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Everything we do includes some element of collaboration, this includes all the activities under the ‘Projects’ topic. Everything in the ‘Communities’ header is work organised by the communities, individuals and organisations we work with, sometimes we’ve played a small role, and sometimes we’re just there for a day out.
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Posts
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Maté Café: March 7th 2020
Food at todays Maté Café was cooked by Ahmed. A delicious fusion of Syrian, Iraqi and Persian influences, with okra cooked in a sauce of tomato, cardamon, turmeric, dried lime and chilli. Served with a side of rice with saffron, barberries and cinnamon and healthy salad. There was also a new feature of face painting…
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Decolonise the Media: Why is it inappropriate to call the violence in Delhi a ‘religious riot’?
By Dr Laila Kadiwal. Many news outlets have chosen to report violence in India along religious lines. It has been portrayed as ‘religious violence,’ ‘communal conflict,’ ‘sectarian’ and a ‘clash’ between Hindu and Muslims groups. Some members of the South Asia diaspora also tend to see religion as a uniquely dividable, exclusive, and an all-encompassing…
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Syrian Orthodox Lent Service, 1st March 2020. Brighton
Recorded at the Syrian Orthodox, Lent service on the 1st of March in Brighton. Thanks to Chama, Eleiah, Father Ephreim and Dr Noriko Sato for their support and help in making this recording.
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Village Of Sanctuary Concert: Featuring Raghad Haddad and Jamal and Alaa
Syria in Sussex was organised by East Hoathly village of Sanctuary on February 22nd, in the village church, which was a beautiful venue for a concert. The organisation was set up to offer support to refugees in rural Sussex. The concert was planned as a showcase of Syrian music, and featured a great line up…
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Refugee Valentine 2020
Organised by Brighton Migrant Solidarity and The Jollof Café, at The Rose Hill in Brighton. The event organisers objective read; “Love transcends borders. The authorities throw up barriers to divide communities into homogeneous societies of ‘us’ and ‘them’. Refugees are people who have already crossed borders to find love in new communities. They can show…
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Syriac Orthodox Songs
On the 2nd February we were invited by our friend Chama and her husband Eleiah to attend a Syriac Orthodox Christian Church service, in Hove. The church has been established here for a couple of years. The service is almost entirely sung and is in Aramaic, which is related to Hebrew and Arabic. Afterward, there…
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Maté Café: February 1st 2020
Maté Café is now officially the first Saturday of every month. Food at the February event was yellow lentil Daal and Basmati rice with a side salad, cooked by Laila, which was the first time we’d had food that was not made by one of the Syrian chefs. Changing days to a Saturday has proven…
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Standing Together, Lewes Holocaust Memorial Day Concert
Monday 27th January 2020, marked 75 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Held on January 25th in Lewes, this concert the program was organised by the Lewes Holocaust Memorial Day Group, and local musicians, in conjunction with the national organisation, the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust. The event included music and poetry, with performances including The…
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WOŚP Bognor Regis: Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity
Wielka Orkiestra Świątecznej Pomocy (The Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity) is an annual fundraising event, organised by Polish communities all over the World. The Grand Final is a day long public event held on the second Sunday in January. Events are organised locally by volunteer run collection groups. Initially established in 1993 it is the…
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