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Bosla Arts @boslaarts.com · 30/12/2025

As the year comes to a close, so does our 2nd residency programme! We spent the last 9 months supporting 2 Palestinian artists; Shahd Itbakhi (online) and Rand Hamdallah (in-person). Find out more about the programme: youtu.be/mjmrN7T6wdo?...

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Bosla Arts 2025 Residency

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Bosla Arts @boslaarts.com · 28/11/2025

Coming up! That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore a 3-day exhibition and series of events by Bosla Arts’ artist-in-residence Rand Hamdallah and Shahd Itbakhi, exploring the themes of progress and development in a collapsing world. Explore the programme in the thread! www.boslaarts.com/blog/that-jo...

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That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore - an exhibition and series of events by artist-in-residence Rand Hamdallah — Bosla Arts | Art Persists

That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore is a three-day exhibition and series of events by Bosla Arts’ artist-in-residence - Palestinian artist Rand Hamdallah, presented in collaboration with online artist-...

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Bosla Arts @boslaarts.com · 03/09/2025

OPEN CALL: To the Kids Who Live - an online exhibition of work created in solidarity with Palestine. Curated by Bosla Arts’ artist-in-residence Rand Hamdallah! Deadline 30 September 2025 🎨 Learn more & apply: www.boslaarts.com/blog/open-ca...

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Bosla Arts @boslaarts.com · 21/05/2025

We kick off season 8 of the #ArtPersists #podcast speaking to the duo behind #JailTimeRecords. Dione & Steve share the story of how the label came to life: from Dione’s early workshops in prison, to Steve’s unjust detention, and the collaboration that followed. Watch now: youtu.be/WaftshEzzb4

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Jail Time Records: Inside the First Music Studio in a Cameroon Prison

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Bosla Arts @boslaarts.com · 14/05/2025

The Art Persists Podcast is coming back! Join us for season 8 starting next Wednesday. Massive thanks to everyone who has listened and watched these last 7 seasons: youtu.be/Ao8j2cZUjRg?... #ArtPersists #podcast

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Art Persists season 8 trailer

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Bosla Arts @boslaarts.com · 22/04/2025

We are so excited to announce our first ever online exhibition, Art Resists, curated by Aude Abou Nasr! The exhibition features the work of 10 artists from around the world who are using their work to speak out against injustice. Explore the exhibition: www.boslaarts.com/art-resists #ArtResists

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Art Resists - An Online Exhibition — Bosla Arts | Art Persists

Art Resists is a testament to this power, bringing together ten artists from across the Global South and its diasporas, whose practices confront the urgencies of our time through diverse mediums.

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Index on Censorship @indexoncensorship.org · 10/04/2025

An overlooked impact of war is the psychological trauma that can leave survivors - including children - speechless. Join us at the Frontline Club for a discussion on how the wars in #Gaza and #Ukraine are leaving the most vulnerable without a voice: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/index-on-c...

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Bosla Arts @boslaarts.com · 28/03/2025

Our Creative Writing Workshop is back! Join Fedzilla on Saturday 12 April at The Jago for I'm (not) fine: Writing as self care and a creative act of resistance. Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-w...

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Creative Writing Workshop: I'm (not) fine

Join Bosla Arts at The Jago Dalston for a Creative Writing Workshop! Saturday 12th April, 4-6:30pm

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Bosla Arts @boslaarts.com · 24/02/2025

We are back! Join us for a day of creative solidarity at The Jago on Sun 9 March. Including our Open Mic: Solidarity Sessions and a Creative Writing Workshop led by rapper / MC Fedzilla! Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1253166537...

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Bosla Arts @boslaarts.com · 15/01/2025

#OPENCALL: Art Resists - an online exhibition! We are delighted to announce an upcoming exhibition celebrating the work of artists from global majority countries & the diaspora who are using their work to speak out against injustice. DEADLINE 10 FEB. Apply now: www.boslaarts.com/blog/open-ca...

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Index on Censorship @indexoncensorship.org · 15/01/2025

2 WEEKS TO GO! Join us at The Jago for a night of music and poetry in honour of artists who stand tall in the face of censorship and oppression. Register and get a FREE drink on the night. Wednesday, 29 Jan at 6pm: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unsung-her...

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Bosla Arts @boslaarts.com · 11/12/2024

Huge thanks to everyone who came to our Creative Solidarity for Palestine day on Saturday 💚 It was a truly moving & beautiful day.

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Georgia Beeston @gbeeston.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Read my piece for @indexoncensorship.org on Hanna Komar's brilliant debut play, Body in Progress, examining the impact of trauma on the mind and body: www.indexoncensorship.org/2024/12/hann...

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Hanna Komar explores the trauma of oppression through her new play

The Belarusian poet wrote Body in Progress to expose how persecution has a profound impact on the body and mind

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Bosla Arts @boslaarts.com · 05/12/2024

Huge thank you to everyone who listened to the Art Persists podcast this year! And of course to all of our incredible guests. Stay tuned for more to come in 2025! #ArtPersists #Podcast

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Index on Censorship @indexoncensorship.org · 01/12/2024

We welcome the news that Iranian rapper #ToomajSalehi has been released from prison. Toomaj is a brave and brilliant person who should never have been imprisoned to begin with. We’ve been proud to support him since his arrest: www.iranintl.com/en/202412010...

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Iranian dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi released from prison

Iranian dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi, who was previously sentenced to death, has been released after serving one year in prison, Iran's Judiciary announced on Sunday.

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Bosla Arts @boslaarts.com · 25/11/2024

Join rapper and poet Fedzilla on 7 December at 3pm for I’m (not) fine, a creative writing workshop for beginners. She’ll walk you through prompts, ideas and personal experience in putting despair and hope on paper. Register now! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bosla-arts...

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Bosla Arts @boslaarts.com · 18/11/2024

Announcing Creative Solidarity for Palestine! A day of workshops, music, food and an open mic on Saturday 7 December at Palestine House London. SEE YOU THERE! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bosla-arts...

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Yaqiu Wang 王亚秋 @yaqiu.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Incredible story. While reading it, I felt a sense of guilt and anger, as a Han Chinese, for our willful ignorance and inability to understand. I hope one day there will be a collective "sorry" from all Chinese to all Uyghurs. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/10/m...

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A Uyghur’s Escape From China Was Just the Beginning

He fled brutal repression — only to discover, as so many Uyghur refugees have, that China’s power stretches far beyond its borders.

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Bosla Arts @boslaarts.com · 08/11/2024

“Activism is not a choice in Iran. It’s not something that you decide to do… You have to become an activist, it’s a necessity.” In the latest ep of the #ArtPersists #Podcast, photographer Reihane Taravati tells us about photographing imprisoned #Iran activist, #NargesMohammadi: tr.ee/P0baDDgeyv

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Bosla Arts @boslaarts.com · 07/11/2024

Reihane Taravati, Iranian photographer and activist, is on The Art Persists Podcast! Reihane tells us about the challenges of being a photographer in #Iran and photographing imprisoned activist and HRD, #NargesMohammadi. Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen: tr.ee/P0baDDgeyv

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