On Sunday, 26 November, our multi-facility room was host for a screening of the documentary 7 Days in Syria. The documentary tells the story of a western journalist inside war-torn Syria where she meets unknown heroes helping their fellow Syrians get through their daily suffering.
Rethink Rebuild Society hosted an open dialogue session on the 18th of November among members of the Syrian community in RR centre, with the session's theme focusing on lessons learned from the Syrian revolution - whether on a personal, familial, social, or national level.
Our Research & Policy Coordinator attended and spoke at a screening of the film 'White Helmets' at Manchester Museum on 7 November. The film screening was a part of Manchester University's ESRC's Festival of Social Science and hosted film directed Orlando Von Einsiedel.
For the second week in a row, a group of Manchester's Syrian women cooked traditional dishes and distributed to the city's homeless on 4 November in partnership with Coffee4Craig charity. On 5 November, one of these women, Dr. Alia Alshawaf, reflected on their joint experience on BBC Radio Manchester.
We hosted a movie screening on 29 October in which we showed The Young Fathers (2006), الآباء الصغار. The Syrian film talks about three children who help their father to continue his bachelor’s degree in law after their mother passes away. They meet an Egyptian archaeologist who helps them.
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