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By Samar Zughool, political scientist Since Trump came to power, he has been vocally threatening to open the doors of hell in Gaza, as if they were not already open. In his capitalist imperial vision, he articulated the “Riviera of the Middle East” plan for Gaza, […]
Join us for a creative Join us for a creative and inspiring event where storytelling is an art, and where urban spaces bring people together! Date: February 20, 2025 Location: Zavod MDC Mavrica, Slovenski trg 1, 2250 Ptuj At 15:00 – 16:30 Art workshop: Traditional doll […]
Opportunities, challenges, and recommendations from the perspective of Civil Society Organizations in the Southern Mediterranean region. Authors: Executive Summary:Given the ongoing humanitarian crises in the southern Mediterranean region, which are increasing inequalities within and between countries, the EU’s third Gender Action Plan, GAP III, appears to […]
Authors of the policy brief: Executive summary:Considering the intersectionality and diversity of inequalities women face in the southern Mediterranean region, the EU GAP III is a handy plan that adds intersectional and transformative approaches to gender equality through foreign policy. However, integrating the GAP III approaches […]
By Samar Zughool, a political scientist and intercultural researcher. In this article, I introduce the term Americanized Wahhabism to describe the U.S.-sponsored Islamization that promotes Wahhabi ideologies, which are deeply misogynistic and glorify toxic, hypermasculine dictatorships as interchangeable tools for occupation and neo-colonialism. The development of […]
“NOT Your Scheherazade” is an atheist, queer, and decolonial alternative interpretation of Scheherazade from the book “The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights”. The performance and subsequent discussions reflected on intersectional feminist resistance against the current geopolitics of fanatically religious, dictatorial regimes and […]
Reflecting on the last two weeks of December, we had the privilege of working with incredibly talented young people at youth centers in Tunisia. Our community arts workshops focused on body creative expression, performing arts, and the power of speech. We delved deep into storytelling, exploring […]
As we bid farewell to a year of amazing achievements, we want to extend our heartfelt thanks to each and everyone of you! 2024 was a great journey. 2025 great venture foreseen!
Povod Institute is facilitating a two-week series of community arts and cultural management workshops in cooperation with amazing youth and youth workers in Tunisia. The workshops are taking place in three youth centres in Tunis, Ein Derahim, and Tabarka. We started on Tuesday with three creative […]
Wrapping up 2024, here are some of the highlights for the Good Food Good Farming movement this year. Povod Institute is a partner of Good Food Good Farming in Slovenia.
We continue our creative migrant-led journey navigating intercultural and cross-cultural stories in Slovenia and the world. “Tales, Dolls, and Tours” Among many inspiring stories, Svitlana Kuz took us on the path of women’s travels from Sofia Yablonska coming from Ukraine to Alma Karlin coming from Slovenia […]
Today, the director of the Povod Institute, Robert Križanič, gave a lecture at Ismail Qemali University, Vlora, Albania.At the International Forum on Regional Development and Local Economy: The 6th Forum on Regional and Local Economic Development in Western Balkans FoRLED 2024, with a focus on the […]
The next stop of our creative journey “Tales, Dolls & Tours” will take place on November 28th and our host will be Svitlana Kuz. Svitlana is an event organizer in the field of culture and migrations at the Povod organisation, intercultural companion in the MigranTour Ljubljana […]
What a great pleasure that we had while facilitating the second round of the online participatory training course “Gender Mainstreaming in Intercultural Management” in the Arabic language. Povod’s intercultural trainer and researcher, Samar Zughool, designed and facilitated six sessions between the 2nd and 12th of November. […]
We started Povod’s creative journey “Tales, Dolls & Tours”. Our host today was Oljana Krapus, an art therapist from Ukraine and a member of SZUT (Slovenian Association of Art Therapists). We enjoyed a creative process of making dolls while unpacking the various meanings of interculturalism. Our […]
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