Alaraby TV showed a report on the Celebrating Syria Festival 2019 on Tuesday 12th November and at the end of that report it interviewed RR's Manager Dr Haytham Alhamwi. Dr Alhamwi spoke about the idea of the festival and the response of the British audience to the festival. Thank you for Shababeek programme for this coverage.
We are so thrilled to announce that Rethink Rebuild Society is the winner of Manchester Culture Awards 2019 within the category of Promotion of Equality and Diversity. The ceremony, which took place at Manchester Central Convention Complex on Saturday 9 November 2019, aimed to celebrate and profile the fantastic arts and cultural activity in the city.
Souk Al-Hamidiyah was the final activity in Celebrating Syria Festival 2019. It took place on 9 November 2019 in Birch Community Centre. Named after the famous souk in Damascus, Souk Al-Hamidiyah Day was meant to be a day for family entertainment with damascene flavour.
On 8 November 2019, we had a workshop to teach Dabke to Mancunian community in Rethink Rebuild Society centre in Longsight. Dabke is a native Levantine folk dance performed by the Lebanese, Jordanians, Syrians, Palestinians and Iraqis (and, of course, on the Island of Crete, think Zorba the Greek!).
Piece by Piece - Syrian Mosaic Art is a workshop by the artist Khalda Alkhmri took place on Friday 8 November 2019. During the workshop Khalda talked about Syrian mosaic, its history and its significance as one of the oldest and most authentic crafts still known and practiced in Damascus.
