Sani Rifati

Sani Rifati is a human rights activist and the President of Voice of Roma. A native Roma himself, he was born in Pristina, Yugoslavia (in present-day Kosovo[a]), lived and worked in California, United States and resides since 2012 in Berlin, Germany.[1]

Rifati takes part in shows as a Roma dancer[2] and musician,[3] is volunteering since 2012 as a Roma-dance teacher at the refugee dance group Heimatsterne of the Arbeitsgruppe Flucht+Menschenrechte in Berlin [4][5] and is organizing by himself inter-cultural seminars.[6] He makes his living by working with children and youth for Zirkus Cabuwazi.[7]

A dancer and choreographer, he was a member of the dance group Kheljen Roma, and is a cousin of the Macedonian Gypsy vocalist and dancer Esma Redzhepova.

He appeared on the History Channels programme Curse on the Gypsies.

Notes
a. ^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognized as an independent state by 97 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 112 UN member states recognized Kosovo at some point, of which 15 later withdrew their recognition.

References
  1. Rifati, Sani (2015-04-05). "Article". Arbeitsgruppe Flucht+Menchenrechte. AG F+M.
  2. Rifati, Sani. "Romani dance classes 2006". youtube. VOICE OF ROMA.
  3. Rifati, Sani. "Sani Rifati and Dragan Mitrovic. Romafestival 2016, Copenhagen". Sani Rifati and Dragan Mitrovic. youtube. Pernille Kierulff-H.
  4. Rifati, Sani. "Roma Tanz". Sommerfilms. Sommerfilms.
  5. Rifati, Sani (2014-12-08). "Video". AG F+M. Arbeitsgruppe Flucht+Menschenrechte.
  6. Rifati, Sani. "Video". youtube. VOICE OF ROMA.
  7. Rifati, Sani. "Standorte". www.abuwazi.de. Zirkus Cabuwazi.
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