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In 2017, a group of Palestinian and Arab youth met under the umbrella of the passion by providing space for creativity and carrying the memories and events of the Palestinian identity, and they are a dream of organizing creative events, and the dream soon embodied in the form of the platform “Lahah” inspired by the global “Tenx” experience.
“We wanted to give the Palestinians and the creative Arabs a space to express their artistic and literary stories and ideas about Palestine, and to highlight the creative and human aspect away from the image of pain and misery prevailing from the camps,” the founder of the platform, Dr. Mohamed Amr.
Lamah is known on its website as a platform that aims to provide an opportunity for generations who are less than 20 years around the world to spread inspiring ideas, stories and arts in all fields, in addition to spreading awareness, inspiration, knowledge and hope by finding modern Arab content and enhancing positive dialogue around it.
Lamah’s goals
In an interview with Al -Jazeera Net, the founder of the platform notes that “the first goal of the establishment of the platform was the production of content in Arabic that focuses on the Palestinian dimension, but with a creative flavor different from what is prevalent.”
He added, “We wanted to give the Palestinian youth – and the Arab in general – the opportunity to express itself, art and literature related to Palestine, and we also focused on highlighting Palestinian or creative Arab symbols and unknown to present them to the wide audience.”
Among the goals also to revive the Palestinian memory and introduce the history of the case, especially the events of the Nakba and the issue of Palestinian refugees.
Amr notes that what “we care about is to present the Palestinian in a different way, the image of the creator, artist and writer, and not only the image of the pain and suffering that we find in all stages of the Palestinian struggle.” He indicated that they succeeded in this by “presenting the success stories of Palestinian youth in the homeland and diaspora, and then changing the stereotype and presenting models capable of influencing and creating.”
“Louma” began a Palestinian platform, but it quickly expanded to include Arab youth in general, provided that their contributions are related to Palestine, and the platform hosted participants of different nationalities, and their performance was distinguished and inspiring, which strengthened the idea of Arab convergence on the ground of the Palestinian issue, according to what Amr told Al -Jazeera Net.
Lamah content
The content that the “Lamah” platform is interested in impressive stories that were able to touch the audience and arouse feelings of belonging and nostalgia, and Amr cited in his talk to Al -Jazeera Net with many events that left a great impact on the attendees and the followers on various media outlets.
The content that Lamah is exposed can be divided into 3 axes:
- Inspiring ideas: such as hosting new projects or ideas that touch the essence of the issue or provide creative solutions, such as ideas about human excellence and creativity.
- Arts: This includes all kinds of arts such as caricatures, plastic arts, music shows, and singing, provided that they carry a committed national message.
- Humanitarian stories: It is intended by the stories of the Palestinians and the Arabs related to Palestine, whether they are stories of struggle or success in a field or even individual human experiences.
The founder of “Laah” adds that the platform is not only limited to the events, but also worked to document Palestinian artistic production, gathered the works of more than 15 Palestinian comics and allocated each of them a “private album”, and documented the works between 50 and 60 plastic artists, in the context of its efforts to preserve the Palestinian artistic memory and transfer it to generations.
Palestinian memory
Mohamed Amr says that the choice of “Lamah” is a name for the platform is an expression of the spirit of “the” lump “that” symbolizes intimacy and the family in the Palestinian culture, which is embodied in the choice of “olive tree” as a slogan for the platform, that tree that is almost without a Palestinian house, which is a symbol of love, tenderness and deep roots in the earth.
With the continued Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, the founder of the platform confirmed that it is committed to highlighting the relevant artistic and literary works in Gaza and Palestine, by documenting and publishing all the arts, stories and novels related to these issues.
He added that despite the difficulty of organizing activities on the ground at the present time due to the difficult circumstances in the sector, we “are trying to remain an active part of conveying the message of Palestinian art and creativity, whatever the challenges.”
Amr pointed out that they are working on a new program that includes the establishment of a small “lasa” in more than one place, and it is attended by a smaller number of participants, and later gathered in one “lame” comprehensive in each country, in order to allow the opportunity for the largest number of participants, those with thought, arts and creators.
Also, one of the programs that the platform is working on is the preservation of the Palestinian memory is alive between different generations, from the Nakba until the current events, through the testimonies that contemporaries tell them or those who lived their events, in the Palestinian interior or in the diaspora.
work team
Amr talked about the work team behind the “Lamah” platform, and said that “the platform is run by a basic team that includes about 10 people from several countries, and they communicate, plan and coordinate most of their work via online.”
He added, “The platform does not have a fixed headquarters, but rather it depends on high flexibility in the transition between countries to organize events. In every city or country that uses a local support team that can expand on large occasions to include between 40 and 50 people, and the number in one of Lebanon’s activities reached 200 volunteers to manage an event attended by about two thousand people, with teams specialized in organization, media, public relations and communication.
He also mentioned that the “Lamma” platform depends on the annual movement between Arab and international capitals and cities, as activities were held in Istanbul, Oman, Beirut and Hebron.
Amr stated that they are planning to organize its upcoming event in Doha, noting that every event bears the character of the host city and responds to local organizational needs, while preserving the essence of “wig” and its mission.
As for the financing of the activities and activities it provides “Lamah”, its founder confirmed that “Lamah” is a non -profit platform and does not receive fees from the participants or attendees, and there are no money to the participants. Noting that funding “depends on self -support mainly, as well as local community sponsorship of each event.