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Story of a poet telling his fight against the Al Assad regime

11 July 2020 0Comments 0Reactions

By Juliette Rémond-Tiédrez Being confined for nearly two months gave me loads of time to listen to podcasts and read more. Somewhat by coincidence my reading and listening started focusing on the ongoing Syrian civil war. This focus on Syria started with Omar Youssef Suleiman’s latest book Le Dernier Syrien, the Last Syrian. Omar Youssef Suleiman…

Meet the Syrians

Meet the Syrians is a one-week celebration event that gathers over 100 Syrian artists from all over the world to celebrate art for freedom, with the goal of showing art work and connecting with other communities as artists, freedom seekers and fellow humans. This event holds an art exhibition, screening of videos made by digital artists,…

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The Virtual Gallery

16 September 2018 0Comments 0Reactions

A permanent project Creating Rights undertakes is to display a virtual and temporary exhibition of art works by socially engaged artists on its website. We envision Creating Rights’ platform to offer visibility to emerging artists from everywhere in the world for whom art became a necessity or a means to express visions of human rights. You can see here…

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Dance or Die: A Story of Dance over War

13 April 2018 0Comments 0Reactions

By Nolwenn Guibert “I dance to be free, to be strong, to look for a perfect world” Dance or Die is a story of exile and survival. It is the story of Ahmad Joudeh, a Palestinian –born Syrian dancer who grew up in the Yarmouk camp in Damascus and who defied the odds of war and repression…

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“Dance or Die” with Ahmad Joudeh

14 March 2018 0Comments 0Reactions

By Nolwenn Guibert The 15th edition of the Cinedans festival is taking place in Amsterdam this week between 14 and 18 March. Cinedans is a “Dance on Screen” festival that showcases carefully selected dance films and documentaries about internationally renowned dancers and choreographers. On Sunday, 18th March, as part of the festival and the “De Wolf Danst” project,…