Your contribution, no matter the size, can make a huge difference in liberating the Palestinian cultural sector from colonial and neo-colonial dependency! Cultural and societal organisations have been made dependent and restricted by conditional, mostly Western funding. ASHTAR aims to become a strong and fully independent organisation to continue serving our people with relevant and responsive artistic and psychosocial interventions. With your support we can maintain our resilience. Thank you
Since October 2023, our community has suffered indescribable pain and loss. ASHTAR as a NGO was severely financially affected: some of the Western funding sources stopped working with Palestinian institutions, some of them requested us to return the funds as well as some of them, despite their insistance, are boycotted by us. This has completely changed the donors' landscape which had already been very challenging and placed ASHTAR Theatre in a very difficult situation.
ASHTAR, together with all members of Palestinian Performing Arts Network (PPAN) firmly stands against the (neo)-colonial funding that has zero interest in the formation of our state but it invests in the preservation of the status quo as well as in the indirect support of the colonial entity. Western/colonial 'support' comes with unacceptable conditions that both short- and long-term harm our culture and the struggle for liberation. Therefore ASHTAR trusts in the power of individual donors.
ASHTAR aims to become a strong, fully independent organisation to continue serving our people. Your support will mitigate a loss of funding sources, help resist colonial influence, support defining Palestinian identity, and allow for a solidarity-driven donations from individuals wo are aligned with ASHTAR's vision of liberation, leading to a more ethical and supportive donor base as well as will create the capacity for potential collaborations with ethical foundations.
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