BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//masahat - مساحات - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://masahat.no X-WR-CALDESC:Events for masahat - مساحات REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Oslo BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20160327T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20161030T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20170326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20171029T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20180325T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20181028T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20190331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20191027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20200329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20201025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20210328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20211031T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20220327T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20221030T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20230326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20231029T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20220922T083000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20220922T093000 DTSTAMP:20260413T123917 CREATED:20220917T092326Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250706T195803Z UID:18439-1663835400-1663839000@masahat.no SUMMARY:The Challenge of Just Environmental Transitions in the Middle East and North Africa DESCRIPTION:How do the environmental and climate crises intersect with social inequality in the Middle East and North Africa? How do we root environmental and climate debates within the region in social justice and equity concerns? \nThe concept of Just Transition has become a keystone of the post-Paris Climate Agreement policy world\, while many activists and frontline communities claim that it has lost its original meaning. With the next two Conference of Parties (COP) meetings taking place in the MENA – COP27 in Egypt and COP28 in the UAE – how do global debates over Just Environmental Transitions play in the region? What do just transitions in energy\, food systems\, and water management mean for populations across the region? And is this an adequate framework for organizing ecological solidarity and activism in MENA? \nNorwegian private sector investments are part of the equation. How does Norwegian investors\, with their expressed commitments to social justice\, relate to the just transitions agenda when engaging in the region? \nThe event will be moderated by Pinar Tank\, Senior Researcher with the PRIO Middle East Centre. \nSpeaker\nSarine Karajerjian is Program Director of the Environmental Politics program at the Arab Reform Initiative (ARI). Prior to working at ARI\, she worked for 15 years at the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at the American University Beirut (AUB). Her previous work covered strategic management\, fundraising and outreach\, and partnerships and grants management.  She is currently pursuing a PhD in Anthropology at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris and writing her dissertation on the exile and trauma of Syrian refugee women in Beirut. She holds a Masters’ degree in Environmental Policy Planning and a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Health from AUB. \nCommentator\nAïda Delpuech is an independent journalist currently based in Tunis. Passionate about ecology\, she mostly covers and investigates themes related to the biodiversity\, energy transition\, agriculture\, pollution\, and agri-food in the Mediterranean. She is also the North Africa coordinator for the Environmental Investigative Forum. \nMidEast Breakfast\nThe PRIO Middle East Centre hosts a series of breakfast seminars\, catering to Oslo’s diverse community of MidEast watchers. Fore more info\, check PRIO website: https://www.prio.org/events/8968 \nThis event is a collaboration between the PRIO Middle East Centre and Masahat festival for Arab Arts and Culture\, which is hosting a number of event at different venues in Oslo during the week 20-25 September. URL:https://masahat.no/event/the-challenge-of-just-environmental-transitions-in-the-middle-east-and-north-africa/ LOCATION:PRIO\, Hausmanns gate 3 \, Oslo\, 0186\, Norway CATEGORIES:Samtale ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/PRIO-FB-event-cover.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="masahat":MAILTO:info@masahat.no END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20220921T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20220921T203000 DTSTAMP:20260413T123917 CREATED:20220828T135805Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250706T195447Z UID:17646-1663786800-1663792200@masahat.no SUMMARY:Climate Justice in the Arab World DESCRIPTION:Welcome to this afternoon of panel talks at Litteraturhuset as part of Masahat festival for Arab Arts and Culture during 20-25 September. The panel talks will discuss the fight for climate justice in the Arab world and its intersection with anti-colonialism and anti-autocracy struggles. The opening remarks will be given by Andrea Nightingale followed by presentations by architect and researcher Areej Ashhab (Palestine) and journalist Aïda Delpuech (Tunisia). Concluding remarks will be given by professor of anthropology Ghassan Hage. \nLanguage: English \nProgram 19.00-20.30:\n\nOpening remarks by Andrea Nightingale.\nPanel talks: Invading Nature: Trees as colonial agents in Palestine by Areej Ashhab; Economies of Extraction: Critical reflections on energy transition in North Africa by Aïda Delpuech.\nConcluding remarks: Anti-colonialism and Anti-autocracy in the age of the Anthropocene by Ghassan Hage.\nDiscussion and Q&A\n\nSynopses\nAnti-colonialism and Anti-autocracy in the age of the Anthropocene\nIt is sometimes assumed that colonialism and autocracy in the Arab world are primarily responsible for the extreme ecological degradation of the area\, and as such\, that the struggle against them is in itself an ecological struggle. In this presentation I want to suggest that\, just as we cannot take for granted that resistance to colonialism and autocracy are free from sexism or racism\, we cannot take for granted that such a resistance is ecologically friendly. Instead\, oppositional politics needs to be subjected to a continual work of critical reflexivity that concerns the way the ecological crisis calls for a reconsideration of the way resistance is conceived and waged? \nEconomies of Extraction: Critical reflections on energy transition in North Africa\nThis talk will address the concept of «just transition» while critically exploring the local realities of renewable energy projects in North Africa. By bringing concrete examples from recent projects implemented by the EU as well as Norwegian businesses in North Africa\, this talk will ask who is benefiting from these projects? and what are their true environmental\, sustainable and social costs and values? \nInvading Nature: Trees as colonial agents in Palestine\nThis talk unravels the politics of land in Palestine through stories of pine trees. the Jewish National Fund planted large tract of pine forests to colonise Palestinian land\, cover the remains of the destroyed Palestinian villages in the 1948 Nakba and materialise biblical imaginaries of the “Holy Land” as populated with Europeanised forests. These trees are very susceptible to wildfires and their seeds spread and disturb the natural and cultural landscapes in Palestine. This presentation examines how nature has been weaponised to fulfil the goals of the settler-colonial project in Palestine throughout the years. URL:https://masahat.no/event/climate-justice-in-the-arab-world/ LOCATION:Litteraturhuset\, Wergelandsveien 29\, Oslo\, Oslo\, 0167\, Norway CATEGORIES:Samtale ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Litthuset-panel-FB-event-cover.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="masahat":MAILTO:info@masahat.no END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20220524T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20220524T183000 DTSTAMP:20260413T123917 CREATED:20220519T124731Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250315T064028Z UID:17204-1653411600-1653417000@masahat.no SUMMARY:Justice for Syria? Norway's role in fighting war crimes DESCRIPTION:In November 2019\, a group of Syrian plaintiffs filed criminal complaints with Norwegian police and asked for investigations of named heads of Syrian intelligence services and other institutions responsible for torture and other grave abuses. \nSimilar cases have been filed in Sweden\, Germany\, France and Austria. \nIn January 2022\, a court in the German town of Koblenz sentenced a former Syrian intelligence officer to life in prison for crimes against humanity.\nBased on the trial in Germany\, this panel will discuss the use of universal jurisdiction as a legal mechanism to fight war crimes in Syria. We will ask politicians\, International law experts\, activists\, and victims’ families how Norwegian authorities can contribute to fighting impunity in Syria. \nThis panel is a collaboration between Masahat\, Norwegian Helsinki Committee and The Syria Campaign. \nPanelists\n\nWafa Mustafa\nWafa Mustafa is an activist\, journalist\, and a survivor of detention. Mustafa comes from Masyaf\, a city in the Hama Governorate\, western Syria. She left the country on 9 July 2013\, exactly a week after her father was forcibly disappeared by the regime in Damascus. She moved to Turkey and began reporting on Syria for various media outlets. In 2016\, she moved to Germany and continued her interrupted studies in Berlin where she studied Arts and Aesthetics at Bard College and graduated in Spring 2020. Like many other families\, Wafa doesn’t know what has happened to her father\, Ali Mustafa. He was arrested once before in August 2011 due to his humanitarian efforts to help internally displaced people fleeing from Hama city to Masyaf. In her advocacy\, Mustafa covers the impact of detention on young girls and women and families. \n\nAlia Malek\nAlia Malek is the author of The Home That Was Our Country: A Memoir of Syria (2017) and A Country Called Amreeka: US History Re-Told Through Arab American Lives (2009). She edited Patriot Acts: Narratives of Post 9/11 Injustices (2011) and edited and co-conceived EUROPA أوروپا : An Illustrated Introduction to Europe for Migrants and Refugees (2016). Her article on the Koblenz trial\, “How a Syrian War Criminal Was Brought to Justice — in Germany\,” was published on January 25th in the New York Times Magazine.She directs the international reporting concentration at the Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY and is a former civil rights attorney. \n  \nAleksandra Sidorenko\nAleksandra is Senior Advisor at the Norwegian Helsinki Committee. She holds a master’s degree in law from the University of Oslo and has previous legal education from the American University in Central Asia. She has LL.M. in Public International Law and LL.M. in Information and Communication Technology Law. She is specialized in international criminal law. Earlier\, Aleksandra worked at the Norwegian Center for Human Rights. She serves as a board member of the NGO Initiative International Criminal Law and Human Rights” (Poland) and advisor at Case Matrix Network (Belgium). URL:https://masahat.no/event/justice-for-syria-norways-role-in-fighting-war-crimes/ LOCATION:Melahuset\, Mariboes gate 8\, Oslo\, 0183\, Norway CATEGORIES:Samtale ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/8C65F5E1-8B12-4FF2-8711-FCA647A4B02B.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="masahat":MAILTO:info@masahat.no END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20211106T163000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20211106T180000 DTSTAMP:20260413T123917 CREATED:20211025T200019Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250315T064254Z UID:16879-1636216200-1636221600@masahat.no SUMMARY:Ten Years After the Arab Spring - Oslo World DESCRIPTION:Ten years ago\, Arab protesters reclaimed the public space for the first time in decades\, sparking an explosion of defiant artistic and cultural expressions against the authoritarian powers. A decade on\, the reality has drastically changed in many Arab and European cities in the aftermath of exile\, violent crackdown\, conflicts\, mass displacement and dispossession of millions of Arab citizens.  In this event\, we will first screen Odorless Blue Flowers Awake Prematurely\, a short film by Panos Aprahamian. Then we will have an open discussion with Jeffrey Karam about the aftermath of the disastrous triumph of counter revolutionary forces in the Arab world. We will think together about to survive and fight back\, what possibilities of resistance still exist and what political labour can we engage to bring change about? \n  \nThe discussion will be led by Rana Issa. \n  \nDr. Jeffrey G. Karam\, Assistant Professor of Political Science\, Lebanese American University; Associate\, Middle East Initiative\, Harvard University; and EUME Fellow of the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung and FU Berlin. Karam is a scholar and activist between Beirut and Berlin. He is the author and editor of numerous publications\, including The Middle East in 1958: Reimagining A Revolutionary Year (London: I.B. Tauris and Bloomsbury\, 2020). Karam is likewise the co-editor of the forthcoming book\, The Lebanon Uprising of 2019: Voices from the Revolution\, which I.B. Tauris and Bloomsbury will publish in 2022. \nAbout the film\n“Odorless Blue Flowers Awake Prematurely” is the dystopia-as-documentary rather than as fiction. For many inhabitants of this world\, the apocalypse is not a future possibility but a historical reality. The short documentary essay explores Beirut’s overlooked and marginalized areas that were also affected by the blast on August 4\, 2020. These areas sit on both sides of the Beirut river’s banks. The river became a conductor for the blast’s wave due to its length and the fact that it is devoid of barriers. The film refers to the 4th of August\, 2020\, as the day the world ended. Yet\, reality in this area kept on in an apocalyptic state: a global pandemic\, deadly pollution\, desolate neighborhoods\, financial meltdown\, resource scarcity\, and food shortage.\nIt’s as if the explosion came to announce the end of the world. There is nowhere to go\, no refuge\, no scent to the flowers that grow over human limbs\, and nothing to be said for the end of the world. Even the river that never ceases to flow to the sea is dead. In this moment of staggering impotence\, how does one make a film about the end of the world? Silence is perhaps darkness’ last friend. \nThis event is organized in collaboration with Oslo World and Kunstplass URL:https://masahat.no/event/ten-years-after-the-arab-spring-oslo-world/ LOCATION:Kunstplass\, Akersgata 1\, Oslo\, 0158\, Norway CATEGORIES:Film,Samtale ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/odorless.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="masahat":MAILTO:info@masahat.no END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20211019T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20211019T203000 DTSTAMP:20260413T123917 CREATED:20211007T054535Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250312T203236Z UID:16782-1634670000-1634675400@masahat.no SUMMARY:Arna's children DESCRIPTION:Arna was an Israeli anti-occupation activist\, married to a Palestinian\, and the founder of the Jenin Refugee camp Freedom Theatre. The Arna’s Children film documents the return of Arna’s son to the refugee camp. He discovers that some of the playful children he knew\, once gasping for cultural expression in a suffocated environment\, were either killed by the Israeli army or joined the Palestinian armed resistance movement. \nOne of Arna’s Children that we follow in the film is Zakaria Zubaidi\, who has recently made international headlines\, together with other five Palestinian political detainees\, upon their escape from the Israeli Gilboa prison. \nThe movie offers a bleak but poignant view into the life of Zubaidi and the future of Palestinian generations deprived of freedom. \nMasahat\, in collaboration with Palestinakomiteen and Kunstnernes Hus invite you to the film screening followed by a panel discussion on the role of culture and theatre in Palestine and conditions of Palestinian detention. \nPanelists\n\nLine Khateeb\, Leader of Palestinakomiteen & Masahat Chair of the Board\nOther guests TBC URL:https://masahat.no/event/arnas-children/ LOCATION:Kunstnernes Hus\, Wergelandsveien 17\, Oslo\, 0167\, Norway CATEGORIES:Film,Samtale ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Arnes-Children3-e1633585574606.png ORGANIZER;CN="masahat":MAILTO:info@masahat.no END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20210612T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20210612T190000 DTSTAMP:20260413T123917 CREATED:20210610T153351Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250312T203438Z UID:16531-1623513600-1623524400@masahat.no SUMMARY:Insiders Narrative - From Gaza DESCRIPTION:This film screening and panel discussion titled “Insiders Narrative” will shed light on how Gazan youth have experienced and continue to experience war and military aggression. After the 11 day aggression Gaza’s youth have less prospects and envision a bleaker future. The film “Ambulance” will be screened and followed by a panel discussion. Ambulance is a movie that captures the brutal aggression on Gaza in 2014. \nGuest speakers\n\nMohammed Jabaly\, Filmmaker from Gaza\, ‘Ambulance’ Director\nLine Khateeb\, Director of Palestinakomiteen\nRana Mortaja \, 24 years old mother\, Community worker\nOmar Alrabi\, 24 years\, English Literature graduate\nBissan Ouda\, 23 years\, Community volunteer\n\nModerated by Bahaa Eleyan.  This event is organized by Masahat in collaboration with TVIBIT\, and is part of the Citizen Academy project by Masahat and the Gaza-Tromsø twincity project by TVIBIT\n\nBook your free ticket URL:https://masahat.no/event/insiders-narrative-from-gaza/ LOCATION:Hålogaland Teater\, Teaterplassen 1\, Tromsø\, 9007\, Norway CATEGORIES:Film,Samtale ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/insiders-narrative_.png ORGANIZER;CN="masahat":MAILTO:info@masahat.no END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20210609T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20210609T190000 DTSTAMP:20260413T123917 CREATED:20210605T122146Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210605T122146Z UID:16520-1623265200-1623265200@masahat.no SUMMARY:Intersectionality: Being a double & triple minority in society DESCRIPTION:This panel will discuss overlapping identities and the importance of intersectional awareness. The conversation will discuss the situation of sexual and gender minorities in Norway who represent more than one minority group\, and how the Norwegian system responds to LGBTQ+ asylum seekers. \nGuest speakers: \n\nMaruwa Ibrahim\, Advisor at Skeiv Verden (Queer World) working mostly on and with members of LGBTQ+ community with minority backgrounds. She is interested in topics related to migration and gender\, blackness & African cultures and queer identities.She grew up in Stavanger and has an Eritrean muslim background.\nStine Ihle Amankwah\, Advisor at Minotek\, a minority policy think tank. She is interested in and works on group dynamics and the construction of identity through social communities\, and democratic participation as a prevention strategy against radicalisation.\nAleks Gosto\, Advisor for LGBTQ+ youth with minority backgrounds at Skeiv Verden. He is originally from Bosnia and Herzegovina\, where he spent many years actively engaged in trans-activism. He is interested in topics of trans migration\, trans-specific healthcare\, trans bodies in liminal spaces\, transnational belonging\, and interpolation of “trans” in postcolonial discourses in general.\n\n  \nModerated by Rana Issa\, Masahat – Open Spaces for Arab Culture in Exile. URL:https://masahat.no/event/intersectionality-being-a-double-triple-minority-in-society/ LOCATION:Pride House\, Øvre Vågsallmenningen\, Bergen\, Norway CATEGORIES:Samtale ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/intersection-skeiv-verden.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="masahat":MAILTO:info@masahat.no END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20210608T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20210608T170000 DTSTAMP:20260413T123917 CREATED:20210531T175229Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210601T091443Z UID:16489-1623168000-1623171600@masahat.no SUMMARY:In memory of Sarah Hijazi: Solidarity against Homophobia في ذكرى ساره حجازي: معاً ضد رهاب المثلية DESCRIPTION:Welcome to this panel commemorating the memory of the Egyptian LGBTQ+ activist\, Sarah Hegazi\, who took her life in exile last June. \nThis conversation will shed light on the violence that members of the LGBTQ+ community experience particularly in the Middle East\, the mental health consequences of Homophobia and hate speech as well as the efforts of grassroots organizations fighting homophobia in contexts of multilayered oppression\, and the importance international and intersectional solidarity. \nGuest speakers\n\nRepresentative from Al Qaws for Sexual and Gender Diversity in Palestinian Society- a civil society organization that is at the forefront of vibrant Palestinian cultural and social change\, building LGBTQ+ communities and promoting new ideas about the role of gender and sexual diversity in political activism and everyday life.\nJoseph Mardelli\, Project Manager of Skeiv Verden Oslo. He has worked with gender and sexual diversity education among asylum seekers in Norway.\nDr. Valeria Markova\, Psychologist who has researched depression and mental health among intercultural and minority communities in Norway.\n\nModerated by Chiara Ayad\, Masahat – Open Spaces for Arab Culture in Exile. \nSarah fled Egypt after she was imprisoned\, tortured and subject to hate and harassment campaigns based on her sexual identity and support for the LGBTQ+ community. She fled to Canada in search of safe refuge. In June 2020 Sarah took her lifte after months of struggling with depression and aggressive PTSD. Her passing represents a wake up call to all Middle Eastern societies\, western host communities & LGBTQ+ advocates everywhere. It also revealed the urgency and timeliness of transnational solidarity. \nThis event is organized by Masahat and Skeiv Verden Vest\, and is part of the Citizen Academy project by Masahat. URL:https://masahat.no/event/in-memory-of-sarah-hijazi-solidarity-against-homophobia/ LOCATION:Pride House\, Øvre Vågsallmenningen\, Bergen\, Norway CATEGORIES:Samtale ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/sarah-bergen.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="masahat":MAILTO:info@masahat.no END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20210319T121500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20210319T133000 DTSTAMP:20260413T123917 CREATED:20210309T100740Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250312T202923Z UID:16355-1616156100-1616160600@masahat.no SUMMARY:Collecting the Archives of Past and Present Revolutions: The project DREAM DESCRIPTION:Masahat and CIMS (Centre for Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Oslo) invite you to this seminar with Leyla Dakhli\, starting with a short presentation by Dakhli followed by discussion and Q&A from the floor. \nThe project DREAM is investigating revolutions and revolutionary dreams in the context of the Arab Mediterranean area after independence (1950’s until today). One of the big challenges in writing these histories of “ordinary revolutionaries” is to access documentation and archives. In our work\, we try to reflect on the status of the archives\, may they be “official” archives of the state or independent archiving or else private documentation made accessible to us by some individuals. Two specific aspects will be dealt of in this presentation: the opening (even sometimes in a very ephemeral way) of once inaccessible or invisible state archives after 2011\, and the multiplication of private archiving initiatives\, documenting in particular recent revolts and revolutions\, but also older memories. Does this private space complement or contradict the archive of power? What power regime does it build? \nIn conversation with Teresa Pepe (Chair of CIMS\, Associate Professor in Middle East Studies\, IKOS\, University of Oslo) and Rana Issa (Research Fellow at University of Oslo\, and Co-founding board member of Masahat-Open Spaces for Arab Culture in Exile). \nLeyla DAKHLI is a full-time historian in the French Center for National Research (CNRS)\, presently settled in the Marc Bloch Center in Berlin. Her work deals with the study of Arab intellectuals and social history of the South Mediterranean region\, with a particular focus on the history of women and the question of exiled intellectuals and activists. She is the Principal Investigator of the ERC-founded program DREAM (Drafting and Enacting the revolution in the Arab Mediterranean). Her last publications include L’Esprit de la révolte. Archives et actualité des révolutions arabes\, Éditions du Seuil\, oct. 2020. URL:https://masahat.no/event/collecting-the-archives-of-past-and-present-revolutions-the-project-dream/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Samtale ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Collecting-the-Archives.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="masahat":MAILTO:info@masahat.no END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20210317T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20210317T201500 DTSTAMP:20260413T123917 CREATED:20210308T154132Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250312T202518Z UID:16159-1616007600-1616012100@masahat.no SUMMARY:Arab Spring 10 Years Later: Looking Back from Norway DESCRIPTION:Ten years after the Arab uprisings in 2011\, we are faced with critical questions on how to remember and reflect on these events. Calls for social justice\, equality and freedom were faced with even more oppression that forced millions to leave their homes in search for a safe and dignified life. \nIn 2021\, we also look back at the second wave of protests in 2019 in Algeria\, Sudan\, and Lebanon that renewed our hope that change is possible. \nWelcome to this conversation with four Arab journalists\, researchers and activists based in Norway\, who will share their reflections on the uprisings\, connection to home\, and their new lives in Norway. \n\nSara Merabti-Elgvin\, Algerian political scientist\, researcher and an independent consultant\nMostafa El-Sayed Hussin\, Egyptian journalist\nWojoud Mejalli\, Yemeni journalist and activist\nOsama Shaheen\, Syrian-Palestinan activist\, and managing editor of DER Journal\n \nModerated by Zeina Bali\, Director\, Masahat – Open Spaces for Arab Culture in Exile. \n\n  URL:https://masahat.no/event/arab-spring-10-years-later-looking-back-from-norway/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Samtale ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ArabSpring10YearsLater.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="masahat":MAILTO:info@masahat.no END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20210316T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20210316T153000 DTSTAMP:20260413T123917 CREATED:20210304T191514Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250312T202335Z UID:16147-1615903200-1615908600@masahat.no SUMMARY:Right to the City in Arab Contexts الحق في المدينة في البلدان العربية DESCRIPTION:Masahat and Public Works Studio invite you to this online panel featuring the following Arab architects and urban researchers who will discuss the Right to the City in different Arab contexts taking case studies from Syria\, Lebanon\, Palestine\, Egypt and Sudan. \n\nMajid Doglas\, Building Engineer (Occupied Ramallah): Reviving tangible cultural heritage in Palestinian cities and villages.\nTasneem Nagi\, Urbanist (Sudan): From Resistance to Reclamation: Renegotiating Urban Governance in the Sudanese Revolution.\nSawsan Abu Zeineddine\, Architect and Architect and Urban Development Planner (Syria): The Politics of The Spatial in The Syrian Conflict: The Case of Aleppo.\nMenna Agha\, Architect and Researcher (Egypt): There is something wrong with Public Space.\nTala Alaeddine\, Architect and Urban Researcher (Lebanon): Housing Rights and Participatory Processes: Towards a people-centered dignified recovery after the Beirut Blast”.\n\nModerator: Toufoul Abou-Hodeib\, Associate Professor in History\, University of Oslo. \n  \nFor many decades\, Arab cities have been subject to urban policies that have aggravated social\, economic\, political\, cultural and spatial injustice. Public authorities have centralized resources in the hands of the few\, while further alienating the inhabitants and depriving them from accessing basic services or participating in decisions that affect their daily lives. \nPrivatized and securitized public spaces\, environmental degradation\, depletion of natural resources\, social marginalization\, and mass evictions are some of the outcomes of decades-long urban development in different Arab contexts. \nIn clear contrast to these tendencies\, protesters in the Arab uprisings in 2011 and 2019 were able to access\, reclaim and own the public spaces\, albeit for a short while. However\, such attempts are not exclusive to mass protests. Numerous\, vibrant Arab social and urban movements\, groups and organizations are working to counter hegemonic urban powers and to reshape the cityspaces to make it belong to all citizens. \nThis panel will host urban researchers and architects from Lebanon\, Syria\, Palestine\, Egypt and Sudan to discuss the urban struggles in these contexts. URL:https://masahat.no/event/right-to-the-city-in-arab-contexts/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Samtale ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/right-city-arab-cities-contexgt.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="masahat":MAILTO:info@masahat.no END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20201011T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20201011T200000 DTSTAMP:20260413T123917 CREATED:20201001T200711Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250312T201302Z UID:3263-1602439200-1602446400@masahat.no SUMMARY:Malplassert: Musikere i eksil خارج المكان: موسيقيين في المنفى DESCRIPTION:Limited spaces\, free entrance but booking a ticket is required \nSPACE and Det er hærdt å være araber welcome you to this musical evening at Melahuset. There will be music\, poetry\, conversation and open-mic at the end. \nWhen musicians are forced to leave their homes\, how can they adapt to a new context and audience\, and an alien musical scene? How can they perform in front of an audience that is not theirs? What happens to the content and style of their music? We will discuss these questions with Sallam Nasser and Shbli Saleem\, after we hear some of their beautiful performances. Discussion moderated by Chiara Ayad. \nMusicians: \n\nSallam Nasser: is a lyricist\, rapper and producer. Originally from Haifa\, Palestine\, Sallam Naser was born and raised in the Yarmouk camp in Damascus. With the unrest in Syria\, he sought asylum in Drammen\, Norway\, where he quickly mastered the Norwegian language. In 2019\, Sallam caught the rap scene off guard when he started participating in rap battles against Norwegian rappers\, proving his talent was not limited to his native language.\nShbli Saleem: is an Oud player\, he performed in numerous concerts and festivals in Norway. He currently studies music at Høgskolen i Innlandet\nModerator\, Chiara Ayyad: Palestinian-Norwegian artist\n\nعربي \nالأماكن محدودة، الدخول مجاني ولكن يجب حجز بطاقات \nنرحب بكم في أمسية موسيقية في ميلا هوسيه يتخللها موسيقى، غناء، شعر، وحوار مع فقرة أوبن-مايك في النهاية. \nعندما يُجبر الموسيقييون على ترك بلادهم، كيف يمكنهم التكيف مع سياق جديد، وجمهور جديد، ومشهد موسيقي غريب عنهم؟ كيف يمكنهم الأداء أمام جمهور لا يألفونه؟ وكيف يتأثر نمط ومحتوى إنتاجهم؟ نناقش هذه الأسئلة مع سلّام ناصر وشبلي سليم بعد أن نستمع إلى فقرات موسيقية من أدائهم. تدير الحوار كيارا عيّاد. \nالموسيقيين: \n\nسلّام ناصر: مؤلف، رابر، ومنتج. تعود أصول سلّام إلى حيفا، وقد ولد وأمضى حياته في مخيم اليرموك في دمشق. مع بداية الاضطرابات في سوريا اضطر سلّام إلى المغادرة وطلب اللجوء في النرويج. لفت سلّام الأنظار عام ٢٠١٩ بعد أن أتقن اللغة النرويجية بسرعة قياسية ودخل المشهد النرويجي بمشاركته في مناظرات راب مع رابرز/مغنيين نرويجيين، مرسّخاً بذلك موهبته بلغة جديدة.\nشبلي سليم: عازف عود شارك بالكثير من الحفلات والمهرجانات في أوسلو. يدرس الآن الموسيقي في Høgskolen i Innlandet\nتدير الحوار كيارا عيّاد، فنانة فلسطينية-نرويجية.\n\nNorsk \nBegrensede plasser\, gratis\, men husk å reservere billett \nSPACE og Det er hardt å være araber ønsker deg velkommen til en magisk kveld på Melahuset. Det vil være musikk\, poesi\, samtaler\, og åpen mikrofon mot slutten av kvelden. \nNår musikere blir tvunget til å levne hjemmene sine\, hvordan skal de tilpasse seg en ny kontekst\, et nytt publikum\, og en fjern musikkscene? Hvordan skal de opptre foran et publikum som ikke er deres? Hva skjer med innholdet og musikkstilen? Dette er noen av spørsmålene vi skal diskutere sammen med musikerne Sallam Nasser og Shbli Saleem etter at de har opptrådt for oss. Samtalen ledes av Chiara Ayad. \nMusikerne: \n\nSallam Nasser er tekstforfatter\, rapper og produsent\, opprinnelig fra Haifa i Palestina. Sallam Nasser er født og oppvokst i Yarmouk-leiren i Damaskus. På grunn av uroen i landet søkte han asyl i Drammen i Norge\, hvor han raskt mestret det norske språket. I 2019 overrasket han alle da han deltok på «rap battles» sammen med norske rappere\, og viste dermed at talentet ikke var begrenset til morsmålet hans.\nShbli Saleem er en oudspiller som har opptrådt på en rekke konserter og festivaler i Norge. Han studerer for tiden musikk ved Høgskolen i Innlandet.\nChiara Ayyad er en palestinsk-norsk kunstner\, og vil lede samtalen.\n\nRegistration is closed for this event \nSupported by: URL:https://masahat.no/event/malplassert-musikere-i-eksil/ LOCATION:Melahuset\, Mariboes gate 8\, Oslo\, 0183\, Norway CATEGORIES:Musikk,Samtale ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Malplassert.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="masahat":MAILTO:info@masahat.no END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20200913T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20200913T200000 DTSTAMP:20260413T123917 CREATED:20200829T203510Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250312T201156Z UID:3115-1600020000-1600027200@masahat.no SUMMARY:Syrian Doc Days: Mellom to verdener DESCRIPTION:Velkommen til den tredje utgaven av Syrian Doc Days i Oslo!\nI år skal vi se nærmere på hvordan flyktninger i Norge opplever å leve mellom to verdener\, konsekvensene som følger\, og hvordan det norske systemet kan håndtere dette. \n\nProgrammet for kvelden\n\n18.00 – 18.40: Visning av to kortfilmer\n\nSyrialism\, av Dalia Alkury (Norge\, 2020\, 21′)\nI have seen nothing\, av Yaser Kassab (Libanon\, Sverige\, Syria\, 2019\, 19′)\n\n\n18.45 – 19.00: Spørsmålsrunde med filmregissør Dalia Alkury\n19.30 – 20.00: Panelsamtale\n\n\nMellom to verdener: Møtet mellom nåtid og fortid for flyktninger i Norge\nFor mange av oss som har kommet til Norge etter å ha levnet et hjemland\, familie og nære i krise\, kan virkeligheten nærmest oppleves som schizofren – vi lever i to verdener. Våre følelser og tanker er hjemme\, mens vi forsøker å starte våre nye liv i Norge.\nVi prøver å lære et nytt språk\, sliter med å finne vår plass i et nytt samfunn\, og lærer stadig hvordan ting fungerer\, mens vi også sliter med angst og frykt for hva som skal skje med våre kjære som fortsatt befinner seg der vi dro fra dem. Vi opplever skyldfølelse for at vi har overlevd\, traumatiske minner\, og vi mangler en følelse av tilhørighet. \nMange flyktninger sier at de har fått psykiske plager etter at de kom til Norge. Å leve i fredelige Norge beskytter ikke flyktninger fra å oppleve den psykiske bagasjen de har båret med seg fra konflikter og uroligheter. Hvordan skal vi håndtere denne virkeligheten? Hvordan kan det norske helsesystemet bli bedre skodd for å møte disse behovene? \nFor å snakke om dette har vi fått med oss: \n\nLars Lien\, Professor II\, Høgskolen i Innlandet\nAngie Hussami-Finvold\, syrisk-norsk aktivist og flyktningguide\nBaraa Alowais\, syrisk-norsk lege\nOrdstyrer: Tove Gravdal\, journalist og skribent\n\nI samarbeid med Oslo Dokumentarkino og Syrian Doc Days – Denmark.\n\n\nBegrensede plasser\, husk å kjøpe billett: https://checkout.ebillett.no/287/events/13447/purchase/corona. Vel møtt! \nSupported by: URL:https://masahat.no/event/syrian-doc-days-mellom-to-verdener/ LOCATION:Vega Scene\, Hausmanns gate 30\, Oslo\, 0182\, Norway CATEGORIES:Film,Samtale ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Mellom-to-verdener-Motet-mellom-nåtid-og-fortid-for-flyktninger-i-Norge.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="masahat":MAILTO:info@masahat.no END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20200823T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20200823T203000 DTSTAMP:20260413T123917 CREATED:20200829T120916Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210209T192800Z UID:3110-1598205600-1598214600@masahat.no SUMMARY:Beirut - Underdown. Filmvisning og samtale DESCRIPTION:Det er hardt å være araber og SPACE ønsker velkommen til Underdown filmvisning om livet i Beiruts gater og en samtale med Rana Issa\, Antoine Fadel og Khaled Zaza om det som skjer i Beirut nå. \nDen 4. august ble Beirut rystet av en voldsom eksplosjon som la byen i ruiner. 2750 tonn med ammoniumnitrat hadde blitt lagret flere år i byens havn\, og til tross for at myndighetene kjente til dette\, ble det aldri gjort noe med. Dette var siste dråpe for libanesere som lenge har lengtet etter politisk forandring.\n«Alle betyr alle» ropes i gatene og symbolske galger er satt opp. Revolusjonen som startet i oktober i fjor lever videre\, og målet er at det politiske lederskapet skal falle. \nOm filmen\nI Sarah Kaskas’ «Underdown» møter vi Abu Hussam\, en taxisjåfør som gjør sitt beste for å overleve i Libanons hovedstad Beirut. Abu Hussams drøm er å finne tak over hodet\, men fram til det skjer skal han fortsette å sove på gata og kjøre rundt i gatene med røyk sigende fra panseret på bilen. Å drikke øl gir ham noe trøst\, for en liten stund. Han forklarer hvorfor han er glad i denne hektiske byen: «Kaoset passer meg\, fordi hvis dette landet hadde vært i orden\, hadde det vært umulig for meg å drikke og kjøre.»\nEt annet sted i byen møter vi den syriske gutten Ali\, som har valgt å leve alene på gata. Han elsker havet\, og savner Azzam\, en kompis som han fortsetter å vente på. Vi møter også Samya\, en whiskeydrikkende kvinne som prøver å finansiere en operasjon for sin nesten blinde mor. Akkurat som Abu Hussam og Ali\, håper hun også på bedre tider. \n \nOm samtalen\nFor å diskutere hva som foregår i landet har vi fått med oss Rana Issa\, medgrunnlegger av SPACE og assisterende professor på Det amerikanske universitetet i Beirut (AUB)\, Antoind Fadel\, arkitekt og medgrunnlegger av Active Lebanon\, og Khaled Zaza\, konsulent og forskningsassistent spesialisert i internasjonal rett og menneskerettigheter. \nPåmelding\nFor å reservere billetter registerer du deg her på Facebook eventet og vippser 50 kroner eller mer til 618777. Alle pengene går til Basmeh & Zeitooneh\, en organisasjon som opprinnelig jobber med syriske og palestinske flyktninger i Libanon\, men som nå også jobber med libanesiske familier som er påvirket av eksplosjonen i Beirut. Ikke nøl med å ta kontakt dersom du har spørsmål om pengene eller organisasjonen. Du kan lese mer om Basmeh & Zeitooneh her. \n  \nSupported By URL:https://masahat.no/event/beirut-underdown-filmvisning-og-samtale/ LOCATION:Melahuset\, Mariboes gate 8\, Oslo\, 0183\, Norway CATEGORIES:Film,Samtale ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Beirut-underdown.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20200228T083000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20200228T093000 DTSTAMP:20260413T123917 CREATED:20200213T074609Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250704T205758Z UID:2868-1582878600-1582882200@masahat.no SUMMARY:Humanitarian Aid and the War Economy in Syria DESCRIPTION:While humanitarian aid is key in Syria\, questions need to be asked about how the procurement of goods and services by humanitarian and development actors\, using international funding\, can contribute to a war-crime-economy. The Syrian Legal Development Programme (SLDP) has conducted extensive research into businesses that supply aid groups\, including the UN\, and how some of these businesses are sanctioned for human rights abuses. The seminar will share the findings of this research\, discuss the challenges in operating in a conflict zone like Syria from the perspective of business and human rights\, and discuss some solutions that donors and aid agencies could take to mitigate the negative impact of their operations. \nAn opening introduction will be held by Ibrahim Olabi who is the founder and director of The Syrian Legal Development Programme (SLDP). A panel discussion will then follow\, with Trude Falch (Norwegian People’s Aid) and Kristoffer Lidén (PRIO). Jørgen Jensehaugen (PRIO) will chair the seminar. \nTrude Falch’s comments will take the perspective of the INGOs and discuss the operational aspects and dilemmas we face while operating in a country under heavy international sanctions and subject to anti-terror legislation where everything we do is in risk of contributing to a war or even war-crime-economy. Kristoffer Lidén will give a reflection on the ethical dilemmas raised by Olabi’s talk. \nThis seminar is free and open to all\, but registration is required on PRIO’s website. \nSpeakers\n\nIbrahim Olabi is UK barrister at Guernica 37 International Justice Chambers\, and the founder of the Syrian Legal Development Programme. He is also a UK-based lawyer with specialised international law knowledge and experience related to the Syrian conflict.\nTrude Falch is Head of Middle East and North Africa section in Norwegian People’s Aid and has overseen the organisation’s programming in Syria since 2012. Norwegian People’s Aid works with local organisations to provide humanitarian and longer-term support in Syria.\nKristoffer Lidén is a Senior researcher at PRIO\, with a PhD in Philosophy. He coordinates the PRIO Research Group on Law and Ethics and is Deputy Director of the Norwegian Centre for Humanitarian Studies (NCHS). His current research centres on the ethics of international affairs\, with a focus on the fields of security\, humanitarianism\, peacebuilding and new technology.\n\n  \nThe seminar is co-hosted by the PRIO Middle East Centre\, the Norwegian Centre for Humanitarian Studies (NCHS) and SPACE – Syrian Peace Action Centre. URL:https://masahat.no/event/humaniarian-aid-and-the-war-economy-in-syria/ LOCATION:PRIO\, Hausmanns gate 3 \, Oslo\, 0186\, Norway CATEGORIES:Samtale ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Convoy.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="masahat":MAILTO:info@masahat.no END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20200227T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20200227T183000 DTSTAMP:20260413T123917 CREATED:20200205T075654Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250308T075113Z UID:2821-1582819200-1582828200@masahat.no SUMMARY:Fighting War Crimes in Syria – Can Norway Play a Part? DESCRIPTION:Film: Syria’s Disappeared: The Case Against Assad\nUK/ 2017 / 50 min / Dir: Sara Afshar \nTens of thousands of Syrians have been tortured and killed in secret prisons\, by the Assad regime. The Film Syria’s Disappeared – The Case Against Assad by Sara Afshar brings forward testimonies from victims and asks the question; is it possible to prosecute the people behind these crimes? \nMazen Alhummada is one of the characters in the film. He was arrested and brutally tortured in a state controlled prison. Today he lives in exile and fights for justice for the victims of torture and murder in Assads prisons. \nWe also meet investigators\, journalists and lawyers working to fight impunity in Syria. \nPanel talk: Fighting War Crimes in Syria – Can Norway Play a Part?\nWar crimes that go unpunished\, leaves a crippled society. Countless human rights violations\, and crimes have been committed in Syria since the beginning of the uprising in the spring of 2011. Those responsible remain largely unpunished. \nIn November 2019\, a group of Syrian plaintiffs filed criminal complaints with Norwegian police and asked for investigations of named heads of Syrian intelligence services and other institutions responsible for torture and other grave abuses.\nOn this background\, we ask politicians\, legal experts\, activists\, and victims who have found protection in Norway\, how Norwegian authorities and authorities in other democratic countries can contribute to fighting impunity in Syria. \nPanel \n\nIbrahim Olabi\, Barrister at Guernica 37 and Director of Syrian Legal Development Programme\nBrynjulf Risnes\, lawyer\, Matrix Advokater – Defense and Litigation Attorneys\nSofie Høgestøl\, Associate Professor\, Faculty of Law UiO\nGunnar Ekeløve-Slydal\, Director of policies\, the Norwegian Helsinki Committee\nLawrence Almala Ali\, torture survivor from Syria.\nPetter Eide\, MP Socialist Left Party\, Norway\nBritta Redwood\, Legal Fellow\, European Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR)\nModerator: Stig-Arild Pettersen\n\n  \n \nThis event is part of HUMAN International Documentary Festival\, in cooperation with The Norwegian Helsinki Committee and SPACE. URL:https://masahat.no/event/fighting-war-crimes-in-syria-can-norway-play-a-part/ LOCATION:Vega Scene\, Hausmanns gate 30\, Oslo\, 0182\, Norway CATEGORIES:Film,Samtale ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/fighting-war-crimes-in-syria-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20200225T201500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20200225T213000 DTSTAMP:20260413T123917 CREATED:20200205T075024Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200205T130443Z UID:2824-1582661700-1582666200@masahat.no SUMMARY:Narrative Wars: The Politics of Memory DESCRIPTION:Why should we watch films about war and unbearable human suffering? \nThe Syrian war is not only fought with guns and bombs\, but also with words and narratives. The Syrian regime is funding efforts to manipulate the Syrian story while others are documenting regime war crimes. Such “narrative wars” are not unique to Syria. They are a normal occurrence during and after violent conflicts\, including ethnic cleansing and genocides. \nThe Holocaust\, the Nakba and the Syrian war all have one thing in common: Efforts to document and remember these historical injustices have been crucial to get justice for the victims. \nThe film For Sama is a difficult\, yet important\, film to watch. It reminds us to ask critical questions such as: why is it important to document and bear witness to the horrors of the past? Who is responsible for preserving the narrative? Is it pursuable\, or even possible\, to agree on one grand narrative? Can preserved narratives and collective memories redeem the victims? \nPanel: \n\nUğur Ümit Üngör\, Professor of History at Amsterdam University\nNadim Khoury\, Associate Professor in International Studies at Lillehammer University College\nCora Alexa Døving\, senior researcher at the Norwegian Holocaust Center\nModerator: Line Khateeb\, SPACE Chair of the Board\n\nThis event is part of HUMAN International Documentary Festival. URL:https://masahat.no/event/narrative-wars-the-politics-of-memory/ LOCATION:Vega Scene\, Hausmanns gate 30\, Oslo\, 0182\, Norway CATEGORIES:Samtale ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Narrative-wars-HUMAN.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20191129T083000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20191129T093000 DTSTAMP:20260413T123917 CREATED:20191123T213057Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250312T200421Z UID:2646-1575016200-1575019800@masahat.no SUMMARY:Update from Northern Syria: Humanitarian Response\, Impunity and Localization DESCRIPTION:The situation in Northern Syria has severely deteriorated in recent weeks. Although the dynamics of the conflict and the impact on the ground vary from east to west\, civilians are at risk across the region. On November 14th\, in his briefing to the Security Council\, the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator referred to reports from early November that over one hundred airstrikes were launched on Idlib and surrounding areas. This is a region of 3 million people that has been targeted since April 2019 by Russia\, its militias and the Syrian Army. On 4 and 6 November\, four separate health facilities were damaged. Civilians in northwest Syria remain trapped under fierce airstrikes by the Russian and Syrian air force and on the ground\, they suffer under the presence of Hayat Tahrir al Sham\, a UN-listed terrorist organization. \n  \nIn northeast Syria\, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights verified that 49 civilians have been killed by a combination of air strikes\, ground-based strikes\, sniper fire\, and executions by armed groups. Although hostilities have de-escalated since late October\, clashes continue in border areas\, civilian infrastructure is damaged\, more than 70 000 people remain displaced\, and 1.8 million people are in need of humanitarian aid. \n  \nAfter more than eight years since the war in Syria began\, with well documented violations of the IHL\, including attacks on civilians and humanitarian workers\, questions abound in terms of how perpetrators can be held accountable and what scenarios for transitional justice can be envisioned. \n  \nIn the midst of this deteriorating environment for humanitarian action and for IHL\, and a worsening humanitarian situation\, local aid workers are at the forefront of the humanitarian response. Yet\, despite a growing international interest in localization\, local organizations are often under-funded and left to shoulder the danger their humanitarian cadres face in the riskiest areas. \n  \nThese developments raise questions that need to be addressed\, including: \n\nWhat are the most urgent needs in northern Syria?\nHow can Norway further contribute to a principled\, effective and localized humanitarian response?\nWhat should be done to ensure accountability\, justice and restore respect for IHL?\n\n  \nThe PRIO Middle East Centre\, the Norwegian Centre for Humanitarian Studies and SPACE (Syrian Peace Action Centre) welcome you to this breakfast seminar with three Syrian experts\, Fadi Al-Dairi\, Hayma Alyousfi and Ferhad Ahma\, representatives of Syrian diaspora and civil society networks. They will give an update from the ground on the humanitarian situation in Northern Syria\, address these questions and discuss how Norway can further support a principled\, effective and localized humanitarian response. \n  \nTea\, coffee\, and a light breakfast will be served. \n  \nSpeakers\nFarhad Ahma is the co- founder and CEO of PÊL- Civil Waves \, an organization working primarily on peace building and development in northeast Syria. Farhad was elected a member of the city council in Berlin-Mitte and a regular guest at German media outlets as an expert on Syria. \nFadi Al-Dairi is the co-Founder and Country Director for HIHFAD Foundation (Hand In Hand for Aid & Development) which was founded in the UK in response to the crisis in Syria. HIHFAD is a member of SNA (Syrian NGO Alliance) and Fadi serves as the current Chair of the Board. SNA members (currently 22 NGOs) are some of the largest humanitarian actors inside Syria. Fadi is also the current Chair of the Board for NGO Forum. \nHayma Alyousfi is the Advocacy and Outreach Manager with “Local Development and Small-projects Support” (LDSPS) and was elected as the president of Shaml CSOs Coalition in Gaziantep/ Turkey. She holds MA in Risk and Security from Durham university/ UK. \nThe seminar will be chaired by Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert (PRIO). \nDiscussant: Pinar Tank (PRIO) URL:https://masahat.no/event/update-from-northern-syria-humanitarian-response-impunity-and-localization/ LOCATION:PRIO\, Hausmanns gate 3 \, Oslo\, 0186\, Norway CATEGORIES:Samtale ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/7160544558_5f840b8fa1_c.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="masahat":MAILTO:info@masahat.no END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20191123T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20191123T180000 DTSTAMP:20260413T123917 CREATED:20191115T114954Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200127T132758Z UID:2591-1574521200-1574532000@masahat.no SUMMARY:حوار مفتوح: (مـ)ساحات التغيير في دول الربيع العربي DESCRIPTION:يسرُّ سبيس ومركز الخرطوم للفن المعاصر دعوتكم إلى حوار مفتوح باللغة العربية مع فنانين وأكاديميين من العراق وفلسطين وسوريا ولبنان والسودان للتفكير في مساحات التغيير في دول الربيع العربي منذ الموجة اﻷولى للمظاهرات في 2011، وما لحقها من ثورات مضادة وصراعات مسلحة ومروراً بالموجة الثانية من الثورات الشعبية التي شهدتها هذا العام السودان والجزائر ولبنان والعراق. \nتشترك قصص التغيير عبر دول الربيع العربي بالمكانة المركزية التي شغلتها الساحات والميادين العامة حين استعاد ملكيتها المتظاهرون وأطلقوا منها صيحات التغيير اﻷولى بعد عقود من احتكارها من قبل سلطات الاستبداد. \nفي محاولة لفهم ديناميات موجات التغيير وتداعياتها في الدول المختلفة، وبعيداً عن النوستالجيا والقراءة الرومانسية للواقع، سيبدأ الحوار بجولة سريعة على ساحات (ميادين) التغيير حيث سيتحدث كل ضيف عن واحدة من هذه الساحات من بلده الأصل، ورمزيتها في التأثير على موجة التغيير. \nبعد ذالك سيتوسع الحوار بمشاركة جميع الموجودين لنقاش مساحات التغيير الممكنة اليوم في بلادنا ودورنا كجاليات في المهجر. \nضيوف الحوار: \n\nعمر محمد (العراق)، مؤرخ من الموصل ومؤسس عين الموصل.\nعليا مالك (سوريا/أمريكا)، محامية حقوق مدنية وصحفية ومؤلفة كتاب “الوطن الذي كان بلدنا: مذكرات من سوريا”.\nرنا عيسى (لبنان)، أستاذة مساعدة في الجامعة اﻷميريكية في بيروت وعضوة مؤسسة لسبيس.\nنديم خوري (فلسطين)، أستاذ مشارك في كلية بيوركنس في أوسلو.\nفضلابي (السودان)، فنان تشكيلي ومؤسس لمركز الخرطوم للفن المعاصر في أوسلو.\nأماني سليم (مصر)، طالبة دكتوراه في جامعة برغن.\n\nسيأخذ الحوار صيغة حلقة مفتوحة ولذلك سيعتمد على التفاعل والمشاركة من قبل الحضور. سيتم تقديم مأكولات خفيفة الساعة 17.00. \nيستضيف هذا الحوار المفتوح المشاركين في مؤتمر القضية السورية-النضال ﻷجل الوطن The Question of Syria 2019 – The Struggle for Home الذي سيجري في اليوم السابق، يوم 22 نوفمبر في ليتراتورهوسيه. بما أن المؤتمر سيكون بالإنكليزية، اخترنا استضافة المتحدثين في هذا الحوار المفتوح باللغة العربية لإتاحة المشاركة لعدد أكبر من أعضاء الجاليات العربية في أوسلو. \nالدخول مجاني ومفتوح للجميع. ولكن يرجى تسجيل اﻷسماء عبر الضغط على رابط البطاقات: https://bit.ly/2rEOOAk لأن اﻷماكن محدودة وسيتم طلب أكل حسب العدد الموجود URL:https://masahat.no/event/%d8%ad%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%b1-%d9%85%d9%81%d8%aa%d9%88%d8%ad-%d9%85%d9%80%d8%b3%d8%a7%d8%ad%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%aa%d8%ba%d9%8a%d9%8a%d8%b1-%d9%81%d9%8a-%d8%af%d9%88%d9%84-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b1/ LOCATION:Khartoum Contemporary Art Center\, Bernt Ankers gate 17\, Oslo\, Oslo\, 0183\, Norway CATEGORIES:Samtale,عربي ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/TheStruggleForHome-Arabic.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20191122T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20191122T210000 DTSTAMP:20260413T123917 CREATED:20190904T175432Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240829T094134Z UID:2334-1574442000-1574456400@masahat.no SUMMARY:The Struggle for Home - The Question of Syria 2019 DESCRIPTION:This year’s Question of Syria will expand the discussion beyond nation state politics by reflecting on questions of belonging\, exile\, everyday political expression\, right to land\, citizenship and return. \nThe Question of Syria 2019 – The Struggle for Home invites intellectuals\, specialists and artists from Iraq\, Palestine\, Syria\, Sudan as well as Norway to think together about home. \nWith the Syrian conflict entering its 8th year\, new struggles continue to erupt in the Arab world\, with Algeria and Sudan being the latest revolting countries. Political struggles continue across regions touched by the Arab spring\, but they also disappear in the conditions of migration and displacement brought about by these struggles. \nThis year’s Question of Syria will focus on these new realities. The Syrian struggle has shown that it is important to think beyond borders\, particularly following the millions of people that have sought refuge in the region\, Europe\, including Norway\, and elsewhere. \nProgram\n17:00 / Searching for Home \n\n\n Time\, Space and People: Untold History of Mosul – Omar Mohammad\n \n\n When Home is Unattainable\, What Replaces it? – Alia Malek\n \n\n Home and Homeland in the Palestinian Right to Return – Nadim Khoury\n \n\nModerated by Joakim Parslow\, Associate Professor – Middle East Studies\, University of Oslo. \n18:30 / Break & Book signature \nDuring the break\, Alia Malek will sign copies of her book\, The Home That Was Our Country: A Memoir of Syria\, which be available for sale in the bookstore at Litteraturhuset. \n19:00 / The Art Of Resistance \n\n\n Reclaiming Home: Visualizing Resistance in Sudan Protests – Cassius Fadlabi\n \n\n Carnival: Celebration\, Protest and Strategies of Art Activism – Camilla Dahl\n \n\n An Update from Lebanon – Rana Issa\n \n\n Reclaim the Streets: Ad-busting as a Tool for Civic Agency and Empowerment – James Finucane\n \n\nTime\, Space and People: Untold History of Mosul\n \n OMAR MOHAMMED\n HISTORIAN \nMosul has been for centuries a city of unique coexistence and had its own identity locally and internationally. Christians were not only leading their own community\, they were the alternative to Rome. Jews were developing their language and had a different life than it was told to us by recent studies. Muslims and other groups worked all together and produce their own products that helped Europe during its industrial revolution. What happened to a city was once on the Silk Road to be a destroyed one? Who are the people of Mosul now? What space they have? and what time they are living? \n \nWhen Home is Unattainable\, What Replaces it?\n\n \n \n Alia Malek\n Journalist \nIn 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 of the Aegean Sea. Each of them came from a different part of Syria and from different socio-economic classes. Their sites were set on making it to Sweden and the Netherlands. Some of them would be forced to ask for asylum in Germany. Since then\, Malek has been reporting on their lives and displacement across these three countries as part of a 10 year reporting project. Drawing on this work\, she will consider what replaces the very idea of home when home itself becomes unattainable and its permanence illusory. \nHome and Homeland in the Palestinian Right to Return\n \n Nadim Khoury\n Associate Professor II \nThe 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\, I want to explore the different meanings of home underlying the right of return\, especially as this right has been recognized\, negated\, and negotiated since 1948. The goal is not only to offer a historical survey but to pose a urgent question: what home should a just peace promise Palestinian refugees\, refugees who have been denied a home for far too long? \n \nPART TWO: THE ART OF RESISTANCE \nReclaiming Home: Visualizing Resistance in Sudan Protests\n \n \n Fadlabi\n Artist \nDuring the Sudan uprising many sudanese in diaspora found different ways to contribute to the revolution. In Fadlabi’s case he made more than a 100 posters about different events to be used in Sudan by his friends. He will talk about that experience and the part that art plays an important role not only in telling the story of revolutions\, but sometime even in shaping the goals of the revolution \nCARNIVAL: CELEBRATION\, PROTEST AND STRATEGIES OF ART ACTIVISM\n \n CAMILLA DAHL​\n Artist \nIn 2019\, the collaborative art project “Carnival – an Intercultural Celebration and Protest” was performed in Oslo as a carnival parade and an exhibition at the Intercultural Museum. Inspired by the traditional carnival\, the aim was to engage artists\, schools\, local communities and activist groups to gather in the carnival to celebrate and protest in creative ways. Together we were to explore how the upside-down perspective of the carnival culture could activate new spaces of political engagement and participation\, and how artistic expressions and strategies could be used to ridicule and resist systems of power. As one of the initiators\, Camilla Dahl will talk about the various forms of projects that participated\, ranging from socially engaged and participatory art to activist protests addressing specific issues. \n \nAN UPDATE FROM LEBANON​\n \n \n RANA ISSA\n Assistant Professor \nRana Issa has been participating in Lebanon protests since the onset of the Lebanese October revolution. She will introduce us to the protesters creative strategies with the major milestones in the revolution drawing on non-violent resistance and inspiration from Sudan and Iraq protests.  \nRECLAIM THE STREETS: AD-BUSTING AS A TOOL FOR CIVIC AGENCY AND EMPOWERMENT​\n \n JAMES FINUCANE​\n Artist \nSubvertising Norway is a non-profit network of artists and activists raising awareness about who has the power to communicate messages and create meaning in public space through acts of creative subversion and art-based activism. Guided by the basic principle that the visual realm in public space belongs to everyone – not only the companies and organisations that can afford to rent our attention – Subvertising Norway provides the tools and know-how for citizens to actively participate in shaping our shared public spaces \n \nSpeakers URL:https://masahat.no/event/the-struggle-for-home-the-question-of-syria-2019/ LOCATION:Litteraturhuset\, Wergelandsveien 29\, Oslo\, Oslo\, 0167\, Norway CATEGORIES:Litteratur,Samtale ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/The-Struggle-for-Home-fb.png ORGANIZER;CN="masahat":MAILTO:info@masahat.no END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20191102T203000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20191102T213000 DTSTAMP:20260413T123917 CREATED:20190924T075445Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191025T101747Z UID:2368-1572726600-1572730200@masahat.no SUMMARY:ArabFuturism: Arab Contemporary Art Scene DESCRIPTION: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 of a future that is centered and conceived from and for the people? \nIn a region that is often haunted by worn-out clichés full of exoticism and the continuous association with war\, upheaval and religious conflicts\, it is important to highlight the multifaceted plurality of the Arab world and its contemporary art scene. \nThe talk will be a conversation between artists\, around the possibility of turning dystopian realities into a quest for a utopian present and future. In addition\, we will screen short films made by Arab futurist filmmakers\, curated in collaboration with Khaled Saghieh. \nSPEAKERS\nLiliane Chela is a Lebanese graphic designer and multidisciplinary artist living and working in Beirut\, Chlela also produces music for short films and contemporary dance. She will be performing the same night at the festival as part of the Beirut & Beyond. \n\nHadia Gana\, is a Libyan artist. She was born and bread in Tripoli\, Libya. She graduated from the ceramics and glass department at Tripoli’s university in 1995 and had a masters of ceramic from Cardiff University of Wales in 2005. Along her educational path she worked on her artistic research with ceramics starting with focussing on the aesthetics of shapes and its expressive possibility within restrictions of material and technology. Since the February revolution in Libya\, she decided to start a long planned project. Bayt Ali Gana (cultural centre based on the work of her late father) in Tripoli suburb. She regards the creation of this alternative institution as a work in process proposing workshops and ateliers throughout its creation. The multidisciplinary space will propose different programs depending on the visitors interests in a reverse programming method. \n\nBasma Ghalayini is a Palestinian translator and interpreter. She is the editor of Palestine +100 anthology which poses a question to contemporary Palestinian writers: what might your home city look like in the year 2048 – exactly 100 years after Nakba. \n\nModerator Dalia Al Kury is an award-winning filmmaker and author of 11 documentaries. Her films explore different cultural taboos in the Arab world and have been widely screened on both Arab and European TV channels. Her latest film Privacy of Wounds premiered at IDFA and was nominated for six prestigious awards. Dalia’s upcoming project is a speculative documentary that imagines Palestinians’ future return to Palestine. \nIn collaboration with Oslo World and the Libya: Before and After project. URL:https://masahat.no/event/arabfuturism-arab-contemporary-art-scene/ LOCATION:Kulturhuset\, Youngs gate 6\, Oslo\, Oslo\, 0181\, Norway CATEGORIES:Samtale ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/arabfuturims.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="masahat":MAILTO:info@masahat.no END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20190905T083000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20190905T100000 DTSTAMP:20260413T123917 CREATED:20190829T171150Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190902T164614Z UID:2262-1567672200-1567677600@masahat.no SUMMARY:Frokostseminar: Hva skjer i Idlib? DESCRIPTION:What is happening in Idlib? Who is protecting civilians and civil space – and whose responsibility is it? \nWelcome to a breakfast seminar with Karam Hilly\, a Syrian civil society activist. Karam will give a unique insight into the current situation in Idlib\, including the situation of the local population and the admirable efforts of local civil society actors. \nFollowing the presentation on the developments in Idlib\, Karam will engage the audience\, including Yngvild Berggrav\, Policy Director\, Section for Humanitarian Affairs at the Norwegian MFA\, in a discussion about the responsibility to protect civilians and civil space\, as well as the role of the international community. \nThe discussion will be moderated by Zeina Bali\, co-founder of Syrian Peace Action Centre (SPACE). \nBackground\nSince late April\, Syrian forces backed by Russian airplanes have escalated their bombardment of Idlib\, with more than 500 civilians being killed in the hostilities\, according to the United Nations. Idlib in north-west Syria is home to about 3 million people — half of whom are already internally displaced from other parts of Syria. Nearly a half million people have been displaced since the Syrian offensive began in late April. Many have fled to crowded camps on the Turkish border or are now sleeping out in the open. \n\nKaram Hilly is a Syrian civil society activist and co-founder of Door Beyond War\, a Syrian organization that works with community development and economic empowerment. Based in southern Turkey\, Karam has been traveling frequently to north of Syria working closely with teams and communities there. His work has activated and supported many youth and community initiatives through tailored project management trainings\, coaching and advocacy. Karam holds a Master of Business Administration from Aleppo University. Originally from Idlib\, Karam studied and worked with the UN and various international and national NGOs and agencies before he left to Turkey in 2014. \nThe event picture is taken from the #SaveIdlib campaign of the Ghouta page\, designed by Ammar Bouidani. URL:https://masahat.no/event/frokostseminar-hva-skjer-i-idlib/ LOCATION:Norsk Folkehjelp\, Stortorvet 10\, Oslo\, 0155\, Norway CATEGORIES:Samtale ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/seminar-idlib.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="masahat":MAILTO:info@masahat.no END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20190323T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20190323T184500 DTSTAMP:20260413T123917 CREATED:20190317T231115Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200925T201457Z UID:2044-1553356800-1553366700@masahat.no SUMMARY:Still Recording DESCRIPTION:I samarbeid med Arabiske filmdager og Norsk PEN inviterer vi til visning av Still Recording + samtale med regissøren på lørdag den 23 mars kl. 16.00. Filmen følger to kunststudenter i Douma\, en forstad som kontrolleres av opprørere mot regimet. I en periode på over fire år følger vi de to vennene og deres omgangskrets og alt de går igjennom: sult\, angrep og beleiring\, men også latter\, fest og en utrettelig tro på det gode i mennesker. Still Recording vant kritikerprisen i Venezia. \nبالتعاون مع مهرجان الفيلم العربي ومنظمة قلم النرويجية، ندعوكم لحضور فيلم لسّه عم تسجّل مع نقاش بعد عرض الفيلم بحضور غياث أيوب، مخرج الفيلم يوم السبت 23 آذار الساعة 4 مساءً. يرصد الفيلم حياة صديقين في دوما المحاصرة الخاضعة لسيطرة المعارضة، حيث أنشأا محطّة راديو محليّة واستوديو تسجيل. ظلّت الكاميرا بين أيديهما يصوّران فيها كلّ شيء إلى أن صورتهما ذات يوم. يروي الفيلم من خلال تصوير أربع سنوات، ماهي الحياة تحت الحرب بما يتخللها من حصار، قصف، ضحك، احتفالات، جوع وكل ما يجعلنا نؤمن بإنسانيتنا. ربح الفيلم جائزة النقاد في مهرجان فينيسيا. \nWe invite you to the screening of the Syrian documentary film Still Recording on Saturday\, March 23rd at 16.00 followed by a discussion with Ghiath Ayoub\, film director and others. Following two art students in the opposition-held Douma for four years the film captures life under war and all it encompasses from hunger\, siege\, laughter\, bombardment\, celebrations\, and the tireless belief in what makes us humans. The film won the critics’ award in Venice film festival. \nPanelists\n– Ghiath Ayoub\, director of Still Recording\n– Mohammed Alayoubi\, journalist og photographer for NRK\n– Murhaf Fares\, SPACE\n– Elisabeth Eide\, Norsk PEN \nStill Recording\nThis film is an observation of what happened for us\, for all my generation – one that believed in the Revolution. A reflection from a calm perspective\, in an attempts to learn lost or forgotten lessons\, pay tribute or make some excuses.  – Saeed Al Batal \nTwo hours of raw footage distilled from 450 that Saeed Al Batal\, Ghiath Ayoub and six other videographers shot between 2011 and 2015\, Still Recording was smuggled out of Syria on hard drives. It is bleak indeed\, but required viewing as a savage critique of man’s inhumanity\, a testimony of horror but also an homage to the filmmakers who have chosen to witness it on our behalf. – The Hollywood Reporter \n  URL:https://masahat.no/event/still-recording/ LOCATION:Vika Kino\, Ruseløkkveien 14\, Oslo\, 0251\, Norway CATEGORIES:Film,Samtale ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/afd-still-recording.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20190301T200000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20190301T223000 DTSTAMP:20260413T123917 CREATED:20190301T190000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200925T201437Z UID:1903-1551470400-1551479400@masahat.no SUMMARY:The Silence of Others - No Peace without Justice DESCRIPTION:In collaboration with HUMAN International Documentary Film Festival and Nobel Peace Center \nThe Silence of Others\nA shocking history about how the lack of justice after the dictatorship of Franco’s regime in Spain has forced hundreds of thousands of victims and their families to stay silent about their suffering\, even today. A turning point came in 2010\, when a group of courageous survivors and their families circumvented the Spanish justice system\, with aid from an Argentinian court\, where they accused former people of power for crimes against humanity. Through six nerve-wracking years we follow the court and a growing number of plaintiffs who dare to step forward. \n \nFrom Franco to Assad: No Peace without Justice\nTalk following the screening of The Silence of Others \nIn Syria\, hundreds of thousands have been arbitrary detained and forcibly disappeared\, the vast majority at the hands of the Assad regime. Driven by an uncompromising belief in human rights\, Syrians are organizing to find\, free and demand justice for their loved ones. Inspired by the many justice seekers before them from Argentina to Bosnia and Spain\, Syrians recognize that this is a lifelong struggle. \nForty years after the end of Franco’s dictatorship\, Spaniards continue to fight for justice. They find no peace in the silence of others and still navigate painful pathways to reconcile with the horrors of the past and the state-imposed amnesia of the present. \nThis panel addresses questions on confronting the past\, dealing with inter-generational trauma and reckoning with the legacy of ruthless dictators and their regimes. \nSpeakers: \nDr. Hale Hilal\, member of Families for Freedom\nAlmudena Carracedo co-director of The Silence of Others.\nModerator: Pardis Shafafi\, applied anthropologist on political violence and enduring trauma. URL:https://masahat.no/event/the-silence-of-others-no-peace-without-justice/ LOCATION:Cinemateket\, Dronningens gate 16\, Oslo\, Oslo\, 0105\, Norway CATEGORIES:Film,Samtale ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/no-peace-without-justice-e1549456890917.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20190226T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20190226T210000 DTSTAMP:20260413T123917 CREATED:20190226T170000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200925T201244Z UID:1936-1551204000-1551214800@masahat.no SUMMARY:Privacy of Wounds DESCRIPTION:Hasan\, Mazen\, and Khaldoon are former prisoners of conscience from some of Syria’s most notorious prisons. Convinced that the three strangers will communicate openly and honestly with each other\, the director observes them from the outside of a simulated prison cell in Oslo\, using three remote-controlled cameras. \nDespite the horrors they experienced in captivity in Syria\, these men never gave up hope for a brighter future. Dalia Kury’s documentary raises awareness about how the three men apprehend their own state of being\, and what type of psychological challenges they have to deal with. Their dialogue and reflections about the war in Syria invites the audience into a soulful journey\, highlighting what life is really about. \nPrivacy of Wounds is about what survivors tell themselves to conquer their ghosts from the past. \nDiscussion after the screening\nFollowing the screening\, two of the former prisoners of conscience\, Mazen Esmaiel and Khaldoon Hawaley\, will take part in a conversation about life in and after prison\, and what it means to be a political prisoner in Syria\, together with director Dalia Kury\, and moderated by Zeina Bali. \nThis event is part of the HUMAN International Film Festival\, in collaboration with  SPACE – Syrian Peace Action Centre and Fritt Ord. URL:https://masahat.no/event/privacy-of-wounds/ LOCATION:Cinemateket\, Dronningens gate 16\, Oslo\, Oslo\, 0105\, Norway CATEGORIES:Film,Samtale ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Credit-UPNORTH-FILM-3-e1550689501612.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20181103T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20181103T160000 DTSTAMP:20260413T123917 CREATED:20181103T130000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190227T205535Z UID:1806-1541253600-1541260800@masahat.no SUMMARY:Freedom to Remember/Create - Oslo World Seminars DESCRIPTION:Syrian artists Khaled Barakeh and Diala Brisly will discuss their artistic practices and processes\, what it means to create within contexts of oppression and exile; physically dispersed yet under a shared collective experience. They will also discuss contemporary artistic expression by other Syrian artists in the Middle East\, across the diaspora and from those who have recently relocated to new realities. How do the arts preserve cultural heritage? What narratives do they create? How do the arts and creative sector contribute to healing and rebuilding a nation? \nPanel:\nKhaled Barakeh: Born in 1976 in Damascus and currently based in Berlin\, Khaled Barakeh studied art at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Damascus and continued his education at the Funen Art Academy in Odense\, Denmark and the Städelschule Art Academy in Frankfurt\, Germany. Moving from Syria to Europe resulted in major changes in his approach towards his work – originally trained as a painter\, Khaled has developed a stronger concentration in conceptual art practices. His work can be characterized as cultural hacking\, revolving around both personal and social narratives\, it often transforms pre-existing materials\, objects and data in order to change their contexts through repetitive acts of transformation. His work is exhibited in institutions\, fairs and galleries worldwide. \nDiala Brisly: Born in Kuwait to Syrian parents in 1980. Her career began as a cartoonist and gradually expanded into other media and capacities\, including graphic design\, animation\, concept art\, painting\, comic books and character design. Her artwork on the Adra Women’s Prison hunger strike campaign helped secure the release of 23 women prisoners. Currently\, Diala’s work focuses on drawing attention to the educational situation of Syrian kids\, and refugees in general. \nNabil Canaan (moderator): Born in Beirut\, Lebanon in 1972\, Lebanese-Swiss filmmaker\, cultural producer and curator Nabil Canaan is the founder of STATION art platform and initiator of the NextStop project. After an earlier career in international marketing and new media communication\, Nabil’s work for the past fifteen years has been driven by a documentary impulse and concern for the human condition. With a BA in Sociology and an MA in Documentary Film and Journalism from New York University\, he has created documentaries for the New York Times\, developed multimedia content and strategies for the UN/NGO sector\, ran a film production and post-production studio in Switzerland and since 2013\, co-founder and director of STATION’s venue in Beirut and it’s international art projects. \nThis seminar is a part of Oslo World & Station Beirut: NextStopDamascus\, a Syrian takeover at Kulturhuset\, during Oslo World. \nOrganized in collaboration with Oslo World Music and Station Beirut URL:https://masahat.no/event/freedom-to-remember-create-oslo-world-seminars/ LOCATION:Kulturhuset\, Youngs gate 6\, Oslo\, Oslo\, 0181\, Norway CATEGORIES:Samtale ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/freedom-to-create.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="masahat":MAILTO:info@masahat.no END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20181011T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20181012T200000 DTSTAMP:20260413T123917 CREATED:20181011T150000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211123T152605Z UID:1839-1539277200-1539374400@masahat.no SUMMARY:The Question of Syria - Doomed by Hope DESCRIPTION:For the fourth year in a row\, SPACE welcomes you to the annual conference The Question of Syria. During two days of talks\, panel discussions and short film screenings\, activists\, academics\, artists and writers will share their reflections on everyday hope as practiced and lived by ordinary people with focus on Syrians and Palestinians. \nThe Question of Syria 2018 – Doomed by Hope takes its cue from the famous last line of Saadallah Wannous’ speech on World Theater Day (1996): “we are doomed by hope\, and what happens today cannot be the end of history.” \nThe full program is available on this page\nProgram\nDay one: Thursday\, October 11\n17:00 – 18:30: Trajectory of Hope \nSpeakers: Wendy Pearlman (Associate Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University)\, Nadim Khoury (Associate Professor II at Bjørknes University College) and Golan Haji (Syrian Kurdish poet and translator). \n19:00 – 20:00: Cultivating Hope: Tribute to Ghouta\nSpeakers: Zoé Beau (co-founder of Buzuruna Juzuruna organic farm)\, Lubna Al-Kanawati (Women Now for Development) and Mahmoud Bwedany (activist and student). \nDay two: Friday\, October 12\n17:00 – 18:30: Solidarity Reading Circle\nThis reading circle will discuss the concept of solidarity\, its form\, and practices taking Syria and Palestine as a case study. Moderated by Ingeborg Moa \n19:00 – 20:00: Stranger Times: Everyday Criticality and the Fight for Life in Syrian Film\nRana Issa (Assistant Professor at the American University of Beirut) \n21:00: Concert with Simona Abdallah – Doomed by Hope in Melahuset URL:https://masahat.no/event/the-question-of-syria-doomed-by-hope/ LOCATION:Litteraturhuset\, Wergelandsveien 29\, Oslo\, Oslo\, 0167\, Norway CATEGORIES:open forum,Samtale ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Doomed-by-hope.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="masahat":MAILTO:info@masahat.no END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20180908T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20180910T190000 DTSTAMP:20260413T123917 CREATED:20180908T150000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200925T201209Z UID:1729-1536426000-1536606000@masahat.no SUMMARY:Syrian Doc Days - Oslo DESCRIPTION:Syrian Doc Days – Oslo\nWhat Syria Was and What it Must Not Be\nIn this first ever Syrian Doc Days in Oslo we will take a deep look into the Syrian society under the authoritarian rule of the Baath party and the Assad regime. \nThrough documentary films and discussions we will examine the relationship between the Syrian state and its citizens and how Syrians under the one-party rule were subjected to systematic censorship and institutionalized humiliation. \nOn the last day we will look at how Syrians in exile\, fleeing the war\, are forced into new hierarchies of oppression. \nProgram \nSaturday Sept. 8th:\n17:00 – 17:30: Introduction by Kjetil Selvik and Zeina Bali\n17:30 – 18:20: A Flood in Baath Country (2003) by Omar Amiralay\n18:20 – 18:45: Step by Step (1978) by Ossama Mohammed\n19:00 – 20:00: Talk with Ossama Mohammed \nSunday Sept. 9th:\n14:00 – 14:10: Introduction\n14:15 – 15:00: Talk with Faraj Bayrakdar and Elena Chiti\n15:00 – 16:45: Tadmor (2016)\, 103 min\n16:45 – 17:00: Tadmor’s director Monika Borgmann in conversation with Dalia Al Kury \nMonday Sept. 10th:\n17:00 – 17:15: Introduction\n17:15 – 18:40: Taste of Cement (2017) by Ziad Kalthoum \n\nTickets can be bought on cinemateket.no.  \n  \nDay 1: Saturday Sept 8th. 17:00 – 20:00\nPublic Theaters of Humiliation. The film A Flood in Baath Country from 2003 zooms in on a Syrian village that represents a microcosm of the Baath party and their rule. The leaders promised socialism but instead introduced a strict autocracy that forced people into submission through brutal force\, indoctrination and systematic humiliation that started in primary schools. Step by Step is an experimental documentary film from 1978\, by Osama Mohammed\, that shows the harsh reality of the dictatorship and the consequences for people and society. \nBetween and after the films\, Syrian filmmaker Ossama Mohammed\, director of Step by Step\, and Kjetil Selvik will talk about the Syrian society and how it is to make films under a dictatorship. \nGuests: Ossama Mohammed\, award-winning film director\, and senior researcher at NUPI Kjetil Selvik. Zeina Bali from SPACE will introduce and host the event. \n  \nDay 2: Sunday Sept 9th. 14:00 – 17:00\nFrom Schools to Prisons. Tadmor from 2016 reconstructs the infamous Tadmor torture prison in Palmyra in Syria. The film is an attempt by former prisoners to come to terms with the incomprehensible brutality and humiliation they were subjected to over years. Tens of thousands of people have died in state run prisons as a result of torture or starvation. \nGuests: Syrian poet and former prisoner in Tadmor\, Faraj Baraykdar and film director Monika Borgmann will talk before and after the screening of the documentary film Tadmor. \nDay 3: Monday Sept 10th. 17:00 – 19:00\nIn Exile. Taste of Cement from 2017 shows how Syrian workers in exile are exposed to new types of oppression. In this visually beautiful\, stylized documentary Syrian refugees in Beirut are working on the reconstruction of a city that was destroyed not that long ago\, in contrast to their own country which is being destroyed\, exposing the meaningless cycles of destruction and construction that war feeds. \n  \nDalia Al-Kury \nDalia Al Kury is a Jordanian-Palestinian filmmaker. She she graduated from the Goldsmiths University in the UK in 2007 with an MA in Screen Documentary. Documentaries she has directed include “Possessed by Djinn”\, “Arabizi” and “Smile\, You Are in South Lebanon.” Her work has been broadcast on MBC Arabia\, Al Jazeera\, and Al Arabiya and has been screened at international film festivals. \n\nFaraj Bayrakdar \nFaraj Bayrakdar is a Syrian writer and award-winning poet. He was imprisoned by the Hafez al-Assad regime in 1987 on suspicion of belonging to the Communist Action Party. He was released 14 years later. Bayrakdar is author of more than six books of poetry and prose\, including “Mirrors of Absence” which taps into how the poet survives under tyrannical regimes\, the notions of “imprisonment” and identity\, and the concept of freedom. \n\nKjetil Selvik \nKjetil Selvik is Senior Researcher in NUPI’s Research Group on Peace\, Conflict and Development. He holds a PhD in political science from Sciences Po in Paris and works on struggles over states and regimes in the Middle East. Selvik har previously worked as researcher at Fafo and at the Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) and been Adjunct Associate Professor at the Department of Comparative Politics\, University of Bergen\, and at the Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Language\, University of Oslo. \n\nMonika Borgmann \nMonika Borgmann is a filmmaker and co-director of NGO UMAM Documentation & Research. She studied Arabic and Political Sciences in Bonn and Damascus. She worked as freelance journalist in the Middle East and North Africa for over a decade. Since 2001\, she lives in Beirut where she co-founded the NGO UMAM Documentation & Research and the online archive Memory at Work. \n\nOssama Mohammed \nOssama Mohammed is a Syrian screenwriter\, cinematographer and film director. He graduated from VGIK in 1979\, where he studied at the Laboratory of Igor Talankin. His diploma film was the short documentary Step by Step. He completed his first fiction feature Stars in Broad Daylight in 1988. The title refers to Igor Talankin’s film with the same title. Deemed to be the most scathing critique of contemporary Syrian society trapped in the iron grip of the Baath regime\, the film has never been allowed a public screening in Syria. Internationally it earned the filmmaker great critical praise. His films\, Sacrifices (2002) and Silvered Water (2014) were shown at Cannes Film Festival. \n\nZeina Bali \nZeina Bali is one of the founders of SPACE (Syrian Peace Action Centre). Bali has worked and done research with several NGOs and non-profits in Syria\, Turkey\, and Norway on education and youth engagement. \n  \n\nThis event is partly funded by Stiftelsen Fritt Ord URL:https://masahat.no/event/syrian-doc-days-oslo/ LOCATION:Cinemateket\, Dronningens gate 16\, Oslo\, Oslo\, 0105\, Norway CATEGORIES:Film,Samtale ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/syrian-doc-days-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="masahat":MAILTO:info@masahat.no END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20180312T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20180312T123000 DTSTAMP:20260413T123917 CREATED:20180312T100000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250312T200143Z UID:1553-1520852400-1520857800@masahat.no SUMMARY:Reconstructing Syria: Towards Establishing Rights-based Guiding Principles DESCRIPTION:Welcome to a lunch seminar co-hosted by the Syrian Peace Action Centre (SPACE) and PRIO\, on establishing rights-based guiding principles to discuss reconstructing Syria. \n​Background\nThe war in Syria is far from over. The recent escalation by the Syrian regime and its ally\, Russia\, against civilians in Eastern Ghouta\, and the Turkish military offensive against Kurdish-held Afrin in the north\, has engendered more suffering and destruction in an increasingly entangled matrix of regional and international players. What does it mean to engage in discussions about reconstruction while civilians populations are being bombed? \nStarting in 2017\, the international community has begun to tackle the issue of reconstruction in Syria while grappling with the difficult question of how this conversation should play out. In April\, the EU will host its second ‘Supporting the future of Syria and the region’ conference . Reconstruction will be on the agenda. \nInternational organizations such as the UNHCR\, the UNDP and UNESCO\, have already partnered with the Syrian government on several projects of rehabilitation   of civilian infrastructure and the removal of debris and solid waste in areas where the regime has regained control like Homs and Eastern Aleppo. These projects have been criticized by civil society actors for contributing to demographic changes by preventing people from returning to their homes and claiming their property rights. \nDiscussing reconstruction before the end of a conflict is a morally and conceptually difficult endeavor. The twofold objective of this seminar  is to problematize the approach of the international community\, while acknowledging gaps in the current dominant conversation\, but also to  reflect on the ethical issues raised by activist and academic participation in policy discussions on Syrian reconstruction. The seminar aims to address the following questions: \n\nWhen is the good time to start discussing reconstruction?\nWhy should Norway\, the EU and the international community help rebuild Syria\, if at all?\nHow can we ensure a reconstruction process that preserves the property rights and cultural heritage of the displaced and returnees?\nWho should be involved and consulted in the process?\nHow can the post-conflict reconstruction be established on premises of accountability and social justice?\nWhat are the right questions to ask to which stakeholders and who should assume the role of watchdog?\nWhat is the role of academics\, researchers\, and policy makers in this discussion?\n\nPanelists\n\nAlHakam Shaar\, Academic and writer from Aleppo\, fellow of the Aleppo Project\nSamer Frangie\, Assistant Professor in Political Studies\, American University of Beirut\nKristin Bergtora Sandvik\, Research professor in Humanitarian Studies\, PRIO\, Professor of Sociology of Law\, University of Oslo URL:https://masahat.no/event/reconstructing-syria-towards-establishing-rights-based-guiding-principles/ LOCATION:PRIO\, Hausmanns gate 3 \, Oslo\, 0186\, Norway CATEGORIES:Samtale ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Azaz-Syria.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20171014T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20171014T203000 DTSTAMP:20260413T123917 CREATED:20171003T121354Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250312T200000Z UID:15681-1508007600-1508013000@masahat.no SUMMARY:Aleppo: The Fall DESCRIPTION:  \nLast 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 the city. \nBeyond the horrific scenes of bombardment and forced mass eviction\, little reflection has followed on how and why these violations happened and what the implications are for the present and future Syria. \nWhy did Aleppo fall? Who is responsible and how to be held accountable? What was the role of the local armed factions in Aleppo? Who was negotiating on behalf of the civilians? Who was forced to leave eastern Aleppo and who was allowed to return after the fall? What is happening in Aleppo today? What are the protection needs of civilians living in Aleppo under Assad? \nLina Shamy will give a personal testimony of living under Aleppo’s siege before she was forced to leave with the last buses in December 2016. Dr. Mohamad Katoub will address the inhumane situation under the siege and put it into context with the use of siege as a war tactic against civilians in many other locations around Syria. Finally\, Karam Nachar will reflect on the meaning and implications of Aleppo’s catastrophe ending with an outlook on the near future of an increasingly fragmented country. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKaram Nachar\n\n\nKaram Nachar is the Executive Director of AlJumhuriya.net\, an online journal that covers Syrian politics and culture\, and a Lecturer at Isik University\, Istanbul. Nachar completed his PhD in Modern History at Princeton University in 2014\, with focus on Cultural and Intellectual History of Modern Syria and Lebanon. Nachar holds a Masters in Modern Middle Eastern Studies from Oxford University. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMohamad Katoub\n\n\nMohamad Katoub is a dentist and medical worker from Douma\, in Eastern Ghouta. He’s an advocacy manager for the Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS)\, a humanitarian organization harnessing the talents of Syrian-American health care professionals to provide medical relief. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKristin Bergtora Sandvik\n\n\nKristin Bergtora Sandvik (moderator) is a Research Professor in Humanitarian Studies at Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) and a professor of sociology of law at the University of Oslo. Sandvik obtained her doctorate from Harvard Law School in 2008\, and she is the Co-Founder and former Director of the Norwegian Center for Humanitarian Studies. URL:https://masahat.no/event/aleppo-the-fall/ LOCATION:Litteraturhuset\, Wergelandsveien 29\, Oslo\, Oslo\, 0167\, Norway CATEGORIES:Samtale ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/guernica.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="masahat":MAILTO:info@masahat.no END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR