Think-Sync-Arabi

Think-Sync-Arabi

Various artists

When Disability collides with economic, social and political struggle, how can the arts, coaching and leadership theory inspire and instil a different reality for Deaf and Disabled leaders?

In February 2023, 8 Deaf and Disabled artists and cultural producers from Palestine and Jordan gathered to sense-make their way around the barriers and opportunities that mark the interpersonal, cultural and political terrains they navigate daily as leaders in the region’s first ever Sync Leadership programme delivered in partnership with Shubbak Festival and Art to Heart in Palestine.

Journey with our 8 artist activists in this film in which they reflect, chew, laugh, rage and choose hope in an overwhelmingly ableist cultural sector, wherever the non-normative body finds itself in the world.

Artists

Rawan Barakat
Safaa Abbasi
Sharehan Hadweh
Hala Mahfouz
Shaima’ Mohammad Ali
Diana Saleh
Jeries Thalgiah
Yara Qwareiq