Blog
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: January 11th 2020
The first Maté Café of the new decade! There are 15 of us in the organising team (in the WhatsApp group) and a few more who come every time to help out. Everyone has something to contribute. We hail from many corners of the World and have all come to Brighton, and become part of…
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Winter Warmer 2019
Our annual Winter Warmer concert, was a joint event with Polina Shepherd and her fantastic Yiddish and Russian Choirs, from Brighton and Hove and London. Held in Lewes, at the All Saints Centre on Sunday 1st December, the concert opened with Jamal and Alaa, and guest percussion from their new friend Laurie, who we met…
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Maté Café: December 8th 2019
The final Maté Café of 2019 was a great success. There was music from Jamal, Gaith and Mais. Mais sang ‘Winter Wonderland’ which was nice for the festive season. Gaith sang an Arabic song and Jamal accompanied both on percussion. The delicious food was cooked by Saja. It must have been good as it completely…
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Thrive Festival, Crawley
Organised by Same Sky, Cohesion Plus and Crawley Borough Council, Thrive Festival was a celebration of Crawley. Held on the 30th November, it was a freezing cold afternoon, but the atmosphere was heartwarming, with a great performance from 4X4 Bhangra, followed by Syrian folk and pop music from Jamal, Alaa, and Zahi. They even had…
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Andrzejki Celbration, Brighton
Andrzejki (St Andrews Day) is a popular celebration with many Polish people. This year the annual event in Brighton was organised by local Polish events organiser Zabawa Brighton, with music from popular Polish music group Partyzanci, also from Brighton. There was a tasty buffet, and a great crowd of people who danced the night away.…
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Castaway Heritage Book launch
Over the years Steve at Refugee Radio has given me more advice and support in running a community organisation than I could ever thank him for, and the extended family of people around the organisation are one of the happy consistencies of life in Brighton. What they do is more than just regular work, it…
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Maté Café: November 3rd 2019
A really vibrant atmosphere today at the Cafe. Along with Maté tea and Syrian food, which today included Mujardra, made with bulgar wheat, green lentils and caramelised onions. A number of singers made their debut performances; a brother and sister from Syria, as well as a lady who sang an Aramaic song.
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Gigs: Autumn 2019
Festival of Hope 20th September, Tunbridge Wells. Heading toward winter with some warm gig memories… 30th September at The Forum in Tunbridge Wells, saw the 3rd annual Festival of Hope, organised by Tunbridge Wells Welcomes Refugees. We went with Bashir Al Gamar and the Sussex Syrian Trio (Jamal, Alaa and Zahi) The atmosphere was electric,…
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Maté Café: September 1st 2019
Our first Maté Café since the break for summer, in the newly refurbished Cowley Club. As always there was Maté tea and delicious Syrian. Todays menu included rice with vermicelli and roasted almonds, served with slow roasted vegetable tajine. After lunch there was some live music from Jamal and Jenny, it was nice to see…
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