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An interview with Lynn Amhaz

Homesick for Noord

We met with Lynn Amhaz, who is part of the Mapping for Tourists travel guide design team.

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An interview with Ahmed Kamel

"I think the center has become more settled, and Noord is changing faster than ever before."

August 2010. Ahmed tells us about the tranquility of Noord, and why it is special to him.
An interview with Tunc Topcuoglu

Connecting high and low culture through kebab.

Tunc Topcuoglu on the importance of roots, and being an outsider. "No longer trapped in a specific identity, you are forced to reconstruct yourself."
An interview with Engy Aly

"There are much, much more Arabs and Muslims than I have ever seen in my life outside of an Arabic country."

July 2010. Engy has been living and working in Amsterdam-Noord for a few weeks. She was kind enough to share her first impressions, and tell us a little bit about her background.
An interview with Sarah van Sonsbeeck

"Noord's potential for new developments has only risen."

A look at how space and power are intrinsically connected to Amsterdam Noord's massive development.
An interview with Kaweh Modiri

My Burglar and Me

As a Rietveld student Kaweh's apartment was burglarized and his most valuable possessions were stolen. After finding out who did it, Kaweh's anger quickly turned into inspiration. He decided to make...
An interview with Wietske Maas

Smoking peacocks, urbanibalism and snails

Over the years Wietske Maas has experimented and worked within several different cultural disciplines. Before working with Matteo Pasquinelli on the urbanibalism project, she studied taxidermy, wines...
An interview with KhaJag Apelian

"All the basic things in life are design."

Born in Dubai, raised in Lebanon, and currently based in The Hague: KJ is leading the Noord design team. He tells us about his love for the performing arts, and the power of design.
Mapping for Tourists

MFT resulted in Noord, an exhibition and travel guide

Noord is the result of a project initiated by Nat Muller and Mediamatic: Mapping for Tourists. 22 artists were invited to map Amsterdam-Noord, pars pro toto for The Netherlands. The artists lived and...
An interview with Kareem Lotfy

Cairo, the tale of love and hate.

Over a big plate of sushi, some green tea and lots of wasabi, we discussed Kareem's experience of Amsterdam, living in Cairo and feeling like a tourist.
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An Interview with Lara Balaa

"Noord is a construction site, a space in transition."

July 2010. Lara is part of the Mapping for Tourists (now Noord) design team, working on the first Arabic travel guide to The Netherlands.
Lynn Amhaz's Religious Experience

A tale from Noord.

Religion certainly means two different things in Lebanon and The Netherlands. Lynn Amhaz was given a taste of the latter on her first day in Amsterdam.
An interview with Joop de Boer

Bridges, wrestling and hardcore music.

A closer inspection of the various subcultures in Amsterdam-Noord.
Tunc Topcuoglu

Halfway there: project proposal Noord. July, 2010.

SUPER HELAL! An online documentary about Doner Kebab.
Kareem Lotfy

Halfway there: project proposal Noord. July, 2010.

Kareem is going to tell stories about his stay in Noord.
Houses in Amsterdam Noord completed

The Noord participants are settling into their temporary homes.

It took a while, but we found the perfect Noord homes for our guests. Some were in better shape than others, but they all now sport comfy beds, a stocked kitchen, and plenty of working space.
An interview with Ganzeer

About Amsterdam-Noord and the perception of time

Ganzeer is an Egyptian artist and one of the Mapping for Tourists (now Noord) participants, working on the creation of an exhibition and the first Arabic travel guide to The Netherlands.
Ahmed Kamel

Halfway there: project proposal Noord. July, 2010.

Family portraits: Family members in the context and privacy of their own homes. They choose their own way to gather in their living room, and present themselves to the outside world.
Mahmoud Hamdy

Halfway there: project proposal Noord. July, 2010.

Amsterdam Noord as a test lab. The more Mahmoud analyzes and explores Noord, the more he realizes that it are the conceptions and opinions people from the city center have about Noord that shape the...
Golfstromen

Halfway there: project proposal Noord. July, 2010.

Joop and Jeroen are looking into Noord's subcultures by examining posters, flyers and stickers in the public space. Their research into wrestling fanatics and hiphop crews continues online.
Foundland

Halfway there: project proposal Noord. July, 2010.

Foundland find themselves inspired by the many fairytale aspects of Noord. Wandering around, they were surprised by the number of garden gnomes, fake frogs, and Indiana Jones style twists and turns...
Ayman Ramadan

Halfway there: project proposal Noord. July, 2010.

Mirrors and 40 Days : An exploration of a geographical territory as well as of the people which he finds himself living alongside.
Ganzeer

Halfway there: project proposal Noord. July, 2010.

Noordelijke Character(istics): A neighborhood is defined by its inhabitants. Ganzeer puts a face to the 'hood.
Melle Smets

Halfway there: project proposal Noord. July, 2010.

"A shortcut to Holland". The suburbs you find throughout The Netherlands all look exactly the same. Melle will create a tour in Noord through the suburbs of The Netherlands.

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