MAKE MATÉ, NOT WAR: A TASTE OF SYRIA
The perfect finish of our two-week long festival! We had the perfect finish to our two week long 'Celebrating Syria' Festival, on Sunday...
- Jul 24, 2017
KHALED KHALIFA TALKS FROM DAMASCUS
As our final 'Celebrating Syria' event on Sunday 23rd July 2017 we had Syria's most celebrated contemporary novelist, Khaled Khalifa,...
- Jul 23, 2017
LONDON SYRIAN ENSEMBLE
Out of the detritus of war, a thing of beauty was born On Saturday 22nd July 2017, we hosted the London Syrian Ensemble at Emmanuel...
- Jul 23, 2017
The Art of Lettering
AN AFTERNOON OF CALLIGRAPHY WITH THE TALENTED ABDULLAH AL-ANEZI We hosted a calligraphy workshop on Saturday 22nd July 2017 with the...
- Jul 22, 2017
Diana Darke: My House in Damascus
An Inside View of the Syrian Crisis On Friday 21st July, we were delighted to have Diana Drake, author of 'My House in Damascus,' giving...
- Jul 20, 2017
AYMAN JARJOUR: A SYRIAN GUITAR CONCERT
World renowned guitarist Ayman Jarjour played music of Spanish, Latin American, Classical and Middle Eastern influence On Wednesday 19th...
- Jul 20, 2017
DOES ART CREATE CHANGE OR REACT TO IT?
Four creatives with experience on both sides of this, discussed their experiences of writing about social and political change and the...
- Jul 19, 2017
TADMOR
On Tuesday 18th July 2017, we had a film screening of Tadmor at International Anthony Burgess Foundation, Manchester. The screening was...
- Jul 18, 2017
DAMASCUS STORIES
AN EVENING OF MAGICAL STORYTELLING AND MUSIC We had an amazing evening of magical storytelling and music on Monday 17th July 2017 with a...
- Jul 17, 2017
LA DOLCE SIRIA: A SHORT FILM TRILOGY
FILM SCREENING AND Q&A WITH DIRECTOR AMMAR AL-BEIK VIA SKYPE FROM GERMANY On Sunday 16th July 2017, we screened La Dolce Syria: A Short...
- Jul 16, 2017
NOMA OMRAN: SYRIAN NOTES CONCERT
On the evening of Saturday 15th July 2017, we had Noma Omran singing Syrian Notes at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester. A...
- Jul 15, 2017
SILVERED WATER: SYRIA SELF-PORTRAIT
“For the regime, a camera is a weapon” Wiam Bedirxan We screened a film viewing of Silvered Water: Syria Self Portrait on Friday 14th...
- Jul 15, 2017
TIME FOR CREATIVITY
A SCULPTURING AND DRAWING WORKSHOP On Saturday 15th July 2017 we joined two of the finest Syrian artists, Manya and Khalda Alkhmri, based...
- Jul 14, 2017
MY FILMS, MY FREEDOM, MY HUMANITY: INDEPENDENT CINEMA UNDER DICTATORSHIP.
An Evening with Ossama Mohammed We were pleased to have Ossama Mohammed with us on Thursday 13th July as part of Celebrating Syria...
- Jul 13, 2017
DANCING IN DAMASCUS
CREATIVITY, RESILIENCE AND THE SYRIAN REVOLUTION While the world has turned its back on Syria and called the 2011 Revolution a civil war,...
- Jul 12, 2017
SYRIA’S ARTS AND CULTURE BEFORE AND AFTER 2011
INSIGHTS FROM CONTRIBUTORS TO SYRIA SPEAKS On Tuesday 11th July we had a thought provoking panel discussion as part of the Celebrating...
- Jul 11, 2017
Duo Zamaan
A CONCERT WITH RIHAB AZAR (OUD) & JAMAL ALSAKKA (PERCUSSION) The Celebrating Syria Festival 2017 kicked off on Monday 10th July with the...
- Jul 11, 2017
PARALLEL REPUBLIC EXHIBITION
The Centrepiece of Celebrating Syria Festival 2017 On 10th July 2017, we launched the Parallel Republic, the centerpiece of Celebrating...
- Jul 1, 2017
LIST OF BOOKS ON SALE AT CELEBRATING SYRIA FESTIVAL 2017
Syria Speaks: Art and Culture from the Frontline (2014) By Malu Halasa, Zaher Omareen, Nawara Mahfoud (eds). In Syria, culture has become...