On Wednesday 27 November 2019, in collaboration with the UK Parliament Education services, Rethink Rebuild Society had a successful workshop to "Learn How the UK Parliament Works".
Journalist Leonore Schick reported to Associated Press (AP) about the 3rd annual Celebrating Syria Festival which was held in various locations across Manchester between 2 and 9 November 2019. Leonore reported on the main events that happened in the first two days of the festival. Thank you Leonore and AP for covering part of the festival
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.
Sarmada is a charming performance of a mixture of musical story telling by Alia a Zougbi took place on 7 November in N.I.A.M.O.S Radical Art & Music Cultural Centre theatre.
Armenian Infusion: Aleppo Cuisine is a cooking workshop took place on 7 November 2019 in Rethink Rebuild Society Centre in Longsight. It was a rare opportunity to taste the impact of history on gastronomy.
On the 7th of November, Rethink Rebuild Society's Manager Dr. Haytham Alhamwi delivered a lecture in the University of Manchester as part of the Development and Inequality module. Dr. Alhamwi talked about what life was like in Syria before and after 2011 and why Syrian people had to flee their country.