marhaba مرحبا at brut with IZRAA and Bisan Dabke
hosted by Selin Baran as part of the Academy of Unlearning by kulturen in bewegung
marhaba مرحبا im brut is a community event that celebrates Arab culture and creates space for encounter, exchange, and shared experience. On this evening, we focus on Palestinian culture. The programme unfolds in two parts: movement, followed by a shared meal.
In the first part of the evening, IZRAA and Bisan Dabke invite participants to join a collective Dabke session. Dabke is a traditional Palestinian communal dance, often performed at celebrations and social gatherings.
In the second part, we come together for a shared dinner and invite everyone to taste Palestinian and Arab dishes. Through eating together, space and time open up for conversation, exchange, and relaxed togetherness — a moment of arrival, sharing, and being together.
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.
IZRAA (aka Isra Doghman) (she/her)is a singer-songwriter, rapper, voice actress, and activist with roots in Palestine, Lebanon, and Tunisia. She developed her interest in music at an early age and holds a degree in Media Communication with a focus on Film and Digital Production. She is planning to begin her master’s studies in the near future. She is the winner of the FM4 Protestsongcontest 2022 with her anti-racism song 9. November. Her activism and artistic work engage with questions of identity, anti-racism, empowerment, and belonging. Music has always been a central part of her search for identity and self-empowerment.
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March 2026
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