Planet Ears Festival

Founded in 2019 as a collaboration between Alte Feuerwache and the Kulturamt Mannheim.

Planet Ears is a festival and regional platform that challenges stereotypical depictions of migrant music in Germany through their curatorial approach and outreach programme. This includes in open-air events, concerts, panels, and artist residencies. As the curator for the symposium and interactive programme, I organise art-based workshops, panel discussions, community labs and sound installations.

Previous Collaborations: Irtijal (Lebanon), Norient (Switzerland), Al-Balad Theatre (Jordan), Ore Arts Collective (Germany)

Performers: 47 Soul, Oum, Alyona Alyona, DakhaBrakha, Altın Gün, Mohammad Reza Mortazavi, Burnt Friedman, Shkoon, Mourtafa3 1000, Lekhfa, Rabih Beaini, Christine Abdelnour, Joss Turnbull, Claus Boesser-Ferrari (and more)

Workshops: Circuit Bending with Hardi Kurda, Performing our Archives, Community Lab with Abir Al Laham

Panel Discussions: Sound and Displacement with Jamila Al-Yousef and Zeina Azouqah, Women in Avantgarde with Christine Abdelnour and Emilie Škrijelj, The Politics of Sampling with Hannes Liechti and Joy Frempong (and more)