20/06/2026
Invitation to an Open Day at a new civic & cultural venue in Jaramana, Damascus
📅 Saturday, 20 June 2026
🕐 1:00 PM – 8:00 PM
📍 Shared Space Centre, Jaramana (Kornish Al-Janayen, near Qasr Al-Amira, Taimour Mini Market, 50 meters ahead).
The Little Syria is a civic and community-based initiative that supports the formation of independent professional collectives led by young women and men. The project works to strengthen participatory governance, encourage new forms of civic organisation and collective action, and build local structures that can directly serve the community. It is grounded in a simple idea: rebuilding society begins by strengthening local networks, creating safe spaces for learning and exchange, and supporting initiatives that grow from within the community itself.
Shared Space Centre is an independent civic, cultural, community, and development centre in Jaramana. It was created as a safe and open space for young people and the local community, a place for gathering, learning, exchange, and collective work.
Programme highlights:
• Welcome and guided tour of the centre
• Opening of a painting and sculpture exhibition
• Introduction to Masaha Center and The Little Syria project
• Panel discussion: Civil spaces, why they matter and how they can be activated
• Coffee break and open networking
•Short dance performance: Attempts – Even if Only an Echo
• Theatrical readings: A Very Ordinary Day
• Live informal music throughout the day
Collective music session in the evening
The exhibition will continue until Thursday, 25 June 2026, daily from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
This project is designed by artist Khaled Barakeh, organised & supervised by coculture in Germany, and implemented in partnership with the وحدة تمكين المجتمع المدني CSE Unit (Civil Society Empowerment Unit) in Syria. It is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) with support from GIZ.