Masahatfestivalen og Riksscenen presenterer Djadba Ensemble, frontet av Khalid Laaouam. Djadba ensemble koker opp sin egne energiske fusion av Gnawa- og Isawamusikk, shaabi, ørkenblues og tilhørende uttrykk. Det Oslobaserte bandet er et nytt tilskudd til pulsen av suggerende beats fra den afrikanske og arabiske diaspora som trekker stadig flere lyttere til festivalscener og klubber –…
Ultima, Blå and Masahat invite you to a club night with DJ Plead and Deena Abdelwahed. DJ Plead, a Melbourne/Naarm producer based in Berlin, takes the stage next, drawing on his Lebanese background, to create percussive club music that blends the rhythms, scales and timbres of Lebanese pop and traditional music with other contemporary dance…
Through poetry, ritual mantras and rosary work, Lina Atallah and Priya Bains will lead us through prayer work for our martyrs and prisoners, for our people in Palestine and for wretched peoples elsewhere, for our activists and our witnesses to continue to have the courage to persevere in fighting for a world less brutal. The…
Masahat Screens 2024 will present films from the Arab world that explore themes of protest, life under occupation and the struggles of life in exile curated by Mira Adoumier, and a second part with films from Sudan curated by Khalid Albaih. The program consists of three parts: kl. 14:45 Mahdi Fleifel short films – Life…
As part of HUMAN International Documentary Film Festival, this event presents a program of short films curated by Masahat, followed by a panel discussion with Nadim Khoury, Rana Issa, and Zeina Bali. In recent months, the Levant has witnessed dramatic upheavals: an ongoing genocide in Gaza, ethnic cleansing in the West Bank, Israel’s war on…
Opening Night: Concert & Gathering 📍 Concert: Cosmopolite | Afterparty: Baba Bar📅 17 September 2025🕖 Concert: 19:00 | Opening Night Gathering: 21:30🌿 Free and open for all Masahat Festival 2025 begins with a powerful opening concert by Emel at Cosmopolite on 17 September at 19:00. After the concert, we invite you to continue…
I anledning sitt 10-årsjubileum er Masahat stolte av å samarbeide med Cosmopolite for å presentere to ekstraordinære kvinnelige stemmer fra Nord-Afrika. Festivalen åpner med Emel, en av Tunisias mest ikoniske artister, etterfulgt av en fredagskonsert med den sjelfulle marokkanske sangeren Oum. 18:00 Dørene åpner 19:00 Konsertstart Siden gjennombruddet i 2011 med låten "Kelmti…
We at Masahat are proud to present Marthe Valle as the opening artist of the festival at Cosmopolite on 17 September, ahead of the evening’s main concert with Emel. Marthe is a singer and songwriter with an impressive career. Since her debut in 2004, she has released seven albums, won the Spellemann Award, and toured…
Kunstnernes Hus — September 18, 10:00–12:00 The genocide in Gaza has devastated every aspect of Palestinian life. No one in Gaza is safe, and no one who has witnessed this crime will ever forget it. In the gap between those who witness and those who endure the violence directly, urgent questions arise: How do…
We are proud to welcome Munir Fasheh as one of this year’s keynote guests. Munir is a mathematician who chose to leave academia to explore new ways of understanding and practicing learning. Together with others, he founded an organization that rethinks education as a tool for liberation. He summarizes his life with two words: occupation…