BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:22724@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Masterclass: Creative Methodologies for Decolonial Futures DTSTAMP:20260521T193310Z DTSTART:20260531T153000Z DTEND:20260531T180000Z DESCRIPTION:Line up: Khadija El Mourabit\, Maya al-Khaldi\, Soraya El Kahla oui\, Dia Barghouti\,\nMaya al-Khaldi\,\nOpen: 17:30 - 20:00 hrs\nTickets: € 5\n\nMasterclass: Creative Methodologies for Decolonial Futures\n\nAs p art of the Decolonial Futures Research Priority Area (RPA) at the Universi ty\nof Amsterdam\, fellows Dia Barghouti and Soraya El Kahlaoui invite you to an\nevening of performances\, presentations\, and collective discussio n at OT301 in\nAmsterdam on May 31\, exploring creative methodologies in c olonial contexts\nthrough the case of Palestine. Bringing together researc h\, music\, film\, and\nperformance\, the event reflects on how creative p ractices can become tools for\ndocumenting dispossession\, imagining resis tance\, and reclaiming collective\nhistories.\n\nThe evening unfolds in tw o parts: a documentary film screening\, followed by\nperformances\, resear ch presentations\, and an open discussion with the audience.\n\nPart I — F ilm Screening\n\n16:30 – 17:30 —Landless Moroccans\n\nAs part of the eveni ng\, prior to the presentations\, we will be showing the\ndocumentary film Landless Moroccans\, written and directed by Soraya El Kahlaoui.\n\nPart II — Performances\, Presentations & Conversation\n\n17:30 – 17:50 — Break (transition to the performance/talks)\n17:50 – 18:00 — Opening by Khadija El Mourabit\n18:00 – 18:30 — Performance by Maya al-Khaldi\n18:30 – 18:45 — Presentation by Soraya El Kahlaoui\n18:45 – 19:00 — Presentation by Dia Barghouti\n19:00 – 20:00 — Conversation with the audience\n\nThe evening w ill open with a live musical performance by Palestinian musician\,\ncompos er\, and researcher Maya al-Khaldi\, whose work experiments with Palestini an\nmusical heritage\, sound archives\, and lost performance traditions to imagine a\ndecolonial future.\n\nSoraya El Kahlaoui\, researcher based in Palestine\, will present her ongoing work\non the narratives of disposses sion between Morocco and Palestine through video\ntestimonies and life his tories\, reflecting on visual storytelling as a method\nfor amplifying mar ginalized voices and documenting experiences of loss\,\ndisplacement\, and resistance.\n\nPalestinian playwright and researcher Dia Barghouti will t hen present her work\non Palestinian theatre\, exploring how experimentati on with extinct Palestinian\ntraditions and Sufi rituals can create new op portunities for artistic innovation\nand resistance to the Israeli occupat ion.\n\nThe event will conclude with an open discussion with the audience\ , creating\nspace for collective reflection on decolonial knowledge produc tion\, artistic\npractice\, and the politics of representation. Moderated by Khadija El Mourabit.\n\nBio’s\n\nDia Barghouti\n\nDia Barghouti is a Pa lestinian researcher and playwright. She holds a PhD in\nDrama and Theatre Arts from Goldsmiths\, University of London (2021) and is\ncurrently a vi siting fellow at the European University Institute. Her research\nexplores Sufi performance traditions in Palestine and Tunisia\, with a focus on\nt heir connections to Islamic philosophy and intellectual history. Her writi ngs\nhave appeared in New Theatre Quarterly\, Performance Research\, Theat re Research\nInternational\, Jerusalem Quarterly\, Arab Stages\, The Marka z Review\, among other\nacademic and cultural journals. Her most recent pl ay\, Journey to the Third\nDimension of a Clementine was published by Dar al-Kitab (2025). The play\nincludes a collaboration with Palestinian music ians Maya al-Khaldi and Tareq\nAbboushi\, who composed and recorded the mu sic featured in the play that will be\nreleased in a forthcoming album.\n\ nSoraya El Kahlaoui\nSoraya El Kahlaoui is a sociologist and researcher at Institut français du\nProche-Orient working on land\, dispossession\, and property conflicts in\nPalestine and North Africa. Combining ethnography\ , visual methodologies\,\narchival research\, and counter-mapping\, her wo rk explores how creative and\ncollaborative methods can document colonial violence and everyday forms of\nresistance. She is the founder of the mapp ing initiative Traab and director of\nthe documentary Landless Moroccans.\ n\nKhadija El Mourabit\n\nKhadija al Mourabit is a Dutch philosopher\, wri ter\, poet\, and lecturer of\nAmazigh-Moroccan descent. She studied philos ophy at the University of Amsterdam\nand worked as a lecturer at Leiden Un iversity. Her poetry\, written in both Dutch\nand Tamazight\, explores the mes of identity\, migration\, and cultural heritage.\nAlongside her litera ry work\, she is active in community initiatives that amplify\nsocial just ice and women’s stories and perspectives\, making her a powerful\nbridge b etween cultures and generations.\n\nMaya Khaldi\nMaya Khaldi is a singer a nd composer based between Belgium and Palestine. She\nhas collaborated wit h a few Palestinian poets\, musicians\, playwrights\, and\nartists\, and i n March 2022\, released her debut album\, Other World. Maya is\ncurrently a PhD researcher at LUCA School of Art\, BE\, where her research focuses\n on Palestinian traditional women’s songs and experimental composition to e xplore\nwhat the sound of future liberation could be. URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/masterclass-creative-methodologies-for- decolonial-futures GEO:52.3601403;4.8656923 LOCATION:OT301 - Overtoom 301\, 1054 HW Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:amsterdam-west,community,discussion,documentary,experimental,fil m,live,music,opening,performance,poetry,stories,storytelling,talk,theater, vondelparkbuurt X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Line up: Khadija El Mourabit, Maya al-Khaldi, Soraya El Kahlaoui, Dia Barghouti, Maya al-Khaldi,
Open: 17:30 - 20:00 hrs
Tickets: € 5 < p>Masterclass: Creative Methodologies for Decolonial Futures

As part of the Decolonial Futures Research Priority Area (RPA) at the University of Amsterdam, fellows Dia Barghouti and Soraya El Kahlao ui invite you to an evening of performances, presentations, and collective discussion at OT301 in Amsterdam on May 31, exploring cr eative methodologies in colonial contexts through the case of Palestine. B ringing together research, music, film, and performance, the event reflect s on how creative practices can become tools for documenting dispossession , imagining resistance, and reclaiming collective histories.

The ev ening unfolds in two parts: a documentary film screening, followed by perf ormances, research presentations, and an open discussion with the audience .

Part I — Film Screening

16:30 – 17:30 —Landless Moroccans

As part of the evening, prior to the pres entations, we will be showing the documentary film Landless Moroccans< /em>, written and directed by Soraya El Kahlaoui.

Part II — Performances, Presentations & Conversation

17:30 – 1 7:50 — Break (transition to the performance/talks)
17:50 – 18:00 — Ope ning by Khadija El Mourabit
18:00 – 18:30 — Performance by Maya al-Kha ldi
18:30 – 18:45 — Presentation by Soraya El Kahlaoui
18:45 – 19: 00 — Presentation by Dia Barghouti
19:00 – 20:00 — Conversation with t he audience

The evening will open with a live musical performance b y Palestinian musician, composer, and researcher Maya al-Khaldi, whose wor k experiments with Palestinian musical heritage, sound archives, and lost performance traditions to imagine a decolonial future.

Soraya El Ka hlaoui, researcher based in Palestine, will present her ongoing work on th e narratives of dispossession between Morocco and Palestine through video testimonies and life histories, reflecting on visual storytelling as a met hod for amplifying marginalized voices and documenting experiences of loss , displacement, and resistance.

Palestinian playwright and research er Dia Barghouti will then present her work on Palestinian theatre, explor ing how experimentation with extinct Palestinian traditions and Sufi ritua ls can create new opportunities for artistic innovation and resistance to the Israeli occupation.

The event will conclude with an open discus sion with the audience, creating space for collective reflection on decolo nial knowledge production, artistic practice, and the politics of represen tation. Moderated by Khadija El Mourabit.

Bio’s

Dia Barghouti

Dia Barghouti is a Palestinian researcher and playwright. She holds a PhD in Drama and Theatre Arts from Goldsmiths, University of London (2021) and is currently a visiting fello w at the European University Institute. Her research explores Sufi perform ance traditions in Palestine and Tunisia, with a focus on their connection s to Islamic philosophy and intellectual history. Her writings have appear ed in New Theatre Quarterly, Performance Research, Theatre Research Intern ational, Jerusalem Quarterly, Arab Stages, The Markaz Review, among other academic and cultural journals. Her most recent play, Journey to the Third Dimension of a Clementine was published by Dar al-Kitab (2025). The play includes a collaboration with Palestinian musicians Maya al-Khaldi and Tar eq Abboushi, who composed and recorded the music featured in the play that will be released in a forthcoming album.

Soraya El Kahlaou i
Soraya El Kahlaoui is a sociologist and researcher at Insti tut français du Proche-Orient working on land, dispossession, and property conflicts in Palestine and North Africa. Combining ethnography, visual me thodologies, archival research, and counter-mapping, her work explores how creative and collaborative methods can document colonial violence and eve ryday forms of resistance. She is the founder of the mapping initiative Tr aab and director of the documentary Landless Moroccans.

Kha dija El Mourabit

Khadija al Mourabit is a Dutch philosophe r, writer, poet, and lecturer of Amazigh-Moroccan descent. She studied phi losophy at the University of Amsterdam and worked as a lecturer at Leiden University. Her poetry, written in both Dutch and Tamazight, explores them es of identity, migration, and cultural heritage. Alongside her literary w ork, she is active in community initiatives that amplify social justice an d women’s stories and perspectives, making her a powerful bridge between c ultures and generations.

Maya Khaldi
Maya Khal di is a singer and composer based between Belgium and Palestine. She has c ollaborated with a few Palestinian poets, musicians, playwrights, and arti sts, and in March 2022, released her debut album, Other World. Maya is cur rently a PhD researcher at LUCA School of Art, BE, where her research focu ses on Palestinian traditional women’s songs and experimental composition to explore what the sound of future liberation could be.

BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:DISPLAY DESCRIPTION:Masterclass: Creative Methodologies for Decolonial Futures TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR