Below one can find the links to a few presentations I have given over the past few years.
Somalia in the Horn of Africa – lecture given to students of Sciences Po Le Havre campus on 27 April 2021 (Youtube, nearly 2 hours)
Theory and Practice of Statebuilding – guest lecture given to students of the East African University in Garowe, Puntland on 12 October 2020.
Guest lecture: “Somalia: Not What You Expect (a Personal Journey)” given to literature students of the UZH Zurich on 4 March 2020
Guest lectures given at the Somali International University in Mogadishu, February and March 2019
Sonic Barbecue, food and music performances in Addis Ababa, March & November 2018
Presentation I prepared for the World Innovation Summit for Education in Doha, Qatar; Nov 2014. Subject: Can contemporary art be used in education? Using Saudi Arabia as an example.
How the collection of the National Museum of Afghanistan survived the looting and the civil war. Contribution to the Roundtable “Art Trafficking and Restitution” in the Peace Palace, The Hague, September 2013.
About the role of culture in post-conflict development. Contribution to the Roundtable “Culture and Conflict”, Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam, June 2013.
The Geopolitics of Lapis Lazuli in Afghanistan. Performative intervention about the geopolitics of Lapis Lazuli in Witte de With art center, Rotterdam, May 2013.
Discussion of contemporary art dynamics between the Gulf and India, for the first public session of Campus Art Dubai which I moderated, in The Pavilion, Dubai, January 2013.
How Palestinian Artists Deal with the Bankrupt Notion of the Nation-State and their Condition as Global Stateless Citizens. Presentation at the October Gallery, London, February 2012.
Art and Conflict in the Middle East : Performative intervention in Flying Dinners, Paris, March 2011.
Cultural Dissonances: How to understand developments in Afghan culture
from a Western viewpoint? Presentation at the Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, March 2011.