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PRESS REVIEW 2021-2024

Present Situation

The Berliner, 23.07.2024: Oyoun wins legal victory in fight against funding withdrawal

dlf culture, December 23.07.2024, XNUMX: Oyoun achieves legal success against Berlin Culture Senator Chialo

Frankfurter Allgemeine, July 22.07.2024, XNUMX: Funding – Oyoun Cultural Center achieves legal success against Chialo

Time Online, 22.07.2024: Oyoun Cultural Center achieves legal success against Chialo

Daily News, 22.07.2024: Court must once again deal with funding freeze for Neukölln cultural centre Oyoun

rbb24, 22.07.2024: Court must once again deal with funding freeze for cultural center

Berliner Morgenpost, 22.07.2024/XNUMX/XNUMX: Setback for Chialo – funding stop for “Oyoun” lands in court again

Süddeutsche Zeitung, August 21.07.2024th, XNUMX: “At the expense of freedom of expression”

rbb24, 18.07.2024: Internal documents show how Chialo stopped funding for a cultural center

New Germany (nd), 05.07.2024: Funding scandal in Joe Chialo’s Cultural Senate

Victory Column, 06.06.2024/XNUMX/XNUMX: Migrant-queer cultural center Oyoun fights against defamation

Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, 24.05.2024: Reason of state vs. fundamental rights

Constitutional blog, 16.05.2024: Anti-discrimination clauses in funding and subsidy law

Queen’s University, 15.05.2024: Policing Palestine Solidarity: Moral Urban Panics and Authoritarian Specters in Germany

resident advisor, 13.05.2024: Berlin venue Oyoun forced to take loan as Senate funding body blocks €80,000 project fund

taz, October 13.05.2024, XNUMX: “Political” insolvency feared 

young world, December 07.05.2025, XNUMX: Court puts brakes on newspaper

taz. 06.05.2024: Oyoun against “Tagesspiegel” 2:0

Berliner Zeitung, November 28.04.2024th, XNUMX: This is how Oyoun fights against Joe Chialo

Al Araby, March 29.03.2024, XNUMX: عيون” برلين: انتصار قضائي لأحد أصدقاء فلسطين”

taz, October 27.03.2024, XNUMX: Important victory against defamation

young world, March 27.03.2024, XNUMX: Accusation against “Oyoun” unfounded

artnet, January 26.03.2024, XNUMX: Court Sides with Berlin Arts Center Accused of Anti-Semitism

The Face, March 26.03.2024, XNUMX: ““This is a German phenomenon”: how the Israel-Gaza war has ruptured Berlin's music and art scene

The Guardian, November 25.03.2024, XNUMX: 'Free speech is a facade': how Gaza war has deepened divisions in the German arts world

taz, October 21.03.2024, XNUMX: “They hope we give up”

+972 Mag:, Mar 21.03.2024, XNUMX: Repression of Palestine solidarity in Germany 

Tribune Mag., February 20.02.2024, XNUMX: Culture is on trial in Berlin 

Dazed, February 15.02.2024, XNUMX: The rising censorship of Berlin's art scene

Yeoja Mag, February 15.02.2024, XNUMX: Oyoun – the arts & culture venue facing defunding by the Berlin Senate

Resident Advisor, November 14.02.2024, XNUMX: 'Incredibly disorienting': BIPOC members of Berlin venue Oyoun struggled in aftermath of closure

Deutschlandfunk Kultur, November 06.02.2024, XNUMX: Visit to Oyoun – A Neukölln cultural center and the anti-Semitism debate

il manifesto, February 03.02.2024rd, XNUMX: Germania, the point is the silence

Resident Advisor, November 01.02.2024, XNUMX: Why Did DJs Strike Against Berlin's Senate over Palestine?

The New Arab, January 26.01.2024, XNUMX: Why are artists calling for a cultural boycott of Germany?

Ex-Berliner, January 24.01.2024, XNUMX: Berlin backs down on culture funding: Anti-discrimination clause dropped
 
The New Arab, January 24.01.2024, XNUMX: Berlin ditches clause tying arts funding to endorse IHRA anti-Semitism definition

young world, December 24.01.2024, XNUMX: Repression against cultural center – No property sold

Arts of the Working Class, January 23.01.2024, XNUMX: Oyoun's legal struggle puts Berlin's cultural institutional integrity and transparent funding policies in the spotlight

The Arts Newspaper, January 22.01.2024, XNUMX: Berlin Senate drops anti-Semitism clause in funding agreements after protests

Raseef 22, January 12.01.2024, XNUMX: مجلس برلين الثقافي يستخدم “معاداة السامية” لإسكات الأصوات الناقدة ل إسرائيل

Mekomit, January 11.01.2024, XNUMX: המלחמה מגיעה לתקציבי התרבות בברלין

Shado Mag, January 10.01.2024, XNUMX: Culture as controversy: How Germany is destroying its own arts scene to support Israel

artnet, January 09.01.2024, XNUMX: Artists Protest Berlin's Arts Funding Rule Linked to 'Controversial' Antisemitism Clause

dis:orient, 08.01.2024/XNUMX/XNUMX: The problem with the IHRA working definition

Ex-Berliner, January 08.01.2024th, XNUMX: Artistic freedom and culture funding: Berlin artists sign open letter against new anti-Semitism clause

Tagesspiegel, January 06.01.2024th, XNUMX: Open letter against Chialo's clause: Cultural workers see artistic freedom at risk

Tagesspiegel, January 05.01.2024th, XNUMX: Under general suspicion: Berlin's cultural institutions are receiving new funding guidelines

The Economist, January 04.01.2024, XNUMX: Some German Jews say their country goes too far defending Israel

New Germany, 03.01.2024: Eviction postponed: “Oyoun” cultural center wants to stay

The Caravan, December 31.12.2023, XNUMX: Art Inhibition: Germany's “special responsibility” for Israel stifles its art scene

Left Voice, December 28.12.2023, XNUMX: Interview with The Jewish Voice in Germany 

the left berlin, December 27.12.2023, XNUMX: Regarding the preliminary assessment of the Administrative Court of Berlin

young world, December 23.12.2023, XNUMX: Repression against cultural center – Oyoun remains optimistic

The Washington Post, December 22.12.2023, XNUMX: In Germany's struggle against anti-Semitism, the arts are suffering

Euronews, December 20.12.2023, XNUMX: German cultural institutions turn on pro-Palestinian voices

The mirror, 20.12.2023: Did anyone say anti-Semitism here?

rbb 24, 17.12.2023/XNUMX/XNUMX: Berlin's Oyoun cultural center is suing over the end of state funding

the left berlin, December 17.12.2023, XNUMX: Support the Cultural Spaces in Berlin which Support Palestinian Voices

young world, December 15.12.2023, XNUMX: State against Palestine solidarity: Senate sets an example

dlf, December 14.12.2023, XNUMX: Accusation of anti-Semitism – Oyoun defends himself.

dlf culture, December 14.12.2023, XNUMX: Accusation of anti-Semitism – Oyoun facing the end? 

rbb culture, 14.12.2023: What does the Oyoun Cultural Center stand for?

taz, October 14.12.2023, XNUMX: Debate about cultural funding: Oyoun shows his teeth

monopoly, December 13.12.2023, XNUMX: What will happen to Germany as a cultural location? 

Ex-Berliner, January 13.12.2023, XNUMX: Allegations against Oyoun: Left-wing space talks of “smear campaign”

3sat, December 13.12.2023, XNUMX: The club scene and the Middle East conflict 

artnet, January 12.12.2023, XNUMX: Increasingly, cultural workers are discussing boycotting Germany

The New York Times, December 06.12.2023, XNUMX: How Germany became mean 

Perspective online, December 03.12.2023rd, XNUMX: Censorship of culture in Germany - using Oyoun as an example

Aljazeera, December 03.12.2023, XNUMX: لسنا معادين للسامية”.. معركة فنانين ومثقفين في ألمانيا لأجل الحق في ا لتعبير”

taz, October 01.12.2023, XNUMX: Danger to plural discourse

Deutschlandfunk Kultur, November 29.11.2023, XNUMX: Stopping funding for the Oyoun Cultural Center sets a “problematic precedent”

Resident Advisor, November 27.11.2023, XNUMX: 'All of us are in shock': Berlin Senate cancels funding for cultural center Oyoun over anti-Semitism claims

taz, October 27.11.2023, XNUMX: Cultural funding canceled: The Oyoun is fighting back

Berliner Zeitung, November 23.11.2023th, XNUMX: Criticism from Jews in Germany: “We despair of Israel’s politics”

The Guardian, November 22.11.2023, XNUMX: German debate about meaning of “Never Again”

ahramonline, November 22.11.2023, XNUMX: Pro-Palestine solidarity in Europe and US making a difference despite repression 'in all areas of life'

Ex-Berliner, January 22.11.2023, XNUMX: Oyoun – Cultural center to close after senate cuts funding

Deutschlandfunk Kultur, November 21.11.2023, XNUMX: Demand, promote: Divided cultural scene and the Middle East war

Brave New Europe, November 18.11.2023, XNUMX: The green party in Germany – two years of hypocrisy

hyphen, November 16.11.2023, XNUMX: A creative community in Germany speaks out for Gaza

Refuge Worldwide, November 15.11.2023, XNUMX: We STILL need to talk 

taz, October 11.11.2023, XNUMX: The spaces are getting narrower

taz, October 07.11.2023, XNUMX: (No) room for discourse 

taz, October 07.11.2023, XNUMX: Bans have no place here 

Young World, November 04.11.2023th, XNUMX: That would be tantamount to a dam bursting. Repression against Oyoun Cultural Center 

New Germany, 02.11.2023: Berlin Senate against Oyoun – at the center of outrage 

New Germany, 02.11.2023: Accusations against the Berlin Cultural Center: Explaining must be allowed

Tagesspiegel, January 31.10.2023th, XNUMX: Neukölln MP calls for funding stop for Berlin's Oyoun cultural center

 

General

Victory Column, 16.09.2020/XNUMX/XNUMX: New cultural center Oyoun: Queer, migrant perspectives

Süddeutsche Zeitung, August 05.08.2022th, XNUMX: Arab Intellectuals: "We are just founding the Berlin of tomorrow"

2020 – 2023

taz, October 16.10.2023, XNUMX: Visiting the mask dance: risking a wide lower lip

outlook, 20.08.2023: What Does It Mean To Be A Dalit Queer

Page, 01.07.2023/XNUMX/XNUMX: Clear design: workbook on the subject of racism

Berliner Morgenpost, 25.06.2023/XNUMX/XNUMX: 48 hours Neukölln: These were the highlights of 2023

Berliner Zeitung, November 23.06.2023th, XNUMX: Anniversary edition of 48 hours Neukölln: These are the highlights of the art festival

rbb 24, 23.06.2023/XNUMX/XNUMX: Art festival 48 hours Neukölln starts: Berlin's largest playground

Berliner Morgenpost, 09.06.2023/XNUMX/XNUMX: 48 hours Neukölln: ghetto wrestling, spinning and monopoly

Departures, n.d.: Where to Eat, Shop, and Explore in Berlin

ALEX Berlin, 18.11.2022/XNUMX/XNUMX: Post-migrant and decolonial art at Oyoun | space for notes

Berliner Zeitung, November 08.11.2022th, XNUMX: Day of the Fall of the Wall: Events on November 9th in Berlin

Raseef, 21.11.2022/XNUMX/XNUMX: لكل من هؤلاء النساء دورٌ في تحرير الجزائر”… معرض “المجاهدات” في برلي ن

RBB Culture, November 01.11.2022st, XNUMX: “MOUDJAHIDATE* – WOMEN*, RESISTANCE, QUEER ALLIANCE”

Arts of the Working Class, undated: SITE LAUNCH: RONGIN SHAGOR/রিঙন সাগর

Deeds-Art Newspaper, 01.11.2022/XNUMX/XNUMX: At the Oyoun cultural center in Berlin-Neukölln: rongin shagor / রিঙন সাগর

Contemporary&, undated: Autopoiesis - Group Show

BPigs, oD: Becoming Alman

Arts of the Working Class, undated: UN:IMAGINABLE – OUR HISTORIES IN CONVERSATION

LoNam – The Africa Magazine, 16.05.2022/XNUMX/XNUMX: World premiere of UN:IMAGINABLE

BPigs, oD: We should all be dreaming

Into Berlin/CeeCee, undated: Oyoun project presentation

Indie Magazine, 01.10.2021: The Black and Brown-owned businesses enriching Berlin's cultural landscape

Victory Column 02/2021, 28.01.2021/48/XNUMX (p. XNUMX):  Self care 

rbb info radio, 07.12.2021: A new spiritual beginning: Grupo Oito in the Oyoun cultural center

rbb culture, 07.12.2021: GROUP OITO “BREAK & CONNECTION”. A contribution by Ute Büsing.

Bavarian Radio Television, November 28.11.2021th, XNUMX: Muslimaniac

dis:orient, 11.04.2021/XNUMX/XNUMX: Queer Revolution - from Morocco to Berlin

In toutes letters, 11.04.2021/XNUMX/XNUMX: Dis: tance: Révolution queer, you Maroc à Berlin

Victory Column, 18.10.2021/XNUMX/XNUMX: Queer stories from the SWANA region: Soura Filmfest

The daily level, 10.11.2021: District office supports dance project for young people

ArtRabbit, oD: escapism

Vouge Brazil, 28.07.2021/XNUMX/XNUMX: 6 artists LGBTQIA+ para seguir

enormous magazine, 08.11.2021: Transcript: Good News Podcast Episode 34

new germany, 13.04.2021/XNUMX/XNUMX: "Hate brought me to Germany"

Ex-Berliner, 22.11.2021: KeiyaA: “Things would be better if we rejected the status quo”

Black Brown Berlin, undated: Oyoun

Electronics Beats, 14.12.2021/XNUMX/XNUMX: Year in review: Has 2021 delivered on its promises?

Electronics Beats 03.11.2021/XNUMX/XNUMX: A matter of space: how nightlife communities fight gatekeeping

Six Degrees Berlin, March 13.03.2020, XNUMX: Asmaa Sbou of Sboutiful: independent, handcrafted, sustainable African fashion

QM Flughafenstraße, undated: New minds in the old brewery

Flanders Arts Institute, undated: Curators* Lab – redefining the vocabulary and practice

 

Renaming of Wissmannstrasse to Lucy-Lameck-Strasse:

Berliner Zeitung April 05.04.2021, XNUMX: Neukölln happily frees itself from Wissmannstrasse

The daily mirror April 21.04.2021, XNUMX: Neuköllner Wissmannstraße will be renamed on Friday