BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:21693@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:a trail of pomegranate seeds | Sahand Sahebdivani & Rasha Hilwi DTSTAMP:20260501T180028Z DTSTART:20260709T180000Z DTEND:20260709T193000Z DESCRIPTION:A very personal show about love\, lullabies and rooting at many places\n\nThe impressive love and life stories of writer and journalist R asha Hilwi and\nstoryteller Sahand Sahebdivani. Personal stories about lea ving their homelands\nand trying to find belonging will be mixed with a ta pestry of songs and folk\ntales. Their journey culminates in making two ch ildren who\, through their\nparents\, have roots in Palestine and Iran. Ra sha and Sahand talk about love\,\nlullabies\, melancholy and the indomitab le spirits of their ancestors.\n\nAbout the artists:\nRasha Hilwi is a Pal estinian writer\, journalist\, storyteller\, DJ and mother born\nin Akka a nd based in Amsterdam. She graduated from the University of Haifa with\na bachelor’s degree in Sociology and Anthropology. In her performances and\n writing she focuses on the questions surrounding “Home بيت” and “Ghorbah غ ربة”\nand their intersection with motherhood\, personal narratives\, histo ry and\nidentities.\n\nSahand Sahebdivani is the most known storyteller of The Netherlands. In 2004 he\nfounded the Mezrab\, which became one of the most important storytelling stages\nof the world. Sahand arrived in the N etherlands as a refugee of the Iran-Iraq\nwar at the age of three. The exp eriences of him and his family have been the\nbasis of the majority of his work. Sahand also is a father of twin girls\, a\nwriter and the co-direct or of The Amsterdam Storytelling Festival.\n\nDoors open: 19:00\nShow star ts: 20:00\nThere’s soup!\n\nTickets: 13.50 euro (+0.50 cent bank fees) URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/a-trail-of-pomegranate-seeds-or-sahand- sahebdivani-and-rasha-hilwi GEO:52.3759775;4.9275458 LOCATION:Mezrab - Veemkade 576\, 1019 BL Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:amsterdam-oost,dj,eastern docklands,festivals,performance,refuge es,stories,storytelling,talk X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

A very personal show about love, lullab ies and rooting at many places

The impressive love and life st ories of writer and journalist Rasha Hilwi and storyteller Sahand Sahebdiv ani. Personal stories about leaving their homelands and trying to find bel onging will be mixed with a tapestry of songs and folk tales. Their journe y culminates in making two children who, through their parents, have roots in Palestine and Iran. Rasha and Sahand talk about love, lullabies, melan choly and the indomitable spirits of their ancestors.

About the artists:
Rasha Hilwi is a Palestinian writer, journalist , storyteller, DJ and mother born in Akka and based in Amsterdam. She grad uated from the University of Haifa with a bachelor’s degree in Sociology a nd Anthropology. In her performances and writing she focuses on the questi ons surrounding “Home بيت” and “Ghorbah غربة” and their intersection with motherhood, personal narratives, history and identities.

Sahand Sah ebdivani is the most known storyteller of The Netherlands. In 2004 he foun ded the Mezrab, which became one of the most important storytelling stages of the world. Sahand arrived in the Netherlands as a refugee of the Iran- Iraq war at the age of three. The experiences of him and his family have b een the basis of the majority of his work. Sahand also is a father of twin girls, a writer and the co-director of The Amsterdam Storytelling Festiva l.

Doors open: 19:00
Show starts: 20:00
There’s soup!

< p>Tickets: 13.50 euro (+0.50 cent bank fees)

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