Part of ‘Celebrating Syria: A Festival of Arts and Culture 2018'.
On the final evening of our "Celebrating Syria" Festival 2018, 13 October, we were treated to a fascinating night of Syrian music by the amazing Masters of Syria, an ensemble of artists from the Syrian National Orchestra.
As part of ‘Celebrating Syria' Festival 2018, on 13 October, Syrian calligraphist Abdullah Al-Anezi led a workshop on the art of Arabic calligraphy in Longsight Library. Participants learned the basics of Arabic artistic handwriting and practised used a reed pen (qalam) and ink.
As part of ‘Celebrating Syria' Festival 2018, on 12 October 2018, Dr Alessandro Columbu of Manchester University presented a talk on the life and oeuvre of the Syrian short story writer Zakaria Tamer. Widely considered the father of the modern Syrian short story, Tamer’s works have influenced entire generations of Arab writers and readers.
As part of "Celebrating Syria" Festival 2018, the Syrian activist Sana Yazigi gave audience a tour on Friday 12 October 2018 of our 3-week long art exhibition 'The Creative Memory of the Syrian Revolution'.
As part of ‘Celebrating Syria' Festival 2018, on 11 October 2018, Syrian artist, Maya Youssef presented a night of music with Qanun (the Arabic 78-string zither) at the Royal Northern College of Music.
