We are so excited to welcome the latest additions to our board: Selma Benmalek and Jan Lothe Eriksen! Eriksen, a cultural entrepreneur and former musician and director of Safemuse, brings a great experience from the music field, cultural politics and management, while Benmalek, a program consultant in literature and debates at the public library in…
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We are thrilled to announce the appointment of Ingeborg Moa as the new Chair of the Board of Masahat. Ingeborg has been a close supporter of Masahat since the early days of its conception as an idea in 2014, and has served on the Advisory Board of Masahat since 2020. A seasoned leader, an avid…
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Welcome to “Coping with racism & building resilience – Applied drama workshop” with Mona Abdel-Fadil on Saturday 25 November, 11:30-14:30 at Nordic Black Theater. How do we cope with the various types of racist encounters that shape our lives? We live in precarious times. Racist ideas may get entangled in war propaganda, media framing, public…
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Norsk English Stiftelsen Fritt Ord, Masahat for Arab Culture in Exile og Vega Scene inviterer til samtale onsdag 29. november 2023 kl. 18.00–20.00 på Vega Scene i Hausmanns gate 30, Oslo. Amund Bakke Foss, fagleder for utenriks i VG, leder samtalen med Jumana Manna, kunstner basert i Berlin, Nadim Khoury, førsteamanuensis ved Institutt for rettsvitenskap,…
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In its third edition, Masahat festival 2023 was a great success! The festival took place during 21-24 September in Oslo in nine venues, in collaboration with 17 partners hosting 38 guests from more than 12 countries, with a record number of tickets sold and audiences reached. “This was not a festival. It was a community”,…
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Buy tickets I لشراء البطاقات English العربية English Decolonizing the documentary has been a recurring theme at IDFA, the world’s largest documentary film festival, since Orwa Nyrabia became the Artistic Director in 2018. Under his leadership, the festival has been tackling the difficult questions of representation, equity and inclusion. Who has the power to represent and narrate?…
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Masahat Screens Join us on the last day of Masahat festival for a thought-provoking and inspiring Sunday at VEGA Scene with film screenings, conversations, mingling and more. The day starts with the screening of Bloody Beans (2013, 80 mins) directed by Narimane Mari, which won the top prize at the prestigious documentary festival CPH:DOX. In…
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English العربية English Welcome to this reading circle + brunch at Anarres Bokkafé! We will serve a sweet-salty brunch dish that is a speciality of Aleppo, while we are reading thought-provoking literature, discussing and learning from each other. Our reading circle format is simple: we share the reading material with you beforehand. In the circle,…
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Buy tickets | لشراء البطاقات Leila Moon is an international DJ, resident at radio Alhara, producer and coach. She mixes her favorite tracks of various genres, capturing her current mood and state of mind. Her North African heritage has influenced all of her work and can‘t go unrecognized during her performance. Specializing in Drum and Bass, UK…
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Buy tickets | لشراء البطاقات Haya Zaatry’s musical origins stem from acoustic folk, blending with Arabic musical inflections, imbibed in the cities that nurtured her: Nazareth and Haifa. A self- taught musician and practicing architect, Zaatry began her musical career with the much lauded “Manakir” (nail varnish) in 2013, which was featured in 2021 on…
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