Two weeks ago, I was invited to talk at Rafto Conference in Bergen on the occasion of awarding Syrian-Lebanese Rouba Mhaissen the Rafto Prize for her work defending the rights of Syrian refugees in Lebanon. While I talked about my life and work in my new home, Norway, so many thoughts and memories rushed into…
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Bokanmeldelse av Alia Maleks The Home That Was Our Country: A Memoir of Syria. Av Zeina Bali Malek bretter ut den legendariske sameksistensen i det sammensatte syriske samfunnet, og beriker dermed vår forståelse av det. Hun frigjør syrerne fra kollektive klisjeer som ofte tys til i analyser av den pågående konflikten. I stedet gir hun…
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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. The Cave This extraordinary film…
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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…
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The Struggle for Home 22 November 2019 Litteraturhuset Facebook event Welcome to the fifth edition of The Question of Syria; The Struggle for Home on 22nd November at Litteraturhuset. This year’s Question of Syria expands the discussion beyond nation state politics by reflecting on questions of belonging, exile, everyday political expression, right to land, citizenship…
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SPACE og Syrian Student Association inviterer til Demokratispill (ledet av Rafto Foundation for Human Rights) tirsdag 17.oktober, 17:00-20:00 på Sentralen. Vi 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…
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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? In a region that is often haunted by worn-out clichés full of…
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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? In a region that is often haunted by worn-out clichés full of…
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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. The Question of Syria 2019 – The Struggle for Home invites intellectuals, specialists and artists from Iraq, Palestine, Syria, Sudan as well as Norway to think…
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Chronicles of Hope: Syrian Voices on the Past and Future Just as the Syrian revolution was a triumph of hope over fear, so is the challenge before Syrians today to sustain hope in the face of violence and loss. What can the past eight years teach us about the journey of hope that Syrians have…
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