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.
Rethink Rebuild Society released a statement on 17 November 2017 strongly condemning the UNSC’s dereliction to extend the mandate of the Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM) which monitors and establishes accountability with respect to chemical weapons use in Syria.
We issued a statement on 9 November 2017 in response to the resigned British International Development Secretary Priti Patel’s discrete discussions with Israeli officials to fund IDF aid to Syrians through military hospitals in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights.
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.
'We Exist', a Syrian civil society advocacy alliance which Rethink Rebuild Society is a member of, has issued a Press Release on 6 November 2017 warning that the recently delivered aid supplies to Eastern Ghouta have been almost fully exhausted, condemning the siege, and demanding the immediate opening of humanitarian crossings and sustained access to food and medical suppli
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.
On the 1st of November, Rethink Rebuild Society attended a roundtable discussion held by The UK Department for International Development (DFID) with NGOs working on the humanitarian response to Syria.
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.
A group of Syrian women volunteered to cook and serve food for Manchester's homeless in partnership on 28 October in partnership with Coffee4Craig, a local charity dedicating to helping the area's homeless.
Our Research & Policy Coordinator Dr. Yasmine Nahlawi participated in an event on 25 October co-hosted by the International Rescue Committee and RUSI in London titled 'What Next for Syria?'.