Event

Reviving Sinjar

Welcome to a cultural evening and panel discussion in connection with the exhibition The Forgotten Voices of Sinjar, showing in the Peace Center’s Pop-Up Studio.

Time: 20 Nov 2024 16:00 - 18:00 CEST
Place: Nobel Peace Center

The award-winning exhibition Forgotten Voices of Sinjar explores the consequences of the genocidal campaign against the Yazidi community by ISIS in 2014.

To mark that this story is now available to audiences in Oslo, partners invite to a public panel discussion that seeks to recenter the Yazidi plight and discuss pathways of safeguarding the Yazidi homeland. The event will feature performances by young Norwegian-Yazidis, remarks from genocide survivors, and recorded testimonies from Norwegian People’s Aid’s local partners in Northern Iraq.

Moderated by NOREF’s Frida Nome, the panel will include notable speakers such as Dr. Khalaf Sinjari, Senior Advisor for Yazidi Affairs at the Office of the Prime Minister of Iraq, the Norwegian Yazidi activist and civil society leader Nariman Salem Ham, as well as Haider Elias, Co-founder and former President for YAZDA Organization.

Programme:

Doors open at 17:00 for a cultural event and traditional fingerfood.

Panel conversation: 18:00 - 19:00 

The event is free of charge, but registration is required.

The museum is open until 20:00 every Wednesday. If you wish to visit the exhibitions, you need an entry ticket. Entry tickets for Late Nights are half price – 80 NOK.