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    Magazine


    Middle East / Colonial history / Migration / Palestine / Political Climate /

    Antisemitism, anti-Palestinian racism and Europe: A plea for a critical and democratic debate
    Amsterdam Noord / Iran / Middle East / Residencies /

    Framer Framed welcomes resident researcher Elham Puriya Mehr
    Palestine / Bookshop Selection / Colonial history / Middle East / Political Climate /

    Reading List & Films on the Palestinian experience and struggle for liberation
    Podcast / Citizenship / Chile / Middle East / Palestine / Political Climate /

    Podcast: From Allende to Gaza - Claiming the Agency of the People
    Contested Heritage / Middle East / Palestine /

    Report: Live Conversation HOME #4: The Politics of autonomous art
    Contested Heritage / Middle East / Migration / Palestine /

    Verslag: Live Conversation HOME #3: Constructing home
    Middle East / Palestine /

    Your Art Work in Gaza, the Rubble House
    Palestine / Middle East / Contested Heritage /

    Report: Live Conversation HOME #2: The Nakba, Heritage and Cultural Memory in Palestine
    Middle East / Innovative heritage /

    Report: Who decides if, and how, destroyed cultural heritage will be reconstructed in Syria and Iraq?
    The living archive / Middle East / New media / Politics and technology /

    Report: Public Debate 'Vox Populi and The Syrian Archive'
    Education / Middle East /

    Irbid Exchange - A digital exchange project between the Netherlands and Jordan
    Crisis of History #03 – Beyond History (2015). Poster design: Reza Abedini
    Iran / Middle East /

    Interview: Elham Puriya Mehr about the exhibition 'Crisis of History'
    Curatorial Text / Innovative heritage / Institutional Critique / Iran / Middle East /

    Curatorial Statemements: Elham Puriya Mehr and Robert Kluijver on Crisis of History #3
    Middle East /

    Review: What’s left of the modernist dream?
    Middle East /

    Video: The View of the East (Dutch)

    Exhibitions


    Exhibition: Monument Zero

    Artist Katayoon Barzegar draws on scarce archival materials from the 1979 International Women’s Day protests in Iran to build a bridge between past and present feminist struggles

    Exhibition: Past Disquiet

    Curated by Kristine Khouri and Rasha Salti, this documentary and archival exhibition uncovers a largely forgotten history of politically engaged artists and initiatives

    Exhibition: Taking Stock

    by Mariam Elnozahy, Wouter Osterholt, Elke Uitentuis

    Exhibition: HOME

    With work by Marjan Teeuwen, Ezz Al Zanoon and Rawan Mahady, curated by Meta Knol

    Exhibition: Crisis of History #3 - Beyond History

    Curated by Robert Kluiver and Elham Puriyamehr

    Exhibition: Crisis of History #2 - Fight History

    Curated by Robert Kluijver

    Exhibition: Crisis of History #1 - Welcome to the End of History

    Curated by Robert Kluijver

    Agenda


    Book Presentation: Open Archief 4.0 – A History that Never Arrived
    Final publication launch of the Open Archief residency project with researcher Wassila Abboud and decolonial feminist theorist Françoise Vergès
    Presentation: Open Archief 4.0 with mo Futures and Wassila Abboud
    Final event Open Archief 2025-2026, a collaborative project that explores the potentials of making archival material accessible
    Book Launch: This Queer Arab Family
    An evening focussed on a book that explores how queer Arab communities reimagine family beyond traditional expectations
    Re:Use Clinic - The Question of Culture
    A conversation on the legacies of the MENA and Iranian Left within archive collections and heritage institutions.
    Checkpoint Time: Architectures of Control and Resistance
    A workshop and seminar that critically examines spatial instruments of Israeli domination in Palestine – as well as the possibilities for resistance embedded within them
    Finissage: Past Disquiet
    On Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 May, Framer Framed concludes the exhibition Past Disquiet with a full weekend programme
    Exhibition: Past Disquiet
    Curated by Kristine Khouri and Rasha Salti, this documentary and archival exhibition uncovers a largely forgotten history of politically engaged artists and initiatives
    Film screening: Past Disquiet at Het Documentaire Paviljoen
    On 11 May at Het Documentaire Paviljoen, curator Rasha Salti presents two films to accompany the exhibition Past Disquiet
    Printmaking workshop: Past Disquiet
    Screen printing and colouring workshops led by changing artists and initiatives, as part of the exhibition Past Disquiet
    Guided Tour: Past Disquiet
    Guided tour of the exhibition, highlighting the connection between cultural practice and political action
    Screening: What the Olive Branch Has Seen
    Screening and discussion of a film selection revolving around transnational solidarity.
    Reconstruction and Spatial Justice in Palestine
    Seminar interrogating the role of architecture in reproducing cycles of destruction and domination in Palestine
    Exhibition: Monument Zero
    Artist Katayoon Barzegar draws on scarce archival materials from the 1979 International Women’s Day protests in Iran to build a bridge between past and present feminist struggles
    From Archives to Exhibition Scenography: Notes on Past Disquiet
    The event focuses on the history and design Past Disquiet, which has been travelling the world since its first edition in 2015
    Opening: Past Disquiet
    Opening of the exhibition Past Disquiet with an introduction by curator Rasha Salti and a performance by protest song choir Verzet per Couplet
    In conversation with Jodi Dean, Michael Hardt and Sandro Mezzadra about student protests and Gaza
    Two events organised by Critical Conversation Collective, together with the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis and Framer Framed
    A Blow to the Snake Here: A conversation around Indigenous and Palestinian struggles
    A dialogue on art, resistance and solidarity as part of Leanne Betasamosake Simpson's residency at the Academy of Theatre and Dance
    Symposium: Stressing Solidarity - Witnessing Palestine through Art and Architecture
    A symposium on Palestinian art and cultural heritage initiated by the Teach-in Series workgroup of the Amsterdam School of Cultural Analysis
    MAKAN Journal - Manufacturing Narratives, Manufacturing Consent
    A presentation by MAKAN Journal
    Opening: Taking Stock
    Exhibition Opening with artist Elke Uitentuis
    Exhibition: Taking Stock
    by Mariam Elnozahy, Wouter Osterholt, Elke Uitentuis
    Framer Framed invites New Radicalism
    Presentatie van nieuwe talenten op het gebied van digitale kunst en cultuur uit het Midden-Oosten, Noord-Afrika en diaspora
    Citizenship & Cultural Production #2: In-between
    With Yara Said and Shailoh Phillips.
    Live conversation HOME #4: The politics of autonomous art
    A panel discussion in the context of the exhibition 'HOME' about the supposed neutrality of autonomous art
    Live conversation HOME #3: The political construction of HOME
    An event in the context of the exhibition 'Home' on the construction of home in a context of violence and destruction.
    Live conversation HOME #2: The Nakba, Heritage and Cultural Memory
    Event in the context of the exhibition 'HOME'.
    Live conversation HOME #1: Imaginations of HOME
    An event in the context of exhibition HOME.
    Exhibition: HOME
    With work by Marjan Teeuwen, Ezz Al Zanoon and Rawan Mahady, curated by Meta Knol
    Lecture: On the (re)construction of cultural heritage in Syria and Iraq
    Lecture by Nour Munawar, in the context of exhibition As If.
    Documentary: 'From My Syrian Room'
    Directed by Hazem Alhamwi.
    Book launch: Sadik Kwaish Alfraji
    Edited by curator and critic Nat Muller.
    Program surrounding the Crisis of History #3 exhibition
    During the exhibition Crisis of History #3 - Beyond History there will be a special event on every Tuesday night with film screenings, lectures and guided tours.
    Exhibition: Crisis of History #3 - Beyond History
    Curated by Robert Kluiver and Elham Puriyamehr
    Presentation from Syrious Mission
    On a Dutch organisation in Jordan, that connects Syrian refugees with the local community.
    Artist Talk with Tammam Azzam en Shadi al Zaqzouq
    Panel discussion with participating artists in the exhibition Crisis of History #2.
    Program surrounding the exhibition Crisis of History #2
    Every Tuesday there is a public program related to the exhibition of films, performances, artist talks and debate.
    Exhibition: Crisis of History #2 - Fight History
    Curated by Robert Kluijver
    Renaissance #2 - WithSyria
    A multidisciplairy program with music, debate and visual arts. The program is an initiative of Framer Framed in collaboration with Rajae El Mouhandiz.
    Panel discussion: Iraqi Stories
    Framer Framed organizes in cooperation with Cineblend and Dancing on the Edge an evening with artists from Iraq.
    Program surrounding the exhibition Crisis of History #1
    Film, theatre, literature, music, debate, guided tours and art criticism.
    Exhibition: Crisis of History #1 - Welcome to the End of History
    Curated by Robert Kluijver