In November 2013, With Nails and Teeth for our Rights began as a workshop in Athens exploring borders and journeys through performance-actions. It continued at the artspace YNKB in Copenhagen in the spring of 2014.…
Migration and Borders
“If in Our Country”, The Policeman Said
By Ali Ali • December 2015 A “Syrian Swede”, whose status was complicated further by being a policeman, happened to check my documents at the Swedish border today. I gave him my passport, but his…
A narrative from the dirty doorsteps of ‘Fortress Europe’
Speech given at ‘Vi har Plads’/’We have Space’ – a solidarity manifestation for the refugees of the world with a particular focus on the situation in Syria. By Michelle Schulze from Asylret • September 2015…
Reflections on War and Home
The words ‘home’ and ‘repatriation’ are widely used in the public debate, but the meaning of these words is rarely elaborated on. Starting from experience from the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, this text attempts…
Trapped in Identity
By Ali Ali (aka Aab) • Illustration by Hilal Can • From #11, 2015 I used to call myself “a world citizen”. Here in Prague, I have been faced with nationalistic ridicule and real-life mockery.…
Impressions from the border between Serbia and Croatia
In the no man’s land between Serbia and Croatia By Beata Hemer, Frederik Johannisson, Kirstine Mose, Lise Olivarius, Nanna Hansen og Paula Bulling • September 2015 The afternoon sun shines on the road crossing the…
In the Face of Hate
By Riema Ali and Ali Ali (Aab) • Illustration by Casper Øbro • From #11, 2015 A: Wars, discrimination, terrorism and racism. In the whole world it is all going in the same direction. I…
Indtryk fra grænsen mellem Serbien og Kroatien
I ingenmandslandet mellem Serbien og Kroatien Af Beata Hemer, Frederik Johannisson, Kirstine Mose, Lise Olivarius, Nanna Hansen og Paula Bulling • September 2015 Eftermiddagssolen skinner på vejen, der går gennem den lille serbiske landsby Berkasovo få…
Mamadou
BY BUE BREDSDORFF
“There is no future for us here”
It is not the first time that Hanan and her husband Mohammad head towards the coasts of Europe, since they both left Syria a little more than a year ago. Six months ago they were…
