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  • Brighton Refugee Week 2017

    Brighton Refugee Week 2017

    Refugee Week 2017 in Brighton was slightly extended and took place over 2 weeks. Activities where organised by many groups, with Sanctuary on Sea coordinating. These are some of the events we attended or helped with. For a full program, see…

  • Healing Sounds of Ancient Turkey

    Healing Sounds of Ancient Turkey

    A night of Anatolian Sufi music and poetry was organised by the Brighton group The Anatolian Friendship Association and took place in St Marys Church Hall, Brighton, Saturday 13th May The event featured Latif Bolat, a specialist in ancient Turkish devotional…

  • International Language Day 2017

    International Language Day 2017

    Held on the 18 February 2017, in the Brighton Open Market; the day was a celebration of the diversity of language and culture in our city. Funded by the National Lottery Big Lottery fund, several months of planning went into the…

  • Sussex Syrian Community Fundraiser Concert

    Sussex Syrian Community Fundraiser Concert

    The event was a collaboration between friends and volunteers, working jointly with Best Foot Music, Sussex Syrian Community Group, Stand Up to Racism and Sussex Interpreting Services. Events like this are an important and enjoyable opportunity to celebrate our community and…

  • Polish friends, Sudanese music and Iftar meal.

    Polish friends, Sudanese music and Iftar meal.

    Short stories with friends from around the World, in the UK. Its four days since the ‘Brexit’ vote, and one consequence has been a visible rise in racism and xenophobic attacks. On Sunday morning came news of the attack on POSK.…

  • Voice of Santur Fundraiser for Rojova

    Voice of Santur Fundraiser for Rojova

    Fundraising event for medical supplies for Syria, featuring Kurdish, Iranian and Afghani musicians. We worked with the organisers in an event management capacity and technical support role, and also documented the night with photography and audio recordings, which will eventually appear…

  • Calais ‘Jungle’ Camp Recording Session

    Calais ‘Jungle’ Camp Recording Session

    On December 17, as part of on going work with an several organisations, I travelled to Calais, to record a concert with musicians in the refugee camp there. The concert was held on Friday the 18th, International Migrants Day. Before travelling,…

  • Crawley International Mela Festival

    Crawley International Mela Festival

    Crawley International Mela Festival was established in 1989, running for many years in the grounds of the Hawth Theatre. It was the biggest community lead festival in Sussex, celebrating the diversity of Crawley and the surrounding areas. We were invited to…

  • Lessons for Gadzo

    Lessons for Gadzo

    In 2013 we where approached by documentary maker Victoria Fiore, who wanted to make a film based around Gypsy Stars and their families. The main idea of the film was developed by band leader Jerzy, who wanted to show as much…