BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//masahat - مساحات - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:masahat - مساحات 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: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:20221105T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20221105T220000 DTSTAMP:20260409T095104 CREATED:20221023T110259Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221028T094549Z UID:18711-1667671200-1667685600@masahat.no SUMMARY:Salon Marie Rose (soirée) DESCRIPTION:Tickets\n \n Stand-up comedy with Shaden\n ستاند آب كوميدي مع شادن\n Stand-up comedy with Shaden \nWelcome to Salon Marie Rose soirée\, an evening of film screening\, poetry\, readings with finger food served\, hosted by Frida Marida\, and ending with a live stand-up comedy show hosted by the one and only Shaden! \nYour ticket gives access to:\nSalon Marie Rose (soirée) \nLanguage: English and Arabic\nProgram\n\n18.00: Opening by Frida Marida & serving finger food\n18.15-18.45: Poetry reading in memory of Etel Adnan reading in English\, Norwegian and Arabic\n19:00-19:50: Film screening: Ismyrne (2016\, 50 min) Directed by Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige\n20:30-21:45: Stand-up comedy show by Shaden (in Arabic only)\n\nAfter six sold-out shows in Berlin\, Paris and Amsterdam\, Shaden will be performing her latest special _All Hell Broke Loose_ in Oslo for the first time ever at Melahuset on Saturday\, 5. November. \nShaden has performed this special in Beirut with awk.word comedy in over 80 sold-out shows in 2022\, and had already performed her first critically-acclaimed special SHIAA SEEDS to over 10\,000 audience members since 2018. \nShaden is a Lebanese comedian\, actress\, and rebel. As the Middle East’s first openly queer comedian\, Shaden addresses what are still considered as controversial issues for social change such as female sexuality\, homosexuality\, racism\, religion\, and mental health in her shows. \nThis stand-up comedy show is the concluding event of Salon Marie Rose hosted by Masahat for Arab Culture in Exile\, in collaboration with Skeiv Verden and Oslo World. \n ستاند آب كوميدي مع شادن \nنرحب بكم في صالون ماري روز (سواريه)، أمسية تتضمن عروض أفلام وقراءات وشعر ومأكولات خفيفة، تستضيفها فريدا مريضة وتنتهي الأمسية بعرض كوميدي لشادن. \nالبطاقة تشمل:\nصالون ماري روز (سواريه)\nاللغة: انكليزي وعربي\nالبرنامج\n\n18.00: فريدا مريضة تفتتح صالون ماري روز سواريه\n18.15-18.45: قراءات وأشعار في ذكرى إيتيل عدنان من قبل رنا عيسى، سونيلا موباي، ورافايل خوري\n19.00-19.50: عرض الفيلم الوثائقي سميرنا (2016، 50 دقيقة)\n20.30-21.45: عرض كوميدي مع شادن (بالعربي فقط)\n\n بعد جولتها الأوروبية في ستة عروض تم بيعها بالكامل في برلين وباريس وأمستردام، شادن ستقدم عرض الستاند أب كوميدي «لقد انتا* الوضع كلياً» في أوسلو لأول مرة يوم السبت 5 نوفمبر/تشرين الثاني في ميلاهوسيه !  \nقدمت شادن هذا العرض مع أوكوورد كوميدي في بيروت في أكثر من 80 عرضاً تم بيع بطاقاتهم بالكامل في العام الجاري. يأتي عرض شادن الجديد بعد أن قدمت عرضها السابق “شيا سييدس” لأكثر من عشر آلاف شخص منذ سنة 2018. \nشادن هي كوميديان وممثلة وثائرة لبنانية. بوصفها أول كوميديان عربية مثلية تتطرق شادن في عروضها للعديد من المواضيع الجدلية في الشرق الأوسط كالجنسانية والعنصرية والدين والصحة النفسية.  \n عرض الستاند آب الكوميدي هو جزء من صالون ماري روز من تنظيم مساحات للثقافة العربية في المنفى بالتعاون مع شايف فردن و أوسلو وورلد. \n \n Tickets URL:https://masahat.no/event/salon-marie-rose-soiree/ LOCATION:Melahuset\, Mariboes gate 8\, Oslo\, 0183\, Norway CATEGORIES:عربي ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="masahat":MAILTO:info@masahat.no END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20221105T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20221105T220000 DTSTAMP:20260409T095104 CREATED:20221021T113100Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230825T111549Z UID:18696-1667660400-1667685600@masahat.no SUMMARY:Salon Marie Rose: Queer Arabs in Exile DESCRIPTION:English\n العربي\n English \nWelcome to Salon Marie Rose: Queer Arabs in Exile\, a day including a pop-up library\, films on loop\, finger food\, poetry and readings hosted by Frida Marida and ending with a stand-up comedy show with Shaden (comedy show in Arabic only). Salon Marie Rose is taking place at Melahuset on Saturday 5 November from 15.00 to 22.00. \nA queer Arab exilic pop-up social gathering space in Oslo\, Salon Marie Rose is commemorating the memory of the beautiful and mountainous queer artist\, poet and writer Etel Adnan (1925-2021) who passed away in November 2021\, and takes its inspiration from her novel about the Lebanese civil war “Sitt Marie Rose”. \nAdnan’s composite and diasporic identities that include Greek and Syrian parents\, Lebanese upbringing\, American and French exiles has been a towerting inspiration for queer Arab arts and literature for more than five decades. Adnan’s multidisciplinary practice\, emancipatory and whimsical in form and content\, coupled with her cosmopolitan national and gender identities provide a prismatic backdrop for Salon Marie Rose as a queer Arab exilic pop-up social gathering space in Oslo.  \n العربي \nنرحب بكم في صالون ماري روز: مساحة كويرية في المنفى. نلتقي خلال يوم كامل مع مكتبة مؤقتة، عروض أفلام، قراءات وشعر ومأكولات خفيفة. تستضيف الصالون فريدا مريضة وتنتهي الأمسية بعرض كوميدي لشادن. (العرض ستاند آب كوميدي بالعربي فقط). \nنلتقي في صالون ماري روز يوم السبت 5 نوفمبر/تشرين الثاني في ميلا هوسيه من الساعة 3 عصراً حتى الساعة 10 مساءً. \n  \nيحتفي صالون ماري روز بذكرى الفنانة والشاعرة والكاتبة الجميلة إيتيل عدنان (1925-2021) التي رحلت عن عالمنا في نوفمبر الماضي، ويستوحي الصالون اسمه من رواية عدنان عن الحرب الأهلية اللبنانية “ست ماري روز”.  \nشكلت حياة ايتيل عدنان المنطوية على عدة هويات مركبة من أبوين من أصول سورية ويونانية، وتنشئتها في لبنان ومن ثم حياتها في المنفى في فرنسا وأمريكا، مصدر إلهام للفن والأدب العربي الكويري على مدى العقود الخمسة المنصرمة. يتكئ صالون ماري روز على إرث إيتيل عدنان الفني التحرري وغير المألوف في الشكل والمضمون ويستوحي من هوياتها الجندرية والقومية المتعددة محاولة لخلق مساحة ثقافية واجتماعية في المنفى للالتقاء والتعارف والنقاش. \n Program\n البرنامج\n Program \nProgram \nSalon Marie Rose (matiné) \nFREE entry – Language: English and Arabic \n\n15.00: Salon Marie Rose is open\n15.00-18.00: Mingling & a pop-up library & films on loop with possibility of buying books by and about queer arabs curated for this event\n\nSalon Marie Rose (soirée) \nGet ticket –  Language: English and Arabic \n\n18.00: Opening by Frida Marida & serving finger food\n18.15-18.45: Poetry reading in memory of Etel Adnan reading by Rana Issa\, Hanna Asefaw\, Raphael Amahl Khouri and Suneela Mubayi.\n19.00-19.50: Film screening: Ismyrna (2016\, 50 min) Directed by Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige\n20.30-21.45: Stand-up comedy show with Shaden (in Arabic only)\n\nAfter six sold-out shows in Paris\, Berlin and Amsterdam and more than 80 sold-out shows in Beirut\, Shaden will be performing her latest special _All Hell Broke Loose_ in Oslo for the first time ever at Melahuset on Saturday\, 5. November! \n البرنامج\n البرنامج——–صالون ماري روز (ماتينيه)الدخول مجانياللغة: عربي وانكليزيالساعة 15.00: يفتح صالون ماري روزالساعة 15.00-18.00: صالون ماري روز مفتوح للزيارة ومشاهدة عدة أفلام معروضة على مدار الساعة، وزيارة مكتبة مؤقتة مع إمكانية شراء كتب كويرية عربية تم انتقاؤها لهذه المناسبة صالون ماري روز (سواريه)لشراء البطاقةاللغة: عربي وانكليزيالساعة 18.00: فريدا مريضة تفتتح صالون ماري روز سواريهالساعة 18.15-18.45: قراءات وأشعار في ذكرى إيتيل عدنان من قبل رنا عيسى، سونيلا موباي، ورافايل خوريالساعة 19.00-19.50: عرض الفيلم الوثائقي سميرنا (2016، 50 دقيقة)الساعة 20.30-21.45: عرض كوميدي بالعربي مع شادن (اللغة: عربي)  \nشادن ستقدم عرض الستاند أب كوميدي «لقد انتا* الوضع كلياً» في أوسلو لأول مرة يوم السبت 5 نوفمبر/تشرين الثاني في ميلاهوسيه! \nقدمت شادن هذا العرض مع أوكوورد كوميدي في بيروت في أكثر من 80 عرضاً تم بيع بطاقاتهم بالكامل في العام الجاري. بالإضافة إلى جولتها الأوروبية الحديثة على مدار ستة عروض تم بيعها بالكامل في برلين وباريس وأمستردام. \nSee less \nFilm program during Salon Marie Rose\nFilms on loop during Salon Marie Rose  (matiné)\n Marco (2019\, 22′) \nMarco (2019\, 22′) \nDirected by Saleem Haddad \nLanguage: English & ArabicSubtitles: English \nOmar has been living in London for a decade. He spends his days working in the City\, and his nights ignoring phone calls from his family back in Lebanon. One evening\, restless after another pleading voicemail from his mother\, he invites over Marco\, a Spanish student newly-arrived in London\, who’s doing sex work to earn some extra cash. But when Marco arrives\, Omar can’t shake the feeling that something’s not quite right about the young man. As their night together progresses truths are revealed\, defences are lowered\, and Omar discovers the lengths that Marco has gone to to arrive in London. \n Run(a)way Arab (2018\, 12′) \nRunaway Arab (2018\, 12′) \nDirected by Amrou Al-Kadhi \nLanguage: Arabic \nSubtitle: English \nNAZEEM is a 26 year old Middle Eastern drag queen who names herself QUEEN ZA DREAM – she is preparing for a show with the utmost gravity\, with an outfit evocative of an Egyptian deity.Interwoven with this is the story of NAZEEM as a genderqueer 8 year-old boy\, and the close bond he has with his Iraqi-Egyptian mother\, HALIMA. Whilst flamboyant and in many ways a drag queen herself on the surface\, HALIMA is governed by the strict expectations of gender in Arab society.When a young NAZEEM transgresses these boundaries\, HALIMA reacts in a way that is utterly confusing to him. Only though his drag\, is the adult NAZEEM able to keep sacred the memories of his mother before this painful moment\, and hold on to their connection. \n Another Dream (2019\, immersive) \nDirected by: Tamara Shogaolu \nAnother Dream\, a hybrid animated documentary and VR game\, brings the gripping\, true love story of an Egyptian lesbian couple to life. Faced with a post-revolution backlash against the LGBTQ community\, they escape Cairo to seek asylum and acceptance in the Netherlands. \nFilm screening during Salon Marie Rose  (soirée)\n ISMYRNA (2016\, 50′) \nIsmyrna (2016\, 50) \nLebanon/France/UAE 2016Directed by Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil JoreigeLanguage: FrenchSubtitles: English \nJoana met the artist and poet Etel Adnan at the end of the 1990s. They quickly grew close\, bound by links to a city they had never been to: Smyrna formerly\, Izmir today. Joana’s paternal Greek family were forced into exile from Smyrna by the Turkish armies after the end of the Ottoman Empire. Etel’s Greek mother\, was born in Smyrna\, married to a Syrian officer of the Ottoman Army and exiled to Lebanon after the fall of the empire. Etel and Joana lived in an imaginary Smyrna\, today Izmir\, without ever setting foot there. At present\, both find themselves engaged in questions around the transmission of history\, and interrogate their attachment to objects\, places\, the constructions of imaginaries and mythologies without images. Their personal experiences\, their stories serve as a background to the region’s changes after the fall of the Ottoman Empire\, the evolution of the borders questionning the notion of identity and belonging. \n \n Tickets\n \n Salon Marie Rose is a project by Masahat for Arab Culture in Exile\, in collaboration with Skeiv Verden\, Oslo World and Melahuset. \nGuests الضيوف URL:https://masahat.no/event/salon-marie-rose-queer-arabs-in-exile/ LOCATION:Melahuset\, Mariboes gate 8\, Oslo\, 0183\, Norway CATEGORIES:Film,عربي ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/salon-marie-rose.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="masahat":MAILTO:info@masahat.no END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20220925T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20220925T163000 DTSTAMP:20260409T095104 CREATED:20220831T141116Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220921T124259Z UID:17756-1664114400-1664123400@masahat.no SUMMARY:Masahat Screens: Let’s hope it rains DESCRIPTION:On the last day of Masahat festival 2022\, join us for “Let’s hope it rains”\, a film program on a long and lazy Sunday afternoon\, because one thing is certain: the Middle East is thirsty\, but mostly for political will.  \n  \nMasahat Screens\, a contemplative and critical film program curated by Dalia Alkury\, invites you to four creative climate fictions and documentaries to help us face the big elephant in the desert. The first three films will take us to the dry deserts of the UAE\, Jordan\, and Saudi Arabia\, while the last one quenches our thirst at a thousand year old cedar forest in Lebanon with a poetic\, post-human narrative. You will leave with some more insight on who else we can blame for our climate dystopias and violent ecologies of today. \n🌍 Language: English \nProgram\n\nWelcome by Racha Helen Larsen\, Festival and Program Director at MIRAGE festival.\nHow to Kill a Cloud (2021\, 81′)\nNIUN (2018\, 7′) \nMatters of Time (2019\, 6’) \nDreams of a Wandering Octopus (2022\, 22′) followed by Q&A with the director Mira Adoumier\, moderated by Egil Håskjold Larsen.\n\nMasahat Screens 2022 is in collaboration with Oslo Documentary Cinema and Mirage – Art of the Real International Film Festival. \n \nPhoto credit: still from NIUN (2018\, 7’)\, directed by Ahaad Alamoudi. \n \nThis event is part of Masahat’s annual festival for Arab arts and culture taking place during 20-25 September 2022 around different venues in Oslo. \n \n \n Buy tickets\n \nAbout the films\n How to Kill a Cloud (2021\, 81′)\, Finland\, Denmark \nDirected by Tuija Halttunen\nScientist Hannele Korhonen has one ultimate passion: to be the best at what she does and be recognised for it. Her life changes dramatically when she is awarded a 1\,5 million USD research grant by the United Arab Emirates to participate in their ambitious project to stimulate rainfall over the notoriously arid region. The opportunity to get proper funding and do good sounds amazing. But\, gradually Hannele learns that the financiers have their own agenda. Her enthusiasm morphs into an ethical dilemma and inner conflicts. If she succeeds to make it rain is she giving means to rule the clouds? What is the ultimate price of ambition?\n NIUN (2018\, 7′)\, Saudi Arabia \nDirected by Ahaad Alamoudi\nAlamoudi’s video NIUN (2018)\, made in collaboration with American artist Michael Mogensen\, is inspired by thirteenth-century Persian physician\, geographer\, and writer Zakariya al-Qazwini’s story\, Awaj bin Anfaq\, considered one of the first works of science fiction\, about an alien who visits Earth to study the oddities of human behavior. The video follows two protagonists (NIUN 1 and NIUN 2) who claim the desert as their own and begin to lay down the foundation for a new civilization. Together\, the pair devise seven essential components to ensure a prosperous future: energy\, water\, mobility\, biotechnology\, entertainment\, technology\, and manufacturing. The outlanders chant mantras—ardi (“my land”)\, noor (“light”)\, hajira (“traveller”)\, and hajirati (“my rock”)—which\, for the artist\, reinforces the importance of language and open communication in cultivating the future. \n Matters of Time (2019\, 6’)\, Jordan \nMatters of Time (2019\, 6’)\, Jordan\nDirection & Production – Abeer Seikaly\n“Bedouin women have long been charged with assembling the tribes’ Beit-al-sha’ar (house of hair)\, weaving yards of tent material from the hair of goats and the wool of sheep. With limited resources\, weaving has been their means of self-expression in the face of societal submission for centuries\, architects silenced in a world of men. For them\, responding to the environment has never been an intellectual exercise; it is their way of life. Unlike the structures of stone and concrete which could one day be deserted\, left as ruins in the shifting sands\, the Beit-al-shaar is a symbol of their voices\, an ever-inhabited mobile home within which their daily lives unfolds. \nThis piece aims to reveal this kind of ‘matriarchal architecture’ and its purposeful and centuries-old social weaving process; an adaptive environmental response to the harsh climate of the Jordanian Badia. However\, with the encroaching impact of tourism to their territories\, the bedouin tribes of Wadi Rum have increasingly abandoned their pastoral existence to engage with the emergent economy and influx of travellers. This shift has manifested in the most extraordinary ways\, as men are called out to build concrete structures and erect ‘supposed’ eco-lodge bubbles\, while the women-held knowledge of adaptive environmental tent-craftsmanship is hidden away\, held captive behind another block in the patriarchal wall.” \n Dreams of a Wandering Octopus (2022\, 21′)\, Lebanon \nDirected by Mira Adoumier\nI watch you disappear behind the rocky hill as you walk lightly away\, looking for your way back through the forest we got lost in. You asked: Do we come to nature to preserve our limits or to surpass them? Three voices unfold over three screens as a woman plunges into the depth of an enchanted thousand-year old cedar forest. URL:https://masahat.no/event/masahat-screens-lets-hope-it-rains/ LOCATION:Vega Scene\, Hausmanns gate 30\, Oslo\, 0182\, Norway CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Masahat-screens-FB-Event-Cover.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="masahat":MAILTO:info@masahat.no END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20220924T203000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20220924T220000 DTSTAMP:20260409T095104 CREATED:20220902T101154Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250706T201335Z UID:17975-1664051400-1664056800@masahat.no SUMMARY:Masahat 2022 | Closing concert with Ramy Essam DESCRIPTION:We are thrilled to invite you to Masahat festival closing concert with Egyptian rock singer Ramy Essam! \nJoin us for an unforgettable evening of rock with Egyptian flavor and hiphop influences\, inspired by hard rock and grunge with Ramy Essam. “The singer of the Egyptian revolution” – Ramy’s story is shaped by love\, hope\, and hurt. Ramy and his acoustic band will be performing some of his latest work\, as well several of his classics\, in an intimate and exclusive event in Oslo on Saturday September 24th. \nYou can get arrested in Egypt if his songs are found on your phone. Few careers other than his can demonstrate how powerful music can be. \n  \n100% of ticket sales will go to artist fees. \n  \nThis event is part of Masahat’s annual festival for Arab arts and culture taking place during 20-25 September 2022 around different venues in Oslo. \n  \n100% of ticket sales will go to artist fees. \nThis event is part of Masahat’s annual festival for Arab arts and culture taking place during 20-25 September 2022 around different venues in Oslo. URL:https://masahat.no/event/masahat-2022-closing-concert-with-ramy-essam/ LOCATION:Khartoum Contemporary Art Center\, Bernt Ankers gate 17\, Oslo\, Oslo\, 0183\, Norway CATEGORIES:Musikk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Ramy-Essam-FB-Event-Cover.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="masahat":MAILTO:info@masahat.no END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20220924T173000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20220924T183000 DTSTAMP:20260409T095104 CREATED:20220902T100834Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250706T210428Z UID:18085-1664040600-1664044200@masahat.no SUMMARY:DER دار: slipp + samtale DESCRIPTION:I august kom tidsskriftet DER دار med en ny utgivelse\, hvor temaet er Klima mellom Norge og den arabiske verden. Velkommen til slippet:- Osama Shaheen\, redaktør i DER skal introdusere den nye utgaven. – Miljøaktivist\, Mustafa Alhajjaj\, skal fortelle om hans jobb i frivillig initiativer for å redde havet. Også skal vi ha lesesirkel til en artikkel som kom i DERs sitt siste utgave. Artikkelen handler om hvordan vanskelig ordbruk i klimadebatt hindrer budskapet. Lesesirkel er ledet av Mustafa Alhajjaj. – Samtale med Sarine Karajerjian\, Program Director of Environmental Politics at Arab Reform Initiative. URL:https://masahat.no/event/der-%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%b1-slipp-samtale/ LOCATION:Melahuset\, Mariboes gate 8\, Oslo\, 0183\, Norway CATEGORIES:Samtale ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Der-utslipp-FB-Event-Cover.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="masahat":MAILTO:info@masahat.no END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20220924T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20220924T170000 DTSTAMP:20260409T095104 CREATED:20220901T212214Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250706T201229Z UID:17945-1664031600-1664038800@masahat.no SUMMARY:Reading circle: about hope DESCRIPTION:In this reading circle\, in addition to summarizing and discussing readings\, we will have a meeting with the author Iyad El-Baghdadi\, with artistic jamming by Sudanese cartoonist Khalid Al Baih and Egyptian rock musician Ramy Essam interluding with reading and discussing. The reading circle will be moderated by Line Khateeb\, chair of Masahat board. \nWhat is Masahat reading circle?\nThe concept is simple: we come together for two hours to have an open discussion on a specific topic. We suggest a couple of articles to read beforehand which can serve as input to the discussion. We will have a moderator for the session who will introduce the topic\, ask different speakers to summarize the readings before opening the floor for a discussion with the audience. \nLanguage: English and Arabic \nTopic: About hope\nThe Middle East and North Africa region is one of the most vulnerable regions in the world to climate change. Yet\, when isolated as a stand-alone discussion\, the topic of environmental degradation does not seem to be a mass mobilizer. You might even be faced by a shrug or a sarcastic comment if you talk about saving water and resorting to renewable energy for the next generations – when resources are already in scarcity for current generations. \nAmidst occupation\, displacement\, brutal regimes\, social inequality and conflicts the discussion about climate change is not seen as a priority when people have been living in a chronic survival mode for decades. \nLiving under regimes who have a prolonged legitimacy crisis\, where every regime thinks it can win by repressing more\, as if repression can make it sustainable. How can we speak about the future of the environment in a region where the future seems blocked? \nWe therefore think that talking about hope in light of persistent political crises in the region is inevitable to any discussions of climate justice for the Arab world. A single individual’s story looks very small within the larger mosaic of heartbreak that befell the Arab world since 2011. But it is the stories of many individuals – all of us – that form this mosaic. \nWhat keeps you going? What gives you hope? How do you find enough beauty? How do you cope with defeat\, guilt\, exile\, and the inexorable passage of your own life? And what do you say when you are asked for hope? \nIn this circle\, we’ll be reading selected chapters from two books. The first is “You Have Not Yet Been Defeated“\, by Alaa Abd el-Fattah*. The second is “The Middle East Crisis Factory” by Iyad El-Baghdadi and Ahmed Gatnash. We will have the author Iyad El-Baghdadi with us\, while Sudanese cartoonist Khalid Al Baih and Egyptian rock musician Ramy Essam will be contributing their thoughts and art. The circle will be moderated by Line Khateeb. \nMaterials to read\n\nGraffiti for Two by Alaa Abd El Fattah and Ahmed Douma (2014). Available here.\nThe weight of the world: on framing the fight against climate change by Alaa Abd El Fattah (2019). Available here.\nThe Next Twenty Years chapter from “The Middle East Crisis Factory” (2021). [Please email info@masahat.no to get a copy of this chapter]\n\n*More on Alaa Abd el-Fattah\nOne of the first articles we read in preparation for Masahat festival is his short essay about framing the fight against climate change (2019) by Alaa Abd El Fattah\, the Egyptian technologist\, writer and political activist. Alaa has been a political prisoner for all but a few months since Sisi came to power in 2013. Today\, as we write this event description\, he has entered his 150 days of hunger strike. It is imperative to talk about Alaa and thousands of Egyptian political prisoners as we discuss the environment and the upcoming COP27 taking place in Egypt in November. \nThis reading circle is in collaboration with the Kawaakibi Foundation\, Oslo: https://kawaakibi.org/ URL:https://masahat.no/event/reading-circle-about-hope/ LOCATION:Melahuset\, Mariboes gate 8\, Oslo\, 0183\, Norway ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Reading-Circle-FB-Event-Cover.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="masahat":MAILTO:info@masahat.no END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20220923T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20220923T203000 DTSTAMP:20260409T095104 CREATED:20220901T222525Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250706T200225Z UID:17982-1663956000-1663965000@masahat.no SUMMARY:Artist talk & soup DESCRIPTION:Welcome to this artist talk with photographer Seif Kousmate and Nadia Bseiso. We will have soup just before we delve into a cosy and inspiring conversation with two out of the four photographers behind Masahat outdoors exhibition Troubled Waters: Images from the Arab world. The artist talk is moderated by Fotogalleriet’s Artistic Director\, Dr. Antonio Cataldo. \nLanguage: English \nYou are also warmly invited to take a tour to see the exhibition spread across Oslo from Kubaparken to Sørenga. More information you can find on the Troubled Waters event page. \nThis event is part of Masahat’s annual festival for Arab arts and culture taking place during 20-25 September 2022 around different venues in Oslo. URL:https://masahat.no/event/artist-talk-soup/ LOCATION:Khartoum Contemporary Art Center\, Bernt Ankers gate 17\, Oslo\, Oslo\, 0183\, Norway CATEGORIES:Samtale,Visuell kunst ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Artist-talk-FB-event-cover_ed.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="masahat":MAILTO:info@masahat.no END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20220922T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20220922T223000 DTSTAMP:20260409T095104 CREATED:20220829T151558Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250706T200332Z UID:17675-1663875000-1663885800@masahat.no SUMMARY:Fundraising cocktail dinner DESCRIPTION:Crumbs of Soil’s cocktail dinner is an interactive culinary experience that includes food\, storytelling and acts of solidarity. The dinner highlights the devastating effects that Israeli occupation has had on Palestine’s traditional agricultural economy. \nPalestinian cook Thurayya Alkury will weave food stories\, from a slow violence perspective\, with a Palestinian cocktail dinner using ingredients or practices that Israel considers illegal. Doubly delicious! \nPalestinian research architect Areej Ashhab will present her work on Palestinian trees and seeds in which she attempts to reclaim the land and redefines our relationships to it. \nJoin us in our unique way of sharing the silent\, non-sensational\, and unquantifiable violence that Israel imposes on Palestinian land. \n  \n  \nLimited number of tickets available \nYour ticket includes: \n\nEntry to the interactive fundraising cocktail dinner\n4-course vegetarian meal weaved with storytelling\nProceeds from the dinner will go to the Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC)*.\n\n-Drinks are not included\, and can be purchased separately from the bar at Becco which is known for its natural wine selection. \n \n*The UAWC is leading NGO in the West Bank\, working with Palestinian farmers and fishermen\, that has been under Israeli’s attack since its desgination as a “terrorist organization” under Israel’s Anti-Terrorism Law in November last year. On the morning of 18 August\, their offices\, along with other six leading civil society organizations\, were raided and sealed by the Israeli Occupying forces. Read more here. URL:https://masahat.no/event/fundraising-cocktail-dinner/ LOCATION:Becco\, Kristian Augusts gate 11\, Oslo\, 0164\, Norway ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Crumbs-of-soil-FB-Event-Cover.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="masahat":MAILTO:info@masahat.no END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20220922T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20220922T191500 DTSTAMP:20260409T095104 CREATED:20220829T123109Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250706T200058Z UID:17665-1663866000-1663874100@masahat.no SUMMARY:Wild Relatives - Film + discussion DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the film screening of Wild Relatives (2018\, 64′) followed by a conversation between Reem Shadid and Edwin Nasr titled Slow violence and ecological erasure in artistic practices from Syria\, Lebanon and Palestine. \nProgram\n\n17.00-18.05: Film screening\n18.05-19.15: Discussion and Q&A\n\nLanguage: English \n\nThe film: Wild Relatives (2018\, 64’)\nDirected by: Jumana Manna\nCountry: Germany\, Lebanon\, Norway | Year: 2018 | Languages: Arabic\, Norwegian\, English | Subtitles: English \nDuration: 64 min \nDeep in the earth\, beneath the Arctic permafrost\, seeds from all over the world are stored in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault to provide a backup should a disaster strike. Wild Relatives starts from an event that has sparked media interest worldwide: in 2012 an international agricultural research center was forced to relocate from Aleppo to Lebanon due to the Syrian Revolution turned war\, and began a laborious process of planting their seed collection from the Svalbard back-ups. \nFollowing the path of this transaction of seeds between the Arctic and Lebanon\, a series of encounters unfold a matrix of human and non-human lives between these two distant spots of the earth. It captures the articulation between this large-scale international initiative and its local implementation in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon\, carried out primarily by young migrant women. \nThe meditative pace patiently teases out tensions between state and individual\, industrial and organic approaches to seed saving\, climate change and biodiversity\, witnessed through the journey of these seeds. URL:https://masahat.no/event/wild-relatives-film-discussion/ LOCATION:Kunstnernes Hus\, Wergelandsveien 17\, Oslo\, 0167\, Norway CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Wild-Relatives-Event-Cover.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="masahat":MAILTO:info@masahat.no END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20220922T083000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20220922T093000 DTSTAMP:20260409T095104 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:20260409T095104 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:20220920T200000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20220920T220000 DTSTAMP:20260409T095104 CREATED:20220711T090541Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250704T210533Z UID:17324-1663704000-1663711200@masahat.no SUMMARY:TootArd DESCRIPTION:Program: \n-20:00: Doors open with DJ YourGirlDina\n-20:30: Concert starts\n-21:45: DJ YourGirlDina continues \nVi er så glade for å meddele at TootArd (SYR) skal åpne Masahatfestivalen 2022! TootArd blir ofte omtalt i internasjonale medier som et av de mest lovende nye bandene fra Midtøsten\, og ble sist sett her i Norge på Trevarefest i 2021. Den 20. september kommer de innom Oslo på Europa-turneen sin og spiller for oss på Ingensteds. Sist de spilte konsert i Oslo var i 2013\, så det er et etterlengtet gjensyn! \nTootArd\, med brødrene Hasan og Rami Nakhleh i front\, er fra fjellandsbyen Majdal Shams i de okkuperte Golanhøydene i Syria. I bandets spede barndom var de et reggae-coverband\, men etterhvert har musikken utviklet seg i takt med impulser fra nord- og vestafrikansk musikk og den rike folkemusikktradisjonen i Midtøsten. Bandet ser seg selv som en kollasj av de forskjellige musikalske impulsene og det etno-lingvistiske mangfoldet som finnes i regionen\, og avstår fra å definere musikken sin inn i en spesifikk sjanger. Musikken til TootArd bærer utvilsomt preg av den politiske situasjonen innbyggerne i Golanhøydene befinner seg i som statsløse. Sangene tar opp konseptet “frihet” fra mange forskjellige vinkler\, noe som er tydelig i titlene på de to seneste albumene: Laissez Passer (2017) og Migrant Birds (2020). Førstnevnte album er oppkalt etter laissez passer\, som er reisedokumentet syrere i Golanhøydene har i stedet for pass. I oppfølgeren Migrant Birds har deler av bandet emigrert som frie fugler til Europa\, hvor frihet ikke bare handler om politikk\, men også seksualitet\, likestilling og sosial frihet. \nDJ YourGirlDina \nDina Al Makhrami aka YourGirlDina is a Yemeni woman infused by Arabic funk and soul from the 1960-80s with future funk\, chill groovy house and Latin house from the mid 1990s. Dina is a photographer\, graphic designer and co-founder of Floke. Together with other WANA (West Asia and North Africa) women in Oslo\, she represents the unique hybrid sound of homeland. \nBuy tickets URL:https://masahat.no/event/masahat-2022-apningskonsert-tootard/ LOCATION:Ingensteds\, Brenneriveien 9\, Oslo\, 0182\, Norway CATEGORIES:Musikk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/TootardFBCover.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="masahat":MAILTO:info@masahat.no END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20220920T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20220925T170000 DTSTAMP:20260409T095104 CREATED:20220810T192019Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250704T210126Z UID:17513-1663696800-1664125200@masahat.no SUMMARY:Troubled Waters: Images from the Arab World DESCRIPTION:Opening of the exhibition\nPlease join us for the soft opening of the exhibition on 20 Sept 2022\, the opening day of Masahat festival.\n\n\n18.00: Opening Photo Exhibition Troubled Waters Kristparken \n\n\n18.30: Reception.Khartoum Contemporary Art Center. \n\n19.30: walking to TootArd concert. Ingensteds.\n\n  \nDuring the festival week 20-25 September\, you will be able to experience the exhibition in different outdoor areas around Oslo. See here the map of the exhibition. The four locations are Kristparken\, the green area around Kulturkirken Jakob\, Kubaparken\, and Bjørvika. \n  \nTroubled Waters: Images from the Arab World is an outdoor exhibition addressing the prospects of just transitions and climate justice given the environmental degradation affecting the Arab world today. It speaks about the flow of capital and people and the hierarchy of geographies between a Global North and a Global South\, determined through modern financial\, industrial\, and extractive coloniality. Photo essays produced by four Arab photographers –Nadia Bseiso (Jordan)\, Tamara Saadé (Lebanon)\, Roger Anis (Egypt) and Seif Kousmate (Morocco)– will occupy four locations in the city of Oslo\, creating an inevitable discussion between imagined landscapes\, the reality of Oslo\, and counterpart cities in the south. Despite these North and Southern cities having no immediate formal correlation\, at first sight\, it shows the contrasts between environments while encouraging a rethinking of a shared responsibility towards the Planet. \nPeople from the Arab world have periodically taken to the streets in the past decades due to degradation producing poverty through economies of extractivism carried out by colonial and authoritarian powers. The exhibition Troubled Waters\, part of Masahat’s annual festival for Arab arts and culture\, seeks to cultivate an arena for mutual inspiration and exchange amongst Norwegian and Arab scholars\, activists\, and artists who are concerned with ecological politics in order to contribute to shaping tools capable of carrying solidaristic concerns to tear down colonial structures\, authoritarian regimes and their ideology. \nThe installations for the exhibition are designed by artist Frido Evers. \nThe exhibition is produced by Masahat in collaboration with Fotogalleriet\, AFAC and Khartoum Contemporary Art Center. The project has been made possible through grants and support from Oslo City\, Fritt Ord\, KORO (Public Arts Norway)\, and Arts Council Norway. \nPhoto credit: Roger Anis\, “Oh Mysterious Nile… Will You Be Immortal!”\, Egypt\, Arab Documentary Photography Program 2020. \n  \nTroubled Waters (nb) \nTroubled Waters: Images from the Arab World er en utendørs fotoutstilling\, spredt utover forskjellige steder i Oslo. \nGjennom fire fotoessays av arabiske fotografer – Nadia Bseiso (Jordan)\, Tamara Saadé (Libanon)\, Roger Anis (Egypt) og Seif Kousmate (Marokko) – blir vi bedre kjent med kampen for klimarettferdighet i Midtøsten og Nord-Afrika. \nKlimaendringene har hatt alvorlige ringvirkninger for menneskene i regionen: i utstillingen får vi et innblikk i hvordan økonomiske strømninger\, autoritære regimer og kolonialistiske hierarkier har skapt en verden der det globale nords mangel på handling først og fremst merkes av det globale sør. \nStedene i fotoessayene har ikke en umiddelbar forbindelse med Oslo\, men plasseringen av bildene ute i byen åpner for dialog mellom kunstnerne i sør og publikum i nord. Essayene oppfordrer til solidaritet og delt ansvar for å ta vare på kloden vår\, uavhengig av hvor i verden vi tilfeldigvis ble født. \nDe siste tiårene har vi flere ganger sett folk i den arabiske verdenen demonstrere mot økonomiske forskjeller og undertrykkelse\, forskjeller som i flere tilfeller bunner i klimaendringer. Denne utstillingen er en del av Masahat festival for arabisk kunst og kultur\, som i 2022 har klimarettferdighet som tema. Festivalens formål er å skape et rom for gjensidig inspirasjon og meningsutveksling mellom norske og arabiske akademikere\, aktivister og kunstnere som er opptatt av global rettferdighet og klimakamp. Festivalen er fra 20-25. september\, med konserter\, foredrag\, paneldebatter\, filmvisninger og lesesirkler på forskjellige scener i Oslo. \nUtstillingen er produsert av Masahat\, i samarbeid med Fotogalleriet\, AFAC og Khartoum Contemporary Art Center. \nUtstillingsinstallasjonen er designet av kunstneren Frido Evers. \nTakk til Oslo kommune\, Fritt Ord\, KORO\, Kulturrådet for økonomisk støtte. URL:https://masahat.no/event/troubled-waters-images-from-the-arab-world/ LOCATION:Outdoors Kristparken\, Jakob Kirke\, Kubaparkenn\, Sørenga & indoors at Khartoum Contemporary Art Center CATEGORIES:Visuell kunst ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Troubled-water-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:20260409T095104 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:20220427T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20220427T203000 DTSTAMP:20260409T095104 CREATED:20220422T103518Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250315T063938Z UID:17186-1651082400-1651091400@masahat.no SUMMARY:War in Ukraine: The Earth is Blue as an Orange DESCRIPTION:Does art have power during war?\nArt does have power – it cracks the ice between us; it facilitates the processing of trauma. It gives witness to all that is funny\, joyful and faced with laughter in the midst of remarkable darkness. \nDirector Iryna Tsilyk\n\nSingle mother Anna and her four children live in the front-line war zone of Donbas\, Ukraine. While the outside world is made up of bombings and chaos\, the family is managing to keep their home as a safe haven\, full of life and full of light. Every member of the family has a passion for cinema\, motivating them to shoot a film inspired by their own life during a time of war. \nThe creative process raises the question of what kind of power the magical world of cinema could have during times of disaster. How to picture war through fiction? For Anna and the children\, transforming trauma into a work of art is the ultimate way to stay human.\nThe film gives us a strong sense of what it is like to live in a war zone and how difficult it can be to leave. \nTo live between two worlds\nAs we are writing this text over 10 million Ukrainians have become refugees and more than 3 million have left the country. For the refugees who find safety abroad\, the war is in a way over\, but on the other hand it’s not. While they themselves are safe\, they are still closely connected with people living in the midst of the war. To live ” between two worlds” like this can be traumatic in itself. How are Ukrainians dealing with this and what can be learnt from the experiences of exiled Syrians? \nIn the talk after the screening we want to focus both on the situation for refugees from an ongoing war\, and on the power of documentary films to create empathy for the victims of war\, and how films can be an extremely important addition to the news media. \nPanel\n\nOleksandra Hrybenko (28) is from Donetsk\, Ukraine. She is currently working as a PhD Fellow at the Faculty of Journalism and Media Studies at Oslo Metropolitan University researching the safety of women journalists reporting on the conflict in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the Russian invasion in 2014 she has worked as a journalist and field producer for international media reporting on the conflict in Ukraine.\nOsama Shaheen (31) is a journalist for the Norwegian newspaper Bergens Tidende and founder of the Arab language magazine DER. He is a stateless Palestinian and came to Norway from Syria in 2015.\nModerator: Zeina Bali\, Masahat.\n\nIn collaboration with Oslo Dokumentarkino\, DocuDays Ukraine\, The Ukrainian Association in Norway\, Human idff\, Harbitz Consulting and Vega Scene. URL:https://masahat.no/event/war-in-ukraine-the-earth-is-blue-as-an-orange/ LOCATION:Vega Scene\, Hausmanns gate 30\, Oslo\, 0182\, Norway CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/The-world-is-blue-as-an-orange.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20220129T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20220129T173000 DTSTAMP:20260409T095104 CREATED:20220119T125639Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251027T075539Z UID:17117-1643472000-1643477400@masahat.no SUMMARY:slipp + samtale DESCRIPTION:I desember 2021 kom tidsskriftet DER دار med en ny utgivelse\, hvor temaet er den arabiske våren. Velkommen til slippet + samtale på Sentralen i Oslo. \n PåmeldingAntall publikum er begrenset på grunn av Covid-19 restriksjoner. Du kan melde deg på i dette skjemaet:  Program16.00: velkommen + introduksjon om tidsskriftet DER v/ Osama Shaheen\, redaktør av DER.16.10: Åpningssamtale med Abdullah Alsabeehg\, Oslos varaordfører16.30: Kronikker om enn som elsker mor\, lesing fra kommende bok v/ Rana Issa\, styremedlem i Masahat16.50: Reise gjennom norsk pakistansk litteratur v/ Atia Ijaz\, rådgiver i Papillon17.10: Ytringsfrihetens dilemmaer v/ Stina Amankwah\, rådgiver i Minotenk.  DER 3/2021——Å leve i et diktatur handler ikke bare om stemmerett\, det er en livsstil. Diktatoren bestemmer når du skal smile\, og når du skal klappe. Diktatoren er universitet som du går til selv om at du ikke liker det\, han er gravene som du ikke får besøke og flakkende blikk når ordet politikk dukker uventet opp i samtalen. Utgivelsen tar for seg flere eksempler fra Syria: Skolesystem\, etterretningstjenesten\, hva betyr å være politisk fange. I utgivelsen kan du også lese om skolesystemet i Egypt nå under El-Sisi\, og et intervju med aktivist Wojoud Mejalli fra Yemen.Med utgivelsen kommer et magasin med to forskjellige litteratursaker å fordype seg i: Den første feirer 50 år med innvandring fra Pakistan\, hvor Atia Ijaz tar oss med reise gjennom norsk-pakistansk litteratur. Den andre er et samling av dikt som ble skrevet på arabisk og ble oversatt til norsk ved prosjektet\, Parallel\, som er en ny serie med tospråklige diktbøker skrevet av poeter som bor i Norge. URL:https://masahat.no/event/der-slipp-samtale/ LOCATION:Sentralen\, Øvre Slottsgate 3\, Oslo\, 0157\, Norway CATEGORIES:open forum ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Der-slipp.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="masahat":MAILTO:info@masahat.no END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20211124T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20211124T180000 DTSTAMP:20260409T095104 CREATED:20211110T143704Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250704T203000Z UID:16992-1637773200-1637776800@masahat.no SUMMARY:Takht Tøyen DESCRIPTION:Masahat inviterer til en avslutningskonsert på årets arabiske høstkvelder i samarbeid med Deichman. Vi har invitert Takht Tøyen\, et ensemble startet av oud-spiller Shble Saleem og fiolinist Inger Hannisdal. Shble kom til Norge fra Syria i 2015\, mens Inger har studert arabisk musikk i Libanon. Bragt sammen av en felles interesse for arabisk musikk og spesielt for musikken fra Al-Nahda – den arabiske renessansen i Egypt og Syria i første halvdel av 1900-tallet – startet de Takht Tøyen. “Takht” er et arabisk ord som betyr scene eller plattform\, og som også brukes om kammermusikkensembler innen klassisk arabisk musikk. \nMusikere\nShble Saleem: Oud\nInger Hannisdal: Fiolin\nJamal Safi: Riq Konserten er gratis og åpent for alle\, men begrenset antall seter\, påmelding kreves. Vi ønsker dere alle velkommen!\n\nPåmelding – التسجيل URL:https://masahat.no/event/takht-toyen/ LOCATION:Deichman Tøyen\, Hagegata 28\, Oslo\, 0653\, Norway CATEGORIES:Musikk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/takht-toyen.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="masahat":MAILTO:info@masahat.no END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20211112T173000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20211114T173000 DTSTAMP:20260409T095104 CREATED:20211007T132026Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250315T064356Z UID:16775-1636738200-1636911000@masahat.no SUMMARY:هيك بنشوفها - I våre øyne DESCRIPTION:هل عمركم بين 15 و 25 سنة؟ تتحدثون اللغة العربية ولديكم شغف برواية القصص واهتمام بالتعرف أكثر على عالم صناعة الأفلام الوثائقية؟تدعوكم مساحات و “شركة ستراي دوغ لإنتاج الأفلام” إلى المشاركة في ورشة عمل للأفلام الوثائقية تحت عنوان “هيك بنشوفها”. تقدم ورشة العمل فكرة عن حِرفة رواية القصص وصناعة الأفلام الوثائقية، بالإضافة إلى المهارات العملية المطلوبة لتصوير وإخراج فيلم قصير. \nسيقوم المشاركون خلال الورشة بتصوير ومونتاج فلمهم الوثائقي القصير، وعرضه على بقية المشاركين. \nيقوم بإدارة الورشة المخرج الفلسطيني محمد جبالي. جبالي قام بمونتاج وصناعة عدة أفلام قصيرة وفيديوهات موسيقية، بالإضافة إلى الفيلم الوثائقي السينمائي إسعاف الذي عرض في مهرجانات عالمية وحاز على جوائز عديدة \nالزمان\nالجمعة 12 نوفمبر الساعة الخامسة والنصف حتى الساعة الثامنة والنصف مساءً\nالسبت 13 نوفمبر من الساعة التاسعة صباحاً للخامسة مساءً\nالأحد 14 نوفمبر من الساعة التاسعة صباحاً للخامسة مساءً \nالمكان\nStray Dog Production v/Mikrofilm Sagveien 23F \nكيفية المشاركة\nورشة العمل مجانية ومفتوحة للجميع، لكن الأماكن محدودة لعشرة مشاركين، لذلك يتطلب التسجيل أدناه. \nالمطلوب من المشاركين الالتزام بالحضور خلال الأيام الثلاثة وإنجاز الفيلم القصير خلال الورشة. نقدم كل المعدات التقنية اللازمة، بالإضافة إلى الطعام والشراب خلال أيام الورشة. \nورشة العمل مدعومة تقنياً من ميديا فابريكين. ومادياً من مركز فيكن للأفلام. \n\n«I våre øyne» er et kort filmverksted for unge mennesker (15-25 år) med flerkulturelle bakgrunn\, som er interessert i å lære mer om dokumentarfilmskapning. Gjennom kurset får du en introduksjon til dokumentarisk historiefortelling og praktisk\, «hands-on» filmskaper erfaring. Du vil spille inn og redigere din egen kort dokumentar\, og vise den for de andre deltakerne. Kurset ledes av filmskaper Mohamed Jabaly\, som har regissert en rekke kortfilmer\, musikkvideoer og kinodokumentaren «Ambulance» Kurset er gratis og har plass til maks 10 deltakere. Vi stiller med alt filmutstyr\, mat og forfriskninger. «I våre øyne» er et samarbeid mellom Masahat og Stray Dog Productions\, med utstyrsstøtte v/Mediefabrikken. Prosjektet er støttet med tilskudd fra Viken filmsenter. \nDato\nFredag 12.nov 17:30-20:30\nLørdag 13.nov 09:30-17:00\nSøndag 14.nov 09:30-17:00 \nSted\nStray Dog Production v/Mikrofilm Sagveien 23F For å registrere deg\, fyll ut skjemaet nedenfor. Hvis du har spørsmål\, kan du kontakte oss:Mohamed Jabaly: mohamed@straydogs.no\nSarah Winge-Sørensen: sarah@straydogs.no\, 91311501  URL:https://masahat.no/event/i-vare-oyne/ LOCATION:Stray Dog Production\, Sagveien 23 A\, Oslo\, 0459\, Norway CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/i-vare-oyne.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20211106T163000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20211106T180000 DTSTAMP:20260409T095104 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:20211030T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20211031T170000 DTSTAMP:20260409T095104 CREATED:20211012T064016Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250315T064503Z UID:16815-1635580800-1635699600@masahat.no SUMMARY:Solidarity patchwork: Stories of activism DESCRIPTION:We invite you to be part of a patchwork that unites stories of global solidarity. \nThe Solidarity Patchwork is an interactive project created by Astrid and Ingrid Fadnes. A big quilt\, consisting of multiple patches\, conveys stories of solidarity connected to the 40th year of The Norwegian Solidarity Committee for Latin America. \nEach contribution visualizes memories and human encounters\, and draws lines to boundless battles. The quilt was created at a time when we have not been able to meet physically\, but through digital art colloquia\, communication via e-mail and patch shipping in the mail\, around 170 activists and LAG members have so far contributed with their stories. Collectively\, the patches form a larger narrative\, composed of all the small narratives of solidarity. \nThe quilt will be exhibited during week 44 in Kunstplass\, and the audience will be able to navigate the different stories of solidarity. \nThe audience are also invited to participate in the artwork\, through two workshops. \nThis event is organized in collaboration with Oslo World\, LAG\, Kunstplass and Masahat. \nWorkshop facilitator\nLise Bjørne Linnert’s works are conceptual and process based\, often anchored in the political and social. Since 2006\, Linnert has worked on the project Desconocida/Unknown/Ukjent. The names of the many women who are murdered or simply vanished in Ciudad Juárez\, Mexico are embroidered on small patches\, presented together in a monumental installation – a memorial of the victims. \n \nWorkshop 1: Understanding the tools: crafts and protest\nSaturday 30. October 14.00 – Kunstplass \nWorkshop 2: Amplifying the voices and sewing: Stories behind each patchwork\nSunday 31. October 14.00 – Kunstplass \n\nSign up URL:https://masahat.no/event/solidarity-patchwork-stories-of-activism/ LOCATION:Kunstplass\, Akersgata 1\, Oslo\, 0158\, Norway CATEGORIES:Visuell kunst,Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Foto-Ingrid-Fadnes-2.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20211027T173000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20211027T183000 DTSTAMP:20260409T095104 CREATED:20211010T075452Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250312T203157Z UID:16871-1635355800-1635359400@masahat.no SUMMARY:Lesesirkel med Teresa Pepe حلقة قراءة مع تيريزا پيپه DESCRIPTION:نرحب بكم في حلقة قراءة للأدب العربي مع الباحثة تيريزا پيپه! نناقش في هذه الحلقة أعمال الكاتب المصري نجيب محفوظ وبشكل خاص القصة القصيرة “تحت المظلة” وهي جزء من مجموعة قصصية صدرت عام ١٩٦٧ تحمل نفس العنوان. ستقوم الباحثة والأستاذة الجامعية تيريسا بيبة بمناقشة معمقة حول القصة القصيرة “تحت المظلة”. وعلاقتها بالأعمال الأدبية الأخرى للكاتب الفائز بجائرة نوبل وتأثير الجائزة على أعماله الأدبية وحياته. بالإضافة إلى تسليط الضوء على علاقة النص بالسياق التاريخي ومصر بعد نكسة عام ١٩٦٧. سيتم أيضاً مناقشة العلاقة بين الأدب والسياسة والمجتمع في أعمال الكاتب سيكون النقاش مفتوحاً مع المشاركين لذلك يفضل قراءة القصة القصيرة قبل المشاركة، لكن هذا ليس شرطاً للحضور. \nتيريسا پيپه هي باحثة وأستاذة مشاركة في الدراسات العربية في جامعة أوسلو. تشمل اهتماماتها البحثية الأدب العربي والإعلام والثقافة الشعبية وعلم اللغة الاجتماعي والعلاقة بين علم الجمال والسياسة. يلقي بحثها الحالي الضوء على الروايات العربية “الديستوبية” وعلاقتها بالتغيير الاجتماعي والسياسي والبيئي في المنطقة. \nللمزيد عن الباحثة تيريسا بيبة \nنتطلع قدماً للقائكم! \nهذه الفعالية هي ثالث أمسية من سلسلة أمسيات ثقافية عربية ننظمها في مساحات بالتعاون مع مكتبة دايكمان هولمليا كل رابع أربعاء من الشهر خلال خريف ٢٠٢١ \nVelkommen til lesesirkel i arabisk litteratur med Teresa Pepe.I sirkelen diskuterer vi den egyptiske forfatteren Naguib Mahfouz og hans verk\, med fokus på novellen «Taht El Mazala» (Under skyggen). Vi skal diskutere novellen i relasjon til andre litterære verk av Mahfouz; forholdet mellom teksten og dens kontekst – nærmere bestemt Egypt i kjølvannet av 1967-krigen (kjent som al-Naksa\, “nederlaget”). Mer generelt skal vi diskutere forholdet mellom arabisk litteratur\, politikk og samfunnet rundt\, samt Nobelprisens påvirkning på Mahfouz’ verk og liv. \n  \nTeresa Pepe er førsteamanuensis i arabiske studier ved Universitetet i Oslo. Hennes forskningsinteresser spenner over arabisk litteratur\, medier\, populærkultur\, sosiolingvistikk og forholdet mellom estetikk og politikk. Hennes nåværende forskning setter søkelys på arabiske futuristisk litteratur og forholdet mellom denne litteratur og sosiale\, politiske og miljømessige endringer i regionen. Vi oppfordrer deltakere å lese teksten før eventet\, men det er ikke et krav! Vi gleder oss til å se dere! \n  \nEventet er den tredje “Arabiske høstkveld” i en rekke arrangert av Masahat i samarbeid med Deichman Holmlia! Disse vil foregå hver fjerde onsdag i måneden gjennom høsten 2021. URL:https://masahat.no/event/lesesirkel-med-teresa-pepe/ LOCATION:Deichman Holmlia\, Holmlia Senter vei 16\, Oslo\, 1255\, Norway CATEGORIES:Litteratur,عربي ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/teresa-lese.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="masahat":MAILTO:info@masahat.no END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20211019T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20211019T203000 DTSTAMP:20260409T095104 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:20210922T173000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20210922T190000 DTSTAMP:20260409T095104 CREATED:20210915T063515Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250312T203045Z UID:16754-1632331800-1632337200@masahat.no SUMMARY:Arabisk høstkveld: "What happens to a displaced ant" DESCRIPTION:تدعوكم مساحات بالتعاون مع مكتبة هولمليا لحضور الفيلم الوثائقي “ماذا يحدث لنملة مشردة” للمخرجة شيرين أبو شقرا. \n“ماذا يحدث لنملة مشردة” (٢٠١٧، ٤٢ دقيقة) هو فيلم مستوحى من تجربة المخرجة أثناء مشاركتها في مهمة إنقاذ، امتدت لخمسة أشهر، مع منظمة أطباء بلا حدود لمساعدة اللاجئين على عبور البحر الأبيض المتوسط. يدور الفيلم الوثائقي-الروائي حول تبادل رسائل بين ممرضة تعمل في المجال الإنساني، وحبيبها المؤرخ المعماري. بعد الفيلم سنقوم بحوار مفتوح حول الفيلم مع الحضور. \nالدخول مجاني و مفتوح للجميع، لكن التسجيل مطلوب لمحدودية الأماكن: holmlia@deichman.no\nأهلاً وسهلاً بكم! \nهذه الفعالية هي ثاني أمسية من سلسلة أمسيات ثقافية عربية ننظمها في مساحات بالتعاون مع مكتبة دايكمان هولمليا كل رابع أربعاء من الشهر خلال خريف ٢٠٢١ \nVelkommen til gratis filmvisning What Happens to a Displaced Ant + åpen samtale med publikum. Samtalen foregår på norsk og arabisk. \n«What happens to a displaced ant» (2017\, 42 min) er inspirert av regissørens fem måneder lange redningsoppdrag for Leger Uten Grenser i Middelhavet\, og hennes møte med flyktninger der. Dokufiksjonen er en epistolær korrespondanse mellom en sykepleier i det humanitære feltet – og hennes elsker\, en historiker og arkitekt. \nGratis inngang og åpent for alle\, men begrenset antall plasser! \nPåmelding kreves: holmlia@deichman.no \nEventet er den andre “Arabisk høstkveld” i en rekke arrangert av Masahat i samarbeid med Deichman Holmlia! Disse vil foregå hver fjerde onsdag i måneden i løpet av høsten 2021. URL:https://masahat.no/event/arabisk-hostkveld-what-happens-to-a-displaced-ant/ LOCATION:Deichman Holmlia\, Holmlia Senter vei 16\, Oslo\, 1255\, Norway CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ant-film.png ORGANIZER;CN="masahat":MAILTO:info@masahat.no END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20210825T173000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20210825T183000 DTSTAMP:20260409T095104 CREATED:20210823T203345Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250308T075738Z UID:16705-1629912600-1629916200@masahat.no SUMMARY:Arabisk høstkveld: Poesikveld DESCRIPTION:تدعوكم مساحات بالتعاون مع مكتبة دايكمان هولمليا إلى هذه الأمسية الثقافية الشعرية التي يتخللها قراءات شعرية وشعر محكي ومترجم. نفتتح بهذه الفعالية سلسلة أمسيات ثقافية عربية تستضيفها مكتبة دايكمان هولمليا كل رابع أربعاء من الشهر خلال خريف ٢٠٢١ الدخول مجاني ومتاح للجميع\nالمشاركين:\n– سمية السوسي (شاعرة فلسطينية)، قراءة شعرية- فيبيكا هاربر (مترجمة) قراءة شعر مترجم- سلّام ناصر (مغني راب وشاعر سوري فلسطيني) شعر محكي- ابراهيم عبدالقادر (شاعر سوري) شعر محكي- رنا عيسى (أستاذة جامعة، وباحثة وعضوة مؤسسة في مساحات) قراءة شعر مترجم- براء العويس (شاعر سوري) يرافقه على العود عزيز قصي \n  \nI samarbeid med Deichman Holmlia inviterer Masahat til poesikveld. Her vil deltagerne fremføre et variert utvalg av poesiopplesninger på arabisk\, spoken word og oversatt poesi. Dette arrangement er det første i en rekke arrangert av Masahat på Deichman Holmlia. Disse vil foregå hver fjerde onsdag i måneden i løpet av høsten 2021. Gratis inngang og åpent for alle. Deltagere: \n\nSamia al-Sousi (palestinsk poet) leser dikt på arabisk\, og Vibeke Harberg leser diktet oversatt på norsk.\nSalam Nasser (syrisk-palestinsk rapper og poet) fremfører muntlig diktning\nIbrahim Abdulkader (syrisk poet) fremfører muntlig diktning\nRana Issa (universitetsprofessor\, forsker og medstifter av Masahat) leser oversatt poesi\nBaraa al-Oways (syrisk poet) akkompagnert av Aziz Qusay på oud URL:https://masahat.no/event/arabisk-hostkveld-poesikveld/ LOCATION:Deichman Holmlia\, Holmlia Senter vei 16\, Oslo\, 1255\, Norway CATEGORIES:Litteratur,عربي ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/poesikveld-holmlia.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="masahat":MAILTO:info@masahat.no END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20210821T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20210821T163000 DTSTAMP:20260409T095104 CREATED:20210810T163437Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250312T203319Z UID:16593-1629554400-1629563400@masahat.no SUMMARY:Valgsalong - انتخابات ٢٠٢١ DESCRIPTION:تدعوكم مساحات إلى نقاش وورشة عمل بمناسبة الانتخابات البرلمانية القادمة. \nورشة العمل مفتوحة للجميع ولكل من يرغب بمعرفة معلومات عن المشاركة بالانتخابات القادمة والتفاعل والتأثير على سياسات الأحزاب. \nندعوكم للقدوم والمشاركة مع أسئلتكم وأولوياتكم التي ترغبون بطرحها على الأحزاب السياسية. نرحب بشكل خاص بالمصوتين للمرة اﻷولى ممن يتكلمون العربية، ونسعى في هذه الورشة إلى توفير المعلومات بطريقة سهلة وطرح عدة أسئلة للنقاش مع ممثلي الأحزاب. \nملاحظة: الدخول مجاني ولكن الأماكن محدودة ولذلك يتوجب التسجيل مسبقاً. \n  \nI forbindelse med Stortingsvalg\, inviterer Masahat til workshop for førstegangsvelgere. Vi har invitert representanter fra ulike politiske partier for å diskutere aktuelle politiske saker. \nVi vil invitere alle som ønsker å forstå mer om valget og hvordan du kan påvirke og delta. Vi inviterer deg også til å komme med dine spørsmål og politiske prioriteringer som du ønsker at politikerne skal være opptatt av. \nSer frem til deres deltakelse! \nGratis inngang\, men påmelding kreves. \nAgenda\n\n14:00-14:15: Bli kjent med hverandre (deltakerne)\n14:15-14:45: Innføring om politiske partier og valgsystem i Norge\, v/Line Khateeb\n14:45-15:00: Pause\n15:00-16:00: En samtale med representanter for politiske partier\, med tid til spørsmål fra deltakere. (Ordstyrer: Yasmin Mouafak\, prosjektleder i Masahat)\n16:00-16:15: Pause\n16:15-16:30: En samtale med Osama Shaheen redaktør for tidsskriftet Der (tospråklig tidsskrift\, arabisk og norsk)\n\nRepresentanter for politiske partier: \nHøyre: Yassine Arakia\nVenstre: Naomi Røkkum\nSP: Nadine Almustafa\nAP: Abdullah Alsabeehg og Laial Janet\nKrF: Stephane Zepeda\nSV: Marian Hussein\nMDG: Eirik Toressønn Myrvold\nRødt: Selma Flo-Munch\nFrp: TBC URL:https://masahat.no/event/valgsalong-2021/ LOCATION:Sentralen\, Øvre Slottsgate 3\, Oslo\, 0157\, Norway CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Valg2021.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="masahat":MAILTO:info@masahat.no END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20210612T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20210612T190000 DTSTAMP:20260409T095104 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:20260409T095104 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:20260409T095104 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:20260409T095104 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:20210318T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20210318T190000 DTSTAMP:20260409T095104 CREATED:20210304T184901Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250313T203445Z UID:16130-1616094000-1616094000@masahat.no SUMMARY:Reading circle: Homemaking in Exile حلقة قراءة: توطّن المنفى DESCRIPTION:ندعوكم للمشاركة في حلقة القراءة والنقاش مع الكاتب السوري ياسين الحاج صالح تحت عنوان “توطُّن المنفى” حيث سندعو الكاتب لتقديم لمحة مختصرة عن مقالتين له ناقش فيهما موضوع المنفى، قبل أن نطرح بعض الأسئلة ونتيح المجال للجمهور لطرح الأسئلة.  \nللمشاركة في الحلقة، يمكنكم قراءة قراءة المقالتين المذكورتين أدناه، ومن ثم التسجيل برابط الزوم لحضور حلقة النقاش وطرح الأسئلة. \nالمقالتان متاحتان للقراءة على موقع الجمهورية:في المنفى والوطن والعالم، والكتابة (2019)الحرية: البيت، السجن، المنفى… العالم (2016) \nهذه الحلقة هي جزء من مشروع أكاديمية المواطنة ومهرجان الحق في المدينة، من تنفيذ منظمة مساحات في النرويج، بالتعاون مع مجلة دار في النرويج ورابطة نوارا في برلين، حيث سنبدأ الحوار مع الكاتب من خلال طرح بعض الأسئلة من قبل المشاركين من الجهات المنظمة قبل أن نفتح المجال للجمهور لطرح الأسئلة. \nWelcome to a reading circle with the Syrian author Yassin Al Haj Saleh under the title “Homemaking in Exile”\, where he will introduce a summary of two of his articles\, before we open up for questions. \nYou can read the two articles below\, and register to attend through the zoom link below. \nArticle 1: في المنفى والوطن والعالم (in Arabic only)Article 2: الحرية: البيت، السجن، المنفى… العالم. English: Freedom: Home\, Prison\, Exile…and the World \nThis event is part of the Citizen Academy and the Right to the City online festival by Masahat\, and in collaboration with DER journal\, and NAWARA Berlin\, as part of Hur/k حرك : Eighteen days of events in commemoration of the revolutions in the NAWA (North Africa and West Asia) region. \nللتسجيل على زوم – Zoom registration URL:https://masahat.no/event/reading-circle-homemaking-in-exile/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Litteratur ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Reading-circle-right-to-city.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="masahat":MAILTO:info@masahat.no END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR