Similar to other Drama, Diversity and Development’s ongoing street theater projects, Villages’ Train project has been performing on the streets of Egypt to highlight issues facing minority communities. The project employs street theater to initiate a discussion about the multi-layered faces of sectarian violence and its manifestation of discrimination and oppressions. By establishing self-sustainable … Continue reading
While the Drama, Diversity and Development project provides its sub-grantees with the needed support and platform to develop their ideas during the period their projects are taking place on the ground, it also provides them with the skills and capabilities to grow and sustain these projects even after their work with DDD comes to an … Continue reading
Receiving their visas one day before the shows were scheduled to take place and the many canceled and delayed flights didn’t stop each of the Caravan and the Launch of a Street Theater Group of the Sinai Bedouin Minority project of participating in Sfax Capital of Arab Culture festival 2016 in Tunisia. Despite the sleep … Continue reading
Receiving their visas one day before the shows were scheduled to take place and the many canceled and delayed flights didn’t stop each of the Caravan and the Launch of a Street Theater Group of the Sinai Bedouin Minority project of participating in Sfax Capital of Arab Culture festival 2016 in Tunisia. Despite the sleep … Continue reading
In addition to the Campaign for Amazigh’s Cultural Rights in the Moroccan Society and the Campaign for Stambeli Tradition in Tunisia, the Drama, Diversity and Development project supported another advocacy project campaigning for the Palestinian Arab community’s cultural rights in Israel. The ‘Cultural Rights for Arab Citizens in Israel’ Project was organized by Mossawa Center … Continue reading
Egyptian society is not free from sectarian and gender-based violence and its manifestation of discrimination and oppression. The “Villages’ Train” project aims to work with young men and women in seven villages in the Minya area, and will employ street theater to initiate a discussion about the multi-layered faces of sectarian violence and its manifestation … Continue reading
Despite being considered as a part of the Egyptian national fabric, the Sinai Peninsula still differs from Egypt’s other regions by its isolation and segregation from the social and political realities in Egypt. The Egyptian revolution sparked on the 25th of June was a real opportunity for the Sinai Bedouins to protest their treatment as … Continue reading
