--- title: "Dara Tûyê – درخت توت – The Mulberry Tree" date: 2025-10-21 last_modified: 2026-01-05T12:15:09+01:00 generated_at: 2026-05-25T08:20:42Z url: "https://www.stadtmuseum.de/en/exhibition/dara-tuye-the-mulberry-tree" description: "The Open Space exhibition by Flamingo e.V. in BERLIN GLOBAL explores the solidarity-based work of women across borders. Their collaboration creates space for new hope to emerge from experiences of violence and loss." image: "https://www.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/BG_FF_DaraTuye_Humboldt-Forum_EN_1280x600px.png" language: "en-US" --- # Dara Tûyê – درخت توت – The Mulberry Tree ### Feminist Voices on War and Gardens ![]() ![](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/BG_FF_DaraTuye_Feed_EN_1080x1350px.png) ![](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Benennung-eines-Gedenkbaums-.jpg) ![](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Einweihung-eines-Gedenkbaums-.jpg) ![](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Capture_U7A5325_PREVIEW.jpg) ![](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Heilpflanze.jpg) ![](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Frauendorf-Jinwar_Rojava.jpg) ![](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Frauendorf-Jinwar-.jpg) - The Open Space exhibition by Flamingo e.V. in BERLIN GLOBAL explores the solidarity-based work of women across borders. Their collaboration creates space for new hope to emerge from experiences of violence and loss. **Location** Berlin Exhibition at the Humboldt Forum Schloßplatz 10178 Berlin **Opening hours** Mo + Mi – So | 10:30 – 18:30 Uhr Di | closed Last entrance is at 5:30 p.m. **Special Opening/Closing Times** see Info & Service **Entrance** Day Ticket: 9 euros / 0 euros (reduced) Further ticket information under ‘Tickets’ [Get your tickets now!](https://tickets.humboldtforum.org/#/tickets/time?museum_id=1&exhibition_id=1&group=timeSlot) > The project is rooted in the medicinal herb garden “Hevrîn Xelef” in Berlin-Neukölln, which is closely connected to the women’s village Jinwar in northeastern Syria and the organisation Women for Justice. The garden reveals the many roles such spaces can play: places of remembrance, healing and community, of mutual empowerment and agency. Beyond that, gardens are also sites of resistance against oppression and violence. At the heart of the Open Space in BERLIN GLOBAL stands the Black Mulberry Tree, based on an artistic design by Ela Pour. It embodies fragility and strength, grief and hope. Women's voices and experiences are framed musically by Yalda Yazdani. The interview partners share memories, emotions and knowledge about plants. The expansive tree sculpture is complemented by photographs by Philip Leutert taken in the “Hevrîn Xelef” garden, and by Anuscheh Amir-Khalili from Jinwar. *Exhibition texts are available in both German and English.* *The title means “The Mulberry Tree” in Kurmanci and Farsi.* ## Programme - [ ![](https://stiftung-stadtmuseum-berlin.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Othmann-Pour-Groupe-Dejour-300x141.png)](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/en/events/portraying-war-a-reading-with-ronya-othmann-and-ela-pour) - [ ![Ein langer Tisch in einem grünen Garten mit vielen sitzenden Menschen drum herum](https://stiftung-stadtmuseum-berlin.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Leutert-Heilkraeuterapotheke-Flamingo-225x300.jpg) Open Spaces, Workshop ### Solidarity‑based Medicinal Herb Pharmacy Getting to know the Hevrîn Xelef Garden and “HEKAYAT” together 2026-06-03 15:00:00 ](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/en/events/solidarity%e2%80%91based-medicinal-herb-pharmacy) - [ ![](https://stiftung-stadtmuseum-berlin.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/BG_FF_TimeMachine_SSB-Website_EN_1200x900px-300x225.png)](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/en/events/open-space-vernissage-time-machine-infinitum) - [ ![Eine stilisierte Disco-Kugel in rotblau](https://stiftung-stadtmuseum-berlin.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/5JahreBerlinGlobal-300x225.png) Day of action, Music, Open Spaces ### 5 Years of BERLIN GLOBAL: The Anniversary Festival Featuring live performances by BABYJOY, Güner Künier, Anthony Hüseyin and many more highlights 2026-07-04 11:00:00 Berlin Exhibition ](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/en/events/5-years-of-berlin-global) ##### Open Space Partners A project by *Flamingo e.V.* In collaboration with: **Anuscheh Amir-Khalili** | Curator **Ela Pour, Jasmin, Leyla Ferman, Lisa Dobkowitz, Nassim Tajbakhsh, Najlaa Matto, Nesrin, Shirin, Steph K'mour Wintz, Xatun, Xezal Ismail** | Interview partner **Ela Pour, with support from Chris Jaritz and Anja Koch Kenk** | Artistic design of the Black Mulberry Tree **Yalda Yazdani** | Sound design **Philip Leutert** | Photography **May Franzen** | Graphic design In cooperation with the Stadtmuseum Berlin With support from *[anstiftung](https://anstiftung.de/)* ![]() ![](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Anuscheh_c_Philip-Leutert.jpeg) Anuscheh Amir-Khalili ![](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Ela_Pour_c_Lene_Mimikry-scaled.jpeg) Ela Pour © Ela Pour | Foto: Lene Mimikry ![](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Philip_Leutert.jpg) Philip Leutert ![](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Yalda_Yazdani_c_Rene_Loeffler.jpg) Yalda Yazdani ### Flamingo e.V. The association *Flamingo* is a grassroots movement based in Berlin – a community-driven initiative that emerges from the bottom up and is not steered by institutions. In addition to providing legal advice on asylum and residency for refugee women⁺, the organisation offers its infrastructure to other activists and networks. In 2019, the community garden “Hevrîn Xelef” was established: a place for collective gardening, remembrance, and self-organisation, located on the repurposed grounds of the New Cemetery St. Jacobi. ### Anuscheh Amir-Khalili Anuscheh Amir-Khalili is an activist, anthropologist and curator of the Open Space. She was born in Iran to a German mother and an Iranian father. In 2015, she founded the organisation *Flamingo*, a network for refugee women⁺ and children. Since 2019, *Flamingo* has run the transcultural community garden “Hevrîn Xelef” in Berlin-Neukölln. For her work, she received the Citizen Award from the organisation Global Citizen in 2022. Since that same year, she has been a research associate at *[anstiftung](https://anstiftung.de/)* and a point of contact for post-migrant communities, particularly in the field of community gardening. ### Ela Pour Ela Pour was born in Tehran in 1975. She spent her early years in England before returning to Iran. In 1989, war brought her to Germany, where she soon continued to pursue her passion for art and music, making them central forms of expression in her life. She studied costume and stage design at the Berlin-Weißensee School of Art, graduating with a diploma. Her work as an artist and tattooist moves between memory and the present. Personal experiences are distilled into poetic images that reveal both vulnerability and resilience. ### Philip Leutert Philip Leutert ( born 1982) studied photography at the Ostkreuzschule in Berlin and the ZHdK in Zürich. He has worked as a photographer since 2013. His focus lies in portraits and abstract artistic photography. ### Dr. Yalda Yazdani Dr. Yalda Yazdani is an Iranian ethnomusicologist, filmmaker, and curator based in Berlin. She received her PhD in Musicology from the University of Siegen in 2025. From 2017 to 2025, she curated music festivals and cultural projects such as *Female Voice of Iran*, *Female Voice of Afghanistan*, *Female Voice of Kurdistan*, *Qashqai Female Voices*, *Ukrainian Female Voices*, and *Female Voices United*. Her primary work centers on highlighting female voices internationally, especially those from the Middle East. ## An Open Space by [ ![](https://stiftung-stadtmuseum-berlin.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/image-2025-10-14_16-51-4-300x300.png)](https://flamingo-berlin.org/) ## Media partner ![](https://stiftung-stadtmuseum-berlin.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/LOGO-Pure-transparent-300x73.png) ![](https://stiftung-stadtmuseum-berlin.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/tipBerlin_Logo_2023_1000px_RGB-300x78-1.png) ![](https://stiftung-stadtmuseum-berlin.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/TheBerliner_Logo_1000px_RGB-300x71-1.png) ![](https://stiftung-stadtmuseum-berlin.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Freiflaechen_07_853p-300x200.jpg) ### The Open Spaces The Open Spaces are three areas of the exhibition BERLIN GLOBAL developed by initiatives, organizations and independent groups. The aim is to increase visibility of perspectives on Berlin’s past and present that have not received sufficient representation in museums and exhibitions – including BERLIN GLOBAL. The projects are selected by an independent jury and developed and implemented over a period of 12 months in cooperation with the Stadtmuseum Berlin. Afterwards, the exhibition is on display at BERLIN GLOBAL for about 18 months. [ More info](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/en/open-spaces) ## Info & Service ##### Opening Hours Mon + Wed – Sun | 10.30 am – 6.30 pm Tue | closed Last admission is at 5.30 pm ##### Special Opening Hours Fri, 1 May 2026 (Labour Day) | 10.30 am – 6.30 pm Thu, 14 May 2026 (Ascension Day) | 10.30 am – 6.30 pm Wed, 20 May 2026 (private event) | 10.30 – 14.30 pm Mon, 25 May 2026 (Whit Monday) | 10.30 am – 6.30 pm Fri, 25 June 2026 (private event) | 11.30 – 18.30 pm Sat, 3 October 2026 (German Unity Day) | 10.30 am – 6.30 pm Last admission is at 5.30 pm ##### Closing Times Due to maintenance work, the exhibition will be **closed from 4 to 6 May 2026**. On **7 and 8 May 2026**, **parts of the exhibition may be closed** due to maintenance work. The exhibition will reopen as normal on 9 May 2026. On **20 May 2026**, the exhibition will close at 2.30 pm due to an internal event. Thank you for your understanding. ##### Directions Schlossplatz 10178 Berlin [ Google Maps](https://g.page/humboldtforum?share) [ Bus & Train](https://www.bvg.de/en/connections/connection-search) ##### Contact For ticketing and service requests, please contact the Humboldt Forum [Visitor Services](https://www.humboldtforum.org/en/contact-us/): +49 30 9921 189 89 Mo – Fri, 10 a.m.– 6 p.m. ## Tickets ##### Day Ticket 9 euros / 0 euros (reduced) [ Ticketshop ](https://tickets.humboldtforum.org/#/tickets/time?museum_id=1&exhibition_id=1&group=day) ##### Humboldt Forum Combi Ticket 14 euros / 7 euros (reduced) Two-day ticket: 18 euros / 9 euros (reduced) Day group ticket: 50 euros [ Ticketshop ](https://tickets.humboldtforum.org/#/tickets/time?museum_id=1&exhibition_id=1&group=day) ### Free admission: Solidarity-based model Free admission for children and adolescents up to 18 years of age, for students, international students, persons with an electronic residence permit (eAT), FSJ volunteers, recipients of transfer payments (ALG I / Bürgergeld) or persons with severe disabilities (at least 50%), Personal Assistants of persons with severe disabilities (at least 50%), holders of the MuseumsPass Berlin, press, partner institutions, sponsors and members of the support associations, ICOM members. Until the end of the exhibition project ‘Beziehungsweise Familie’ (Family Matters) at the Humboldt Forum, holders of a valid ticket for the Humboldt Forum will receive free admission to the Museum Knoblauchhaus. ### Humboldt Forum Combi Ticket The Humboldt Forum Combi Ticket is valid for BERLIN GLOBAL, the collections of the Ethnological Museum and the Museum of Asian Art, as well as other temporary exhibitions at the Humboldt Forum. The ticket is also valid for the special exhibition ‘Beziehungsweise Familie’ (Relationship or Family) with interventions at the Humboldt Forum and the Museum Knoblauchhaus in the Nikolaiviertel. **Day ticket** Validity: 1 day according to the selected date **Two-day ticket** Validity: 2 days according to the selected date + the following day **Day group ticket** Validity: 1 day according to the selected date, up to 5 adults, with or without children ### Special price 5 euros for Ehrenamts-Card holders, members of the Theater Gemeinde Berlin and with the WelcomeCard 2023