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5月30日、さわさわでゲームイベントを開催します。「スイカ・レジスタンス」は、パレスチナ人デザイナー・教育者であるアハマド・サクファイルハイト氏 @saqfdotcom が作ったボードゲームです。このボードゲームでは、お互いに協力しながら日常の出来事を討論し、反省できるイベントとします。
ゲームでは、パレスチナで実際に起きた入植者主義による不正義を語ります。参加者は2つのチームに分かれ、占領側の入植者またはとレジスタンス側の先住民としてプレイします。
パレスチナの歴史背景を学び、解決策を探り、戦略を練り、植民地主義の不正義を明らかにするゲームです。ぜひご参加ください。
On 30th May, @iaa4p will host a game event at Sawa Sawa. "Suika Resistance" is a board game created and developed by Palestinian designer and educator Ahmad Saqfalhait @saqfdotcom . The game encourages participants to discuss and reflect on topics that we may feel intimidated by.
This board game reveals the reality of injustice that Palestinians experience under settler colonialism. Players take on the roles of either an occupying settler or a defending indigenous person.
Join us to learn the real narratives, identify actions, build strategies, and uncover the roots of injustice faced by indigenous people.
🗓️ 5/30 土/Sat., 14:00-17:00
📍 さわさわ Sawa Sawa 東京都荒川区東日暮里5丁目12-4 2階 2nd floor, 5-12-4 Higashinippori, Arakawa City, Tokyo ※さわさわは階段でのアクセスのみ Sawa Sawa is only accessible with the stairs
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🎟️ 参加費はカンパ制 300円〜（現金のみ・おつりのないようご協力ください）。
Participation fee is donation based. Suggested amount is 300+ yen (cash only, exact change appreciated).
✉️ 10名。予約必須。お名前・参加してみたいと思った理由を [email protected] までに送ってください。
10 players. Registration is required. Send your name and reason why you want to participate in to [email protected]
Design project commissioned by Japan Foundation Cairo. To channel the themes of the films, such as fighting demons, overcoming challenges, or wishing for better life, I thought of referencing some of Japan’s new year’s traditions such as the “Hamaya” (破魔矢); an arrow with a flat tip that is used to ward off evil, and the “Ema” (絵馬); a wooden plaques used for writing prayers and wishes.
End of PhD’s second year journey. One more year to go. Special thanks for my supervisors @ichirosaga@atelier_anthropology Kusunoki Fusako and my friends who collaborated with me so far Lamis ElSayyed of @niche.misteka (@misteklolo ) for her freehand illustrations, and Karim Aboul-Enein @karimlarge for taking the task of programming the digital game which will be based on the physical one. Also, my classmates who supported me with their editing skills @al_ne__t_gether@midoriarai_ and Morita Tomohiro (more to this list by those did specific production tasks, the list of those who supported the testing and feedback loops will be published later) finally thanks to my classmates who took photos and for @chris_l_e_e_ videos and pictures.
قرب جرب "خف تعوم"!
"خف تعوم" هو جهاز ألعاب أركيد يحتوي على لعبتين وهو مصمم ومنتج خصيصًا لتعريف الأطفال بتاريخ المياه في القاهرة وتسليط الضوء على المهن التقليدية المرتبطة بها -مثل القللي والسقّا والمزملاتي- التي اندثرت بمرور الزمن، وأيضًا التطور التاريخي لعمارة المياه ودورها الاجتماعي والثقافي.
اللطيف أن أحمد هشام سقف الحيط وفريق الإعداد قاموا بإنتاج اللعبتين على مدار عام ونصف بالتشارك مع أطفال الخليفة وبعد الانتهاء منهما، قمنا بإعداد يوم حافل للأطفال خلال الأسبوع الماضي في مركز الخليفة الخدمي للاحتفال بانطلاق اللعبتين حيث قاموا بتجريب اللعبتين وبتلوين القلل ورسومات لعناصر مرتبطة بالمياه.
مشروع "خف تعوم مع أطفال الخليفة" هو مشروع غير ربحي تم دعمه من قبل منحة داخلية أكاديمية من الجامعة الأمريكية بالقاهرة التي حصل عليها أحمد هشام سقف الحيط، وزميله داوود رافرتي وبالتعاون مع مجاورة.
Come closer and try "Fly and Float"!
“Fly and Float” is an original custom-made Arcade machine with two interactive digital games designed to introduce children to the history of drinking water services in Historic Cairo. They shed light on the traditional professions that were once connected to Cairo's water systems which have since disappeared, and the architecture of water and its social and cultural roles.
In collaboration with al-Khalfa’s children, Ahmad Hisham Saqfalhait and the development team worked for over a year and a half to produce these arcade-style games. To celebrate its launch last week, we organised a lively Fun Day at the al-Khalifa Community Center, where the children played “Fly and Float” and enjoyed painting qullal (traditional clay water jugs) and drawing water-related elements.
“Fly and Float” with the Children of Al-Khalifa” is a non-profit project, supported by an internal academic grant from the American University in Cairo, awarded to Ahmad Hisham Saqfalhait and his colleague David Rafferty, and carried out in collaboration with Megawra.
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