• Keynote Speech by Mazen Darwish

    Litteraturhuset Wergelandsveien 29, Oslo, Oslo, Norway

    Mazen Darwish, one of Syria's most prominent human rights activists, will give a speech about his experience in Syria before and after the revolution as a human rights advocate. Afterwards,…

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  • The Syrian International

    Litteraturhuset Wergelandsveien 29, Oslo, Oslo, Norway

    The idea of a Syria International intends to refocus attention on the agency of Syrians in their struggle and consequently to demand international solidarity and acknowledgement of their rightful and…

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  • A space to think and imagine Syria

    Ingensteds Brenneriveien 9 , Oslo, Norway

    Kvelden begynner med såkalte lynforedrag – «lightning talks» om arbeidet, lidenskapene og aktivismen til de syriske gjestene våre. Formålet med disse foredragene er å vekke fantasien vår og inspirere oss…

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  • The Warriors of Hope: Syria’s New Civil Society

    Cinemateket Dronningens gate 16, Oslo, Oslo, Norway

    The only positive that has come out of the horrific Syrian war is a new and vibrant civil society. Under Assad’s regime there were no independent organisations or political parties. The…

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  • Syria’s Disappeared: The Case Against Assad

    Cinemateket Dronningens gate 16, Oslo, Oslo, Norway

    SPACE, Oslo Dokumentarkino and FN-sambandet invite you to a screening of Syria's Disappeared: The Case Against Assad followed by a panel discussion about the prospects of prosecuting war crime committed…

  • Aleppo: The City

    Litteraturhuset Wergelandsveien 29, Oslo, Oslo, Norway

    My Aleppo: When Memory Becomes Resistance - Lina Sergie Attar You know Aleppo as a vast landscape of bombed and burning historic buildings, cratered streets, and endless lines of fleeing,…

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  • The Story of Aleppo

    Litteraturhuset Wergelandsveien 29, Oslo, Oslo, Norway

    The Story of Aleppo   At the beginning of the Syrian uprising, Aleppo symbolized dissent to Assad rule culturally, with its unique plethora of artistic, cultural and civil society initiatives.…

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  • Aleppo: Revolutionary Culture

    Litteraturhuset Wergelandsveien 29, Oslo, Oslo, Norway

    Long before March 2011, Syria was known as the “kingdom of silence”. All forms of artistic and public expression were controlled by the regime, only those who mastered the regime’s…

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  • Aleppo: The Fall

    Litteraturhuset Wergelandsveien 29, Oslo, Oslo, Norway

      Last year, one of the worst human tragedies took place in Aleppo. After a few months of siege and indiscriminate shelling, tens of thousands of people were evicted from…

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