Three community Iftars have been successfully organised for the Syrian community in Manchester during this blessed month of Ramadan. Every Iftar was attended by approximately 80 people who had their Iftar and then performed Taraweeh prayer together.
We organised a fundraising Iftar on Friday 24 May 2019 at Eastern Pearl Restaurant in Manchester. The purpose was to raise money for Iqraa School, which was established in Aleppo suburb, Syria through the support of the Syrian community in Manchester and their friends.
On Thursday 16 May 2019 we attended a community Iftar hosted by the Syrian community in Liverpool. The event enabled members of the Syrian community in Manchester and Liverpool to interact and share experiences with one another. It also highlighted the prospects for future collaborative work.
On Friday 3 May 2019, we hosted two community legal education presentations on the Designated Area Offence and the changes that will be made to the teaching of Sex and Relationship Education (SRE) in English schools. The presentations were delivered by solicitor Nasir Hafezi.
We had a fruitful film screening, poetry performance and panel discussion at HOME Manchester on Monday 29 April 2019. The film screening MemoriesfromSyria showed excerpts of the stories of Syrians in the UK who shared, in their own words, some of the experiences that they underwent either throughout the conflict in Syria, through their journeys to reach safety in Europe and through rebuilding their lives in the UK.
