Last 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. Beyond the horrific scenes of bombardment and forced mass eviction, little reflection has followed on how and why these violations happened and what…
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My Aleppo: When Memory Becomes Resistance – Lina Sergie Attar You know Aleppo as a vast landscape of bombed and burning historic buildings, cratered streets, and endless lines of fleeing, destitute families. But I will tell you about a time when things were different — when Aleppo was my home. Since 2011, Syrians witnessed firsthand…
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Long before March 2011, Syria was known as the “kingdom of silence”. All forms of artistic and public expression were controlled by the regime, only those who mastered the regime’s censorship rule-book managed to sneak in their subtle message through the many red lines. From the outset of the uprising against tyranny in 2011, public…
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Et flerkulturelt arrangement på Deichmanske hovedbibliotek sommeren 2017 Utover bøker og malerier er det et bredere kulturelement som ikke fins i et bibliotek eller et galleri. Immateriell kulturarven er like mangfoldig som verdens land er, like variert og fargerikt som tenkesett, levemåter og skikker er. Den immaterielle arven er for de fleste en kilde til…
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Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Iraq: Spotlights on the Present and Insights into the Future With Donald Trump’s recent visit to the Middle East, the people of the region are facing an even bleaker future than before. The sectarian narrative of Shia/Sunni hatred is becoming more dominant. Daily killings in Iraq and Syria are diminishing hopes for…
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The only positive that has come out of the horrific Syrian war is a new and vibrant civil society. Under Assad’s regime there were no independent organisations or political parties. The hope for a better future is to be found in a strong civil society that can keep its government in check, and stop it from…
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SPACE, in collaboration with Human Rights Human Wrongs Film Festival, invites you to a panel on Syria’s New Civil Society. The only positive that has come out of the horrific Syrian war is a new and vibrant civil society. Under Assad’s regime there were no independent organisations or political parties. The hope for a better future…
Details“I mange opprørskontrollerte områder forsøker sivile å organisere tjenester for innbyggerne. Frivillige driver undervisning og helsestell. Noen tar ansvar for å hente søppel. Ingeniører finner løsninger med fornybar energi når strømtilførselen kuttes. En redningstjeneste finner overlevende etter bombeangrep. Andre oppdaterer offentlige registre over eiendom, ekteskapsinngåelse og fødsler.” “– Med SPACE ville vi skape et rom…
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Zeina Bali’s talk about the Trajectory of Hope at a NUPI seminar on Syria. Bali is one of the co-founders of SPACE.