Cultural production & coordination
Festivals, events, and community programmes — from planning to on-the-ground delivery.
Founder of Studio Turkmani
Nader Turkmani
Cultural producer & project coordinator
Working in Norwegian, Arabic and English across cultural production, coordination and multilingual operations. Founder of Studio Turkmani, and of Diwan — the operations platform the studio builds and runs for cultural organisations.
Working across three languages
Documented record since 2017
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In short
Work that connects people, plans, and proof.
Nader is a Syrian-Norwegian cultural producer based in Oslo, originally from Homs. His work brings together cultural production, project management, and community and social-impact practice.
Before founding Studio Turkmani he co-founded and led a Bergen civil-society organisation, worked as a project member at Skeiv Verden nationally, taught as a substitute at Nygård School, and worked as an interpreter with ASAM, a UNHCR partner, in Turkey.
Cross-cultural, multilingual work
Norwegian, Arabic, and English — connecting organisations, teams, and communities.
Building operating systems
Founder of Studio Turkmani and of Diwan, the multilingual platform the studio builds and runs for cultural organisations.
Verified experience
A source-disciplined record.
Every role and date below is stated as it was. Where a result belongs to an organisation or a team, it is credited there.
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- Date
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2026Founder & proprietor
Studio Turkmani
Registered sole proprietorship in Oslo, org. 927 363 038. Studio Turkmani is the approved trade name.
2025–26Organiser & coordinator
Masahat
Overall organisation and coordination of a multi-venue cultural festival in Oslo, and coordination of cultural events including a stand-up comedy evening and concert programmes.
Roles as publicly credited.
2022–25Language & cultural consultant
University of Bergen
Questionnaire design and data-collection facilitation on a research project. Credited in the acknowledgements of two published studies (SSM — Mental Health, 2024; Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health, 2025).
Not a research or authorship role.
2019Contributor & lecturer
Cappelen Damm — Hei! B1
Contributor to the textbook Hei! B1, Norwegian language and social studies for adult immigrants, with two lectures in connection with the publication in Oslo and Trondheim.
2017–19Co-founder & board leader
Skeiv Verden Vest, Bergen
Co-founder and first board leader; frikjøpt leder and later koordinator. Built the organisation to roughly 60 members and a project portfolio of about NOK 653,000, and represented it at a Storting hearing in 2018.
Membership and funding growth are the organisation's results, achieved with its board and team.
2017–19Substitute teaching
Nygård School
Civic-education assignments confirmed for specific periods across 2017, 2018, and 2019.
Evidence notes
What each source supports.
A registration, a public credit, an acknowledgment, and an employment record prove different things. This page keeps those scopes separate.
Registration
Brønnøysundregistrene · 2026
Sole proprietorship, organization number, Oslo registration, and approved trade name.
Public credit
Masahat · 2025
The festival's public record credits the organisation of volunteers; the broader 2025–26 coordination roles are documented in records on file.
Acknowledgment
University publications · 2024–25
Credited in the acknowledgements of two published studies. Not a research or authorship role.
Attestations
Skeiv Verden Vest & Nygård School
Board, coordination, and dated teaching activity are supported by records on file.
Primary records on file
Education & development
Education
2019–2023
Bachelor in Social Work (180 ECTS)
Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL). Completed 25 May 2023.
2024–2025
Entrepreneurship & innovation studies (20 ECTS)
OsloMet — Oslo Metropolitan University.
2018
Norwegian Language & Culture, Level 2 (15 ECTS)
University of Bergen — for foreign students.
Verified via the Norwegian diploma registry (Vitnemålsportalen / Sikt).
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