The EWANA Center
for Cultural Understanding
We aim to cultivate cultural exchange and understanding between and within Europe, West Asia, and North Africa. We believe that cultural development takes on a central place in human development and that it can strengthen the inclusion of a wide range of actors in social, economic, and political activities.
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Where Cultures Meet: Cities as Crossroads
This Maqha will look at the role of cities in creating cultural exchange and understanding
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Culture and Peacebuilding: Lessons from Iraq and beyond
This Maqha Conversation looked into the influence of culture on peacebuilding and vice versa
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Reimagining environment(s) in the EWANA region: intersections and perspectives of environmentalism and culture
The first Maqha Conversation of Season two shed light on the relation between environment, culture, and us as humans!
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Sports and culture: creating identity in the EWANA region
Our fifth MAQHA Session discussed the role of sports and culture in the EWANA region. It took place on July 22, 2024.
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GRAIN OF SALT Podcast
EWANA Center goes ON AIR with the GRAIN OF SALT Podcast! The host and producer Dorith Kool explores different cultures and mindsets in the EWANA region and the way they intertwine and relate to each other. All episodes on Spotify and on the EWANA Center website!
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Science fiction: imagining a future through literature
Science fiction: imagining a future through literature A converstation on writing speculative fiction with Mustafa Laghtiri and Max Urai Science fiction allows us to shape and imagine our future through literature, with stories set in an alternative world that go beyond the confines of the normal human experience. It can...
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