Reza Adib (Mazar-i-Sharif, 1982) leeft zijn hele leven lang al in ballingschap. Aanvankelijk schreef hij freelance voor verschillende Afghaanse en Iraanse kranten en magazines. Later volgde hij opleidingen journalistiek bij nieuwsagentschap IRNA in Mashhad en aan de Fanoos University in Kaboel. In 2004 begon hij als nieuwsredacteur bij Ayna TV. In 2007 maakte hij de overstap naar Noorin TV, waar hij benoemd zou worden tot hoofdredacteur. Tijdens de verkiezingen van 2009 trad hij op als media-adviseur van de toekomstige Afghaanse president Ashraf Ghani. Sinds 2013 werkt Reza als onafhankelijk onderzoeksjournalist en documentairemaker en ontwikkelde hij o.a films en reportages voor ReFOCUS Media Labs en BBC Panorama. Daarin stelt hij prangende vragen over de verhouding tussen migratie en mensenrechten.

Reza Adib Thomas Bellinck

The Voice of Fingers

For several years now, theatre-maker Thomas Bellinck and journalist Reza Adib have been working together long-distance. This distance is not a choice, but the result of a border regime that facilitates the international movement of one of them and obstructs that of the other. A journey that takes one of them eight hours, takes the other eight years. Since it is nearly impossible for Thomas and Reza to share the same stage, they’ve written a highly personal text for two performers. From the ridges and grooves that criss-cross the skin of their fingertips, they zoom out. To a world where skin patterns unlock laptops. And where fingers are commandeered by governments as measuring instruments - to determine who is welcome where.
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Thomas Bellinck Reza Adib

De Stem van Vingers

For several years now, theatre-maker Thomas Bellinck and journalist Reza Adib have been working together long-distance. This distance is not a choice, but the result of a border regime that facilitates the international movement of one of them and obstructs that of the other. A journey that takes one of them eight hours, takes the other eight years. Since it is nearly impossible for Thomas and Reza to share the same stage, they’ve written a highly personal text for two performers. From the ridges and grooves that criss-cross the skin of their fingertips, they zoom out. To a world where skin patterns unlock laptops. And where fingers are commandeered by governments as measuring instruments - to determine who is welcome where.
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