This workshop—led by artists Darina Jabr and Sabreen Haj Ahmad, and to be repeated on October 9 and 10—invites participants to reimagine the classic tale of Little Red Riding Hood Through writing and illustration exercises, together we will create a new Layla (the Arabic name for Little Red Riding Hood) who embodies strength, resilience, and a more empowered journey toward femininity.

By reclaiming the power of storytelling, participants will challenge inherited archetypes, disrupt colonial narrative frameworks, and develop alternative feminist perspectives rooted in local and personal narratives. Through collective exploration, the workshop seeks to create a space for voices that rewrite, resist, and reimagine the stories that shape us.

Darina Jabr and Sabreen Haj Ahmad are two Palestinian artists, currently in residence in Madrid as part of the program promoted by TEJA / Network of Cultural Spaces in Support of Emergency Situations, whose mission is to promote transnational cooperation by offering temporary residencies to artists and cultural professionals who find themselves in complex socio-political situations in their countries of origin.

Darina Jabr, a visual artist, art director, and filmmaker, works from Jerusalem exploring sociopolitical issues through personal experiences. Her work combines a vibrant sense of play with narratives that, beneath a seemingly naive surface, convey complex contemporary realities. Through film and art direction, she transforms creativity into a tool for resistance and reflection, accessible to diverse audiences.

Sabreen Haj Ahmad is a multidisciplinary researcher and artist who investigates the effects of colonialism on the environment, biodiversity, and gender-based violence in Palestine. Her practice, with its anticolonial and decolonial approach, integrates Indigenous knowledge and combines storytelling, research, and artistic expression to document experiences, broaden horizons of resistance, and envision futures of freedom for Palestine and other Indigenous peoples.

TEJA is a network founded in 2022 by Nave Oporto, Paisanaje, and hablarenarte (Planta Alta). Today, it brings together 15 cultural institutions in Madrid, Barcelona, ​​and Bilbao. It originated as a solidarity response from the arts sector to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and, since then, has also worked with other crisis contexts such as Palestine and Iraq. Its residency program offers artists and cultural professionals from conflict zones accommodation, legal and psychological support, as well as access to a broad network of professionals and organizations. The goal is to provide a safe environment where residents can continue their projects, while fostering dialogue and freedom of expression through collaborations in Spain and internationally.

Recommended age: from 16 years

They are part of TEJA: Justa Celesta, Círculo de Bellas Artes, hablarenarte (Upper Floor), MACBA, Casa de Velázquez, Paisanaje, Nave Oporto, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Moving Artists, La Escocesa, La Casa Encendida, Institute for Postnatural Studies, Espositivo, Casa Árabe and Hangar.