Three years ago, we took the step of officially registering our organization in Germany, after working in Yemen for a decade. Being represented in both countries provides us with the tools and resources needed to offer support more efficiently and reliably.We take this opportunity to look back with gratitude to our supporters and allies over …
The book “Another Voice for the Forcibly Disappeared”, published in 2014, serves as a living archive and documentation of the issue of enforced disappearance in Yemen across multiple decades. The book aims to shed light on the suffering of victims and their families, with a particular focus on the role women play—as mothers, wives, and …
The Sawt Foundation has launched its cinematic project, aiming to reintroduce Yemenis to this field and cultural space – closed to them for nearly two decades, contributing to their isolation from the world. The foundation has already screened five films, with many more to come.Amid significant challenges, foremost among them social customs and the ongoing …
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The “Sawt Cinema” initiative, launched by poet and activist Samah Al-Shaghadri, aims to raise awareness of the dangers of war and warn against conflict by presenting film screenings in Sana’a that promote messages of rejecting violence and encouraging coexistence among people.The initiative has resonated powerfully with audiences in Yemen through its screenings of films that …
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In a small café in southern Sana’a, young Yemenis have been organizing weekly film screenings every Wednesday for months, in an effort to revive the seventh art in a country mired in political turmoil and war for over a year and a half.Inside a modest hall at “Coffee Trader” café (which seats around 50 people), …
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The words of American writer Bell Hooks — “Revolution begins within and with the self” — perfectly describe the journey of Yemeni journalist and activist Samah Al-Shughdari. Her revolution began in the protest squares of Sana’a in 2011 and continues to this day, holding fast to its values of resistance to violence and sectarianism, albeit …
Since November 4, 2015, a café in central Sana’a has been screening an Arab or international film every Wednesday. The initiative was launched by Yemeni writerSamah Al-Shagdari as an attempt to create a space of relief amid the ongoing war in the country.Al-Shagdari named the initiative “Sawt Cinema”, based on the belief that the seventh …
Three years ago, we took the step of registering our organization in Germany, after being operational in Yemen for a decade. Being represented in both countries provides the tools and means necessary to provide help in a more efficient and reliable manner. We take this chance to look back and thank our supporters and allies …
