News and Updates
From the field.
Program announcements, events, and updates from Marsa and our partner organizations.
May 2026
Marsa partners on Actifest in Amsterdam
Marsa joins Art Collective for Peace as a partner of Actifest, a festival for action bringing together artists, activists, thinkers, and the public through films, talks, music, and art.
November 2025
Storyhouse completes production workshops in Jordan and Tunisia
Eighteen selected filmmakers completed fiction production training in Jordan, led by Rula Nasser, and documentary production training in Tunisia, led by Jana Wahbe — a landmark step in Storyhouse's journey from development to financing.
2025
Mazal workshop on artistic and cultural archives in Cairo
A two-day workshop in Cairo brought Mazal's three archive partners together with two additional collectives to examine archival practices in arts and culture.
2025
Don't Wait for the Archive: residency in Beirut
The Casablanca-based collective CARCDAM traveled to Beirut for a week-long exchange with Barzakh and the local archival ecosystem, including a public roundtable.
June 2025
Storyhouse Creative Retreat in Wadi Rum, Jordan
Storyhouse filmmakers gathered in Wadi Rum for a peer-to-peer creative retreat — the start of community bonds that have since deepened into ongoing mutual support.
April 2025
Mental Health and Wellbeing Training for creative practitioners, Cairo
A three-day training in Cairo brought together partners from Palestine, Jordan, Tunisia, Yemen, and Lebanon to reframe mental health as a collective, community-rooted practice.
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