ASSEMBLY
At InStereo Studios, we partnered with AFSC to create Assembly, a podcast series and magazine that featured activists and artists from the Middle East and North Africa.
Through intimate conversations in Casablanca and Amman, we explored how art can inspire change and transform everyday lives in the pursuit of peace with justice.
Below you can listen to the artists we spoke to in Casablanca. To listen to the full series, head here.
In this episode, we hear from Emad Hajjaj, a Jordanian cartoonist who has had a long career that has earned him all kinds of attention — some of it unwanted. Despite it all, he never stopped making his work.
In this episode, we hear from Talal Afifi, a pioneer in Sudanese film. He is a film curator, producer, and founder and director of the Sudan Film Factory. He talks about his past work and his hopes for the future of his country’s creative community.
In this episode, we hear from Lalla Kaber, a cinematographer and video maker in Mauritania. Lalla is one of the first women filmmakers in her country. She runs an organization for deaf people and is one of the few people in the country working to address the issues they face.