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Give people access to free creative expressions! Mimeta works in Africa, Asia and South-America – with a concentration on MENA and Sub-Sahara.

We give priority to those organizations that work on behalf of the arts, as service providers, to improve the sectors´ position on rights issues, in political and legal matters, the professionalism, the distribution of the arts and the sustainability of the sector.

26/01/2026

https://www.mimeta.org/mimeta-news-on-censorship-in-art/2026/1/26/trumps-second-term-governance-capture-funding-cuts-and-creative-resistance Trump's Second Term: Governance Capture, Funding Cuts, and Creative Resistance

Analysis of Trump's 2025-2026 arts sector crackdown: governance capture, NEA terminations, Smithsonian pressure, and emerging artistic resistance.

23/01/2026

https://www.mimeta.org/mimeta-news-on-censorship-in-art/2026/1/23/tiktoks-new-owners-and-the-architecture-of-digital-silencing TikTok's New Owners and the Architecture of Digital Silencing

Mimeta analysis of TikTok's January 2026 ownership restructuring reveals concerning board composition: Israeli Defense Forces donor Larry Ellison, UAE state fund MGX with ties to torture and surveillance, and Trump family cryptocurrency profits. Critical implications for artists, activists and docum

21/01/2026

https://www.mimeta.org/mimeta-news-on-censorship-in-art/2026/1/21/mario-moubarak-comedy-religion-and-criminalisation-in-lebanon https://www.mimeta.org/mimeta-news-on-censorship-in-art/2026/1/21/mario-moubarak-comedy-religion-and-criminalisation-in-lebanon

Lebanese comedian Mario Moubarak faces death threats, arrest and a blasphemy investigation after an Awk.word stand up joke about Jesus was edited, decontextualised and turned into a national outrage case

21/01/2026

https://www.mimeta.org/mimeta-news-on-censorship-in-art/2026/1/21/cabaret-paulikevitch-extremists-target-beirut-baladi-show Cabaret Paulikevitch: Extremists Target Beirut Baladi Show

In 2025, Lebanese dancer Alexandre Paulikevitch’s “Cabaret Paulikevitch” faced coordinated Christian and Islamist incitement in Beirut. Despite threats to “destroy the theater”, the baladi cabaret went ahead sold out, exposing rising attacks on queer-coded performance and artistic freedom ...

21/01/2026

https://www.mimeta.org/mimeta-news-on-censorship-in-art/2026/1/21/marhaba-dawle-satire-on-trial-in-lebanon Marhaba Dawle: satire on trial in Lebanon

Lebanon’s hit satire “Marhaba Dawle” faces lawsuits, security summons and religious complaints. This Mimeta Memos article examines how state and religious actors are testing the limits of media freedom and artistic expression.

20/01/2026

https://www.mimeta.org/mimeta-news-on-censorship-in-art/2026/1/20/lebanese-film-disorder-censored-over-october-2019-protest-scene Lebanese Film "Disorder" Censored Over October 2019 Protest Scene

Lebanon's General Security Censorship Bureau forced removal of a 20-second scene depicting October 2019 protest violence from acclaimed anthology film "Disorder." Director Lucien Bourjeily complied under coercion, reflecting ongoing suppression of artistic documentation of state

20/01/2026

https://www.mimeta.org/mimeta-news-on-censorship-in-art/2026/1/20/lebanons-awkword-comedy-and-control Lebanons Awk.word, comedy and control

Awk.word’s cancelled Saida show and the prosecution of comedian Nour Hajjar reveal how security and religious authorities in Lebanon restrict stand up comedy, exposing deeper pressures on artistic freedom and free speech.

16/01/2026

https://www.mimeta.org/mimeta-news-on-censorship-in-art/2026/1/16/art-against-artillery-ukrainian-artists-under-fire Art Against Artillery: Ukrainian Artists Under Fire

Discover Art against Artillery: Voices of Resilience, Olha Volynska’s powerful book on how Ukrainian artists turn culture into survival, resistance and truth‑telling amid Russia’s full‑scale war.

15/01/2026

https://www.mimeta.org/mimeta-news-on-censorship-in-art/2026/1/15/7bcr40a0b8wedtylv40srnbflb43u6 Homs’ New Clock Square, Martyrdom and Silenced Music in Syria

When Syrian American composer Malek Jandali’s Homs Clock Square concert was abruptly cancelled in December 2025, clashing cultural, religious and political narratives emerged, exposing how contested public space and martyrdom memory continue to limit artistic freedom in Syria.

15/01/2026

https://www.mimeta.org/mimeta-news-on-censorship-in-art/2026/1/15/ugandas-2026-elections-blackout-repression-and-shrinking-space-for-scrutiny Uganda’s 2026 elections: blackout, repression and shrinking space for scrutiny

Uganda’s 2026 election sees an internet blackout, repression of media and NGOs, and a shrinking space for civic and artistic freedoms

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