Masahat and Riksscenen invite you to Palestinian Night – an evening of engagement, resistance, and cultural solidarity. Headlining the night: DAM – the first Palestinian hip hop collective, and among the very first to rap in Arabic. Formed in the late 1990s by Tamer Nafar, Suhell Nafar, and Mahmood Jrere, DAM began shaping a…
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Practical Information 📍 Venue: Det Norske Teatret📅 Date: September 20, 2025 🕔 Program: 16:30 → Dragon Blood by Only Slime 19:00 → The Frida Marida Show (duration: 1.5 hours) 🌍 Language: English🎟️ One ticket gives you access to both performances. This performance is for Adults only A Night of Fantasy, Music & Radical Hospitality …
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We are proud to welcome Sumayo Jirde Cali (formerly Sumaya Jirde Ali) as the keynote speaker for Masahat Festival 2025. With her keynote Om kamp, om kjærlighet (On Struggle, On Love), Sumayo invites us into a powerful reflection on hospitality — as personal experience, political responsibility, and collective practice. Through the lens of her many…
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Street Party Against the Gentrification of Grønland Practical Information 📍 Meeting point: Botsparken → ending at Olafiagangen🕛 Time: 12:00–16:00🌿 Open to all — free public event A festival day of ritual, people’s march, stories of solidarity and resistance, textile workshops, games, and music in the streets of Grønland. Grønland is Oslo’s cultural crossroads—a neighborhood…
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I anledning vårt 10-årsjubileum er Masahat stolte av å samarbeide med Cosmopolite for å presentere to ekstraordinære kvinnelige stemmer fra Nord-Afrika! Festivalen åpner med Emel den 17. september, en av Tunisias mest ikoniske artister, etterfulgt av en fredagskonsert med den sjelfulle marokkanske sangeren Oum. 20:00 Dørene åpner 21:00 Konsertstart Bli med på en magisk aften…
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A bittersweet, dark, political comedy based on one man’s true story and his odyssey in search of identity. And Here I Am is a powerful coming-of-age story based on the life—and performed by—Palestinian artist Ahmed Tobasi. We follow his extraordinary journey:from the battle-scarred alleys of Jenin Refugee Camp,to the confines of an Israeli prison.From armed…
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The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner interrogates the true story of one of the most wanted Nazi criminals to escape sentencing. Instrumental to the deportation of over 100,000 people to concentration camps and ghettos, Alois Brunner evaded numerous arrest attempts – fleeing to Damascus where he was instrumental in building Syria’s intelligence services. Arriving in…
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📍 Venue: Kunstnernes Hus📅 Date & Time: Thursday, September 18, 2025, at 19:30🎟️ Ticket price includes: A five-course dinner Live performance by Ghenwa Noiré — cross-disciplinary performer, illustrator, and workshop facilitator. In music, Ghenwa explores improvisation with their electro-bouzouqi setup and vocals. A cultural program 🍷 Drinks complementing the menu will be available for purchase…
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We are proud to welcome Munir Fasheh as one of this year’s keynote guests. Munir is a mathematician who chose to leave academia to explore new ways of understanding and practicing learning. Together with others, he founded an organization that rethinks education as a tool for liberation. He summarizes his life with two words: occupation…
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Kunstnernes Hus — September 18, 10:00–12:00 The genocide in Gaza has devastated every aspect of Palestinian life. No one in Gaza is safe, and no one who has witnessed this crime will ever forget it. In the gap between those who witness and those who endure the violence directly, urgent questions arise: How do…
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