Location: Al-Dweer, Asyout, Egypt
Date: November 3-13, 2013
Organizer: Action for Hope
Description:
From November 3 to 13, 2013, the Cultural Relief Caravan brought a series of enriching cultural and artistic events to the village of Al-Dweer in Asyout, Egypt. The initiative included accelerated learning lessons for basic education students, medical services, psychological consultations, sports activities, and a variety of artistic workshops. This comprehensive approach aimed to uplift and support the community through cultural engagement and essential services, highlighting the transformative power of art and education in areas facing challenging conditions.
It is a dance presentation of the reality of workers in particular and the popular class in general during the nineteenth century in Tunisia, where at that time, on the breath of the MEZWED (Tunisian bagpipe), a dancing body language spread among the popular community, represented by the emergence of expressive forms indicating resistance, rebellion, sensuality, temptation ...
Part of Common Ground Festival An exhibition by Seif Eddine Jlassi & Moussa Al Nanna An immersive exhibition that recreates the experience of a refugee camp by incorporating objects and materials commonly found in these harsh, temporary spaces that many call their homes. Featuring a collection of intricate plastic works and drawings created by children living in refugee camps on the Syrian border in southern Lebanon. The drawings offer glimpses into the displaced visions of their new homeland after the war, and how they remember it through drawings that are simple in form, but profound in content.