Requiem for justice 2024 in Podium Mozaïek

Program on September 22 in Podium Mozaïek

12:00 o'clock

Rasha Hilwi & Nafiss NiaStories - Stories of Thyme and Saffron - Cooking show in the context of Requiem for Justice.

Rasha Hilwi (Palestine/Netherlands), writer, DJ and mother, and Nafiss Nia (Iran/Netherlands), poet and storyteller, will tell stories about recipes from their life journeys and share delicious flavours from Palestine and Iran with the audience in Amsterdam. The storytelling will be led by Naeeda Aurangzeb (Pakistan/Netherlands).

12:00 o'clock

This is Gaza - Various artists

An exhibition of 22 poems and literary texts written by poets during the bombings in Gaza from October 7 to December 20, 2023.

2:00 PM

Poetry recital - Iain Ewok Robinson, Charles Amblard, Sarah Clanchy, Charles Ducal.

Iain Ewok Robinson of Eon The Mod brings poetry to the accompaniment of music by French composer Charles Amblard. As Poetry Slam champion, his hip-hop influenced poetry explores the tension of organic existence in a plastic society, challenging consumer capitalism with artisanal authenticity. Eon The Mod evades artificial intelligence with intelligent artifice.

Known for her warm and witty poetry, Sarah Clancy touches on themes of social justice, love, nature, and more.

Charles Ducal - appointed the first Belgian Poet Laureate in 2014 - presents his acclaimed, award-winning poetry.

16:00

Noora Niasari - Shayda - Winner of the World Cinema Audience Award Sundance 2023

The film Shayda follows an Iranian mother who finds shelter in an Australian shelter with her daughter. During the Persian New Year, the return of her estranged husband endangers their newfound freedom. In collaboration with Film Lab Palestine. Attention! There is also a combi ticket available for the film Shayda (16:00) + concert Poetry & Music (19:00)

19:00

Poetry & Music - Nafiss Nia, Nizar Rohana, Khorshid Dadbeh, Huda Asfour & Alsarah.

Persian, Sudanese & Palestinian music and poetry about connectedness & hope. Nafiss Nia, an Iranian-Dutch filmmaker, poet and cultural entrepreneur, recites her poetry. As director of the Amsterdam Granate Foundation, she produces programs such as Words That Matter, which promotes cultural inclusivity in film and literature.

Palestinian musician Nizar Rohana presents his new album Safa (purity) and enters into a musical dialogue with Persian sitar and tar player Korshid Dadbeh. Huda Asfour (Palestine) and Alsarah (Sudan) testify to the shared history of the Sudanese and Palestinian struggle for freedom with their concert 'Ne3ma' (named after the title of a song from Sudanese revolutionary music from the 1980s and 1990s).

Poetry by Nafiss Nia (Netherlands/Iran)

Safa, Concert by Nizar Rohana (Palestine), with Khorshid Dadbeh (Iran)

Ne3ma, Concert by Huda Asfour (Palestine) and Alsarah (Sudan)

Attention! There is also a combination ticket available for the film Shayda (4:00 PM) + concert Poetry & Music (7:00 PM)

10:00 PM

Better Late is a jam session for Amsterdam musicians who play music from Iran or Palestine.