Faisal, Last Stop!
We are excited to announce and invite you to “اخر فيصل Akher Faysal” “Faysal, Last Stop” exhibition, which will be accompanied by Sudanese music concerts, film screenings, tours and roundtable.
The exhibition Opening: 1st of November @ 7:00pm followed by a Music Concert by Hiba El Tawiji @ 9:00pm – in the French Institute, Al Munira. Entry is free and no registration is required.
“اخر فيصل Faysal, Last Stop” is a project that draws from collective critical cartography and mapping as a tool to explore migratory trajectories and highlight subaltern voices, offering counter-narratives that reveal the embodied spatial relations of Sudanese women, which are often rendered invisible in hegemonic representations. While Sudanese have settled in various districts depending on pre-war connections to Egypt and their social backgrounds, a significant number have moved to Faysal where there is a high concentration of migrants from diverse nationalities.Faysal is undergoing transformations as Sudanese redefine the urban landscape, forming “new geographies of space-making” in Cairo. As a lived and evolving space Faysal offers valuable insights into how communities constantly redefine spatial and social relations.
Situated at the intersection of critical geography and migration studies, this project focuses on a group of 13 Sudanese women, aged 20-40, who settled in Faysal after the war. These women participated in collective mapping, zine making and sound workshops. Everyday experiences, frequently excluded from dominant narratives, come to the forefront through this process.
The exhibition aims to center these counter-maps of Faysal and of the journey from Sudan to Cairo created by the Sudanese women who navigate and negotiate this neighborhood, as well as how emotionally and sensorially they cope and embody such a cramped yet familiar space in an attempt to find a sense of home and safety.
“اخر فيصل” هو مشروع ناتج عن رسم الخرائط الجماعية بشكل نقدي لاستكشاف مسارات الهجرة التي في الأغلب مهمشة، مقدما سرديات بديلة تكشف العلاقات اليومية و المكانية المجسدة للنساء السودانيات اللواتي انتقلن إلى فيصل بعد الحرب، والتي غالبًا ما تُعتبر غير مُمثلة بشكل كافي في السرديات المهينة. كما يعد المعرض سردًا مُختلف للتجارب اليومية للنساء السودانيات في فيصل، مسلطًا الضوء على تجربة ١٣ سيدة سودانية في فيصل و عن كيفية تنقلهن و تفاوضهن مع المكان و محاولتهن لإيجاد شعور بالوطن والأمان في هذا الحي المألوف و المزدحم. من خلال أعمال بصرية مختلفة في المعرض من خرائط، دليل تفاعلي و اصوات تأخذنا المشاركات معهن “لآخر فيصل”.
يتقاطع المشروع بين ممارسات الجغرافيا النقدية و دراسات الهجرة، من خلال ورش متنوعة
*Akher Faysal, is the transportation lingo to make it to the last stop in Faysal. In this exhibition, the Sudanese women allow us audio-visually into their own navigation of Faysal until its last stop.
Participants: Afraa Abdelhamid, Marwa Ahmed, Asmaa Ahmed, Habab El_Tijani, Asawer Mohamed, Bara’a Ahmed, Nada Amin, Randa Yasin, Aatiqa Ishaq, Afnan Moawia, Asia Hamdi, Nafisa Bakri, Tibyan Fathurrahman, Metche Jaa’far.
Organized by: CEDEJ Khartoum and University of Padova (DiSSGeA)
Scientific Committee: Marie Bassi, Mariasole Pepa, Duaa Abuswar, Samrin Adam
OpenEdition vous propose de citer ce billet de la manière suivante :
cedejsudan (22 octobre 2024). Faisal, Last Stop! Researching Sudan - A perspective on contemporary Sudans. Consulté le 8 novembre 2024 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/12jqp