Know no shame!
September 15 2016
“We are the shameless Arab girls, and our time is now”, wrote Nancy Herz this past April. She is chairing a debate on 15 September at the Chapter Festival, with young politicians and social commentators who dare to challenge their surroundings. Meet them and get ideas about how you can make your voice heard, find allies and gather the courage to take part in debates.
During the event, the Fritt Ord Foundation competition for upper secondary school will be launched for the school year 2016/2017.
About the event:
To be free to share your opinions, it is decisive not to shoulder the shame of others, but to determine your own standard. Taking advantage of freedom of expression can be demanding, but it can also be liberating and energising. How can you use your own experiences and opinions in writing for debates and on issues that interest you? Listen to the social commentators, students and young politicians on the panel and discuss issues with them.
Participants:
Nancy Herz (20), law student, speaker and columnist in the daily newspaper Aftenposten. Speaker and moderator,
Fatema Al-Musawi (19), a student of political science at the University of Stavanger.. About standing out, being part of a minority, but also feeling resistance in your own minority community – between a rock and a hard place.
Jørn Kyle Finnesand (28). Progress Party, Rogaland County. About politics, about challenging what is politically correct and finding that the role of outsider is the new normal condition.
Pia Vinningland (20), blogger and journalism student. About using one’s voice on the personal and the professional level as a blogger and journalism student. What reactions does she get?
Aron Jasperr Lona Altinpinar (20), artist and student at a college of further education. Has experience of daring to go his own way as an artist, and breaking with gender role expectations. Has risked a lot – and won a lot – from being himself and drawing a great deal of attention for doing so.