Halaqat

Halaqat The project is funded by the European Union and implemented by Goethe-Institut. And how do people deal with this?

Exploring cultural links between Europe and the Arab world

Europe and the Arab world are two rapidly changing regions, each with specific and varied local social, economic and political realities, but above all with many connections, historical and present. Building on these connections, the Goethe-Institut and Bozar are launching the project Halaqat. Halaqat – which in Arabic means multiple link

s and circles – aims to strengthen these entanglements and build bridges between both regions. Diverse voices of emerging and renowned artists, cultural actors and experts are brought together to approach a number of themes from their own perspective. Going beyond the idea of a simple invitation, Halaqat aims to stimulate the artists from both regions to create art together. With 'Politics of Spaces and Bodies' as their leitmotiv, they tell stories of power, limitation and impact over spaces and bodies, a theme that remains highly topical. What is the place of public and private space in both regions and in the different countries? How will we soon experience physical and digital space? The notion of bodies, in turn, relates to issues of gender, power, bodily contact, mobility and the role of body language. Can we continue to cooperate and listen to each other in this time of pandemic - when mobility is not only limited by visas, but also by all kinds of sanitary measures? These are just some of the topics that Halaqat will be addressing in the coming months, without claiming to have a definitive answer or solution. Each question might give way to a new issue or chapter, which Europe and the Arab world will continue to write together, towards a future influenced by artists from both regions. We invite you to join us at events at Bozar and all over Brussels: from public discussions, film screenings, over concerts and performances, to visual arts exhibitions. A festival in the autumn of 2022 will conclude this inspiring Halaqat project. Local Halaqat partners in Brussels and in the Arab world:
• Film: Atelier Graphoui, Cinemaximiliaan and NAAS - Network of Arab Alternative Screens
• Media arts: iMAL and Cairotronica
• Music: Werkplaats Walter and Amman Jazz Festival
• Performance: La Bellone, Théâtre Marni and Studio 8 - Curator : Nedjma Hadj Benchelabi

Halaqat started in 2021 as a grant co-financed by the European Union (under the designation: EU-LAS CULTURE), the Goethe-Institut and Bozar - Centre for Fine Arts Brussels. The project was implemented by the Goethe-Institut in collaboration with Bozar from 01.02.2021 until 31.01.2023. Halaqat continues in 2023 with its own funds and with activities in Europe and in the Arab worlds. Its contents are the sole responsibility of the organisers and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union.


تحرّي واقع الروابط الثقافية بين أوروبا والعالم العربي


يطلق معهد جوته ومركز الفنون الجميلة في بروكسل (بوزار) مشروع ”حلقات“. يسعى مشروع حلقات إلى جمع الفنانات والفنانين والخبراء من كلا المنطقتين.

تُعتبر أوروبا والعالم العربي من المناطق التي تشهد تحولا سريعا. لكل منهما ظروفها الاجتماعية والاقتصادية والسياسية الخاصة . وعلى الرغم من ذلك، تجمعهما الكثيرمن الروابط التاريخية والحاضرة. ومشروع حلقات يهدف - كما يشير إلى ذلك معناه بالعربية - إلى تعزيز هذه الروابط وإقامة الجسور بين المنطقتين.

في هذا السياق، سيجتمع مبدعون في الثقافة والفن من الجيل الصاعد يعرفهم الجمهور لتناول ومناقشة مواضيع مختلفة من وجهة نظرهم الخاصة. ليس مشروع حلقات مجرد دعوة عابرة، إنه يطمح إلى تشجيع الفنانات والفنانين من المنطقتَين على الإبداع الفني المشترك.

الموضوع الأساسي في المشروع هو "سياسة الفضاءات والأجساد ».
سيروي الفنانون والفنانات حكايات حول هذا موضوع وما يتعلق به: السلطة والحدود السياسية وتأثير السلطة على الفضاءات والأجساد نفسها. لا تزال تلك المواضيع تحظى اليوم باهتمام كبير.

ما هو حكم العام والخاص في كلا المنطقتين على اختلاف دولهما ؟
وكيف يتعامل الناس مع هذا الأمر ؟
كيف سنفهم تجربتَي الجسد والفضاء الرقمي في مستقبل قريب ؟ مع العلم أن مفهوم الجسد مرتبط بقضايا الجندر ولغة الجسد والسلطة وإمكانية الانتقال بين مختلف المناطق.

هل بإمكاننا أن نتعاون ونصغي إلى بعضنا البعض في زمن الجائحة ، بما أن مسألة التنقل لا ترتبط فقط بصعوبة الحصول على تأشيرات الدخول، بل كذلك بكافة الإجراءات الصحية؟

هذه بعض المواضيع التي سنتناولها في سياق مشروع حلقات في الأشهر المقبلة، وإن لم يكن بإمكاننا الإجابة على جميع الإسئلة المطروحة أو تقديم حل نهائي.

قد يطرح كل موضوع بمفرده كثيرا من الأسئلة الجديدة، التي لا بد لأوروبا والعالم العربي الاجابة عليها لكي يبنيا معاً مستقبلاً مغايرا، يلعب فيه الفنانات والفنانون دوراً مهمّاً.

ندعوكم للانضمام إلينا في فعاليات بوزار وأماكن أخرى من بروكسل : مناقشات عامة، عروض أفلام، حفلات موسيقية ومعارض للفنون البصرية. سنختتم فعاليات مشروع حلقات بمهرجان نقيمه في خريف عام ٢٠٢٢.

شركاء حلقات في بروكسل وفي العالم العربي:
• السينما : أتيليه جرافيوي، سينيماكسيميليان وناس
• فنون الإعلام : إيمال و كايروترونيكا
• الموسيقى : ويرك بلاتس والتر ومهرجان عمان جاز
• الفنون الأدائية : لا بيلون، مسرح مارني و ستوديو ٨


بدأت حلقات عام 2021 بفضل التمويل المشترك من الاتحاد الأوروبي* ومعهد جوته وبوزار - مركز الفنون الجميلة في بروكسل. تم تنفيذ المشروع من قبل معهد جوته بالتعاون مع بوزار من 01.02.2021 حتى 31.01.2023. تستمر حلقات خلال عام 2023 بأموالها الخاصة وستقوم بتنظيم أنشطة في أوروبا والعالم العربي. يتحمل المنظمون المسؤولية الكاملة عن محتويات المشروع التي لا تعكس بالضرورة وجهات نظر الاتحاد الأوروبي.

*(EU-LAS Culture تحت التسمية)

| Halaqat - Lebanon |✨Introducing the selected projects in Lebanon, that that engage with care through film, storytellin...
07/06/2026

| Halaqat - Lebanon |
✨Introducing the selected projects in Lebanon, that that engage with care through film, storytelling, feminist practice, heritage preservation, and socially engaged performance.

🔸In A Letter to Myself, filmmaker Omar Gabriel explores the lives of individuals living at the margins of Lebanese society, creating space for reflection on identity, vulnerability, social mobility, and the structural realities that shape people’s lives.

🔸Through The Silk Keepers, Mona Ayoub revives oral storytelling traditions and endangered craft knowledge, following the last family of silkworm breeders and silk makers through a richly illustrated children’s story.

🔸Take a Breath, developed by Studio Nasawe, supports women working in care and educational roles in Baalbek-Hermel through feminist workshops, creative expression, and collective approaches to well-being.

🔸Meanwhile, Khadimatan by Lama Amine reimagines Jean Genet’s The Maids through a Lebanese lens, exploring experiences of labour, care, race, and identity through theatre while creating space for dialogue and underrepresented perspectives.

Together, these projects examine care as a practice of resistance, remembrance, solidarity, and social transformation, opening space for critical conversations and new forms of collective support.

| Halaqat - Lebanon |✨Introducing the selected projects in Lebanon, the projects engage with care through movement, femi...
05/06/2026

| Halaqat - Lebanon |

✨Introducing the selected projects in Lebanon, the projects engage with care through movement, feminist memory, visual storytelling, and experimental sound.

🔶The Artivism Bridge: Generations in Dialogue, by Hunna Arts and Culture connects feminist artistic and activist histories across generations, transforming archives into living spaces of exchange and solidarity.

🔶 Not Yours to Make, by photographer Elsie Haddad in collaboration with women in Lebanon, creating a photo zine that combines visual storytelling, testimony, and access to reproductive health information.

🔶 Ma‘ālib Qādima a movement-based interventions in public space, by Chris Tegho reimagines play as a practice of care and collective resistance.

🔶 Signal, by Beirut Synthesizer Center brings together emerging artists working with experimental sound, fostering care, community, and collective listening while amplifying underrepresented voices in Beirut’s independent music scene.

Together, these projects explore how artistic practices can create spaces for dialogue, visibility, collective memory, and new forms of care.

Stay tuned for Part 2, where we introduce four more supported projects from Lebanon.

| Halaqat - Morocco |✨ Meet the second group of resident artists at Queens Collective, Marrakech.Focusing on parenthood,...
04/06/2026

| Halaqat - Morocco |
✨ Meet the second group of resident artists at Queens Collective, Marrakech.

Focusing on parenthood, caregiving, and artistic creation, the residency offers a space where care is not separate from artistic practice, but part of how artists research, create, and connect.
This residency welcomes artists whose work engages with care in its many forms—through memory, healing, storytelling, collective practices, and lived experience.

Meet the Artist:
🎭 Salma Said (Cairo/Berlin) is an artist and activist working across performance, media art, and research. Her current work explores motherhood as a site of resistance, alongside long-standing interests in care, participation, and feminist practices.

Together, they join Queens Collective to continue developing projects that reflect on care as a personal, social, and artistic practice.

| Halaqat - Morocco |✨ Meet the second group of resident artists at Queens Collective, Marrakech.Focusing on parenthood,...
04/06/2026

| Halaqat - Morocco |
✨ Meet the second group of resident artists at Queens Collective, Marrakech.

Focusing on parenthood, caregiving, and artistic creation, the residency offers a space where care is not separate from artistic practice, but part of how artists research, create, and connect.
This residency welcomes artists whose work engages with care in its many forms—through memory, healing, storytelling, collective practices, and lived experience.

Meet the Artist:
🎬 Noémie Hakim-Serfaty is a French director and editor of Moroccan and Syrian-Lebanese heritage whose work explores women’s histories, matrilineal memory, exile, and cultural transmission through documentary and hybrid storytelling.

Together, they join Queens Collective to continue developing projects that reflect on care as a personal, social, and artistic practice.

| Halaqat - Morocco |✨ Meet the second group of resident artists at Queens Collective, Marrakech.Focusing on parenthood,...
03/06/2026

| Halaqat - Morocco |
✨ Meet the second group of resident artists at Queens Collective, Marrakech.

Focusing on parenthood, caregiving, and artistic creation, the residency offers a space where care is not separate from artistic practice, but part of how artists research, create, and connect.

This residency welcomes artists whose work engages with care in its many forms—through memory, healing, storytelling, collective practices, and lived experience.

🌿 Anguezomo Nzé Mba Bikoro (Gabon) is a visual artist, curator, writer, and holistic practitioner whose work brings together ancestral healing, decolonial histories, community care, and collective transformation.

🎬 Noémie Hakim-Serfaty is a French director and editor of Moroccan and Syrian-Lebanese heritage whose work explores women’s histories, matrilineal memory, exile, and cultural transmission through documentary and hybrid storytelling.

🎭 Salma Said (Cairo/Berlin) is an artist and activist working across performance, media art, and research. Her current work explores motherhood as a site of resistance, alongside long-standing interests in care, participation, and feminist practices.

Together, they join Queens Collective to continue developing projects that reflect on care as a personal, social, and artistic practice.

جمعت الندوة التشاركية ‘’إعادة صياغة السرديات: أصوات نسائية و نقل ثقافي » فنانات ومشاركات حول السرديات التي تحملها النساء...
02/06/2026

جمعت الندوة التشاركية ‘’إعادة صياغة السرديات: أصوات نسائية و نقل ثقافي » فنانات ومشاركات حول السرديات التي تحملها النساء ودورهن في نقل الثقافة خارج نطاق الروايات السائدة.
كان هذا الحدث بمثابة مساحة للتبادل الجماعي تلاقى فيها التفكير حول الظهور والذاكرة والرعاية، بالإضافة إلى المساهمات التي غالبًا ما يتم تجاهلها للنساء في المجالات الفنية والثقافية.
🙏 شكرًا جزيلاً لكل من : يسرى البراد، نزهة رندالي، سحر العشي وأميرة اللمطي، وكذلك للجمهور، لمشاركتهم هذه اللحظة الغنية بالتبادل والمناقشات والأسئلة المفتوحة

A look back at the closing of the Halaqat residence in Tassarout ✨Thank you to everyone who shared such a special evenin...
02/06/2026

A look back at the closing of the Halaqat residence in Tassarout ✨
Thank you to everyone who shared such a special evening with us and helped make this end of residency a memorable one 🤍

| HALAQAT - MOROCCO | ✨Introducing the selected projects in MoroccoFrom publishing to embodied choreographic research, t...
22/05/2026

| HALAQAT - MOROCCO |

✨Introducing the selected projects in Morocco
From publishing to embodied choreographic research, these granted projects from Morocco reflect on care as a political, collective, and deeply physical practice.

✨ “On Her Back” by Mohamed Bouriri is a contemporary dance piece inspired by the invisible labour and silent endurance carried by mothers and caregivers. Through movement, repetition, and physical weight, the work reflects on care as an embodied act of resistance and survival.

✨ “TAMO #2” by Kulte Editions is the second issue of a multilingual feminist magazine bringing together essays, poetry, visual arts, and film around the theme of care. Through collaborative and multidisciplinary contributions, the publication explores care in relation to gender, ecology, labour, and collective life.

Through publishing, choreography, and collective artistic practice, these projects invite us to rethink care as something lived, shared, and continuously carried.

| HALAQAT - MOROCCO | ✨Introducing the selected projects in MoroccoThrough movement, memory, and collective presence, th...
20/05/2026

| HALAQAT - MOROCCO |

✨Introducing the selected projects in Morocco
Through movement, memory, and collective presence, these granted projects from Morocco reflect on resistance, interdependence, and the traces bodies carry across time.

✨ “LINK, PEOPLE” by Mehdi Dahkan / Cie Jil Z is a choreographic work exploring collective marching as both a political and physical act. The piece reflects on what it means to move together, to support and be supported, and to exist within shared forces larger than the individual.

✨ “Five Gestures Against Oblivion” by Rim Mejdi is a five-channel video installation weaving together memories of dark times with gestures and dances from the present, creating an ode to resilient voices and bodies.

Through choreography, film, and installation, these projects engage with care as collective memory, resistance, and embodied connection.

| HALAQAT - MOROCCO | ✨Introducing the selected projects in MoroccoFrom sound archives and spiritual singing to deeply p...
18/05/2026

| HALAQAT - MOROCCO |

✨Introducing the selected projects in Morocco
From sound archives and spiritual singing to deeply personal storytelling through rap — these three granted projects from Morocco explore memory, identity, healing, and return through music and sound.

✨ “Return” by Saad Elbaraka reflects on the emotional and fragmented experience of returning home through field recordings, conversations, and sonic narratives.

✨ “MADRE” by Nezar revisits motherhood as a space of memory, love, resilience, and emotional inheritance through contemporary rap and Moroccan influences.

✨ “Saken” by Hasan Abouqqi draws from Moroccan hadra traditions and healing rituals to explore music as a space for vulnerability, transformation, and reconnection with the self.

Through distinct artistic languages, these projects engage with care as memory, transmission, spirituality, and emotional belonging.

Stay tuned for more details!

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