Welcome to Masahat 2025

Masahatfestivalen 2025 feirer 10 år med kunst, motstand og fellesskap! I ti år har Masahatfestivalen vært en kunstnerisk arena for samtaler og opplevelser der rettferdighet, inkludering og motstand mot urett står i sentrum. I 2025 retter vi blikket mot et av vår tids mest presserende spørsmål: Hvem har rett til å være gjest? 2025 markerer…

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Filmkveld: The Present og Leila and the Wolves

Vising av den Oscarnominerte kortfilmen The Present og Leila and the Wolves, vinnar av den største prisen under Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival. Kortfilm: Al-hadiya/ The Present/ (2020) الهدية På bryllaupsdagen sin legg Yusef og den vesle dottera hans ut på tur på Vestbreidda for å kjøpe ei gåve til kona hans. Mellom soldatar, segregerte vegar…

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Dr Daffodil Goes Occidental!

Dr Daffodil Goes Occidental! is an innovative comedy performance that challenges stereotypes and prejudices about Arabs and the MENA region (the Middle East and North Africa). Through satire and role reversal, the show plays with “the Western gaze” and questions who holds the power to define expertise. Flipping the “Western Gaze” The show takes the…

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My Father and Qaddafi, film + talk with Hajer Sharief

My Father and Qaddafi بابا والقذافي USA, Libya I 2025 I 88 minutes I Language: English, Arabic, French I Subtitles: English I Age limit: 15 I Director: Jihan We are glad to partner with HUMAN International Documentary Film Festival on the screening of My Father and Qaddafi followed by a conversation with with Hajer Sharief on…

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Alaa Abu Diab / Live in Oslo

“Virtual Reality” is Alaa Abu Diab’s newest special: a comedic, brutally honest dive into the world we think we’re living in, versus the world that’s happening while we’re too busy refreshing our notifications. With his signature storytelling and political humour, Alaa drags us, lovingly, between two realities: the one we laugh at, and the one…

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Laila Hourani joins Masahat Advisory Board

We are excited to announce Laila Hourani as the newest member of Masahat Advisory Board! A cultural leader and novelist, Hourani brings decades of strategic leadership across arts, culture, and media from the Arab region and beyond. We can’t wait to dream big and dive into Laila’s wealth of experience and creative energy to advance…

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Opening speech – Masahat 2025

Good evening, مساء الخيرZeina: Ten years ago we started with our first event at Masahat – a three-day symposium to think and speak Syria through its artists, activists, academics and journalists. We wanted to claim the space from foreign “experts” to center Syrian expert and artistic voices in the debate about their country. Over the…

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Folkemordet i Gaza og Big Tech

Fritt Ord, Masahat og Oslo Dokumentarkino inviterer til foredrag og samtale med Nadim Nashif om Big Techs medvirkning til folkemordet i Gaza. Søndag 19. oktober 2025 kl. 15.30 på Cinemateket, Oslo I foredraget vil Nadim Nashif ta opp sensur av palestinske stemmer, spredning av skadelige narrativer på sosiale medier, militarisering av kunstig intelligens, nedstenging av…

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