SPACE, Oslo Dokumentarkino and FN-sambandet organized a screening of the documentary film Syria’s Disappeared: The Case Against Assad and a panel discussion about the prospects of prosecuting war crime committed in Syria in Norwegian courts. Norway and Germany are the only two European countries with “pure universal jurisdiction” over war crimes, crimes against humanity, and…
Details
The Story of Aleppo At the beginning of the Syrian uprising, Aleppo symbolized dissent to Assad rule culturally, with its unique plethora of artistic, cultural and civil society initiatives. The very same city that once represented hope is now the site of violence and despair. The story of Aleppo needs to be told. Only by…
Details
SPACE, Oslo Dokumentarkino and FN-sambandet invite you to a screening of Syria’s Disappeared: The Case Against Assad followed by a panel discussion about the prospects of prosecuting war crime committed in Syria in Norwegian courts. About the film This documentary tells the hidden story of tens of thousands of men, women and children forcibly disappeared…
Details
Event picture: Guernica in Aleppo by Wissam al-Jazairy 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…
Details
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…
Details
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…
Details
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…
Details
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…
Details
[listly id=”1VNR” layout=”full” per_page=”25″]
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…
Details