Rethink Rebuild Society issued a statement on 23 October outlining our concerns with the 'Designated Area Offence' in the Counter Terrorism and Border Security Bill 2018.
Rethink Rebuild Society is pleased to announce a call for applications for 'Research and Advocacy Officer'. We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our dynamic and growing team to continue to push our work in Research and Media with respect to the Syrian refugees in specific and the Syrian conflict in general.
On 14 October, a fantastic finish for the "Celebrating Syria" Festival 2018 was this mini-concert by our young choir. These lovely children learnt 4 beautiful songs in 3 languages after just 6 hours of training. What a feat!
They sang 'This is my city, this is my town, we love rainy Manchester', 'Amani: We want peace', 'Beautiful my country' and 'Swada'.
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.
As part of ‘Celebrating Syria' Festival 2018, a thought-provoking discussion took place on 11 October at 'HOME'. Panellists, graphic designer and curator Sana Yazigi and film maker and activist Muzna Al-Naib, explored how Syrian women artists advanced the cause of the revolution and how the Revolution shaped their creative work and gave them a defiant voice.
As part of ‘Celebrating Syria' Festival and Journey Festival International, on 11 October, award winning playwright Lizzie Nunnery presented "Raqqa", a work-in-progress sharing of scenes and songs from a new play exploring women's experiences of conflict.