Aarhus: Damascene Days

Damascene Days provides a platform for citizens in Aarhus to learn more about Syria’s rich cultural heritage through poetry, film, music and food. The festival will be curated by Det Jysk-Syriske Kulturkollektiv (The Jutlandic-Syrian Culture Collective), a Jutland-based organisation focusing on intercultural exchange between the Syrian and Danish community in Jutland. 

Friday – Øst for Paradis – 19:00 – 21:30

• Screening of ‘The War Show’ (2016) co-hosted by Doc Lounge Aarhus
• Talks by Andreas Møl Dalsgaard (co-director of The War Show) and Dr. Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen (Chairperson of Det Syriske Kulturinstitut i Danmark) Khaled Ksibe (Winner of the European Language Prize 2016) and Rabih Azad-Ahmad (councilperson for Culture at Aarhus Kommune)
• Syrian snacks and live oud music.

Tickets available here: http://paradisbio.dk/MovieDetails.aspx?movieId=9537

Saturday – Institut for (X), Godsbanen, Aarhus – 12:00 – 20:00

12:00 – 14:00

• Chess & Chai
• Face paint and family friendly workshop with Syrian artist Rawan. 

13:30 – 15:00

• Screening of the documentary “The Art of Moving” (2016) hosted byMellemfolkeligt Samvirke Aarhus

15:00 – 16:00

• Bakri Hemmami (Vocal & Percussion) og Bilal Irshed (Oud)

17:00(ish)

• Dabke workshop with Lazkin

18:00 – 19:00

• Syrian banquet by Ildstedet

19:00 – 20:00

• Damascus Disco with Walat Xash

20:00 til whenever

• Eastern beats with DJ Sheikh Djibouti

Sunday – Løves Bog og Vincafe – 15:00 -18:00

• Lecture on Syrian literature and poetry with June Dahy, (Teaching Associate Professor at Copenhagen University)
• Syrian poetry recitation by Naja Bjørnson, cand.mag. in Arabic language and literature
• Poetry readings by local poets Nader al-Kassem, Mustafa Ismail and Kasem Ismail

All proceeds raised during Damascene Days will go to the White Helmets (Syria Civil Defence), a Syrian rescue organization mad up of volunteers in rebel-controlled Syria.

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