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Khadija Baker
Khadija Baker is a Syrian Kurdish and Canadian artist and performer who lives in Montreal. Her multimedia work reflects her own experiences of forced displacement and trauma and has been shown globally including at the Atassi Foundation at Alserkal, Dubai, the 3rd Istanbul International Triennial, Istanbul, Turkey; the 6th DocuAsia Forum, Vancouver, Canada; the 12th International Exile Film Festival, Gothenburg, Sweden; the 27th Instant Video festival, Marseille, France; the inaugural Syria Contemporary Art Fair, Beirut, Lebanon; the 17th CONTACT Photo Festival, Toronto, Canada; the 18th Biennale of Sydney, Australia; the 6th OFTTA festival, Montréal, Canada; the 10th International Diaspora Film Festival, Toronto, Canada; Alwan gallery New York, USA; and the official exhibition marking Damascus’ role as the 2008 UNESCO Arab Capital of Culture, Damascus, Syria – as well as well as group shows in Vienna, Austria; Paris, France; Berlin, Germany; Delhi, India; Beirut, Lebanon; Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amûdê
Amuda ( ar, عَامُودَا, ʿĀmūdā, ku, ئاموودێ, Amûdê) is a town in Al Hasakah Governorate in northeastern Syria close to the Syria–Turkey border. As a result of the ongoing civil war, Amuda is currently under the civil control of the AANES and military control of the SDF and Syrian Army. History There are two tells in the area; one inside Amuda itself, and the other on the Turkish side of the border, three kilometers north of the city. In older and some modern literature, the tell inside Amuda is named Tell Amuda, but for locals its name is Tell Shermola, while the tell on the Turkish side is the real Tell Amuda, which had its name changed by the Turkish authorities to Tell Kemaliya. Tell Shermola revealed evidence for a limited occupation dating to the third millennium BC. Middle Assyrian period Archaeological evidence from Shermola dating to the middle Assyrian period reveal that the city was inhabited by Assyrians as early as the reign of Shalmanes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muzna Dureid
Muzna Dureid (born 1991) is a Syrian human rights activist and former refugee, based in Montreal, Canada. Shortly after her uncle was assassinated at the start of the Syria Civil War, Dureid and her family fled the country. She relocated to Canada after seeking asylum while attending an Ottawa conference. Dureid founded the ''Women Refugees, not Captives'' campaign and the ''Indigenous – Refugees'' movement. She was a 2022 recipient of the first International Development Research Centre's ''Canada's women, peace, and security'' award. Early life Dureid was born in 1991 in Damascus. She has both an older and a two-years-younger brother named Monzer. Adult life In Syria She was studying the work of Molière at Damascus University when the Syrian Civil War started. Her uncles and cousins were arrested while attending street protests against the government. Several months later, another uncle was assassinated during a street demonstration. As a refugee Her famil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
