Two elderly women are sitting next to each other on chairs in an indoor space. Both are wearing headscarves. The woman on the left is dressed entirely in black and raises both hands to form gestures with her fingers. The woman on the right is wearing a light-patterned headscarf, a blue sweater, and a wristwatch. She is also forming a gesture with her fingers and her mouth. Both appear to be communicating with each other using sign language. In the background, a light-colored wall, a bed, and a chair can be seen.

Film Screening: Between Memory and Hope - The Sign Language of Kafr Qasim

with Meyad Sarsour-Ndaye, Dirar Kalash & Robert Yerachmiel Sniderman

14 Feb 26, 5.00–7.00 pm

Bild von Meyad Sarsour-Ndaye
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Meyad Sarsour-Ndaye will premiere her new film Between Memory and Hope – The Sign Language of Kafr Qasim.

The guests Dirar Kalash and Robert Yerachmiel Sniderman will present an excerpt from their film Flight Manifesto.

At the end we will eat snacks together from recipes from Kafr Qasim.

 

About the Artists:

Meyad Sarsour-Ndaye is a deaf Muslim-Palestinian artist, filmmaker, and education and inclusion expert. She studied women’s and gender studies and special education in Tel Aviv, where she worked for many years with deaf and deafblind Arabs. She was particularly committed to the education, self-determination, and independence of deaf women. She also supported the linguistic documentation of the village sign language of her hometown Kafr Qasim. Meyad currently lives in Germany, works in a youth club for deaf young people, and gives lectures on deaf people in Palestine and Israel, Palestinian culture, anti-Muslim racism, and women’s rights in Islam.

Dirar Kalash

Robert Yerachmiel Sniderman

 

Accessibility Information:

Sarsour-Ndaye’s work is in Palestinian Sign Language and German Sign Language, with German and Arabic subtitles. Kalash and Sniderman’s work has German and English subtitles.

Interpretation between German Sign Language and spoken English and German will be available all evening.

For more information on the accessibility of the gallery, visit our About Us Page.

 

 

This event is funded by the Weltoffenes Berlin funding program.
Two elderly women are sitting next to each other on chairs in an indoor space. Both are wearing headscarves. The woman on the left is dressed entirely in black and raises both hands to form gestures with her fingers. The woman on the right is wearing a light-patterned headscarf, a blue sweater, and a wristwatch. She is also forming a gesture with her fingers and her mouth. Both appear to be communicating with each other using sign language. In the background, a light-colored wall, a bed, and a chair can be seen.
Bild von Meyad Sarsour-Ndaye
Bild von Kalash und Sniderman