Journalism in Exile

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Panel

Location: postane

Friday 12.09.2025

5:00 pm – 8:00 pm

“Greening News Deserts. The innovative strength of exile media. Fighting for Freedom of Expression and Recognition.”

With

Fariba Nawa (Chiefeditor of On Spec-documentary Podcast)
Uranus Musamen (Freelance Journalist)
Fatima Wojohat (Artlords, USA)
Lida Hamid (Photographer, Kabul)
Moderator: Jennifer Hattam (freelance journalist and chair of and publisher of Istanbul etc. a newsletter covering the city’s art scene and urban trends)
Translation: Maryam Seifi

We steped into a journey of storytelling that transforms reality into unforgettable experiences. Discovering humour as resistance against authoritarianism, explore photography as a clever tool to outsmart censorship, and uncover fresh perspectives that inspire, provoke, and connect.

After the panel, we offered refreshments and snacks.

If you are outside of Istanbul, you can follow the panel on a live stream at ZOOM:

Zoom-Meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83686042439
Meeting-ID: 836 8604 2439
Passcode: 385101

Photographs and videos will be taken at the event for use on our website and social media, and in the press, and other marketing materials and publications. By entering this event, you consent to the photographing, filming and using your image for these purposes.

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Under the title Midas Touch this year’s Mahalla Festival is calling for a confrontation with the dystopian reality of a growth-based global economy
that ignores the threats of climate change, increasing international armed conflicts and forced migration.

Mahalla Midas Touch is dedicated to give a voice to the vulnerable, excluded, unseen and to revert vulnerability into strength. Questioning narratives appears through individual, collaborative and corresponding artistic works in a historical Set-up in Istanbul inviting for site-specific interventions.

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