As part of ‘Celebrating Syria' Festival 2018, an emotionally stirring selection of works by a group of Syrian artists was on display for the duration of the festival in Goodstock Charity Shop the whole month of October.
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.
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