The Syrian society has witnessed an unprecedented explosion in cultural and artistic expression since the beginning of the revolution in 2011. The burgeoning of Syrian cultural and artistic practices as ways to resist dictatorship has been a marked aspect of the Syrian uprising. Syrian cultural production has been almost totally consumed with trying to respond…
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The Syrian sky is crowded with jet fighters from different corners of the world. While none of these is contributing to solving the Syrian conflict, Russia has been specifically accused by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch of targeting civilians, using cluster bombs and committing atrocities that amount to war crimes. In September 2015 Russia…
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They come in sinking boats. They hide in asphyxiating underbellies of trucks. Their lives are destroyed and their suffering left them with lack of means and choices. But along with the piece of land upon which they live, they have access to a camera, and some of them are making films. Through an hour of…
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SPACE is glad to be collaborating with the Human Rights Human Wrongs Festival for the second year. This year we are organizing a screening of short films and a panel discussion on the Russian intervention in Syria. Syria Shorts: Portraits from Dystopia Date and venue: February 18, 17:00 – Cinemateket They come in sinking boats. They…
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Planet Syria answers your #QuestionsforSyria You can ask us anything. You will get the answer from non-violent activists, journalists, writers, artists, parents inside the country who are willing to share their stories with you. They face the violence of both the Assad regime and Isis and you can ask them about it. Some of them…
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Vi må gjøre mer for å beskytte sivile i Syria og for å få slutt på krigen. Med mindre vi handler snarlig vil det bli flere flyktninger, flere rekrutter til Den islamske stat (IS) og lignende grupper, og flere uskyldige liv vil gå tapt. For å redusere lidelsene i Syria må vi beskytte sivile mot…
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Sana Yazigi – Oslo, 26 September 2015 “There is no political power without control of the archive, if not of memory. Effective democratization can always be measured by this essential criterion: the participation in and the access to the archive, its constitution, and its interpretation” Jacques Derrida Since March 2011, Syria has witnessed deep cultural…
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This article was originally published in Norwegian in Ny Tid – By Rana Issa Her father’s yellow car was the only place that Sana Yazigi felt safe enough to think. In Assad’s Syria, walls have ears and homes are not safe. Thinking is a crime in Syria, a crime punishable by kidnapping, torture, and jail.…
DetailsForrige uke var Oslo et samlingspunkt for noen av de viktigste stemmene i Syria. Arrangementene var organisert av det nyetablerte Syrian Peace Action Center (SPACE), en gruppe jeg er grunnlegger av sammen med Zeina Bali og Murhaf Fares. Vi er i dag vitne til en fragmentering av det syriske folk, der stemmene deres er spredt…
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