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Bakr Al Jaber&#38;nbsp;Projects


Projects

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Woord 900 Art Resedincy International Literature Festival Utrecht (ILFU) and Mooie Woorden join forces for WOORD 900. In 4 months all 10 writers wrote texts about the 10 neighborhoods of Utrecht, around the theme City without walls. All texts were gathered and published in one book, here you can read more about Woord 90

Al-Balad Art Resedincy
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia


	Organised by Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Culture, ‘Art Residency &#124; Albalad’ was a residency programme in the vibrant, historical district of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.&#38;nbsp;


While in Jeddah, Al Jaber worked on a text
about the city and memory, his personal
memory and the human memory in its
collective sense.
Through this work, Al Jaber tries to
understand a painful past so much so that he
sometimes loses sense of time and place.
The text stands as the author’s symbolic
attempt to return to the South.
In collaboration with Saudi visual artist Nahla Khogeer, Bakr worked on an installation that respond to the text, and used it as a stage to recite the poem in. The main idea of the work is inspired by a line in the poem: It is the memories that hit my head with a rusty chisel.

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	Laten we hard praten en veel lachen
In collaboration with Hillie De Rooij


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‘Laten we hard praten en veel lachen – ‘فلنرفع أصواتنا عالياً ونقهقه ’ is a symbiosis of poetry and photography. Together they tell the story about living in between the values of home and the western society. It is a collaboration between the Syrian poet Bakr al Jaber and Hillie de Rooij. By focusing on short stories and quick flashes ‘Laten we hard praten en veel lachen’ is trying to turn something personal into something general that everyone can connect with. Over time the project has culminated in a traveling exhibition, performances and a publication.


Syrië, een roep om vrijheid en rechtvaardigheid

In collaboration with PAX 
Writing a text about how I perceive Syria in the Future. The poem was recited in a special event capturing the 10’s anniversary of the Syrian revolution.


Serious GameIn collaboration with Critical Mass 
Writing short poems that serve as an introduction for 15 different characters in an educational game explaining the Syrian story. All poems were written in Arabic and translated to Dutch by Baban Karkuki.


BAK Fellowship

In collaboration with BAK, 
basis voor actuele kunst

Writing a poem reflecting on 12 different stories that have been written by the participants of BAK 2020 fellowship.


	Angstfabriek
In collaboration with Critical Mass&#38;nbsp;
Writing a text about fear, for a social/theatric experiment. Text written in Arabic and Translated to Dutch by Baban Karkuki.


	Stichting Vluchteling&#38;nbsp;

In collaboration with Stichting Vluchteling
Performing a poem I wrote about Damascus during an interview in light of the 10th anniversary for the Syrian revolution.During the interview I reflected on my relationship with poetry and Syria.


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Readings and Public Performances
- May 2025: Performance with Noise Diva at the Centraal Museum Utrecht, as part of Rafaat Balaan’s solo exhibition.
- November 2024: Roomservice Festival, Wageningen.- July 2024: Sharing Saturday at RAUM, Utrecht.- March 2023: Artists in Solidarity NL at Perdu, Amsterdam.- October 2022: Leiden University, Leiden.
- September 2022: International Literature Festival Utrecht (ILFU) &#38;amp; Mooie Woorden, Utrecht.&#38;nbsp;- September 2022: Volle Lucht Festival, Amsterdam.- April 2022 Pieterskerk: The death triology #3, Mooie Woorden, Utrecht.

– November 2021 Landhuis Oud Amelisweerd: Galatea Foundation Award Ceremony, Utrecht.- June 2021 TivoliVredenburg: Syrie,een roep om vrijheid en rechtvaardigheid, organized by Pax, Utrecht.


– December 2020 BAK: Wrap-up session for BAK’s Fellowship program, Utrecht. 


– November 2019 De Voorkamer: Lombok Festival / Le Guess Who?.


– October 2019 Raum: Utrecht. 


– September 2019 De Balie:&#38;nbsp;Schrijven na de vlucht, Organized by ONfile/ Pen Nederland, Amsterdam. 


– June 2019 Willem Twee concertzaal: Sahriye 2, 's Hertogenbosch.


– May 2019 Podium Mozaiek: exhibition/reading, Laten we haard praten en veel lachen, 
In collaboration with Hillie de Rooij, Amsterdam.


– January 2019 Willem Twee concertzaal: Sahriye, 's Hertogenbosch.


– Novermber 2018 Flatland gallery: Art talk, Amsterdam. 


– May 2018, Bakr Al Jaber &#38;amp; Anan Kadamany, Amsterdam.


– March 2018, Embassy of Emesa: Basel, Switzerland.


– February 2018, Prospects &#38;amp; concepts exhibition, reading,&#38;nbsp;In cooperation with Hillie de Rooij,


– December 2017 Verhalenhuis Belvédère: Alriwaq, Rotterdam. 


– November 2016 De Balie: Refugee Narratives in Life Writing, Amsterdam.


– December 2012, Karkaba, O2 Bar, Damascus. 


– October 2011, Caravan music and poetry, Mustafa Ali Gallerie, Damascus. 


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	Extract from ‘Wachten op de hemel’
Wie, anders dan dichters, zal de ellendige wereld van deze
verwoesting redden?


Wie opent de kooi voor de vogel?


Wie steekt elke ochtend de zon aan?


Wie blaast leven in de herinnering, zodat zij die heengingen
zullen terugkeren,


zondig en vol leven?


Wie zal er voor jullie komen, wankelend met zijn bloed,


om te zeggen:


‘Heb ik jullie niet laten weten dat de bijl zal
vallen?


Voor jullie bevindt zich dit hoofd van mij.


Geloof en huiver!’


Wie, anders dan zij, zal het land verlossen uit de
verhoorkelder


en ermee op de helling van de Kassioenberg gaan zitten,


zonder graf van een bekende of onbekende soldaat. 


Alle soldaten hebben ons immers verraden.


Het was een lange nachtmerrie, mijn land,


maar we zullen ontwaken


Zo is het toch?


Extract from ‘Tales’
I patiently braise it


I wait for love to become
well-done


I put the lid on grief to simmer …
after I singe it with oil


I leave joy to roast


 I season it with some friends


a pinch of a distant homeland


a brawl that never happened


I dice some words for garnishing


 That is how …


I braise it … until it burns


The tale I want to tell


The tale I belong to


Why am I here?


In this cold, white, bland place


I climb stairs that do not lead to
what I want and yet, I climb
	معرفة متأخرة


لم أكن أعلم بأن النساء يُعرَفنَ بعطورهن


والأصدقاء بخياناتهم


والأمهات بدعواتهنّ


والمشايخ
بمسابيحهم


والشيوخ بنظراتهم


لم أكن أعرف أن الأهل يُعرَفون بدموع الفراق


والمنازل بمن مرّ عليها


والبيوت بغرف ضيوفها


لم أكن أعلم ذلك


حتى اكتشفته صدفةً


فاكتفيت من الخيول بكبواتها


ومن الألسن بزلّاتها


ومن الطرقات بمطباتها


ومن الأدراج بالوقوع عنها


ومن الأوهام بتصديقها


ومن السراب بالمسير وراءه


لم نكن نعلم


أن التراب دافئُ حتى ضممناه


وأن الأسئلة تؤرق المعلمين حتى أنجبنا أطفالاًأخرجونا عن طورنا


وأن الهجرة من مكة إلى المدينة


كانت لحظة تاريخية


حتى هاجرنا من بلادٍ إلى أخرى


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لم أكن أعلم أن الخوف معدٍ


حتى رأيت رؤوساً تتمشى فتحسست رأسي


ولم أكن أعلم أن الطرقات تؤدي إلى روما
حتى ضللت طري


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Bakr Al Jaber 
is a 31-year-old poet from Syria, currently residing in The Hague. His work explores the relationship between universal beauty, war and the duality of existence.


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