EUME Discussions
EUME Discussions
EUME Discussions
Thu 20 Jun 2019 | 19:00–22:00
Sudan: From War and Separation to Revolution?
Beats of the Antonov by Hajooj Kuka (documentary, 2014) — Film screening and discussion
Thu 16 May 2019 | 19:30–22:00
Independent Egyptian Cinema
Poisonous Roses by Ahmed Fawzi Saleh (fiction, 2018) — Film screening and discussion
Thu 25 Apr 2019 | 19:30–22:00
How Human are New Migration Policies?
Counting Tiles by Cynthia Choucair (documentary, 2018) — Film screening and discussion
Thu 07 Mar 2019 | 19:00–21:00
Taking Refuge: Weaving Memory and History in Comics
A Conversation with Zeina Abirached (comic artist) and Rasha Chatta (EUME Fellow 2017-19), introduced by Aaron Tugendhaft (Bard College Berlin)
Thu 21 Feb 2019 | 19:00–20:30
Finding a Consensus Between Islamic and Liberal/Secular Thought and Politics
Conversation: Rasheed Ghanoushi (Tunisia), Yassin Al Hajj Saleh and Amr Hamzawy (both Fellows at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin)
Thu 07 Feb 2019 | 18:30–22:30
Fanon, Africa and the Arab World
Introduction to Frantz Fanon’s “Wretched of the Earth” (1961) and film screening of “Concerning Violence” by Göran Hugo Olsson
Thu 17 Jan 2019 | 19:30–22:00
Egyptian Realities and the Cinema of the Absurd
Film screening and discussion: Before I Forget by Mariam Mekiwi & The Aftermath of the Inauguration of the Public Toilet at Kilometer 375 by Omar El-Zohairy
Thu 13 Dec 2018 | 19:30–22:00
Flying into Palestine
Film screening and discussion: 5 Minutes from Home by Nahed Awwad (Documentary, 2007, Palestine)
Thu 22 Nov 2018 | 19:30–22:00
Poetics of Post-Revolution Cinema
Film Screening and Discussion: Cactus Flower by Hala ElKoussy
Thu 25 Oct 2018 | 19:30–22:00
Discoveries from the Palestinian Archives
Film Screening and Discussion: Because the Roots Will Not Die by Nabiha Lotfi (Documentary, 1977, Lebanon/Palestine)
Thu 20 Sep 2018 | 19:30–22:00
On the Poetics of Young Arab Documentary
Film screening and discussion: “Birds of September” (Tuyur Aylul) by Sarah Francis (Documentary, 2013, Lebanon/Qatar)
Thu 14 Jun 2018 | 19:30–22:00
Love and Gender in Times of Displacement
Film screening and discussion: “Eccomi...Eccoti” by Raed Rafei (Documentary, 2017, Lebanon)
Thu 17 May 2018 | 19:30–22:00
Female Subjectivity and Revolution
Film screening and discussion: “Dawn" by Nadine Salib, “Catharsis" by Alia Ayman and “Egyptian Jeanne d’Arc” by Iman Kamel
Thu 19 Apr 2018 | 19:30–22:00
Freedom of Press in Egypt
Film screening and discussion with Taher Mokhtar (al-Nadeem Center), Aya Ibrahim (Deutsche Welle) and Ilyas Saliba (Amnesty International)
Thu 15 Mar 2018 | 19:00–21:30
Layn – Where to?
Film screening and lecture: “Layn – Where to?” (by Fadi Yeni Turk, Documentary, 2006, Lebanon)
Thu 08 Mar 2018 | 19:30–22:00
Thu 08 Feb 2018 | 20:00–22:00
Into the Sun: Lyrics of the Nubian Experience of Migration
Film screening and lecture: “Voyage to Nubia” (by Saad Nadim, Documentary, 1960, Egypt) and “The Nubia Train” (by Attiyat El-Abnoudi, Documentary, 2002, Egypt)
Thu 25 Jan 2018 | 19:00–22:00
7th Anniversary of the Egyptian Revolution: Women, Arts, Body
Film screening and discussion: “Planting of Girls” by Viola Shafik and “The Thread and the Wall” by Mohamed Khaled