Mai Khôi is a musician from Vietnam and former resident of City of Asylum Pittsburgh. Her avant-garde trio Mai Khôi Chém Gió released their debut album “Dissent” in 2018, working at the interface of art and activism. Yasmine El Baramawy is an Egyptian musician and women’s rights activist in residence in Sweden. Nazeeha Saeed is a Bahraini journalist, human rights defender, and women’s rights advocate and a former ICORN resident in Paris who is currently based in Berlin. Khalid Albaih is a Sudanese political cartoonist, human rights advocate and freelance journalist based in Norway. Khaled Harara is a Palestinian hip-hop artist and activist currently living in Sweden. Together they’ll discuss how they use their creative practices to advocate for human rights and creative freedom of expression.
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