The perfect finish of our two-week long festival! We had the perfect finish to our two week long 'Celebrating Syria' Festival, on Sunday...

As our final 'Celebrating Syria' event on Sunday 23rd July 2017 we had Syria's most celebrated contemporary novelist, Khaled Khalifa,...

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...

AN AFTERNOON OF CALLIGRAPHY WITH THE TALENTED ABDULLAH AL-ANEZI We hosted a calligraphy workshop on Saturday 22nd July 2017 with the...

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...

World renowned guitarist Ayman Jarjour played music of Spanish, Latin American, Classical and Middle Eastern influence On Wednesday 19th...

Four creatives with experience on both sides of this, discussed their experiences of writing about social and political change and the...

On Tuesday 18th July 2017, we had a film screening of Tadmor at International Anthony Burgess Foundation, Manchester. The screening was...

AN EVENING OF MAGICAL STORYTELLING AND MUSIC We had an amazing evening of magical storytelling and music on Monday 17th July 2017 with a...

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...

On the evening of Saturday 15th July 2017, we had Noma Omran singing Syrian Notes at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester. A...

“For the regime, a camera is a weapon” Wiam Bedirxan We screened a film viewing of Silvered Water: Syria Self Portrait on Friday 14th...

A SCULPTURING AND DRAWING WORKSHOP On Saturday 15th July 2017 we joined two of the finest Syrian artists, Manya and Khalda Alkhmri, based...

An Evening with Ossama Mohammed We were pleased to have Ossama Mohammed with us on Thursday 13th July as part of Celebrating Syria...

CREATIVITY, RESILIENCE AND THE SYRIAN REVOLUTION While the world has turned its back on Syria and called the 2011 Revolution a civil war,...

INSIGHTS FROM CONTRIBUTORS TO SYRIA SPEAKS On Tuesday 11th July we had a thought provoking panel discussion as part of the Celebrating...

A CONCERT WITH RIHAB AZAR (OUD) & JAMAL ALSAKKA (PERCUSSION) The Celebrating Syria Festival 2017 kicked off on Monday 10th July with the...

The Centrepiece of Celebrating Syria Festival 2017 On 10th July 2017, we launched the Parallel Republic, the centerpiece of Celebrating...

Syria Speaks: Art and Culture from the Frontline (2014) By Malu Halasa, Zaher Omareen, Nawara Mahfoud (eds). In Syria, culture has become...