and help protect the soul of Grønland from gentrification.💚 Come show your love for the neighborhood. \n\n  \nProgram\n📍 Start: Botsparken → End: Olafiagangen🕛 Time: 12:00–16:00 \n\nBotsparken → Olafiagangen\n12:00–12:30 | Our Home\, Our Neighbourhood: People’s March for GrønlandA march against gentrification\, led by artist Waldane Walker a  MAS (masquerade)\, leading a ritual procession to cleanse the neighborhood from greedy developers. \n\n\nOlafiagangen\n12:30–12:45 | SpeechesWith contributions from Reduser Husleia\, Leieboerforeningen\, and Nordic Black Theatre. \n12:30–16:00 | The Solidarity Patchwork – Threads of ResistanceWith Latin-Amerika Gruppen (LAG Norge). Add your own stitched story to a collective quilt of global solidarity. \n12:30–16:00 | Veggietales (work in progress)By Aleksander Varadian. A visual artwork on gentrification using fruits and vegetables from Grønland’s markets. \n12:30–16:00 | No Silence in the Arts for GazaBy Stefanie Reinhart. An exhibition of 700+ small artworks in Palestinian colors — expressions of grief\, hope\, and resistance.👉 The full exhibition can be viewed at Mama’s Café / Frivillighetens hus until October 11. \n13:10–13:25 | FlashmobWith Nordic Black Theatre. \n13:30–15:30 | Third SpaceBy Dahleez Collective. An audio-narrative interweaving memories\, absence\, and presence from Gaza. Guests: Bisan Nateel\, Asem Nabih\, Fidaa Al-Hasanat – Majdal Nateel. \n14:00–16:00 | Kurak WorkshopWith Peri Orunbaeva. Learn the Kyrgyz textile tradition of Kurak. Drop-in workshop\, limited spots.@ \n14:00–16:00 | StedsvevenBy Tenthaus (Helen Eriksen\, Samira Jamouchi\, Ebba Moi). A participatory textile project exploring Grønland–Tøyen’s identity. \n\n\nDattera til Hagen\n13:30–15:00 | Reading Circle: The War Against HospitalitiesWith Rene Gabri and Ayreen Anastas. A discussion on colonialism as a war against hospitality\, with texts\, zines\, and dialogue. \n\n\nNordic Black Theatre\n14:00–15:00 | Concert: Ramy EssamIn collaboration with Kawakibi Foundation. \n  \n  \nIn collaboration withNordic Black Theater · Oslo Museum · Tenthaus · Dattera til Hagen · Safemuse · Kawakibi Foundation · Leieboerforeningen · Atelier Kunstnerforbundet
URL:https://masahat.no/event/gronlands-maidan-home-not-for-sale/
LOCATION:Grønland
CATEGORIES:Film,Litteratur,Mat,Musikk,Samtale,Scenekunst,Visuell kunst,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250920T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20250920T183000
DTSTAMP:20260418T095925
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SUMMARY:Om Kamp\, Om Kjærlighet
DESCRIPTION:We are proud to welcome Sumayo Jirde Cali (formerly Sumaya Jirde Ali) as the keynote speaker for Masahat Festival 2025. \nWith her keynote Om kamp\, om kjærlighet (On Struggle\, On Love)\, Sumayo invites us into a powerful reflection on hospitality — as personal experience\, political responsibility\, and collective practice. \nThrough the lens of her many lived identities — as a poet\, playwright\, literary critic\, anthropologist\, Somali\, Black\, Muslim woman — she asks: \n\nWhat does it mean to treat hospitality as a radical act?Can it become a foundation for more just\, inclusive\, and sustainable communities? \n\n\nSumayo Jirde Cali has made her mark on Norwegian literature with work that confronts racism\, power\, and silence. She writes to make visible what is often erased — and to create space for those pushed to the margins. \nCritic Oda Faremo Lindholm (VG) describes her voice as “painful and beautiful about what is brutally ugly.” \nIn Morgenbladet\, Tonje Vold hears echoes of Angela Davis and bell hooks — Black feminist thinkers who urged women to love and save themselves first. \nJoin us for an evening of poetry\, conversation\, and collective reflection. This keynote will speak to anyone questioning belonging\, identity\, and the possibilities of community. \nDate: Saturday\, 20 September 2025Time: 17:00–18:30Location: Dattera til Hagen\, OsloAdmission: Free and open to all \nSumayo Jirde Cali (b. 1997) is a Norwegian-Somali poet\, writer\, and cultural critic. She debuted with Kvinner som hater menn in 2017\, followed by Melanin hvitere enn blekemiddel\, Ikkje ver redd sånne som meg\, and Når jeg ser havet\, slokner lyset. \nShe is the recipient of several awards including:– The Oslo Prize for “Voice of the Year”– The Zola Prize– The Amalie Skram Prize– The Freedom of Expression Prize from the Norwegian Authors’ Union– Årets Bodøværing (Citizen of the Year in Bodø) \n📸 Photo: Lina Hindrum
URL:https://masahat.no/event/om-kamp-om-kjaerlighet-on-struggle-on-love/
LOCATION:Dattera til Hagen\, Grønland 10\, Oslo\, Oslo\, 0188\, Norway
CATEGORIES:Samtale
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SUMMARY:Masahat Screens & Sudanese Evening
DESCRIPTION:📍 Location: VEGA Scene\, Oslo📅 Date: Sunday\, September 21\, 2025🕔 Time: 15:30–17:30 (films + discussion) → followed by Sudanese Evening (food + music)🎟️ Tickets: includes access to Masahat Screens + Sudanese evening \n\nWe close this year’s Masahat Festival at VEGA Scene\, in collaboration with Oslo Documentary Cinema\, with an inspiring program that moves from film and dialogue to an evening of food\, music\, and celebration of Sudanese culture. \n\nPart One: Masahat Screens\nProgram\n\n– In Fields of Words (2022\, 70 mins) | Lebanon | dir. Rania Stephan\n– The Other Side of Beauty (2024\, 11 mins) | Morocco\, Sudan | dir. Sami Saif Sirelkhatim\n– Gaza Artists (2024\, 16 mins) – | Palestine | dir. Mustafa al-Nabih\n\nFollowing the screenings\, there will be a discussion with Syrian author Samar Yazbek. \nAbout the films\nIn Fields of Words (2022\, 70 mins) | Lebanon | dir. Rania Stephan \nA filmic dialogue between Syrian writer-in-exile Samar Yazbek and Lebanese filmmaker Rania Stephan\, asking what role cinema and literature can play in the face of war\, death\, and violence. Shot between 2013 and 2019\, the film documents the course of the Syrian revolution and civil war while exploring the question: “Can literature and cinema capture this tragedy?” Combining image\, sound\, and Yazbek’s words\, Stephan creates a poetic and political testimony of our time. Winner of the Best Film Award at the 2022 Villa Medici Film Festival. \n \nThe Other Side of Beauty (2024\, 11 mins) | Morocco\, Sudan | dir. Sami Saif SirelkhatimThe story of a Sudanese photographer who finds beauty in his homeland’s stars and landscapes\, while also facing the violence of war and genocide in Darfur. His images reveal truth to the world\, but at great personal cost—through imprisonment\, torture\, and repression. \nGaza Artists (2024\, 16 mins) – | Palestine | dir. Mustafa al-Nabih \nA short documentary produced by Arji foundation\, written and directed by Mustafa Al-Nabih. It offers a window into the lives of Palestinian artists in the Gaza Strip\, amid ongoing displacement and the difficult conditions they endure. The film takes us on a journey with three artists from different generations\, all of whom were displaced from Gaza and now live in the city of Rafah in the south of the Strip. We follow their daily lives\, struggles\, and the impact of continuous displacement on their creativity and personal lives\, through genuine human moments\, aside from the usual images of destruction. It seeks to reveal the human side of those who continue to live\, dream\, and create despite all that has been lost. This film is a cry to the world: Gaza is being annihilated\, but we love life\, and we resist with love and art. Every moment here bears the imprint of war; every smile is a victory. \n\nPart Two: Sudanese Evening: Food\, Music & Stories\nAfter films and discussion\, the festival continues with a Sudanese Evening at VEGA.\n✨ Tasting menu of iconic Sudanese dishes by chef Mohammed Mustafa.✨ Solo concert by young Sudanese-Norwegian talent Yasir Moa\, a songwriter and storyteller blending classical tunes with rhythmic\, danceable sounds. \nThis evening is curated in collaboration with Khalid Albaih and Naoures Rouissi.
URL:https://masahat.no/event/masahat-screens-3/
LOCATION:Vega Scene\, Hausmanns gate 30\, Oslo\, 0182\, Norway
CATEGORIES:Film,Mat,Samtale
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SUMMARY:Folkemordet i Gaza og Big Tech
DESCRIPTION:Fritt Ord\, Masahat og Oslo Dokumentarkino inviterer til foredrag og samtale med Nadim Nashif om Big Techs medvirkning til folkemordet i Gaza. \nSøndag 19. oktober 2025 kl. 15.30 på Cinemateket\, Oslo \nI foredraget vil Nadim Nashif ta opp sensur av palestinske stemmer\, spredning av skadelige narrativer på sosiale medier\, militarisering av kunstig intelligens\, nedstenging av innsamlingsaksjoner for Gaza og en systematisk utestengning av palestinere fra finansielle tjenester\, blant annet PayPal. \nPanelet vil diskutere kampen om det digitale narrativet og framheve den helt avgjørende rollen palestinske medier og journalister spiller\, på tross av målrettede drap og undertrykkelse. Med Nadim Nashif\, Maja Van Der Velden (professor\, Teknologi og bærekraftige fremtider\, UiO) og Kyrre Lien (utenriksjournalist og tidligere Midtøsten-korrespondent i VG). Journalist Ingerid Salvesen er moderator. \n 
URL:https://masahat.no/event/folkemordet-i-gaza-og-big-tech/
LOCATION:Cinemateket\, Dronningens gate 16\, Oslo\, Oslo\, 0105\, Norway
CATEGORIES:Samtale
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ORGANIZER;CN="Fritt Ord":MAILTO:http://www.frittord.no/
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