We were pleased to have Ossama Mohammed with us on Thursday 13th July as part of Celebrating Syria discussing 'my films, my freedom, my humanity: independent cinema under dictatorship'.
While the world has turned its back on Syria and called the 2011 Revolution a civil war, artist-activists insist that a revolution persists and hope is not lost.
On Tuesday 11th July we had a thought provoking panel discussion as part of the Celebrating Syria festival on Syria's arts and culture before and after 2011. The Panel addressed questions such as 'what happened to the arts and to culture under the dictatorship of the Assad regimes?' 'What does oppression do to artistic and creative expression?'
The Celebrating Syria festival kicked off on Monday 10th July with the wonderful Duo Zaman concert at the Emmanuel Church performed by Rihab Azar and Jamal Alsakka. . In Arabic, ‘Zamaan’ means time but the word can also be used to refer to the past.
We held a seminar on Sunday 9th July about the change of the employment of energy resources in the global economy and its implications in the Arab world. Dr. Firas Miro spoke about the great change in the employment of energy resources in the West over the past two decades and how this has affected the political and economic situation in the Middle East.
We issued a press release on 3 July in response to The Canary's republishing of Seymour Hersh's propaganda piece denying Assad's commission of the 4 April Khan Sheikhoun chemical attack. Such pieces spread lies and misinformation and contribute to an increasingly misinformed public on the dynamics of the Syrian conflict.
Rethink Rebuild Society, Foundation for Science, Technology, Civilisation UK (FSTC UK), and AMAL have partnered up to deliver the “Rethinking and Rebuilding Social Cohesion: Engaging Young Syrian Refugees Project”.
Since the start of the conflict in Syria, the UK has sent over 2 billion in humanitarian aid. However, this aid does not reach many of those in need and it does not represent an effective solution.
We had a wonderful time at the Eid party for the Syrian community on Monday 26th June at Oasis Academy MediaCityUK.
There were many activities for the children including bouncy castle and Eid gifts. It was great to see so many families coming together, socialising and enjoying Eid sweets. Eid Mubarak to all!
Three community iftars have been organised for Syrian refugees during this blessed month of Ramadan. Every iftar has been attended by about 80 people who had iftar and then made Taraweh prayer together. Many thanks to our donors, volunteers, and attendees for making these iftars successful.
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