masahat - مساحات

slipp + samtale
2022-01-29 16:00 - 17:30 (Europe/Oslo) | Sentralen, Øvre Slottsgate 3, Oslo, 0157, Norway
I desember 2021 kom tidsskriftet DER دار med en ny utgivelse, hvor temaet er den arabiske våren. Velkommen til slippet + samtale på Sentralen i Oslo.
PåmeldingAntall publikum er begrenset på grunn av Covid-19 restriksjoner. Du kan melde deg på i dette skjemaet: Program16.00: velkommen + introduksjon om tidsskriftet DER v/ Osama Shaheen, redaktør av DER.16.10: Åpningssamtale med Abdullah Alsabeehg, Oslos varaordfører16.30: Kronikker om enn som elsker mor, lesing fra kommende bok v/ Rana Issa, styremedlem i Masahat16.50: Reise gjennom norsk pakistansk litteratur v/ Atia Ijaz, rådgiver i Papillon17.10: Ytringsfrihetens dilemmaer v/ Stina Amankwah, rådgiver i Minotenk. DER 3/2021——Å leve i et diktatur handler ikke bare om stemmerett, det er en livsstil. Diktatoren bestemmer når du skal smile, og når du skal klappe. Diktatoren er universitet som du går til selv om at du ikke liker det, han er gravene som du ikke får besøke og flakkende blikk når ordet politikk dukker uventet opp i samtalen. Utgivelsen tar for seg flere eksempler fra Syria: Skolesystem, etterretningstjenesten, hva betyr å være politisk fange. I utgivelsen kan du også lese om skolesystemet i Egypt nå under El-Sisi, og et intervju med aktivist Wojoud Mejalli fra Yemen.Med utgivelsen kommer et magasin med to forskjellige litteratursaker å fordype seg i: Den første feirer 50 år med innvandring fra Pakistan, hvor Atia Ijaz tar oss med reise gjennom norsk-pakistansk litteratur. Den andre er et samling av dikt som ble skrevet på arabisk og ble oversatt til norsk ved prosjektet, Parallel, som er en ny serie med tospråklige diktbøker skrevet av poeter som bor i Norge.

Takht Tøyen
2021-11-24 17:00 - 18:00 | Deichman Tøyen, Hagegata 28, Oslo, 0653, Norway
Masahat inviterer til en avslutningskonsert på årets arabiske høstkvelder i samarbeid med Deichman. Vi har invitert Takht Tøyen, et ensemble startet av oud-spiller Shble Saleem og fiolinist Inger Hannisdal. Shble kom til Norge fra Syria i 2015, mens Inger har studert arabisk musikk i Libanon. Bragt sammen av en felles interesse for arabisk musikk og spesielt for musikken fra Al-Nahda – den arabiske renessansen i Egypt og Syria i første halvdel av 1900-tallet – startet de Takht Tøyen. “Takht” er et arabisk ord som betyr scene eller plattform, og som også brukes om kammermusikkensembler innen klassisk arabisk musikk.
Musikere
Shble Saleem: Oud
Inger Hannisdal: Fiolin
Jamal Safi: Riq Konserten er gratis og åpent for alle, men begrenset antall seter, påmelding kreves. Vi ønsker dere alle velkommen!

Påmelding – التسجيل

هيك بنشوفها - I våre øyne
2021-11-12 17:30 - 2021-11-14 17:30 | Stray Dog Production, Sagveien 23 A, Oslo, 0459, Norway
هل عمركم بين 15 و 25 سنة؟ تتحدثون اللغة العربية ولديكم شغف برواية القصص واهتمام بالتعرف أكثر على عالم صناعة الأفلام الوثائقية؟تدعوكم مساحات و “شركة ستراي دوغ لإنتاج الأفلام” إلى المشاركة في ورشة عمل للأفلام الوثائقية تحت عنوان “هيك بنشوفها”. تقدم ورشة العمل فكرة عن حِرفة رواية القصص وصناعة الأفلام الوثائقية، بالإضافة إلى المهارات العملية المطلوبة لتصوير وإخراج فيلم قصير.
سيقوم المشاركون خلال الورشة بتصوير ومونتاج فلمهم الوثائقي القصير، وعرضه على بقية المشاركين.
يقوم بإدارة الورشة المخرج الفلسطيني محمد جبالي. جبالي قام بمونتاج وصناعة عدة أفلام قصيرة وفيديوهات موسيقية، بالإضافة إلى الفيلم الوثائقي السينمائي إسعاف الذي عرض في مهرجانات عالمية وحاز على جوائز عديدة
الزمان
الجمعة 12 نوفمبر الساعة الخامسة والنصف حتى الساعة الثامنة والنصف مساءً
السبت 13 نوفمبر من الساعة التاسعة صباحاً للخامسة مساءً
الأحد 14 نوفمبر من الساعة التاسعة صباحاً للخامسة مساءً
المكان
Stray Dog Production v/Mikrofilm Sagveien 23F
كيفية المشاركة
ورشة العمل مجانية ومفتوحة للجميع، لكن الأماكن محدودة لعشرة مشاركين، لذلك يتطلب التسجيل أدناه.
المطلوب من المشاركين الالتزام بالحضور خلال الأيام الثلاثة وإنجاز الفيلم القصير خلال الورشة. نقدم كل المعدات التقنية اللازمة، بالإضافة إلى الطعام والشراب خلال أيام الورشة.
ورشة العمل مدعومة تقنياً من ميديا فابريكين. ومادياً من مركز فيكن للأفلام.

«I våre øyne» er et kort filmverksted for unge mennesker (15-25 år) med flerkulturelle bakgrunn, som er interessert i å lære mer om dokumentarfilmskapning. Gjennom kurset får du en introduksjon til dokumentarisk historiefortelling og praktisk, «hands-on» filmskaper erfaring. Du vil spille inn og redigere din egen kort dokumentar, og vise den for de andre deltakerne. Kurset ledes av filmskaper Mohamed Jabaly, som har regissert en rekke kortfilmer, musikkvideoer og kinodokumentaren «Ambulance» Kurset er gratis og har plass til maks 10 deltakere. Vi stiller med alt filmutstyr, mat og forfriskninger. «I våre øyne» er et samarbeid mellom Masahat og Stray Dog Productions, med utstyrsstøtte v/Mediefabrikken. Prosjektet er støttet med tilskudd fra Viken filmsenter.
Dato
Fredag 12.nov 17:30-20:30
Lørdag 13.nov 09:30-17:00
Søndag 14.nov 09:30-17:00
Sted
Stray Dog Production v/Mikrofilm Sagveien 23F For å registrere deg, fyll ut skjemaet nedenfor. Hvis du har spørsmål, kan du kontakte oss:Mohamed Jabaly: mohamed@straydogs.no
Sarah Winge-Sørensen: sarah@straydogs.no, 91311501

Ten Years After the Arab Spring - Oslo World
2021-11-06 16:30 - 18:00 | Kunstplass, Akersgata 1, Oslo, 0158, Norway
Ten years ago, Arab protesters reclaimed the public space for the first time in decades, sparking an explosion of defiant artistic and cultural expressions against the authoritarian powers. A decade on, the reality has drastically changed in many Arab and European cities in the aftermath of exile, violent crackdown, conflicts, mass displacement and dispossession of millions of Arab citizens. In this event, we will first screen Odorless Blue Flowers Awake Prematurely, a short film by Panos Aprahamian. Then we will have an open discussion with Jeffrey Karam about the aftermath of the disastrous triumph of counter revolutionary forces in the Arab world. We will think together about to survive and fight back, what possibilities of resistance still exist and what political labour can we engage to bring change about?

The discussion will be led by Rana Issa.

Dr. Jeffrey G. Karam, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Lebanese American University; Associate, Middle East Initiative, Harvard University; and EUME Fellow of the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung and FU Berlin. Karam is a scholar and activist between Beirut and Berlin. He is the author and editor of numerous publications, including The Middle East in 1958: Reimagining A Revolutionary Year (London: I.B. Tauris and Bloomsbury, 2020). Karam is likewise the co-editor of the forthcoming book, The Lebanon Uprising of 2019: Voices from the Revolution, which I.B. Tauris and Bloomsbury will publish in 2022.
About the film
“Odorless Blue Flowers Awake Prematurely” is the dystopia-as-documentary rather than as fiction. For many inhabitants of this world, the apocalypse is not a future possibility but a historical reality. The short documentary essay explores Beirut’s overlooked and marginalized areas that were also affected by the blast on August 4, 2020. These areas sit on both sides of the Beirut river’s banks. The river became a conductor for the blast’s wave due to its length and the fact that it is devoid of barriers. The film refers to the 4th of August, 2020, as the day the world ended. Yet, reality in this area kept on in an apocalyptic state: a global pandemic, deadly pollution, desolate neighborhoods, financial meltdown, resource scarcity, and food shortage.
It’s as if the explosion came to announce the end of the world. There is nowhere to go, no refuge, no scent to the flowers that grow over human limbs, and nothing to be said for the end of the world. Even the river that never ceases to flow to the sea is dead. In this moment of staggering impotence, how does one make a film about the end of the world? Silence is perhaps darkness’ last friend.
This event is organized in collaboration with Oslo World and Kunstplass

Solidarity patchwork: Stories of activism
2021-10-30 08:00 - 2021-10-31 17:00 | Kunstplass, Akersgata 1, Oslo, 0158, Norway
We invite you to be part of a patchwork that unites stories of global solidarity.
The Solidarity Patchwork is an interactive project created by Astrid and Ingrid Fadnes. A big quilt, consisting of multiple patches, conveys stories of solidarity connected to the 40th year of The Norwegian Solidarity Committee for Latin America.
Each contribution visualizes memories and human encounters, and draws lines to boundless battles. The quilt was created at a time when we have not been able to meet physically, but through digital art colloquia, communication via e-mail and patch shipping in the mail, around 170 activists and LAG members have so far contributed with their stories. Collectively, the patches form a larger narrative, composed of all the small narratives of solidarity.
The quilt will be exhibited during week 44 in Kunstplass, and the audience will be able to navigate the different stories of solidarity.
The audience are also invited to participate in the artwork, through two workshops.
This event is organized in collaboration with Oslo World, LAG, Kunstplass and Masahat.
Workshop facilitator
Lise Bjørne Linnert’s works are conceptual and process based, often anchored in the political and social. Since 2006, Linnert has worked on the project Desconocida/Unknown/Ukjent. The names of the many women who are murdered or simply vanished in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico are embroidered on small patches, presented together in a monumental installation – a memorial of the victims.

Workshop 1: Understanding the tools: crafts and protest
Saturday 30. October 14.00 – Kunstplass
Workshop 2: Amplifying the voices and sewing: Stories behind each patchwork
Sunday 31. October 14.00 – Kunstplass

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Lesesirkel med Teresa Pepe حلقة قراءة مع تيريزا پيپه
2021-10-27 17:30 - 18:30 | Deichman Holmlia, Holmlia Senter vei 16, Oslo, 1255, Norway
نرحب بكم في حلقة قراءة للأدب العربي مع الباحثة تيريزا پيپه! نناقش في هذه الحلقة أعمال الكاتب المصري نجيب محفوظ وبشكل خاص القصة القصيرة “تحت المظلة” وهي جزء من مجموعة قصصية صدرت عام ١٩٦٧ تحمل نفس العنوان. ستقوم الباحثة والأستاذة الجامعية تيريسا بيبة بمناقشة معمقة حول القصة القصيرة “تحت المظلة”. وعلاقتها بالأعمال الأدبية الأخرى للكاتب الفائز بجائرة نوبل وتأثير الجائزة على أعماله الأدبية وحياته. بالإضافة إلى تسليط الضوء على علاقة النص بالسياق التاريخي ومصر بعد نكسة عام ١٩٦٧. سيتم أيضاً مناقشة العلاقة بين الأدب والسياسة والمجتمع في أعمال الكاتب سيكون النقاش مفتوحاً مع المشاركين لذلك يفضل قراءة القصة القصيرة قبل المشاركة، لكن هذا ليس شرطاً للحضور.
تيريسا پيپه هي باحثة وأستاذة مشاركة في الدراسات العربية في جامعة أوسلو. تشمل اهتماماتها البحثية الأدب العربي والإعلام والثقافة الشعبية وعلم اللغة الاجتماعي والعلاقة بين علم الجمال والسياسة. يلقي بحثها الحالي الضوء على الروايات العربية “الديستوبية” وعلاقتها بالتغيير الاجتماعي والسياسي والبيئي في المنطقة.
للمزيد عن الباحثة تيريسا بيبة
نتطلع قدماً للقائكم!
هذه الفعالية هي ثالث أمسية من سلسلة أمسيات ثقافية عربية ننظمها في مساحات بالتعاون مع مكتبة دايكمان هولمليا كل رابع أربعاء من الشهر خلال خريف ٢٠٢١
Velkommen til lesesirkel i arabisk litteratur med Teresa Pepe.I sirkelen diskuterer vi den egyptiske forfatteren Naguib Mahfouz og hans verk, med fokus på novellen «Taht El Mazala» (Under skyggen). Vi skal diskutere novellen i relasjon til andre litterære verk av Mahfouz; forholdet mellom teksten og dens kontekst – nærmere bestemt Egypt i kjølvannet av 1967-krigen (kjent som al-Naksa, “nederlaget”). Mer generelt skal vi diskutere forholdet mellom arabisk litteratur, politikk og samfunnet rundt, samt Nobelprisens påvirkning på Mahfouz’ verk og liv.

Teresa Pepe er førsteamanuensis i arabiske studier ved Universitetet i Oslo. Hennes forskningsinteresser spenner over arabisk litteratur, medier, populærkultur, sosiolingvistikk og forholdet mellom estetikk og politikk. Hennes nåværende forskning setter søkelys på arabiske futuristisk litteratur og forholdet mellom denne litteratur og sosiale, politiske og miljømessige endringer i regionen. Vi oppfordrer deltakere å lese teksten før eventet, men det er ikke et krav! Vi gleder oss til å se dere!

Eventet er den tredje “Arabiske høstkveld” i en rekke arrangert av Masahat i samarbeid med Deichman Holmlia! Disse vil foregå hver fjerde onsdag i måneden gjennom høsten 2021.

Arna's children
2021-10-19 19:00 - 20:30 | Kunstnernes Hus, Wergelandsveien 17, Oslo, 0167, Norway
Arna was an Israeli anti-occupation activist, married to a Palestinian, and the founder of the Jenin Refugee camp Freedom Theatre. The Arna’s Children film documents the return of Arna’s son to the refugee camp. He discovers that some of the playful children he knew, once gasping for cultural expression in a suffocated environment, were either killed by the Israeli army or joined the Palestinian armed resistance movement.
One of Arna’s Children that we follow in the film is Zakaria Zubaidi, who has recently made international headlines, together with other five Palestinian political detainees, upon their escape from the Israeli Gilboa prison.
The movie offers a bleak but poignant view into the life of Zubaidi and the future of Palestinian generations deprived of freedom.
Masahat, in collaboration with Palestinakomiteen and Kunstnernes Hus invite you to the film screening followed by a panel discussion on the role of culture and theatre in Palestine and conditions of Palestinian detention.
Panelists

Line Khateeb, Leader of Palestinakomiteen & Masahat Chair of the Board
Other guests TBC

Arabisk høstkveld: "What happens to a displaced ant"
2021-09-22 17:30 - 19:00 | Deichman Holmlia, Holmlia Senter vei 16, Oslo, 1255, Norway
تدعوكم مساحات بالتعاون مع مكتبة هولمليا لحضور الفيلم الوثائقي “ماذا يحدث لنملة مشردة” للمخرجة شيرين أبو شقرا.
“ماذا يحدث لنملة مشردة” (٢٠١٧، ٤٢ دقيقة) هو فيلم مستوحى من تجربة المخرجة أثناء مشاركتها في مهمة إنقاذ، امتدت لخمسة أشهر، مع منظمة أطباء بلا حدود لمساعدة اللاجئين على عبور البحر الأبيض المتوسط. يدور الفيلم الوثائقي-الروائي حول تبادل رسائل بين ممرضة تعمل في المجال الإنساني، وحبيبها المؤرخ المعماري. بعد الفيلم سنقوم بحوار مفتوح حول الفيلم مع الحضور.
الدخول مجاني و مفتوح للجميع، لكن التسجيل مطلوب لمحدودية الأماكن: holmlia@deichman.no
أهلاً وسهلاً بكم!
هذه الفعالية هي ثاني أمسية من سلسلة أمسيات ثقافية عربية ننظمها في مساحات بالتعاون مع مكتبة دايكمان هولمليا كل رابع أربعاء من الشهر خلال خريف ٢٠٢١
Velkommen til gratis filmvisning What Happens to a Displaced Ant + åpen samtale med publikum. Samtalen foregår på norsk og arabisk.
«What happens to a displaced ant» (2017, 42 min) er inspirert av regissørens fem måneder lange redningsoppdrag for Leger Uten Grenser i Middelhavet, og hennes møte med flyktninger der. Dokufiksjonen er en epistolær korrespondanse mellom en sykepleier i det humanitære feltet – og hennes elsker, en historiker og arkitekt.
Gratis inngang og åpent for alle, men begrenset antall plasser!
Påmelding kreves: holmlia@deichman.no
Eventet er den andre “Arabisk høstkveld” i en rekke arrangert av Masahat i samarbeid med Deichman Holmlia! Disse vil foregå hver fjerde onsdag i måneden i løpet av høsten 2021.

Arabisk høstkveld: Poesikveld
2021-08-25 17:30 - 18:30 | Deichman Holmlia, Holmlia Senter vei 16, Oslo, 1255, Norway
تدعوكم مساحات بالتعاون مع مكتبة دايكمان هولمليا إلى هذه الأمسية الثقافية الشعرية التي يتخللها قراءات شعرية وشعر محكي ومترجم. نفتتح بهذه الفعالية سلسلة أمسيات ثقافية عربية تستضيفها مكتبة دايكمان هولمليا كل رابع أربعاء من الشهر خلال خريف ٢٠٢١ الدخول مجاني ومتاح للجميع
المشاركين:
– سمية السوسي (شاعرة فلسطينية)، قراءة شعرية- فيبيكا هاربر (مترجمة) قراءة شعر مترجم- سلّام ناصر (مغني راب وشاعر سوري فلسطيني) شعر محكي- ابراهيم عبدالقادر (شاعر سوري) شعر محكي- رنا عيسى (أستاذة جامعة، وباحثة وعضوة مؤسسة في مساحات) قراءة شعر مترجم- براء العويس (شاعر سوري) يرافقه على العود عزيز قصي

I samarbeid med Deichman Holmlia inviterer Masahat til poesikveld. Her vil deltagerne fremføre et variert utvalg av poesiopplesninger på arabisk, spoken word og oversatt poesi. Dette arrangement er det første i en rekke arrangert av Masahat på Deichman Holmlia. Disse vil foregå hver fjerde onsdag i måneden i løpet av høsten 2021. Gratis inngang og åpent for alle. Deltagere:

Samia al-Sousi (palestinsk poet) leser dikt på arabisk, og Vibeke Harberg leser diktet oversatt på norsk.
Salam Nasser (syrisk-palestinsk rapper og poet) fremfører muntlig diktning
Ibrahim Abdulkader (syrisk poet) fremfører muntlig diktning
Rana Issa (universitetsprofessor, forsker og medstifter av Masahat) leser oversatt poesi
Baraa al-Oways (syrisk poet) akkompagnert av Aziz Qusay på oud

Valgsalong - انتخابات ٢٠٢١
2021-08-21 14:00 - 16:30 | Sentralen, Øvre Slottsgate 3, Oslo, 0157, Norway
تدعوكم مساحات إلى نقاش وورشة عمل بمناسبة الانتخابات البرلمانية القادمة.
ورشة العمل مفتوحة للجميع ولكل من يرغب بمعرفة معلومات عن المشاركة بالانتخابات القادمة والتفاعل والتأثير على سياسات الأحزاب.
ندعوكم للقدوم والمشاركة مع أسئلتكم وأولوياتكم التي ترغبون بطرحها على الأحزاب السياسية. نرحب بشكل خاص بالمصوتين للمرة اﻷولى ممن يتكلمون العربية، ونسعى في هذه الورشة إلى توفير المعلومات بطريقة سهلة وطرح عدة أسئلة للنقاش مع ممثلي الأحزاب.
ملاحظة: الدخول مجاني ولكن الأماكن محدودة ولذلك يتوجب التسجيل مسبقاً.

I forbindelse med Stortingsvalg, inviterer Masahat til workshop for førstegangsvelgere. Vi har invitert representanter fra ulike politiske partier for å diskutere aktuelle politiske saker.
Vi vil invitere alle som ønsker å forstå mer om valget og hvordan du kan påvirke og delta. Vi inviterer deg også til å komme med dine spørsmål og politiske prioriteringer som du ønsker at politikerne skal være opptatt av.
Ser frem til deres deltakelse!
Gratis inngang, men påmelding kreves.
Agenda

14:00-14:15: Bli kjent med hverandre (deltakerne)
14:15-14:45: Innføring om politiske partier og valgsystem i Norge, v/Line Khateeb
14:45-15:00: Pause
15:00-16:00: En samtale med representanter for politiske partier, med tid til spørsmål fra deltakere. (Ordstyrer: Yasmin Mouafak, prosjektleder i Masahat)
16:00-16:15: Pause
16:15-16:30: En samtale med Osama Shaheen redaktør for tidsskriftet Der (tospråklig tidsskrift, arabisk og norsk)

Representanter for politiske partier:
Høyre: Yassine Arakia
Venstre: Naomi Røkkum
SP: Nadine Almustafa
AP: Abdullah Alsabeehg og Laial Janet
KrF: Stephane Zepeda
SV: Marian Hussein
MDG: Eirik Toressønn Myrvold
Rødt: Selma Flo-Munch
Frp: TBC

Insiders Narrative - From Gaza
2021-06-12 16:00 - 19:00 | Hålogaland Teater, Teaterplassen 1, Tromsø, 9007, Norway
This film screening and panel discussion titled “Insiders Narrative” will shed light on how Gazan youth have experienced and continue to experience war and military aggression. After the 11 day aggression Gaza’s youth have less prospects and envision a bleaker future. The film “Ambulance” will be screened and followed by a panel discussion. Ambulance is a movie that captures the brutal aggression on Gaza in 2014.
Guest speakers

Mohammed Jabaly, Filmmaker from Gaza, ‘Ambulance’ Director
Line Khateeb, Director of Palestinakomiteen
Rana Mortaja , 24 years old mother, Community worker
Omar Alrabi, 24 years, English Literature graduate
Bissan Ouda, 23 years, Community volunteer

Moderated by Bahaa Eleyan. This event is organized by Masahat in collaboration with TVIBIT, and is part of the Citizen Academy project by Masahat and the Gaza-Tromsø twincity project by TVIBIT

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Intersectionality: Being a double & triple minority in society
2021-06-09 19:00 | Pride House, Øvre Vågsallmenningen, Bergen, Norway
This panel will discuss overlapping identities and the importance of intersectional awareness. The conversation will discuss the situation of sexual and gender minorities in Norway who represent more than one minority group, and how the Norwegian system responds to LGBTQ+ asylum seekers.
Guest speakers:

Maruwa Ibrahim, Advisor at Skeiv Verden (Queer World) working mostly on and with members of LGBTQ+ community with minority backgrounds. She is interested in topics related to migration and gender, blackness & African cultures and queer identities.She grew up in Stavanger and has an Eritrean muslim background.
Stine Ihle Amankwah, Advisor at Minotek, a minority policy think tank. She is interested in and works on group dynamics and the construction of identity through social communities, and democratic participation as a prevention strategy against radicalisation.
Aleks Gosto, Advisor for LGBTQ+ youth with minority backgrounds at Skeiv Verden. He is originally from Bosnia and Herzegovina, where he spent many years actively engaged in trans-activism. He is interested in topics of trans migration, trans-specific healthcare, trans bodies in liminal spaces, transnational belonging, and interpolation of “trans” in postcolonial discourses in general.

Moderated by Rana Issa, Masahat – Open Spaces for Arab Culture in Exile.

In memory of Sarah Hijazi: Solidarity against Homophobia في ذكرى ساره حجازي: معاً ضد رهاب المثلية
2021-06-08 16:00 - 17:00 | Pride House, Øvre Vågsallmenningen, Bergen, Norway
Welcome to this panel commemorating the memory of the Egyptian LGBTQ+ activist, Sarah Hegazi, who took her life in exile last June.
This conversation will shed light on the violence that members of the LGBTQ+ community experience particularly in the Middle East, the mental health consequences of Homophobia and hate speech as well as the efforts of grassroots organizations fighting homophobia in contexts of multilayered oppression, and the importance international and intersectional solidarity.
Guest speakers

Representative from Al Qaws for Sexual and Gender Diversity in Palestinian Society- a civil society organization that is at the forefront of vibrant Palestinian cultural and social change, building LGBTQ+ communities and promoting new ideas about the role of gender and sexual diversity in political activism and everyday life.
Joseph Mardelli, Project Manager of Skeiv Verden Oslo. He has worked with gender and sexual diversity education among asylum seekers in Norway.
Dr. Valeria Markova, Psychologist who has researched depression and mental health among intercultural and minority communities in Norway.

Moderated by Chiara Ayad, Masahat – Open Spaces for Arab Culture in Exile.
Sarah fled Egypt after she was imprisoned, tortured and subject to hate and harassment campaigns based on her sexual identity and support for the LGBTQ+ community. She fled to Canada in search of safe refuge. In June 2020 Sarah took her lifte after months of struggling with depression and aggressive PTSD. Her passing represents a wake up call to all Middle Eastern societies, western host communities & LGBTQ+ advocates everywhere. It also revealed the urgency and timeliness of transnational solidarity.
This event is organized by Masahat and Skeiv Verden Vest, and is part of the Citizen Academy project by Masahat.

Collecting the Archives of Past and Present Revolutions: The project DREAM
2021-03-19 12:15 - 13:30 | Online
Masahat and CIMS (Centre for Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Oslo) invite you to this seminar with Leyla Dakhli, starting with a short presentation by Dakhli followed by discussion and Q&A from the floor.
The project DREAM is investigating revolutions and revolutionary dreams in the context of the Arab Mediterranean area after independence (1950’s until today). One of the big challenges in writing these histories of “ordinary revolutionaries” is to access documentation and archives. In our work, we try to reflect on the status of the archives, may they be “official” archives of the state or independent archiving or else private documentation made accessible to us by some individuals. Two specific aspects will be dealt of in this presentation: the opening (even sometimes in a very ephemeral way) of once inaccessible or invisible state archives after 2011, and the multiplication of private archiving initiatives, documenting in particular recent revolts and revolutions, but also older memories. Does this private space complement or contradict the archive of power? What power regime does it build?
In conversation with Teresa Pepe (Chair of CIMS, Associate Professor in Middle East Studies, IKOS, University of Oslo) and Rana Issa (Research Fellow at University of Oslo, and Co-founding board member of Masahat-Open Spaces for Arab Culture in Exile).
Leyla DAKHLI is a full-time historian in the French Center for National Research (CNRS), presently settled in the Marc Bloch Center in Berlin. Her work deals with the study of Arab intellectuals and social history of the South Mediterranean region, with a particular focus on the history of women and the question of exiled intellectuals and activists. She is the Principal Investigator of the ERC-founded program DREAM (Drafting and Enacting the revolution in the Arab Mediterranean). Her last publications include L’Esprit de la révolte. Archives et actualité des révolutions arabes, Éditions du Seuil, oct. 2020.

Reading circle: Homemaking in Exile حلقة قراءة: توطّن المنفى
2021-03-18 19:00 | Online
ندعوكم للمشاركة في حلقة القراءة والنقاش مع الكاتب السوري ياسين الحاج صالح تحت عنوان “توطُّن المنفى” حيث سندعو الكاتب لتقديم لمحة مختصرة عن مقالتين له ناقش فيهما موضوع المنفى، قبل أن نطرح بعض الأسئلة ونتيح المجال للجمهور لطرح الأسئلة.
للمشاركة في الحلقة، يمكنكم قراءة قراءة المقالتين المذكورتين أدناه، ومن ثم التسجيل برابط الزوم لحضور حلقة النقاش وطرح الأسئلة.
المقالتان متاحتان للقراءة على موقع الجمهورية:في المنفى والوطن والعالم، والكتابة (2019)الحرية: البيت، السجن، المنفى… العالم (2016)
هذه الحلقة هي جزء من مشروع أكاديمية المواطنة ومهرجان الحق في المدينة، من تنفيذ منظمة مساحات في النرويج، بالتعاون مع مجلة دار في النرويج ورابطة نوارا في برلين، حيث سنبدأ الحوار مع الكاتب من خلال طرح بعض الأسئلة من قبل المشاركين من الجهات المنظمة قبل أن نفتح المجال للجمهور لطرح الأسئلة.
Welcome to a reading circle with the Syrian author Yassin Al Haj Saleh under the title “Homemaking in Exile”, where he will introduce a summary of two of his articles, before we open up for questions.
You can read the two articles below, and register to attend through the zoom link below.
Article 1: في المنفى والوطن والعالم (in Arabic only)Article 2: الحرية: البيت، السجن، المنفى… العالم. English: Freedom: Home, Prison, Exile…and the World
This event is part of the Citizen Academy and the Right to the City online festival by Masahat, and in collaboration with DER journal, and NAWARA Berlin, as part of Hur/k حرك : Eighteen days of events in commemoration of the revolutions in the NAWA (North Africa and West Asia) region.
للتسجيل على زوم – Zoom registration

Arab Spring 10 Years Later: Looking Back from Norway
2021-03-17 19:00 - 20:15 | Online
Ten years after the Arab uprisings in 2011, we are faced with critical questions on how to remember and reflect on these events. Calls for social justice, equality and freedom were faced with even more oppression that forced millions to leave their homes in search for a safe and dignified life.
In 2021, we also look back at the second wave of protests in 2019 in Algeria, Sudan, and Lebanon that renewed our hope that change is possible.
Welcome to this conversation with four Arab journalists, researchers and activists based in Norway, who will share their reflections on the uprisings, connection to home, and their new lives in Norway.

Sara Merabti-Elgvin, Algerian political scientist, researcher and an independent consultant
Mostafa El-Sayed Hussin, Egyptian journalist
Wojoud Mejalli, Yemeni journalist and activist
Osama Shaheen, Syrian-Palestinan activist, and managing editor of DER Journal

Moderated by Zeina Bali, Director, Masahat – Open Spaces for Arab Culture in Exile.

Right to the City in Arab Contexts الحق في المدينة في البلدان العربية
2021-03-16 14:00 - 15:30 | Online
Masahat and Public Works Studio invite you to this online panel featuring the following Arab architects and urban researchers who will discuss the Right to the City in different Arab contexts taking case studies from Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Egypt and Sudan.

Majid Doglas, Building Engineer (Occupied Ramallah): Reviving tangible cultural heritage in Palestinian cities and villages.
Tasneem Nagi, Urbanist (Sudan): From Resistance to Reclamation: Renegotiating Urban Governance in the Sudanese Revolution.
Sawsan Abu Zeineddine, Architect and Architect and Urban Development Planner (Syria): The Politics of The Spatial in The Syrian Conflict: The Case of Aleppo.
Menna Agha, Architect and Researcher (Egypt): There is something wrong with Public Space.
Tala Alaeddine, Architect and Urban Researcher (Lebanon): Housing Rights and Participatory Processes: Towards a people-centered dignified recovery after the Beirut Blast”.

Moderator: Toufoul Abou-Hodeib, Associate Professor in History, University of Oslo.

For many decades, Arab cities have been subject to urban policies that have aggravated social, economic, political, cultural and spatial injustice. Public authorities have centralized resources in the hands of the few, while further alienating the inhabitants and depriving them from accessing basic services or participating in decisions that affect their daily lives.
Privatized and securitized public spaces, environmental degradation, depletion of natural resources, social marginalization, and mass evictions are some of the outcomes of decades-long urban development in different Arab contexts.
In clear contrast to these tendencies, protesters in the Arab uprisings in 2011 and 2019 were able to access, reclaim and own the public spaces, albeit for a short while. However, such attempts are not exclusive to mass protests. Numerous, vibrant Arab social and urban movements, groups and organizations are working to counter hegemonic urban powers and to reshape the cityspaces to make it belong to all citizens.
This panel will host urban researchers and architects from Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Egypt and Sudan to discuss the urban struggles in these contexts.

Six Ordinary Stories
2021-03-15 00:00 - 2021-03-20 23:59 | Online
في فيلمه ست قصص عادية (٢٠٠٧) يرافق المخرج ميار الرومي سائقي تاكسي في عملهم اليومي في مدينة دمشق. يأخذنا الفيلم في رحلة ضمن شوراع دمشق وقصص سائقي التكسي اليومية.
Six taxi drivers open up in the intimacy of their cars, and take us into their daily stories, wandering in the streets of Damascus. They are ephemeral heroes, airing their hardships and visions of life. These six ordinary stories told in a seeming light tone, hold all the sarcasm and truth of people living without well knowing what tomorrow may bring.
Director: Meyar Al Roumi
Year: 2007
62 min –
Spoken languages: Arabic. Subtitles: English

In the Last Days of the City آخر أيام المدينة
2021-03-15 00:00 - 2021-03-20 23:59 | Online
، وسط المدينة، ديسمبر ٢٠٠٩. يحاول خالد، صانع الأفلام الشاب، أن يصنع فيلماً يلتقط فيه نبض المدينة في لحظة يكاد أن يفقد فيها كل شيء. بمساعدة رسائل الفيديو التي تصله من أصدقاءه في بيروت وبغداد وبرلين، على خالد أن يجد طريقه عبر قسوة وجمال آخر أيام المدينة. رابط الفيلم مخصص للعرض في النرويج حصراً
Downtown Cairo, 2009. Khaled, a 35 years old filmmaker is struggling to make a film that captures the soul of his city while facing loss in his own life. With the help of his friends, who send him footage from their lives in Beirut, Baghdad and Berlin, he finds the strength to keep going through the difficulty and the beauty of living In the Last Days of the City. Tamer El Said’s debut film is a cinematic poetic journey through cities on edge
Available for free screening in Norway only
Director: Tamer El Said
Year: 2016
1h 58min –
Spoken languages: Arabic. Subtitles: English

ملاحظة: هذا الفيلم متوفر للعرض في النرويج فقط
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Underdown تحت التحت
2021-03-15 00:00 - 2021-03-20 23:59 | Online
In the concrete jungle that is Beirut, Lebanon, the outspoken taxi driver Abu Hussam is doing his best to survive. His dream is to find a roof above his head. Until that day comes, he’ll sleep on the street and drive around the streets of Beirut with smoke pouring from the hood of his car. Beer offers some solace, for a while. He explains why he’s happy in this hectic city: “The chaos suits me because if this country had order, I wouldn’t be able to drink and drive.”
Elsewhere in the city, a runaway Syrian boy named Ali has chosen to live alone on the streets. He loves the sea and his missing friend Azzam, whom he’s waiting for day in and day out. We also meet Samya, a whiskey-drinking woman who’s trying to finance an operation for her almost-blind mother. Just like Abu Hussam and Ali, she’s hoping for better times, and on occasion there’s a flicker of light at the end of the tunnel. Director Sarah Kaskas composed Underdown’s powerful soundtrack as well, which also features music by Lebanese band Kinematik.
Director: Sarah Kaskas
Year: 2018
72 min –
Spoken languages: Arabic. Subtitles: English

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Through Solidarity We Survive
2020-10-25 15:00 - 2020-11-01 15:30 | Youngstorget, Youngstorget, Oslo, 0181, Norway
An open air city exhibition by Syrian artists in the diaspora, reacting to the effects of the pandemic. The artwork is exhibited in four place in Oslo: Youngstorget, Sørenga, Sankthanshaugen and Kulturkirken Jakob.
The rapid and unexpected spread of COVID-19 has affected every detail of our life, challenging everything we thought of as stable and unchangeable. While people have sought to unite in the face of a hidden common “enemy,” the pandemic has also strengthened a sense of crisis in our social and political systems. If the current crisis has revealed essential flaws in our systems, it is an opportunity to fundamentally question who we are and where we are going.
Artists and cultural producers play a critical role in providing alternative spaces, which are cornerstones in navigating the ongoing transformations of a crisis. Indeed, culture is the essence of who we are as human beings: it establishes our collective social lives, binds us together, and nurtures our sense of belonging beyond borders. It is difficult to envision the future as a joint endeavor of human civilization without it.
The posters in the ‘Through Solidarity, We Survive’ exhibition are responses to the current situation. They stem from two separate initiatives: An open call by coculture inviting Syrian artists in diaspora to create a dialogue-based artwork reacting to the pandemic, and the Artist Training Program by the UdK Berlin Career College. Alongside the UdK Berlin demonstration KUNST RAUM STADT exhibition, coculture and UdK presented the artworks in public spaces (e.g. windows, balconies, billboards, walls, etc.) throughout Berlin as a city campaign this summer. During Oslo World the posters will be exhibited in a city campaign all over Oslo.
Artists participating in the exhibition:
Alaa Hamameh, Ammar Hatem, Ammar Khattab, Diala Brisly, Fadi Aljabour, Fahed Halabi, Michaele Daoud, Nada Ali, Nagham Hamoush, Nour Safadi, Razan Sabbagh, Ruba Salameh, Tamer Mallak, Yaser Kassab, Yerevan Hassan, Zena El Abdalla
This exhibition is in collaboration with SPACE, Oslo World and Fotogalleriet and is courtesy of coculture which has selected and exhibited the artwork in Berlin last summer.
Supported by Oslo Municipality and Fritt Ord.

Malplassert: Musikere i eksil خارج المكان: موسيقيين في المنفى
2020-10-11 18:00 - 20:00 | Melahuset, Mariboes gate 8, Oslo, 0183, Norway
Limited spaces, free entrance but booking a ticket is required
SPACE and Det er hærdt å være araber welcome you to this musical evening at Melahuset. There will be music, poetry, conversation and open-mic at the end.
When musicians are forced to leave their homes, how can they adapt to a new context and audience, and an alien musical scene? How can they perform in front of an audience that is not theirs? What happens to the content and style of their music? We will discuss these questions with Sallam Nasser and Shbli Saleem, after we hear some of their beautiful performances. Discussion moderated by Chiara Ayad.
Musicians:

Sallam Nasser: is a lyricist, rapper and producer. Originally from Haifa, Palestine, Sallam Naser was born and raised in the Yarmouk camp in Damascus. With the unrest in Syria, he sought asylum in Drammen, Norway, where he quickly mastered the Norwegian language. In 2019, Sallam caught the rap scene off guard when he started participating in rap battles against Norwegian rappers, proving his talent was not limited to his native language.
Shbli Saleem: is an Oud player, he performed in numerous concerts and festivals in Norway. He currently studies music at Høgskolen i Innlandet
Moderator, Chiara Ayyad: Palestinian-Norwegian artist

عربي
الأماكن محدودة، الدخول مجاني ولكن يجب حجز بطاقات
نرحب بكم في أمسية موسيقية في ميلا هوسيه يتخللها موسيقى، غناء، شعر، وحوار مع فقرة أوبن-مايك في النهاية.
عندما يُجبر الموسيقييون على ترك بلادهم، كيف يمكنهم التكيف مع سياق جديد، وجمهور جديد، ومشهد موسيقي غريب عنهم؟ كيف يمكنهم الأداء أمام جمهور لا يألفونه؟ وكيف يتأثر نمط ومحتوى إنتاجهم؟ نناقش هذه الأسئلة مع سلّام ناصر وشبلي سليم بعد أن نستمع إلى فقرات موسيقية من أدائهم. تدير الحوار كيارا عيّاد.
الموسيقيين:

سلّام ناصر: مؤلف، رابر، ومنتج. تعود أصول سلّام إلى حيفا، وقد ولد وأمضى حياته في مخيم اليرموك في دمشق. مع بداية الاضطرابات في سوريا اضطر سلّام إلى المغادرة وطلب اللجوء في النرويج. لفت سلّام الأنظار عام ٢٠١٩ بعد أن أتقن اللغة النرويجية بسرعة قياسية ودخل المشهد النرويجي بمشاركته في مناظرات راب مع رابرز/مغنيين نرويجيين، مرسّخاً بذلك موهبته بلغة جديدة.
شبلي سليم: عازف عود شارك بالكثير من الحفلات والمهرجانات في أوسلو. يدرس الآن الموسيقي في Høgskolen i Innlandet
تدير الحوار كيارا عيّاد، فنانة فلسطينية-نرويجية.

Norsk
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SPACE og Det er hardt å være araber ønsker deg velkommen til en magisk kveld på Melahuset. Det vil være musikk, poesi, samtaler, og åpen mikrofon mot slutten av kvelden.
Når musikere blir tvunget til å levne hjemmene sine, hvordan skal de tilpasse seg en ny kontekst, et nytt publikum, og en fjern musikkscene? Hvordan skal de opptre foran et publikum som ikke er deres? Hva skjer med innholdet og musikkstilen? Dette er noen av spørsmålene vi skal diskutere sammen med musikerne Sallam Nasser og Shbli Saleem etter at de har opptrådt for oss. Samtalen ledes av Chiara Ayad.
Musikerne:

Sallam Nasser er tekstforfatter, rapper og produsent, opprinnelig fra Haifa i Palestina. Sallam Nasser er født og oppvokst i Yarmouk-leiren i Damaskus. På grunn av uroen i landet søkte han asyl i Drammen i Norge, hvor han raskt mestret det norske språket. I 2019 overrasket han alle da han deltok på «rap battles» sammen med norske rappere, og viste dermed at talentet ikke var begrenset til morsmålet hans.
Shbli Saleem er en oudspiller som har opptrådt på en rekke konserter og festivaler i Norge. Han studerer for tiden musikk ved Høgskolen i Innlandet.
Chiara Ayyad er en palestinsk-norsk kunstner, og vil lede samtalen.

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Syrian Doc Days: Mellom to verdener
2020-09-13 18:00 - 20:00 | Vega Scene, Hausmanns gate 30, Oslo, 0182, Norway
Velkommen til den tredje utgaven av Syrian Doc Days i Oslo!
I år skal vi se nærmere på hvordan flyktninger i Norge opplever å leve mellom to verdener, konsekvensene som følger, og hvordan det norske systemet kan håndtere dette.

Programmet for kvelden

18.00 – 18.40: Visning av to kortfilmer

Syrialism, av Dalia Alkury (Norge, 2020, 21′)
I have seen nothing, av Yaser Kassab (Libanon, Sverige, Syria, 2019, 19′)

18.45 – 19.00: Spørsmålsrunde med filmregissør Dalia Alkury
19.30 – 20.00: Panelsamtale

Mellom to verdener: Møtet mellom nåtid og fortid for flyktninger i Norge
For mange av oss som har kommet til Norge etter å ha levnet et hjemland, familie og nære i krise, kan virkeligheten nærmest oppleves som schizofren – vi lever i to verdener. Våre følelser og tanker er hjemme, mens vi forsøker å starte våre nye liv i Norge.
Vi prøver å lære et nytt språk, sliter med å finne vår plass i et nytt samfunn, og lærer stadig hvordan ting fungerer, mens vi også sliter med angst og frykt for hva som skal skje med våre kjære som fortsatt befinner seg der vi dro fra dem. Vi opplever skyldfølelse for at vi har overlevd, traumatiske minner, og vi mangler en følelse av tilhørighet.
Mange flyktninger sier at de har fått psykiske plager etter at de kom til Norge. Å leve i fredelige Norge beskytter ikke flyktninger fra å oppleve den psykiske bagasjen de har båret med seg fra konflikter og uroligheter. Hvordan skal vi håndtere denne virkeligheten? Hvordan kan det norske helsesystemet bli bedre skodd for å møte disse behovene?
For å snakke om dette har vi fått med oss:

Lars Lien, Professor II, Høgskolen i Innlandet
Angie Hussami-Finvold, syrisk-norsk aktivist og flyktningguide
Baraa Alowais, syrisk-norsk lege
Ordstyrer: Tove Gravdal, journalist og skribent

I samarbeid med Oslo Dokumentarkino og Syrian Doc Days – Denmark.

Begrensede plasser, husk å kjøpe billett: https://checkout.ebillett.no/287/events/13447/purchase/corona. Vel møtt!
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Beirut - Underdown. Filmvisning og samtale
2020-08-23 18:00 - 20:30 | Melahuset, Mariboes gate 8, Oslo, 0183, Norway
Det er hardt å være araber og SPACE ønsker velkommen til Underdown filmvisning om livet i Beiruts gater og en samtale med Rana Issa, Antoine Fadel og Khaled Zaza om det som skjer i Beirut nå.
Den 4. august ble Beirut rystet av en voldsom eksplosjon som la byen i ruiner. 2750 tonn med ammoniumnitrat hadde blitt lagret flere år i byens havn, og til tross for at myndighetene kjente til dette, ble det aldri gjort noe med. Dette var siste dråpe for libanesere som lenge har lengtet etter politisk forandring.
«Alle betyr alle» ropes i gatene og symbolske galger er satt opp. Revolusjonen som startet i oktober i fjor lever videre, og målet er at det politiske lederskapet skal falle.
Om filmen
I Sarah Kaskas’ «Underdown» møter vi Abu Hussam, en taxisjåfør som gjør sitt beste for å overleve i Libanons hovedstad Beirut. Abu Hussams drøm er å finne tak over hodet, men fram til det skjer skal han fortsette å sove på gata og kjøre rundt i gatene med røyk sigende fra panseret på bilen. Å drikke øl gir ham noe trøst, for en liten stund. Han forklarer hvorfor han er glad i denne hektiske byen: «Kaoset passer meg, fordi hvis dette landet hadde vært i orden, hadde det vært umulig for meg å drikke og kjøre.»
Et annet sted i byen møter vi den syriske gutten Ali, som har valgt å leve alene på gata. Han elsker havet, og savner Azzam, en kompis som han fortsetter å vente på. Vi møter også Samya, en whiskeydrikkende kvinne som prøver å finansiere en operasjon for sin nesten blinde mor. Akkurat som Abu Hussam og Ali, håper hun også på bedre tider.

Om samtalen
For å diskutere hva som foregår i landet har vi fått med oss Rana Issa, medgrunnlegger av SPACE og assisterende professor på Det amerikanske universitetet i Beirut (AUB), Antoind Fadel, arkitekt og medgrunnlegger av Active Lebanon, og Khaled Zaza, konsulent og forskningsassistent spesialisert i internasjonal rett og menneskerettigheter.
Påmelding
For å reservere billetter registerer du deg her på Facebook eventet og vippser 50 kroner eller mer til 618777. Alle pengene går til Basmeh & Zeitooneh, en organisasjon som opprinnelig jobber med syriske og palestinske flyktninger i Libanon, men som nå også jobber med libanesiske familier som er påvirket av eksplosjonen i Beirut. Ikke nøl med å ta kontakt dersom du har spørsmål om pengene eller organisasjonen. Du kan lese mer om Basmeh & Zeitooneh her.

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حوار مفتوح: العزلة، الصدمة والاقتصاد في أزمة الكورونا
2020-07-04 18:00 - 20:00 | Sentralen, Øvre Slottsgate 3, Oslo, 0157, Norway
بينما تمر النرويج كسائر العالم بأزمة الكورونا التي تختبر مؤسساتها وقوانينها ومنظوماتها الاجتماعية وقدرتها على الاستجابة في حالات الطوارئ، نواجه نحن كمهاجرين ولاجئين في النرويج، تبعات أزمة الكورونا في عدة أماكن بنفس الوقت. نعيش في النرويج ونحاول التأقلم في ظروف غير مريحة، ولكن في نفس الوقت، نتواجد ذهنياً وعاطفياً حيث يعيش أحبتنا في أوضاع بالغة الصعوبة.
نتابع بقلق تبعات الأزمة الاقتصادية والسياسية على أهلنا في سوريا والعراق وفلسطين ولبنان واليمن والمنطقة بشكل عام. بشكل خاص، تواجه سوريا ولبنان كارثة اقتصادية مهولة حيث يعيش السواد الأعظم من الناس في لبنان وسوريا تحت خط الفقر مهددين بأوضاع صحية واجتماعية كارثية.
نحاول في هذا الحوار أن نفهم أكثر أبعاد هذه الأزمة على بلادنا وأحبتنا وعلى حياتنا أيضاً في النرويج.
نستضيف في هذا الحوار المستشار القانوني والخبير في القانون الدولي وحقوق الإنسان، خالد ظاظا ليجاوبنا على الأسئلة التالية: ماذا يحدث في لبنان اليوم؟ ماهي تبعات الأزمة الاقتصادية على لبنان وسوريا؟ كيف سيؤثر قانون قيصر على الاقتصاد؟ ماهي آفاق التغيير السياسي؟
الدخول مجاني ولكن الأماكن محدودة ويتوجب حجز مكان عبر رابط الايفنت على الفيسبوك.

For Sama + Live Q&A
2020-06-24 19:30 - 20:00 | Online
SPACE, Europafilm, Oslo Dokumentarkino and Human IDFF invite you to this online screening of Oscar-nominated, BAFTA-winning documentary For Sama (2019, 99 mins) and live Q&A with the filmmaker Waad Alkateab on 24th June at 19.30 Oslo time.
How does this work?

You can watch the film online anytime you want, by clicking on this link.
On June 24th, you can meet the filmmaker Waad Alkateab live on SPACE Facebook page and ask her any questions on the film, or if you cannot attend, you can send us your questions in advance and we will ask her for you.

How can YOU help?
The first question that people ask after watching For Sama is, “How can I help?” Here are three ways:

Bear witness: many people are still confused about what happened and still happening in Syria. For Sama tells us a Syrian story of love and courage facing injustice and oppression. When you watch the film, you help by bearing witness and preserving the narrative.
Show solidarity: Waad Alkateab says that the hardest way for people to die is in silence. After watching For Sama, please take a picture of yourself with a message of solidarity to show Syrians across the world that you are hearing their stories and standing with them in their struggle for freedom and democracy. Share it on social media and tag @ActionForSama. Hashtags: #forsama #actionforsama #stopbombinghospitals.
Take action: One of the ways you can support is to give to the heroic humanitarians and medics still saving lives on the ground in Syria. As the global Coronavirus pandemic sweeps across the world, the people of Syria need our help more than ever. The humanitarian conditions are appalling and there is always the threat of further conflict. Hundreds of thousands have been displaced and are now living in overcrowded camps, with no chance of self isolation.

You can donate by card or PayPal online. All of the money donated to Action For Sama goes via our partners at Help Refugees, who ensure that every penny goes directly to those working inside Syria.
Background on the film
For Sama is both an intimate and epic journey into the female experience of war. A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to Sama, all while cataclysmic conflict rises around her. Her camera captures incredible stories of loss, laughter and survival as Waad wrestles with an impossible choice– whether or not to flee the city to protect her daughter’s life, when leaving means abandoning the struggle for freedom for which she has already sacrificed so much. The film is the first feature documentary by Emmy award-winning filmmakers, Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts.

SPACE, Europafilm, Oslo Dokumentarkino og Human IDFF inviterer deg til en online visning av den Oscar-nominerte, BAFTA-prisvinnende dokumentaren For Sama (2019, 99 min.), samt en live spørsmålsrunde med filmskaperen Waad Alkateab den 24. juni klokken 19.30.
Hvordan funker det?

Du kan se filmen på nett når du vil, ved å klikke på denne linken.
Den 24. juni kan du møte filmskaperen Waad Alkateab live på SPACE sine Facebook-sider, der du kan sende inn spørsmål. Kan du ikke delta 24. juni, er du velkommen til å sende oss dine spørsmål på forhånd, så passer vi på at spørsmålene dine blir stilt.

Hvordan kan du hjelpe?
Det første spørsmålet folk spør seg etter å ha sett For Sama, er «hvordan kan jeg hjelpe?». Her er tre måter du kan hjelpe på:

Vær et vitne: Mange føler fortsatt på en forvirring rundt det som har skjedd og fortsatt skjer i Syria. For Sama forteller oss en syrisk historie om kjærlighet og mot i en urettferdig og undertrykkende situasjon. Når du ser filmen, hjelper du ved å være et vitne og bevare fortellingen.
Vis solidaritet: Waad Alkateab sier at den vanskeligste måten å dø på, er å dø i stillhet. Etter å ha sett For Sama, kan du ta et bilde av deg selv med en solidaritetsmelding for å vise syrere i verden at du hører dem og står sammen med dem i kampen for frihet og demokrati. Del meldingen din i sosiale medier og tag @ActionForSama. Hashtagger: #forsama #actionforsama #stopbombinghospitals
Donér: En av måtene du kan vise støtte på, er å donere til de humanitære og medisinske heltene som fortsatt redder liv på bakken i Syria. Når den globale koronapandemien herjer i verden, trenger syrere vår hjelp mer enn noen gang. Den humanitære situasjonen i Syria er forferdelig, og konflikttrusselen er alltid der. Flere hundre tusen har blitt tvunget på flukt og lever nå i overbefolkede leire, hvor isolasjon og karantene er umulig.

Du kan donere ved bruk av kort eller PayPal. Alle pengene som doneres til Action For Sama går via våre partnere hos Help Refugees, som sikrer at hvert øre går direkte til humanitært arbeid innad i Syria.
Filmens bakgrunn
For Sama er både en intim og storslått reise inn i den kvinnelige opplevelsen av krig. Som et kjærlighetsbrev fra en ung mor til hennes datter, forteller filmen historien om Waad al-Kateabs liv gjennom fem år i Aleppo, hvor hun forelsker seg, gifter seg og føder datteren Sama, samtidig som krigen herjer rundt henne. Kameraet hennes fanger utrolige øyeblikk av tap, latter og overlevelse, samtidig som Waad sliter med det umulige valget – om hun skal eller ikke skal flykte fra byen for å beskytte datterens liv, når det å flykte betyr å levne kampen for frihet, en kamp hun allerede har ofret så mye til.Filmen er den første dokumentaren av de Emmy-prisvinnende filmskaperne Waad al-Kateab og Edward Watts. Filmanmeldelser i norske medier:
– For Sama – P3
– Filmanmeldelse: «For Sama» er noe i nærheten av en klassiker

حوار مفتوح: فلسطين–الفن والسياسة
2020-02-28 17:00 - 18:45 | Kulturhuset, Youngs gate 6, Oslo, Oslo, 0181, Norway
بعد إعلان ترامب-نتنياهو عن صفقتهم، يرى البعض أنه من الممكن تحويل هذه الأزمة السياسية إلى فرصة لإعادة الاعتبار للمشروع الوطني للقضية الفلسطينية والنظر إلى حقوق الفلسطينيين في الوطن والشتات.
وبذلك تعيد هذه الصفقة العديد من الأسئلة التي تجمع الفلسطينيين إلى الواجهة: ما هي أشكال المقاومة الممكنة اليوم في فلسطين؟ كيف يتم التصدي لقرارات التقسيم والفصل العنصري؟ كيف يمكن للفن أن يكون أحد أشكال مقاومة الاحتلال؟
يعيش أكثر من نصف الفلسطينيين خارج فلسطين–ماهو دور فلسطينيي الشتات بدعم المقاومة؟ وكيف يمكننا الحديث عن دعم الحقوق الفلسطينية؟
للإجابة على هذه الأسئلة، نستضيف في هذا الحوار المفتوح:

نبيل الراعي، المدير الفني سابقاً، مسرح الحرية في جنين
د. باسل غطاس، عضو سابق في الكنيست، وسياسي في حزب بلد
كيارا عياد، فنانة فلسطينية نرويجية، معهد ادوارد سعيد للموسيقى
تدير الحوار، لينا الخطيب، من سبيس

سيتم فتح باب المشاركة للحضور ونسعى ليكون هذا الحوار تفاعلياً وتشاركياً مع الجمهور.
هذا الحوار بالتعاون بين سبيس، موتفورستلينغ، مهرجان هيومان للأفلام الوثائقية ومبادرة “هاردت أو فاره آرابر”.

Palestine: art and politics
SPACE, Det er hardt å være araber, MOTforestillinger and HUMAN International Documentary Film Festival invite you to this open conversation (in Arabic) on Palestine, art and politics.
In light of the recent Trump-Netanyahu deal, this conversation will address questions like: what are the possible paths of resistance in today’s Palestine? How can art be one form of resistance? How can exiled Palestinians support Palestinian rights?

Nabil Al-Raee, Former Artistic Director–Freedom Theater in Jenin
Dr. Basel Ghattas, Balad politician, former member of Knesset
Chiara Ayyad, Palestinian Norwgian Artist
Moderator: Line Khateeb, SPACE

Humanitarian Aid and the War Economy in Syria
2020-02-28 08:30 - 09:30 | PRIO, Hausmanns gate 3 , Oslo, 0186, Norway
While humanitarian aid is key in Syria, questions need to be asked about how the procurement of goods and services by humanitarian and development actors, using international funding, can contribute to a war-crime-economy. The Syrian Legal Development Programme (SLDP) has conducted extensive research into businesses that supply aid groups, including the UN, and how some of these businesses are sanctioned for human rights abuses. The seminar will share the findings of this research, discuss the challenges in operating in a conflict zone like Syria from the perspective of business and human rights, and discuss some solutions that donors and aid agencies could take to mitigate the negative impact of their operations.
An opening introduction will be held by Ibrahim Olabi who is the founder and director of The Syrian Legal Development Programme (SLDP). A panel discussion will then follow, with Trude Falch (Norwegian People’s Aid) and Kristoffer Lidén (PRIO). Jørgen Jensehaugen (PRIO) will chair the seminar.
Trude Falch’s comments will take the perspective of the INGOs and discuss the operational aspects and dilemmas we face while operating in a country under heavy international sanctions and subject to anti-terror legislation where everything we do is in risk of contributing to a war or even war-crime-economy. Kristoffer Lidén will give a reflection on the ethical dilemmas raised by Olabi’s talk.
This seminar is free and open to all, but registration is required on PRIO’s website.
Speakers

Ibrahim Olabi is UK barrister at Guernica 37 International Justice Chambers, and the founder of the Syrian Legal Development Programme. He is also a UK-based lawyer with specialised international law knowledge and experience related to the Syrian conflict.
Trude Falch is Head of Middle East and North Africa section in Norwegian People’s Aid and has overseen the organisation’s programming in Syria since 2012. Norwegian People’s Aid works with local organisations to provide humanitarian and longer-term support in Syria.
Kristoffer Lidén is a Senior researcher at PRIO, with a PhD in Philosophy. He coordinates the PRIO Research Group on Law and Ethics and is Deputy Director of the Norwegian Centre for Humanitarian Studies (NCHS). His current research centres on the ethics of international affairs, with a focus on the fields of security, humanitarianism, peacebuilding and new technology.

The seminar is co-hosted by the PRIO Middle East Centre, the Norwegian Centre for Humanitarian Studies (NCHS) and SPACE – Syrian Peace Action Centre.

Fighting War Crimes in Syria – Can Norway Play a Part?
2020-02-27 16:00 - 18:30 | Vega Scene, Hausmanns gate 30, Oslo, 0182, Norway
Film: Syria’s Disappeared: The Case Against Assad
UK/ 2017 / 50 min / Dir: Sara Afshar
Tens 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?
Mazen 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.
We also meet investigators, journalists and lawyers working to fight impunity in Syria.
Panel talk: Fighting War Crimes in Syria – Can Norway Play a Part?
War 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.
In November 2019, a group of Syrian plaintiffs filed criminal complaints with Norwegian police and asked for investigations of named heads of Syrian intelligence services and other institutions responsible for torture and other grave abuses.
On 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.
Panel

Ibrahim Olabi, Barrister at Guernica 37 and Director of Syrian Legal Development Programme
Brynjulf Risnes, lawyer, Matrix Advokater – Defense and Litigation Attorneys
Sofie Høgestøl, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law UiO
Gunnar Ekeløve-Slydal, Director of policies, the Norwegian Helsinki Committee
Lawrence Almala Ali, torture survivor from Syria.
Petter Eide, MP Socialist Left Party, Norway
Britta Redwood, Legal Fellow, European Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR)
Moderator: Stig-Arild Pettersen

This event is part of HUMAN International Documentary Festival, in cooperation with The Norwegian Helsinki Committee and SPACE.

Narrative Wars: The Politics of Memory
2020-02-25 20:15 - 21:30 | Vega Scene, Hausmanns gate 30, Oslo, 0182, Norway
Why should we watch films about war and unbearable human suffering?
The 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.
The 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.
The 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?
Panel:

Uğur Ümit Üngör, Professor of History at Amsterdam University
Nadim Khoury, Associate Professor in International Studies at Lillehammer University College
Cora Alexa Døving, senior researcher at the Norwegian Holocaust Center
Moderator: Line Khateeb, SPACE Chair of the Board

This event is part of HUMAN International Documentary Festival.
