Please find below the programme of the Celebrating Our Diversity Festival on 17–28 May 2021. The Festival has plenty of interesting cultural programmes from Europe and the Middle East. It is organized by the Finnish, Swedish, German and Lebanese ALF networks.
PROGRAMME:
(times in EET, Helsinki and Beirut time)
DIY Music workshop and Lebanese songs and poetry on Monday 17 May
At 6 pm:
-DIY Music workshop with Banda Internationale (Germany) ** sign-up required
At 8 pm:
-Song for Beirut with Cultural Street Association (Lebanon)
At 9 pm:
-Zajal Poetry with Libanaises pour l'Égalité (Lebanon)
Multilingual radio program on Tuesday 18 May at 5–7 pm
Want to get new favorites to your music playlist? Tune into the multilingual radio program HAWA that includes songs from Europe, North Africa and the Middle East! Listen to HAWA on Helsinki Open Waves (Finland).
Movie night on Wednesday 19 May at 7:30 pm
Join us for the screening of the short films "Alonely" by Fiona Musanga and "Leftovers" by Shahi Derky and a Q&A session with the directors. (Finland) ** sign-up required
Lebanese storytelling, the funniest Kurd in Finland, and Egyptian tarab concert on Thursday 20 May
At 8 pm:
-Barrak Sabih storytelling (Lebanon)
-Mebe comedian, the funniest Kurd in Finland (Finland)
-Diversion from World Dance Company (Sweden)
-Elin Tellius concert (Sweden)
At 9 pm:
-Tuqa Taher tarab concert (Egypt)
Spoken words from Lebanon, Swedish stand-up comedy, and the concert of Kristina Issa with stories from Syria on Friday 21 May
At 8 pm:
-Spoken words by PEN (Lebanon)
-Stand-up Comedy with Joe Eagen (Sweden)
-Spoken words with Sara Rahmeh (Denmark/Palestine)
At 9 pm:
-Kristina Issa concert (Sweden)
DIY Music workshop on Monday 24 May at 6 - 7 pm
DIY Music workshop with Banda Internationale (Germany) ** sign-up required
Multilingual radio program on Tuesday 25 May at 11 am
Want to get new favorites to your music playlist? Tune into the multilingual radio program HAWA that includes songs from Europe, North Africa and the Middle East! Listen to HAWA on Helsinki Open Waves (Finland).
Interactive theatre workshop on Wednesday 26 May at 5–7 pm
Theatre workshop with Boat People Projekt (Germany) ** sign-up required
Lebanese storytelling and theatre on Thursday 27 May
At 9 pm:
-Storytelling with Nassim Alwan (Lebanon)
-Theatre Play “Where are we going now?!” with Tiro Arts (Lebanon)
Tarabband and MA Rouf concerts on Friday 28 May
At 8 pm:
-Tarabband Concert (Sweden)
-Sufi-jazz concert MA Rouf (Finland)
The programme will be streamed on Celebrating Our Diversity page and is free of charge.
The Celebrating Our Diversity Festival is brought to you by the National Museums of World Culture (Sweden), Finnish Institute of the Middle East (Finland), Centre for Cultural and General Studies at Karlsruhe University (Germany) and Lebanese National Commision for UNESCO (Lebanon) with the support of the Anna Lindh Foundation, European Union, Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
