Come Sit With Us – Dinner & Breaking the Fast with Anahita Neghabat & Khashajar Hani
hosted by Selin Baran as part of the Academy of Unlearning by kulturen in bewegung
Come Sit With Us is a community event that creates a space for connection and exchange through a shared meal to break the fast.
This evening at brut Wien is all about coming together in solidarity and sharing a meal. We’ll all take our seats together on carpets spread out across the room. Anahita Neghabat shares creative insights into personal memories surrounding food, sparking conversations and discussions about the significance of shared meals. For food is always political too: it reflects migration stories, diasporic survival strategies, community, care and forms of solidarity.
At sunset, Khashajar Hani served a dinner he had prepared himself – for those who were fasting, this also marked the breaking of the fast during Ramadan.
The evening invites us to eat together, share stories and experience a moment of community, hospitality and connection.
Selin Baran (she/her) works at the intersection of dance, choreography, and performance. She is currently studying dance pedagogy at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna (MUK Vienna) and further developed her choreographic practice during an exchange semester at SNDO in Amsterdam. Her artistic interests include exploring diverse movement possibilities, portraying everyday absurdities, and reflecting on processes of social transformation. She is particularly interested in formats of mediation and engagement that address intersectionality, identity politics, and classism, and that explore new forms of solidarity and collective care. Selin Baran seeks spaces in which playfulness, humor, lightness, and a caring collective are welcomed.
Anahita Neghabat (she/her) is a social anthropologist working in Vienna at the intersection of art, research, and activism. Her practice combines critical education, feminism, and the analysis of (anti-Muslim) racism with artistic forms of expression. Using memes, she employs digital imagery and satire for political education as well as a tool for resistance and empowerment; since 2020, she has been leading political meme workshops. She has been active in numerous community-based initiatives led by groups affected by racism and has conducted research on inclusive arts education and cultural citizenship. At the association Vielmehr für alle! – Verein für Bildung, Wohnen und Teilhabe, she serves as head of the Institut für Migrationspädagogik and as a trainer in the educational project PROSA – Project School for All! for people with refugee backgrounds.
Khashajar Hani (he/him) is a trained chef and has already implemented various food- and cooking-related projects in community-based and artistic initiatives, including Muslim*Contemporary, and currently works regularly with Vielmehr für alle! – Verein für Bildung, Wohnen und Teilhabe.
The Institut für Migrationspädagogik is a project of the association Vielmehr für alle! – Verein für Bildung, Wohnen und Teilhabe and operates in Vienna at the intersection of education, research, and social practice. It combines anti-racist educational work with migration-focused pedagogical approaches, fostering a deep understanding of discrimination and power structures. Through training sessions and workshops for young people and adults, the institute develops strategies for solidarity-based and anti-discriminatory action. In the project Migrationsgeschichten / Das is(s)t Österreich, migration experiences are made visible through video and photo portraits from personal perspectives. Using food as a connecting element, belonging is experienced as something shared, negotiated, and communal.
Credits
marhaba مرحبا at brut was created as part of the Academy of Unlearning mentoring programme by kulturen in bewegung.
The Academy of Unlearning mentoring programme is funded by Frauen helfen Frauen helfen, Österreichische Entwicklungszusammenarbeit and the City of Vienna’s Department of Cultural Affairs (MA7).
marhaba مرحبا at brut is a cooperation with the Institut für Migrationspädagogik and the association Vielmehr für alle! – Verein für Bildung, Wohnen und Teilhabe.
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Dates & Tickets
March 2026
Pay as you can. Fully booked
brut nordwest
Nordwestbahnstraße 8-10, 1200 Vienna
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