Celebrating Our Diversity Festival 14 – 28 May 2021
14.05.2021 - 28.05.2021
Event description
Welcome to Celebrating Our Diversity Festival from 14 to 28 May 2021!
The online festival programme includes concerts, dance, comedy, spoken words, storytelling, theatre and film screenings from Europe and the Middle East. Streaming will be live on Facebook and YouTube. The Festival is organized by the Finnish, Swedish, Lebanese and German ALF networks.
OHJELMA:
Friday 14.5.
Tarabband concert (Sweden) at 8 – 8.35 PM EET/Finnish time (postponed!)
Monday 17.5.
DIY Music workshop with Banda Internationale (Germany) at 6 – 7 PM EET/Finnish time** sign-up required
Song for Beirut with Cultural Street Association (Lebanon) at 8 PM EET/Finnish time
Zajal Poetry with Libanaises pour l’Égalité (Lebanon) at 9 PM EET/Finnish time
Tuesday 18.5.
Multilingual Hawa radio programme at Helsinki Open Waves (Finland) at 5 PM EET/Finnish time
(Re-run on 24 May @11 AM EET/Finnish time)
Wednesday 19.5.
Movies night | Alonely and Leftovers by Academy of Moving People and Images (Finland) at 7.30 – 8.30 PM EET/Finnish time ** sign-up required
Thursday 20.5.
From 8 to 10 PM EET/Finnish time:
Barrak Sabih storytelling (Lebanon)
Mebe comedian (Finland)
Diversion from World Dance Company (Sweden)
Elin Tellius concert (Sweden)
Tuqa Taher concert (Egypt)
Friday 21.5.
From 8 to 9.35 PM EET/Finnish time:
Spoken words by PEN (Lebanon)
Stand-up Comedy with Joe Eagen (Sweden)
Spoken words with Sara Rahmeh (Denmark/Palestine)
Kristina Issa concert (Sweden)
Monday 24.5.
DIY Music workshop with Banda Internationale (Germany) at 6 – 7 PM EET/Finnish time** sign-up required
Tuesday 25.5.
Multilingual Hawa radio programme at Helsinki Open Waves (Finland) at 11 AM EET/Finnish time
Re-run on 31 May at 5 PM EET/Finnish time
Wednesday 26.5.
Theatre workshop with Boat People Projekt (Germany) at 5–7 PM EET/Finnish time** sign-up required
Thursday 27.5.
From 9 PM EET/Finnish time:
Storytelling with Nassim Alwan (Lebanon)
Theatre Play “Where are we going now?!” with Tiro Arts (Lebanon)
Friday 28.5.
Sufi- jazz concert MA Rouf (Finland) at 8 – 8.30 PM EET/Finnish time
This 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.
