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A week with Hands Up Festival

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by Tarcisio Tourinho

Welcome in The Diasporic Library!

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"I knew about racism, I knew about homophobia, and I knew about Islamophobia before the publication of my book. What I didn't know then was what great power resided in the act of expressing oneself freely and daring to speak from the heart publicly about these issues."

TASHWEESH FESTIVAL READ
Fatima Daas kicked off the second edition of Tashweesh Festival with a keynote that delves into her lived experiences of being a young, immigrant, muslim, queer writer in France. 

TASHWEESH FESTIVAL 2022

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by Miles Fischler, Lyse Ishimwe & Elena Majecki 28.09.2022 — 8.10.2022 Tashweesh Festival Brussels

Car Free Sunday 2022

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by Mélanie Musisi. Street party at burscebur! 18.09.2022

tashweesh talks 2022

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hosted by Nadia Kara

Trans-Utopia’s

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Connect to the powerful energy of trans-imaginaries. With Robin Brettar and Jihan Imago.

Radical Body Politics

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Feminist, queer and crip alliances. With Shahin Mohammad and Josefien Cornette.

Feminism and Revolution

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The revolution will be feminist. With Bochra Triki and Eva van Redecker.

The Future of Festivals

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Tashweesh Festival brings together experienced organizers for a provocative rethinking of the festival landscape. With Bochra Triki, Camille Khoury, Bouchra Lamsyeh and Tania El Khoury.

Woman of Colour in the Music Industry.

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Womxn of colour burst the industry’s misogynist bubble. With Sara Dziri and Soumaya Phéline.

on being a mother & a DJ w/ Bledarte

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Three grandes dames of Brussels’ nightlife scene talk about being a mom and a DJ and how the two relate.

on rethinking and creating safer spaces in nightlife w/ Mothers & Daughters

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Several collectives active in building community through nightlife come together to discuss and rethink the creation and maintenance of safer nightlife spaces.  

On navigating nightlife and festivals as Black People w/ Black History Month Belgium

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On the (re)appropriation of black aesthetics in music and nightlife w/ Black History Month & Vice

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How have elements of Black cultures been (re)appropriated in fashion and nightlife?

On the (re)appropriation of queer aesthetics in music and nightlife w/ VICE & The Belgian Pride

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From genderbending fashion to pinkwashing cishet artists, let’s have a conversation on the (re)appropriation of queer aesthetics in mainstream music.

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