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A few months had passed since the outbreak of war in Yemen. The capital, Sana’a, was enduring daily bombardment. Amid these circumstances, the Sawt Foundation launched the “Cinema Sawt” project, aimed at raising awareness about the humanitarian and social tragedies caused by conflict and war. This is achieved through screening films that depict the realities …

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In late September 2012, Yemeni capital Sana’a hosted the 28th Sana’a International Book Fair. The fair featured participation from approximately 200 local and Arab publishing houses. This was a major event, the first of its kind since 2009. Sawt Foundation for Development was among the active participants as one of the entities organizing cultural events …

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On the evening of Sunday, August 25, 2013, in one of the halls of the House of Culture in Sana’a, the Sawt Foundation for Development, in cooperation with the German Friedrich Ebert Foundation, organized a cultural and literary seminar along with a photography exhibition highlighting the role of women in Yemen’s process of change. The …

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To commemorate International Women’s Day on March 8, 2014, the Sawt Foundation for Development organized an event titled “Another Voice for Victims of Enforced Disappearance” at the Cultural House Hall in Sana’a. The event honored a number of families of the forcibly disappeared and launched the book “Another Voice for the Forcibly Disappeared”.The event was …

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The project monitoring the image of women and men in media following the revolutions that erupted across several Arab countries in early 2011 stands as one of the earliest initiatives implemented by the then-newly established Sawt Foundation for Development. It represented a significant opportunity for the foundation to engage in civil society work and was …

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Cairo – ReutersAmid the shadow of civil war, a Yemeni poet has launched an initiative to screen Arab and international films in a café in Sana’a — proving that dreams remain possible, and that the lack of functioning cinemas in the capital does not deprive the public of the right to enjoyment and imagination.The screenings …

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Over the past few months, the Sawt Civil Foundation launched a new project titled “Sawt Cinema to Confront War and Extremism,” aimed at promoting coexistence, diversity, and peace, and rejecting violence among youth and the broader community.On November 4 of last year, Sawt, in cooperation with the Dutch Embassy, inaugurated the first phase of the …

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