Odee is an Icelandic artist, author of “We’re Sorry” – a conceptual performance artwork that includes a website and a mural in the Reykjavik Art Museum. It is a poetic apology on behalf…
Buwaso Ibrahim Razack is a poet and spoken word artist from Uganda, deeply committed to defending human rights. In 2020, he began to face persecution in Uganda, over a piece published on the…
Galal is the author of the books Chairs Factory (Masna’a El Karasy) published in 2015 and Colorful Prison (Segn Bel Alwan), 2017. He has written many lyrics for renowned Egyptian musician Ramy Essam –…
Navid Saadati is an Afghan theatre and cinema actor and filmmaker. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Kabul. Prior to the Taliban…
Salam Neamah Almgrie, alias Salam Almohands, is a writer, poet, and human rights activist. He has authored several books and articles in Arabic, which advocate for human rights, peace and…
Nay Negar Visual Art Center (NN VAC) is a female-founded and female-led group of emerging Afghan artists currently living in exile after they fled Afghanistan in 2022. They are committed to advocating…
Shady Habash was an Egyptian photographer and filmmaker who died in May 2020 in the Tora Prison in Egypt. Shady was held for over two years in unlawful pre-trial detention…
Ramy Essam is an Egyptian musician who received the Václav Havel Prize for Creative Dissent (2019). He is best known for his performance in Tahrir Square in Cairo during the…
On 6 June 2018, Memorial Day in South Korea, Korean artist Taeyong Jeong (HIDEYES) spray-painted remnants of the Berlin Wall at Berlin Square in Seoul. This was done to celebrate…
Iranian singer, poet, and human rights activist Sahar Ajdamsani had to flee Iran to escape persecution and a heightened risk of action by Iranian authorities as a result of her…
Sajad Sepehri is an Iranian musician, professional singer and poet. While in exile in Albania, Sajad was unable to enjoy his fundamental rights including the right to travel, to gain…
Ferhat Temel is a musician of Kurdish origin from the Tunceli Province in Turkey. After the tentative coup d’état in 2016, Ferhat fled Turkey and arrived in France where sought…
