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Rasha Deeb in Conversation with Magid Magid – Part of Journeys Festival International 2020

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Rasha Deeb in Conversation with Magid Magid – Part of Journeys Festival International 2020

5 — 18 October 2020 Entrance is free

Part of Journeys Festival International 2020, In Conversation with Magid Magid is a series of talks with European-based guests who are involved in human rights activism and politics, exploring the current challenges facing Europe.

In the second of the series, Magid Magid hosts Rasha Deeb. Rasha is a visual artist born in 1988 in Damascus, Syria. Rasha Deeb graduated in Fine Arts in 2014 at Damascus University, specialising in sculpture. After graduating, Rasha Deeb left Syria and headed to Lebanon, then Greece and finally Germany, where her artworks have been exhibited across the country.

5 — 18 October 2020 Entrance is free

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