Massar Association for Arts and Culture was founded by agroup of artists and Tunisian human rights activists
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The Association is characterized by being the only cultural and artistic Association in the city of Thala
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Use of the legal and artistic approach indeveloping the capabilities, knowledge, and skills of beneficiary groups, and support the capacity development programs, experimentation, production, and distribution in the field of theater, arts, and general culture
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Our partner Ettijahat is grounded in the belief that independent culture and arts are created in the core of great transition processes, even more, that they pave the way for them in a direct or indirect way. Ettijahat is grounded in the conviction that independent culture promotes active citizenship and encourages a change in behavior and not only ideas.
It is grounded in the conviction that Syria is multiple, diverse, intellectually productive, artistically authentic and always believing in culture to be the right of each Syrian citizen.
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In 2013 Mimeta and Prince Claus Fund joined forces in an attempt to develop synergies by publishing a joint geographical call for proposals. The call had a special focus on freedom of speech, censorship, marginalized groups and culture and conflict. 18 projects were selected from the call in total and below you will find the six projects co-funded by Mimeta.
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The project consists of organising meetings about literature to connect authors with the public. The invited authors engage in a discussion, concluding with a debate about the content of their literary work. Subsequently, a literary bulletin will be produced, that reflects on the meetings and provides a more extensive analysis of the presented works by eminent critics.
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MoLi documents hate crimes and abuse based on sexual orientation, gender expression or identity. MoLi encourages the LGBT community to express itself through art in order to fight against discrimination and promote tolerance, as well as to build confidence. The project Lutte Contre le Silence will initiate six artistic workshops focusing on poetry, writing, theatre, photography, drawing and singing under the guidance of established artists.
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Over the years, Cine droit libre has become a true space of expression, a tribune for the defence of human rights.
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Mobile Cinema: Taking Film to the Margins in Sudan
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A Master class in Khartoum that will lead to an exhibition and a publication. Participants are Sudanese photographers and photographers
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After the revolutions and the political changes in the Arab region, there was a big need to work on the development of the environment of the cultural work in the region, in order to empower the cultural sector to play an effective role in the process of democratization.
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The Abbara program is a comprehensive regional initiative, started in 2011, to build capacity in the independent cultural sector during the transitional period by offering multiple forms of support to selected organizations
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Hassala Films (‘hassala’ means money box in Arabic) is an independent production house that was formed in 2010 by a group of independent artists who share the same ideas and thoughts about working in low budget forms to produce long debut projects (fiction and documentary) for talented young artists who seek for a challenge in what they want to say and take the maximum risk regarding their artistic tools. We set up Hassala Films to support young artists achieve their dream projects by offering them free information, cameras, edit suits, actors and extras, locations and efficient independent crew members who can work in deferment or low rate of salaries.
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An independent group of volunteers established in 2008 in downtown Cairo. The main objective of the group is to create cultural and artistic mobility within neighborhoods that are deprived from any cultural activities. The idea is to improve skills by implementing workshops and fairs free of charge.
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Media Balady was as established by a group of volunteers from various artistic and cultural backgrounds in 2011. Main objective is to observe, document, publish and conduct media coverage for cultural and artistic events that do not abide by the market´s commercial criteria, and that do not attract the media, i.e. independent art and culture. After the Egyptian revolution the role of Media Balady became much more important by giving chance to the different talents to express themselves freely, as opposed to the mainstream media channels.
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Aims at redefining the persisting identity of the people of Port Said and other cities around the Suez Canal. This is achieved by adopting young artist´s initiatives addressing and interacting with socio-political issues, accommodating and presenting various performances; providing training services to young artists, exposing and linking them with older artists to improve their skills; and by creating a media network that support cultural and artistic initiatives as well as contributing in building the capacity of people working in the media sector.
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“Our vision, mission, target groups. Final beneficiaries, annual planning, communication tools and communication role: I understood a lot during the cultural management workshop that Abbara organized, but I also relaised that there is still a lot to learn” -Rana, communication and PR officer at Rézodanse, A local Alexandria initiative aiming to revive the dancing Egyptian tradition and reintegrating it to the local culture. The objective is to induce the spirit of tolerance among the local community by accepting and promoting dance.
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The Ard El Lewa neighbourhood “is a section of that mushrooming belt of slums surrounding Greater Cairo” according to Artellewa Director, Hamdy Reda. And this is what gave rise to the creation of Artellewa as a space for art that directly serves the people of the neighbourhood, so as to link them with the broader cultural scene in Cairo and the world at large. In addition to hosting art exhibits and installations for artists, Artellewa offer painting workshops for children, mime workshops and creative writing workshops for imaginative youth aged 15 to 25.
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Al-Resala Centre offers programs such as the Dissemination of Culture for School Children, The Role of School Journalism in Supporting Democracy, Youth and Camera, and the Vanguard of the Future Choir project. Al-Resala is developing journalism in the provinces and small local communities in order to generate greater transparency, empowerment and efficacy in remedying the problems particular to each small town. The workshops are the first step towards building a strong and influential local press capable of bringing facts to the light.
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Janaklees is supporting independent cinema and visual arts. All programs by Janaklees aim to support artists and media professionals who collectively form the boom in the filmmaking movement in Alexandria. The organization has organized numerous events, such as photography exhibits, screenplay writers workshops and visual writing workshops.
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