Training
Israel/Palestine and German Reason of State
3.00 – 6.00pm
Exhibition view Irma Stern. A modern artist between Berlin and Cape Town, Brücke-Museum, Photo: Nick Ash
Training Course with Ahmad Dakhnous (political educator, Nicht Einfach-team) & Johanna Voß (education consultant)
In this workshop, we will delve into a specific aspect of the broader Israel-Palestine issue. Together, we will reflect on how our own perspectives on Palestine and Israel have developed, creating space for calm and courageous discussions about Germany’s current approach to the conflict. What are the dynamics of the German discourse on Palestine and Israel? What does German reason of state actually mean? There will also be an opportunity to ask questions. We will attempt to systemise and critically analyse the historical and socio-political factors that influence Germany’s stance on Israel and Palestine.
The training course is aimed at anyone interested in the subject. No prior knowledge is required.
Ahmad Dakhnous (he/him) is a political scholar and political education consultant. He works with multipliers on the topic of Israel/Palestine and how it is negotiated and represented in Germany. He works with schoolchildren as part of the Trialogue project. Together with Johanna Voß, he also organises the Denkwerkstatt project – critical political education on Palestine and Israel after 7 October. Other areas of focus include racism and antisemitism, human rights, displacement and migration, and the politics of memory. As part of the Nicht Einfach (Not Easy) specialists team, Ahmad Dakhnous designed the content of this event.
Johanna Voß (she/her) is a freelance political educator with a focus on anti-discrimination. She studied Integrated European Studies in Bremen, was in the Honours Programme for Peace and Conflict Studies in Haifa, and studied public history in Berlin. She is particularly interested in feminist and intersectional approaches to political education, the history and present of Palestine and Israel, and combining educational approaches that critique racism and antisemitism.
This event is spart of the pluralistic Discourse Programme Not Easy: It invites dialogue on plural perspectives within contemporary German memory discourse and social coexistence. Starting from the life and work of the artist Irma Stern (1894–1966), it explores the complex entanglements of antisemitism, colonialism and racism. The programme encourages participants to expand their perspective on Stern’s ambivalent experiences between persecution and exile as a Jewish German woman, as well as her privileges as a white South African.
Developed by Ahmad Dakhnous, Tahir Della, Anna Yeboah and Yehudit Yinhar, accompanied by Pegah Byroum-Wand and Daniela Bystron.
Due to the limited number of participants, please register here. Participation in public events is included with the museum admission. Meeting point: ticket counter in the foyer.