a collaborative hotbed for grass roots traveling
artists activists thinkers and volunteers
artists activists thinkers and volunteers
about us
Musafir Foundation is born in the present European cultural dynamism and aims to explore, enrich and stimulate the cross border cultural dialog, reciprocity and connectivity in the present international context. Musafir as a word has its roots in the Urdu language and it means traveler, passenger. During the migration of people from east to west, the word was adopted in the Romanian language, with the meaning of 'guest'. Apparently, at that time travelers were seen as welcome guests, such as they still are welcomed in Asia. In our understanding, it expresses the symbiosis of the Indo-European people and it inspires us to symbolically see individuals as travelers, as welcomed guests, to stand open and available to everyone that we meet throughout our work and journeys.
As a foundation, we wish to create physical and virtual connections between artists, activists and volunteers from all over the world, to promote travel, dialogue and exchange between west and east, north and south. We wish to contribute to a better understanding and appreciation of the interdependency between individuals, between humans and nature and the role everyone can play through his/her understanding, attitude and interaction with the world. Within our vision, art, traveling and volunteering stands for active exploration, introspection, expression, reflection, connection and (re)creation. We seek contact and collaborations with fellows having a positive and responsible attitude towards all that surrounds us, inquiring, sharing, exploring, lovers of challenge, travelers at heart. We intend to formulate and work with new questions and reflections that arise out of our present global / local / personal context and look for triggers in the evolution of thought in the broadest sense of the word and propose new perceptions on things.