July 21, 2024 @ 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Zoukak Theatre is participating in “24-Hours for Palestine: A Moon will Rise from Darkness,” a 24-hour online event featuring 100+ Global Artists and Activists for a Free Palestine.
You can catch the session “Palestine Censored; An International Siege on Arts & Culture” on 21st July 2024, 11 AM Beirut time.
Organized and produced by Golden Thread Productions, co-produced with Art2Action and in partnership with the MENA Theatre-Makers Alliance (MENATMA), Ashtar Theatre, The Freedom Theatre, Zoukak Theatre Company, Noor Theatre, and Donkeysaddle Projects.
Censorship can be bold and visible. It can also be subtle and sly. In all cases, suppressing words, ideas, and images reflects the lack of confidence of a society in itself. The recent Israeli war on Gaza, West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Lebanon activated censorship in several countries including European countries and the United States of America, which had proclaimed themselves as defenders and proponents of freedoms, specifically freedom of expression. Artists, scholars, academics, journalists, students, employees are constantly being canceled, silenced, or challenged whenever they directly or indirectly reference Palestine or the current atrocities unfolding before our eyes in Palestine and Lebanon. This conversation brings together Lebanese artists who have witnessed or have had to deal with censorship or attempts of censorship since October 7th, 2023, to reflect on their experiences, the different faces and forms of censorship today, and how to handle it to protect and to practice freedom of expression across borders.
Curator & Moderator
Mohamad Hamdan – Theatremaker, Trainer in Nonviolent Communication, Zoukak Theatre Collective
Speakers
Hanane Haj Ali – Theatremaker, Activist, Researcher
Joseph Junior Sfeir – Musician, Frequent Defect Collective
Junaid Sarieddeen – Theatre Director, Actor, Dramaturg, Zoukak Theatre Collective
Randa Mirza – Visual Artist
https://goldenthread.org/posts/24-hours-for-palestine-sessions
