This time, we journey to Iran for an evening of sound, memory, and shared listening.
The night begins with a 30-minute live performance by @pouriya_raisi exploring the rich textures and instruments of Iranian music.
Followed by “Meshwar to Iran”, a guided listening session by @mojitaali —tracing Iran’s recent history, the moments that shaped today, and the complexities still unfolding.
📅 May 8
🕡 18:30 – 22:00
📍 Niemetzstraße 1, 12055 Berlin
€7 suggested donation
No one turned away for lack of funds
Limited capacity — RSVP via the link in bio
17th ALFILM and AL.BERLIN present: Meshwar Mixtapes 💛🤎🧡
The night opens with a special edition of Meshwar Mixtapes, “Sudan Resists”, curated by Lubna Abdalla. This listening session offers a deeply personal and political sonic journey through the ongoing Sudanese struggle, blending music, storytelling, and lived experience to reflect on resistance, loss, and resilience.
Event Details
17. ALFILM Festival Party Location: Festsaal Kreuzberg, Berlin Date: April 2026 Time: 19:00 – 04:00
Line-up
🤎 Alsarah & The Nubatones (Live)
💛 Edna Martinez (DJ)
🧡 DumTak (DJ)
🤎 Meshwar Mixtapes: Sudan Resists by Lubna (Listening Session)
💛 Guy Dermosessian (DJ)
With this collaboration, AL.Berlin and ALFILM continue to create spaces where cinema, music, and community intersect—amplifying artistic voices and cultural narratives from the SWANA region and its diasporas.
Presenting Meshwar Mixtapes’ inaugural session,
“Intro to Palestine” by @djdumtak for the first time at @spore.initiative
An intimate listening journey to Palestine — guided by music, storytelling, and translated lyrics.
Come sit, slow down, and listen.
Doors open: 19:00
Session starts: 19:30
Donation-based
Suggested contribution: €7+
No one turned away for lack of funds
Poster design by @dergham.design
Meshwar Mixtapes returns with “Sudan Resists” listening session @refugeworldwide .
Alongside, there will be delicious Sudanese food, gallery, and bazaar
Please RSVP vie the link in bio to guarantee entry
Friday, 27th March
Doors open @ 18:00
Donation-based (no one turned away for lack of funds)
meet the incredible artists, listen to their stories, in an evening combining food, music, lyrics & storytelling.
reserve your spot now and register here: [email protected]
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This event series is a collaboration of nicole kiruka, Raqsouna & Bestand
and is supported by Stadt Wien Kultur.
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Meshwar to Palestine!
18:00
VBKÖ - Maysedergasse 2/28, 1010 Wien
Meshwar Mixtapes is an international project for collective listening that brings cultures of the Global South into lived experience through music and storytelling, making space for voices that are often marginalised.
This workshop will delve into the origins and vision behind Meshwar Mixtapes, exploring how it functions as a platform for collective listening and cultural agency. Through a guided listening session, discussion on the curation process, and an open dialogue on the relationship between sound, identity, and activism, participants will be invited to reflect on how music shapes memory and belonging, particularly within diasporic and displaced communities.
This event, hosted by VBKÖ, marks the opening of the two-part program by Meshwar Mixtapes in Vienna, made possible through a joint effort by Raqsouna, Bestand and VBKÖ. The program closes on March 15 at Kulturhaus Brotfabrik with a communal evening of food, Iftar, and music, closing with a Meshwar listening session focused on Kurds in Syria.
~ Deema Amr, also known as DJ DumTak, is a Berlin-based Palestinian multidisciplinary artist whose work spans film, music, and cultural activism. She began her career in filmmaking, making history with her award-winning debut A 7 Hour Difference—the first fiction feature directed by a woman in Jordan. As a DJ, she’s made her mark on Berlin’s vibrant club scene, blending eclectic genres with a focus on SWANA rhythms. Driven by a deep commitment to justice and representation, she founded Meshwar Mixtapes, a powerful listening session series that uplifts marginalized voices and reclaims collective narratives through sound.
Register via [email protected] or dm @777kiruka
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Meshwar Mixtapes are coming to Vienna.
Meshwar is a collective listening experience that takes you on a journey to a country of the Global South through music, storytelling, visuals and lyrical translations. Each session creates space to listen deeply, learn together, and make marginalized voices heard.
This March, we invite you to join two journeys:
📍 12 March | 18:00–20:00 at VBKÖ
Meshwar Mixtape: Palestine with Deema.
A listening session focusing on Palestine, plus a workshop on how to create collective listening journeys yourself.
Free admission
Registration required:
[email protected]
📍 15 March | 15:30–19:30 at Kulturhaus Brotfabrik
Meshwar Cooking Mix: Cooking & Iftar with Salma.
A collective cooking session and iftar (fast breaking) where we prepare and share a meal together.
Registration required: [email protected]
📍 15 March | 19:30–22:00 at Kulturhaus Brotfabrik
Meshwar Mixtape: Syria with Sedra.
A listening session about growing up Kurdish in Syria, through music and personal storytelling.
The events on Sunday 15 are donation-based. On Thursday 12 donations are welcome 🌱
Bring your friends and come ready to listen.
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This event series is a collaboration of nicole kiruka, Raqsouna & Bestand
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@flutgrabenberlin@18 :00 Join the inaugural session of Meshwar Mixtapes: Intro to Palestine — an immersive collective listening experience curated by DJ DumTak. Through a powerful blend of music, storytelling, and visual translation of lyrics, the session offers insights into the rich culture, history, and lived experiences of the people of Palestine.
This project amplifies marginalized voices and promotes empathy, connection, and intercultural understanding through the universal language of music.
Donation based entry
#gazabiennaleberlin
العربية في الأسفل
The Gaza Biennale Berlin Pavilion 2025 radiates through local networks of solidarity with exhibitions at sites including Flutgraben, AGIT, Khan Aljanub and Musuem Called Baby, and programs hosted at Galerie & Atelier Arabisk, Casino Cafe Clinic for Social Medicine, Spore Initiative and KM28, as well as around the streets of Berlin.
(Berlin Pavilion Map in slide 2)
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أصدقاء وصديقات خان الجنوب الأعزاء، يتألق جناح بينالي غزة في برلين 2025 من خلال شبكات التضامن المحلية، حيث تُقام معارض في مواقع متعددة مثل: فلوتغرابن، وأجيت، وخان الجنوب، ومتحف ميوزيوم كولد بيبي، بالإضافة إلى برامج تُنظم في غاليري وأتيليه أرابيسك، وكازينو كافيه كلينيك للطب الاجتماعي، ومبادرة سبور، وKM28، فضلاً عن فعاليات أخرى في شوارع برلين.
(خريطة جناح برلين في الصورة الثانية)
تابعوا النشرة الإخبارية
ترقبوا المزيد من المنشورات عن البرامج والأماكن قريبًا!
@flutgrabenberlin@agit.berlin@khanaljanub@atelier_arabisk@casinoooooooooooo@meshwarmixtapes@makingwavesberlin@fehras_publishing_practices@km28berlin@ilkinoberlin
#gazabiennale #gazabiennaleberlin
📅 Date: 21 Nov, 19:00
📍 Location: Barazani spreeufer 6
🎙️ Hosted by BARAZANI.berlin
The Meshwar Mixtapes series continues, and this time the spotlight is on Sudan, together with Lubna Abdalla (They), a queer, Kandaka from Sudan, will take us on a deeply personal and political sonic journey of the complexities in the struggle, resistance, loss, and resilience of the Sudanese movement.
Blending Sudanese music, intimate storytelling, and lyrical transition. They invite us to listen, learn and rise to the demands of the Sudanese people for change, freedom, and autonomy through their personal experiences.
✨Join us for a moving evening of learning, reflection, and action in support of Sudanese liberation.
💸 Entry by donation - All proceeds will go to families in Sudan
🎨 Poster Design: @dergham.design
🌍 Meshwar Mixtapes Presents: Intro to Golan Heights!
🎧 Curated by Ebaa Monther
📅 7 November, 19:30
📍 Spreeufer Project Space
Spreeufer 6, 10178 Berlin
🎙️ Hosted by BARAZANI.berlin
The Meshwar Mixtapes series returns with its next chapter — an immersive sonic and cultural journey into the Golan Heights, curated by Ebaa Monther.
Through a captivating blend of music, storytelling, and visual lyrical translation, we’ll explore the layered histories, traditions, and lived experiences of the people of the Golan — stories of resilience, displacement, and belonging.
Initiated by DJ DumTak, Meshwar Mixtapes amplifies voices from the Global South through collective listening sessions that connect us across cultures — through rhythm, narrative, and shared humanity.
✨ Join us for an unforgettable evening celebrating the beauty and spirit of the Golan Heights.
💸 Entry by donation (recommended: 5€) Poster Design @dergham.design
𝟏𝟐 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓, 𝟏𝟖.𝟎𝟎
𝐃𝐊𝐂 𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐣𝐞𝐯𝐨
Meshwar Mixtapes, an intimate listening session blending music, visuals, and storytelling to preserve cultural memories and narratives from the global south, and a fundraiser for Palestine accompany the exhibition opening of the Gaza Biennale at DKC Sarajevo, including the projection of interviews with artists from Gaza.
