Creating Spaces of Freedom: Culture in Defiance

Marlous Willemsen (Netherlands) is the policy officer for the Prince Claus Fund. She has studied Arabic and Islamic Art. Before joining the Fund she managed the Centre of Islamic Art in Rotterdam. Malu Halasa has been writing about the Near and Middle East for the Guardian and other publications since the 1990s. She helped to found Tank magazine and was it's features editor for four years. Marlous Willemsen (Netherlands) is the policy officer for the Prince Claus Fund. She has studied Arabic and Islamic Art. Before joining the Fund she managed the Centre of Islamic Art in Rotterdam.