مع وصول الحرب في سوريا إلى أوضاع إنسانية كارثية وفي ظل انتهاكات يومية ممنهجة لأبسط حقوق الإنسان، من الصعب الحديث أو حتى تخيل وجود أي آفاق لحلول سياسية أو مفاوضات سلام. ويبدو أن الغالبية العظمى من السوريين غير معنية بمتابعة دور اللجنة الدستورية والحوارات المستمرة بين النظام والمعارضة والمجتمع المدني. نستضيف في هذا الحوار المفتوح…
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Since 2015, SPACE has collaborated with the documentary film festival HUMAN, a collaboration we are immensely proud of. We are happy that this collaboration is continuing this year as well with two events on narrative wars and the role of Norway in prosecuting war crimes committed in Syria. Why should we watch films about war…
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Film: Syria’s Disappeared: The Case Against Assad UK/ 2017 / 50 min / Dir: Sara Afshar Tens of thousands of Syrians have been tortured and killed in secret prisons, by the Assad regime. The Film Syria’s Disappeared – The Case Against Assad by Sara Afshar brings forward testimonies from victims and asks the question; is…
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Why should we watch films about war and unbearable human suffering? The Syrian war is not only fought with guns and bombs, but also with words and narratives. The Syrian regime is funding efforts to manipulate the Syrian story while others are documenting regime war crimes. Such “narrative wars” are not unique to Syria. They…
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Det er fortsatt krig i Syria, men regimets dokumentasjon av den; hvorfor krigen ble så omfattende, hvem som gav ordre om hva og hvem som er ansvarlig for antall døde, er allerede i full gang. For enhver som anser seg selv som seierherre er det viktig å raskt skape en offisielle fortelling om krigens årsaker,…
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Mosul has been for centuries a city of unique coexistence and had its own identity locally and internationally. Christians were not only leading their own community, they were the alternative to Rome. Jews were developing their language and had a different life than it was told to us by recent studies. Muslims and other groups…
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Rana Issa (Assistant Professor at the American University in Beirut and SPACE board member) has been part of the protests in Lebanon since the start of the Lebanese revolt on October 17, 2019. In this talk, she introduces the major milestones in the revolution and some of the protesters creative strategies and tactics. This talk…
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In 2015, Malek traveled from Greece to Germany with a group of Syrians fleeing their country’s disintegration. The refugees had met while marooned on the same raft in the middle of the Aegean Sea. Each of them came from a different part of Syria and from different socio-economic classes. Their sites were set on making…
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The right of return has been central to the Palestinian struggle since 1948. What home Palestinian refugees should return to, however, has been less than obvious. In this talk, Nadim Khoury explores the different meanings of home underlying the right of return, especially as this right has been recognized, negated, and negotiated since 1948. This…
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SPACE, MAJÃZ Kulturprosjekt og Kulturhuset har gleden av å invitere til Jul på arabisk—en kveld fylt med minner, musikk, sanger og historier om hvordan jul feires i noen arabiske land. Kvelden vil by på muligheten til å utforske den rike kulturarven fra midtøsten og å lære mer om norsk kulturhistorie. Kl. 17.00 Velkommen! Kl. 17.10…
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