Prince Claus Fund: “What does a play look like?”

In March 2015 Ruya Foundation launched the first drama therapy project in Iraq, with support from the Prince Claus Fund for Culture and Development. Our diary about the project continues: Though the girls and teenagers at Adhimiya Flowers Orphanage had started training with the drama therapists, none of them had ever been to see a…
Event 

Ruya’s new theatre production, the Girls of Baghdad, premieres at Muntada Theatre

Ruya Foundation’s new theatre production supported by the Prince Claus Fund for Culture and Development, The Girls of Baghdad, will premier in Baghdad at the Muntada Theatre on 3rd October. The play is written by Step Center for Drama Therapy. It is inspired by the stories of nine girls from the Flowers of Adhamiya Orphanage in Baghdad…
Interview 

Interview: the anonymous group Daafish and their satirical cartoons against IS.

Daafish is a group of anonymous Iraqi activists, who create and publish satirical cartoons about the so-called Islamic State (IS) on Facebook. Since launching in April 2015, they have built a tremendous following across the country and beyond. Audiences in IS controlled territories have reached out to them with ideas for new satirical cartoons—while supporters…