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: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 END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20200227T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20200227T183000 DTSTAMP:20260411T150445 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:20260411T150445 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:20200218T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20200218T200000 DTSTAMP:20260411T150445 CREATED:20200212T194849Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200212T194849Z UID:2862-1582048800-1582056000@masahat.no SUMMARY:حوار مفتوح–عمر عبد العزيز الحلّاج: آفاق الحلّ السياسي في سوريا DESCRIPTION:مع وصول الحرب في سوريا إلى أوضاع إنسانية كارثية وفي ظل انتهاكات يومية ممنهجة لأبسط حقوق الإنسان، من الصعب الحديث أو حتى تخيل وجود أي آفاق لحلول سياسية أو مفاوضات سلام. ويبدو أن الغالبية العظمى من السوريين غير معنية بمتابعة دور اللجنة الدستورية والحوارات المستمرة بين النظام والمعارضة والمجتمع المدني. \nنستضيف في هذا الحوار المفتوح عمر عبدالعزيز الحلاج، الباحث والمستشار السوري والعضو في اللجنة الدستورية، للإجابة على بعض الأسئلة:\n– ماهي آفاق الحل السياسي في سوريا اليوم؟\n– كيف تؤثر سياسة الاتحاد الأوروبي والدول الغربية، ومن ضمنها النرويج على الحرب في سوريا؟\n– هل يمكن الحديث عن إعادة إعمار من دون انتقال سياسي ديمقراطي في سوريا؟\n– ماهو دور المتجمع المدني السوري واللجنة الدستورية في عملية الانتقال السياسي في سوريا؟\n– وكيف يمكن للسوريين في النرويج التعامل مع هذا الواقع والتأثير على سياسات النرويج الخارجية تجيه سوريا؟ \nتدير الحوار زينة بالي، من سبيس، ونسعى ليكون الحوار تفاعلياً وتشاركياً مع الجمهور. \nعمر عبدالعزيز الحلاج هو مهندس معماري ومستشار تنموي، حاز على جائزة الآغا خان للعمارة (2007). وهو باحث ومحاضر في موضوعات تتعلق بالتاريخ والاقتصاد وسياسات التنمية في العالم العربي والإسلامي، وشغل منصب الإدارة سابقاً للأمانة السورية للتنمية. يقيم ويعمل حالياً في بيروت مع مشروع “مبادرة المساحة المشتركة” في تنسيق مشاريع بحثية وبناء سلام وحوار في سوريا. \nالدخول مجاني ولكن يتطلب تأكيد التسجيل عبر رابط البطاقات لأن الأماكن محدودة وسيتم تقديم مأكولات خفيفة. القاعة في بناء سنترالن، الطابق الخامس.\n  \nالعمل الفني في الصورة هو للفنان السوري الفلسطيني المقيم في أوسلو، أنس سلامة. من أرشيف ذاكرة إبداعية للثورة السورية. URL:https://masahat.no/event/%d8%ad%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%b1-%d9%85%d9%81%d8%aa%d9%88%d8%ad-%d8%b9%d9%85%d8%b1-%d8%b9%d8%a8%d8%af-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%b2%d9%8a%d8%b2-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ad%d9%84%d9%91%d8%a7%d8%ac-%d8%a2%d9%81/ LOCATION:Sentralen\, Øvre Slottsgate 3\, Oslo\, 0157\, Norway CATEGORIES:عربي ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/حوار-مفتوح-عمر-عزيز.png ORGANIZER;CN="masahat":MAILTO:info@masahat.no END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20191209T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20191209T190000 DTSTAMP:20260411T150445 CREATED:20191125T234200Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250706T190800Z UID:2661-1575910800-1575918000@masahat.no SUMMARY:Jul på arabisk DESCRIPTION:SPACE\, MAJÃZ Kulturprosjekt og Kulturhuset har gleden av å invitere til Jul på arabisk—en kveld fylt med minner\, musikk\, sanger og historier om hvordan jul feires i noen arabiske land. Kvelden vil by på muligheten til å utforske den rike kulturarven fra midtøsten og å lære mer om norsk kulturhistorie. \nKl. 17.00 Velkommen! \nKl. 17.10 Programmet begynner \n\nMichele Battikh – Jul i Homs/Syria (fortelling)\nAngela Maria Aasbø Bakke – Julesang fra Norge (sang)\nGjermund Granlund – Jul i Norge (fortelling)\nRola Sror & Saleh Mahfoud – Julesalme fra Midtøsten (sang)\nLisa Taweel – Jul i Dubai (fortelling)\nAngela Maria Aasbø Bakke – Julesang fra Norge (sang)\n\nkl. 17.45 Overraskelse \nKl. 18.00 Programmet fortsetter \n\nLinn Blomkvist – Jul i Norge (fortelling)\nJuleoppskrift fra Palestina (kortfilm)\nRola Sror & Saleh Mahfoud – Julesalme fra Midtøsten (sang)\nSarah Abu Assaleh – Jul i Damaskus (fortelling)\nAli Moula\, Hani Al-Sosy & Wiliam Noroian – musikk på kurdisk og armensk (sang)\nPYSJ – Julesalme fra Sverige (sang)\n\nKl. 19.00 Pause \nkl. 19.15 Programmet fortsetter \n\nSalmer og klassisk arabiske låter – med Majaz band\n\nKl. 20.00 Avslutning \nTiltaket er delvis støttet økonomisk av Oslo kommune URL:https://masahat.no/event/jul-paa-arabisk/ LOCATION:Kulturhuset\, Youngs gate 6\, Oslo\, Oslo\, 0181\, Norway CATEGORIES:Musikk,عربي ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/76710841_1401456590019488_4289020935253524480_o.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20191207T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20191207T173000 DTSTAMP:20260411T150445 CREATED:20191120T082959Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200925T201054Z UID:2610-1575730800-1575739800@masahat.no SUMMARY:The Cave - Syria: Kampen om historien DESCRIPTION:En kvinnelig lege ledet et underjordisk sykehus i Ghouta\, Syria\, under beleiringen fra 2013 til 2018. Filmen The Cave skildrer livet under bomberegnet og arbeidet til lege Amani Ballour og hennes kolleger. Filmen vant publikumsprisen på den prestisjetunge Toronto internasjonale filmfestival i september og er nå med i Oscar-løpet. \n  \nThe Cave\n\nThis extraordinary film allows viewers to bear witness to courage and dedication in their finest forms.\n– The Washington Post \n\nØst-Ghouta utenfor Damascus var beleiret i fem år\, fra 2013 til 2018. Dette er den lengste beleiringen i krig i moderne tid. Befolkningen på flere hundre tusen var stengt inne og utsatt for massiv bombing. Det var mangel på mat og medisiner. \nAmani Ballour\, en ung kvinnelig lege\, ledet et undergrunnssykehus som tok seg av de skadde under beleiringen. \nDette er en film om enormt mot som til tider er vanskelig å se på. Men den er viktig. Når historien om krigen i Syria nå skrives vil regimet og deres støttespillere ønske å utelate slike historier som dette fordi den viser noen av de enorme krigsforbrytelsene begått av regimet mot egen befolkning. \nFilmen kjemper om en Oscar og vant publikumsprisen for beste dokumentar på Toronto internasjonale filmfestival i september 2019. \n \nThe Cave av Feras Fayyad. (Syria/Danmark/USA 2019\, 95 min.) Fayyad har tidligere laget blant annet Last Men in Aleppo som var Oscar-nominert i tillegg til å motta en rekke priser. \n\nHow on earth did they manage to film this and live to tell the tale? (…) Fayyad pulls off something miraculous with “The Cave\,” which concludes with a devastating final act in flames.”\n– Variety \n\n\nKRIGEN I SYRIA – KAMPEN OM HISTORIEN \nHvis Partiet kunne strekke sin hånd tilbake i fortiden og si om den og den hendelsen at den aldri hadde hendt\, var da ikke dette enda grufullere en bare tortur og død? – 1984\, George Orwell. \nKrigen i Syria er ikke over. Idag sitter folk fast i Idlib og er utsatt for noe av det samme som det som skjedde i Øst-Ghouta og andre steder som har vært under beleiring og bombing i Syria. \nMen likevel er kampen om narrativet allerede igang. Det syriske regimet har initiert en egen institusjon (Watan Document Foundation) som skal dokumentere krigen i Syria og samle inn historier. Sannsynligvis vil denne institusjonen forsøke å legge lokk på krigsforbrytelser begått av regimet og legge fram et narrativ som støtter Bashar al-Assads og hans regjerings fortelling om krigen. Denne historien gjengis i russisk propaganda og av andre som av en eller annen grunn støtter opp om Assads fortsatte diktatur. \nHvorvidt regimet lykkes i å gjøre sin historie gjeldende vil avhenge av om det finnes andre historier som er med å skape et bredere og riktigere bilde av virkeligheten. \nHeldigvis er vi ikke like ille ute som samfunnet i boka 1984 av George Orwell\, som sitatet over er hentet fra. Det er mange som jobber med å dokumentere krigen i Syria på en sannferdig måte og det finnes enormt mye video-\, bilde- og tekstmateriale. \nProgram\n\nInnledning ved Cora Alexa Døving som er forsker ved HL-senteret (Senter for studier av Holocaust og livssynsminoriteter) og Uğur Ümit Üngör som er førsteamanuensis i historie ved Utrecht universitet og forsker ved det nederlandske ‘Institute for War\, Holocaust\, and Genocide Studies’\, NIOD.\nQ&A etter visningen med Per K. Kirkegaard (klipper) og Peter Albrechtsen (lyddesigner).\n\nUğur Ümit Üngör har startet noe som heter Syria Oral History Project og har skapt et rammeverk for hvordan krigen i Syria kan dokumenteres. Han har blant mye annet skrevet denne artikkelen om kampen om narrativet når det gjelder krigen i Syria. Üngör kan ikke være tilstede på arrangementet på Cinemateket men har laget en kort video med sin kommentar til dette temaet som vi vil vise før filmen. URL:https://masahat.no/event/the-cave-syria-kampen-om-historien/ LOCATION:Cinemateket\, Dronningens gate 16\, Oslo\, Oslo\, 0105\, Norway CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/the-cave-by-feras-fayyad.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20191129T083000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20191129T093000 DTSTAMP:20260411T150445 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:20260411T150445 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:20260411T150445 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:20260411T150445 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:20191017T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20191017T200000 DTSTAMP:20260411T150445 CREATED:20191006T164556Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210227T212949Z UID:2387-1571331600-1571342400@masahat.no SUMMARY:Demokratispill - لعبة الديمقراطية DESCRIPTION:SPACE og Syrian Student Association inviterer til Demokratispill (ledet av Rafto Foundation for Human Rights) tirsdag 17.oktober\, 17:00-20:00 på Sentralen. \nVi skal ha et sosialt møte\, der kan vi snakke sammen\, ha det gøy\, spise noe godt og spille sammen et brettspill «Demokratikaken» som er gruppebasert. I Demokratispillet vil deltagerne etablere sin egen stat og konstruere et demokrati\, samt diskutere hvilke ingredienser som utgjør kjernen i demokratiet. \nProgram\n\n17:00-17:30: Velkommen og introduksjon\, enkelt mat fra Midtøsten\n17:30-19:30: Demokratispillet\n19:30:20:00: Oppsummering og diskusjon\n\nGratis inngang\, men påmelding kreves. \nVi inviterer alle som er interessert i å lære mer om og være med å diskuterer hva et demokrati er eller bør være. Spillet vil foregår på norsk (og arabisk for de som trenger oversettelse). \nBegrenset antall plasser\, først til mølla! Meld deg på i dag: https://bit.ly/2VeBU70 \nArrangementet er støttet økonomisk av Oslo kommune. \n\n\nتدعوكم سبيس ومنظمة الطالب السوري يوم 17 أوكتوبر، الساعة الخامسة مساءً إلى امسية تتضمن نشاطاً ترفيهياً تحت عنوان “لعبة الديمقراطية” (سيتم تيسيره من قبل منظمة رافتو لحقوق الإنسان). \nالمشاركة مجانية ولكن تتطلب التسجيل مسبقاً على الرابط التالي: https://bit.ly/2VeBU70. \nستتضمن اﻷمسية وقتاً للتعارف وللعب ولنقاش أسئلة مهمة مثل: كيف تبني الدول نظاماً ديمقراطياً؟ ماهي الأسس التي تعرف الديمقراطية؟ كيف نختبر الديمقراطية بشكل مختلف من بلد لآخر؟ \nسيتم تسيير الجلسة باللغة النرويجية، وتوفير ترجمة إلى اللغة العربية حسب الحاجة. \nالبرنامج\n\n17:00 – 17:30: مقدمة وتعارف أثناء تناول مأكولات بسيطة من المطبخ الشرق أوسطي\n17:30 – 19:30: لعبة الديمقراطية (وهي لعبة تشبه ألعاب الرقعة وتعتمد على العمل ضمن مجموعات)\n19:30 – 20:00: تلخيص النشاط ومناقشة\n\nالدعوة مجانية ومفتوحة لجميع المهتمين بالمعرفة أكثر والمشاركة بنقاش عن أسس وميزات وقيم اﻷنظمة الدميقراطية، وكيف تترجم إلى الواقع في بلد مثل النرويج. URL:https://masahat.no/event/demokratispill-%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%a8%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%af%d9%8a%d9%85%d9%82%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%b7%d9%8a%d8%a9/ LOCATION:Sentralen\, Øvre Slottsgate 3\, Oslo\, 0157\, Norway CATEGORIES:عربي ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Demokratispill.png ORGANIZER;CN="masahat":MAILTO:info@masahat.no END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20190907T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20190907T213000 DTSTAMP:20260411T150445 CREATED:20190825T154552Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200925T201041Z UID:2233-1567879200-1567891800@masahat.no SUMMARY:Songs of Separation: Film & Concert DESCRIPTION:SPACE\, in collaboration with Oslo Dokumentarkino\, Arabiske Filmdager\, Vega Scene and Syrian Doc Days\,  invite you to a mystical evening at Vega Scene on Sept 7th. The evening starts with a film taking us on a timeless journey into the majestic world of music in Syria before the war. The film then chases the paths of three passionate musicians turned refugees as they rebuild their lives in exile. They resort to their love of Sufi music to find meaning in the aftermath of destruction and atrocity. Ibrahim\, one of the musicians featured in the film\, will join us later along with three world-renowned Syrian musicians in a Sufi-inspired concert. \nPROGRAM\n\n18.00 Wajd: Songs of Separation (Film)\n19.30 Q&A with film director\n20.00 Break\n20.30 Songs of Separation (Concert)\n\n  \nWajd: Songs of Separation (Film)\nInspired by the traditional sacred music of Syria\, filmmaker Amar Chebib travelled to Damascus and Aleppo in 2010. Six months later the revolution began\, escalating into a civil war and a humanitarian crisis. Touched by the harrowing experiences of the friends he made\, Wajd transformed into the stories of three musicians turned refugees following them over five years. \nIntimate footage of their daily lives weaved together with bittersweet musical performances\, extremely rare Sufi ceremonies\, and poetic imagery of a pre-war Syria that no longer exists. What unfolds is a cinematic meditation on loss\, yearning\, and faith. \n \nSongs of Separation \nFour prominent Syrian musicians are coming together from Turkey\, the UK\, Denmark as well as Norway to bring you a memorable evening of oriental rhythms fused with Sufi-inspired performance. The concert will revive the Sufi Levantine musical heritage\, featuring Aleppine Qudud (Qudud Halabiya) and classical Arabic Muwashahat\, a centuries-old genre spanning practices from Aleppo to Andulsia. \n\nAbout the Musicians\nIbrahim Muslimani\, now lives in Gaziantep\, Turkey\, was born in Aleppo to a family with a passion for Inshad\, a form of Sufi choral singing. In 2003\, Ibrahim joined Aleppine Inshad groups as a professional Daf player. In 2006\, he started collecting Syrian musical heritage focusing on the orally passed-down\, almost lost musical heritage and the rare Muwashahat\, Qudud\, Maqamat\, rhythms and musical manuscripts and records. In 2012\, he fled to Turkey where he further cultivated his passion for traditional music. He got a certificate in the essentials of classical Turkish music from the Directorate of Culture in Gaziantep\,Turkey. Ibrahim is still studying the essentials of musical theories\, rhythms and maqamat of the Ottoman Music\, Oud playing and ethos of music with the master Mohammad Saif Addin Zein Al-Abedin. He is a co-founder and CEO of “Nefes Institution for Arts and Culture”. \n\nRihab Azar\, now lives in the UK\, was born in Homs\, Syria to a musical family. Her father\, luthier Samir Azar made her first oud and started teaching her when she was 7 years old. She continued her musical quest later at the Conservatoire of Damascus and was taught by masters of the oud in Syria. The influences at the Conservatoire included Azerbaijani\, Arabic\, Turkish and Western classical music. In 2014\, She became the first woman oudist to perform accompanied by the Syrian National Orchestra for Arabic Music. Rihab was the oud player of the “Syrian Female Oriental Takht” from 2006 until 2015\, the year in which she moved to the UK to study Music Education at University College London. Arts Council England recognised her as a musician of “Exceptional Promise” in December 2016. \n\nBakri Hemmami is a Syrian singer and musician based in Denmark\, where he was invited to many cultural and academic events to talk about the Syrian traditional and Sufi music\, and perform his art in front of the Danish Audience. \n\nMuhammad Fadel Kuj\, lives in Kristiansand\, Norway\, is a Syrian oriental performer and conductor. He studied classical music education and performing at Homs\, where he was born. Muhammad lives in Norway since 2014 and studied musical conducting at University of Stavanger\, he is working since 2017 with Norwegian choir association as a chief conductor for choir of Søgne. \n\nTiltaket er delvis støttet økonomisk av: URL:https://masahat.no/event/songs-of-separation-film-concert/ LOCATION:Vega Scene\, Hausmanns gate 30\, Oslo\, 0182\, Norway CATEGORIES:Film,Musikk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Wajd_Songs_of_Separation_with_Logos_Eventdetails.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="masahat":MAILTO:info@masahat.no END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20190905T083000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20190905T100000 DTSTAMP:20260411T150445 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:20190823T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20190823T190000 DTSTAMP:20260411T150445 CREATED:20190816T070221Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210227T212150Z UID:2217-1566579600-1566586800@masahat.no SUMMARY:ورشة عمل عن انتخابات 2019 - Valgsalong DESCRIPTION:بالتعاون مع ميلاهوسيه، تدعوكم سبيس إلى نقاش وورشة عمل بمناسبة الانتخابات المحلية القادمة يوم 9 سبتمبر/أيلول. \nورشة العمل مفتوحة للجميع ولكل من يرغب بمعرفة معلومات عن المشاركة بالانتخابات القادمة والتفاعل والتأثير على سياسات الأحزاب المحلية. \nندعوكم للقدوم والمشاركة مع أسئلتكم وأولوياتكم التي ترغبون بطرحها على الأحزاب السياسية في مقاطعتكم. نرحب بشكل خاص بالمصوتين للمرة اﻷولى ممن يتكلمون العربية، ونسعى في هذه الورشة إلى توفير المعلومات بطريقة سهلة وطرح عدة أسئلة للنقاش مع توفير ترجمة إلى اللغة العربية . \nبرنامج ورشة العمل:\n\n17.00 — 18:00: معلومات عن الانتخابات المحلية، من ينتخب وكيف وأين؟ ما هو نطاق عمل الأحزاب بشكل محلي على مستوى البلدية/الكمونة والمقاطعة/البيديل؟\n18.00 — 18.15: استراحة\n18.15 — 18.45: ماهي أولوياتكم؟ ورشة عمل لمناقشة وطرح الأسئلة واﻷولويات على اﻷحزاب السياسية المختلفة. سنأخذ هذه الأسئلة معنا لطرحها على الأحزاب السياسية وننشر أجوبتهم لاحقاً على موقع سبيس وصفحة الفسيبوك.\n18.45–19.00: مأكولات خفيفة ومساحة للتعارف\n\nسيدار النقاش باللغة النرويجية والعربية. \n\n\nI samarbeid med Melahuset inviterer SPACE til samtale og Valgsalong om Kommunestyre- og fylkestingsvalget 2019. \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 i din kommune skal være opptatt av. \nSærlig førstegangsvelgere er velkommen og alle som lurer på noe om det lokale valget i September. \nAgenda:\n\n17.00 – 1800: Hvem kan stemme? Hvordan? Hva er mandatet til bydel\, kommune og fylke?\nVi får besøk av en gjest skal fortelle om hvilket arbeid kommunen gjør og hva politikerne bestemmer. Vår gjest kan svare på spørsmål om valget 9. september 2019 og hva dere som skal stemme kan bestemme.\n18.00 – 18:15: Pause\n18.15 – 18.45: Hva er viktig for deg? Workshop rundt runde bord for å fremme prioriteringer til de politiske partiene. SPACE vil stille spørsmål til de politiske partier og publisere svarene på SPACE nettstedet (space-org.no) og facebook-side.\n18.45 – 19:00: Enkel matservering og mingling\n\nSamtalen blir oversatt til arabisk og norsk. \nTiltaket er støttet økonomisk av Oslo kommune URL:https://masahat.no/event/valgsalong-2019/ LOCATION:Melahuset\, Mariboes gate 8\, Oslo\, 0183\, Norway CATEGORIES:Workshop,عربي ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/space-valg.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="masahat":MAILTO:info@masahat.no END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20190526T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20190601T120000 DTSTAMP:20260411T150445 CREATED:20190521T091833Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250706T112115Z UID:2119-1558893600-1559390400@masahat.no SUMMARY:Flowers from the Rubble: Remembering Raed Fares DESCRIPTION:At this year’s Oslo Freedom Forum\, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF)\, in partnership with The Syria Campaign\, SPACE\, and Vega Scene\, will feature an experiential exhibition in honor of Raed Fares\, a Syrian pro-democracy activist\, citizen journalist\, and civil society leader who was assassinated in November 2018 in Idlib\, north-west Syria. \nFares was a speaker at the 2017 Oslo Freedom Forum. Two years later\, we are honoring his work and what he stood for with a memorial while highlighting the importance of independent reporting in conflict zones like Syria\, and the role independent media can play in countering extremist narratives. \n“Flowers from the Rubble: Remembering Raed Fares” will be on display at Vega Scene\, and open during operating hours. \nThe exhibition will allow viewers to experience the world of Raed Fares\, from the war-torn village where he lived to the darkest places in Syria where he reported on the ground from\, mobilized peaceful protests\, and to his office where he ran Radio Fresh\, a local radio station that continues to provide Syrians with access to unbiased reporting and that counters the fundamentalist narratives of the Bashar al-Assad regime’s propaganda and extremist groups. \nViewers will also learn how Fares succeeded in building the foundation of a strong civil society and how he managed to inspire and draw the world’s attention to his tiny\, otherwise unknown village. \nWithin the exhibition will be protest banners that brought Fares and his town to the world’s attention; caricatures and videos that Fares and his colleagues created to mock the Assad regime and ISIS; audio recordings from Radio Fresh\, including the airstrike announcements used to warn town residents of incoming attacks; artwork by various Syrian artists depicting the Syrian conflict; photography of the training centers that Fares built; and the speech that Fares delivered at from the 2017 Oslo Freedom Forum stage. \nFree entrance but reserving a ticket is required.  \n  \n  URL:https://masahat.no/event/flowers-from-the-rubble-remembering-raed-fares/ LOCATION:Vega Scene\, Hausmanns gate 30\, Oslo\, 0182\, Norway CATEGORIES:Visuell kunst ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/flowers-from-the-rubble.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20190323T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20190323T184500 DTSTAMP:20260411T150445 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:20260411T150445 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:20260411T150445 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:20181212T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20181212T200000 DTSTAMP:20260411T150445 CREATED:20181212T170000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250312T200346Z UID:1891-1544637600-1544644800@masahat.no SUMMARY:Jul på arabisk - عيد الميلاد بالعربي DESCRIPTION:Jul på arabisk er en kveld fylt med historier\, minner\, musikk\, sanger og samtaler om hvordan jul feires i noen arabiske land. Kvelden vil by på muligheten til å utforske den rike kulturarven fra midtøsten og å lære mer om norsk kulturhistorie. Bli med for å høre Mariam Kirollos (Egypt)\, Nadim Khoury (Palestina)\, Sameh Rabahia (Syria)\, og andre dele med oss sine helt spesielle minner fra julefeiringene hjemmefra. Det vil bli sang\, dans og mingling! Velkommen! \nArrangementet foregår på norsk og engelsk. \nProgrammet\n \n\nKl. 18:00 Velkommen!\n– Mariam Kirollos – Jul i Kairo (fortelling)\n– Angela Maria Aasbø Bakke – Norsk julesang (musikk og sang)\n– Sarah Abou Assaleh – Jul i Damaskus (fortelling)\n– Mariam og Nadim – Julesalme fra Midtøsten (musikk og sang)\nKl. 18:45 Pause\n– Angela Maria Aasbø Bakke og Amund Bakke Foss – Jul i Oslo (fortelling)\n– Angela Maria Aasbø Bakke – Norsk julesang (musikk og sang)\n– Sameh Rabahia – Jul i Homs (fortelling)\n– Mariam og Nadim – Julesang fra Midtøsten (musikk og sang)\n– Nadim Khoury – Jul i Bethlehem (fortelling)\n– Angela Maria Aasbø Bakke – Norsk julesang (musikk og sang)\nKl. 19:50 Avslutning\, tusen takk og vi ses! \n  \nالعربية \nعيد الميلاد بالعربي هو أمسية لمشاركة قصص وذكريات وموسيقى وأغاني من احتفالات عيد الميلاد في بلاد عربية مختلفة. سنأخذ هذه المناسبة للاحتفال أيضاً بتراثنا الغني وعاداتنا الثقافية والاجتماعية المتنوعة. انضموا لنا لسماع مريم كيرلس (مصر) ونديم خوري (فلسطين) وسامح رباحية (سوريا) بالإضافة لآخرين يشاركوننا ذكرياتهم المفضلة من احتفالات عيد الميلاد. سيتخلل الأمسية أغاني وموسيقى ومساحة مفتوحة للقاء والتعارف. نرحب بالجميع! \nبرنامج الأمسية\n \n\nالساعة 18.00: أهلاً وسهلاً!\n— مريم كيرلس – عيد الميلاد في القاهرة (قصة)\n— أنجلا ماريا آسبو باكه – ترنيمة نرويجية (موسيقى وغناء)\n— ساره أبو عسالة – عيد الميلاد في دمشق (قصة)\n— مريم ونديم – ترنيمة عيد الميلاد بالعربي (موسيقى وغناء)\nالساعة 18.45: استراحة\n— أنجلا ماريا أسبو باكه وآموند باكه فوس – عيد الميلاد في أوسلو (قصة)\n— أنجيلا ماريا أسبو باكه – ترنيمة نرويجية (موسيقى وغناء)\n— سامح رباحية – عيد الميلاد في حمص (قصة)\n— مريم ونديم – ترنيمة عيد الميلاد بالعربي (موسيقى وغناء)\n— نديم خوري – عيد الميلاد في بيت لحم (قصة)\n— أنجيلا ماريا أسبو باكه – ترنيمة نرويجية (موسيقى وغناء)\nالساعة 19:50 اختتام، وإلى اللقاء! URL:https://masahat.no/event/jul-pa-arabisk-%d8%b9%d9%8a%d8%af-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d9%8a%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%af-%d8%a8%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%b1%d8%a8%d9%8a/ LOCATION:Melahuset\, Mariboes gate 8\, Oslo\, 0183\, Norway CATEGORIES:Musikk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/jul-paa-arabisk.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="masahat":MAILTO:info@masahat.no END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20181103T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20181103T170000 DTSTAMP:20260411T150445 CREATED:20181103T150000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190227T205535Z UID:1787-1541260800-1541264400@masahat.no SUMMARY:Mapping Home - Oslo World Workshop DESCRIPTION:Maps have been extensively used to tell stories and to show how the stories relate to a place. Equally\, narratives have contributed to the shaping and production of a place. How do we make sense of a place that we no longer can visit? What places do we remember and long for? What narratives live in these places and what can they tell about us and about “home”? How do we begin to discover and become acquainted with a new place? What invisible boundaries do we draw as we settle in our new destination? \nWelcome to this free workshop facilitated by Syrian artist Diala Brisly\, who will navigate our spatial memories and take us through the journey to discover\, map and narrate a place called home. \nThis workshop is a part of Oslo World & Station Beirut: NextStopDamascus\, a Syrian takeover at Kulturhuset. In collaboration with Oslo World Music. \nPhoto credit: SYRIA Cultural Index URL:https://masahat.no/event/mapping-home-oslo-world-workshop/ LOCATION:Kulturhuset\, Youngs gate 6\, Oslo\, Oslo\, 0181\, Norway CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/mapping-home-station.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="masahat":MAILTO:info@masahat.no END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20181103T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20181103T160000 DTSTAMP:20260411T150445 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:20181012T210000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20181012T223000 DTSTAMP:20260411T150445 CREATED:20181012T190000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200925T201419Z UID:1853-1539378000-1539383400@masahat.no SUMMARY:Concert with Simona Abdallah DESCRIPTION:SPACE and Mela invite you to a special concert with the internationally-acclaimed percussionist Simona Abdallah concluding The Question of Syria – Doomed by Hope conference. \nSimona plays Arabic percussion\, primarily the Darbuka\, a goblet-shaped drum. She fuses her ancestral Arabic rhythms with House\, Electronica and World music. \nThe Darbuka is considered solely a masculine instrument\, and is traditionally always played by men. That makes Simona the first female musician from an Arabic background to break the tradition with an internationally acclaimed success to follow. \nJoin us to listen to Simona’s rhythms as well as reflections on her experience in a short talk before the concert! \nThe event is free and open for all. Please be on time as seats are limited. URL:https://masahat.no/event/concert-with-simona-abdallah/ LOCATION:Melahuset\, Mariboes gate 8\, Oslo\, 0183\, Norway CATEGORIES:Musikk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/MelaHuset-DoomedByHope-FbookEvent.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="masahat":MAILTO:info@masahat.no END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20181011T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20181012T200000 DTSTAMP:20260411T150445 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:20260411T150445 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:20180907T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20180907T200000 DTSTAMP:20260411T150445 CREATED:20180907T160000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210227T212648Z UID:1752-1536343200-1536350400@masahat.no SUMMARY:Evening with Faraj Bayrakdar DESCRIPTION:Thus\nprison is time\nyou mark the first days on walls\nthe following months on memory\nbut when the years become\na long train\ntired of whistling\ndespairing of a station\nyou try something else:\nforgetting\n– Excerpts from Mirrors of Absence by Faraj Bayrakdar \nWith his short verses\, the award-winning poet and uncompromising dissident Faraj Bayrakdar creates a space to exercise freedom in the face of despair\, inhumanity and struggle against tyranny. \nJoin us for a poetic evening with Faraj Bayrakdar at Melahuset. \nFaraj Bayrakdar and Elena Chiti will have a short conversation before we listen to Bayrakdar’s poetry. \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 and 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. \nElena Chiti is a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages\, University of Oslo\, cultural historian and literary translator from Arabic into Italian. Chiti translated Bayrakdar’s “Mirrors of Absence” by into Italian. \nIn collaboration with Melahuset URL:https://masahat.no/event/evening-with-faraj-bayrakdar/ LOCATION:Melahuset\, Mariboes gate 8\, Oslo\, 0183\, Norway CATEGORIES:Litteratur ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/faraj-melahuset-e1536692397191.png ORGANIZER;CN="masahat":MAILTO:info@masahat.no END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20180319T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20180323T210000 DTSTAMP:20260411T150445 CREATED:20180319T140000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190227T205536Z UID:1545-1521471600-1521838800@masahat.no SUMMARY:When Time Is All You Have Left: A Space Reading Circle DESCRIPTION:“When Time Is All You Have Left” explores how synchronization and translation mediate our experience of lost time as a temporality of migration. Lost time is an experience that is central to the dissonance felt in the shift from familiar rhythms to the mastery of new temporalities that we struggle to participate in shaping. This reading circle explores the problems with regard to human relations to time\, taking migration as a starting point to explore the temporal transformations that govern people’s experience of space during major political and social upheavals. We focus on Syria\, as a complex space that gave rise to massive mobility in present times. Today’s Syrians can all be said to inhabit a time that began in March 2011\, when the Syrian uprising broke out and radically changed the familiar temporalities enforced by Assad’s Syria for four decades. As the Assad dynasty routinely claimed eternity as the temporal structure of its rule\, the Syrian uprising was a break with eternity that unleashed multiple and often conflicting temporal claims on how to organize human relations. The consequent mass migration of millions of Syrians introduced in new temporal dynamics that will impact how the place called Syria will be imagined and will also impact how Syrians in new and unfamiliar places relate to their new homes. For the cultural producer\, the new temporalities have been challenging the forms and themes that are relevant in the new context. The problem becomes one of time\, in the sense that we lose time as we struggle to master ways to translate our interests and artistic expressions to semiotic paradigms that are not wholly familiar and that are governed by unfamiliar temporalities. As we labour to synchronize and iterate cultural translatability and relevance\, we often encounter the untranslatability of migration’s predicament\, as a problem of the loss of diachronic lineage. As we translate our meanings into new semiotic paradigms\, the diachronic acquires new significance as a temporality that gives migrations their distinctive identities. \nThrough a focused multi-media syllabus derived from texts and videos that reflect on the temporalities of Syrian experience over the past fifty years\, this reading circle will explore the problem of lost time as a problem of acting globally when the local no longer is a familiar or accessible anchoring point. \n  \nWith Yassin al-Haj Saleh\, Rana Issa\, Sonja Mejcher-Atassi\, Sami Khatib and others. URL:https://masahat.no/event/when-time-is-all-you-have-left-a-space-reading-circle/ LOCATION:Haus der Berliner Festspiele\, Schaperstraße 24\, Berlin\, 10719\, Germany ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Haus-der-Berliner-Festspiele.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20180312T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20180312T123000 DTSTAMP:20260411T150445 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:20180310T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20180310T213000 DTSTAMP:20260411T150445 CREATED:20180310T180000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250308T094228Z UID:1537-1520708400-1520717400@masahat.no SUMMARY:HUMAN Festival: Taste of Cement DESCRIPTION:In collaboration with HUMAN International Documentary Film Festival and Kunstnernes Hus \nThe Film: Taste of Cement\nA portrait of workers in exile\, Taste of Cement is an empathetic encounter with people who have lost their past and their future\, locked in the recurring present. \nA poetic essay documentary about Syrian construction workers building new skyscrapers in Beirut. As they help rebuild ruined neighbourhoods in the aftermath of the Lebanese civil war\, their own houses at home are being shelled. The Lebanese government has imposed curfews on refugees and so the workers are locked in the building site over-night. Every night in their pit below the skyscraper the news from their homeland and the memories of the war haunt them. Mute and imprisoned in the cement underground\, they must endure until the new day arrives where the hammering and welding drowns out their nightmares. \nWith exquisite framing\, unorthodox editing\, and dreamlike narrative detours Taste of Cement is a daring\, imaginative and visually challenging cinematic work. \n \nThe Talk: Reconstruction for whom?\nDespite the ongoing war\, severe lack of humanitarian access in several areas in Syria and absence of accountability\, the international community has started to discuss the issue of reconstructing Syria\, but reconstruction for whom? \nWhat are the preconditions to start the reconstruction process\, and the healing of a nation in a broad sense? How do the social and political landscapes of war-torn cities contribute to shaping the national identity in the future\, if at all? What is the relationship between reconstruction and collective memories? \nThese questions will serve as a starting point for a talk with Samer Frangie\, Assistant Professor in Political Studies at the American University of Beirut. URL:https://masahat.no/event/human-festival-taste-of-cement/ LOCATION:Kunstnernes Hus\, Wergelandsveien 17\, Oslo\, 0167\, Norway CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/taste_of_cement.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="masahat":MAILTO:info@masahat.no END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20180123T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20180123T213000 DTSTAMP:20260411T150445 CREATED:20180123T180000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200925T201756Z UID:1519-1516734000-1516743000@masahat.no SUMMARY:Aleppo's Fall DESCRIPTION:Om filmen\nAleppos opprør mot regimet og senere sammenbrudd under massivt bombardement er som et symbol på den arabiske våren. Folket reiste seg i protest mot diktaturet men motstanden var splittet i mange fraksjoner og den klarte aldri stå imot volden fra regimet. \nI filmen Aleppo’s Fall reiser den norsk-syriske regissøren Nizam Najjar tilbake til sin hjemby. Bevæpnet med sitt kamera følger han en gruppe sivile som under fanene til The Free Syrian Army griper til våpen for å forsvare seg mot sin egen regjering. Skredderen Haj Khaled\, som begynner med å sy flagg til de fredelige demonstrasjonene mot diktaturet\, ender som leder av en milits av unge menn med ulike motivasjoner og agendaer. \nI kampen mot Assad og Putin på den ene siden\, og IS på den andre\, forsøker han å holde gruppen samlet og moralen oppe. Filmen følger dem fra de håpefulle dagene\, gjennom desperasjon\, død og splittelse – inntil byen faller\, og de overlevende må flykte. \n  \nSamtale etter filmen\nHva skjedde i Aleppo? Hvorfor var opposisjonen så splittet? Hva er situasjonen idag for de som måtte flykte fra byen? Hvordan er det å rapportere fra krigen i Syria? Hva får vi vite og hva får vi ikke vite? \nDELTAKERE: \n\nNizam Najjar er en norsk-syrisk filmskaper\, født og oppvokst i Aleppo. Han har tidligere laget filmen Diary from the Revolution (Dagbok fra revolusjonen) fra krigen i Libya og var regiassistent på den prisbelønte dokumentarfilmen 69 minutter av 86 dager.\nWaad Al-khateeb er en syrisk journalist og filmskaper som bl.a. rapporterte for Channel 4 under opprøret i Aleppo. Alkateab var en av de siste som forlot byen efter beleiringen. Hun lever i dag i Tyrkia\, og følger utviklingen i Syria tett. Hun mottok en Emmy i 2017 for sine reportasjer fra Syria.\nRasmus Steen er Programme Manager ved International Media Support (IMS) som jobber med å støtte lokale medier i konfliktområder for å redusere konflikt\, styrke demokratiet og fasilitere dialog.\nKaram Nachar er en syrisk skribent og akademiker. Han er en av grunnleggerne av aljumhuriya.net\, en uavhengig mediaplattform som publiserer reportasjer og analyser av konflikten i Syria og regionen. Han underviser i Midtøstenpolitikk ved universitetet Isik i Istanbul.\nZeina Bali er fra Syria. Hun bor i Norge og er en av grunnleggerne av Syrian Peace Action Centre (SPACE).\n\nOslo Dokuemntarkino i samarbeid med Fenris Film\, Stray Dog Productions\, IMS og SPACE. URL:https://masahat.no/event/aleppos-fall/ LOCATION:Cinemateket\, Dronningens gate 16\, Oslo\, Oslo\, 0105\, Norway CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/aleppos-fall-1-main-still-attack-in-the-tunnel-framegrab-800x450.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20171117T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20171117T210000 DTSTAMP:20260411T150445 CREATED:20171117T170000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200925T201641Z UID:1454-1510941600-1510952400@masahat.no SUMMARY:Last Men in Aleppo - Film & Discussion DESCRIPTION:The air is still filled with dust from demolished buildings. Hands search desperately through what is now a total ruin\, moving bricks and rebars in hope of finding someone alive. We follow Khalid\, Subhi\, and Mahmoud\, three Syrians who volunteer for the organisation known as The White Helmets. Now they are doing everything in their power to find surviors in the ruins of the battle for Aleppo\, and to bring out the dead. \nIn the midst of all the misery and bomb raids\, we also get to take part in beautiful everyday moments\, such as an improvised game of street soccer or a visit to the playground. Last Men in Aleppo takes us inside the war in Syria\, but this is not a film about war. First and foremost\, it is about ordinary people’s resilience and courage. How do they live under the bombs and a looming siege? Why do they risk their lives to save others? This award-winning documentary is a captivating experience\, and a tough watch\, but a film that demands to be seen. \nThere will be a short discussion on the situation in Syria before the film and a short Q&A session with the director\, Firas Fayyad after the film – stay tuned for more details! \nThe event is a collaboration between Films From the South\, Arab Film Days and Syrian Peace Action Center (SPACE). URL:https://masahat.no/event/last-men-in-aleppo-film-discussion/ LOCATION:Vika Kino\, Ruseløkkveien 14\, Oslo\, 0251\, Norway CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://masahat.no/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/LastMenAleppo-alt.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20171014T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Oslo:20171014T203000 DTSTAMP:20260411T150445 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