Masahat Cooperative Association for Culture and Arts
Palestine
Literature,Visual Arts,Music,Performing Arts,Cultural Management
Masahat is a non-profit organization established in 2015 in Norway with the purpose of curating and presenting high-quality knowledge, history, art and culture from the Middle East and North Africa with a special focus on the Arab world.
Masahat brings forward the activism and hope that was sparked by the Arab Spring to create unique spaces, therefore facilitating a non-hierarchical exchange of expertise, ideas, art and inspiration. Masahat periodically changes the focus of its activities to feature high-quality, underrepresented expert and artistic voices from the Middle East in events such as art exhibitions, panel debates, film screenings, reading circles, expert seminars, concerts and conferences.
By working cross-thematically and partnering with a wide range of Norwegian actors, Masahat caters to a broad audience comprising both Norwegians and multi-lingual minorities from the Arab world. Masahat contributes to a more diverse Norwegian public debate and a more inclusive artistic and cultural scene.
Since 2015, Masahat arranged more than 60 artistic, cultural and thematic events featuring underrepresented voices from the Middle East, and partnered with more than 30 Norwegian institutes, cultural actors and festivals.
Masahat brings forward the activism and hope that was sparked by the Arab Spring to create unique spaces, therefore facilitating a non-hierarchical exchange of expertise, ideas, art and inspiration. Masahat periodically changes the focus of its activities to feature high-quality, underrepresented expert and artistic voices from the Middle East in events such as art exhibitions, panel debates, film screenings, reading circles, expert seminars, concerts and conferences.
By working cross-thematically and partnering with a wide range of Norwegian actors, Masahat caters to a broad audience comprising both Norwegians and multi-lingual minorities from the Arab world. Masahat contributes to a more diverse Norwegian public debate and a more inclusive artistic and cultural scene.
Since 2015, Masahat arranged more than 60 artistic, cultural and thematic events featuring underrepresented voices from the Middle East, and partnered with more than 30 Norwegian institutes, cultural actors and festivals.
Masahat Cooperative Association for Culture and Arts
Palestine
Literature,Visual Arts,Music,Performing Arts,Cultural Management
Masahat is a non-profit organization established in 2015 in Norway with the purpose of curating and presenting high-quality knowledge, history, art and culture from the Middle East and North Africa with a special focus on the Arab world.
Masahat brings forward the activism and hope that was sparked by the Arab Spring to create unique spaces, therefore facilitating a non-hierarchical exchange of expertise, ideas, art and inspiration. Masahat periodically changes the focus of its activities to feature high-quality, underrepresented expert and artistic voices from the Middle East in events such as art exhibitions, panel debates, film screenings, reading circles, expert seminars, concerts and conferences.
By working cross-thematically and partnering with a wide range of Norwegian actors, Masahat caters to a broad audience comprising both Norwegians and multi-lingual minorities from the Arab world. Masahat contributes to a more diverse Norwegian public debate and a more inclusive artistic and cultural scene.
Since 2015, Masahat arranged more than 60 artistic, cultural and thematic events featuring underrepresented voices from the Middle East, and partnered with more than 30 Norwegian institutes, cultural actors and festivals.
Masahat brings forward the activism and hope that was sparked by the Arab Spring to create unique spaces, therefore facilitating a non-hierarchical exchange of expertise, ideas, art and inspiration. Masahat periodically changes the focus of its activities to feature high-quality, underrepresented expert and artistic voices from the Middle East in events such as art exhibitions, panel debates, film screenings, reading circles, expert seminars, concerts and conferences.
By working cross-thematically and partnering with a wide range of Norwegian actors, Masahat caters to a broad audience comprising both Norwegians and multi-lingual minorities from the Arab world. Masahat contributes to a more diverse Norwegian public debate and a more inclusive artistic and cultural scene.
Since 2015, Masahat arranged more than 60 artistic, cultural and thematic events featuring underrepresented voices from the Middle East, and partnered with more than 30 Norwegian institutes, cultural actors and festivals.
Participant
All Around Culture
Cultural Alliances - Regional Workshop
2021
Communal Laboratories - An alliance between Riwaq- Centre For Architectural Conservation, Masahat Cooperative Association For Culture And Arts, and Sakiya - Art | Science | Agriculture
Grantee
All Around Culture
Cultural Alliances - Alliance Support
2021
Communal Laboratories - An alliance between Riwaq- Centre For Architectural Conservation, Masahat Cooperative Association For Culture And Arts, and Sakiya - Art | Science | Agriculture
This cultural alliance presents a dynamic cross-disciplinary cooperation to establish vigorous cultural methodologies through interaction between partner entities, and communal learning labs for knowledge exchanges in marginalised communities. Communities’ knowledge and communal values and practices can be key in solving urgent socio-economic problems. Their architectural, narrative and natural heritage constitute a vital foundation for cultural practices that encourage critical thinking and accountability. The general framework of this alliance fosters collective artistic, cultural, and educational practices that are rooted in local knowledge, encourage experimentation, promote tolerance, utilise indigenous and technological environmental practices, challenge capitalist and colonial ideas that dominate formal education and artistic production, and bridge the social and economic divide imposed by neoliberalism. The cultural alliance seeks to institutionalise a long-term relationship between partner entities and their societal and geographical surroundings towards strong, open, self-sufficient communities who share their knowledge, and cultural and artistic productions with their ecosystem.
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