Item Archive: Syria
All items pertaining to Syria
Issa Touma has returned to AR-Safe Haven Helsinki!
For security reasons, we couldn’t announce it earlier—but we are pleased to share that Issa Touma has returned to Helsinki for a renewed AR-Residency! Touma is a self-taught photographer and film director based in Aleppo, Syria, where he has run … Continue reading
Posted in AR-Safe Haven Residencies, NEWS
Tagged 9 days from my window, ar safe haven helsinki, documentary, film, Issa Touma, photography, residency, Syria, syrian artists
PRESS: “Dreaming of a golden age in Syria”, AR-SHH Resident Angela Aldebs talks to Voima
Interview by: Ilona Iia Simes, Voima, 12th October 2020 (online and in print). Still “dreaming of the golden age in Syria”, AR-Safe Haven Helsinki Resident Angela Aldebs talks to Ilona Iia Simes at Voima about dance, revolution and life in … Continue reading
Posted in NEWS, Press Reports
Tagged Angela Aldebs, Contemporary Dance, dance, Finland, press, Press post, Syria
Welcoming RĂ©mi Sarmini to AR-Tunis
A warm welcome to RĂ©mi Sarmini as an Artists at Risk (AR) Resident at AR-Tunis! RĂ©mi Sarmini is a Syrian theatre director, actor, educator and founder of the theatre collective Tajroubeh Troupe. He is currently based in Tunis where he … Continue reading
Posted in AR-Artist Events, Map, NEWS
Tagged #artistsatrisk, actor, AR, ar-safe haven residency, AR-Tunis, ARCovid19, ARCovid19EmergencyFund, Art Veda, director, perpetuum mobile, Syria, Theatre, Tunis
AR Resident – Rémi Sarmini
RĂ©mi Sarmini is a Syrian theatre director, actor, educator and founder of the theatre collective Tajroubeh Troupe. RĂ©mi graduated from the Higher Institute of Dramatic Art in Damascus in 2014. In the following years he continued to work as the … Continue reading
Posted in AR Covid-19 Emergency Fund, AR-Artist Bios, Map
Tagged #aralumnus, actor, ARCovid19, ARCovid19EmergencyFund, Art Veda, Covid19, director, educator, EL Teatro, First Class, freedomofexpression, freedomofspeech, humanrights, Khartoum, leavenoonebehind, Lebanon, liberationstruggles, play, RĂ©mi, RĂ©mi Sarmini, Sarmini, Sharjah Desert Festival, Syria, Syrian theatre, Tajroubeh Troupe, Tunis, Tunisia, UAE
AR- Safe Haven Helsinki Resident – Angela Aldebs
Angela Aldebs (1995) is a dancer and performance artist born and based in Damascus, Syria. She has collaborated with a number of Syrian artists on contemporary dance and theatrical performances in both Damascus and Beirut. After attending the Damascus Ballet … Continue reading
Posted in AR-Artist Bios, Map
Tagged #aralumnus, Aldebs, Angela Aldebs, AR, ar resident, ar safe haven helsinki, Ballet, Contemporary Dance, Damascus, Dancer, documentary, Finland, Finnish National Theatre, helsinki, performance, performer, Physical theatre, refugees, Suomen Kansallisteatteri, Syria, Theatre, Undocumented Love, Zodiak
Welcoming Angela Aldebs to AR-Safe Haven Helsinki
We warmly welcome Angela Aldebs as an Artists at Risk (AR) Resident at AR-Safe Haven Helsinki. Aldebs is a Syrian contemporary dancer and performance artist working in the fields of contemporary dance, ballet and physical theatre. Based in Damascus, … Continue reading
Posted in AR-Artist Events, NEWS
Tagged Aldebs, Angela Aldebs, AR, ar resident, ar safe haven helsinki, Ballet, Contemporary Dance, Damascus, Dancer, documentary, Finland, Finnish National Theatre, helsinki, performance, performer, Physical theatre, refugees, Suomen Kansallisteatteri, Syria, Theatre, Undocumented Love, Zodiak
Memories of Dead Cities / Syria: exhibition by Issa Touma
The exhibition Memories of Dead Cities / Syria takes us to the streets of Aleppo both before the war and in the midst of a war zone. Opening on Friday, 21 November, 6–8 pm at TR1 Kunsthalle, Tampere. Issa Touma from … Continue reading
Posted in Map, NEWS, Perpetuum, Timeline
Tagged AR, artist, exhibition, hiap, Issa Touma, Marita Muukkonen, Nordic Culture Point, perpetuum mobile, Syria
Issa Touma, AR-Resident at Safe Haven Helsinki (Nordic Fresh Air)
Issa Touma is a photographer and curator from Aleppo (Syria). His photographic work can be found in major museum collections, and his recent film “9 Days – From My Window in Aleppo” has received international accolades, including the European Short … Continue reading
Posted in AR-Artist Bios, AR-Artist Events, Map
Tagged #aralumnus, Aleppo, AR, artists at risk, Gävle, hiap, Issa Touma, Le Pont Organisation, Nordic Culture Point, Safe Haven, Safe Haven Helsinki, Syria