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Wa Habibi: Syria, 2012-2015. Photographs by Carole Alfarah
From September 07, 2017 until October 11, 2017
BARCELONA
Casa Elizalde (at Carrer València, 302).
The exhibition has come to Barcelona with the cooperation of IEMed and
Casa Elizalde, after being presented at Casa Árabe’s headquarters in
Madrid and Cordoba, within the framework of the Cordoba Photography
Biennial.
The exhibition “Wa Habibi” (Oh, My Love) includes a selection of images by Syrian photographer Carole Alfarah, taken from 2012 through 2015 on a series of trips to the country which the photographer was forced to leave. None of these photographs shows the different sides in the war, the weapons, violence or exile; they simply show, with a sensitivity beyond normal, a human condition altered in times of conflict, silent and tenacious.
OTHER ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE EXHIBITION
CONCERT BY GANI MIRZO AND NEILA BENBEY
Thursday, September 28 at 8:00 p.m.
Gani Mirzo left Syria to flee the repression of the Kurdish people. His interest in flamenco led him to Barcelona, where he began to create a fusion of sounds from East and West. At this concert, his Arabic oud will be accompanied by the smooth voice of Neila Benbey, one of the best-known Algerian singers in Barcelona’s Mediterranean music scene.
VOICES FROM SYRIA
Thursday, October 5 at 7:00 p.m.
A dialogue between Lurdes Vidal, director of the Arab World area at IEMed, and Dr. Nour Salameh, the UNESCO Chair for Intercultural Dialogue in the Mediterranean at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV).
Further information is provided on the websites of IEMed and Casa Elizalde.
OTHER ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE EXHIBITION
CONCERT BY GANI MIRZO AND NEILA BENBEY
Thursday, September 28 at 8:00 p.m.
Gani Mirzo left Syria to flee the repression of the Kurdish people. His interest in flamenco led him to Barcelona, where he began to create a fusion of sounds from East and West. At this concert, his Arabic oud will be accompanied by the smooth voice of Neila Benbey, one of the best-known Algerian singers in Barcelona’s Mediterranean music scene.
VOICES FROM SYRIA
Thursday, October 5 at 7:00 p.m.
A dialogue between Lurdes Vidal, director of the Arab World area at IEMed, and Dr. Nour Salameh, the UNESCO Chair for Intercultural Dialogue in the Mediterranean at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV).
Further information is provided on the websites of IEMed and Casa Elizalde.
