Wednesday, 15 March 2023, 1:00-2:30PM EST / 9:00-10:30PM EEST
This International Center for Multigenerational Legacies of Trauma webinar will reflect on the legacies of multiple traumata experienced by generations of Aleppo. Panelists will discuss how the arts and other multidisciplinary, international initiatives attempt to repair their beloved city of origin, which has been ruptured and wounded time and again by both human-made and natural disasters.
Participants are encouraged to watch Kevork Mourad’s short animation “Four Acts for Syria” ahead of the webinar. A link will be provided upon registration. It is a voyage through centuries of Syrian multiculturality and the country’s ongoing trauma, while celebrating the hope and resilience of its people. The project won the 2016 Robert Bosch Stiftung film prize for international cooperation between filmmakers from Germany and the Arab World in the animation category.
Speakers:
Kevork Mourad
An Armenian artist from Syria whose animated and live visuals have been performed in venues around the world, including Korea National Opera, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the ElbPhilharmonie, the MuCEM, Lincoln Center, and the Spoleto Festival. A member of the Silkroad ensemble for two decades, he is featured in the documentary The Music of Strangers. His film Four Acts for Syria has been shown in festivals around the world. He is represented by Galerie Tanit, Beirut, and Studio La Cittá, Verona. A Member of the ICMGLT’s Advisory Council, Kevork is co-Chair of our Working Group on the Arts.
Alhakam Shaar, MA
A linguist and urban sociologist, Alhakam is a researcher at The Aleppo Project who contributes to preserving Aleppian Cultural Heritage Facebook Groups, as part of the Modern Endangered Archives Program, UCLA. Holding master’s degrees in Applied Linguistics and in Sociology and Social Anthropology, his thesis used ethnographic methods to study placemaking by Aleppian migrants and refugees in Berlin. He aims at contributing to documenting Aleppo’s linguistic heritage.
Lina Sergie Attar
Founder and CEO of Karam Foundation, Lina was named one of GOOD magazine’s 2016 GOOD 100 for Karam’s innovative work with Syrian refugees. A Syrian-American architect and writer from Aleppo, her articles and essays have been published in the NYT, Chicago Tribune, Foreign Policy, Politico, The Atlantic, and BBC. She has appeared about the Syrian humanitarian crisis on media outlets such as CNN, NBC News, BBC News, Huffington Post, NPR, and spoken, among others, at RISD, Harvard, University of Chicago, Johns Hopkins, Northwestern, The New School, Phillips Exeter Academy, King’s Academy, the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, New America and the Aspen Institute. A co-founder of the How Many More? project, Lina serves as Chair of the Board of Directors of The Syria Campaign, and is a non-resident fellow at New America.
Moderator:
Dr. Yael Danieli, Founder and Executive Director, International Center for the study, prevention and treatment of MultiGenerational Legacies of Trauma; Director, Group Project for Holocaust Survivors and their Children; Past-President, International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.
