Iyad El-Baghdadi – Lightning Talk
“Refugees do not want charity, they want solidarity – and solidarity is recognizing that it’s one struggle.” Iyad el-Baghdadi’s lightning talk in The Question of Syria 2016. More about the event.
The Question of Syria – Syria Are… | Media Roundup
In case you missed The Question of Syria – Syria are.., here is a snapshot of the event’s media coverage; the main articles and interviews with our guests (in Norwegian): – Ingen løsning med Assad – Mazen Darwish, Dagsavisen Den internasjonale debatten om Bashar al-Assads rolle i framtidens Syria har endret seg i løpet av…
DetailsVil vise et annet Syria
«Mange kan bidra.» Organisasjonen SPACE ble opprettet i mai 2015, med formål om å skape felles møteplasser mellom syrere og nordmenn og gi et alternativt og mer nyansert bilde av Syria. Zeina Bali, en av grunnleggerne av organisasjonen SPACE, er fornøyd med oppmøtet under konferansen. «Vi ønsker å skape et annet bilde av syrere enn…
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The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and The Silk Road Ensemble
In collaboration with Film fra Sør, we invite you to a unique experience with a screening of the documentary “The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble”, a mini-concert by the virtuoso Syrian clarinetist Kinan Azmeh and an exciting panel discussion about music as a universal language. The question of “What…
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A space to think and imagine Syria
Kvelden begynner med såkalte lynforedrag – «lightning talks» om arbeidet, lidenskapene og aktivismen til de syriske gjestene våre. Formålet med disse foredragene er å vekke fantasien vår og inspirere oss – kan vi forestille oss et annet Syria? Publikum er invitert til å bruke kvelden og det åpne rommet til å bli kjent med talerne…
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The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and The Silk Road Ensemble, with Kinan Azmeh
In collaboration with Film fra Sør, we invite you to a unique experience with a screening of the documentary “The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble”, a mini-concert by the virtuoso Syrian clarinetist Kinan Azmeh and an exciting panel discussion about music as a universal language. The question of “What is…
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The Syrian International
The idea of a Syria International intends to refocus attention on the agency of Syrians in their struggle and consequently to demand international solidarity and acknowledgement of their rightful and just cause. This panel assesses the isolation of Syrian civilians by identifying those who neglect them, as well as those rare people who are determined…
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Keynote Speech by Mazen Darwish
Mazen Darwish, one of Syria’s most prominent human rights activists, will give a speech about his experience in Syria before and after the revolution as a human rights advocate. Afterwards, Darwish will be interviewed by the Norwegian journalist and author Åsne Seierstad. Mazen Darwish is a Syrian lawyer and free speech advocate, and the…
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Roundtable: Politics of Humanitarian Aid in Syria
On September 30, the Syrian Peace Action Centre (SPACE), the Norwegian Centre for Humanitarian Studies (NCHS) and Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) will host a roundtable discussion on the Politics of Humanitarian Aid in Syria. This event is for invited guests. Background Delivering humanitarian aid in conflict situations has always been difficult. Syria is proving to be no exception.…
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Misreading Syria: Sectarian Secularism
Persistent claims that the Syrian regime is “non-sectarian” result from a failure to distinguish between sectarianism as an explicit ideology, and sectarianism as an often unspoken technique of power. Whereas the Assad family has generally purported to act in the name of “national unity”, and accordingly minimised discursive expressions of sectarianism, its actual practices throughout…
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