Broadcasting Day: Looking Ahead
On Thursday, February 13, 2025, from 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM, Magasin III Jaffa hosted an open-to-the-public broadcasting day, addressing the ability to imagine and advocate for alternative futures. The conversations were broadcast live from the exhibition space, online, and on Radio Hamehuga.
A diverse lineup of artists, activists, climate and cultural researchers, and public institution directors took part in this series of discussions, including: Dr. Norma Musih, Mushon Zer-Aviv, Lisa Hanania, Mahmoud Abu Arisha, Sandra Weil, Jonatan Macznik, Eran Nissan, Shahd Bishara, Sivan Tahel, Moria Shlomot, Ali Al-Azhari, Hamody Gannam, Rami Younis, Ya׳ara Peretz, Dr. Muna Shaheen, Dr. Mariam Abd El Hay, Noam Shuster-Eliassi, Thalia Hoffman, Avital Barak, Omer Kriger, Hillel Roman, Amira Mohammed, and Ibrahim Abu Ahmad.
The broadcast day was part of the group exhibition Looking Back at the Future, which was on view at Magasin III Jaffa. The exhibition explored the necessity and ability to imagine alternative futures beyond our current reality. It focused on the power of political imagination to shape the spectrum of possibilities and offered tools and a space for fostering a future based on equality, partnership, justice, and democracy for all, between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.
This broadcasting day was edited by Karmit Galili, the exhibition’s curator, and Ella Navot, captain of Radio1540kHz, a temporary broadcast station and research platform inspired by the pirate radio Voice of Peace, which transmitted across the Mediterranean from 1973 to 1993.
Coming Soon – all the programs broadcast during the Broadcasting Day will be available on the website for listening.
Participants
Karmit Galili
karmit Galili has been the director and curator of III Magazine Jaffa since January 2018. She is a contemporary art curator with a bachelor’s degree in law and business administration from the Reichman University Herzliya, and a master’s degree in law from Fordham University, New York. She is also a graduate of a personal art program at the Midrasha School of Art, Beit Berl. In the past, she has worked as an independent curator and as an assistant curator at the Haifa Museum of Art.
Ella Navot
Ella Navot is a creator-researcher based in Tel Aviv-Jaffa. She is interested in experimental approaches to anthropological research and practices that expand perspective and attention beyond dominant narratives concerning the space between the river and the sea, as well as the Mediterranean as a starting point for thought and creation. She works at Gisha, an organization advocating for freedom of movement for Palestinians, primarily in the Gaza Strip. She holds a master’s degree in visual anthropology from Goldsmiths, University of London.
Dr. Norma Musih
Dr. Norma Musih is a researcher of visual communication and digital media working at the intersection of political theory, communication and cultural studies. Her research interests include political imagination, AI and visual culture. Musih holds a Ph.D. from Indiana University and is currently a postdoctoral researcher in the project Rift Futurism at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem where she studies futuristic works from the Middle East and their complex interrelations with colonial modernity and the Anthropocene.
Mushon Zer-Aviv
Mushon Zer-Avivis a designer, writer, educator, and activist based in Tel Aviv. His work often involves mapping and wayfinding through physical, digital, and political landscapes. These are also the themes he explores in his current research titled Friction and Flow – A Design Theory of Change. Zer-Aviv is a board member of the Israeli/Palestinian movement A Land For All – Two States One Homeland. He is a senior faculty member at Shenkar College and alumni of Eyebeam, an art and technology center in New York.
Lisa Hanania
Lisa Hanania is the director of Jaffa Culture Well House, a cultural center operated by the Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality that integrates artistic and educational activities to promote shared living in Jaffa. In her role, Lisa leads cultural initiatives that connect the city’s diverse communities, emphasizing values of equality, diversity, and cultural preservation.
Previously, she managed digital marketing at Mishlama for Jaffa and served as the political advisor for Arab society affairs at the British Embassy in Israel. Lisa holds a Bachelor’s degree from Brandeis University in the U.S., where she studied on a full scholarship awarded for her social activism. In 2018, she was named one of TheMarker‘s “40 Under 40” promising young leaders.
Born and raised in Jaffa, Lisa was a founding member of the city’s bilingual school and the Forum for the Advancement of Public Arab Education in Jaffa. She is married to Aouni and the mother of Jude and Naya.
Mahmud Abu-Arisha
A poet, human rights and cultural activist, and the director of Al-Saraya Arabic Theater – Jaffa. He has published three poetry collections: Words with a Bad Smell (2012), We Will Eat Our Apple Together (2020), and Voices in the Background (2020).
Sandra Weil
Sandra Weil has lived in Tel Aviv since 1996. She is a freelance curator who makes exhibitions in both Israel and Sweden. For decades, she has promoted cultural exchange between the countries and has worked as an activist to strengthen civil society and the peace process through dialogue and integration. She is an active part of the work of the Robert Weil Family Foundation, which aims to defend and nurture democratic society. She runs art projects that empower African asylum-seeking women and Palestinian artists with Israeli citizenship and is co-founder of the Shalompodden, a podcast that highlights Palestinian and Israeli voices from the region who are fighting for peace and coexistence.
Jonatan Macznik
Jonatan was born on Gothenburg, Sweden, has an LLM in International Human Rights Law and lives in Israel since 2017.
Eran Nissan
Eran Nissan is an Israeli peace activist based in Jaffa. He currently serves as the CEO of ‘Mehazkim‘, an Israeli progressive movement. Eran served as a combat soldier in the special forces of the Israeli military, and after his release, he decided to promote a peaceful resolution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Eran’s political motivation is generational, as he believes that a conflict we pass on to our children is a conflict we lost. Eran headed the Education & Advocacy department in ‘Peace Now‘, Israel’s biggest and oldest peace movement advocating for the Two-State-Solution. Eran is also the Israeli regional coordinator for both ‘Solutions not Sides’, a British education programme for British youth which centres the voices and stories of Israeli and Palestinian change-makers, and ‘New Story Leadership’, which focus on equipping a new generation of Palestinian and Israeli leaders with the tools needed to create social, economic and political change in the region. Eran holds a B.A in political science & Philosophy, and an M.A. in Emergency & Disaster Management. Eran is also a certified dog trainer and a volunteer EMT and ambulance driver.
Shahd Bishara
Shahd Bishara is a Palestinian citizen of Israel, a political activist, and a doctor —or, as she sees it, a full-time political activist and a doctor in her spare time. As a member of the leadership of Standing Together, she works with the belief that true liberation requires a shared struggle—because no one is free until everyone is free. She connects economic, social, and political struggles and believes that anger should not remain just a feeling—it must be turned into a force for change.
Sivan tahel
The daughter of Moroccan immigrant parents, she is an activist and the director of the Freedom of Protestprogram at the Association for Civil Rights in Israel. She is also a member of AMRAM, an organization advocating for recognition of the abduction of Yemenite, Eastern, and Balkan children. She is actively involved in numerous struggles for justice and equality.
Moria Shlomot
Moria Shlomot, CEO of Parents Against Child Detention (PACD), is a lawyer and social activist. Her career includes leadership roles in organizations such as Peace Now, the Women’s Counseling Center, and the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI). She is one of the founders of the “A Land For All” movement. Additionally, she facilitates restorative justice processes on a variety of issues.
Ali Al-Azhari
Ali Al-Azhari was born with the establishment of the state in the destroyed village of Saffuriya—now Tzipori, and only fate knows what its name will be tomorrow. He lives in Jaffa as a refugee in his own land and homeland.
Mariam Abd El Hay
Mariam Abd El Hay is a Palestinian-European researcher and facilitator exploring the intersection of conflict, environmental justice, and political imagination. A graduate of the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, she authored a report on the environmental impacts of Israel’s attack on Gaza, examining how war shapes ecosystems and deepens climate injustices. Mariam is passionate about rethinking borders—both political and ecological—and envisions futures where environmental and social healing go hand in hand.
Ya’ara Peretz
A community organizer whose work focuses on developing and integrating the field of climate justice in Israel. She specializes in connecting the climate crisis to struggles for social justice, animal liberation, and human rights. As part of the Climate Justice Consultancy team, she designs and supports strategic processes for human rights and social justice organizations to incorporate climate justice into their work.
She is one of the founders of the Youth Climate Protest, Extinction Rebellion Israel, and One Climate – منا خ واحد. She also serves as a project coordinator at the Gastivists Collective, a European network that builds solidarity and cooperation among grassroots movements in the Eastern Mediterranean and across Europe, focusing on the intersection of so-called “natural” gas, climate justice, and militarism.
Muna Shaheen
Muna Shaheen is a veterinarian, educational consultant, and environmental justice activist. She is one of the founders of the “One Climate” movement. She develops training programs and promotes community engagement in animal welfare, education, and leadership. Additionally, she leads a mindfulness group in Arabic.
Hamody Gannam
Hamody Gannam is a mixed-media artist viewing photography and graphic design as vehicles for capturing voices, from which he developed a unique language of ethnographic photography. Gannam’s projects delve into societal and national identities, addressing pressing issues within conflicted environments. His work creates a rich tapestry where digital realms intersect with historical narratives. Proficient in diverse digital media and deeply attuned to the exotic histories of each story he uncovers, Gannam strives to bridge disparate worlds in every image he creates.
Gannam studied geographical photography at the Glitz School of Photography and acquired an MFA from Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design. His work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions locally and internationally, including Haifa Museum of Art; Petah-Tikva Museum of Art; Ramat Gan Museum; Beit HaGefen Gallery, Haifa and Haifa City Museum.
Rami Younis
(Director/Producer) is a Palestinian filmmaker, writer and journalist. Younis is Co-director of the award winning sci-fi documentary LYD – a film that tells the forgotten story of the Palestinian city that once connected Palestine to the world. He is a former Fellow at the Harvard Divinity School. He was a main contributor to the online magazine +972 and served as editor and a member of the founding collective of its Hebrew sister site, “local call”, a journalistic project designed to challenge Israeli mainstream journalism outlets. Rami is also co-founder and manager of the first ever “Palestine Music Expo”: an event that connects local Palestinian music scene to the world wide industry. Younis was the first ever host and founder of the Arabic-language daily critical news show, “On the Other Hand” – which called out figures in power positions and debunked fake news spread by them.
Noam Shuster Eliassi
Noam Shuster Eliassi: A comedian, performer, activist, and former UN employee who once thought she would make big positive changes to advance justice, peace, and coexistence. Haha. The first Jewish comedian to ever perform in the Palestine Comedy Festival, Shuster Eliassi grew up in the only intentionally mixed Palestinian-Jewish community in Israel. Noam performs and writes in Hebrew, Arabic, and English. Noam is the star of a forthcoming documentary about her activism-and-comedy career that just premiered at Sundance and won a jury award.
Thalia Hoffman
Thalia Hoffman is a visual artist and researcher working in film, video, performance, and public interventions in the area where she lives, east of the Mediterranean. Alongside her artistic actions, Hoffman holds a PhD in artistic research from Leiden University and is a lecturer at the University of Haifa in video, performance, and artistic research. Her work strives to be involved in its surroundings and engages people to look, listen and feel their socio-political landscape with attention.
Hoffman’s work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions and festivals in Israel and abroad, including Tel Aviv Museum of Art; Haifa Museum of Art; Mamuta Art & Research Center, Jerusalem; Beit HaGefen Gallery, Haifa; Jerusalem Film Festival; Experiments in Cinema Festival, New Mexico; Aesthetica Short Film Festival, England and Cairo Video Festival.
Avital Barak
Avital Barak is an art curator and a scholar of culture, movement, and performance. Since 2024, she has been a research fellow at CineLab/IFILNOVA, NOVA University Lisbon. Her PhD focused on the potential for resistance visible in manifestations of preformative bodily movement in public space. Her curatorial work includes research-based exhibitions, public events and leading transdisciplinary research groups. Over the past decade, she has curated research-based solo and group exhibitions in Israel and abroad, and published articles in prominent journals and publications in Hebrew and English. Since 2017, she has been co-developing a method of ״collective investigation״at the Institute of Public Presence at the CDA, Holon. A method based on accumulating collective knowledge based on group encounters, free of hierarchy and leadership. This method is based on artistic research practices, spatial and virtual wandering, and transdisciplinary gathering.
Amira Mohammed & Ibrahim Abu Ahmad: Unapologetic: The Third Narrative
Unapologetic, The Third Narrative (UTTN): is an independent podcast created and hosted by two Palestinian activists, Amira Mohammed (‘67) and Ibrahim Abu Ahmad (‘48). In a world where Palestinian peace activists are often tokenized and their cause diluted, it was past due for a Palestinian-led initiative to emerge. Where a platform was to be created that refuses to compromise on justice while striving for a future built on mutual recognition and understanding. We are Palestinian and Israeli citizens, uniquely positioned to access and understand the realities, suffering, challenges, and aspirations of both peoples. This allows us to foster nuanced conversations, embrace complexity, and cultivate empathy. The Third Narrative is a unique and inclusive community for those seeking real solutions and dedicated to nonviolence. It offers a future that does not simply mediate between two sides but transforms the conversation altogether—paving the way for real, meaningful change.
Hillel Roman
Hillel Roman is a visual artist and a lecturer at Beit Berl College. In his works Roman deals with various aspects of the political, visual, and technological order and their interconnectedness. His practice focuses on, but is not limited to, charcoal drawings and large-scale participatory constructions.
Roman holds a BA in comparative literature from Tel Aviv University, and an MFA from Goldsmiths, University of London. His works are in major Israeli collections such as the Israel Museum, Tel Aviv Museum, Petach Tikva Museum and Haaretz Art Collection. He is the recipient of various prizes and scholarships including, Artport Residency, Asylum Arts grant, Rabinowitz Foundation and more. Roman’s work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions locally, including the Tel Aviv Museum of art; Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art; Haifa Museum of art; Petach-Tikva Museum of Art; Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv and Sommer Gallery, Tel Aviv.
Omer Krieger
Omer Krieger makes performative actions, political situations, and civic choreographies in public spaces. He studies the public experience and the performance of the state, and is interested in the relations between art, citizenship, politics, and action.
Krieger was the founding artistic director of the 1:1 Center for Art and Politics in Tel Aviv-Jaffa (2018-2020). Artistic director of Under the Mountain: Festival of New Public Art in Jerusalem (2011-2015), and Co-founder and leader of the performative research body Public Movement (2006-2011).
Daniel Meir
Daniel Meir is a sound artist and sound designer based in Tel Aviv. He specializes in original music and sound design for video art, film, documentary cinema, and theater. Daniel creates sound installations and works with sound and video artists, filmmakers, and musicians from both Israel and abroad. His work can be heard daily in cinemas, museums, and exhibitions around the world. In addition to sound design and musical projects, Daniel teaches sound design at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design.
Shalev Moran
Shalev Moran is a game designer and media artist based in Copenhagen. He holds a BA degree from Tel Aviv University’s Honors Program in the Humanities and Arts, and an MA degree from the Game Design program at the Royal Danish Academy. Moran was a curator for Print Screen Festival (2013 – 2019), and in 2021 joined the team of the Game Arts International Assembly.
