ANKH association was founded in 2018 by a group of human rights defenders from Egypt who have moved to France due to the difficult situation there. This is why we decided to set up ANKH association to help and support the rights of minority groups in the Euromediterranean region.
We are focusing on topics like Human Rights in the Arab world and Europe, migrants, LGBTQI community, people living with HIV, etc.
We also use art and culture to promote the concept of human rights through the organization of workshops, exhibitions, concerts, and meetings for independent artists.
-The Know More campaign :
‘Know More’ is a health campaign to improve awareness about sexually transmitted diseases by providing diverse information in Arabic language from reliable sources, and without stigmatizing indivudals on the basis of gender, religion, ethnic background, color or sexual orientation.
HIV is one one of the main themes of the campaign as we seek to: 1/ create a guide of services provided to people living with HIV in the Arab world 2/ raise awareness on HIV prevention and how to live with HIV.
www.facebook.com/know.more.campaign
To contact us:
[email protected]
-Support LGBTQIA activists and defenders:
We support LGBTQIA people from the Arab world in Europe by offering them accommodation, helping them in their asylum process, and putting them in contact with local organizations.
We also cooperate with international and local organizations to provide support and rapid intervention in each case.
To contact us:
[email protected]
-Points of Life exhibition:
Ankh is organizing an exhibition for people living with HIV in Egypt focusing on their personal experiences, joys, and challenges.
Entitled “Points of Life,” the exhibition will be held in various French cities (Paris-Lyon-Marseille-Grenoble) from May to October 2019. The event aims to highlight to French citizens and residents the situation of people living with HIV in Egypt and to find new ways of cooperation and support by the campaign members.
To contact us:
[email protected]
Round-table with Algerian artists in France
In collaboration with La Colonie, we are organizing a round-table with artists from Algerian roots residing in France to talk about their vision of the current uprising in Algeria, how it affects their art form, and what Algerian artists from the diaspora can do to support it from overseas.
To contact us:
[email protected]
Egypt in Exile
In the recent years, Egypt has witnessed various changes, on a political, social and a cultural level. From the start of what has been called “the Arab spring” and the hopes for a better future that have emerged then, to the current disillusion caused by an authoritarian and repressive regime, Egyptian artists have never stopped to create.
They found a new inspiration not only in the events going on in their country, but also in their own personal paths, made of migration, encounters, exchanges with other artists, etc.
The project “Egypt in Exile” aims at broadcasting the work of Egyptian artists living and working in Europe, some of them having left Egypt in the curse of the recent events, others being bi-nationals and evolving for many years with this double identity. They all present a unique vision of their motherland, influenced by their intricate feelings and experiences.
To show the work of these photographers, filmmakers, musicians, dancers, or other kind of artists and performers, to a European audience is a way to share their testimony of what happened in Egypt in the recent years. On an artistic basis rather than a journalistic or political one, it is also a way to talk more broadly about intercultural exchanges, and inter-individual encounters, between Arab and European countries. It opens a discussion, which we hope will be fruitful, between civil societies fro; both sides of the Mediterranean Sea, on a more human, personal, level, away from the political games and media agendas. Finally, it is also a great opportunity for these artists to make their work known from the European audience and peers, in a cultural scene that is too often limited to already-renowned artists sharing the same backgrounds and origins.
To contact us:
[email protected]
European workshop for migrants involved in defending LGBTQIA rights
We are setting up a workshop for LGBTQIA activists and defenders from the Arab world who have recently moved to Europe. The objectives are: to share information, knowledge and practices between LGBTQIA defenders from the MENA region who have recently moved to Europe; to train activists and community leaders on LGBTQIA situation in the MENA region and advocacy skills; to contribute to the building of an international network of activists and organizations working on LGBTQIA topics in the MENA and Europe.
To contact us:
[email protected]
