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* Sold out * Reading with Şeyda Kurt: Radical tenderness - Why love is political

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

Radical tenderness - Why love is political was published on April 20, 2021 by HarperCollins Germany. What is love? Is love the meaning of life, a political alliance, an illusion or an end in itself? Or is it even impossible because we are completely crushed between fears about the future, excessive demands and discriminatory structures? The author Şeyda Kurt answers these questions [...]

Poetry Meets w / Yugen Blakrok - A Performance Vortex

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

Reserve your tickets here The Poetry Meets Series pres. lyrical rap prodigy Yugen Blakrok, Berlin's rising talent RCSE, poets Astan KA and Hiwot. Plus a surprise act! The Poetry Meets Series presents South African Headliner lyrical rap prodigy Yugen Blakrok, Berlin's rising talent RCSE, poets Astan KA, Hiwot AND one special kind surprise act. Nach [...]

Literary Diverse # 4 - Release Party

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

Release party! For the fourth edition of Literary Diverse we want to meet and spend a nice evening together. We look forward to unknown and familiar faces. Bring your friends with you too! There are drinks, music, smaller readings and of course the magazine. → Start of the event: October 22nd, 20:00 p.m. → This event is free of charge. A registration [...]

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Reading Group: Black Feminism (s) x Palestine

Online

A twice-monthly online reading and discussion group curated and facilitated by Action Research collective (artists and researchers Izdihar Afyouni and melissandre varin) as part of the program for the Except for Palestine: New Pedagogies for Art and Activism project, curated by Izdihar Afyouni. This reading group is only open to BIPoC participants. Please register to [...]

“Hope” – reading and conversation with Nermin Ismail

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

Hope is universal. We cannot live without hope. It is she who does not let us despair when faced with disappointments, setbacks or blows of fate. It strengthens the backbone in times of crisis. If we can hope, giving up is not an option - instead we get up and follow the silver lining. But what is hope, what does it feed on [...]

Climate (In) Justice - an anticolonial evening

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

What does anti-colonial resistance have to do with the climate crisis? What connects anti-racist struggles with the struggle against environmental and climate destruction? The BUNDjugend project Locals United invites you to an evening with spoken word, reading and music. Also there are poetry artist Sami El Poet, the authors of the brochure "Colonialism & Climate Crisis - Over 500 [...]

Frei (D) räume - Envisioning Free Space: Conference + Afterparty

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

◥ Come join us in Berlin on November 27th for a full day of workshops, lectures & performances! Are we really reflecting & adapting? Are our spaces and communities resilient enough for the next crises? The termination of our self-organized free spaces is accelerated. We remain unsupported and mostly unrecognized by local governments, even as [...]

Black in Berlin x Sboutiful

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

At the turn of the year 1794/95 the last slave ship “Sao Jose”, which was on its way to Brazil, sank with 512 black people at the gates of Cape Town. What does this story have to do with today's microaggression and black reality? "In memory of this story, today's reality of life for 512 black people in Berlin should visualize who we [...]

The Significance of the Nakba in Palestinian History and for Palestinian Identity - Book Discussion and Maqam Session

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

Nahed Awwad invites you to a book talk “Palestine and the Palestinians. A story from the Nakba to the present ”with the author Dr. Muriel Asseburg and the journalist Kristin Helberg. The focus of this book talk is the question of the importance of the Nakba - the flight and expulsion of around three quarters of a million Palestinians from 1947 to 1949 - for [...]

BLACK DADS READING - Let's heal together: Celebrating Black Stories

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

(German version below) Just in time for the start of the BLACK HISTORY MONTH, we invite you to the special event of the BLACK DADS READERS on Sunday, February 06.02.2022th, 15, from 00:XNUMX p.m. For all Black children and families, the Black community and anyone interested, the wonderful Black DADS READER read the books "HAIR LOVE" by Matthew Acherry and [...]

BOOK CLUB MEET – TEXTS TO HANAU

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

⁣All readers and interested parties are welcome to our book club meeting together with Stolzeaugen.books! Also present: artist ⁣Keça Filankes, she will read her contribution to texts to Hanau. The event will be moderated by ⁣Pardis Zarghampour, the founder of the intersectional feminist book club Cologne "ifbkoeln". This has existed since June 2020 and was launched to ensure a safe [...]

Creative Writing Workshop - “Who has the right to tell whose story?”

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

Who has the right to tell whose story? Are we really expected to write about our unique, fetishizable, heartbreaking lives? Or do we have the right to write about lives and worlds that are beyond us? Where does empathy begin and where does it end? How can we create a three-dimensional "other" without [...]

Decolonizing Voices - Kick off Wearebornfree Decolonial Mission Academy

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

Networking party with DJ at the end of the event Wearebornfree Decolonial Mission Academy, an association that is still being founded, cordially invites you to its kick-off event. An evening is planned to present the ideas and goals of the association, which should encourage exchange and networking through readings and discussions. Program: Two decolonial poems, [...]

Poetry Meets Pop'n'Soul | Headliner Blazey, RnB rising star Sadik Wave and Poets Ana Lucão & Jil Jilec.

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

The Poetry Meets Series pres. a special edition of Poetry Meets Pop'n'Soul with Headliner BLAZEY, upcoming RnB Singer Sadik Wave from Cologne and poets Ana Lucão and Jil Jilec. Film Screening: 'Scars' by Yemi Osokoya (Nigeria) ENTRY: 7PM START: 8PM Tickets available here. Headlining Act: BLAZEY BLAZEY is a 22 year old queer Afro-German singer, [...]

Book premiere: Confidentialities – Max Lobe. Discussion and reading (German/English/French)

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

A warm invitation to talks, readings, drinks & music in the Oyoun garden! In "Confidentialities" Max Lobe returns to his native Cameroon and travels to the Bassa forest to learn from the old Mâ Maliga what she knows about the independence movement in Cameroon and its leader Ruben Um Nyobè. "Confidentialities" is the narration this talkative and [...]

Sold out: Book premiere – Mohamed Amjahid: Let's Talk About Sex, Habibi

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

Our view of love and desire in North Africa is heavily influenced by clichés, orientalism and fetishization. But what freedoms are there in supposedly closed societies? Where are the boundaries and who defines them? Mohamed Amjahid shows how the everyday sexuality of North Africans really is and does away with racist stereotypes. He talks about orgies [...]

€ 8,00 - € 10,00

Livestream transmission: Book premiere - Mohamed Amjahid: Let's Talk About Sex, Habibi @ Oyoun-Club

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

In addition to the sold-out reading by Mohamed Amjahid, we are offering a live stream in the Oyoun Club. Tickets are free but must be reserved using the ticket button at the bottom of this page. Our view of love and desire in North Africa is heavily influenced by clichés, orientalism and fetishization. But what freedoms are there in supposedly closed societies? Where [...]

Free of charge

Date Killer Academy Showcase Event

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

Over the past few months, this year's Datteltäter Academy Fellows have turned their ideas into artistic projects with a social impact and are presenting them publicly for the first time at the showcase event. We want to celebrate this together with you. With a keynote by special guest Yassmin Abdel-Magied and the artistic input of the fellows, we want to create connections and space [...]

Poetry Meets Hip Hop w/ SAMMUS

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

The Poetry Meets Series is back: Poetry Meets Hip Hop with Headliner MC and producer extraodinaire SAMMUS, Special Guest Mushiva, legendary Slam-poet Sir Black from Ghana and Spoken Word Artists Nana d'Artist and Avrina Prabala-Joslin. Film Screening: by Mark Mushiva (Namibia) Doors: 19:00 Start: 20:00 Tickets available here. Headlining Act: Sammus SAMMUS (Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo) is [...]

rongin shagor/রঙিন সাগর | concert reading | “The Whisper of Others”

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

"The Whisper of Others" is a lyrical examination of hegemonic historiography and the injustices deeply rooted in it. The poems combine world events with individual stories of flight and exploitation and invite the reader to take on new perspectives. Her poems are longing, sad and uplifting at the same time. They are accompanied musically by Hakan Tugrul on the [...]

May Ayim Vortex | pres. by Poetry Meets and rongin shagor

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

The Poetry Meets Series is an international, multilingual community event showcasing spoken word, visual art and film, musicians and poetry talent from Berlin and beyond. The line-up always promises a remarkable conglomeration of soulful, multilingual wordsmiths, musicians and visual stories, accompanied by the infamous open mic vortex. Poetry Meets and rongin shagor present [...]

Poetry meets ALTE w/ Otis Mensah & Somadina

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

The Poetry Meets Series is presenting their first intimate Poetry Meets ALTE edition with main acts Otis Mensah and Somadina as well as an array of magnificent poets, celebrating alternative music, the metaphysical and the poetics of the inbetween. Doors: 19:00 p.m. Start: 20:00 p.m. Tickets: via Eventbrite Program Main acts: Otis Mensah is a [...]

reading + panel | Ten years night: Free Ahmed Douma: الحرية لأحمد دومة

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

The panel will shed the light on Ahmed Douma's case history, the mistreatment he's facing in his arbitrary detention, testimony from a recently released journalist and political prisoner who spent two years with Douma, testimony from Douma's ex-wife about the intimidation his family and she suffered from and a brief about political prisoners situation and [...]

Poetry meets SOUNDS w/ Douniah & Damian Soul

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

The Poetry Meets Series presents its first edition of Poetry Meets SOUNDS celebrating alternative music, sound art and the intersecting power of poetry. ENTRY: 7PM | START: 8PM Ticket: via Eventbrite MAIN ACTS: Douniah Douniah creates art that breaks boundaries. Her sense of aesthetics is reflected in both her music and her visual productions. Here [...]

comedy show | Comedy Bunker Berlin

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

Have a good laugh with Alaa El Sheikh and Mohamed Helmy Alaa El Sheikh and Mohamed Helmy will make their audience laugh with their stories on Saturday, January 21, 2023 at Oyoun. Ticket: 25,99 euros - ticket sale here! Language: Arabic All ages are welcome! Children under the age of 8 get free entry. Biographies ADEEF [...]

Poetry Meets JAZZ & Vortex Special

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

The Poetry Meets Series is starting off the year with a plethora of good news. "Poetry Meets Jazz" is back for its 3rd iteration with exceptional soul and jazz artist Yazmin Lacey as our main act. After a long hiatus Egyptian-Australian musician Mariam Sawires will be back as a special guest accompanied by harpist Zainab [...]

Poetry Meets Soul x Black Love Edition

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

The Poetry Meets Series is inviting you to a once in a lifetime experience of breathtaking vocalists and lyrically endowed poets: A very special edition themed Black Love. Indulge yourself into an intimate, meditative and ambient atmosphere encompassing the varying realities and complexities of Black Love with an exquisite acoustic live setting. The line-up [...]

Kurdistan Soli Küfa x Şeyda Kurt Soli Reading

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

Due to the still tragic situation, Soli Küfa is organizing a solidarity event for the earthquake victims in Kurdistan, Turkey and Syria on May 5th. Şeyda Kurt will read from her current book “HASS”, Elu will present an exhibition and Adnan Çelik will play Kurdish and Turkish songs for us. Soli Küfa started as a solidarity kitchen, [...]

SOUP3 | Telephassa: The journey has begun

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

Presentation of the project "Telephassa: The journey has begun". Are you ready to challenge dominant narratives and rewrite the myth? Are you ready to hear the stories and perspectives of those who have been overlooked? Join us at the Telephassa First Look Event and be a part of the journey. At Telephassa, hidden stories are [...]

Launch + Talk | Josephine Apraku: How can we counter racism and take radical responsibility? Moderated by Angelo Camufingo

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

»We all learned racism. And it's up to us to reflect and learn anti-racism. It depends on you. And it's work. Work that we all urgently need to do. Josephine Apraku invites you and this invitation is a gift« -Mareice Kaiser In her*his work as a trainer*in for intersectional anti-racism educational work, [...]

Lecture Performance + Screening | Species, Soil and Successors

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

Lecture performances, screening and discussion with contributions by Hillside Projects, Julia Schuster, Devadeep Gupta, Lea Maria Wittich and Nilanjan Bhattacharya. Curated by Arijit Bhattacharyya Oyoun's curatorial focus Listening to the Land launches with Species, Soil and Successors by Arijit Bhattacharyya, a curatorial project consisting of three chapters. Based on curatorial research and a remote art residency, the project shares [...]

Spoken word, concert, short film screening | Poetry meets hip hop 'n blues

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

Poetry Meets presents: Hip Hop 'n Blues Edition w/ aja monet, Yarah Bravo, Layla Zami & Sami El-Ali Led by curator and presenter Jumoke Adeyanju, Poetry Meets transcends boundaries and brings out a global, multilingual community of artists Berlin and beyond together. This extraordinary series of events features poets, short filmmakers, dancers, musicians and [...]

Book Launch | “Are you disabled or what?” by Rebecca Maskos and Mareice Kaiser

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

»It would be good for all of us, regardless of whether we are disabled or not, to free ourselves from the pressure to normality and internalized ableism. Let's build a society in which everyone can participate without fear or pressure." Rebecca Maskos in "Are you disabled or what?" As an experienced inclusion expert, Rebecca Maskos researches, speaks and writes [...]

€12,00

FILM + Q&A with Sarah Schulman and Ben Mauk | United in Anger (2012)

Oyoun Lucy-Lameck-Strasse 32, Berlin

(English below) Film screening and discussion "United in Anger - a history of ACT UP!" The film will have German subtitles. The Q&A will take place in English. About the film "United in Anger - a history of ACT UP!" (2012, USA): A documentary about the birth and early years of the AIDS activist movement ACT UP and the [...]