{"id":1880,"date":"2026-01-15T20:07:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T20:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeitzureden.org\/pastevent\/zeit-zu-reden-absent-numbed-silenced-the-cultural-sector-and-gaza\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T09:44:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T09:44:02","slug":"zeit-zu-reden-absent-numbed-silenced-the-cultural-sector-and-gaza","status":"publish","type":"nor-pastevents","link":"https:\/\/zeitzureden.org\/en\/pastevent\/zeit-zu-reden-absent-numbed-silenced-the-cultural-sector-and-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"Zeit zu reden: Absent, numbed, silenced \u2013 the cultural sector and Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Zeit zu reden: Abwesend, erstarrt, verstummt \u2013 der Kulturbetrieb und Gaza\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JbpDzHJC4oE?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<\/div><\/figure><br>\n\n<p>For a year and a half, the German cultural sector seems to have been operating under a glass dome. While cultural figures around the world are organizing benefit concerts for Gaza or setting up a Gaza Biennale with Palestinian artists, their colleagues in Germany are remarkably cautious. The fear of being denounced as \u201canti-Israel\u201d or \u201canti-Semitic\u201d is too great. Until today, theater performances, concerts, and exhibitions are being canceled\u2014anyone planning something critical avoids attracting attention. What are the social and political consequences of this silence? Isn&#8217;t it the duty of artists to stand up against oppression and for human rights and to show solidarity with persecuted colleagues \u2013 also in order to defend their own artistic freedom? And how can theater directors, filmmakers, visual artists, and musicians reclaim a language that addresses the suffering and rights of all people?<\/p>\n\n<p>With <strong>Michael Barenboim<\/strong>, <strong>Sami Khatib<\/strong>, <strong>Susan Neiman<\/strong>, and <strong>Kathrin Peters<\/strong>. Moderated by <strong>Kristin Helberg<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kampnagel.de\/produktionen\/zeit-zu-reden\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/kampnagel.de\/produktionen\/zeit-zu-reden\">Zeit zu Reden &#8211; Kampnagel tickets<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>Photo: Samih Al-Madhoun finds hope in continuing to sing amid the rubble in Gaza. Credit: Courtesy of Samih Al-Madhoun<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>To support the young artist Samih Al-Madhoun, we will be collecting funds at the event and sending them directly to him.<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/spot.fund\/z52dshpsc\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/spot.fund\/z52dshpsc\">Click here to donate<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For a year and a half, the German cultural sector seems to have been operating under a glass dome. While&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1749,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"nor-pastevents_cat":[],"class_list":["post-1880","nor-pastevents","type-nor-pastevents","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeitzureden.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nor-pastevents\/1880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeitzureden.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nor-pastevents"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeitzureden.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/nor-pastevents"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeitzureden.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeitzureden.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1880"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeitzureden.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeitzureden.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeitzureden.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1880"},{"taxonomy":"nor-pastevents_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeitzureden.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nor-pastevents_cat?post=1880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}