"Stories matter. Many stories matter. Stories have been used to dispossess and to malign, but stories can also be used to empower and to humanise." Chimamanda Adichie
#MindTheGap (Amman Edition) is a creative collaboration led by the National Museums of World Culture - Världskulturmuseerna (Sweden) together with House of Tales and Music (Jordan) and Agora for Arts and Culture (Egypt) with the support of the Swedish Institute Creative Force programme and the Swedish Foreign Department.
The project aims at creating a meeting point for dialogue, networking and creativity by using digital storytelling to advance equality and inclusion in Sweden, Egypt, Jordan and the MENA region.
On 31 October - 4 November, we had a workshop that brought together creative industry members from Sweden, Egypt and Jordan on the role of the creative sector in raising awareness about gender inequality, inclusion through arts and new media. We filmed 13 stories about gaps in our daily lives.
Filming & Editing - Kariem Saleh
The programme included interactive workshops and field visits to Jadal, Tajalla, Fann w Chai, Al Balad Theatre in Amman.
- Mapping and Reality Check on gender (in)equality (Emad Karim, UN Women)
- Communicating Impact (Chaymaa Ramzi, Agora for Arts & Culture and Emad Karim, UN Women)
- Half the World - working in complex environments (Reem Kassem, Agora for Arts & Culture). Watch the messages from our Mind the Gap participants on gender (in)equality.
- Civil Courage: Performative & Instrumental Actions (Sara Rajabi & Niki Chalusi, Everyday Civil Courage)
- Storytelling for more gender equal socities (Rabeea Al Nasser, House of Tales & Music)
In collaboration with Womanity Foundation, we hosted a public screening of B 100 Ragel show and talk on how we can leverage new media and storytelling as tools for gender equality in the MENA region. The event was hosted by Jadal for Knowledge and Culture on Thursday, 1 November 2018 from 18:30-21:30. Read more.
More information: rasha.shaaban(at)varldskulturmuseerna.se
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