Saladindagene أيام صلاح الدين الدوليّة The International Saladin Days Saladindagene Oscar Wilde, Antonio Gramsci, Anne Frank – noen av litteraturhistoriens mest markante stemmer har skrevet fra fengsel og fangenskap. De reflekterer over egen situasjon, over menneskets ondskap og over verden utenfor. Hvordan finner man et språk under og etter traumer, og kan man finne framtidstro…
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I samarbeid med Arabiske filmdager og Norsk PEN inviterer vi til visning av Still Recording + samtale med regissøren på lørdag den 23 mars kl. 16.00. Filmen følger to kunststudenter i Douma, en forstad som kontrolleres av opprørere mot regimet. I en periode på over fire år følger vi de to vennene og deres omgangskrets…
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The award-winning documentary Still Recording by Saeed Al Batal and Ghiath Ayoub will be screened in Arabiske Filmdager 2019. On Saturday, March 23, Arabiske Filmdager, Norsk PEN and SPACE organize a panel discussion after the screening; for more details, please see the Facebook event. This film is an observation of what happened for us, for…
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In collaboration with HUMAN International Documentary Film Festival and Nobel Peace Center The Silence of Others A shocking history about how the lack of justice after the dictatorship of Franco’s regime in Spain has forced hundreds of thousands of victims and their families to stay silent about their suffering, even today. A turning point came…
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Hasan, Mazen, and Khaldoon are former prisoners of conscience from some of Syria’s most notorious prisons. Convinced that the three strangers will communicate openly and honestly with each other, the director observes them from the outside of a simulated prison cell in Oslo, using three remote-controlled cameras. Despite the horrors they experienced in captivity in…
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For the fifth year in a row, SPACE partners with the HUMAN International Documentary Film Festival offering you a fine selection of documentaries and debates to discuss and reflect on Syria through Syrian experiences. This year, we will set the focus on the plight of Syrian detainees and forcibly disappeared. Through two documentaries and following panels with distinguished Syrian and…
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Jul på arabisk er en kveld fylt med historier, minner, musikk, sanger og samtaler 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. Bli med for å høre Mariam Kirollos (Egypt), Nadim Khoury (Palestina), Sameh Rabahia…
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Jul på arabisk er en kveld fylt med historier, minner, musikk, sanger og samtaler 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. Bli med for å høre Mariam Kirollos (Egypt), Nadim Khoury (Palestina), Sameh Rabahia…
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Maps have been extensively used to tell stories and to show how the stories relate to a place. Equally, narratives have contributed to the shaping and production of a place. How do we make sense of a place that we no longer can visit? What places do we remember and long for? What narratives live…
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Syrian artists Khaled Barakeh and Diala Brisly will discuss their artistic practices and processes, what it means to create within contexts of oppression and exile; physically dispersed yet under a shared collective experience. They will also discuss contemporary artistic expression by other Syrian artists in the Middle East, across the diaspora and from those who…
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