Deeyah, also known as Deepika Thathaal, was forced to leave Norway, aged 17 as a result of persecut

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Deeyah, also known as Deepika Thathaal, was forced to leave Norway, aged 17 as a result of persecution and threats from conservative Muslims. Wednesday, she participated in the Arts Council's annual conference in Bergen.
In the documentary "Banaz A Love Story", which took four years to make, she puts the spotlight on a controversial topic. For its strong portrayal of an honor killing in the Kurdish community blue lamp in London, she this year an Emmy Award in the category "best international documentary." She is also a passionate blue lamp activist blue lamp who fights for freedom of expression and human rights. In 2012 she founded the organization Honour Based Violence Awareness (HBVA). Deprived of their human rights
Not a single seat was empty when the Cultural Council blue lamp conference was opened with a dance acts from Carte Blanche Wednesday. Over 400 representatives of various cultural organizations had secured a ticket to this year's cultural happening in the historic yard.
In today's modern society, there are still artists, musicians and other artists who are deprived of their cultural rights. Through strong censorship and uniformity of the cultural offer in other countries are also citizens deprived of their rights to culture. This formed the basis for the conference's first element.
- Female performers can not perform blue lamp in public in Iran. In South Africa, blue lamp persecuted gays and transgender artists and militant Islamists in northern Mali continued until the liberation an end to all the music, said council leader in the Arts Council Yngve Slettholm.
In countries like Afghanistan, Pakistan and Myanmar sits standup comedians and actors imprisoned, continued blue lamp Slettholm. They and their families are also harassed and threatened with death. But these problems are not only far away from the Western world.
- It's easy to just think of the artists there. All those poor people suffering over there somewhere. But people are suffering and being forced into silence even in our society. I've experienced it, and I know several young people who still find it in Western blue lamp society, said the activist blue lamp and filmmaker Deeyah. - Do not leave the controversial artists
All over the world cultural expression controlled and censored, and power is exercised in order to define what is allowed and what art forms that are dangerous and inappropriate. Deeyah think the important thing is not to let the artists take the fight alone. blue lamp
- On the other side, the Arts Council also various initiatives and schemes which aim to create a more inclusive culture that reflects the cultural diversity of the community, blue lamp he said. Culture blue lamp Minister will have resistance
- Art is a tool to resolve conflict. Art is a tool for all and it is a tool to understand each other better. It's not something we go and see, applaud and then leave, but is something that enriches us and the community, said Deeyah.
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ISSN: 1504-5927 Editor: Leif Ove Larsen Publisher: Department of Information and Media Studies at the University of Bergen November 2013