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Presentation/Lecture | 2024

Panel Conversation: Art as Resistance

Liv Tønnessen (2024)
CMI's annual lecture 12.03.2024
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https://www.cmi.no/events/3242-art-as-resistance-ahmed-umars-stories

A panel conversation on art, the politics of resistance, and authoritarianism after a keynote by Ahmed Umar

Read more:
https://www.cmi.no/events/3242-art-as-resistance-ahmed-umars-stories

Liv Tønnessen

Research Professor/Director of Center on Law and Social Transformation
  • liv.tonnessen@cmi.no
  • +47 90224104

Matthew Gichohi

Senior Researcher
  • matthew.gichohi@cmi.no

Ruba El Melik

Katarzyna Grabska

Ahmed Umar

Rights Activism under Political Uncertainty (RightAct)

Sep 2021 - Dec 2026
  • Sudan

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CMI Brief | Jul 2026

LGBTQ+ (in)activism in the context of enhanced criminalisation: The case of Uganda

Adrian Jjuuko

CMI Brief | Jul 2026

Women’s activism in the context of religious counter-mobilisation: Lessons from The Gambia

Satang Nabaneh

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Report in External Series | Aug 2026

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Munzoul Assal

Blog post | Aug 2026

When capitals clash, borderlands burn: The case for soft borders in Sudan and Ethiopia

Adam Babekir

Blog post | Aug 2026

Part 2: Sudanese youth and the tug of war (شد الحبل)

Taharqa Elnour

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