Crossing: A love story between Italy and Palestine
Crossing: A love story between Italy and Palestine by Sabrin Hasbun, the winner of our writing prize with Footnote Press, will be published on 8 May 2025.
I’d search forever …
An interview with artist Tamara Al-Mashouk, reflecting on her work 'I’d search forever, I want to remember'.
PopChange Film Club
Our new monthly meet-up at RichMix to watch films, talk about them and talk to each other.
“Our citizenship is in heaven”
An interview with artists Amanda Camenisch and Therese Westin about care, co-creation and healing.
Holding Space – Glasgow
The first in our series of network gatherings relating to mental health, titled Holding Space, was held in Glasgow.
Rethinking Musical Modernity in the Middle East and North Africa
Beyond 1932 is an ERC/UKRI-funded project based at King’s College London, for which Counterpoints is one of the supporting partners, considering the sonic legacies of the 1932 Cairo Congress of Arab Music.
International Conference on Culture & Mental Health (Ghent)
The second International Conference on Culture & Mental Health, held in Ghent from 27 to 29 November, brought together a range of artists, researchers and mental health practitioners.
The Things We Don’t Say
Ornella Mutoni, our PopChange producer, has released her first documentary film.
Moomin 80 x Counterpoints for Refugee Week 2025
We are delighted to announce our plans to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the first Moomin story, The Moomins and the Great Flood.
Representation in Video Games
As part of the Now Play This festival 2024 at Somerset House, Counterpoints ran a panel about video games and representation of refugees, migrants and People of Colour.
When Community Is Home
Kiara Reeves reflects on her Counterpoints internship the Refugee Week programme at Yorkton Workshops, London.
Sounds Like Home
Sounds Like Home is an international women’s choir meeting weekly in Hoxton.
Studio KIND.
Studio KIND. an artist-led contemporary art gallery and project space based in Barnstaple, hosted workshops for women with experience of forced migration.
Sabrin Hasbun wins the Footnote x Counterpoints Writing Prize
Sabrin Hasbun has won the inaugural £15k Footnote x Counterpoints Writing Prize for writers from refugee and migrant backgrounds.
It Takes a Village
A guest post by Laura Nyahuye reflecting on a recent learning event based around her work.
Orchestra of Samples in Bristol
Counterpoints was delighted to be one of the organisations supporting a gig by Orchestra of Samples in Bristol last month, produced in collaboration with Bristol Refugee Festival and Lorraine Ayensu Refugee Arts, with connections made via our Platforma festival.
