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April 2020
YEREVAN—The Los-Angeles/Berlin based non-profit Hakawati (storyteller, Arabic) has announced that it will be cooperating with the Sundance Institute and Film Independent to organize and launch a two-month comprehensive filmmaking lab for those impacted by the war in Syria called The Hakawati Project (THP). To be hosted in Armenia, THP will provide a platform to nurture talent and give voice...
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Top image: Sasha Baranovskaya The hakawati — Arabic for storyteller — once played a central role in Middle Eastern society, drawing together communities and disparate crowds. Based in Armenia’s lush Lori region, the modern-day Hakawati Project hopes to do similar work: healing the wounds of the war in Syria by forging new bonds and new...
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