Bassam Ghazi

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Bassam Ghazi

Born in Lebanon, Bassam Ghazi studies education and theater pedagogy in Heidelberg, Berlin and Cologne. From 2015 to 2021, he served as Artistic Director of Import Export Kollektiv, a community-based theater company launched at Schauspiel Köln with a focus on second- and third-generation immigrants. From 2021 to 2024, he led another community-based theater company: Stad:Kollektiv, at Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus. Ghazi has held the positions of Stage Director and City Dramaturg at Schauspiel Köln since 2024. He received the German Theater Prize DER FAUST in 2024 for direction of the Solingen 1993, a bus tour taking participants to the sites of real-life anti-immigrant attacks. He also works as a diversity trainer, conducting training sessions on themes surrounding diversity, discrimination, and empowerment for educational and cultural institutions.