Ibrahim just completed the process of creating a 12 week “educational,” model called The Political Body for Das Arts, The Dutch post-graduate institute of performance research in Amsterdam with dramaturge Gabriel Smeets. Inviting such artists as Shirin Neshat, Tanya Reinhart, Pamela Z, Bojana Kunst, Raimund Hoghe, Rimini Protokol and Jan Fabre to name a few.
Lecture with Dr. Christian Martin Fuchs and the undergraduate students of Institut für Theater-Film- und Medienwissenschaft universität Wien, on the notion of the performativity concerning Auslanders after the 2006 general elections in Austria.
Panelist - Conference on emblematic problems of Racism in Austria & contemporary artists. Moderated by Marty Huber of IG Kultur Österreich, Schauspielhaus Wien
Spoken column for The Cultural Diversity Incentive Prize 2006, Mondriaan Stichting / Foundation Amsterdam. Lecture on the pillarization of The Netherlands and the conflictual models of Autochtone & Allochtonen where polarization is seriously dividing the local population.
Panelist, An Artist´s Voice in Civic Dialogue: A Global View, with the directors of America for the Arts´ Animating Democracy Initiative. The Association of Performing Arts Presenters Conference (APAP), New York
Panelist, Dance Unwrapped: A Discussion on "Representations of the Body" developed / moderated by Gabriel Smeets, part of a joint series with Dance Theater Workshop (DTW) New York and the Dutch Fund for the Performing Arts. Co-featuring RoseLee Goldberg (curator, Performa), choreographers Emio Greco, DD Dorvillier, Bruno Listopad, & Dean Moss.
24 Hours in a Bubble: A concept on motion / light / process with Russian scientist/artist Evelina Domnitch & Dmitry Gelfand. Inside of a 24-hour workshop,15 choreographers experimented with a variety of inter-changing energy systems: from sonoluminescence to fluorescence, from liquid prismography to chemiluminescence. Dance Unlimited, mini-conference, Amsterdam