Basement is an independent, non-profit cultural institution, founded in Sana’a in 2009. It aims to promote human rights principles through art by providing youth free and safe spaces to network, express freely, build capacity, and share cultural and artistic performances and present them on its platform. Since 2015, Basement started to focus more on promoting peace and coexistence via art, believing in art as an instrument and has a critical role in conflict mitigation and artist should be involved in the development process.